Owner Elkem Solar AS

Inventors Friestad, Kenneth; Dethloff, Christian

Agent Collison & Co

Pub. Number AU-B-2005333767

PCT Pub. Number WO2007/001184

Priority 20045665 27.12.04 NO

Filing date 17 November 2005

Wipo publication date 4 January 2007

Acceptance publication date 20 May 2010

C30B 15/04 (2006.01) Single-crystal growth by pulling from a melt, e.g. Czochralski method

C30B 11/04 (2006.01) Single-crystal-growth by normal freezing or freezing under temperature gradient, e.g. Bridgman- Stockbarger method

C30B 13/10 (2006.01) Single-crystal growth by zone-melting

C30B 29/06 (2006.01) Single crystals or homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure characterised by the material or by their shape - Silicon

H01L 31/0288 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength, or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation

H01L 31/18 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength, or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof