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US 10,227,710 · App. 15/195,181 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Manufacturing method of silicon monocrystal

Inventors: Yasuhito Narushima (Nagasaki, JP); Toshimichi Kubota (Nagasaki, JP); Masayuki Uto (Nagasaki, JP)
Assignee: SUMCO TECHXIV CORPORATION
C30B15/22C30B15/04C30B15/206C30B15/30C30B29/06C30B30/04
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Patent No.
US 10,227,710
App. No.
15/195,181
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method of a silicon monocrystal uses a monocrystal pulling-up apparatus including: a chamber; a crucible disposed in the chamber and configured to receive dopant-added melt; a pulling-up portion that pulls up a seed crystal after the seed crystal is in contact with the dopant-added melt; a cooler disposed above the crucible to cool a monocrystal that is being grown; and a magnetic field applying unit disposed outside the chamber to apply a horizontal magnetic field to the dopant-added melt. The method includes: during a formation of a shoulder of the silicon monocrystal, starting the formation while moving the cooler downward; stopping the cooler from moving downward at a stop position before a top of the shoulder reaches a level of a lower end of the cooler; and continuing the formation of the shoulder while the cooler is kept at the stop position.

Claims (5)

1. A manufacturing method of a silicon monocrystal using a monocrystal pulling-up apparatus comprising a chamber; a crucible disposed in the chamber and configured to receive dopant-added melt in which a n-type dopant selected from the group consisting of arsenic, red phosphorus, and antimony is added to silicon melt; a pulling-up unit configured to pull up a seed crystal after the seed crystal is in contact with the dopant-added melt; a cooler disposed above the crucible and configured to cool the silicon monocrystal that is being grown; and a magnetic field applying unit disposed outside the chamber and configured to apply a horizontal magnetic field to the dopant-added melt, the method comprising:

during a formation of a shoulder of the silicon monocrystal, starting the formation of the shoulder while moving the cooler downward;

stopping the cooler from moving downward at a stop position before a top of the shoulder reaches a level of a lower end of the cooler; and

continuing the formation of the shoulder while the cooler is kept at the stop position.

2. The manufacturing method of a silicon monocrystal according to claim 1 , wherein a level of the stop position of the cooler is in a range from 0.75 D to 1.2 D above a surface of the dopant-added melt, where D represents a diameter of the silicon monocrystal to be pulled up.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2019
From: SUMCO TECHXIV CORPORATION
To: SUMCO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049501/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2016
From: NARUSHIMA, YASUHITO; KUBOTA, TOSHIMICHI; UTO, MASAYUKI
To: SUMCO TECHXIV CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039031/0022 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-152825 · Jul 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170029975A1 · Feb 2, 2017