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US 10,378,122 · App. 15/751,041 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Method for growing single crystal

Inventors: In-Gu Kang (Gumi-si, KR); Jung-Ha Hwang (Gumi-si, KR); In-Sik Bang (Gumi-si, KR)
Assignee: SK Siltron Co., Ltd.
C30B15/02C30B15/04C30B15/20C30B29/06
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Patent No.
US 10,378,122
App. No.
15/751,041
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for growing a single crystal ingot having a target resistivity in a silicon melt by the Czochralski method, including steps of: deriving a resistivity value according to a dopant concentration included in a raw material and tabulating the resistivity value with reliable data; setting a reference value of a dopant concentration with respect to a target resistivity value; deriving a measurement value with respect to the dopant concentration included in the raw material itself; calculating a difference value between the reference value and the measurement value; and performing a counter doping on the silicon melt as much as the difference value. Accordingly, a single crystal ingot having a resistivity of 8 kΩ or more can be grown without improving impurities included in the raw material itself.

Claims (32)

1. A method for growing a single crystal ingot having a target resistivity in a silicon melt by the Czochralski method, comprising:

deriving a resistivity value according to a dopant concentration included in a raw material to tabulate the derived resistivity value with reliable data;

setting a reference value of a dopant concentration with respect to a target resistivity value;

deriving a measurement value with respect to the dopant concentration included in the raw material itself;

calculating a difference value between the reference value and the measurement value; and

performing a counter doping on the silicon melt as much as the difference value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target resistivity is in a range of 8 to 14 kΩcm.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the single crystal ingot is a P-type.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dopant concentration is a value obtained by subtracting an N-type dopant concentration from a P-type dopant concentration.

5. The method claim 4 , wherein the P-type dopant is boron and the N-type dopant is phosphorus.

6. The method claim 1 , wherein the deriving of the measurement value with respect to the dopant concentration included in the raw material itself comprises measuring a dopant concentration by introducing only a polysilicon into the silicon melt without introducing a dopant to grow an ingot.

7. The method claim 1 , wherein the raw material comprises a polysilicon and a quartz crucible.

8. The method claim 1 , wherein the performing of the counter doping on the silicon melt as much as the difference value comprises introducing an N-type dopant into the silicon melt as much as the difference value.

9. The method claim 1 , wherein the reference value is a theoretical value capable of obtaining a resistivity in a range of 8 to 14 KΩ cm in entire body sections of the single crystal ingot.

10. The method claim 1 , wherein an N-type dopant necessary at 0 cm of the single crystal ingot body is 29.6% with respect to an actual counter doping amount due to a segregation coefficient of a dopant, and the counter doping amount is calculated by the following Equation 1,

C

=

(

A

-

B

)

×

1

k

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Equation

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1

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{A: impurity measurement value of a raw material (P-type impurity concentration−N-type impurity concentration), B: P-type impurity concentration for obtaining target resistivity−reference value of N-type impurity, C: counter doping amount and concentration of N-type impurity, and K: correction value according to segregation of N-type impurity (0.296)}.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: KANG, IN-GU; HWANG, JUNG-HA; BANG, IN-SIK
To: SK SILTRON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044857/0136 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0114062 · Aug 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180237937A1 · Aug 23, 2018
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