Patents Assigned to Shin-Etsu Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240051068
    Abstract: A transfer apparatus includes the first plate-like member in which the micro structures are detachably held via the temporary adhesion layer, the second plate-like member having a sticky layer which faces the first plate-like member and is elastically deformable in a thickness direction, a pressure part which presses one of the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member toward another one of the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member in the thickness direction such that the temporary adhesion layer and the sticky layer become parallel to each other at least locally, a denaturing/peeling part which changes properties of the temporary adhesion layer such that an adhesive force of the temporary adhesion layer is reduced, and a controlling part which controls operations of the pressure part and the denaturing/peeling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Michiya YOKOTA, Ryouichi INABA
  • Publication number: 20230321752
    Abstract: A workpiece separating device for irradiating a laminated body including a workpiece having a circuit substrate bonded with a supporting body via a separating layer with a light, thereby denaturing the separating layer, and peeling the supporting body from the workpiece, the workpiece separating device comprising: a holding member for detachably holding any one of the workpiece side or the supporting body of the laminated body; a light irradiation part for irradiating the light toward the separating layer through the other of the supporting body or the workpiece side of the laminated body held by the holding member; an isolation member for, with respect to any one of the workpiece side or the supporting body of the laminated body, isolating and moving the other in the thickness direction; and a controlling part for operation controlling the light irradiation part and the isolation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 11654513
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece of a laminated body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body through which laser beams pass are laminated with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters due to at least absorption of the laser beams; a light irradiation part that irradiates the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the laminated body held by the holding member; a driving part that relatively moves a light irradiation position of irradiation from the light irradiation part with respect to the supporting body and the separating layer of the laminated body held by the holding member in at least a direction crossing a light irradiation direction of irradiation from the light irradiation part; and a controlling part that operates and controls the light irradiation part and the driving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
  • Patent number: 11633810
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member which detachably holds one of the workpiece and the supporting body; a laser irradiation part which irradiates the separating layer with the laser beam through the other of the supporting body and the workpiece of the laminated body being held by the holding member; and a controlling part which controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the laser irradiation part has a laser scanner which moves the spot like laser beam along the laminated body, an entire irradiated face of the separating layer in an area of the laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner toward the laminated body is divided into a plurality of irradiation areas each having a band shape that is elongated in one of two directions intersecting a light irradiation direction from the laser irradiation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20220410321
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member which detachably holds one of the workpiece and the supporting body; a laser irradiation part which irradiates the separating layer with the laser beam through the other of the supporting body and the workpiece of the laminated body being held by the holding member; and a controlling part which controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the laser irradiation part has a laser scanner which moves the spot like laser beam along the laminated body, an entire irradiated face of the separating layer in an area of the laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner toward the laminated body is divided into a plurality of irradiation areas each having a band shape that is elongated in one of two directions intersecting a light irradiation direction from the laser irradiation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 11322384
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method that can improve the quality of substrates are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya Kubota, Emi Matsui, Katsuhiro Yamazaki, Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20220068676
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes a holding member configured to detachably hold one of a workpiece or a supporting body of a laminated body and a light irradiation part configured to perform light irradiation on a separating layer, the holding member including: a stage facing one of the workpiece or the supporting body, a fixed supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a still suction pad immovable in a projection direction, and a movable supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a response suction pad that is movable in a projection direction and elastically deformable, a plurality of the fixed supporting parts and a plurality of the movable supporting parts disposed in a dispersed manner, and the plurality of response suction pads project toward the laminated body further than the plurality of still suction pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyouhei TOMIOKA, Yoshikazu OHTANI
  • Patent number: 11251058
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes a holding member configured to detachably hold one of a workpiece or a supporting body of a laminated body and a light irradiation part configured to perform light irradiation on a separating layer, the holding member including: a stage facing one of the workpiece or the supporting body, a fixed supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a still suction pad immovable in a projection direction, and a movable supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a response suction pad that is movable in a projection direction and elastically deformable, a plurality of the fixed supporting parts and a plurality of the movable supporting parts disposed in a dispersed manner, and the plurality of response suction pads project toward the laminated body further than the plurality of still suction pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyouhei Tomioka, Yoshikazu Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20210245297
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece of a laminated body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body through which laser beams pass are laminated with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters due to at least absorption of the laser beams; a light irradiation part that irradiates the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the laminated body held by the holding member; a driving part that relatively moves a light irradiation position of irradiation from the light irradiation part with respect to the supporting body and the separating layer of the laminated body held by the holding member in at least a direction crossing a light irradiation direction of irradiation from the light irradiation part; and a controlling part that operates and controls the light irradiation part and the driving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210098279
