GB727447A - Formation of p-n junctions - Google Patents

Formation of p-n junctions

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Publication number
GB727447A
GB727447A GB10411/53A GB1041153A GB727447A GB 727447 A GB727447 A GB 727447A GB 10411/53 A GB10411/53 A GB 10411/53A GB 1041153 A GB1041153 A GB 1041153A GB 727447 A GB727447 A GB 727447A
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wafer
type
germanium
powder
junction
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International Business Machines Corp
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International Business Machines Corp
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Priority claimed from US283222A external-priority patent/US2897105A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P50/00—Etching of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
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    • C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
    • C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C30B9/00—Single-crystal growth from melt solutions using molten solvents
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    • H10D62/01—Manufacture or treatment
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    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P14/00—Formation of materials, e.g. in the shape of layers or pillars
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    • H10P14/29—Formation of materials, e.g. in the shape of layers or pillars of semiconductor materials characterised by the substrates
    • H10P14/2901—Materials
    • H10P14/2902—Materials being Group IVA materials
    • H10P14/2905—Silicon, silicon germanium or germanium
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    • H10P14/3404—Deposited materials, e.g. layers characterised by the chemical composition being Group IVA materials
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    • H10P14/00—Formation of materials, e.g. in the shape of layers or pillars
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    • H10P14/34—Deposited materials, e.g. layers
    • H10P14/3438—Doping during depositing
    • H10P14/3441—Conductivity type
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    • H10P14/38—Formation of materials, e.g. in the shape of layers or pillars of semiconductor materials characterised by treatments done after the formation of the materials
    • H10P14/3802—Crystallisation or recrystallisation of non-monocrystalline semiconductor materials, e.g. regrowth
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    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P32/00—Diffusion of dopants within, into or out of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
    • H10P32/10—Diffusion of dopants within, into or out of semiconductor bodies or layers
    • H10P32/12—Diffusion of dopants within, into or out of semiconductor bodies or layers between a solid phase and a gaseous phase
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    • H10P32/00—Diffusion of dopants within, into or out of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
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    • H10P32/17—Diffusion of dopants within, into or out of semiconductor bodies or layers characterised by the semiconductor material
    • H10P32/171—Diffusion of dopants within, into or out of semiconductor bodies or layers characterised by the semiconductor material being group IV material
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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Liquid Deposition Of Substances Of Which Semiconductor Devices Are Composed (AREA)
  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Recrystallisation Techniques (AREA)
GB10411/53A 1952-04-19 1953-04-16 Formation of p-n junctions Expired GB727447A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US283222A US2897105A (en) 1952-04-19 1952-04-19 Formation of p-n junctions
US783010A US3014819A (en) 1952-04-19 1958-12-26 Formation of p-n junctions

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GB727447A true GB727447A (en) 1955-03-30

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US (1) US3014819A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html)
DE (2) DE1055131B (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html)
FR (1) FR1122216A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html)
GB (1) GB727447A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html)
NL (2) NL95545C (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html)

Cited By (1)

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DE1095401B (de) * 1958-04-16 1960-12-22 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag Verfahren zum Eindiffundieren von Fremdstoffen in einen Halbleiterkoerper zur Herstellung einer elektrischen Halbleiteranordnung

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US2994627A (en) * 1957-05-08 1961-08-01 Gen Motors Corp Manufacture of semiconductor devices
NL274847A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) * 1961-02-16
DE1163972B (de) * 1961-05-18 1964-02-27 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Halbleiterbauelements mit mindestens einem pn-UEbergang
DE1172378B (de) * 1961-07-14 1964-06-18 Siemens Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung einer elektrisch unsymmetrisch leitenden Halbleiteranordnung
US3188252A (en) * 1961-11-20 1965-06-08 Trw Semiconductors Inc Method of producing a broad area fused junction in a semiconductor body
NL300210A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) * 1962-11-14
DE2019251A1 (de) * 1970-04-21 1971-11-04 Siemens Ag Verfahren zum Eindiffundieren oder Einlegieren eines Fremdstoffes in einen Halbleiterkoerper

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US2631356A (en) * 1953-03-17 Method of making p-n junctions
BE461663A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) * 1943-05-01 1900-01-01
US2708255A (en) * 1949-06-18 1955-05-10 Albert C Nolte Minute metallic bodies
BE500302A (cg-RX-API-DMAC10.html) * 1949-11-30
US2708646A (en) * 1951-05-09 1955-05-17 Hughes Aircraft Co Methods of making germanium alloy semiconductors
US2859140A (en) * 1951-07-16 1958-11-04 Sylvania Electric Prod Method of introducing impurities into a semi-conductor
GB728244A (en) * 1951-10-19 1955-04-13 Gen Electric Improvements in and relating to germanium photocells
DE968581C (de) * 1952-02-24 1958-03-06 Siemens Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung von fuer Gleichrichter, Richtleiter, Transistoren od. dgl. bestimmten Kristallen

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1095401B (de) * 1958-04-16 1960-12-22 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag Verfahren zum Eindiffundieren von Fremdstoffen in einen Halbleiterkoerper zur Herstellung einer elektrischen Halbleiteranordnung

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US3014819A (en) 1961-12-26
DE1055131B (de) 1959-04-16
DE1102287B (de) 1961-03-16
FR1122216A (fr) 1956-09-04
NL177655B (nl)

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