Process of fabricating a semiconductor device in which one portion of an amorphous silicon film is thermally crystallized and another portion is laser crystallized

摘要

A semiconductor circuit and a process for fabricating the same, said process comprising forming in contact with an amorphous silicon film, a substance containing a catalytic element; crystallizing selected portions of the amorphous silicon film by annealing said film at a temperature lower than the ordinary crystallization temperature of an amorphous silicon film; and then crystallizing the rest of the portions by irradiating thereto laser beam or an intense light having an intensity equivalent thereto. A process similar to the one above, wherein, the catalytic element is incorporated directly into the amorphous silicon film instead of bringing a substance containing the same into contact with the amorphous silicon film.