From sand to silicon
01 / 20Czochralski puller
Crystal growth
Polysilicon melts at 1,414 °C in a quartz crucible. A seed crystal dips in, a thin neck grows out the defects, then a single crystal 300 mm wide is pulled up while it turns.
01 / 20Czochralski puller
Polysilicon melts at 1,414 °C in a quartz crucible. A seed crystal dips in, a thin neck grows out the defects, then a single crystal 300 mm wide is pulled up while it turns.