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To: Paul Engel who wrote (50078)	8/6/2001 3:10:22 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Paul: Above the molten silicon (all this is contained in an inert-gas atmosphere) on the end of a rod, a "seed" crystal of silicon (containing the same crystal orientation as the final desired cryatllographic orientation) is lowered into the molten silicon. The orientation used in the semiconductor industry is 1 0 0, right? Anyway, thanks for the detailed explanation&#133 I would've honestly thought the wafers were epitaxially grown, but I guess the throughput would just be way too slow for that. -fyo