Sheet production apparatus for removing a crystalline sheet from the surface of a melt using gas jets located above and below the crystalline sheet
Patent
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OSTI ID:1363762
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.
- Research Organization:
- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. Gloucester, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0000595
- Assignee:
- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,677,193
- Application Number:
- 14/242,566
- OSTI ID:
- 1363762
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2014 Apr 01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Method for producing solid ribbons
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patent | September 1980 |
Lateral pulling growth of crystal ribbons
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patent | May 1982 |
Melt dumping in string stabilized ribbon growth
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patent | December 1986 |
Pumps for pumping molten metal with a stirring action
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patent | February 2000 |
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