Clarence G. Thornton - Colts Neck NJ James F. Harvey - Tinton Falls NJ Robert A. Lux - Toms River NJ Robert J. Zeto - Eatontown NJ Hardev Singh - Robbinsville NJ Maurice Weiner - Ocean NJ Terence Burke - Ocean NJ Lawrence E. Kingsley - Shrewsbury NJ
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
B29C 900
US Classification:
264 10
Abstract:
The present invention describes a method of explosively vaporizing a piece f semiconductor material in a plasma formed by a fast, high voltage current pulse. The semiconductor material may be formed from crystalline, polycrystalline, or amorphous forms of semiconductor material. After the semiconductor material is vaporized, it coalesces as the plasma begins to cool and is deposited in a collection system. The size and composition of the microparticles formed by this process can be controlled by conditioning the plasma in predetermined manners. In particular, impurities can be introduced either in the target material, in gas introduced in the plasma, or in the gas through which the coalescing microparticles travel prior to deposition.
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