Contents 1. bitroduction 2. Space-charge and quasi-neutral region generation 3. Theory of the non-equilibrium MOS capacitor 4 . Pulsed techniques 4.1 Zerbst method [4] 4.2 Heiman method [6] 4.3 Huang method [lo] 4.4 Calzolari current/capacitance transient method [14, 151 4.5 Trullemans and van de Wiele method [31] 4.6 Kano method [16] 4.7 Rabbani method [21] 5. Voltage sweep techniques 5.1 Pierret method [12, 131 5.2 Gorban method [17] 5.3 Taniguchi method [lS] 5.4 Lin method [22] 5.5 Kaplan method [20] 5.6 Tiwari method [23] 5.7 Kuper and Grimbergen method [33] 6. Charge measurement 6.1 Hofstein method [5] 6.2 Viswanathan method [37] 7 . Discussion References