摘要:
An optical disk device is provided with a first analog-to-digital converter for converting a push-pull signal detected from an optical disc medium into a digital sampling signal according to a sampling clock in the vicinity of a channel frequency. The optical disk device also includes an address polarity information detection circuit for detecting address polarity information from the digital sampling signal, and an address position information detection circuit for detecting address position information from the digital sampling signal while maintaining continuity.
摘要:
In a substrate processing apparatus (1), a ring-shaped cover part (61) opposed to an annular surface (51a) of a rotating part (51) is provided and the rotating part (51) rotates the substrate (9) while holding the substrate (9). An exhaust flow space (64) connecting with a gap space (62) between the cover part (61) and the annular surface (51a) along an outer edge of the cover part (61) is formed by a duct main body (63) connected to the cover part (61) along the outer edge of the cover part (61). Since a cross-sectional area of the exhaust flow space (64) increases gradually along a rotation direction of the rotating part (51), it is possible to reduce variation of inlet flow speed of air around the gap space (62) and to suppress nonuniformity of processing of the substrate (9).
摘要:
In a land pre-pit address demodulating device DM for detecting land pre-pit address information during recording to a DVD-R/RW-disc, a tracking error signal TE is muted by a first reference potential Vref1 during a period in which the tracking error signal TE is generated from a reflected laser beam having a power for recording a mark, an RF residual component is removed from the tracking error signal TE, and the tracking error signal TE from which the RF residual component has been removed is compared with a second reference potential Vref2, thereby detecting a land pre-pit address signal.
摘要:
A narrow gap or unevenness of a surface of a specimen is measured by utilizing the tunnel effect of a light wave reflected at a boundary plane on the condition of total reflection. A laser beam emitted from a laser source is reflected at a surface of a prism on the condition of total reflection in terms of geometrical optics. If a gap between the surface of the prism and the specimen is about the wavelength of the laser beam, part of the laser beam is transmitted into the specimen, and the intensity of the transmitted beam depends on the gap width. A portion of the laser beam is reflected at the boundary plane back into the prism. Therefore, the gap can be measured by measuring the transmittance of the laser beam and comparing the same with the calculated relation between the transmittance and the gap calculated in advance. In practice, the gap width is determined by measuring intensity of the reflected laser beam in the presence of the gap and comparing it to the intensity of the reflected laser beam in the absence of the gap, i.e, when the specimen surface is more than several wavelengths away from the reflecting surface.
摘要:
A probing apparatus is used to measure electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device formed on a wafer. The apparatus includes means for holding the wafer in a vertical or slightly leaned position on a frame, a contact needle, three-directional drive means for holding the needle on the frame movably both vertically and horizontally along the device-bearing surface of the wafer and for bringing the needle into releasable contact with a desired portion of the device-bearing surface of the wafer, and a microscope provided in such a way that the tip of the needle is seen substantially at the center of the field of view, said microscope being movable together with the needle along the device-bearing surface of the wafer.
摘要:
A semiconductor device with a multi-electrode construction equivalent to a conventional variable capacitance diode in function is disclosed. The semiconductor device is characterized in that a capacitance read-out portion with a capacitance read-out electrode and a plurality of depletion layer control portions with control electrodes, respectively, are formed in a bulk of a semiconductor single crystal, a depletion layer within said bulk is changed in width, when a plurality of said depletion layer control portions are reverse-biassed in turn through said control electrodes, whereby a change in capacitance can be read out through said capacitance read-out electrode.
摘要:
A variable capacitor comprises a plurality of variable capacity elements each having depletion layer control section and a capacity reading section both formed on a semiconductor substrate so that the capacity appearing at each capacity reading section varies in accordance with the bias voltage applied to the depletion layer control sections. Portions of the semiconductor substrate where the capacity reading sections are formed have different carrier concentrations, respectively, so that the capacity read out at the capacity reading section also varies in accordance with the carrier concentration.
摘要:
A gas mixture of dry steam and nitrogen gas serving as carrier gas is blown into a hot water mist injection port for rendering the nitrogen gas serve as a medium absorbing latent heat of condensation, thereby smoothly progressing condensation of water vapor and efficiently forming hot water mist. The water vapor is condensed in the hot water mist injection port formed by a cylindrical pipe for supplying latent heat of condensation to the nitrogen gas and dilating the same, thereby accelerating the flow of the hot water mist and spraying the hot water mist to a substrate from the hot water mist injection port at a high speed. Small droplets contained in the high-speed hot water mist have high kinetic energy and high thermal energy, for exhibiting a large colliding effect and a high activation effect with respect to small contaminants adhering to the substrate. A substrate cleaning apparatus capable of spraying hot water mist attaining a high cleaning effect to a substrate is provided.
摘要:
A substrate washing apparatus includes a cooling system for cooling a substrate to below zero, a wet gas supplying system for supplying a gas containing atomized water to the surface of the substrate cooled by the cooling means to form ice on the surface of said substrate, and an ice removing unit for removing the ice formed on the surface of the substrate. This apparatus removes not only relatively large particles but also fine particles from the substrate.
摘要:
The present invention provides a novel sensor preferably used for non-destructive measurement of the electrical characteristics of semiconductors. The sensor is easily manufactured and has a sufficiently high dielectric breakdown strength. The sensor includes an electrode mount 64 having a an electrode pattern 200 formed on a bottom surface 66a of a cone glass 66. The bottom surface 66a has a reflecting plane 66c for reflecting a laser beam, a test electrode 201, and three parallelism adjustor electrodes 111 through 113 formed around the reflecting plane 66c. The bottom surface 66a also has a guard ring 120 disposed between the test electrode 201 and the parallelism adjustor electrodes 111 through 113. An insulating film 68 covers a lower surface of the cone glass 66. Wiring formed on a inclined face 66b of the cone glass 66 is connected to external lead wires at the upper end of the wiring. Since the cone glass 66 has two flat surfaces parallel to each other, the electrode pattern 200 is easily formed on the bottom surface 66a by photo lithography. The insulating film 68 effectively works to improve the dielectric breakdown strength.