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A SEMI CONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE STRUCTURE, WHERE AS SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE OR SUPERSTRATE 12 PROVIDES THE MECHANICAL STRENGTH TO SUPPORT OVERLYING THIN ACTIVE REGIONS. THE THIN DIELECTRIC LAYER 11 DEPOSITED OVER THE SUBSTRATE OR SUPERSTRATE 12 SERVES TO ISOLATE THE DEPOSITED LAYERS FROM THE SUBSTRATE FROM OPTICAL, METALLURGICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES. A SEEDING LAYER 13 IS THEN DEPOSITED, THE SEEDING LAYER BEING OF N-TYPE SILICON WITH APPROPRIATE TREATMENTS TO GIVE THE DESIRED LARGE GRAIN SIZE. THIS LAYER MAY BE CRYSTALLIZED AS IT IS DEPOSITED, OR MAY BE DEPOSITED IN AMORPHOUS FORM AND THEN CRYSTALLIZED WITH FURTHER PROCESSING.A STACK OF ALTERNATING POLARITY LAYERS 14, 15, 16, 17 OF AMORPHOUS SILICON OF SILICON ALLOY INCORPORATING N-TYPE OR P-TYPE DOPANTS IN THE ALTERNATING LAYERS IS THEN DEPOSITED OVER THE SEEDING LAYER.SOLID PHASE CRYSTALLIZATION IS THEN PERFORMED TO GIVE THE DESIRED GRAIN SIZE OF 3 µM OR LARGER WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED BY EXTENDED HEATING OF THE LAYERS AT LOW TEMPERATURE.
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