Patents by Inventor Hak-Do Yoo

Hak-Do Yoo 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: 6858077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single crystalline silicon ingot, a single crystalline wafer, and a producing method thereof in accordance with the Czochralski method which enables reduction of a large defect area while increasing a micro-vacancy defect area in an agglomerated vacancy point area, which is the area between a central axis and an oxidation-induced stacking fault ring, by providing uniform conditions of crystal ingot growth and cooling and by adjusting a pulling rate for growing an ingot to grow, thus the oxidation-induced stacking fault ring exists only at an edge of the ingot radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Siltron Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo
  • Publication number: 20030068501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single crystalline silicon ingot, a single crystalline wafer, and a producing method thereof in accordance with the Czochralski method which enables reduction of a large defect area while increasing a micro-vacancy defect area in an agglomerated vacancy point area, which is the area between a central axis and an oxidation-induced stacking fault ring, by providing uniform conditions of crystal ingot growth and cooling and by adjusting a pulling rate for growing an ingot to grow, thus the oxidation-induced stacking fault ring exists only at an edge of the ingot radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Siltron Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo
  • Patent number: 6527859
    Abstract: A chamber with a quartz crucible established therein for growing a single crystalline ingot with a predetermined diameter D which is to be put in the crucible. The quartz crucible is wrapped in a crucible supporter fixed to a rotational axis, with a heater surrounding the crucible support and a thermos surrounding the heater to prevent heat radiated from the heater from propagating into a wall of the chamber. A thermal shield is included which has a first cylindrical shielding part installed between the ingot and the crucible, a second flange type shielding part connected to an upper part of the first shielding part, and a third shielding part connected to a lower part of the first shielding part and protruding toward the ingot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Siltron Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo
  • Patent number: 6521316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single crystalline silicon ingot, a single crystalline wafer, and a producing method thereof in accordance with the Czochralski method which enables reduction of a large defect area while increasing a micro-vacancy defect area in an agglomerated vacancy point area, which is the area between a central axis and an oxidation-induced stacking fault ring, by providing uniform conditions of crystal ingot growth and cooling and by adjusting a pulling rate for growing an ingot to grow, thus the oxidation-induced stacking fault ring exists only at an edge of the ingot radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Siltron Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo
  • Publication number: 20020096109
    Abstract: A chamber with a quartz crucible established therein for growing a single crystalline ingot with a predetermined diameter D which is to be put in the crucible. The quartz crucible is wrapped in a crucible supporter fixed to a rotational axis, with a heater surrounding the crucible support and a thermos surrounding the heater to prevent heat radiated from the heater from propagating into a wall of the chamber. A thermal shield is included which has a first cylindrical shielding part installed between the ingot and the crucible, a second flange type shielding part connected to an upper part of the first shielding part, and a third shielding part connected to a lower part of the first shielding part and protruding toward the ingot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo
  • Publication number: 20020048670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single crystalline silicon ingot by Czochralski method and, more particularly, to a single crystalline silicon ingot, a wafer and a method of producing a single crystalline silicon ingot in which an oxidation-induced stacking fault ring is distributed widely and which has an agglomerated vacancy point defect area of low density wherein DSOD exists only, without FPD. Accordingly, an oxidation-induced stacking fault area having a micro-vacancy defect area of low density is distributed widely from the ingot edge to the ingot center in a single crystalline silicon ingot and a wafer fabricated by the present invention. As the micro-vacancy defect area has no FPD but may have DSOD, a coarsely agglomerated vacancy point defect area in which FPD and DSOD cohabit is shrunken or even eliminated. Therefore, the present invention improves the product quality as well as device yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo
  • Publication number: 20020046694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single crystalline silicon ingot, a single crystalline wafer, and a producing method thereof in accordance with the Czochralski method which enables reduction of a large defect area while increasing a micro-vacancy defect area in an agglomerated vacancy point area, which is the area between a central axis and an oxidation-induced stacking fault ring, by providing uniform conditions of crystal ingot growth and cooling and by adjusting a pulling rate for growing an ingot to grow, thus the oxidation-induced stacking fault ring exists only at an edge of the ingot radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Joon-Young Choi, Hyon-Jong Cho, Hak-Do Yoo