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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoki Ikeda, Hyogo pref., JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Sitix Corporation, Amagasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
117 13 ; 117 14 ; 117 15 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for pulling a single crystal by, for example, the Czochralski method where a melt is heated by heaters arranged around, or around and below a crucible. Auxiliary heaters are provided above the crucible to directly heat the melt to supplement the heaters arranged around, or around and below the crucible, so as to reduce the power of the heaters arranged around, or around and below the crucible. According to the method, a single crystal is pulled under the condition of the local highest temperature of a quartz crucible of 1600.degree. C. or less.