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Methods and systems for thin film deposition processes

  • US 9,879,357 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of depositing a film on a substrate, comprising:

  • directing source material from a material source onto a surface of the substrate using a line-of-sight deposition method;

    blocking, via a shutter, a portion of the substrate to form a blocked substrate portion and an unblocked substrate portion, wherein the shutter is disposed between the substrate and the source material and prevents deposition of the source material onto the blocked portion of the substrate;

    positioning the shutter relative to the substrate, into an a first position, wherein the unblocked substrate portion is only a corner of the substrate, and while in the first position;

    growing a seed grain with a desired crystallographic orientation in a region of the unblocked substrate portion, wherein the seed grain is employed to initiate crystallization and provide a point of origin for the depositing of the film; and

    displacing, from the first position, the shutter relative to the substrate during the deposition of the film such that the blocked substrate portion decreases and the unblocked substrate portion increases, thereby resulting in lateral epitaxial growth across the substrate.

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