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Equipment and method for manufacturing silicon carbide single crystal

US7217323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2004
Grant dateMay 15, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T117/10
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide single crystal includes the steps of: setting a substrate as a seed crystal in a reactive chamber; introducing a raw material gas into the reactive chamber; growing a silicon carbide single crystal from the substrate; heating the gas at an upstream side from the substrate in a gas flow path; keeping a temperature of the substrate at a predetermined temperature lower than the gas so that the single crystal is grown from the substrate; heating a part of the gas, which is a non-reacted raw material gas and does not contribute to crystal growth, after passing through the substrate; and absorbing a non-reacted raw material gas component in the non-reacted raw material gas with an absorber.

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