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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiko Osawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Baba, Yokohama, JP;
Masanobu Tsuchitani, Tokyo, JP;
Shizue Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257617 ; 257109 ; 257131 ; 257156 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of defect layers separated from one another in the semiconductor layer. A distance separating any adjacent ones of the defect layers is kept such that they are prevented from contacting each other and those regions having effect of shortening a carrier lifetime overlap each other.