A stepped main heater for a
single crystal furnace comprises a plurality of heating assemblies distributed in the circumferential direction of the
single crystal furnace, gaps exist between the adjacent heating assemblies, a heating space is defined by all the heating assemblies, and each heating
assembly comprises an upper heating plate and a lower heating plate which are distributed up and down. The upper heating plate and the lower heating plate are fixedly connected through at least one transition heating plate, all the transition heating plates surround to form a transition heating area, the space of the transition heating area is gradually reduced from top to bottom to form a stepped transition heating area, and the structure can be far away from a
solid-
liquid interface, so that the
temperature gradient is more linear. Part of two adjacent lower heating plates are fixedly connected through a bottom heating plate, and the bottom heating plate extends towards the heating space. The temperature of the bottom of the
molten silicon is improved, so that the
temperature difference between the upper part and the lower part of the
molten silicon can be improved, the
temperature gradient in the whole
molten silicon is remarkably improved, and the
crystal defect caused by insufficient
temperature gradient in the drawing process is reduced.