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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Sumco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Kajiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Suewaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shunji Kuragaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
SUMCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a heat shielding member, a single crystal pulling apparatus, and a method of producing a single crystal silicon ingot, which can expand the margin of the crystal pulling rate with which a defect-free single crystal silicon can be obtained. A heat shielding member is provided in a single crystal pulling apparatus, the heat shielding member including a cylindrical tubular portion surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the single crystal silicon ingot; and a ring-shaped projecting portion under the tubular portion. The projecting portion has an upper wall, a bottom wall, and two vertical walls, a heat insulating material with a ring shape is provided in the space surrounded by those walls; and a gap between the vertical wall adjacent to the single crystal silicon ingot and the heat insulating material.