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Method for producing silicon monocrystal and silicon monocrystal wafer

US6174364A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1999
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC30B15/00
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for producing a silicon monocrystal according to Czochralski method characterized in growing crystal with controlling a pulling rate between a transition pulling rate Pc at which there is caused a transition from a region where excess vacancies are present, but grown-in defect is not present to a region where excess interstitial silicon atoms are present, but an agglomerate thereof is not present, and a transition pulling rate Pi from a region where excess interstitial silicon atoms are present, but an agglomerate thereof is not present to a region where an agglomerate of interstitial silicon atoms is present. There are provided a method for producing a silicon monocrystal having no defect through the whole area of the wafer and having high quality wherein a deviation of amount of precipitated oxygen is small by pulling a crystal with controlling a pulling rate P as a general and interoperable valuable, and the silicon monocrystal produced thereby.

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