Patents by Inventor Junya Tokue

Junya Tokue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10036100
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method with a chamber having a heater therein to heat a raw material and to cool the chamber by a coolant, including: measuring an inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and flow rate in a passage of the coolant to cool the chamber with flowing in the chamber; calculating a removed heat quantity from the chamber based on the measured values of the inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and flow rate; controlling heater power based on the value of the removed heat quantity. This provides an apparatus which can pull a single crystal in a crystal diameter and a crystal pulling rate closer to the target values by controlling the heater power based on a removed heat quantity from the chamber calculated by the measured values of temperatures and a flow rate of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yanagimachi, Masahiro Akiba, Junya Tokue, Susumu Sonokawa
  • Patent number: 9938634
    Abstract: A method of producing a phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal, including pulling the phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal from a silicon melt doped with phosphorus by Magnetic field applied Czochralski (MCZ) method, wherein the phosphorus is doped such that a phosphorus concentration of the phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal is 2×1016 atoms/cm3 or more, and a horizontal magnetic field is applied to the silicon melt with a central magnetic field strength of 2,000 gauss or more such that the phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal to be produced has an oxygen concentration of 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 (ASTM'79) or more. A method of producing a silicon single crystal that is heavily doped with phosphorus and has an oxygen concentration of 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 (ASTM'79) or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakurada, Junya Tokue, Ryoji Hoshi, Izumi Fusegawa
  • Patent number: 9499924
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a silicon single crystal, the method includes: a raw material melting step of melting polycrystalline silicon accommodated in a crucible to obtain a silicon melt; and bringing a seed crystal into contact with the silicon melt and pulling up the seed crystal to grow the silicon single crystal, wherein, after the raw material melting step and before the pulling step, there are performed: a cristobalitizing step of leaving the silicon melt at a predetermined number of rotations of the crucible with a predetermined gas flow rate and a predetermined furnace pressure to generate cristobalite while applying a magnetic field; and a dissolving step of partially dissolving the cristobalite by carrying out any one of an increase in number of rotations of the crucible, an increase in gas flow rate, and a reduction in furnace pressure beyond counterpart figures in the cristobalitizing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kimura, Kiyotaka Takano, Junya Tokue
  • Publication number: 20160333496
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method with a chamber having a heater therein to heat a raw material and to cool the chamber by a coolant, including: measuring an inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and flow rate in a passage of the coolant to cool the chamber with flowing in the chamber; calculating a removed heat quantity from the chamber based on the measured values of the inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and flow rate; controlling heater power based on the value of the removed heat quantity. This provides an apparatus which can pull a single crystal in a crystal diameter and a crystal pulling rate closer to the target values by controlling the heater power based on a removed heat quantity from the chamber calculated by the measured values of temperatures and a flow rate of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro YANAGIMACHI, Masahiro AKIBA, Junya TOKUE, Susumu SONOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160068992
    Abstract: A method of producing a phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal, including pulling the phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal from a silicon melt doped with phosphorus by Magnetic field applied Czochralski (MCZ) method, wherein the phosphorus is doped such that a phosphorus concentration of the phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal is 2×1016 atoms/cm3 or more, and a horizontal magnetic field is applied to the silicon melt with a central magnetic field strength of 2,000 gauss or more such that the phosphorus-doped silicon single crystal to be produced has an oxygen concentration of 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 (ASTM'79) or more. A method of producing a silicon single crystal that is heavily doped with phosphorus and has an oxygen concentration of 1.6×1018 atoms/cm3 (ASTM'79) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: SHINE-TSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKURADA, Junya TOKUE, Ryoji HOSHI, Izumi FUSEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140174339
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a silicon single crystal, the method includes: a raw material melting step of melting polycrystalline silicon accommodated in a crucible to obtain a silicon melt; and bringing a seed crystal into contact with the silicon melt and pulling up the seed crystal to grow the silicon single crystal, wherein, after the raw material melting step and before the pulling step, there are performed: a cristobalitizing step of leaving the silicon melt at a predetermined number of rotations of the crucible with a predetermined gas flow rate and a predetermined furnace pressure to generate cristobalite while applying a magnetic field; and a dissolving step of partially dissolving the cristobalite by carrying out any one of an increase in number of rotations of the crucible, an increase in gas flow rate, and a reduction in furnace pressure beyond counterpart figures in the cristobalitizing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kimura, Kiyotaka Takano, Junya Tokue