摘要:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing an SiC single crystal, which can efficiently cool a seed crystal attached to a seed shaft. This apparatus for producing an SiC single crystal includes: a crucible (14) for accommodating an Si-C solution (16); and a seed shaft (30) having a lower end surface (34) to which an SiC seed crystal (36) is to be attached. The seed shaft includes: an inner pipe (48) that extends in a height direction of the crucible and constitutes a first passage (60) thereinside; an outer pipe (50) that accommodates the inner pipe and constitutes a second passage (SP1) between itself and the inner pipe; and a bottom portion that has the lower end surface and covers a lower end opening of the outer pipe. One passage of the first and second passages serves as an introduction passage through which a coolant gas flows downward, and the other passage serves as a discharge passage through which the coolant gas flows upward. When viewed from an axial direction of the seed shaft, a region inside the pipe that constitutes the introduction passage is to be overlapped by a region of not less than 60% of the SiC seed crystal.
摘要:
Provided is a method for producing SiC single crystals while maintaining a temperature gradient such that the temperature decreases from within an Si solution inside a graphite crucible toward the solution surface, with the SiC seed crystals that have contacted the solution surface serving as the starting point for crystal seed growth, wherein when the crystal growth surface of the SiC seed crystals, which serves as the starting point for SiC single crystal growth, contacts the solution surface, the height by which the solution rises to the side of the SiC seed crystals is within the range where the SiC single crystals that have grown from the crystal growth surface and the SiC single crystals that have grown from the side grow as one SiC single crystal unit. Also provided is a device for producing an SiC single crystal comprising a graphite crucible, a heating device for heating and melting base materials in the crucible to form a base material solution and maintaining a temperature gradient required for growth of SiC single crystal, a support rod which holds a SiC seed crystal at its bottom end, and a holding structure which maintains the holding by the support rod so that a height by which the solution rises to the side of the SiC seed crystal is within a range where the SiC single crystal that have grown from the crystal growth surface and the SiC single crystal that have grown from the side grow as one SiC single crystal unit.
摘要:
Provided is a SiC single crystal that has a large growth thickness and contains no inclusions. A SiC single crystal grown by a solution process, wherein the total length M of the outer peripheral section formed by the {1-100} faces on the {0001} growth surface of the SiC single crystal, and the length P of the outer periphery of the growth surface of the SiC single crystal, satisfy the relationship M/P ≤ 0.70, and the length in the growth direction of the SiC single crystal is 2 mm or greater.
摘要:
An apparatus (10) for producing an SiC single crystal is used in the solution growth method. The apparatus (10) for producing an SiC single crystal includes a seed shaft (28) and a crucible (14). The seed shaft (28) has a lower end surface (28S) to which an SiC seed crystal (32) is to be attached. The crucible (14) holds an Si-C solution (15). The seed shaft (28) includes a cylinder part (28A), a bottom part (28B), and a low heat conductive member (28C). The bottom part (28B) is located at the lower end of the cylinder part (28A) and has the lower end surface (28S). The low heat conductive member (28C) is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom part (28B) and has a thermal conductivity lower than that of the bottom part (28B). This production apparatus can make the temperature within the crystal growth surface of the SiC seed crystal less liable to vary.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for producing a SiC single crystal, which allows improving the quality of the single crystal even when crystal growth is performed by forming a meniscus. A growth step in the production method according to the present embodiment comprises a forming step and a first maintenance step. In the forming step, a meniscus is formed between a growth interface of a SiC single crystal and a liquid surface of a Si-C solution. In the first maintenance step, the fluctuation range of the height of the meniscus is maintained within a predetermined range by moving at least one of a seed shaft and a crucible relative to the other in the height direction.
摘要:
A region of an SiC solution in the vicinity of an SiC seed crystal is cooled while suppressing the temperature variation in a peripheral region of the SiC solution. A production apparatus includes a seed shaft (30) and a crucible (14). The seed shaft (30) has a lower end surface (34) to which an SiC seed crystal (36) is to be attached. The crucible (14) accommodates an SiC solution (16). The crucible (14) comprises a main body (140), an intermediate cover (42), and a top cover (44). The main body (140) includes a first cylindrical portion (38), and a bottom portion (40) which is disposed at a lower end portion of the first cylindrical portion (38). The intermediate cover (42) is disposed within the first cylindrical portion (38) and above the liquid level of the SiC solution (16) in the main body (140). The intermediate cover (42) has a first through hole (48) through which the seed shaft (30) is to be passed. The top cover (44) is disposed above the intermediate cover (42). The top cover (44) has a second through hole (52) through which the seed shaft (30) is to be passed.
摘要:
A manufacturing apparatus of a SiC single crystal which facilitates feeding of carbon to the vicinity of a SiC seed crystal. A control unit controls a induction heating unit such that frequency f (Hz) of alternating current to be passed to the induction heating unit satisfies Formula (1), where D1 (mm) indicates a permeation depth of electromagnetic waves into a side wall of a crucible by the induction heating unit, D2 (mm) indicates a permeation depth of electromagnetic waves into a SiC solution, T (mm) indicates a thickness of the side wall of the crucible, and R (mm) indicates an inner radius of the crucible: D 1 - T × D 2 / R > 1 where, D1 is defined by Formula (2), and D2 by Formula (3): D 1 = 503292 × 1 / f × σc × μc 1 / 2 D 2 = 503292 × 1 / f × σs × μs 1 / 2 where, σc is an electric conductivity (S/m) of the sidewall, and σs is an electric conductivity (S/m) of the SiC solution; µc is a relative permeability (dimensionless quantity) of the sidewall, and µs is a relative permeability (dimensionless quantity) of the SiC solution.
摘要:
Provided is a method for manufacturing an n-type SiC single crystal, the method being able to suppress the variation in nitrogen concentration among a plurality of n-type SiC single crystal ingots manufactured. A method for manufacturing an n-type SiC single crystal in the present embodiment includes the steps of: providing a manufacturing apparatus (100) including a chamber (1) having an area in which a crucible (7) is to be disposed; heating the area in which the crucible (7) is to be disposed and evacuating the gas in the chamber (1); filling, after the evacuation, the chamber (1) with a mixed gas containing a noble gas and nitrogen gas; heating and melting a starting material housed in the crucible (7) disposed in the area to produce a SiC solution (8) containing silicon and carbon; and immersing a SiC seed crystal into the SiC solution under the mixed gas atmosphere to grow an n-type SiC single crystal on the SiC seed crystal.