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method that can improve the quality of substrates are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya KUBOTA, Emi MATSUI, Katsuhiro YAMAZAKI, Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 10840141
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece among a layered body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body that allows laser beams to pass therethrough are layered with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters with absorption of the laser beams; a laser irradiation part that performs irradiation of Gaussian beams pulse-oscillated as the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the layered body held by the holding member; and a controlling part that controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the controlling part controls a distance between centers of the adjacent Gaussian beams of the laser beams pulse-oscillated from the laser irradiation part to be less than three times of a standard deviation when a relationship between a beam diameter and irradiation intensity is assumed as a normal distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20200312716
    Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece among a layered body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body that allows laser beams to pass therethrough are layered with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters with absorption of the laser beams; a laser irradiation part that performs irradiation of Gaussian beams pulse-oscillated as the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the layered body held by the holding member; and a controlling part that controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the controlling part controls a distance between centers of the adjacent Gaussian beams of the laser beams pulse-oscillated from the laser irradiation part to be less than three times of a standard deviation when a relationship between a beam diameter and irradiation intensity is assumed as a normal distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 10293460
    Abstract: A method of producing a polishing head including: a backing pad, for holding a workpiece back surface, stuck on a lower portion of a rigid body; and a ring template, for holding a workpiece edge, disposed on a lower surface of the backing pad. This polishing head brings a front surface of the workpiece into sliding contact with a polishing pad attached on a turn table while holding the workpiece back surface on the lower surface of the backing pad. The method includes sticking the backing pad on the lower portion of the rigid body with a double-sided tape under a reduced pressure without heating; and sticking the template on the backing pad with a double-sided tape or a liquid or paste reaction curable adhesive containing no solvent under a reduced pressure without heating. This method can polish the workpiece into a very flat workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiromasa Hashimoto, Yasuharu Ariga, Masanao Sasaki, Takahiro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20190109021
    Abstract: Provided is a resin-sealing device having: a first molding die that has a holding surface for a workpiece on which a semiconductor element is mounted; a second molding die that opposes a mounting surface of the workpiece on which the semiconductor element is mounted, and has a cavity to which an uncured resin is fed, the workpiece being held on the holding surface of the first molding die; a decompression chamber that is formed between the first molding die and the second molding die and configured to be openable and closeable; a driving part that forms the decompression chamber by bringing one or both of the first molding die and the second molding die close to the other or to each other relatively in an opposing direction of the first molding die and the second molding die; and a pressure regulating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Hiroharu MORI, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 6437304
    Abstract: In a waveguide 11 provided with a magnetron 12, a container 13 made of quartz glass and containing a porous body 14 is placed. The container 13 is connected to a water supply pipe 15, a steam delivery pipe 16 and a drain pipe 17. Pure water regulated at a preset flow rate by a flow control valve 18 drops on the upper face of the porous body 14, and infiltrates into the porous body 14. When the magnetron 12 sends out microwave radiation to the waveguide 11, the pure water contained in the porous body 14 is heated by the microwave, and instantaneously evaporates. The steam of pure water escapes from every surface of the porous body 14 and delivered through the steam delivery pipe 16. An appropriate control of the flow rate of the pure water by the flow control valve 18 and the output power of the magnetron 12 can make an appropriate control of the flow rate of the steam, so that all the pure water supplied to the porous body 14 is converted to steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Ushijima, Shinji Makikawa, Tadatomo Ohnoda
  • Patent number: 4731745
    Abstract: An automatic dimension analyzer is disclosed which comprises a power driven table on which an object being measured is placed, the table being movable in orthogonal directions, and an optical system for forming an optical image of the object in a sample point field. The sample point field is electronically scanned in a rectangular raster format to produce sample point data bits each representing a sample point having a predetermined optical level. A cursor generator is synchronized with the raster to generate a cursor in the sample point field. A coincidence detector is provided to detect a coincidence between a sample point data bit and the cursor. Measurement instructions are stored in sequentially addressible locations of a memory through a data entry means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoo Katagiri, Kozo Kasukawa, Shigenaga Manabe
  • Patent number: 4433510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in the lapping method of wafer-like work pieces in a lapping machine to lap the work pieces by sandwiching them between relatively rotatable upper and lower surface plates, in which the thickness of the work pieces under lapping is determined by an in-machine manner with a sensor mounted on the upper surface plate. Different from conventional lapping methods with an in-machine measurement of the thickness, the thickness of the work pieces is computed only once at regular intervals corresponding to one relative revolution of the surface plates so that the errors due to the operation per se of the lapping machine such as the undulated revolution of the surface plates, vibration of the machine and the like can be eliminated and very much improved control means for the thickness of the work pieces under lapping can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Engineering Co., Ltd., Naoetsu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoo Katagiri, Mitsuo Honda