Inventor
KIMBEL STEVEN L
US23 patents
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MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
11 patentsUS5779791AJul 14, 1998
Process for controlling thermal history of Czochralski-grown silicon
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS67 citations93
US6846539B2Jan 25, 2005
Low defect density silicon having a vacancy-dominated core substantially free of oxidation induced stacking faults
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS24 citations92
US6776840B1Aug 17, 2004
Method and apparatus for controlling diameter of a silicon crystal in a locked seed lift growth process
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS27 citations92
US6482263B1Nov 19, 2002
Heat shield assembly for crystal pulling apparatus
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS24 citations90
US6241818B1Jun 5, 2001
Method and system of controlling taper growth in a semiconductor crystal growth process
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS26 citations89
US6203611B1Mar 20, 2001
Method of controlling growth of a semiconductor crystal to automatically transition from taper growth to target diameter growth
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS27 citations89
US7125450B2Oct 24, 2006
Process for preparing single crystal silicon using crucible rotation to control temperature gradient
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS14 citations84
US5593498AJan 14, 1997
Apparatus for rotating a crucible of a crystal pulling machine
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS17 citations79
US5968263AOct 19, 1999
Open-loop method and system for controlling growth of semiconductor crystal
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS14 citations66
US6960254B2Nov 1, 2005
Method to monitor and control the crystal cooling or quenching rate by measuring crystal surface temperature
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS4 citations63
US7573587B1Aug 11, 2009
Method and device for continuously measuring silicon island elevation
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS1 citations52
KIMBEL STEVEN L
6 patentsUS8524319B2Sep 3, 2013
Methods for producing crucibles with a reduced amount of bubbles
KIMBEL STEVEN L5 citations70
US8317920B2Nov 27, 2012
Directional solidification furnace for reducing melt contamination and reducing wafer contamination
KIMBEL STEVEN L5 citations70
US8932550B2Jan 13, 2015
Methods for pulling a multicrystalline silicon ingot from a silicon melt
KIMBEL STEVEN L0 citations51
US8524000B2Sep 3, 2013
Pulling assemblies for pulling a multicrystalline silicon ingot from a silicon melt
KIMBEL STEVEN L0 citations51
US9222196B2Dec 29, 2015
Directional solidification furnace for reducing melt contamination and reducing wafer contamination
KIMBEL STEVEN L0 citations48
US8857214B2Oct 14, 2014
Methods for producing crucibles with a reduced amount of bubbles
KIMBEL STEVEN L0 citations39