A new non-thermal process for annealing crystalline materials
CA 2271125 C · Owner: Covington, Billy Charles · Inventors: Grun, Jacob; Manka, Charles Keith; Covington, Billy Charles
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Bulk crystalline materials are annealed by introducing into them mechanical energy of sufficient intensity to create a large amplitude sound wave. The mechanical energy may be introduced into the material for example, by laser , ablation. Where the bulk crystalline material is a doped semiconductor the , process also electrically activates the material.
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- Filed June 26, 1997 and granted May 27, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 2017.
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