SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing a measure structure of crystal pulling furnace molten silicon liquid level height can improve the accuracy to the distance measurement from molten silicon liquid level to draft tube bottom.
In order to realize the aim, the utility model provides a structure for measuring the height of the molten silicon liquid level of a crystal pulling furnace, which comprises an auxiliary plate fixed at the lower part of a guide cylinder, a linear light source and a camera device which are arranged on the crystal pulling furnace, wherein the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate close to the center of the guide cylinder is a plane, the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate is vertical to the liquid level of the molten silicon, the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate is a horizontal line segment, one part of linear light emitted by the linear light source can irradiate on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate, the other part of the linear light can irradiate on the molten silicon liquid level, an included angle theta is formed between the linear light irradiating on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate and the lower edge of the inner side surface, the included angle theta is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees, the linear light irradiating on the molten silicon liquid level can be reflected to the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate, and the camera device can shoot light rays on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate.
Preferably, the auxiliary plate is a planar thin plate.
Preferably, the auxiliary plate is made of quartz or graphite sheets.
Preferably, a transverse plate is fixed at the upper end of the auxiliary plate, the transverse plate is perpendicular to the auxiliary plate, and the auxiliary plate is fixed on the guide cylinder through the transverse plate.
Preferably, the included angle θ is greater than 30 degrees and less than 60 degrees.
Preferably, the linear light source is a linear laser source.
Preferably, the linear light source is mounted on a furnace lid of the crystal pulling furnace.
The utility model is different from the prior art, the utility model provides a structure of measurement crystal pulling furnace molten silicon liquid level height is through the below fixed mounting accessory plate at the draft tube to make the accessory plate be close the medial surface at draft tube center for the plane, this medial surface perpendicular to molten silicon liquid level, when linear light (being the light of straightway shape promptly) that linear light source sent shines on the medial surface and the molten silicon liquid level of accessory plate, shine on the medial surface of the accessory plate can be reflected to the partial linear light on the molten silicon liquid level. I.e. corresponding to the formation of an incident light beam and a reflected light beam on the inner side of the auxiliary plate. Since the position of the linear light source is fixed, the angle θ (angle of incidence) between the linear light irradiated on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate and the lower edge of the inner side surface is also fixed and known. The positions of the incident beam and the reflected beam are recorded by the camera device, and the distance between the plane structure sheet and the liquid level can be calculated by combining the incident angle. When the height of the guide shell or the height of the molten silicon liquid level changes, the change value of the distance from the molten silicon liquid level to the bottom of the guide shell can be accurately obtained by calculating the distance between the plane structure sheet and the molten silicon liquid level. Therefore, the utility model provides a structure for measuring the molten silicon liquid level of crystal pulling furnace can improve the accuracy of distance measurement from the molten silicon liquid level to the bottom of the draft tube.
Another object of the utility model is to provide a crystal pulling furnace, can accurately measure the molten silicon liquid level to draft tube bottom distance, guarantee that this distance is in predetermineeing the scope to can guarantee the quality of the crystal of production.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution of the present invention is realized as follows:
a crystal pulling furnace comprises a furnace chamber, a furnace cover, a crucible and a guide cylinder, wherein an auxiliary plate is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the guide cylinder, a linear light source and a camera device are arranged on the furnace cover, the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate close to the center of the guide cylinder is a plane, the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate is vertical to the liquid level of the molten silicon, the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate is a horizontal line segment, one part of linear light emitted by the linear light source can irradiate on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate, the other part of the linear light can irradiate on the molten silicon liquid level, an included angle theta is formed between the linear light irradiating on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate and the lower edge of the inner side surface, the included angle theta is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees, the linear light irradiating on the molten silicon liquid level can be reflected to the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate, and the camera device can shoot light rays on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate.
Preferably, the included angle θ is greater than 30 degrees and less than 60 degrees.
The crystal pulling furnace and the structure for measuring the molten silicon liquid level height of the crystal pulling furnace have the same technical advantages over the prior art, and are not described in detail herein.
