Manufacturing method of silicon carbide single crystals
US6746787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/131
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
When a SiC substrate is heated up to around 1800° C., sublimation of SiC occurs from the SiC substrate. Moreover, temperature of the front surface of the SiC substrate is lower than that of the back surface of the SiC substrate. Therefore, sublimation gas sublimed from a back-surface vicinity of the substrate, where temperature is high, moves to a front-surface vicinity of the substrate, where temperature is low, through the hollow micro-pipe defect. Epitaxial growth proceeds on the front surface of the substrate while the sublimation gas is recrystallized at the front-surface vicinity of the substrate, so that the micro-pipe defect is occluded.
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