Production method for silicon single crystal and production device for single crystal ingot, and heat treating method for silicon crystal wafer
US7141113B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC30B15/206
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for growing a silicon crystal by a Czochralsky method, wherein, let a pulling speed be V (mm/min) and an average value of an in-crystal temperature gradient in a pulling axis direction within a temperature range, a silicon melting point to 1350° C., be G (° C./mm), V/G ranges from 0.16 to 0.18 mm2/° C. min between a crystal center position and a crystal outer periphery position, and a ratio G outer/G center of an average value G of an in-crystal temperature gradient in a pulling axis direction within a temperature range, a silicon melting point to 1350° C., at a crystal outer surface to that at a crystal center is set to up to 1.10 to thereby obtain a high-quality perfect crystal silicon wafer. Such a perfect crystal silicon wafer, wherein an oxygen concentration is controlled to up to 13×1017 atoms/cm3, an initial heat treatment temperature is at least up to 500° C. and a temperature is raised at up to 1° C./min at least within 700 to 900° C., thereby making uniform a wafer radial distribution to an arbitrary oxygen precipitation density level.
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