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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Glen Bennett Cook, Elmira, NY (US);
Prantik Mazumder, Ithaca, NY (US);
Balram Suman, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Glen Bennett Cook, Elmira, NY (US);
Prantik Mazumder, Ithaca, NY (US);
Balram Suman, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of making an article of a semiconducting material involves withdrawing from a melt of molten semiconducting material a solid mold having already formed on an external surface of the mold a solid layer of the semiconducting material. During the act of withdrawal, one or more of a temperature, a force, and a relative rate of withdrawal are controlled in order to achieve one or more desired attributes in a solid overlayer of semiconductor material that is formed over the solid layer during the withdrawal.