Patents by Inventor Kazunori Ishimura

Kazunori Ishimura 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: 11348819
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: an electrostatic chuck part having, as a main surface, a mounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted, an electrostatic attraction electrode; a base part configured to cool the electrostatic chuck part; a heater disposed in a layered manner between the electrostatic chuck part and the base part; and an adhesion layer which bonds and integrates the electrostatic chuck part and the base part together, in which the electrostatic chuck part is provided with a first through-hole, the base part is provided with a second through-hole communicating with the first through-hole, the adhesion layer is provided with a third through-hole communicating with the first through-hole and the second through-hole, a tubular insulator is fixed in the second through-hole, and an end of the insulator located on the electrostatic chuck part side is separated from the electrostatic chuck part with a space interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Kinpara, Ryuuji Hayahara, Kazunori Ishimura, Hitoshi Kouno
  • Patent number: 10923381
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: an electrostatic chuck part which incorporates an internal electrode for electrostatic attraction and has a placing surface on which a plate-like sample is placed; a base part which cools the electrostatic chuck part; and an adhesion layer which bonds the electrostatic chuck part and the base part to integrate the parts together, in which a first through-hole is provided in the electrostatic chuck part, a second through-hole that communicates with the first through-hole is provided in the base part, a tubular insulator is fixed in the second through-hole, an annular sealing member is sandwiched between the electrostatic chuck part and a distal end surface of the insulator, wherein the distal end surface is located on the electrostatic chuck part side of the insulator, and a tubular insulating wall member is located at the inner side of the sealing member in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Yukio Miura, Kazunori Ishimura, Keisuke Maeda, Hitoshi Kouno, Yuuki Kinpara, Shinichi Maeta, Tomomi Ito
  • Publication number: 20200343125
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: an electrostatic chuck part having, as a main surface, a mounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted, and provided with an electrostatic attraction electrode; a base part which is disposed on a side opposite to the mounting surface with respect to the electrostatic chuck part and is configured to cool the electrostatic chuck part; a heater which is disposed in a layered manner between the electrostatic chuck part and the base part or in an interior of the electrostatic chuck part; and an adhesion layer which bonds and integrates the electrostatic chuck part and the base part together, in which the electrostatic chuck part is provided with a first through-hole, the base part is provided with a second through-hole communicating with the first through-hole, the adhesion layer is provided with a third through-hole communicating with the first through-hole and the second through-hole, a tubular insulator is fixed in the second through-hole, and an end of the i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki KINPARA, Ryuuji HAYAHARA, Kazunori ISHIMURA, Hitoshi KOUNO
  • Patent number: 10502639
    Abstract: A plate-shaped body for temperature measurement which, simply by being mounted on a mounting surface of an electrostatic chuck apparatus and without using a semiconductor wafer itself, is able to easily optimize the in-plane temperature distribution of the mounting surface of the electrostatic chuck apparatus, the temperature rising characteristics, and the cooling characteristics during decreases in temperature. In such plate-shaped body for temperature measurement (1), an insulating adhesive (3) is bonded to the entirety of a surface (2a) of a wafer (2), a heater element (4) is provided on the insulating adhesive (3), a temperature measurement region (5) is provided used to measure the temperature of the surface (2a) of the wafer (2) in a region excluding the heater element (4) on the surface (3a) of the insulating adhesive (3), and the heater element (4) and the temperature measurement region (5) are coated with an insulating film (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Kazunori Ishimura, Takeshi Watanabe, Hitoshi Kouno, Ryuuji Hayahara
  • Patent number: 10475688
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck part of an electrostatic chuck device has an electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface surrounding an opening of a chuck part through-hole, and an electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface surrounding the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface. An insulator has an insulator main body in which an insulator through-hole having an opening on the electrostatic chuck part side is formed, an insulator inner end face, and an insulator outer end face which faces the electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface. The insulator inner end face and the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface are in contact with each other, or an adhesion layer or a plasma-resistant adhesive layer extends in a gap between the insulator inner end face and the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface. The plasma-resistant adhesive layer is formed between the electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface and the insulator outer end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Ishimura, Kazuto Ando, Kentaro Takahashi, Yuhki Kinpara, Shinichi Maeta, Mamoru Kosakai
  • Publication number: 20190019714
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: an electrostatic chuck part which incorporates an internal electrode for electrostatic attraction and has a placing surface on which a plate-like sample is placed; a base part which cools the electrostatic chuck part; and an adhesion layer which bonds the electrostatic chuck part and the base part to integrate the parts together, in which a first through-hole is provided in the electrostatic chuck part, a second through-hole that communicates with the first through-hole is provided in the base part, a tubular insulator is fixed in the second through-hole, an annular sealing member is sandwiched between the electrostatic chuck part and a distal end surface of the insulator, wherein the distal end surface is located on the electrostatic chuck part side of the insulator, and a tubular insulating wall member is located at the inner side of the sealing member in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Mamoru KOSAKAI, Yukio MIURA, Kazunori ISHIMURA, Keisuke MAEDA, Hitoshi KOUNO, Yuuki KINPARA, Shinichi MAETA, Tomomi ITO
  • Publication number: 20180025933
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck part of an electrostatic chuck device has an electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface surrounding an opening of a chuck part through-hole, and an electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface surrounding the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface. An insulator has an insulator main body in which an insulator through-hole having an opening on the electrostatic chuck part side is formed, an insulator inner end face, and an insulator outer end face which faces the electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface. The insulator inner end face and the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface are in contact with each other, or an adhesion layer or a plasma-resistant adhesive layer extends in a gap between the insulator inner end face and the electrostatic chuck part inner peripheral surface. The plasma-resistant adhesive layer is formed between the electrostatic chuck part outer peripheral surface and the insulator outer end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori ISHIMURA, Kazuto ANDO, Kentaro TAKAHASHI, Yuhki KINPARA, Shinichi MAETA, Mamoru KOSAKAI
