Patents by Inventor Katsuyoshi Harada

Katsuyoshi Harada 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153758
    Abstract: There is included forming an oxide film on a substrate by alternately performing: forming the first oxide film containing an atom X by performing a first cycle including non-simultaneously performing forming a first layer including a component in which a first functional group is bonded to the atom X, and forming a second layer containing the atom X and oxygen by oxidizing the first layer; and forming the second oxide film containing the atom X by performing a second cycle including non-simultaneously performing forming a third layer including a component in which the first functional group is bonded to the atom X, and forming a fourth layer containing the atom X and oxygen by oxidizing the third layer, under a processing condition that an oxidizing power is higher than an oxidizing power when oxidizing the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomiyuki SHIMIZU, Masaya NAGATO, Takashi OZAKI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Katsuyoshi HARADA
  • Patent number: 11978623
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming an oxide film containing an atom X of a precursor on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a first layer containing a component in which a first group is bonded to the atom X on the substrate by supplying the precursor having a molecular structure in which the first and second groups are bonded to the atom X, to the substrate, the first group containing an alkoxy group, and the second group containing at least one of an amino group, an alkyl group, a halogeno group, a hydroxy group, a hydro group, an aryl group, a vinyl group, and a nitro group; and (b) forming a second layer containing the atom X by supplying an oxidizing agent to the substrate to oxidize the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Katsuyoshi Harada, Kimihiko Nakatani, Yoshiro Hirose, Masaya Nagato, Takashi Ozaki, Tomiyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11961733
    Abstract: There is included forming an oxide film on a substrate by alternately performing: forming the first oxide film containing an atom X by performing a first cycle including non-simultaneously performing forming a first layer including a component in which a first functional group is bonded to the atom X, and forming a second layer containing the atom X and oxygen by oxidizing the first layer; and forming the second oxide film containing the atom X by performing a second cycle including non-simultaneously performing forming a third layer including a component in which the first functional group is bonded to the atom X, and forming a fourth layer containing the atom X and oxygen by oxidizing the third layer, under a processing condition that an oxidizing power is higher than an oxidizing power when oxidizing the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomiyuki Shimizu, Masaya Nagato, Takashi Ozaki, Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Katsuyoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20240038530
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20240026054
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a graft-modified product, an adhesive, an olefin resin composition, or a laminate, and the graft-modified product is a graft-modified product of at least one base polymer selected from polyolefins by a carbodiimide monomer having a carbodiimide group and a polymerizable double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya ICHIKAWA, Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Yuuya GOTO
  • Publication number: 20230411148
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming an oligomer-containing layer on a surface of a substrate and in a concave portion of the substrate by allowing an oligomer to be generated, grow, and flow on the surface of the substrate and in the concave portion of the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times at a first temperature, the cycle including: supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; supplying a first nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate; supplying a second nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate; and supplying a first modifying gas to the substrate; and (b) forming a film by performing a thermal treatment to the substrate at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature to modify the oligomer-containing layer so as to be filled in the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi SANO, Katsuyoshi HARADA, Daigo YAMAGUCHI, Masaru KADOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230365733
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modifier suitable for obtaining a lubricating oil, a coating material, an adhesive, and the like with better smoothness and few bumps and to provide a rubber composition for a tire, which is suitable for preparing a tire with both excellent braking performance and excellent fuel efficiency. The present invention relates to an organosilicon compound graft copolymer (X) including a main chain derived from an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer (A) and a graft part derived from an organosilicon compound (B) having one or more unsaturated groups; and a rubber composition for a tire, including 1 to 30 parts by mass of the organosilicon compound graft copolymer (X) based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber including an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymerized rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Chihiro KOMATSU, Tatsuya ICHIKAWA, Hirokazu TANAKA, Yuji ISHII, Kazuki HIGUCHI, Kotaro ICHINO
  • Patent number: 11817314
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Tatsuru Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20230253202
    Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11664217
    Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230093981
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first film on the substrate by supplying a film-forming agent to the substrate; (b) adding oxygen to the first film by supplying a first oxidizing agent to the substrate and oxidizing a part of the first film; and (c) changing the oxygen-added first film into a second film including an oxide film by supplying a second oxidizing agent to the substrate and oxidizing the oxygen-added first film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yusuke TERUI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230067218
