Single-crystal – oriented-crystal – and epitaxy growth processes; – Processes of growth from liquid or supercritical state – Having pulling during growth
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-27
2007-11-27
Hiteshew, Felisa (Department: 1722)
Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes;
Processes of growth from liquid or supercritical state
Having pulling during growth
C117S032000, C117S045000, C117S917000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11131333
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an apparatus for producing a single crystal, and a method for producing a silicon single crystal using the same. An apparatus for producing a single crystal includes a heating device which heats polycrystalline silicon raw material held in a crucible to form silicon melt, and a pulling up device which grows a silicon single crystal while pulling it up from the silicon melt accompanied with rotation. By providing the apparatus with a magnetic field generation unit which applies to the silicon melt a cusp magnetic field a shape of neutral plane of which is symmetric around the rotation axis of the silicon single crystal and is curved in the upward direction, various conditions for producing a silicon single crystal having a defect free region is relaxed, and a silicon single crystal having a defect free region is produced at high efficiency.
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Egashira Kazuyuki
Fu Senrin
Fukatsu Norihito
Hiteshew Felisa
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
Sumco Corporation
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