Patent ID: 8313577
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: C30B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing single crystal silicon comprising: a housing; a seed crystal holder that holds a seed crystal in the housing; a polycrystal holder that holds a polycrystalline silicon rod in the housing to place one end of the polycrystalline silicon rod opposite to one end of the seed crystal held by the seed crystal holder; an induction heating coil that is disposed around the polycrystalline silicon rod for fusing the polycrystalline silicon rod, connecting the one end of the polycrystalline silicon rod to the one end of the seed crystal, and single-crystallizing the polycrystalline silicon rod connected to the seed crystal; an exothermic ring that has a conductive member capable of undergoing induction heating by the induction heating coil and a quartz-coated member covering the conductive member; a support member that supports the exothermic ring and passes through a wall of the housing in a rotatable manner; an operating device that rotates the support member and reciprocates the exothermic ring between: i) a heating position where the exothermic ring is positioned close to the induction heating coil in between the seed crystal holder and the polycrystal holder, and ii) a stand-by position where the exothermic ring is receded from the heating position; a sealing member that is provided between the wall of the housing and the support member and maintains the hermetic therebetween; and a cooling flow path that is formed in the support member and flows a cooling medium.