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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Nathan Stoddard, Winchester, CA (US);

Assignee:

II-VI DELAWARE, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 15/10 (2006.01); C30B 35/00 (2006.01); C30B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 35/007 (2013.01); C30B 15/10 (2013.01); C30B 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for growing a crystal includes a growth chamber and a melt chamber thermally isolated from the growth chamber. The growth chamber includes: a growth crucible configured to contain a liquid melt; and a die located in the growth crucible, the die having a die opening and one or more capillaries extending from within the growth crucible toward the die opening. The melt chamber includes: a melt crucible configured to receive feedstock material; and at least one heating element positioned within the melt chamber relative to the melt crucible to melt the feedstock material within the melt crucible to form the liquid melt. The apparatus also includes at least one capillary conveyor in fluid communication with the melt crucible and the growth crucible to transport the liquid melt from the melt crucible to the growth crucible.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Stoddard, Nathan. (2022). Continuous replenishment crystal growth (U.S. Patent No. 11248312). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11248312

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