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Considering that the traditional SSC control method ignores the crystal quality factor, this paper proposes a hierarchical predictive control strategy based on a soft sensor model for online control of SSC diameter and crystal quality. First, the proposed control strategy considers the V\/G variable (V is the crystal pulling rate, and G is the axial temperature gradient at the solid\u2013liquid interface), a factor related to crystal quality. Aiming at the problem that the V\/G variable is difficult to measure directly, a soft sensor model based on SAE-RF is established to realize the online monitoring of the V\/G variable and then complete hierarchical prediction control of SSC quality. Second, in the hierarchical control process, PID control of the inner layer is used to quickly stabilize the system. Model predictive control (MPC) of the outer layer is used to handle system constraints and enhance the control performance of the inner layer. In addition, the SAE-RF-based soft sensor model is used to monitor the crystal quality V\/G variable online, thereby ensuring that the output of the controlled system meets the desired crystal diameter and V\/G requirements. Finally, based on the industrial data of the actual Czochralski SSC growth process, the effectiveness of the proposed crystal quality hierarchical predictive control method is verified.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23052830","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,6]],"date-time":"2023-03-06T02:28:34Z","timestamp":1678069714000},"page":"2830","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Study on the Hierarchical Predictive Control of Semiconductor Silicon Single Crystal Quality Based on the Soft Sensor Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0019-4979","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yin","family":"Wan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Information Processing, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}]},{"given":"Ding","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Information Processing, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}]},{"given":"Jun-Chao","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Information Processing, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}]},{"given":"Shi-Hai","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Information Processing, Xi\u2019an University of Technology, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"97","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-0248(01)00825-9","article-title":"Engineering analysis of microdefect formation during silicon crystal growth","volume":"225","author":"Brown","year":"2001","journal-title":"J. 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