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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Applicants:
Hyun Goo Kwon, Uiwang, KR;
Yeo Kyun Yoon, Hwaseong, KR;
Min Soo Son, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TECHNOVALUE CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 15/02 (2006.01); C30B 15/00 (2006.01); C30B 29/06 (2006.01); C30B 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 15/002 (2013.01); C30B 15/02 (2013.01); C30B 15/12 (2013.01); C30B 29/06 (2013.01); Y10T 117/1056 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an ingot manufacturing apparatus that includes: a chamber; a crucible which is disposed within the chamber and has a melting zone where silicon particles are melted; an inner wall which is disposed within the crucible and has a growth zone where an ingot grows from molten silicon introduced from the melting zone; a feeding part which supplies the silicon particles and sweeping gas to the inside of the chamber; and a suction part which surrounds the feeding part and discharges the sweeping gas supplied through the feeding part to the outside of the chamber.