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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2010
Applicant:

Toshiyuki Sameshima, Fuchu, JP;

Inventor:

Toshiyuki Sameshima, Fuchu, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 22/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 22/00 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); G01R 31/2648 (2013.01); G01R 31/2831 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photoinduced carrier lifetime measuring method capable of obtaining photoinduced carrier effective lifetime of a semiconductor substrate with high accuracy regardless of the surface state of the sample. The method includes: irradiating a microwave onto a semiconductor substrate while periodically pulse-irradiating a light onto the semiconductor substrate; detecting the microwave transmitted through the semiconductor substrate or reflected by the semiconductor substrate; and obtaining the effective lifetime of photoinduced carriers generated in the semiconductor substrate by the pulse irradiation of the light, based on an irradiation duration Tand a non-irradiation duration Twhen performing the light pulse irradiation and an integrated value of each microwave intensity obtained by the detection.


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