METHOD FOR GROWING CRYSTALS

• Main Authors: ARIYAWONG, Kanaparin, HSIUNG, Chih-Yung, EBNER, Robert, BARBAR, Ghassan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.11.2023
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUSPOLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; METALLURGY; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITHDEFINED STRUCTURE; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITHDEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE-CRYSTAL-GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL ORUNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL

A method for growing crystals using PVT or PVD or CVD, includes: providing: a chamber for crystal growth, a crucible in the chamber including at least one deposition section with a seed crystal and a base material for crystal growth, at least one temperature monitoring device, a gas supply device and at least one fluid inlet and outlet, and a pressure monitoring device; evacuating the chamber using a pumping device; flushing the chamber with an inert gas; heating the chamber to a growth temperature of 2000 to 2400° C. using at least one heating device; decreasing pressure to 0.1 to 100 mbar; supplying a dopant, (during a growth process); regulating process parameters in the growth process; increasing chamber pressure at the growth process end; cooling down the chamber; wherein the heating of the chamber from an ambient temperature to the growth temperature occurs within 10 to 10000 minutes.