Method of growing silicon single crystals
    1.
    发明授权
    Method of growing silicon single crystals 失效
    生长硅单晶的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5501172A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-26

    申请号:US395837

    申请日:1995-02-28

    IPC分类号: C30B15/00 C30B15/20

    CPC分类号: C30B29/06 C30B15/00

    摘要: The present invention provides a method of growing silicon single crystals by the Czochralski method, wherein the strength of a neck may be increased so as to delete the risk of severance thereof in a simple and easy way without the use of mechanically complex devices and thereby growing of a single crystal of a larger diameter and heavy weight is made practically possible.The method comprises the steps of: a single crystal being so grown from a seed crystal that the diameter of said single crystal gets gradually narrower until the length of a seed taper reaches 2.5 to 15 times the sectional size of the seed crystal; the diameter of a long near-cylindrical neck following the seed taper being so regulated that said diameter may be 0.09 to 0.9 times the sectional size of the seed crystal and 2.5 mm as the smallest in diameter; the spread of the diameter fluctuation of the neck being so restricted as to be less than 1 mm; and the length of the neck being so controlled as to be kept within the range of 200 mm to 600 mm.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了通过切克劳斯基法生长硅单晶的方法,其中可以增加颈部的强度,以便在不使用机械复杂的装置的情况下以简单和容易的方式删除其分离的风险,从而增长 的大直径和重量的单晶实际上是可能的。 该方法包括以下步骤:从晶种生长单晶,使得单晶的直径逐渐变窄,直到晶种锥的长度达到晶种的截面尺寸的2.5至15倍; 种子锥度之后的长的近圆柱形颈部的直径被调节,使得所述直径可以是晶种的截面尺寸的0.09至0.9倍,并且直径最小为2.5mm; 颈部的直径波动的扩展被限制为小于1mm; 并且颈部的长度被控制在200mm至600mm的范围内。

    Crucible for pulling silicon single crystal
    2.
    发明授权
    Crucible for pulling silicon single crystal 失效
    坩埚用于拉硅单晶

    公开(公告)号:US5720809A

    公开(公告)日:1998-02-24

    申请号:US510436

    申请日:1995-08-02

    IPC分类号: C30B15/02 C30B15/12 C30B29/06

    摘要: A double-wall crucible is disclosed which is constructed by coaxially disposing a cylindrical partition wall in an outer crucible for holding a molten mass of silicon as a raw material and operated by heating the outer crucible and meanwhile supplying the raw material silicon to the gap between the outer crucible and the cylindrical partition wall and introducing the consequently produced molten mass of silicon to the interior of the cylindrical partition wall through a passage below the level of the molten mass of silicon interconnecting the outer crucible and the inner side of the cylindrical partition wall and meanwhile pulling a single crystal bar from the molten mass of silicon in the cylindrical partition wall. In this double-wall crucible, at least the cylindrical partition wall is formed of quartz glass having a hydroxyl group (OH group) content of not more than 30 ppm. In the crucible of this invention, the produced silicon single crystal enjoys improved quality and the operation of pulling enjoys enhanced yield because the cylindrical partition wall is softened or deformed only sparingly by the intense heat emanating from the molten mass of silicon. Since the cylindrical partition wall does not readily soften or deform on exposure to the heat, the partition wall can be fixed in place with a simple construction and the whole apparatus for the operation of pulling enjoys simplicity of construction and low cost of production.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种双壁坩埚,其通过在外坩埚中同轴设置圆筒形分隔壁而构成,用于将硅熔体作为原料保持,并通过加热外坩埚进行操作,同时将原料硅供应到 外坩埚和圆柱形分隔壁,并将由此产生的硅熔融物质通过下列通道引导到圆筒形分隔壁的内部,该通道位于将外坩埚与圆柱形分隔壁的内侧相互连接的熔融物质层的下方 同时从圆柱形分隔壁的硅熔融体中拉出单晶棒。 在该双壁坩埚中,至少圆筒形分隔壁由羟基(OH基)含量为30ppm以下的石英玻璃构成。 在本发明的坩埚中,所生产的硅单晶具有改进的质量,并且由于由熔融硅团发出的强烈热量,圆柱形分隔壁被轻微软化或变形,所以拉伸操作具有提高的产量。 由于圆柱形分隔壁在暴露于热量时不容易软化或变形,因此能够以简单的结构将分隔壁固定就位,并且用于拉动操作的整个装置具有简单的结构和低成本的生产。

    Method for testing electrical properties of silicon single crystal
    4.
    发明授权
    Method for testing electrical properties of silicon single crystal 失效
    测试硅单晶电性能的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5534112A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-09

    申请号:US238722

    申请日:1994-05-05

    摘要: The evaluation of the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage of a silicon semiconductor single crystal is caried out by cutting a wafer out of the single crystal rod, etching the surface of the wafer with the mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid thereby relieving the wafer of strain, then etching the surface of the wafer with the mixed solution of K.sub.2 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.7, hydrofluoric acid, and water thereby inducing occurrence of pits and scale-like patterns on the surface, determining the density of the scale-like patterns, and computing the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage by making use of the correlating between the density of scale-like patterns and the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage. This fact established the method of this invention to be capable of effecting an evaluation equivalent to the evaluation of the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage of a PW wafer prepared from the single crystal rod.

