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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Siliziumbirne

English translation:

silicon ingot

Added to glossary by Rebecca Garber
Jun 15, 2006 01:39
17 yrs ago
German term

Siliziumbirne

German to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng silicon wafer
This strikes me as a typo (0 googles), but I have no idea what the correct term could be. It occurs in the description of various types of silicon wafers, (100) oriented vs single crystal wafers.

Ein einkristalliner Siliziumwafer wird verwendet, dessen Oberflächen in einem Winkel von 47.2º gegen die (100)-Kristalleben aus der **Siliziumbirne** geschnitten ist, wobei eine -Richtung die Spur zwischen der Waferoberfläche und der (100)-Kristallebene bildet.

Everything else makes sense, except for the silicon ?whatever it is?

TIA for your help.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 silicon ingot

Discussion

Brandis (X) Jun 15, 2006:
They meant probably silicon cubes or sticks, that are finely cut to wafer form to produce mono-crytaline and poly-crystaline silicon wafers. The cubes or the sticks comprise the raw material in this industry. Worked for Bayer solar AG a few years back.

Proposed translations

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silicon ingot

These are single-crystals (or monocrystals) that are produced by the Czochralski pulling process. They are rod- or slightly pear-shaped
Reference:

http://www.tocera.co.jp/en/products/wafer/process.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Brandis (X) : oops, that is right, I too was wondering .
2 hrs
agree Richard Benham : Muckin' aphasing.//I'd never have guessed that. Of course I believe you 100%, but I never imagined a "Birne" could be an ingot, even one that's gone pear-shaped.
2 hrs
you wot mate?
agree Sabine Griebler
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Gillian! I would never have come up with this."
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