Patent ID: 6592664
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: C30B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for epitaxial deposition of one of atoms and molecules derived from a reactive gas by chemical reaction, on a deposition surface of a substrate, comprising the steps of:heating at least a deposition surface of a substrate to supply a first energy amount, the first energy amount being less than an energy amount necessary for an epitaxial deposition of one of atoms and molecules derived from the reactive gas on the deposition surface; and least intermittently conducting an ionized inert gas onto the deposition surface to at least intermittently supply a second amount of energy through the effect of ions of the ionized inert gas on the deposition surface, a sum of the first energy amount and the second energy amount being of a sufficient total energy amount for the epitaxial deposition of the one of atoms and molecules derived from the reactive gas onto the deposition surface.