IP Library Granted Patent US 6,899,759
Granted Patent B2
US 6,899,759 · App. 10/283,683 · Granted May 31, 2005

Single crystal production method

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Patent No.
US 6,899,759
App. No.
10/283,683
Granted
May 31, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A single crystal production method based on the Czochralski method comprises controlling a number of crucible rotations and crystal rotations so that a number of vibrations for driving a melt, determined on the basis of the number of crucible and crystal rotations during a single crystal growing procedure, is outside a range from 95% to 105% of a number of sloshing resonance vibrations of the melt. In another embodiment, the method comprises controlling a number of rotations of a crystal and crucible, so that when a number of vibrations for driving a melt, determined by the number of crucible and crystal rotations during a single crystal growing procedure, is within a range from 95% to 105% of a number of sloshing resonance vibrations of the melt, the number of vibrations of the melt due to sloshing does not exceed 2000 times during a period when the number of vibrations is within that range.

Claims (4)

1. A single crystal production method based on the Czochralski method, comprising:

(a) controlling a number of crucible rotations and crystal rotations so that a number of vibrations for driving a melt, is based on the number of crucible and crystal rotations during a single crystal growing procedure.

2. A single crystal production method based on the Czochralski method, comprising:

(a) controlling a number of rotations of a crystal and crucible, so that when a number of vibrations for driving a melt, determined by the number of crucible and crystal rotations during a single crystal growing procedure, the number of vibrations of the melt due to sloshing does not exceed 2000 times during a period when the number of vibrations is within said range.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DATE OF THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS FROM 03/12/2020 TO 12/03/2020 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 056719 FRAME: 0881. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: SILTRONIC AG
To: SILTRONIC AG
Reel/Frame 057561/0451 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 30, 2021
From: SILTRONIC AG
To: SILTRONIC AG
Reel/Frame 056719/0881 →