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20090170296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR - A compound semiconductor is placed in a reaction vessel ( | 07-02-2009 |
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20100022102 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND DEVICE - A laser annealing method for executing laser annealing by irradiating a semiconductor film formed on a surface of a substrate with a laser beam, the method including the steps of, generating a linearly polarized rectangular laser beam whose cross section perpendicular to an advancing direction is a rectangle with an electric field directed toward a long-side direction of the rectangle or an elliptically polarized rectangular laser beam having a major axis directed toward a long-side direction, causing the rectangular laser beam to be introduced to the surface of the substrate, and setting a wavelength of the rectangular laser beam to a length which is about a desired size of a crystal grain in a standing wave direction. | 01-28-2010 |
20100221898 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND LASER ANNEALING DEVICE - The energy distribution in the short-side direction of a rectangular laser beam applied to an amorphous semiconductor film (amorphous silicon film) is uniformized. It is possible to the energy distribution in the short-side direction of the rectangular laser beam by the use of a cylindrical lens array | 09-02-2010 |
20110008973 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In the case of a lens array type homogenizer optical system, the incident angle and intensity of a laser beam | 01-13-2011 |
20110086441 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND LASER ANNEALING APPARATUS - In laser annealing using a solid state laser, a focus position of a minor axial direction of a rectangular beam is easily corrected depending on positional variation of a laser irradiated portion of a semiconductor film. By using a minor-axis condenser lens | 04-14-2011 |
20110097907 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film on the entire surface of a substrate without sacrificing the uniformity of crystallinity in a seam portion in a long-axis direction of laser light, the crystalline semiconductor thin film having good properties and high uniformity to an extent that the seam portion is not visually recognizable. | 04-28-2011 |
20110108535 | LASER ANNEALING APPARATUS - Provided is a laser annealing apparatus capable of reducing irradiation unevenness of laser light caused by a refraction phenomenon of laser light due to fluctuation in the temperature of inert gas. | 05-12-2011 |
20110114855 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND DEVICE - A laser annealing method for executing laser annealing by irradiating a semiconductor film formed on a surface of a substrate with a laser beam, the method including the steps of, generating a linearly polarized rectangular laser beam whose cross section perpendicular to an advancing direction is a rectangle with an electric field directed toward a long-side direction of the rectangle or an elliptically polarized rectangular laser beam having a major axis directed toward a long-side direction, causing the rectangular laser beam to be introduced to the surface of the substrate, and setting a wavelength of the rectangular laser beam to a length which is about a desired size of a crystal grain in a standing wave direction. | 05-19-2011 |
20110163076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR - A compound semiconductor is placed in a reaction vessel ( | 07-07-2011 |
20120057613 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND LASER ANNEALING DEVICE - The energy distribution in the short-side direction of a rectangular laser beam applied to an amorphous semiconductor film (amorphous silicon film) is uniformized. It is possible to the energy distribution in the short-side direction of the rectangular laser beam by the use of a cylindrical lens array | 03-08-2012 |
20120168421 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In the case of a lens array type homogenizer optical system, the incident angle and intensity of a laser beam | 07-05-2012 |
20130005123 | Laser Annealing Method And Device - A laser annealing method for executing laser annealing by irradiating a semiconductor film formed on a surface of a substrate with a laser beam, the method including the steps of, generating a linearly polarized rectangular laser beam whose cross section perpendicular to an advancing direction is a rectangle with an electric field directed toward a long-side direction of the rectangle or an elliptically polarized rectangular laser beam having a major axis directed toward a long-side direction, causing the rectangular laser beam to be introduced to the surface of the substrate, and setting a wavelength of the rectangular laser beam to a length which is about a desired size of a crystal grain in a standing wave direction. | 01-03-2013 |
20140113797 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING BRITTLE MEMBER AND CUT-OUT BRITTLE MEMBER - A device for cutting a brittle member such as a glass is comprised of a laser oscillator configured to radiate a laser beam through a first space onto a first region on the brittle member; a cooling nozzle configured to expel a cooling medium onto a second region distinct from the first region on the brittle member; a baffle so disposed as to leave a gap between the member and the baffle and to have the first region not enclosed by the baffle, and so directed as to deflect a flow of a splash and a mist originating in the second region away from the first region; and a gas nozzle configured to expel a gas toward the gap. | 04-24-2014 |
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