Methods and systems for thin film deposition processes
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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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A system for depositing a film on a substrate comprises a lateral control shutter disposed between the substrate and a material source. The lateral control shutter is configured to block some predetermined portion of source material to prevent deposition of source material onto undesirable portion of the substrate. One of the lateral control shutter or the substrate moves with respect to the other to facilitate moving a lateral growth boundary originating from one or more seed crystals. A lateral epitaxial deposition across the substrate ensues, by having an advancing growth front that expands grain size and forms a single crystal film on the surface of the substrate.
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1. A method of depositing a film on a substrate, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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