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US 11,453,959 B2Granted
Crystal growth apparatus including heater with multiple regions and crystal growth method therefor
AssigneeShowa Denko K.K.
InventorYohei Fujikawa
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Abstract
A crystal growth apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a crucible, a heater which is installed on an outward side of the crucible and surrounds the crucible, and a coil which is installed on an outward side of the heater and surrounds the heater, in which an inner surface of the heater on the crucible side includes a first region, and a second region which is further away from an outer side surface of the crucible than the first region is.
Claims8
A crystal growth apparatus comprising:
- a crucible;
- a heater which is installed on an outward side of the crucible and surrounds the crucible;
- and
- a coil which is installed on an outward side of the heater and surrounds the heater,
- wherein
- an inner surface of the heater on a crucible side includes:
- a first region facing an upper portion of the crucible, and
- a second region facing a vertically lower portion of the crucible, wherein the second region is further away in a horizontal direction from an outer side surface of the crucible than the first region,
- wherein the inner surface of the heater has a step between the first region and the second region, and a radiation which goes from the second region toward the upper portion of the crucible is shielded by the step.
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A crystal growth method which uses a crystal growth apparatus including:
- a crucible;
- a heater which is installed on an outward side of the crucible and surrounds the crucible;
- and
- a coil which is installed on an outward side of the heater and surrounds the heater, wherein
- an inner surface of the heater on a crucible side includes:
- a first region facing an upper portion of the crucible, and a second region facing a vertically lower portion of the crucible,
- wherein the inner surface of the heater has a step between the first region and the second region, and a radiation which goes from the second region toward the upper portion of the crucible is shielded by the step
- the crystal growth method comprising:
- controlling an amount of radiation which reaches the crucible from the heater by setting the second region to be further away in a horizontal direction from an outer side surface of the crucible than the first region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.