Patent ID: 8129215

Claim:
A method of fabricating a high temperature thin film poly-silicon layer on glass (HTTFLOG) that incorporates the fabrication of said layer into the Float Glass or other high temperature glass manufacturing process comprising: a) starting with a hot glass substrate during the Float Glass or similar hot glass continuous flow process above 500° C.; b) then an optional barrier layer is deposited overlying the substrate; c) then a thin layer of doped or undoped silicon is deposited overlying the prior layer or substrate; d) then the layer of step c) is annealed via a combination of existing substrate heat and Flash Lamp or other heat/energy source; e) then cooling of the layer of step c) is controlled to form a large grained thin film poly-crystalline structure; f) then if the deposited silicon was undoped, dopant can optionally be added via ion implantation or other method.