Patents by Inventor Katsumasa Yamaguchi

Katsumasa Yamaguchi 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: 11885015
    Abstract: A deposition method includes preparing a substrate having an insulating film formed thereon; forming a molybdenum film on the insulating film by supplying a molybdenum-containing gas and a reducing gas to the substrate; and heat-treating the substrate having the molybdenum film formed on the insulating film, without exposing the substrate to atmospheric air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Tsubasa Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20240003002
    Abstract: There is provided a tungsten film-forming method, including: forming a silicon film on a substrate in a reduced pressure atmosphere by disposing the substrate having a protective film formed on a surface of the substrate in a processing container; forming an initial tungsten film by supplying a tungsten chloride gas to the substrate having the silicon film formed thereon; and forming a main tungsten film by supplying a tungsten-containing gas to the substrate having the initial tungsten film formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi SAMESHIMA, Koji MAEKAWA, Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11802334
    Abstract: There is provided a tungsten film-forming method, including: forming a silicon film on a substrate in a reduced pressure atmosphere by disposing the substrate having a protective film formed on a surface of the substrate in a processing container; forming an initial tungsten film by supplying a tungsten chloride gas to the substrate having the silicon film formed thereon; and forming a main tungsten film by supplying a tungsten-containing gas to the substrate having the initial tungsten film formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sameshima, Koji Maekawa, Katsumasa Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220389567
    Abstract: A film deposition method includes preparing a substrate having an insulating film formed thereon, forming a seed layer on the insulating film, and supplying a molybdenum-containing gas and a reducing gas to the substrate having the seed layer famed thereon, to foam a molybdenum film on the seed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI, Tsubasa YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20220389573
    Abstract: A deposition method includes preparing a substrate having an insulating film formed thereon; forming a molybdenum film on the insulating film by supplying a molybdenum-containing gas and a reducing gas to the substrate; and heat-treating the substrate having the molybdenum film formed on the insulating film, without exposing the substrate to atmospheric air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI, Tsubasa YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20220389569
    Abstract: A deposition method includes preparing a substrate having an insulating film formed thereon, forming a first molybdenum film on the insulating film by supplying a molybdenum-containing gas and a reducing gas to the substrate while the substrate is heated to a first temperature, and forming a second molybdenum film on the first molybdenum film by supplying the molybdenum-containing gas and the reducing gas to the substrate while the substrate is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI, Tsubasa YOKOI
  • Patent number: 11401609
    Abstract: A film forming method includes forming a cancel layer on a substrate, which is disposed within a processing container and on which a base film is formed, in a pressure-reduced atmosphere, the cancel layer cancelling orientation of the base film, forming an initial metal film by supplying a metal material gas and a boron-containing gas to the substrate on which the cancel layer is formed, and forming a main metal film on the substrate on which the initial metal film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Maekawa, Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Takashi Sameshima
  • Patent number: 11236425
    Abstract: A method of processing each of a plurality of substrates comprises: obtaining a first correction factor based on a first flow rate set value of a mass flow controller and a first measurement value of a mass flow meter; adjusting the first flow rate set value of the mass flow controller with the first correction factor so that the flow rate of the vaporized raw material becomes equal to a target value to process the substrate; obtaining a second correction factor based on a second flow rate set value of the mass flow controller and a second measurement value of the mass flow meter; and adjusting the second flow rate set value of the mass flow controller with the second correction factor so that the flow rate of the vaporized raw material becomes equal to the target value to process the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kennan Mo, Nuri Choi, Kouichi Sekido, Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Eiichi Komori
  • Patent number: 11171004
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method including: forming an Al-containing film on a base in a depressurized state; and subsequently, forming an initial tungsten film on the Al-containing film by alternately supplying a B2H6 gas and a WF6 gas in a repetitive manner in the depressurized state without exposing the Al-containing film to an atmosphere while performing a purge process between the supply of the B2H6 gas and the supply of the WF6 gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sameshima, Koji Maekawa, Katsumasa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11155923
    Abstract: There is provided a gas supply device for vaporizing a raw material inside a raw material container and supplying a raw material gas into a processing vessel together with a carrier gas, including: a mass flow controller connected to an upstream side of the raw material container and configured to control a flow rate of the carrier gas; a flow meter connected to a downstream side of the raw material container; and a control part configured to perform a control so as not to supply the raw material gas into the processing vessel until a detection value of the flow meter with respect to the carrier gas controlled to have a constant flow rate by the mass flow controller is stabilized after replacing the raw material container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Kensaku Narushima, Hironori Yagi
  • Patent number: 11028479
