Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kawaura

Hiroshi Kawaura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10229814
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus has a circular chamber having an opening portion which serves as a plasma ejection port surrounded by a dielectric member, a gas supply pipe for introducing gas into the inside of the chamber, a coil provided in the vicinity of the chamber, a high-frequency power supply connected to the coil, and a base material mounting table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Hiroshi Kawaura, Tetsuya Yukimoto
  • Patent number: 10147585
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus having a dielectric member that surrounds a circular chamber having a long shape and communicating with an opening portion having a long and linear shape, a gas supply pipe for introducing gas into an inside of the circular chamber, a coil provided in a vicinity of the circular chamber and having a long shape in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the opening portion, a high-frequency power supply connected to the coil, a base material mounting table that mounts a base material, and a moving mechanism that allows relative movement between the circular chamber and the base material mounting table in a perpendicular direction with respect to an longitudinal direction of the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Hiroshi Kawaura, Tetsuya Yukimoto
  • Patent number: 9601330
    Abstract: To provide a plasma processing device and a plasma processing method capable of generating plasma stably and efficiently and processing the entire desired treated region of a substrate efficiently for a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Hiroshi Kawaura
  • Patent number: 9343269
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus has a long chamber having an opening portion, a gas supply apparatus that supplies gas into the chamber, a spiral coil having a long shape in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the chamber, a high-frequency electric power supply connected to the spiral coil, a base material mounting table which is disposed opposite to the opening portion and holds a base material and a moving mechanism which is disposed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the chamber and the longitudinal direction of the opening portion, and enables the chamber and the base material mounting table to relatively move perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal direction of the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Hiroshi Kawaura
  • Publication number: 20150294866
    Abstract: To provide a plasma processing device and a plasma processing method capable of generating plasma stably and efficiently and processing the entire desired treated region of a substrate efficiently for a short period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO OKUMURA, HIROSHI KAWAURA
  • Patent number: 8802567
    Abstract: In a plasma torch unit, copper rods forming a coil as a whole are disposed inside copper rod inserting holes formed in a quartz block so that the quartz block is cooled by water flowing inside the copper rod inserting holes and cooling water pipes. A plasma ejection port is formed on the lowermost portion of the torch unit. While a gas is being supplied into a space inside an elongated chamber, high-frequency power is supplied to the copper rods to generate plasma in the space inside the elongated chamber so that the plasma is applied to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Ichiro Nakayama, Hiroshi Kawaura, Tetsuya Yukimoto
  • Publication number: 20140220784
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus having a dielectric member that surrounds a circular chamber having a long shape and communicating with an opening portion having a long and linear shape, a gas supply pipe for introducing gas into an inside of the circular chamber, a coil provided in a vicinity of the circular chamber and having a long shape in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the opening portion, a high-frequency power supply connected to the coil, a base material mounting table that mounts a base material, and a moving mechanism that allows relative movement between the circular chamber and the base material mounting table in a perpendicular direction with respect to an longitudinal direction of the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO OKUMURA, HIROSHI KAWAURA, TETSUYA YUKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140094040
    Abstract: In a plasma torch unit, copper rods forming a coil as a whole are disposed inside copper rod inserting holes formed in a quartz block so that the quartz block is cooled by water flowing inside the copper rod inserting holes and cooling water pipes. A plasma ejection port is formed on the lowermost portion of the torch unit. While a gas is being supplied into a space inside an elongated chamber, high-frequency power is supplied to the copper rods to generate plasma in the space inside the elongated chamber so that the plasma is applied to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro OKUMURA, Ichiro NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi KAWAURA, Tetsuya YUKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8624340
    Abstract: In a plasma torch unit, copper rods forming a coil as a whole are disposed inside copper rod inserting holes formed in a quartz block so that the quartz block is cooled by water flowing inside the copper rod inserting holes and cooling water pipes. A plasma ejection port is formed on the lowermost portion of the torch unit. While a gas is being supplied into a space inside an elongated chamber, high-frequency power is supplied to the copper rods to generate plasma in the space inside the elongated chamber so that the plasma is applied to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Ichiro Nakayama, Hiroshi Kawaura, Tetsuya Yukimoto
  • Publication number: 20120058649
    Abstract: In a plasma torch unit, copper rods forming a coil as a whole are disposed inside copper rod inserting holes formed in a quartz block so that the quartz block is cooled by water flowing inside the copper rod inserting holes and cooling water pipes. A plasma ejection port is formed on the lowermost portion of the torch unit. While a gas is being supplied into a space inside an elongated chamber, high-frequency power is supplied to the copper rods to generate plasma in the space inside the elongated chamber so that the plasma is applied to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro OKUMURA, Ichiro NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi KAWAURA, Tetsuya YUKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20040228982
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a uniform thickness vacuum CVD film on a surface of a substrate having a good step coverage and high quality. A process gas is supplied in a process chamber, which is closed by closing an exhaust port by closing a pressure control gate valve which is disposed between the process chamber and a vacuum pump. The process gas supply is stopped and a deposition on the substrate progresses for a certain period of time in the process chamber under pressure equilibrium closed condition. Thereafter or concurrently, in the same process chamber, an oxidizing gas or a nitrifying gas is supplied with plasma to oxidize or nitrify the formed film. By repetition of several cycles of these steps, a predetermined thickness film with high quality is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawaura
  • Patent number: 6030459
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing system performs etching, ashing and CVD to form a thin film, using a gas plasma. An apparatus for treatment under a reduced pressure has two treatment chambers (23), a first load-lock chamber (21) connected to the treatment chambers, and second load-lock chambers (22) connected to the first load-lock chamber, the first and second load-lock chambers being set at the same pressure, wherein a disc (19) is disposed in the first load-lock chamber, the disc having a central shaft with four stage units (30) fixed thereto, the stage units permitting substrates to be rested thereon, and by a vertical movement and a rotative conveyance motion such as 180.degree. rotation of the disc there are formed the treatment chambers and the second load-lock chambers simultaneously with the conveyance of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: C.V. Research Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawaura
  • Patent number: 4597459
    Abstract: A weight detecting type sensor comprising a roller capable of partly jutting out upwardly from the surface of a body conveying belt, a strut rotatably supporting the roller and having a through-aperture at a portion thereof, a sensor having an optical axis associated with the through-aperture formed in the strut, and a pair of magnets disposed below the bottom of the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiki Iwata, Nobuo Kawase, Yoshinori Tanaka, Takashi Miyake, Hiroshi Kawaura