IP Library Granted Patent US 12668493
Granted Patent B2
US 12668493 · App. 18/303,738 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Polycrystalline silicon rod and process of manufacturing polycrystalline silicon rod

Inventors: Tetsuro Okada (Niigata, JP); Naruhiro Hoshino (Niigata, JP); Masahiko Ishida (Niigata, JP)
Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
C01B33/035C01P2004/12
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Patent No.
US 12668493
App. No.
18/303,738
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is related to a polycrystalline silicon rod manufactured with a Siemens method. The polycrystalline silicon rod having a length of 1 m or more in a longitudinal direction. An absolute value of a difference between compressive stress and tensile stress in residual stress in the longitudinal direction on a circumferential surface of the polycrystalline silicon rod is 22 MPa or less.

Claims (14)

1 . A process of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon rod in which polycrystalline silicon is deposited on a silicon core wire with a Siemens method,

the process comprising manufacturing the polycrystalline silicon rod such that a temperature difference AT in a cross-section of the polycrystalline silicon rod is at 200° C. or less over an hour or more before a deposition of polycrystalline silicon is completed,

wherein an absolute value of a difference between compressive stress and tensile stress in residual stress in the longitudinal direction on a circumferential surface of the polycrystalline silicon rod is 22 MPa or less.

2 . The process of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon rod according to claim 1 ,

wherein over an hour or more before the reaction is completed, an electric current supplied to manufacture the polycrystalline silicon rod is continuously or intermittently decreased, and an amount of a raw material gas is continuously or intermittently decreased.

3 . The process of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon rod according to claim 1 ,

wherein a high-frequency power supply device provides a high-frequency wave to a surface of the polycrystalline silicon rod over an hour or more before the reaction is completed.

4 . The process of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon rod according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polycrystalline silicon rod is grown using a supply gas containing a dopant over an hour or more before the reaction is completed.

5 . The process of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon rod according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the polycrystalline silicon is deposited, a dummy polycrystalline silicon rod is grown outside a periphery of the polycrystalline silicon.

6 . The process of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon rod according to claim 1 ,

wherein over an hour or more before the reaction is completed, (1) an electric current supplied to manufacture the polycrystalline silicon rod is continuously or intermittently decreased and an amount of a raw material gas is continuously or intermittently decreased, (2) a high-frequency power supply device provides a high-frequency wave to a surface of the polycrystalline silicon rod, and (3) the polycrystalline silicon rod is grown using a supply gas containing a dopant, and

wherein when the polycrystalline silicon is deposited, a dummy polycrystalline silicon rod is grown outside a periphery of the polycrystalline silicon.