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7611577 Semiconductor thin film manufacturing method and device, beam-shaping mask, and thin film transistor  
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor thin film decreases the number of and controls the direction of crystal grain boundaries. A first beam irradiated onto amorphous silicon produces a radial...
7473622 Laser annealing method and manufacturing method of a semiconductor device  
To provide a laser apparatus and a laser annealing method with which a crystalline semiconductor film with a larger crystal grain size is obtained and which are low in their running cost. A solid...
7431766 Crystal-structure-processed devices, methods and systems for making  
Processing and systems to create, and resulting products related to, very small-dimension singular, or monolithically arrayed, mechanical devices. Processing is laser-performed in relation to a...
7384476 Method for crystallizing silicon  
A method for crystallizing silicon is provided. The method includes: forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate; aligning a mask above the substrate, the mask being divided into a plurality...
7341928 System and process for processing a plurality of semiconductor thin films which are crystallized using sequential lateral solidification techniques  
A process and system are provided for processing at least one section of each of a plurality of semiconductor film samples. In these process and system, the irradiation beam source is controlled to...
7294197 Formation of a silicon sheet by cold surface casting  
Metallurgical grade silicon or high purity silicon beads developed from a fluidized bed process are melted in a cooled aluminum crucible, such that a non wetted interface is created between the...
7261773 Melting crucible  
The invention relates to producing a melt that is as homogeneous as possible, to which fresh material in the form of granulate is continuously supplied. Since the granulate is cooler than the melt,...
7192479 Laser annealing mask and method for smoothing an annealed surface  
A mask with sub-resolution aperture features and a method for smoothing an annealed surface using a sub-resolution mask pattern are provided. The method comprises: supplying a laser beam having a...
7153359 Crystalline semiconductor film and production method thereof, and semiconductor device and production method thereof  
A crystalline semiconductor film, the crystalline semiconductor film being formed over an insulative substrate, and including semiconductor crystal grains laterally grown along a surface of the...
7135070 Monolithic stacked/layered crystal-structure-processed mechanical, and combined mechanical and electrical, devices and methods and systems for making  
Monolithic stacked/layered room-temperature-processed materials whose internal crystalline structures are laser modification to create arrays of mechanical, and combined mechanical and electrical,...
7128783 Thin-film crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices, and methods and systems for making  
Thin-film laser-effected internal crystalline structure modified materials suitable for the creation of various small-dimension mechanical devices, either singly or in monolithic arrays, such as...
7125451 Crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices and methods and systems for making  
Laser processing of various materials to create mechanical devices whose internal mechanical properties are provided in final useable form by adjustments made in internal crystalline structure.
7105048 Laser irradiation apparatus  
Each region, which should be left on a substrate after patterning, of a semiconductor film is grasped in accordance with a mask. Then, each region to be scanned with laser light is determined so...
7056382 Excimer laser crystallization of amorphous silicon film  
A method of crystallizing an amorphous silicon layer includes the steps of generating an excimer laser beam having a first energy density and a second energy density, irradiating an amorphous...
6989300 Method for forming semiconductor films at desired positions on a substrate  
A semiconductor film formation method allowing a single-crystal semiconductor film to be formed at a desired position on a substrate with reliability is disclosed. After preparing the substrate...
6932865 System and method of making single-crystal structures through free-form fabrication techniques  
A single-crystal structure is grown using free-form fabrication through principles of directional solidification and direct-deposition techniques. The structure is formed from a metallic alloy by...
6921434 Regulated growth method for laser irradiating silicon films  
A method is provided for maintaining a planar surface as crystal grains are laterally grown in the fabrication of crystallized silicon films. The method comprises: forming a film of amorphous...
6860939 Semiconductor crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices, and methods and systems for making  
Processing and systems to create, and resulting products related to, very small-dimension singular, or monolithically arrayed, semiconductor mechanical devices. Processing is laser performed on...
6656270 Excimer laser crystallization of amorphous silicon film  
A method of crystallizing an amorphous silicon layer includes the steps of generating an excimer laser beam having a first energy density and a second energy density, irradiating an amorphous...
6645454 System and method for regulating lateral growth in laser irradiated silicon films  
A method is provided for maintaining a planar surface as crystal grains are laterally grown in the fabrication of crystallized silicon films. The method comprises: forming a film of amorphous...
6387178 Single crystal producing method and apparatus  
A single crystal producing method for growing a single crystal, comprises the steps of: placing a material at one focal point in a light-condensing and heating furnace having an ellipse in section;...
6340392 Pulling methods for manufacturing monocrystalline silicone ingots by controlling temperature at the center and edge of an ingot-melt interface  
Czochralski pullers are modified to grow perfect monocrystalline silicon ingots that are free of vacancy agglomerates and interstitial agglomerates, by modifying components of the Czochralski...
6322625 Crystallization processing of semiconductor film regions on a substrate, and devices made therewith  
Semiconductor integrated devices such as transistors are formed in a film of semiconductor material formed on a substrate. For improved device characteristics, the semiconductor material has...
6235110 Method of producing recrystallized-material-member, and apparatus and heating method therefor  
The present invention relates to a method of producing a recrystallized-material-member by melting a given zone of a crystalline-material-member and moving the molten zone continuously along the...
