摘要:
An apparatus for growing a single crystal is disclosed which includes a double crucible assembly. The double crucible assembly has an outer crucible and an inner crucible disposed in the outer crucible. A support member is provided for supporting the inner crucible, and the support member is formed of an inorganic oxide non-reactive with silicon oxide. The upper end portion of the inner crucible may be formed of the same inorganic oxide. Alumina or mullite is suitable as the inorganic oxide. With the above construction, silicon single crystals obtained by the crystal growing apparatus will be free of contamination by carbon or heavy metals, and will exhibit excellent quality.
摘要:
In a method for pulling a single crystal, employing a double crucible assembly, the dopant concentration of the molten raw material in an inner crucible prior to the pulling, is raised to a value higher than the dopant concentration C of the molten raw material in the inner crucible at the steady state. Furthermore, at the initial stage of the pulling, the raw material having a dopant content ratio of no greater than kC is introduced into the outer crucible at a rate greater than the rate of decrease of the molten raw material within the inner crucible during the pulling, to achieve a concentration ratio of dopant between the inner and outer crucibles at a target value. Subsequently, the raw material having kC as the dopant content ratio is introduced into the outer crucible, at a rate equal to the rate of decrease of the molten raw material during the pulling.
摘要:
In apparatuses for melting semiconductor material and growing single crystals of semiconductor material, the apparatus comprising:(a) a furnace,(b) a cylindrical double crucible assembly comprising an inner crucible in which single crystals of semiconductor material are grown at a vertical-concentric line thereof, the inner crucible having an upper part and a lower part, and an outer crucible in which melted semiconductor material is received, the outer crucible having the inner crucible disposed therein,(c) a susceptor for supporting the outer crucible,(d) rotating means for rotating the susceptor,(e) a feed pipe for supplying starting material in the space formed between the inner and the outer crucibles,(f) fluid-passage means for permitting the melted semiconductor material to flow between the inner and outer crucibles, the fluid-passage means being disposed at the lower part of the inner crucible, andwherein the inner crucible being set inside the outer crucible in a separable manner, the apparatus improved comprising:(g) joining means for setting the inner crucible inside the outer crucible concentrically, the joining means being disposed inside the furnace, and(h) engaging means for engaging the inner crucible and joining means detachably, the engaging means being disposed at the upper part of the inner crucible so as to engage a respective joining means.
摘要:
A crystal growing apparatus includes a crucible, a feed pipe and a pulling mechanism. The crucible serves to melt a crystalline material. The feed pipe serves to cause the crystalline material to fall into the crucible to charge the crucible with the crystalline material. The pulling mechanism serves to pull a single-crystal from the molten material in the crucible. The feed pipe has a lower end positioned slightly above the surface of the molten material in the crucible and including a plurality of baffle plates mounted on an inner peripheral wall thereof in longitudinally spaced relation to one another. The baffle plates are arranged so that a pitch defined between adjacent two baffle plates decreases toward the lower end of the feed pipe.
摘要:
A video encoding control method encodes an input video signal by controlling a generated bit rate so a hypothetical buffer in a decoder does not overflow or underflow includes: sequentially encoding each picture in an encoding-order picture group in accordance with a predetermined encoding parameter, the encoding-order picture group including a predetermined number of pictures and being a collection of successive pictures in the order of encoding; calculating a quantization statistic of each picture based on quantization parameter information used to encode each picture each time each picture is encoded, and checking whether the quantization statistic exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and if the quantization statistic exceeds the predetermined threshold value, changing the encoding parameter so the generated bit rate resulting from encoding is reduced and performing re-encoding from a first picture of an encoding-order picture group that is being encoded using the changed encoding parameter.
摘要:
A video encoding device, which uses intra encoding and inter encoding with motion compensation with respect to an input video signal, includes a determination unit which determines whether the input video signal to be encoded corresponds to a stationary region, a region having minute motion, or a region having normal motion, a first encoding unit which performs inter encoding of a motion vector (0, 0) with respect to a region determined as a stationary region by the determination unit, a second encoding unit which performs motion search and inter encoding in a limited search range with respect to a region determined as a region having minute motion by the determination unit, and a third encoding unit which performs motion search and inter encoding in a normal search range with respect to a region determined as a region having normal motion by the determination unit.
