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US 7,608,524 · App. 11/405,368 · Granted Oct 27, 2009

Method of and system for forming SiC crystals having spatially uniform doping impurities

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Patent No.
US 7,608,524
App. No.
11/405,368
Granted
Oct 27, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a physical vapor transport method and system, a growth chamber charged with source material and a seed crystal in spaced relation is provided. At least one capsule having at least one capillary extending between an interior thereof and an exterior thereof, wherein the interior of the capsule is charged with a dopant, is also provided. Each capsule is installed in the growth chamber. Through a growth reaction carried out in the growth chamber following installation of each capsule therein, a crystal is formed on the seed crystal using the source material, wherein the formed crystal is doped with the dopant.

Claims (17)

1. A physical vapor transport method comprising:

(a) providing a growth chamber charged with source material and a seed crystal in spaced relation;

(b) providing at least one capsule having an interior that is charged with dopant, wherein each capsule is comprised of a porous material having pores therein and each capsule includes, in addition to the pores of the porous material, at least one calibrated capillary of predetermined dimensions extending between the interior of the capsule and an exterior of the capsule;

(c) installing each capsule in the growth chamber; and

(d) through a growth reaction carried out in the growth chamber following step (c), forming a crystal on the seed crystal using the source material, wherein the formed crystal is doped with the dopant via controlled effusion of the dopant through the at least one capillary in each capsule.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the growth chamber and the capsule is made of a material that is not reactive with the source material or the dopant.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the material forming the growth chamber and/or the capsule is graphite.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dopant:

is in one of the following chemical forms: elemental; carbide and silicide; and/or has at least one of the following physical forms: powder, pieces and/or chips.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the dopant includes at least one of the following: vanadium, aluminum, boron and phosphorus.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, prior to step (d), the source material is initially in powder form.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the source material includes SiC.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (d) includes:

evacuating the growth chamber; and

heating the growth chamber to a desired reaction temperature such that a temperature gradient is created between the source material and the seed crystal whereupon the seed crystal is at a lower temperature than the source material.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein, prior to heating the growth chamber, step (d) includes filling the growth chamber with inert gas to a desired pressure.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
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