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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Carl F. Cherko, St. Charles, MO (US);
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., St. Peters, MO (US);
Abstract
A cable assembly for supporting a seed chuck in a crystal puller to grow monocrystalline ingots according to the Czochralski method comprises a cable adapted for generally vertical movement within the crystal puller relative to a source of molten material. A chuck support is connected to an end of the cable within the crystal puller and is configured for supporting the seed chuck. The chuck support is constructed of a refractory material having a high creep rupture strength and comprises an elongate shank having an upper end and a lower end and an enlarged end member at the lower end of the shank. A coupling is constructed of a malleable material and is deformable into engagement with the end of the cable and the upper end of the shank to join the chuck support to the cable. The elongate shank spaces the coupling from the enlarged end member of the chuck support so that during operation of the crystal puller the coupling is substantially further above the molten source material than the chuck support as the cable assembly pulls the growing ingot upward within the crystal puller.