IP Library Granted Patent US 7,070,649
Granted Patent B2
US 7,070,649 · App. 10/690,415 · Granted Jul 4, 2006

Process for producing a silicon single crystal which is doped with highly volatile foreign substances

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Patent No.
US 7,070,649
App. No.
10/690,415
Granted
Jul 4, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process for producing a doped silicon single crystal, comprising after-doping the melt during the pulling process with a quantity of volatile dopant ΔN(t), calculated according to the equation Δ N ( t )= N 0 −N ( t )= N 0 ·(1− e −λ a ·t ) or according to the approximation equation Δ N ( t )= N 0 ·λ a·t where λ a is an evaporation coefficient which describes process-specific evaporation behavior of the foreign substance and which is obtained after a resistance profile R(t) of a further single crystal has been measured and calculated according to the equation R ( t )= R 0 ·e λ a ·t , where R 0 is a starting resistivity and the further single crystal is pulled under the same process conditions without being after-doped with the foreign substance.

Claims (11)

1. A process for producing a silicon single crystal that is doped with a highly volatile foreign substance, comprising:

adding a quantity of the foreign substance N o to a melt, said foreign substance being in elemental or molecular form and containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of arsenic, antimony and phosphorous;

pulling a single crystal from the melt under process conditions in a crucible;

after-doping the melt at a time t at least once during the pulling process, with a quantity ΔN(t) of the foreign substance, in order to compensate for losses caused by the foreign substance evaporating out of the melt, wherein the quantity ΔN(t) of the foreign substance is calculated according to the equation:

Δ N ( t )= N 0 −N ( t )= N 0 ·(1− e −λ a ·t )

or according to the approximation equation:

ΔN ( t )= N 0 ·λ a ·t

where λ a is an evaporation coefficient which describes a process-specific evaporation behavior of the foreign substance and which is obtained after a resistance profile R(t) of a further single crystal has been measured and by calculation according to the equation:

R ( t )= R 0 ·e λ a ·t

where R 0 is a starting resistivity and the further single crystal is pulled under the process conditions without being after-doped with the foreign substance.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the evaporation coefficient λ a is integrated in an automatic process control.

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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
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 30, 2021
From: SILTRONIC AG
To: SILTRONIC AG
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