Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kawazone

Shinichi Kawazone 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: 20110049438
    Abstract: After adding phosphorus (P) and germanium (Ge) into a silicon melt or adding phosphorus into a silicon/germanium melt, a silicon monocrystal is grown from the silicon melt by a Czochralski method, where a phosphorus concentration [P]L (atoms/cm3) in the silicon melt, a Ge concentration in the silicon monocrystal, an average temperature gradient Gave (K/mm) and a pull speed V (mm/min) are controlled to satisfy a formula (1) as follows, the phosphorus concentration [P] (atoms/cm3) in the silicon monocrystal is 4.84×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 8.49×1019 atoms/cm3 or less, and the phosphorus concentration [P] (atoms/cm3) and the Ge concentration [Ge] (atoms/cm3) in the silicon monocrystal satisfy a relationship according to a formula (2) as follows while growing the silicon monocrystal. [P]L+(0.3151×[Ge]+3.806×1018)/1.5<0.5×(Gave/V+43)×1019??(1) [Ge]<?6.95×[P]+5.90×1020??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawazone, Yasuhito Narushima, Toshimichi Kubota, Fukuo Ogawa