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Method for making the same

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Granted: 1964-03-10
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Expires: 1981-03-10
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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 23:19
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; B; B23; B23K; B23K35/00; B23K35/22; B23K35/24; B23K35/28; H10D8/00; H10D8/20; H10D8/25; H10D99/00; H10P; H10P95/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/965

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 96 words
A METHOD OF MAKING AN ALLOY-JUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: HEATING BOTH A SEMICONDUCTOR BODY COMPOSED OF SILICON HAVING N-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY AND A LEAD COMPOUND OF ALUMINUM DOPED WITH BORON IN A CONCENTRATION OF BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY, 25% AND 2%; PRESSING SAID BODY AND AN END OF SAID LEAD TOGETHER; MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT PRESSURE AND HEAT UNTIL DIFFUSION OCCURS BETWEEN SAID SILICON BODY AND SAID BORON-DOPED ALUMINUM LEAD AT THE PLACE OF CONTACT; COOLING SAID BODY AND SAID LEAD TO OBTAIN RECRYSTALLIZATION OF SAID DIFFUSED PORTION AND THE CREATION OF A P-N JUNCTION BETWEEN SAID LEAD END
Claim 2
Independent Claim 96 words
A METHOD OF MAKING AN ALLOY-JUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: HEATING BOTH A SEMICONDUCTOR BODY COMPOSED OF SILICON HAVING N-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY AND A LEAD COMPOUND OF ALUMINUM DOPED WITH BORON IN A CONCENTRATION OF BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY, 25% AND 2%; PRESSING SAID BODY AND AN END OF SAID LEAD TOGETHER; MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT PRESSURE AND HEAT UNTIL DIFFUSION OCCURS BETWEEN SAID SILICON BODY AND SAID BORON-DOPED ALUMINUM LEAD AT THE PLACE OF CONTACT; COOLING SAID BODY AND SAID LEAD TO OBTAIN RECRYSTALLIZATION OF SAID DIFFUSED PORTION AND THE CREATION OF A P-N JUNCTION BETWEEN SAID LEAD END

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