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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Yun-Feng Chen, Changhua County, TW;
Ping-Kuan Chang, Tainan City, TW;
Shui-Chin Liu, Tainan City, TW;
Ming-Tsun Kuo, Hsinchu County, TW;
Sung-Yu Chen, Taichung City, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing an ingot includes a crucible and a lid. The crucible, as a cylindrical container for accommodating a raw crystal-growing material, has an annular top edge further having an annular non-90° first guiding part. The lid provides a bottom for disposing a seed, and the bottom is furnished thereon a bottom protrusion. An outer wall of the bottom protrusion is furnished with an annular non-90° second guiding part corresponding to the first guiding part. The lid is detachable to cover the crucible by having the bottom protrusion to fit the annular the main inner wall, the first guiding part and the annular second guiding part to contact each other, and a portion of the bottom of the lid surrounding the bottom protrusion to contact the top edge of the crucible.
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