摘要:
The present invention utilizes a weighing detector as well as a weighing diameter-controlling method in a crystal-pulling apparatus using a wire method for measuring the crystal weight in accuracy. A pulling wire 4 and a wire rolling means 20, having a wire rolling drum 21, suspended on a weighing detector 2 in a freely rotating way. Accordingly, in the weighing detector 2, the weights of the pulling wire 4 and the wire rolling means 20 are served to balance the loading weight. In addition, the vertical central line 6 of the weighing detector, the rotating axis of the wire rolling drum 21, the rotating axis of the wire rolling means 20, and the axis of pulling crystals are all consistent. Consequently, the whole gravity center is located on the vertical central line of the weighing detector 2. When pulling the single crystals at the same time as rolling the wire, the gravity center of the wire rolling means is shifted merely depending on the diameter variation at the pulling wire. Therefore, the deviation of the single crystal-pulling axis while rolling the wire rolling means can be decreased. Therefore, it is possible to pull single crystals as well as weigh in a stable manner.
摘要:
A weight control in diameter method by using a load cell is applied to a wire-single crystal silicon pulling mechanism, such that the weight of single crystal silicon can be correctly measured, thereby obtaining superior control in diameter and reducing the cost of manufacturing the single crystal silicon.
摘要:
The winding drum of the cable-winding device is kept air-tight by an air-tight container. A lower elastic sealing member 1a is interposed between the air-tight container and the rotation table. The air-tight container, the lower elastic sealing member 1a, and the chamber are communicated with one another. The air-tight container and the chamber are filled with inert gases at less than atmospheric pressure. The rotation table, the weight sensors, the drive motor, the gear are disposed in the atmosphere. An arm is vertically installed on the rotation table. An upper elastic sealing member 1b is interposed between the end portion of the arm and the air-tight container. The upper elastic sealing member is communicated the interior of the air-tight container through a through hole. The arm support the top portion of the upper elastic sealing member.
摘要:
The hold member has a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion. An inner cylinder and an outer cylinder are disposed around the hold member in a concentric manner. The upper end of the hold member is affixed to a wire and suspended therefrom. A clearance is formed between the small-diameter portion and the inner cylinder. Clearances are created between the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder and the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder.
摘要:
In the process of forming-the shoulder in which the diameter of a crystal is gradually extended from a small seed crystal to a predetermined value, the largest width of a bright ring, which is formed in a boundary between the melt and the crystal pulled up from the melt, is measured, and an arc width of an arbitrary portion of the bright ring located before the largest width portion is measured. When the largest width of the bright ring has reached a predetermined value, a measured value of the arc width at the arbitrary position of the bright ring is used as a reference value, and after that, automatic control is conducted so that the measured value of the arc width can be close to the reference value.
摘要:
An apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor single crystal, which make it possible to reduce the oxygen concentration of a pulling single crystal, to steadily dissolve the polysilicon material received in a crucible, and to minimize the cost and installation space, is provided. The hollow cylindrical resistance heater of the apparatus, which co-axially surrounds a crucible, is provided with a ring-shaped slit excluding the location where at least two electrodes are formed, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction so as to divide the heater into an upper heating portion and a lower heating portion, and is provided with a plurality of vertical slits formed on the upper heating portion and the lower heating portion respectively, in a direction substantially parallel to the axial direction, wherein each vertical slit formed on the upper heating portion does not align with each vertical slit formed on the lower heating portion. The vertical slits formed on the upper heating portion and the slits formed on the lower heating portion have different pitches. The thickness or length of the upper heating portion is different from that of the lower heating portion.
摘要:
This invention provides a apparatus for pulling up crystal bodies, which is capable of firmly clamping and safely pulling up large-diameter crystal bodies regardless of the location of the necked portions formed on the top of the crystal bodies. A large-diameter portion 52 and a necked portion 51 are formed on the top of the crystal body 5. The swaying members 12 of the necked-portion clamp 1 are capable of swaying upward and downward without restraint. The stopper 14 restrains the swaying members 12 to sway below the horizontal plane on which the swaying members 12a are located. The large-diameter portion 52 can pass through the clamp body 11 by lowering the necked-portion clamp 1 to sway the swaying members 12 upward. The swaying members 12 close to clamp the necked portion 51 when the necked-portion clamp 1 reaches a location near the necked portion 51. The distance between the necked-portion clamp 1 and the seed-crystal 3 is adjustable.
摘要:
The objects of the present invention are to remove the dust in a closed container, to keep the pressure in the closed container within a predetermined range, and to shorten the maintenance time of a vacuum pump system.The present invention provides a centrifugal dust collector 2 on main pipes which connects a furnace body 1, a mechanical press 9 and a dry pump 10, and a metal mesh dust collector 15 on a bifurcated pipe in a single-crystal semiconductor pulling apparatus. When the vacuum pump process begins, the metal mesh dust collector 15 collects amorphous silicon generated in the furnace 1. As the pressure in the furnace is reduced, the centrifugal dust collector 2 collects the dust particles instead. Since the gas flow rate increases as the vacuum state become higher, the critical diameter of collectable particles decreases, thereby improving the dust collection efficiency. The collected amorphous silicon accumulates on the bottom of the centrifugal dust collector and can be easily removed so as to facilitate maintenance. Moreover, there will be very little pressure variance in the furnace since no dust filter is blocked.
摘要:
A semiconductor single crystal growing apparatus is vertically and telescopically provided with a seed holder. The seed holder comprises a seed-holding member for holding a seed and a suspending bolt for bolting the seed-holding member. The front end of the seed coincides with a datum point when the seed holder is moved to a top dead point.
摘要:
In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method.