Nippon Steel Corporation

Nsc Electron Corporation

Toshio Iwasaki

Atsushi Ikari

Hiroshi Isomura

Michiharu Tamura

Shin-ichi Fujimoto

Takayoshi Ishida

This invention is directed to a method for the production of a dislocation-free silicon single crystal by the Czochralski method. This method attains growth of the main body part of the dislocation-free silicon single crystal by immersing a seed crystal in a melt of silicon and then pulling the seed crystal without recourse to the necking. The seed crystal thus used is a dislocation-free silicon single crystal. The horizontal maximum length of the part of the seed crystal being immersed in the melt at the time of completing the immersion of the seed crystal in the melt is not less than 5 mm. The immersing rate of the seed crystal in the melt is not more than 2.8 mm/min and the part of the seed crystal to be immersed in the melt is a crystal as grown.

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Hikari, Japan

Toshio Iwasaki