6165263 Method for growing single crystal  
A method for growing a single crystal by allowing a seed crystal to contact a molten zone formed by melting a polycrystalline material, followed by moving the molten zone away from the seed,...
6126742 Method of drawing single crystals  
In a method of drawing single crystals from a body of highly pure polycrystalline material molten by inductive heating, a solid body of the polycrystalline material is first heated by direct...
6096581 Method for operating an active matrix display device with limited variation in threshold voltages  
A method for operating an active matrix display device having an active matrix circuit, a column driver circuit and a scan driver circuit including driving the active matrix circuit by the column...
6039802 Single crystal growth method  
There is provided a single crystal growth method which allows single crystal of an incongruent melting compound to be grown stable while controlling its growth orientation. The single crystal...
6033470 Method of producing a cerium-containing magnetic garnet single crystal  
The present invention provides a cerium-containing magnetic garnet single crystal having a size large enough to use as a material for optical communication of an isolator and for an electronic...
5916364 Method and apparatus for pulling a single crystal  
Methods and apparatuses for pulling a single crystal. In a conventional method for pulling a single crystal, a neck having a smaller diameter has been formed in order to exclude dislocation induced...
5776818 Method of fabricating silicon-on-insulator pressure detecting device  
A method of fabricating a silicon structure including forming an insulating layer having an opening on single crystal semiconductor substrate; forming a polycrystalline semiconductor layer on the...
5741359 Method and apparatus for zone-melting recrystallization of semiconductor layer  
An apparatus for zone-melting recrystallization of a semiconductor layer includes a first heater, on which a semiconductor wafer including the semiconductor layer and upper and lower insulating...
5702565 Process for laser scribing a pattern in a planar laminate  
An improved dielectric layer of an electroluminescent laminate, and method of preparation are provided. The dielectric layer is formed as a thick layer from a ceramic material to provide: a...
5591668 Laser annealing method for a semiconductor thin film  
A laser annealing method for a semiconductor thin film for irradiating the semiconductor thin film with a laser beam having a section whose outline includes a straight-line portion, so as to change...
5467731 Method of producing a semiconductor structure including a recrystallized film  
A method for producing a semiconductor structure including a semiconductor film formed on a semiconductor substrate body via an insulating film includes: laminating a first insulating film, a first...
5463975 Process for producing crystal  
A process for producing a crystal comprises the step of applying crystal forming treatment on a light-transmissive substrate having a non-nucleation surface (S NDS ) of a small nucleation density...
5431126 Method of forming semiconductor crystal and semiconductor device  
A thin semiconductor film having at least one an edge is formed on a base whose material is different from the material of the thin semiconductor film. A laser beam, for example, is applied to the...
5338388 Method of forming single-crystal semiconductor films  
A method of forming single-crystal semiconductor films, in which a single-crystal semiconductor substrate having a crystal axis transferred from a single-crystal semiconductor substrate is formed...
5322589 Process and apparatus for recrystallization of semiconductor layer  
A process for recrystallizing a semiconductor layer including the steps of forming a polycrystalline or amorphous semiconductor layer on a substrate and scanning energy beam on the semiconductor...
5221411 Method for synthesis and processing of continuous monocrystalline diamond thin films  
Disclosed is a method for the development of diamond thin films on a non-diamond substrate. The method comprises implanting carbon ions in a lattice-plane matched or lattice matched substrate. The...
5208187 Metal film forming method  
A metal film forming method comprises steps of: forming a non-monocrystalline metal film principally composed of aluminum, in contact, at least in a part thereof, with a monocrystalline metal...
5145808 Method of crystallizing a semiconductor thin film  
A method of crystallizing a semiconductor thin film moves a laser beam emitted by a pulse laser in a first direction to irradiate the semiconductor tin film with the laser beam for scanning. The...
5122223 Graphoepitaxy using energy beams  
Improvements to graphoepitaxy include use of irradiation by electrons, ions or electromagnetic or acoustic radiation to induce or enhance the influence of artificial defects on crystallographic...
4915772 Capping layer for recrystallization process  
An improved method for crystallizing amorphous or polycrystalline material is disclosed, which method employs a novel intermediate product. A film of material to be crystallized is formed on a...
4888302 Method of reduced stress recrystallization  
A defect free monocrystalline layer of silicon on an insulator is produced by forming a thin layer of silicon dioxide on a monocrystalline silicon substrate, forming a thin layer of polycrystalline...
4861418 Method of manufacturing semiconductor crystalline layer  
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor crystalline layer comprising the following steps: a step of forming, on a single crystalline substrate composed of a semiconductor having a main face on...
4752590 Method of producing SOI devices  
Disclosed are methods that result in substantial improvement of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device manufacture. We have discovered that carbon can be advantageously used as a wetting agent in the...
4751193 Method of making SOI recrystallized layers by short spatially uniform light pulses  
Method is provided for manufacturing large crystalline and monocrystalline semiconductor-on-insulator devices.
4743567 Method of forming thin, defect-free, monocrystalline layers of semiconductor materials on insulators  
A structure comprising thin defect-free monocrystalline layer of a silicon of an insulating layer is produced from a structure comprising a thin recrystallizable layer of silicon on an insulating...
4737233 Method for making semiconductor crystal films  
Semiconductor crystal films on a dielectric substrate are advantageously made by a zone melting method. Single-crystal structure is initiated at a seed surface, and made to extend across a...
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