Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laser treatment apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
- Patent Title (中): 激光治疗装置及半导体装置的制造方法
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Application No.: US11790382Application Date: 2007-04-25
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Publication No.: US07679800B2Publication Date: 2010-03-16
- Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
- Applicant: Shunpei Yamazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-Ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-Ken
- Agency: Nixon Peabody, LLP
- Agent Jeffrey L. Costellia
- Priority: JP2001-230692 20010730; JP2001-245089 20010810
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08 ; B23K26/08

Abstract:
A laser treatment apparatus is provided which is capable of irradiating a laser beam to the position where a TFT is to be formed over the entire surface of a large substrate to achieve the crystallization, thereby forming a crystalline semiconductor film having a large grain diameter with high throughput. A laser treatment apparatus includes a laser oscillation device, a lens for converging a laser beam, such as a collimator lens or a cylindrical lens, a fixed mirror for altering an optical path for a laser beam, a first movable mirror for radially scanning a laser beam in a two-dimensional direction, and an fθ lens for keeping a scanning speed constant in the case of laser beam scanning. These structural components are collectively regarded as one optical system. A laser treatment apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has a structure in which five such optical systems are placed. The number of optical systems is not limited; any number of optical systems is allowed as long as a means for supplying a plurality of laser beams is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070201119A1 Laser treatment apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Public/Granted day:2007-08-30
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