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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Akeo Fukui, Higashiomi, JP;
Keigo Hoshikawa, Nagano, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A sapphire ribbon of the present disclosure has a width, a thickness, and a length that are orthogonal to one another, a length direction is a growth direction, and the sapphire ribbon further has two main surfaces separate from each other in a thickness direction, and the width is at least 40 cm. Further, a monocrystalline ribbon manufacturing apparatus using EFG method according to the present disclosure includes a crucible having a width greater than a depth thereof, a die pair installed in the crucible and facing each other across a slit in the depth direction, a first heater and a second heater disposed around the crucible and facing each other in the depth direction, and a third heater and a fourth heater disposed around the crucible and facing each other in the width direction.