IP Library Granted Patent US 7,368,011
Granted Patent B2
US 7,368,011 · App. 11/192,039 · Granted May 6, 2008

Apparatus for manufacturing silicon single crystal, method for manufacturing silicon single crystal, and silicon single crystal

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Patent No.
US 7,368,011
App. No.
11/192,039
Granted
May 6, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The apparatus for manufacturing a silicon single crystal includes: a crucible for storing molten silicon; a pulling-up device for pulling up a silicon single crystal from the molten silicon in the crucible to grow; a detecting device for detecting a position of the crucible in a vertical direction; and a control device for controlling a pulling rate for the silicon single crystal by the pulling-up device, based on the detected position of the crucible.

Claims (16)

1. A method for manufacturing a silicon single crystal comprising:

detecting a position in a vertical direction of a crucible when pulling up a silicon single crystal from a molten silicon in the crucible to grow; and

controlling a pulling rate of the silicon single crystal, based on the detected position of the crucible, wherein the controlling of the pulling rate further comprises:

calculating an average crucible position by taking an average of positions of the crucible in the vertical direction during manufacturing silicon single crystals over a plurality of times in the past; and

controlling the pulling rate for the silicon single crystal, based on an amount of positional deviation which is a value obtained by subtracting the average crucible position from the detected position of the crucible,

in the controlling of the pulling rate, the pulling rate for the silicon single crystal is set to be higher than an initial speed which is set in advance when the amount of positional deviation is positive,

the pulling rate for the silicon single crystal is set to be lower than the initial speed when the amount of positional deviation is negative, and

the pulling rate for the silicon single crystal is set higher or lower within a range from 0% to 5% of the initial speed per 1 mm of the amount of positional deviation.

2. A method for manufacturing a silicon single crystal comprising:

detecting a position in a vertical direction of a crucible when pulling up a silicon single crystal from a molten silicon in the crucible to grow; and

controlling a pulling rate of the silicon single crystal, based on the detected position of the crucible,

wherein the controlling of the pulling rate further comprises:

calculating an average crucible position by taking an average of positions of the crucible in the vertical direction during manufacturing silicon single crystals over a plurality of times in the past;

controlling the pulling rate for the silicon single crystal, based on an amount of positional deviation which is a value obtained by subtracting the average crucible position from the detected position of the crucible;

calculating a standard deviation a of the positions of the crucible in the vertical direction during manufacturing the silicon single crystals over a plurality of times in the past, and

controlling the pulling rate for the silicon single crystal as the amount of positional deviation being 3σ when the amount of positional deviation is larger than 3σ.