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Thermal conductivity estimation method, thermal conductivity estimation apparatus, production method for semiconductor crystal product, thermal conductivity calculator, thermal conductivity calculation program, and, thermal conductivity calculation method

US12099026B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2019
Grant dateSep 24, 2024
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC30B29/36
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A thermal conductivity estimation method includes: measuring temperature distribution of a measurement sample surface in a steady state by partially heating the measurement sample under predetermined heating conditions; calculating temperature distribution of a sample model surface by performing a heat-transfer simulation on the sample model of the same shape as the measurement sample for a plurality of combinations of provisional thermal conductivities and heating conditions; making a regression model, whose input is temperature distribution of the measurement sample surface and whose output is a thermal conductivity of the measurement sample, by a machine learning technique using training data in a form of a calculation result of the plurality of combinations and the temperature distribution obtained from the plurality of combinations; and estimating the thermal conductivity of the measurement sample by inputting a measurement result of the temperature distribution of the measurement sample surface into the regression model.

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