ION IMPLANTATION Definition & Meaning

ion implantation

noun

Electronics.

a method of implanting impurities below the surface of a solid, usually a semiconductor, by bombarding the solid with a beam of ions of the impurity.

ion implantation

noun

a technique used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices in which impurities are implanted by means of beams of electrically accelerated ions

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ion implantation¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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Shannon, J. M. Reducing the effective height of a Schottky barrier using low-energy ion implantation.

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Shannon, J. M. Increasing the effective height of a Schottky barrier using low-energy ion implantation.

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It even gets credit for inventing technologies like ion implantation and solar panels which have very little to do with telecommunications.

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Sales at Applied Materials, which exited the ion- implantation business in 2007, will rise 14 percent this year, analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg show.

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Applied Materials is unlikely to give up on the deal because it needs Varian’s 70 percent share of the so-called ion- implantation business to bolster demand, he said.

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