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single crystalline silicon wafer, ingot, and producing method thereof

US6521316B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2000
Grant dateFeb 18, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a single crystalline silicon ingot, a single crystalline wafer, and a producing method thereof in accordance with the Czochralski method which enables reduction of a large defect area while increasing a micro-vacancy defect area in an agglomerated vacancy point area, which is the area between a central axis and an oxidation-induced stacking fault ring, by providing uniform conditions of crystal ingot growth and cooling and by adjusting a pulling rate for growing an ingot to grow, thus the oxidation-induced stacking fault ring exists only at an edge of the ingot radius.

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