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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Jiro Moriya, Niigata-ken, JP;
Masataka Watanabe, Niigata-ken, JP;
Satoshi Okazaki, Niigata-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A square substrate has a pair of opposed major surfaces and peripheral end faces therebetween, wherein a tapered edge portion is disposed between the peripheral end face and each major surface to define an inner boundary with the major surface, and has a width of 0.2–1 mm from the peripheral end face. Both or either one of the major surfaces of the substrate has a flatness of up to 0.5 μm in an outside region of the substrate that extends between a position spaced 3 mm inward from the peripheral end face and the inner boundary of the tapered edge portion.