    摘要翻译: 通过从单晶棒切割晶片,对硅半导体单晶的氧化膜介电击穿电压进行评估,用氢氟酸和硝酸的混合溶液蚀刻晶片的表面,从而使晶片 然后用K2Cr2O7,氢氟酸和水的混合溶液蚀刻晶片的表面,从而在表面上引起凹坑和鳞片状图案的发生,确定鳞片状图案的密度,并计算氧化膜 通过利用鳞片状图案的密度与氧化膜介质击穿电压之间的相关性,介电击穿电压。 这一事实确定了本发明的方法能够进行与从单晶棒制备的PW晶片的氧化膜介电击穿电压的评估相当的评估。

    Single crystal pulling apparatus
    5.
    发明授权
    Single crystal pulling apparatus 失效
    单晶拉丝机

    公开(公告)号:US5373805A

    公开(公告)日:1994-12-20

    申请号:US961764

    申请日:1992-10-15

    IPC分类号: C30B15/00 C30B15/14 C30B15/20

    摘要: A single crystal pulling apparatus based on Czochralski technique having a conduit for continuously supplying granular polycrystal material to the crucible and a vertical purge tube suspended centrally into the heating chamber, wherein the purge tube is vertically shiftable; a heat shield ring is connected to the lower end of the purge tube, and a cylindrical quartz partition ring made of a quartz glass containing no bubbles is held vertically by the heat shield ring in a manner such that the lower end of the quartz partition ring comes substantially lower than the lower end of the purge tube so that, by being dipped in the polycrystal melt, the partition ring isolates the interior surface of the melt from the exterior surface of the melt, over which latter the granular polycrystal material is poured.

    摘要翻译: 一种基于切克劳斯基技术的单晶拉制装置,其具有用于向坩埚中连续供应颗粒状多晶材料的导管和悬浮在加热室中心的垂直吹扫管,其中,吹扫管是可垂直移动的; 隔热环连接到吹扫管的下端,并且由不含气泡的石英玻璃制成的圆柱形石英隔壁由隔热环垂直地保持,使得石英隔板环的下端 基本上低于吹扫管的下端,使得通过浸入多晶熔体中,分隔环将熔体的内表面与熔体的外表面隔开,在其后倾倒颗粒状多晶材料。

    Method for testing electrical properties of silicon single crystal
    6.
    发明授权
    Method for testing electrical properties of silicon single crystal 失效
    测试硅单晶电性能的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5688319A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-18

    申请号:US796385

    申请日:1991-11-22

    摘要: The evaluation of the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage of a silicon semiconductor single crystal is caried out by cutting a wafer out of the single crystal rod, etching the surface of the wafer with the mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid thereby relieving the wafer of strain, then etching the surface of the wafer with the mixed solution of K.sub.2 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.7, hydrofluoric acid, and water therby inducing occurrence of pits and scale-like patterns on the surface, determining the density of the scale-like patterns, and computing the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage by making use of the correlating between the density of scale-like patterns and the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage. This fact established the method of this invention to be capable of effecting an evaluation equivalent to the evaluation of the oxide film dielectric breakdown voltage of a PW wafer prepared from the single crystal rod.

    摘要翻译: 通过从单晶棒切割晶片,对硅半导体单晶的氧化膜介电击穿电压进行评估,用氢氟酸和硝酸的混合溶液蚀刻晶片的表面,从而使晶片 然后用K2Cr2O7,氢氟酸和水的混合溶液蚀刻晶片表面,从而在表面上引起凹坑和鳞片状图案的发生,确定鳞片状图案的密度,并计算氧化膜 通过利用鳞片状图案的密度与氧化膜介质击穿电压之间的相关性,介电击穿电压。 这一事实确定了本发明的方法能够进行与从单晶棒制备的PW晶片的氧化膜介电击穿电压的评估相当的评估。

    Apparatus for producing silicon single crystal
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for producing silicon single crystal 失效
    硅单晶制造装置

    公开(公告)号:US5871583A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-16

    申请号:US773351

    申请日:1996-12-26

    摘要: An apparatus for producing a silicon single crystal grown by the Czochralski method includes a main chamber having a round soulder interconnecting the upper end of a side wall and the lower end of a neck of the main chamber. The round shoulder has an inside surface so profiled as to form a portion of the periphery of an ellipse drawn about two foci which are composed of the upper end of a heater and a point of the longitudinal axis of a silicon single crystal being grown. The inside surface has a low emissivity. With the apparatus thus constructed, a silicon single crystal having a high dielectric breakdown strength of oxide film (SiO.sub.2) can be produced in a stable manner with high yield and productivity.

    摘要翻译: 用于生产通过切克劳斯基法生长的单晶硅的装置包括:主室,其具有将侧壁的上端和主室的颈部的下端相互连接的圆形的钢桶。 圆形肩部具有内表面,所述内表面被成形为形成围绕两个焦点的椭圆的周边的一部分,该两个焦点由加热器的上端和生长的硅单晶的纵向轴线的点组成。 内表面发射率低。 利用如此构造的装置,可以以高产率和生产率以稳定的方式制造具有高的氧化膜(SiO 2)的介电击穿强度的硅单晶。