公开(公告)号：US20190203378A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16223386

申请日：2018-12-18

Applicant: Corner Star Limited

Inventor： Bayard K. Johnson ,  Henry Frank Erk ,  Steven Lee Garner ,  John Gibbons ,  Anthony Thomas Berhorst ,  Joseph C. Holzer ,  Benjamin Michael Meyer ,  Parthiv Daggolu ,  Arash Mehdizadeh Dehkordi ,  Shawn Wesley Hayes

IPC: C30B15/30 ,  C30B29/06

CPC classification number: C30B15/30 ,  C30B15/00 ,  C30B15/02 ,  C30B29/06

Abstract: Methods for removing a melt of silicon from a crucible used in a silicon ingot growth process and associated wick assemblies are disclosed. The wick is made of porous carbon that ignites upon reaching an ignition temperature causing relatively rapid and relatively large volume take-up of silicon from the crucible.