Detailed Description
The principles and features of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the following drawings, the examples given are only intended to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 as appropriate, the present invention provides a structure for measuring a molten silicon level in a crystal pulling furnace according to a basic embodiment, which includes an auxiliary plate 1 fixed to a lower portion of a draft tube 3, a linear light source 2 installed in the crystal pulling furnace, and an image pickup device.
The inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 close to the center of the guide shell 3 is a plane, the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 is vertical to the molten silicon liquid level 5, and the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 is a horizontal line segment. The inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 refers to the surface of the auxiliary plate 1 close to the center of the guide shell 3 or facing the crystal bar 7. The inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 is perpendicular to the surface 5 of the molten silicon, i.e. the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 is arranged vertically, while the surface of the molten silicon in the crucible 4 is horizontal, so that the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 is perpendicular to the surface 5 of the molten silicon. The lower edge of the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 is a horizontal line segment, that is, as shown in fig. 3, the lower edge of the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 is horizontally arranged and is parallel to the molten silicon liquid surface 5.
The auxiliary plate 1 can be made of various plate materials, and preferably, the auxiliary plate 1 is a plane thin plate. The material of which the auxiliary plate 1 is made can be chosen from a wide range of materials that can be applied to crystal pulling furnaces, said auxiliary plate 1 preferably being made of quartz or graphite sheets.
The linear light source 2 may employ various light sources capable of emitting linear light. The linear light refers to a light beam in the shape of a straight line segment. The linear light source 2 is preferably a linear laser source. The linear light source 2 may be installed at any suitable position of the crystal pulling furnace as long as a part of the linear light emitted from the linear light source 2 can irradiate on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1, another part can irradiate on the molten silicon liquid level 5, an included angle between the linear light irradiated on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 and the lower edge of the inner side surface is theta, the included angle theta is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees, and the linear light irradiated on the molten silicon liquid level 5 can be reflected on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1. The linear light source 2 is preferably mounted on the furnace lid of the crystal pulling furnace. The included angle theta is preferably greater than 30 degrees and less than 60 degrees.
The camera device can shoot light rays on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1. The imaging device is used for shooting the incident light beam 8 and the reflected light beam 10 on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1, so that the imaging device can be arranged at various proper positions capable of shooting the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1, and preferably, the imaging device is also arranged on a furnace cover of the crystal pulling furnace. The image pickup device may employ a camera or a video camera, and preferably, the image pickup device employs a CCD camera.
In the structure for measuring the height of the molten silicon liquid level in the crystal pulling furnace provided by the embodiment, when the structure is used, as shown in fig. 2, linear light emitted by the linear light source 2 irradiates on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 and the molten silicon liquid level 5, a part of the linear light irradiating on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 forms an incident light beam 8 on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1, and another part of the linear light irradiating on the molten silicon liquid level 5 forms a liquid level light beam 9 on the molten silicon liquid level 5, and because the molten silicon liquid level 5 has good reflectivity, the liquid level light beam 9 is reflected by the molten silicon liquid level 5 and irradiates on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 to form a reflected light beam 10. I.e. the linear light source 2 corresponds to the formation of an incident light beam 8 and a reflected light beam 10 on the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1.
As shown in fig. 3, when the incident beam 8 intersects the lower edge of the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point a1, the reflected beam 10 intersects the lower edge of the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point B1, the incident angle between the incident beam 8 and the lower edge of the inner side of the auxiliary plate 1 is an included angle θ, and the distance between the point a1 and the point B1 is S1, the liquid level height H between the lower edge of the auxiliary plate 1 and the liquid level 5 of the molten silicon is:
H=1/2tanθ×Sl
the included angle theta is fixed, the distance S1 can be obtained after photographing through a camera device, so that the liquid level height H between the lower edge of the auxiliary plate 1 and the molten silicon liquid level 5 can be obtained, and meanwhile, the auxiliary plate 1 is fixedly arranged on the guide shell, so that the distance from the molten silicon liquid level to the bottom of the guide shell can be accurately obtained.
According to the above, the utility model provides a structure of measurement crystal pulling furnace molten silicon liquid level can effectively avoid influencing the shape of reflection such as the reflection of molten silicon liquid level is not clear or the fluctuation of liquid level under the high temperature strong radiation interference, has improved the accuracy to molten silicon liquid level to draft tube bottom distance measurement.
