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Floating zone drawing circuitry for semiconductor rods
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1989-03-13
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Granted: 1990-02-13
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Expires: 2009-03-13
Abstract
Abstract For floating zone drawing of semiconductor rods having diameters greater than 100 mm, at the beginning of the zone drawing process, in particular during melting on of the seed crystal to the semiconductor rod to be drawn, a high load change and impedance change occurs. The power from the high-frequency (HF) generator is no longer coupled thereto optimally. Heating up the feed line to the induction heating coil is the result. This heating is avoided by connecting the HF generator via a feed line to a tank circuit device. A variable tank circuit capacitor connected in parallel and to the series oscillator circuit coil feeding one side of a parallel circuit of a heating circuit capacitor and the induction heating coil. The variable oscillator circuit capacitor is adjusted as a function of the voltage drop across the induction heating coil.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfgang Keller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:00
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/02; H05B6/22; H05B6/30; C; C30; C30B; C30B13/00; C30B13/16; C30B13/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A circuit for float zone drawing of semiconductor rods, the circuit comprising: a high-frequency generator having an output; a coupling circuit connected to the output of the high-frequency generator, the coupling circuit comprising a variable capacitor connected to the output and a series coupling coil connected between the output and a parallel heating circuit, the series coupling coil inductively coupling the output of the high-frequency generator to the parallel heating circuit, the heating circuit comprising an inductive heating coil and a heating capacitor connected in parallel to each other, the heating coil having an inductance and the series coupling coil having an inductance larger than the inductance of the heating coil, the coupling circuit capacitor being variable in capacitance, and means for adjusting the variable capacitor responsive to a voltage potential directly across the inductive heating coil to compensate for a change in value of the inductance of the heating coil to avoid a mismatch between the output of the high-frequency generator and the coupling circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A circuit for float zone drawing of semiconductor rods, the circuit comprising: a high-frequency generator having an output; a coupling circuit connected to the output of the high-frequency generator, the coupling circuit comprising a variable capacitor connected to the output and a series coupling coil connected between the output and a parallel heating circuit, the series coupling coil inductively coupling the output of the high-frequency generator to the parallel heating circuit, the heating circuit comprising an inductive heating coil and a heating capacitor connected in parallel to each other, the heating coil having an inductance and the series coupling coil having an inductance larger than the inductance of the heating coil, the coupling circuit capacitor being variable in capacitance, and means for adjusting the variable capacitor responsive to a voltage potential directly across the inductive heating coil to compensate for a change in value of the inductance of the heating coil to avoid a mismatch between the output of the high-frequency generator and the coupling circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
The circuit of claim 1, wherein the series coupling coil has an inductance which is much larger than the inductance of the inductive heating coil, and wherein the capacitance of the heating capacitor is fixed and sufficiently larger that the inductive heating coil and heating capacitor resonate at a frequency which is at most twice the frequency of the high-frequency generator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The circuit of claim 1, wherein the means for adjusting the variable capacitor in accordance with the voltage potential in a manner that the impedance across the output of the high frequency generator is maintained substantially constant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The circuit of claim 1, wherein the high-frequency generator is adjustable in such a manner as to vary its output voltage.
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