摘要:
An apparatus and a method are presented for preparing a single crystal ingot of a compound semiconductor material which contains a high vapor pressure component. The apparatus includes: a furnace housing 78 housing a cylindrical hermetic vessel 20 having a ceiling plate section 22A and a bottom plate section 42. External heaters 36, 38 and 40 surrounding the hermetic vessel 20, and a vapor pressure control section which communicates hermetically with the vessel 20. The vapor pressure control section includes: a vapor pressure control tube 98 having a hermetic inner space formed between an inner wall 102 and a coaxial outer wall 100; a communication conduit 96 which hermetically communicates the inner space of the vapor pressure control tube 98 with the inner space of the vessel 20; heat pipes 108, 112 extending along at least one of either the inner wall or the outer wall; control heaters 110, 114 disposed both on the inside of the inner wall and on the outside of the outer wall of the vapor pressure control section 98.
摘要:
The invention is directed to preventing meltdown of conductive metal electrodes 5, 5 used to supply current to a heater 104 of a crucible 103. A single crystal pulling apparatus comprises: the heater 104 which encircles the crucible 103, and the pair of electrodes 5, 5, respectively threaded to a pair of graphite intermediate electrodes 6 of the heater 104, and a voltage source 9 for supplying power to the pair of electrodes 5, 5. A switch 11 switches the power on and off. A watthour meter 10a, continuously measures the current flowing through the heater 104. Investigation by the present inventors showed that in the case of a crack 8 in a lower portion of the intermediate electrode 6, minute fluctuations occurred in the measured value of the current, arising from an electric discharge phenomena in the crack 8 prior to meltdown of the electrodes 5, 5. Therefore, if fluctuations in the electric current measured by the wattmeter 10a are outside of a tolerance range, the controller 12 switches off the switch 11, thus interrupting power to the electrodes 5, 5, and preventing meltdown of the electrodes 5, 5.
摘要:
A single crystal pulling apparatus comprising: a gas tight container, a double crucible for storing a semiconductor melt inside the gas tight container comprising an outer crucible and an inner crucible which are connected at a lower edge, and source material supply means for adding source material to the semiconductor melt at a position between the outer crucible and the inner crucible, characterized in that a flow restriction member is provided inside the semiconductor melt region between the outer crucible and the inner crucible for restricting the flow of the semiconductor melt.
摘要:
An improvement in the safety, ease and speed with which the operation of attaching a crucible 1 to a support base 10 of a single crystal pulling apparatus can be completed is provided. With the method of attaching the crucible 1 to the support base 10, the support base 10 is divided into a support base bottom portion 11 and a support base drum portion 12 which is fitted to the bottom portion 11, and the crucible 1 is mounted on the support base bottom portion 11. The support base 10 is then assembled by fitting the support base drum portion 12 to the support base bottom portion 11.
摘要:
A single crystal pulling apparatus wherein a semiconductor melt is stored in an outer crucible, and a cylindrical inner crucible which acts as a partition body, is mounted inside the outer crucible to thus form a double crucible, and a single crystal of semiconductor is pulled from the semiconductor melt inside the inner crucible. The inner crucible contains a communicating portion, which is formed when the double crucible is formed, for allowing flow of the semiconductor melt into the inner crucible, and the communicating portion incorporates an arrangement for removal of gas bubbles which have adhered to the communicating portion.
摘要:
The invention relates to a single crystal pulling apparatus comprising; an outer crucible 11 positioned inside a chamber (gas tight container) 2, for storing a semiconductor melt 21, and an inner crucible 30 comprising a cylindrical partition body, mounted inside the outer crucible 11 to form a double crucible, and wherein a single crystal of semiconductor 26 is pulled from the semiconductor melt 21 stored inside the inner crucible 30. With this arrangement, the inner crucible 30 is made from quartz and comprises an inside layer A, an outside layer C, and an intermediate layer B which lies between the inside layer A and the outside layer C, and the intermediate layer B is made from quartz with a larger gas bubble content than the quartz which makes up the inside layer A and the outside layer C of the inner crucible 30.
摘要:
An annular member hoist apparatus which lifts an annular member and carries and positions the annular member at a predetermined location by a carrier apparatus fitted with an elevator mechanism, including a suspension member suspended from the elevator mechanism, and a plurality of support arms which extend out radially in a horizontal plane from the suspension member. Each of the support arms has an engagement tip portion for supporting the annular member from inside the annular member.
摘要:
The present invention provides an improved single crystal pulling apparatus for pulling a single crystal semiconductor such as silicon or gallium arsenide. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a gas tight container, a crucible which is disposed inside the container, a heater, and a pair of coils to apply a cusp magnetic field in the semiconductor melt. The crucible is separated into two regions by a cylindrical partition body, and an outside region is used to supply source material and to melt the source material and an inside region is used for pulling up the single crystal. The inside and outside regions are communicated with the communication passage provided at the bottom of the partition body. Electrical currents in opposing directions are applied to a pair of coils for generating in the melt a cusp magnetic field which includes a vertical portion and a horizontal portion relative to the crucible. By positioning the vertical portion of the cusp magnetic field at the position of the communication passage and the horizontal portion below the semiconductor melt, the flow rate of the melt passing through the communication passage is reduced and the convection within the melt is suppressed. Consequently, high quality semiconductor single crystals can be obtained.
摘要:
A single crystal pulling apparatus comprises: a chamber; a crucible disposed within the chamber for containing a melt; a water-cooling means disposed within the chamber in such a manner as surrounding a single crystal pulled up from the melt in the crucible; water piping for feeding cooling water to and discharging the same from the water-cooling means; and supporting arms connected to the chamber for supporting the water-cooling means, wherein the supporting arms are disposed between the single crystal and the water piping. According to this configuration, the supporting arms can prevent the water piping from being damaged in the event of fall and collapse of the single crystal due to failure of the seed neck portion or in the event of rupture of the single crystal due to thermal stress, for instance.