Meanwhile, when the height of the molten silicon level is changed, as shown in FIG. 4,
wherein a solid line segment below the auxiliary plate 1 represents the molten silicon level before the change, and a dotted line segment represents the molten silicon level after the change. Before the liquid level of the molten silicon changes, an incident beam 8 intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point A1, a reflected beam 10 intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point B1, and the incident angle of the incident beam 8 and the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 is an included angle theta; after the liquid level of the molten silicon changes, the reflected light beam intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point C1, and then the change value H3 of the distance (Gap) from the liquid level of the molten silicon to the bottom of the guide cylinder is as follows:
H3=Hl-H2=1/2tanθ×(S2-S3)
wherein S2 is the distance between point a1 and point C1; s3 is the distance between point a1 and point B1.
When the height of the guide shell is changed, as shown in figure 5,
wherein the solid line shows the auxiliary plate 1 to indicate the position before the height of the guide shell is changed, and the dotted line shows the position after the height of the guide shell is changed. Before the height of the guide cylinder is changed, the incident light beam 8 intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point A1, the reflected light beam 10 intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point B1, and the incident angle of the incident light beam 8 and the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 is an included angle theta; after the height of the guide shell is changed, the incident beam 8 intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point A2, the reflected beam 10 intersects with the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 at a point B2, and then the change value H3 of the distance (Gap) from the liquid level of the molten silicon to the bottom of the guide shell is as follows:
H3=Hl-H2=1/2tanθ×(S2-S3)
wherein S2 is the distance between point a1 and point B1; s3 is the distance between point a2 and point B2.
In the present invention, the auxiliary plate 1 may be fixed to the guide cylinder 3 in various ways. Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, a transverse plate 6 is fixed to an upper end of the auxiliary plate 1, the transverse plate 6 is perpendicular to the auxiliary plate 1, and the auxiliary plate 1 is fixed to the guide cylinder 3 through the transverse plate 6. The transverse plate 6 and the auxiliary plate 1 are preferably of one-piece construction.
Based on the technical concept, the utility model also provides a crystal pulling furnace, including furnace chamber, bell, crucible 4 and draft tube 3. The crucible 4 is arranged in the furnace chamber. An auxiliary plate 1 is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the guide cylinder 3, and a linear light source 2 and an image pickup device are arranged on the furnace cover. The auxiliary plate 1 is preferably a flat rectangular thin plate made of a graphite sheet or a quartz sheet. The inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 close to the center of the guide shell 3 is a plane, the auxiliary plate 1 is vertically arranged, the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 is perpendicular to the molten silicon liquid level 5, and the lower edge of the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 is a horizontal line segment. The linear light source 2 is preferably a linear laser source, the linear light source 2 is mounted on the furnace cover, so that a part of linear light emitted by the linear light source 2 can irradiate on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1, the other part of linear light can irradiate on the molten silicon liquid level 5, an included angle theta between the linear light irradiated on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1 and the lower edge of the inner side surface is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees, and the linear light irradiated on the molten silicon liquid level 5 can be reflected on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1. The included angle theta is preferably greater than 30 degrees and less than 60 degrees, for example, the included angle theta is 45 degrees. The camera device can shoot light rays on the inner side surface of the auxiliary plate 1.
The distance from the molten silicon surface 5 of the crystal pulling furnace to the bottom of the guide shell 3 provided by the above embodiment can be obtained by combining the incident light beam 8 and the reflected light beam 10 formed on the inner surface of the auxiliary plate 1 when the linear light emitted from the linear light source 2 is irradiated on the inner surface of the auxiliary plate 1 and the molten silicon surface 5, and the included angle theta between the linear light irradiated on the inner surface of the auxiliary plate 1 and the lower edge of the inner surface. When the distance from the molten silicon liquid level 5 to the bottom of the guide cylinder 3 is detected to be close to the threshold value of the preset range, the distance from the molten silicon liquid level 5 to the bottom of the guide cylinder 3 can be always in the preset range by changing the crystal pulling speed and the rising speed of the crucible 4, and therefore the quality of the produced crystal bar is guaranteed.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "inside" and "outside" are used for indicating the orientation or the positional relationship based on the orientation or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but not for indicating or implying that the indicated device must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts or intervening parts. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is to be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations may be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.