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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2021
Shin-etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Mihara, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Kazuya Yanase, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Nobuaki Mitamura, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Kiyotaka Takano, Annaka, JP;
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A single crystal manufacturing including: main chamber; pulling chamber; thermal shield member provided so as to face a silicon melt; rectifying cylinder provided on the thermal shield member so as to enclose the silicon single crystal being pulled up; cooling cylinder provided so as to encircle the silicon single crystal being pulled up and including an extending portion extending toward the silicon melt; and cooling auxiliary cylinder fitted to inside of the cooling cylinder. The extending portion of the cooling cylinder includes a bottom surface facing the silicon melt. The cooling auxiliary cylinder includes at least a first portion surrounding the bottom surface of the cooling cylinder and a second portion surrounding an upper end portion of the rectifying cylinder. This enables provision of the apparatus capable of manufacturing a single crystal with a carbon concentration lower than that according to the conventional technologies.