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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Kiyoshi Nikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyoshi Nikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/72 (2006.01); G01N 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To detect a defect without being limited to the current path of a sample. The presence or absence of a defect in a sample is detected by allowing said sample to stand for a predetermined period of time after heating said sample with a heat source and by observing the temperature distribution formed on said sample by an observation unit.