摘要:
Process of producing a hollow semiconductor body, particularly of silicon, by precipitating through a reaction with a gaseous semiconductor compound on an electrically heated mandrel, the improvement comprising coating the mandrel with soot prior to precipitating the semiconductor material.
摘要:
A method for controlling the course of a floating melting zone process, in which a melting zone is electromagnetically induced in a semiconductor rod includes the steps of monitoring the r.f. frequency of the signal applied to induce heating in the rod, monitoring the voltage drop across the induction heating coil, and monitoring the current drawn by the r.f. generator, and controlling, in response to these three variables, the frequency of the signal and the velocity at which the silicon rod is pulled, in order to bring all three of the independent variables into agreement with desired values, to produce a rod of a constant desired diameter.
摘要:
Apparatus for indiffusing dopant into a semiconductor material. The apparatus comprises a heatable tube of the same semiconductor material, the wall of which is from 0.5 to 20 mm thick and is gas-tight under reaction conditions. Heating means include an induction coil spaced from the heatable tube and a relatively narrow graphite ring fixed about the tube to accelerate such heating.
摘要:
FLOATING ZONE MELTING OF A VERTICALLY MOUNTED ROD IS PERFORMED WHILE ENERGIZING A LEVITATING FIELD WINDING BY ALTERNATING CURRENT OF MEDIUM FREQUENCY (500 HZ.-500 KHZ.) AND MAINTAINING THE LOW-FREQUENCY (BELOW 300 HZ.) AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE ENERGIZING CURRENT BELOW 5%, PREFERABLY BELOW 1%. USED AS CURRENT SOURCE IS AN ALTERNATING-CURRET GENERATOR WHOSE EXCITATION OR FEEDER DIRECT CURRENT IS SMOOTHED BY ELECTRONIC FILTERING.
摘要:
IN A METHOD OF ZONE MELTING A SEMICONDUCTOR ROD, THE ROD IS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY SUPPORTED AT ONE END BY A FIRST END HOLDER LOCATED IN THE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS OF THE ROD, A SEED CRYSTAL BEING ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END OF THE ROD AND HAVING A FREE END SUPPORTED BY A SECOND END HOLDER, AND A MOLTEN ZONE IS FORMED IN THE ROD BY AN ANNULAR HEATING DEVICE SURROUNDING THE ROD AND DIVIDING IT INTO TWO ROD PORTIONS, THE ANNULAR HEATING DEVICE AND THE ROD BEING MOVED RELATIVE TO ONT ANOTHER IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF THE ROD FROM THE SEED CRYSTAL TO THE FIRST END HOLDER SO THAT ONE OF THE PORTIONS OF THE ROD IS SUPPLIED TO THE MELT AND THE OTHER PORTION THEREOF CRYSTALLIZES OUT OF THE MELT. THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD INCLUDES LATERALLY DISPLACING THE ANNULAR HEATING DEVICE TO A POSITION ECCENTRIC TO THE AXIS OF THE ROD BUT NEVERTHELESS STILL SURROUNDING THE ROD, AND MAINTAINING THE ECCENTRIC RELATIONSHIP OF THE ANNULAR HEATING DEVICE TO THE ROD FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE MOLTEN ZONE PASS ALONG THE ROD.
摘要:
Device for zone melting a crystalline rod includes a vessel, an induction heating coil mounted in the vessel for heating a molten zone formed in a crystalline rod, and an electric current supply for the induction heating coil extending into the vessel through an opening formed in a wall of the vessel, the current supply including a plurality of mutually telescoped conductor tubes radially spaced from one another, the plurality of telescoped conductor tubes including a first sequence of alternately disposed tubes and a second sequence of tubes disposed in alternating relationship with the first sequence of alternately disposed tubes, all of the tubes of the first sequence of alternately disposed tubes being electrically connected at both ends thereof, and all of the tubes of the second sequence of alternately disposed tubes being electrically connected at both ends thereof.
摘要:
Device for crucible-free zone melting a crystalline rod, particularly a semiconductor rod, includes two induction heating coils annularly surrounding the crystalline rod, and driving means for adjusting the position of the induction heating coils relative to one another in a direction transverse to the rod axis. Method of using the device includes relatively moving the induction heating coils away from one another transversely to the rod axis at the junction of a seed crystal with one end of the rod so as to fuse the seed crystal to the rod, relatively moving the induction heating coils on the one hand and the rod on the other hand along the axis of the rod and simultaneously relatively displacing the induction heating coils gradually toward one another in a direction transverse to the rod axis in conformity with an outwardly flaring conical portion of the rod extending from the seed crystal, until the induction heating coils substantially coaxially surround the main cylindrical portion of the rod.
摘要:
METHOD OF CRUCIBLE-FREE ZONE MELTING A CRYSTALLINE ROD WHICH COMPRISES ROTATING A PAIR OF SPACED AND SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY ALIGNED END HOLDERS SUPPORTING A CRYSTALLINE ROD THEREBETWEEN, HEATING THE ROD WITH AN ANNULAR HEATING DEVICE SURROUNDING THE ROD TO A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH A MOLTEN ZONE IS FORMED IN THE ROD DIVIDING THE ROD INTO A SUPPLY ROD PORITION BEING SUPPLIED TO THE MELT IN THE MOLTEN ZONE AND A ROD PORTION RESOLIDIFYING FROM THE MELT, RELATIVELY DISPLACING THE END HOLDERS AND THE HEATING DEVICE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ROD AXIS AT A GIVEN RELATIVE SPEED SO THAT THE RESOLIDIFYING ROD PORTION HAS A THICKNESS OF PREDETERMINED NOMINAL VALUE, AND LATERALLY DISPLACING THE END HOLDER FOR THE SUPPLY ROD PORTION OUT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER END HOLDER.
摘要:
APPARATUS FOR REFINING A ROD ACCORDING TO THE FLOATINGZONE MELTING TECHNIQUE INCLUDES ROTARY SHAFT MEANS ADAPTED TO CARRY AND ROTATE A ROD DURING SUBJECTION THEREOF TO THE FLOATING-ZONE MELTING TECHNIQUE, PLAY-FREE WORMDRIVE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE ROTARY SHAFT MEANS FOR ROTATING THE LATTER, CARRIAGE MEANS CARRYING THE ROTARY SHAFT MEANS, BALL-BEARING GUIDE MEANS GUIDING THE CARRIAGE MEANS FOR MOVEMENT, AND ROTARY BALL-BEARING SPINDLE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CARRIAGE MEANS FOR DISPLACING THE LATTER, SO THAT THE ROD IS MAINTAINED FREE OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS DURING TREATMENT OF THE ROD ACCORDING TO THE FLOATING-ZONE MELTING TECHNIQUE.
摘要:
METHOD OF CRUCIBLE-FREE ZONE MELTING A CRYSTALLINE ROD WHICH COMPRISES SUCCESSIVELY PASSING ALONG THE ROD IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION THEREOF AN ADVANCE MELTING ZONE FORMED IN THE ROD TO A DEPTH SMALLER THAN THE RADIAL THICKNESS OF THE ROD AND A SUBSEQUENT MELTING ZONE FORMED IN THE ROD AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE CROSS SECTION OF THE ROD.