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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2021
Shin-etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Sugawara, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Takaki Imai, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Masahiro Akiba, Nishigo-mura, JP;
Katsuyuki Kitagawa, Nishigo-mura, JP;
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for measuring distance between lower end surface of heat shielding member and surface of raw material melt, the method including providing the member being located above the melt, when a silicon single crystal is pulled by the Czochralski method while a magnetic field is applied to the melt in a crucible, the method including: forming a through-hole in the member; measuring distance between the member and the melt surface, and observing position of mirror image of the through-hole with fixed point observation apparatus, the mirror image being reflected on the melt surface; then measuring a moving distance of the mirror image, and calculating distance between the member and the melt surface from a measured value and the moving distance of the mirror image, during the pulling of the crystal. The distance between the member and the melt can be precisely measured by the method.
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