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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Shin-etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Yanase, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Atsushi Okai, Nishigo-mura, JP;
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a single crystal by growing a single crystal according to a Czochralski method, the apparatus including: main chamber configured to house crucible configured to accommodate raw-material melt, and heater configured to heat raw-material melt; pulling chamber continuously provided at upper portion of main chamber and configured to accommodate single crystal grown and pulled; cooling cylinder extending from at least ceiling portion of main chamber toward raw-material melt so as to surround single crystal being pulled, cooling cylinder configured to be forcibly cooled with coolant; and auxiliary cooling cylinder fitted in an inside of cooling cylinder. Auxiliary cooling cylinder is made of any one or more materials of graphite, carbon composite, stainless steel, molybdenum, and tungsten. The auxiliary cooling cylinder has structure covering bottom surface of cooling cylinder facing raw-material melt. Gap between auxiliary cooling cylinder and bottom surface of cooling cylinder is 1.0 mm or less.