摘要:
The invention provides an improvement in a recharger system consisting of a feeder and a feed conduit for recharging polycrystalline silicon granules into the crucible after a run of growing a single crystal silicon rod by the Czochralski method so as to prepare for the next run of crystal growing. The improvement comprises controlling the amount of holdup of the silicon granules in the feed conduit by means of a sensor provided on the feed conduit so as to ensure smooth and high-rate feed of the silicon granules in such a way that the feed rate of the silicon granules from the feeder to the feed conduit and/or the descending velocity of the crucible can be controlled by the signals generated in the sensor corresponding to the amount of the holdup in the feed conduit.
摘要:
A crystal pulling apparatus is disclosed which employs the Czochralski method. The crystal pulling apparatus is operated while a heater for heating a material melt in a crucible is controlled by the main controller of a main system. When maintenance of a heating state is disabled for some reason, a relay of a signal changeover circuit is switched so as to maintain the heating state under control of the backup controller of a backup system, thereby maintaining the material melt in a molten state. Thus, even when it becomes impossible for the main system to heat the material melt within the crucible, the material melt can be prevented from becoming solidified.
摘要:
In a method of manufacturing a silicon monocrystal using a continuous Czochralski method, a silicon monocrystal is pulled from a silicon-melt in a crucible while a silicon material is fed to the crucible. Supply of the silicon material is suspended until the temperature distribution of the silicon melt becomes stable after initiation of a straight body forming process, and the supply of the silicon material is commenced when the temperature distribution of the silicon melt has become stable. The feed rate of the silicon material is gradually increased until the feed rate becomes equal to a solidification rate of the silicon melt after the supply of the silicon material has been commenced. This method prevents the silicon monocrystal from becoming a polycrystal during the manufacture thereof.
摘要:
In a pulling apparatus operated according to the multi-pulling method or CCZ method, granular silicon material is first fed to a feed pipe from a feeder so as to form stagnation of the granular silicon material in the feed pipe. The feeding of the granular silicon material from the feeder to the feed pipe is repeatedly commenced and stopped so as to maintain the stagnation of the granular silicon material. The feed rate of the granular silicon material from the feeder to the feed pipe is increased with time until the feed of the silicon material is completed. This prevents abrasion of a coating or lining provided on the inner surface of the feeder and also prevents damage of the feeder. In a pulling apparatus operated according to the Czochralski method, after causing granular silicon material to stagnate in the feed pipe, the crucible is lowered or the feed pipe is raised, while the stagnation of the granular silicon material is maintained, so as to form an unmolten layer of the granular silicon material on the molten or solidified surface of the silicon melt. The unmolten layer is then melted, and the granular silicon material is fed onto the unmolten layer through the feed pipe while the stagnation of the granular silicon material in the feed pipe is maintained. Accordingly, silicon material can be recharged without damaging the crucible, so that productivity and manufacturing yield of silicon monocrystals can be improved.
摘要:
A wire vibration prevention mechanism for a Czochralski-type single crystal pulling apparatus comprises one or more wire braces (25, 26) for restricting the wire (16) to moving only in the vertical direction, and as many drive means (23, 24) as there are wire braces (25, 26) for horizontally displacing the respective wire braces.