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Patent No.:

US 8779283 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2008
Applicants:

Sheela Kollali Ramasesha, Bangalore, IN;

Sundeep Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Mohandas Nayak, Bangalore, IN;

Atanu Saha, Bangalore, IN;

Hemantkumar Narsinham Aiyer, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Sheela Kollali Ramasesha, Bangalore, IN;

Sundeep Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Mohandas Nayak, Bangalore, IN;

Atanu Saha, Bangalore, IN;

Hemantkumar Narsinham Aiyer, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, in certain embodiments, includes providing a metal alloy, annealing the metal alloy, and contacting the metal alloy with vapors of selenium, or sulfur, or a combination thereof. The metal alloy having a uniform first bulk composition and a first surface composition on annealing provides an annealed metal alloy having a non uniform second bulk composition and a second surface composition which on being contacted vapors of selenium, or sulfur, or a combination thereof, produces a selenized or a sulfurized metal alloy. Further the metal alloy may have a layer formed in situ from a low melting point metal within the alloy via diffusion rather than sequential deposition and co-evaporation.


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