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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
May. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claude J Sandroff, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Francoise S Sandroff, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Livingston, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; C30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437-8 ; 156601 ; 156626 ; 374131 ; 374161 ;
Abstract
A relatively simple optical monitoring technique is utilized to measure temperature within a processing chamber. A III-V direct-bandgap semiconductor is optically excited to emit photoluminescence (PL). Spectral resolution of the emitted PL provides a direct measure of the bandgap of the semiconductor. In turn, the temperature of the semiconductor is derived from the bandgap measurement.