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EP2075839 - METHOD FOR EVALUATING SOI WAFER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2009/27]METHOD FOR EVALUATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER
[2010/51]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.03.2012
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.03.2012No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.04.2012  [2012/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
6-2, Ohtemachi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0004 / JP
[2009/27]
Inventor(s)01 / OHTSUKI, Tsuyoshi
Isobe R & D Center, Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd. 13-1, Isobe 2-chome
Annaka-shi Gunma 379-0196 / JP
02 / YOSHIDA, Kazuhiko
Nagano Denshi Co., Ltd. 1393, Yashiro
Chikuma-shi Nagano 387-8555 / JP
 [2009/27]
Representative(s)Wibbelmann, Jobst
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/27]Wibbelmann, Jobst
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date07827913.018.10.2007
[2009/27]
WO2007JP01134
Priority number, dateJP2006028608020.10.2006         Original published format: JP 2006286080
[2009/27]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2008047478
Date:24.04.2008
Language:JA
[2008/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2075839
Date:01.07.2009
Language:EN
[2009/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2075839
Date:11.05.2011
Language:EN
[2011/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP24.04.2008
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.10.2009
ClassificationIPC:H01L21/66, H01L23/544, // G01R31/26, H01L27/12
[2010/51]
CPC:
H01L22/14 (EP,US); H01L22/00 (KR); H01L27/1203 (EP,US);
H01L2924/0002 (EP,US)
C-Set:
H01L2924/0002, H01L2924/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2009/48]H01L27/12, H01L21/66, H01L23/544, // G01R31/26
Former IPC [2009/27]H01L27/12, H01L21/66
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR [2010/48]
Former [2009/27]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM EVALUIEREN EINES SOI-WAFERS[2010/51]
English:METHOD FOR EVALUATING SOI WAFER[2010/51]
French:PROCEDE D'EVALUATION D'UNE TRANCHE DE SOI[2010/51]
Former [2009/27]VERFAHREN ZUM EVALUIEREN EINES HALBLEITERWAFERS
Former [2009/27]METHOD FOR EVALUATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER
Former [2009/27]PROCEDE D'EVALUATION D'UNE TRANCHE DE SEMI-CONDUCTEUR
Entry into regional phase26.03.2009Translation filed 
26.03.2009National basic fee paid 
26.03.2009Search fee paid 
26.03.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
26.03.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.03.2009Examination requested  [2009/27]
21.05.2009Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
30.06.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
04.01.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.04.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.08.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.12.2010Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.03.2011Fee for grant paid
16.03.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.02.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
19.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[I]  - ZAVRACKY P ET AL, "High quality SOI material produced using isolated silicon epitaxy", 19881003; 19881003 - 19881005, (19881003), page 21, XP010079150 [I] 1-3 * the whole document *
 [A]  - PELELLA M M ET AL, "A Novel Self-Aligned Substrate-Diode Structure for SOI Technologies", SOI CONFERENCE, 2005. PROCEEDINGS. 2005 IEEE INTERNATIONAL HONOLULU, HI, USA 03-06 OCT. 2005, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20051003), ISBN 9780780392120, pages 169 - 170, XP010866602 [A] 1-3 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SOI.2005.1563576
 [A]  - KUBOTA H; NAGANO H; SUGAMOTO J; MATSUSHITA H; MOMOSE M; NITTA S;SAMATA S; TSUCHIYA N, "Use of diode diagnostics for silicon wafer quality characterization;effect of COP on pn junction leakage", HIGH PURITY SILICON VI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONALSYMPOSIUM (ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS VOL. 2000-17) (SPIEVOL.4218)- 2000- ELECTROCHEM. SOC- PENNINGTON, NJ, USA, Pennington, NJ, USA, (2000), vol. 2000-17, ISBN 1566772842, pages 634 - 645 [A] 1-3 * page 634, line 1 - page 640, line 7; figures 1-9 *
 [A]  - AVSET B S, "Evaluation of silicon diodes made on a variety of high-resistivity phosphorus-doped substrates", NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH, SECTION - A:ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19970111), vol. 385, no. 1, ISSN 0168-9002, pages 137 - 144, XP004034074 [A] 1-3 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00882-0
International search[Y]JPH08255884  (MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP, et al);
 [Y]JPH1154584  (SUMITOMO METAL IND)
Examination   - KUBOTA H. ET AL, "Use of diode diagnostics for silicon wafer quality characterization; effect of COP on pn junction leakage", HIGH PURITY SILICON VI : PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, US, (20000101), vol. 4218, ISBN 978-1-56677-284-6, pages 634 - 645, XP008113321
by applicantJP2001060676
 JP2001267384
    - "A Review of the Pseudo-MOS Transistor in SOI Wafers: Operation, Parameter Extraction, and Applications", S. CRISTOLEVEANU ET AL., IEEE Trans. Electron Dev, (2000), vol. 47, page 1018
    - H. J. HOVEL, "Si film electrical characterization in SOI substrates by HgFET technique", SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS, (2003), vol. 47, doi:doi:10.1016/S0038-1101(03)00065-0, page 1311, XP004423934

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-1101(03)00065-0
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