C30B 15/26
Using television detectors
Official title: using television detectors; using photo or X-ray detectors
C30B15/26 (Using television detectors) appears on 124 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C30B- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 252
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 11 |
| 2024 | 4 | 11 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Manufacturing method of single crystals21 Jul 2026US 12,686,942 B2Sumco Corporation
- High-temperature endoscope preventing impurities of ingot growth apparatus from being deposited24 Mar 2026US 12,585,109 B2Hanwha Solutions Corporation
- Non-contact systems and methods for determining distance between silicon melt and reflector in a crystal puller17 Mar 2026US 12,577,700 B2GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
- Method for measuring distance between lower end surface of heat shielding member and surface of raw material melt, method for controlling distance between lower end surface of heat shielding member and surface of raw material melt and method for manufacturing silicon single crystal10 Mar 2026US 12,571,124 B2Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
- System and method for producing single crystal10 Feb 2026US 12,546,029 B2Sumco Corporation
- Method for measuring melt gap9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195874 A1SK Siltron Co., Ltd.
- Non-contact systems and methods for determining distance between silicon melt and reflector in a crystal puller2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185262 A1GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
- Active edge control of a crystalline sheet formed on the surface of a melt29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028744 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Ingot puller apparatus including moveable cooling jacket for controlled ingot cooling profiles2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305180 A1
- Method and apparatus for producing silicon single crystal and method for producing silicon wafer17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230574 A1Sumco Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Machine vision system for analyzing features based on multiple object images49US 6,175,652 B1Cognex Corporation · 2001
- Process and apparatus for controlling the melt level while pulling single crystals41US 5,437,242 AWacker-Chemitronic Gessellschaft fuer Elektronik-Grundstoffe mbH · 1995
- Method for controlling growth of a silicon crystal36US 5,653,799 AMEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. · 1997
- Method for circumferential dimension measuring and control in crystal rod pulling33US 4,350,557 AFerrofluidics Corporation · 1982
- System for controlling growth of a silicon crystal28US 5,665,159 AMEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. · 1997