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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Peter L. Kellerman, Essex, MA (US);
Frederick Carlson, Potsdam, NY (US);
Inventors:
Peter L. Kellerman, Essex, MA (US);
Frederick Carlson, Potsdam, NY (US);
Assignee:
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 15/06 (2006.01); C30B 11/00 (2006.01); C30B 29/06 (2006.01); C03B 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 11/007 (2013.01); C30B 29/06 (2013.01); C03B 29/08 (2013.01); C30B 15/06 (2013.01); Y10T 117/1044 (2015.01); Y10T 117/1048 (2015.01); Y10T 117/1068 (2015.01);
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to a sheet production apparatus. A vessel is configured to hold a melt of a material and a cooling plate is disposed proximate the melt. This cooling plate configured to form a sheet of the material on the melt. A pump is used. In one instance, this pump includes a gas source and a conduit in fluid communication with the gas source. In another instance, this pump injects a gas into a melt. The gas can raise the melt or provide momentum to the melt.