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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Globalwafers Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Richard Joseph Phillips, St. Peters, MO (US);
Carissima Marie Hudson, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
GlobalWafers Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 15/02 (2006.01); C30B 15/00 (2006.01); C30B 15/12 (2006.01); C30B 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 15/02 (2013.01); C30B 15/002 (2013.01); C30B 15/12 (2013.01); C30B 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for producing single crystal silicon ingots in which an array of quartz particles are added to the crucible assembly before ingot growth are disclosed. The array may be disposed in the outer melt zone of the crucible assembly as in a continuous Czochralski (CCz) process. The array may be made of quartz particles that are interconnected by linking members.