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Patent No.:

US 9142616 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Sunedison Inc., Maryland Heights, MO (US);

Inventors:

Robert J. Falster, London, GB;

Vladimir Voronkov, Merano, IT;

Assignee:

SunEdison, Inc., Maryland Heights, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/324 (2006.01); H01L 29/16 (2006.01); H01L 21/322 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/16 (2013.01); H01L 21/3221 (2013.01);
Abstract

Processes for suppressing minority carrier lifetime degradation in silicon wafers are disclosed. The processes involve quench cooling the wafers to increase the density of nano-precipitates in the silicon wafers and the rate at which interstitial atoms are consumed by the nano-precipitates.


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Falster, Robert. (2015). Silicon wafers with suppressed minority carrier lifetime degradation (U.S. Patent No. 9142616). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9142616

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