Sheet production apparatus for removing a crystalline sheet from the surface of a melt using gas jets located above and below the crystalline sheet
Abstract
In one embodiment, a sheet production apparatus comprises a vessel configured to hold a melt of a material. A cooling plate is disposed proximate the melt and is configured to form a sheet of the material on the melt. A first gas jet is configured to direct a gas toward an edge of the vessel. A sheet of a material is translated horizontally on a surface of the melt and the sheet is removed from the melt. The first gas jet may be directed at the meniscus and may stabilize this meniscus or increase local pressure within the meniscus.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. Gloucester, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1363762
- Patent Number(s):
- 9677193
- Application Number:
- 14/242,566
- Assignee:
- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C30 - CRYSTAL GROWTH C30B - SINGLE-CRYSTAL-GROWTH
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0000595
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2014 Apr 01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Kellerman, Peter L., and Thronson, Gregory D. Sheet production apparatus for removing a crystalline sheet from the surface of a melt using gas jets located above and below the crystalline sheet. United States: N. p., 2017.
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Kellerman, Peter L., & Thronson, Gregory D. Sheet production apparatus for removing a crystalline sheet from the surface of a melt using gas jets located above and below the crystalline sheet. United States.
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"Sheet production apparatus for removing a crystalline sheet from the surface of a melt using gas jets located above and below the crystalline sheet". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1363762.
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abstractNote = {In one embodiment, a sheet production apparatus comprises a vessel configured to hold a melt of a material. A cooling plate is disposed proximate the melt and is configured to form a sheet of the material on the melt. A first gas jet is configured to direct a gas toward an edge of the vessel. A sheet of a material is translated horizontally on a surface of the melt and the sheet is removed from the melt. The first gas jet may be directed at the meniscus and may stabilize this meniscus or increase local pressure within the meniscus.},
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