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Patent US7776717 - Controlled process and resulting device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA technique for forming a film of material (12) from a donor substrate (10). The technique has a step of introducing energetic particles (22) through a surface of a donor substrate (10) to a selected depth (20) underneath the surface, where the particles have a relatively high concentration to define...http://www.google.com/patents/US7776717?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7776717 - Controlled process and resulting deviceAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7776717 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/841,970Publication dateAug 17, 2010Filing dateAug 20, 2007Priority dateMay 12, 1997Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20070122997, US20080038901Publication number11841970, 841970, US 7776717 B2, US 7776717B2, US-B2-7776717, US7776717 B2, US7776717B2InventorsFrancois J. Henley, Nathan W. CheungOriginal AssigneeSilicon Genesis CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (320), Non-Patent Citations (106), Referenced by (6), Classifications (12), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetControlled process and resulting device
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