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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Andrew Y. Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Y. Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/30 (2006.01); H01L 21/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method according to embodiments of the invention includes providing an epitaxial structure comprising a donor layer and a strained layer. The epitaxial structure is treated to cause the strained layer to relax. Relaxation of the strained layer causes an in-plane lattice constant of the donor layer to change.