    Abstract: A method of forming a tungsten film on a surface of a target substrate having a base film is performed by repeating a cycle plural times. The cycle includes alternately supplying a tungsten chloride gas and a reducing gas for reducing the tungsten chloride gas, with a purge interposed therebetween, into a process container in which the target substrate is accommodated and that is maintained under a depressurized atmosphere. The method includes setting a supply flow rate of the tungsten chloride gas and a time of the cycle such that a ratio of a thickness of the base film etched by repeating the cycle the plural times to a thickness of the base film before repeating the cycle the plural times becomes smaller than a predetermined ratio in a state where an integrated flow rate of the tungsten chloride gas per one cycle is kept substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Takashi Sameshima
  • Publication number: 20210164095
    Abstract: There is provided a tungsten film-forming method, including: forming a silicon film on a substrate in a reduced pressure atmosphere by disposing the substrate having a protective film formed on a surface of the substrate in a processing container; forming an initial tungsten film by supplying a tungsten chloride gas to the substrate having the silicon film formed thereon; and forming a main tungsten film by supplying a tungsten-containing gas to the substrate having the initial tungsten film formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi SAMESHIMA, Koji MAEKAWA, Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210115560
    Abstract: A film forming method includes a step of disposing a substrate on which an insulating film is formed in a processing container and forming a base film by repeatedly supplying a Ti-containing gas, an Al-containing gas, and a reaction gas into the processing container under a decompressed atmosphere; and a step of forming a metal layer made of a metal material on the substrate on which the base film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI, Koji MAEKAWA, Takashi SAMESHIMA, Shigeru NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10954593
    Abstract: There is provided a tungsten film-forming method, including: forming a silicon film on a substrate in a reduced pressure atmosphere by disposing the substrate having a protective film formed on a surface of the substrate in a processing container; forming an initial tungsten film by supplying a tungsten chloride gas to the substrate having the silicon film formed thereon; and forming a main tungsten film by supplying a tungsten-containing gas to the substrate having the initial tungsten film formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sameshima, Koji Maekawa, Katsumasa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10870919
    Abstract: There is provided a gas supply method for temporarily storing a raw material gas generated by vaporizing a raw material accommodated in a raw material container inside a buffer tank together with a carrier gas and subsequently supplying the raw material gas into a processing container. The gas supply method includes: controlling a flow rate of a gas exhausted from the buffer tank and a flow rate of the raw material gas and the carrier gas filled in the buffer tank, so that a second internal pressure of the buffer tank becomes equal to a first internal pressure of the buffer tank when a process is performed by supplying the raw material gas into the processing container, before supplying the raw material gas into the processing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Kensaku Narushima, Hironori Yagi, Kouichi Sekido
  • Patent number: 10829854
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method of forming a metal film, which includes: alternately supplying a metal chloride gas and a reducing gas for reducing the metal chloride gas to a substrate arranged inside a processing vessel a plurality of times, wherein the alternately supplying the metal chloride gas and the reducing gas includes a period of time during which a flow rate of the metal chloride gas gradually increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensaku Narushima, Katsumasa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10784110
    Abstract: A tungsten film forming method in which a substrate having a TiN film formed thereon is disposed in a processing container and a tungsten film is formed above a surface of the substrate while heating the substrate in a reduced pressure atmosphere, includes forming a first film of an aluminum-containing material on the substrate and forming the tungsten film on the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sameshima, Koji Maekawa, Katsumasa Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200095683
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method including: forming an initial tungsten film on a base film formed on a substrate by alternately supplying a B2H6 gas and a WF6 gas while supplying a carrier gas into a processing container in a state in which the substrate is heated to a first temperature within the processing container maintained in a depressurized state; and forming a main tungsten film on the initial tungsten film by alternately supplying a tungsten-containing gas and a reducing gas for reducing the tungsten-containing gas into the processing container in a state in which the substrate is heated to a second temperature higher than the first temperature within the processing container maintained in the depressurized state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi SAMESHIMA, Koji MAEKAWA, Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200098573
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method including: forming an Al-containing film on a base in a depressurized state; and subsequently, forming an initial tungsten film on the Al-containing film by alternately supplying a B2H6 gas and a WF6 gas in a repetitive manner in the depressurized state without exposing the Al-containing film to an atmosphere while performing a purge process between the supply of the B2H6 gas and the supply of the WF6 gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi SAMESHIMA, Koji MAEKAWA, Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200071829
    Abstract: A film forming method includes forming a cancel layer on a substrate, which is disposed within a processing container and on which a base film is formed, in a pressure-reduced atmosphere, the cancel layer cancelling orientation of the base film, forming an initial metal film by supplying a metal material gas and a boron-containing gas to the substrate on which the cancel layer is formed, and forming a main metal film on the substrate on which the initial metal film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Koji MAEKAWA, Katsumasa YAMAGUCHI, Takashi SAMESHIMA