摘要:
A first step models a hot zone in a pulling apparatus of a single crystal as a mesh structure, and a second step inputs physical property values of each member corresponding to meshes combined for each member of the hot zone into a computer. A third step obtains the surface temperature distribution of each member on the basis of the calorific power of a heater and the emissivity of each member, and a fourth step obtains the internal temperature distribution of each member on the basis of the surface temperature distribution and the thermal conductivity of each member, and then further obtains the internal temperature distribution of a molten liquid being in consideration of convection. A fifth step obtains the shape of the solid-liquid interface between the single crystal and the molten liquid in accordance with an isothermal line including a tri-junction of the single crystal. A sixth step repeats said third to fifth steps until the tri-junction becomes the melting point of the single crystal. The invention aims at making the computation result and an actual measurement result of the shape of the solid-liquid interface between a single crystal and a molten liquid coincide very well with each other.
摘要:
In a video encoding control method of the present invention, each picture is encoded in units of encoding-order picture groups such as GOPs, and when CPB underflow has occurred, an encoding parameter such as a quantization parameter and filter strength of a pre-filter is changed in such a manner that a generated bit rate is reduced, and an encoding-order picture group that is being encoded is re-encoded from its first picture using the changed encoding parameter.
摘要:
A video processing method includes dividing a processing target image, which forms a video image, into a plurality of divided areas; determining a bandwidth applied to the divided areas; computing a filter coefficient array for implementing frequency characteristics corresponding to a band limitation using the bandwidth; subjecting the image data to a filtering process using the filter coefficient array; deriving a value of error information between the obtained data and the original image data, and computing an allocation coefficient used for determining an optimum bandwidth, based on the derived value; determining, for each divided area, the optimum bandwidth corresponding to the allocation coefficient, and computing an optimum filter coefficient array for implementing the frequency characteristics corresponding to a band limitation using the optimum bandwidth; subjecting the image data of the divided area to a filtering process using the optimum filter coefficient array; and synthesizing the obtained data of each divided area.
摘要:
The axial temperature gradient G at the vicinity of the solid-liquid interface 24 in an ingot is calculated in consideration of the heating value of a heater 18, the dimensions and physical property values of furnace inside components and the convection of the melt 12 before pulling up the single crystal ingot 15 by a puller 10 by use of a numerical simulation of synthetic heater transfers and a numerical simulation of melt convection. Then, the pulling velocity V of the single crystal ingot is determined from an value experienced of the ratio C=V/G of the pulling velocity V and the axial temperature gradient G of the single crystal ingot at which the single crystal ingot becomes defect-free, obtained when the single crystal ingot was pulled up by a same type puller as the puller in the past, and the axial temperature gradient G calculated by use of the simulations. Then, the ingot is pulled up at the pulling velocity, and the change value of the temperature gradient G to the deterioration value of partial furnace inside components roughly measured while the ingot is pulled up is roughly forecasted by use of the simulations. And further, the pulling velocity V of the ingot is adjusted in such a way that the ratio C should become the value experienced according to the change value of the temperature gradient G roughly forecasted.
摘要翻译:考虑到加热器18的加热值,炉内部件的尺寸和物理特性值以及拉伸前的熔体12的对流来计算锭中的固液界面24附近的轴向温度梯度G 通过使用合成加热器传递的数值模拟和熔融对流的数值模拟,通过拉拔器10将单晶锭15提升。 然后,单晶锭的拉伸速度V根据拉伸速度V的比率C = V / G和单晶锭的缺陷的单晶锭的轴向温度梯度G的值来确定, 当通过与过去的拉拔器相同的类型的拉拔器将单晶锭拉起时获得的自由,以及通过使用模拟计算的轴向温度梯度G. 然后,以拉拔速度拉高铸块,并且通过使用模拟来粗略地预测温度梯度G的变化值与在锭被拉起时粗略测量的部分炉内部组分的劣化值。 此外,锭子的拉伸速度V被调节成使得比率C应当变成根据大致预测的温度梯度G的变化值所经历的值。