摘要:
A by-product mixture produced in a process for producing polycrystalline silicon is made to react with chlorine to form tetrachlorosilane (STC) distillate in a chlorination reaction vessel, and the tetrachlorosilane (STC) distillate is made to react with hydrogen in a hydrogenation reaction vessel to be converted into trichlorosilane (TCS). In the chlorination step, methyl chlorosilanes having boiling points close to TCS are hyper-chlorinated to be converted into hyper-chlorinated methyl chlorosilanes having higher boiling points, which facilitates the hyper-chlorinated methyl chlorosilanes to be separated into high concentration, and inhibits carbon from contaminating the polycrystalline silicon. A donor/acceptor eliminator is provided in the circulation cycle for producing TCS, and accordingly there is no need to take out a by-product produced in the process for producing TCS to the outside of the system, which can highly purify the TCS.
摘要:
A vapor-phase growth plant which has a dopant gas supplying apparatus comprising a plurality of dopant gas supplying containers, and a multiple stage gas flow subsystem with a plurality of dopant gas supply conduits therein, of which said dopant gas supply conduits form a tournament-style network with a plurality of confluences on which the dopant gas supply conduits are united and the gas flows therein are merged for subjection to even mixing which results in gradual decreasing of the number of the dopant gas supply conduits as the dopant gas flows proceed in the multiple stage gas flow subsystem. Together with the equipped pressure reducing valves, the dopant gas which is highly evened in its pressure and its concentration can be supplied to the vapor-phase growth apparatus, thereby affording stable production of vapor-phase growth products with extremely lessened quality variance. The dopant gas supplying apparatus described compiles the gas supply conduits within it to two groups, each of which can be used alternatively by switching of these. Therefore, the apparatus can supply dopant gas continuously and for a longer period. Also the operation of the dopant gas supplying apparatus can be simplified.
摘要:
A polycrystalline silicon rod for preparing a monocrystalline silicon rod by a floating zone method, wherein at least a central portion of the section of the polycrystalline silicon rod has coarsened silicon monocrystalline grains around the center over an area of or above the minimum section of a molten zone during progress in the floating zone method and the outer peripheral portion of the coarsened region has fine monocrystalline grains. From the polycrystalline silicon rod, the monocrystalline silicon rod for a semiconductor is prepared with a high yield by the single floating zone method.