APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE CRYSTAL
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240263342A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18290167

    申请日:2022-02-28

    IPC分类号: C30B15/10 C30B15/00 C30B15/20

    摘要: The present invention is an apparatus for manufacturing a single crystal by growing a single crystal according to a Czochralski method, the apparatus includes a main chamber configured to house a crucible configured to accommodate a raw-material melt and a heater configured to heat the raw-material melt, a pulling chamber being continuously provided at an upper portion of the main chamber and configured to accommodate a single crystal grown and pulled, and a cooling cylinder extends from at least a ceiling portion of the main chamber toward a surface of the raw material melt to surround the single crystal being pulled. The cooling cylinder is configured to be forcibly cooled with a coolant. The apparatus includes a first auxiliary cooling cylinder fitted inside of the cooling cylinder, and a second auxiliary cooling cylinder threadedly connected to the outside of the first auxiliary cooling cylinder from a side of a lower end. A gap between a bottom surface of the cooling cylinder and a top surface of the second auxiliary cooling cylinder is 0 mm or more to 1.0 mm or less. This provides an apparatus for manufacturing a single crystal which can increase growth rate of the single crystal by efficiently cooling the single crystal being grown.

    ANTI-CRACKING SUCTION DEVICE FOR CZOCHRALSKI SINGLE CRYSTAL

    公开(公告)号:US20240247397A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18040128

    申请日:2022-11-25

    IPC分类号: C30B15/00 C30B29/06

    CPC分类号: C30B15/00 C30B29/06

    摘要: An anti-cracking suction device for Czochralski single crystal is provided, wherein the device includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder disposed in the outer cylinder, a suction tube, and a first gap. An upper portion of the suction tube extends into the inner cylinder from a bottom of the outer cylinder, a lower portion of the suction tube is disposed outside the outer cylinder. The first gap is disposed between a bottom of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and is configured to cushion a thermal expansion of the bottom of the inner cylinder to reduce stress at where the suction tube is connected with the inner cylinder, in a case that silicon liquid is sucked into the inner cylinder by the suction tube and accumulated at the bottom of the inner cylinder.

    Method of polishing silicon wafer including notch polishing process and method of producing silicon wafer

    公开(公告)号:US11551922B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16467273

    申请日:2017-09-22

    申请人: SUMCO CORPORATION

    发明人: Tsuyoshi Morita

    摘要: Provided are a method of polishing a silicon wafer and a method of producing a silicon wafer which can reduce the formation of step-forming microdefects on a silicon wafer. The method includes: a double-side polishing step of performing polishing on front and back surfaces of a silicon wafer; a notch portion polishing step of performing polishing on a beveled portion of a notch portion of the silicon wafer after the double-side polishing step; a peripheral beveled portion polishing step of performing polishing on the beveled portion on the periphery of the silicon wafer other than the beveled portion of the notch portion after the notch portion polishing step; and a finish polishing step of performing finish polishing on the front surface of the silicon wafer after the peripheral beveled portion polishing step. The notch portion polishing step is performed in a state where the front surface is wet with water.

    EXPOSURE OF A SILICON RIBBON TO GAS IN A FURNACE

    公开(公告)号:US20220145494A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17610508

    申请日:2020-05-12

    摘要: A system for producing a ribbon from a melt includes a crucible to contain a melt and a cold block. The cold block has a surface that directly faces an exposed surface of the melt. A ribbon is formed on the melt using the cold block. A furnace is operatively connected to the crucible. The ribbon passes through the furnace after removal from the melt. The furnace includes at least one gas jet. The gas jet can dope the ribbon, form a diffusion barrier on the ribbon, and/or passivate the ribbon. Part of the ribbon passes through the furnace while part of the ribbon is being formed in the crucible using the cold block.