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7544257 Single crystal shape memory alloy devices and methods  
Devices and methods of making devices having one or more components made of single crystal shape memory alloy capable of large recoverable distortions, defined herein as “hyperelastic” SMA....
7407550 Method and apparatus for crystal growth  
A method and apparatus for growing a crystalline or poly-crystalline body from a melt is described, wherein the melt is retained by capillary attachment to edge features of a mesa crucible. The...
7361218 Method and apparatus for fabricating a crystal fiber  
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a crystal fiber having different regions of polarization inversion, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a source material; (b)...
7125450 Process for preparing single crystal silicon using crucible rotation to control temperature gradient  
The present invention is directed to a process for preparing single crystal silicon, in ingot or wafer form, wherein crucible rotation is utilized to control the average axial temperature gradient...
6605535 Method of filling trenches using vapor-liquid-solid mechanism  
A method of filling trenches such as a DT cell with silicon is described that involves a vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism. First, a thin film of Si is grown on the trench sidewalls. Seed metal...
5454879 Helically grown monolithic high voltage photovoltaic devices and method therefor  
The invention provides for methods that include the steps of continuous liquid phase epitaxy followed by evaporation or implantation of dopant, barrier-interconnect, and additional...
5398640 Apparatus for growing hollow crystalline bodies from the melt  
A single crystal dome is formed from a surface of revolution and grown from a liquid material on a linear die surface wettable by the molten material. A seed crystal is supported in a position...
5394825 Method and apparatus for growing shaped crystals  
A high temperature heat exchanger is used with the Czochralski crystal growing method to control the heat extraction from crystal silicon ingots as they are grown. The high temperature heat...
5156978 Method of fabricating solar cells  
A method and apparatus for producing crystalline substrate for use in fabricating solid state electronic devices. A hollow crystalline body is grown from a melt containing a dopant and a P-N...
5102494 Wet-tip die for EFG cyrstal growth apparatus  
A novel capillary die and crystal growing method are provided for growing a hollow crystalline body by EFG. Inner and outer annular moats surround the die tip. Passageways are provided for...
4968380 System for continuously replenishing melt  
A system for continuously supplying solid silicon particles to an apparatus for growing hollow, tubular crystalline bodies. The system includes a container for storing solid silicon particles, a...
4957713 Apparatus for growing shaped single crystals  
An apparatus for growing shaped single crystals of high-melting transparent metal compounds has a sealed chamber (1) having inside thereof a heat insulating unit (2) with a heater (3) in the form...
4711695 Apparatus for and method of making crystalline bodies  
An improved apparatus and method is disclosed for use in a system for growing a hollow tubular body of crystalline material by growing the body from the end of a die member, whereby the hollow...
4565600 Processes for the continuous preparation of single crystals  
Processes for the continuous preparation of single crystals having a predetermined shape and requiring little or no subsequent machining which processes comprise placing a single crystal-forming...
4557793 Method and apparatus for drawing crystalline bodies from a melt  
This invention involves a method and apparatus for drawing crystalline bodies from a melt by means of an open-ended drawing nozzle which determines the cross-sectional geometry of the crystalline...
4416723 Method for producing sapphire tubes  
During the process of pulling sapphire tubes from a melt with the aid of a seed, the longitudinal temperature gradient in the zone between the solidified front and the region of pulling where the...
4323418 Method for growing a pipe-shaped single crystal  
A susceptor made of a conductive material which has a melting point higher than that of a starting material and which does not react with the melt of the starting material is heated to a...
4248645 Method for reducing residual stresses in crystals  
A temperature profile controller is provided for cooling a crystal as it is pulled from a melt so that a substantially linear temperature gradient is established and maintained along the length of...
4197157 Method for forming refractory tubing  
Refractory tubings, either in amorphous, polycrystalline or single crystal form, are made by moving a preformed tubing of a refractory material and a heated zone relative to each other, the heating...
4036666 Manufacture of semiconductor ribbon  
A method is provided for producing flat substantially monocrystalline ribbons, e.g. silicon ribbons for use in making flat solar cells. The ribbons are produced by growing substantially...
4032390 Plural crystal pulling from a melt in an annular crucible heated on both inner and outer walls  
An annular crucible for containing molten, inorganic crystalline material in an apparatus for growing a plurality of substantially monocrystalline articles including a plurality of spaced forming...
3998686 Sapphire growth from the melt using porous alumina raw batch material  
A method of growing sapphire crystals from the melt wherein a porous alumina raw material is used to replenish the melt during growth. The porous alumina is subjected to a high temperature, low...
3915662 Method of growing mono crystalline tubular bodies from the melt  
The invention is a method of growing a monocrystalline extension such as an end wall or flange onto the end of a monocrystalline tube. Typically the tube is made of alumina.
3868228 METHOD OF GROWING CRYSTALLINE BODIES FROM THE MELT  
The invention is an improved method for producing mono-crystalline bodies of alumina (or other materials) that are characterized by varying cross-sections, for example, a sapphire tube having an...
3853489 A NON-WETTING AID FOR GROWING CRYSTALLINE BODIES  
The invention is a method and apparatus for growing crystalline bodies from the melt. Monocrystalline bodies of a material such as alumina are grown from a melt on a novel "die" assembly which...
3765843 GROWTH OF TUBULAR CRYSTALLINE BODIES  
The invention is a method and apparatus for producing composite materials and monocrystalline capillary tubes. Monocrystalline bodies of a material such as alumina are grown from a melt about small...
3650703 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROWING INORGANIC FILAMENTS, RIBBON FROM THE MELT  
Method of growing elongate essentially monocrystalline bodies of indefinite lengths and selected cross-sectional shapes from melts of selected high melting materials that melt congruently. Examples...
3025146 Method of growing shaped crystals  
3015592 Method of growing semiconductor crystals  
2890976 Monocrystalline tubular semiconductor  
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