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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taisuke Hirooka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
HITACHI METALS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02 (2006.01); G01N 23/2251 (2018.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); C30B 29/36 (2006.01); H01L 29/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02236 (2013.01); C30B 29/36 (2013.01); G01N 23/2251 (2013.01); H01L 21/02008 (2013.01); H01L 21/02013 (2013.01); H01L 21/02019 (2013.01); H01L 21/02024 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); H01L 22/20 (2013.01); G01N 2223/418 (2013.01); G01N 2223/634 (2013.01); H01L 29/1608 (2013.01);
Abstract
A single-crystal silicon carbide substrate has a main surface having a surface roughness fulfilling Ra≤1 nm, and has a ratio of hidden scratches of less than 50%, where, in the case where the main surface is arbitrary observed at 50 or more observation points with a field of view having a diameter of 100 μm, the ratio of hidden scratches is defined by a value obtained by dividing the number of the observation points at which a striped hidden scratch having a length of at least 50 μm by the total number of the observation points.