Appeal No. 2000-0769
Application 08/997,326
discloses that large grain size is preferred for conductivity
reasons (col. 1, line 66 to col. 2, line 51). Banerjee
discloses heating the poly-SiGe alloy to an effective
temperature for an effective period of time to increase grain
growth (col. 4, line 63 to col. 4, line 12), which we
interpret to mean a step of crystallization.
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