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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz Koppl, Erlbach, DE;
Paul Fuchs, Mattighofen, AT;
Assignee:
Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241-1 ; 241301 ;
Abstract
A method and device for fragmenting semiconductor material, comprising at least two spaced-apart electrodes, which consist of the semiconductor material which is to be fragmented. Each electrode has a heating device. The electrodes pass high voltage current through the semiconductor material to fragment it. The device eliminates the risk of contanimation of the semiconductor material as compared with conventional methods.