Nippon Steel Corporation

Nsc Electron Corporation

Takayuki Kaneko

Tadashi Sakon

Masaharu Tachimori

Seizou Meguro

A single silicon crystal wafer produced by the Czochvalski method and measuring not less than 100 mm in diameter, a single silicon crystal having low OSF density induced by oxidation, wherein regarding the local resistivity measured by the spread resistance method on the surface of said wafer subjected in advance to a heat treatment for extinction of oxygen donor, the proportion of the number of points of measurement registering errors exceeding .+-.1.0% of the mean value is not more than 35% of the total number of points of measurement, and regarding the distribution of oxygen concentration in solid solution in the wafer surface, the difference between the maximum and the minimum is not more than 2.0% of the maximum, and a method for production thereof.

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Hikari, Japan

Takayuki Kaneko