Method of crystallizing amorphous material with a moving energy beam

JCC Fan, HJ Zieger - US Patent 4,309,225, 1982 - Google Patents
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Crystallization processing of semiconductor film regions on a substrate, and devices made therewith

JS Im - US Patent 6,322,625, 2001 - Google Patents
Semiconductor integrated devices such as transistors are formed in a? lm of semiconductor
material formed on a substrate. For improved device characteristics, the semicon ductor …

Laser annealing method for a semiconductor thin film

S Maegawa, T Kawamura, M Furuta… - US Patent 5,591,668, 1997 - Google Patents
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 …

Semiconductor element manufacturing method

I Asai, N Kato, M Fuse - US Patent 5,365,875, 1994 - Google Patents
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Systems and methods for creating crystallographic-orientation controlled poly-silicon films

JS Im, PC van der Wilt - US Patent 7,645,337, 2010 - Google Patents
In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides a method for providing
polycrystalline films having a con trolled microstructure as well as a crystallographic texture …

Systems and methods for processing thin films

J Im - US Patent 7,364,952, 2008 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing a thin film
samples. In an exemplary method, semiconductor thin films are loaded onto two different …

Surface planarization of thin silicon films during and after processing by the sequential lateral solidification method

JS Im, RS Sposili, MA Crowder - US Patent 7,220,660, 2007 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for reducing a surface roughness of a polycrystalline or
single crystal thin film produced by the sequential lateral solidification process are disclosed …

Method of manufacturing polycrystalline silicon thin film

T Kudo - US Patent 5,496,768, 1996 - Google Patents
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Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidification

JS Im, RS Sposili, MA Crowder - US Patent 7,029,996, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) Methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a polycrystalline
silicon thin film are disclosed. In one preferred arrangement, a method includes the steps of …

Method of producing polycrystalline semiconductor thin film

A Asano - US Patent 5,409,867, 1995 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method of produc
ing a polycrystalline semiconductor thin? lm such as a polycrystalline silicon thin? lm used …