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming an oxide film containing an atom X of a precursor on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a first layer containing a component in which a first group is bonded to the atom X on the substrate by supplying the precursor having a molecular structure in which the first and second groups are bonded to the atom X, to the substrate, the first group containing an alkoxy group, and the second group containing at least one of an amino group, an alkyl group, a halogeno group, a hydroxy group, a hydro group, an aryl group, a vinyl group, and a nitro group; and (b) forming a second layer containing the atom X by supplying an oxidizing agent to the substrate to oxidize the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Katsuyoshi HARADA, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Yoshiro HIROSE, Masaya NAGATO, Takashi OZAKI, Tomiyuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11527402
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming an oxide film containing a central atom X of a precursor on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a first layer containing a component in which a first group is bonded to the central atom X on the substrate by supplying the precursor having a molecular structure in which the first group and a second group are bonded to the central atom X and having a bonding energy between the first group and the central atom X that is higher than a bonding energy between the second group and the central atom X, to the substrate; and (b) forming a second layer containing the central atom X by supplying an oxidizing agent to the substrate to oxidize the first layer, wherein in (a), the precursor is supplied under a condition in which the second group is desorbed and the first group is not desorbed from the central atom X contained in the precursor and the central atom X is adsorbed on
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Katsuyoshi Harada, Kimihiko Nakatani, Yoshiro Hirose, Masaya Nagato, Takashi Ozaki, Tomiyuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220230870
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film in a concave portion provided on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a) forming an adsorption inhibition layer by supplying an adsorption inhibitor, which inhibits adsorption of a precursor, to the substrate and adsorbing the adsorption inhibitor on adsorption sites of an upper portion in the concave portion; (b) forming a first layer by supplying the precursor to the substrate and adsorbing the precursor on adsorption sites existing in the concave portion in which the adsorption inhibition layer is formed; and (c) modifying the adsorption inhibition layer and the first layer into a second layer by supplying a first reactant, which chemically reacts with both the adsorption inhibition layer and the first layer, to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Katsuyoshi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220208544
    Abstract: According to one aspect of a technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (A) forming a film containing a predetermined element and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, wherein the cycle includes: (a) forming a first layer by supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element and a halogen element to the substrate heated to a first temperature; (b) forming a second layer by modifying the first layer by supplying a plasma-excited first modification gas containing hydrogen free of nitrogen; and (c) forming a third layer by modifying the second layer by supplying a plasma-excited second modification gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen. A supply time TH of supplying the first modification gas in (b) is set to be longer than a supply time TN of supplying the second modification gas in (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunobu KOSHI, Kazuyuki OKUDA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Katsuyoshi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220093385
    Abstract: There is included forming an oxide film on a substrate by alternately performing: forming the first oxide film containing an atom X by performing a first cycle including non-simultaneously performing forming a first layer including a component in which a first functional group is bonded to the atom X, and forming a second layer containing the atom X and oxygen by oxidizing the first layer; and forming the second oxide film containing the atom X by performing a second cycle including non-simultaneously performing forming a third layer including a component in which the first functional group is bonded to the atom X, and forming a fourth layer containing the atom X and oxygen by oxidizing the third layer, under a processing condition that an oxidizing power is higher than an oxidizing power when oxidizing the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomiyuki SHIMIZU, Masaya NAGATO, Takashi OZAKI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Katsuyoshi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20220028679
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Tatsuru MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 11164741
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: forming a film containing Si, O and N or a film containing Si and O on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of the substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying the SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; and (c) reacting the SiN layer having the SiCl termination with a second reactant containing O by supplying the second reactant to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Tatsuru Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20210296110
    Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Tatsuru MATSUOKA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11056337
    Abstract: There is provided a technique, including: (a) forming NH termination on a surface of a substrate by supplying a first reactant containing N and H to the substrate; (b) forming a first SiN layer having SiCl termination formed on its surface by supplying SiCl4 as a precursor to the substrate to react the NH termination formed on the surface of the substrate with the SiCl4; (c) forming a second SiN layer having NH termination formed on its surface by supplying a second reactant containing N and H to the substrate to react the SiCl termination formed on the surface of the first SiN layer with the second reactant; and (d) forming a SiN film on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a condition where the SiCl4 is not gas-phase decomposed after performing (a), the cycle including non-simultaneously performing (b) and (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Tatsuru Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Hashimoto