IP Library Granted Patent US 8,540,818
Granted Patent B2
US 8,540,818 · App. 12/662,597 · Granted Sep 24, 2013

Polycrystalline silicon reactor

Inventors: Seiichi Kirii (Taki-gun, JP); Teruhisa Kitagawa (Suzuka, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,540,818
App. No.
12/662,597
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polycrystalline silicon reactor in which the polycrystalline silicon is deposited by supplying raw-material gas to a heated silicon seed rod has; a bottom plate on which the silicon seed rod stands, having a dished upper surface; an opening of a path penetrating the bottom plate from the upper surface to a lower surface, being provided at a lowest part of the upper surface; and a plug which is detachably attached to the opening.

Claims (13)

1. A polycrystalline silicon reactor in which the polycrystalline silicon is deposited by supplying raw-material gas to a heated silicon seed rod comprising:

a bottom plate on which the silicon seed rod stands, having a dished upper surface formed in a recessed shape so as to descend toward a center thereof;

an opening of a path penetrating the bottom plate from the upper surface to a lower surface, being provided at a lowest part of the upper surface; and

a plug which is detachably attached to the opening.

2. The polycrystalline silicon reactor according to claim 1 , wherein

the plug has a protruded portion which protrudes from the upper surface of the bottom plate, and a through hole which opens at an upper surface of the protruded portion and connects the path to an inner of the reactor.

3. The polycrystalline silicon reactor according to claim 2 , wherein

a sloped annular portion which is higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate is provided at an outer peripheral part of the bottom plate along a circumferential direction, and

the plug is formed so that the upper surface of the protruded portion is higher at least than a top end of the sloped annular portion in a state in which the plug is attached to the opening.

4. The polycrystalline silicon reactor according to claim 1 , wherein the plug is made of carbon.

5. The polycrystalline silicon reactor according to claim 2 , wherein the path is connected to a raw-material gas supply source which supplies the raw-material gas.

6. The polycrystalline silicon reactor according to claim 1 , wherein a sloped annular portion which is higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate is provided at an outer peripheral part of the bottom plate along a circumferential direction.

7. The polycrystalline silicon reactor according to claim 1 , further comprising a cylindrical coolant path surrounding an outer peripheral of the path.

Assignments (2)
SPLIT AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
To: HIGH-PURITY SILICON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064222/0720 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2010
From: KIRII, SEIICHI; KITAGAWA, TERUHISA
To: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024349/0792 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-110149 · Apr 28, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100269754A1 · Oct 28, 2010