Patents by Inventor Katsuichi Sato

Katsuichi Sato 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).

  • Publication number: 20070158653
    Abstract: The present invention is a silicon single crystal grown by CZ method, wherein Cu precipitates do not exist inside the silicon single crystal, a silicon wafer produced from the silicon single crystal, wherein Cu precipitates do not exist on a surface of and inside the wafer, and an apparatus for producing a silicon single crystal according to CZ method, wherein Cu concentration in a component made of quartz to be used in a part in which a temperature in a furnace for single crystal growth is 1000° C. or more is 1 ppb or less, and Cu concentration in a component made of quartz to be used in a part in which a temperature in a furnace for single crystal growth is less than 1000° C. is 10 ppb or less, and a method for producing a silicon single crystal by using the producing apparatus. Thereby, there are provided a silicon single crystal and a silicon wafer which have extremely few crystal defects and have high quality and high yield, a producing apparatus therefor, and a producing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Iida, Toshihiko Imai, Katsuichi Sato, Miho Iwabuchi, Masahiro Kato