IP Library Granted Patent US 8,035,877
Granted Patent B2
US 8,035,877 · App. 12/719,899 · Granted Oct 11, 2011

Laser treatment apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,035,877
App. No.
12/719,899
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laser treatment apparatus is provided which is capable of irradiating a laser beam to the position where a TFT is to be formed over the entire surface of a large substrate to achieve the crystallization, thereby forming a crystalline semiconductor film having a large grain diameter with high throughput. A laser treatment apparatus includes a laser oscillation device, a lens for converging a laser beam, such as a collimator lens or a cylindrical lens, a fixed mirror for altering an optical path for a laser beam, a first movable mirror for radially scanning a laser beam in a two-dimensional direction, and an fθ lens for keeping a scanning speed constant in the case of laser beam scanning. These structural components are collectively regarded as one optical system. A laser treatment apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has a structure in which five such optical systems are placed. The number of optical systems is not limited; any number of optical systems is allowed as long as a means for supplying a plurality of laser beams is provided.

Claims (9)

1. A laser treatment apparatus comprising n (n=natural number) optical systems,

wherein each of the optical systems comprises a laser oscillation device, first deflection means for scanning a laser beam in Y-axis direction, second deflection means for scanning the laser beam in an X-axis direction, and an fθ lens,

wherein n laser beams, which are converged and deflected by the n optical systems, are superimposed on a same position of an object to be treated.

2. A laser treatment apparatus comprising n (n=natural number) optical systems,

wherein each of the optical systems comprises a laser oscillation device, a first galvano minor for scanning a laser beam in a Y-axis direction, a second galvano minor for scanning the laser beam in an X-axis direction, and an fθ lens,

wherein n laser beams, which are converged and deflected by the n optical systems, are superimposed on a same position of an object to be treated.

3. A laser irradiation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein n is 3.

4. A laser irradiation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein n is 3.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2001-230692 · Jul 30, 2001 · national
JP 2001-245089 · Aug 10, 2001 · national
Continuity (4)
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