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Lely method
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<p>The Lely method, also known as the Lely process or Lely technique, is a <a href="/facts/Crystal_growth/QwhSDA5y">crystal growth</a> technology used for producing <a href="/facts/Silicon_carbide/kQLVAYbr">silicon carbide</a> crystals for the <a href="/facts/Semiconductor_industry/v2LNPolL">semiconductor industry</a>. The patent for this method was filed in the Netherlands in 1954 and in the United States in 1955 by Jan Anthony Lely of <a href="/facts/Philips_Electronics/Xp4uczGg">Philips Electronics</a>. The patent was subsequently granted on 30 September 1958, then was refined by D. R. Hamilton et al. in 1960, and by V. P. Novikov and V. I. Ionov in 1968. </p>