  • Patent number: 9721822
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic chuck apparatus which is configured of: an electrostatic chuck section; an annular focus ring section provided to surround the electrostatic chuck section; and a cooling base section which cools the electrostatic chuck section and the focus ring section. The focus ring section is provided with an annular focus ring, an annular heat conducting sheet, an annular ceramic ring, a nonmagnetic heater, and an electrode section that supplies power to the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Sasaki, Kenji Masuzawa, Toshiyuki Makabe, Mamoru Kosakai, Takashi Satou, Kazunori Ishimura, Ryuuji Hayahara, Hitoshi Kouno
  • Patent number: 9343346
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck apparatus including: an electrostatic chuck section having one main surface that is a mounting surface on which a plate specimen is mounted, and being equipped with an electrostatic adsorbing internal electrode; and a temperature adjusting base section that adjusts the electrostatic chuck section to a desired temperature, wherein a heating member is bonded to a main surface of the electrostatic chuck section, which is opposite to the mounting surface, via an adhesive material, the whole or a part of the main surface of the temperature adjusting base section, which is on the side of the electrostatic chuck section, is covered with a sheet or film of insulating material, and the electrostatic chuck section bonded with the heating member and the temperature adjusting base section covered with the insulating material are bonded and integrated via an insulating organic adhesive layer formed by curing a liquid adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Kazunori Ishimura, Takashi Satou, Ryuuji Hayahara, Takeshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Moriya, Kei Furuuchi
  • Patent number: 9269600
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes an electrostatic chuck section (2), which has a principal surface that is a mounting surface on which a plate-like sample (W) is placed, and has an internal electrode for electrostatic adsorption (13) incorporated in the section, and a temperature adjustment base section (3) which adjusts the temperature of the electrostatic chuck section (2); wherein a part or all of a surface of the temperature adjustment base section (3) is covered by a sheet-like or film-like insulating material (4) wherein the surface faces the side where the electrostatic chuck section is located; a thin plate-like heater element (5) is bonded on the insulating material (4); and the electrostatic chuck section (2) and the temperature adjustment base section (3) are integrated with each other via an organic insulating adhesive layer (6) formed by curing a liquid adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Miura, Kazunori Ishimura, Mamoru Kosakai
  • Patent number: 9209061
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device is provided in which it is possible to uniformize an in-plane temperature distribution in a placement surface on which a plate-shaped sample such as a wafer is placed and it is possible to improve in-plane uniformity of plasma etching of the plate-shaped sample by uniformizing plasma density on the plate-shaped sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuuji Hayahara, Kazunori Ishimura, Mamoru Kosakai
  • Publication number: 20150179492
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic chuck apparatus which is configured of: an electrostatic chuck section; an annular focus ring section provided to surround the electrostatic chuck section; and a cooling base section which cools the electrostatic chuck section and the focus ring section. The focus ring section is provided with an annular focus ring, an annular heat conducting sheet, an annular ceramic ring, a nonmagnetic heater, and an electrode section that supplies power to the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuharu Sasaki, Kenji Masuzawa, Toshiyuki Makabe, Mamoru Kosakai, Takashi Satou, Kazunori Ishimura, Ryuuji Hayahara, Hitoshi Kouno
  • Patent number: 8981263
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic chuck apparatus which is configured of: an electrostatic chuck section; an annular focus ring section provided to surround the electrostatic chuck section; and a cooling base section which cools the electrostatic chuck section and the focus ring section. The focus ring section is provided with an annular focus ring, an annular heat conducting sheet, an annular ceramic ring, a nonmagnetic heater, and an electrode section that supplies power to the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Sasaki, Kenji Masuzawa, Toshiyuki Makabe, Mamoru Kosakai, Takashi Satou, Kazunori Ishimura, Ryuuji Hayahara, Hitoshi Kouno
  • Publication number: 20140301010
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device is provided in which it is possible to uniformize an in-plane temperature distribution in a placement surface on which a plate-shaped sample such as a wafer is placed and it is possible to improve in-plane uniformity of plasma etching of the plate-shaped sample by uniformizing plasma density on the plate-shaped sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuuji Hayahara, Kazunori Ishimura, Mamoru Kosakai
  • Publication number: 20140204975
    Abstract: There are provided a plate-shaped body for temperature measurement which, simply by being mounted on a mounting surface of an electrostatic chuck apparatus and without using a semiconductor wafer itself which is a product, is able to easily optimize the in-plane temperature distribution of the mounting surface of the electrostatic chuck apparatus, the temperature rising characteristics, and the cooling characteristics during decreases in temperature, and a temperature measuring apparatus provided with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Kazunori Ishimura, Takeshi Watanabe, Hitoshi Kouno, Ryuuji Hayahara
  • Publication number: 20140042716
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes an electrostatic chuck section (2), which has a principal surface that is a mounting surface on which a plate-like sample (W) is placed, and has an internal electrode for electrostatic adsorption (13) incorporated in the section, and a temperature adjustment base section (3) which adjusts the temperature of the electrostatic chuck section (2); wherein a part or all of a surface of the temperature adjustment base section (3) is covered by a sheet-like or film-like insulating material (4) wherein the surface faces the side where the electrostatic chuck section is located; a thin plate-like heater element (5) is bonded on the insulating material (4); and the electrostatic chuck section (2) and the temperature adjustment base section (3) are integrated with each other via an organic insulating adhesive layer (6) formed by curing a liquid adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Miura, Kazunori Ishimura, Mamoru Kosakai
  • Publication number: 20120299253
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic chuck apparatus including: an electrostatic chuck section having one main surface that is a mounting surface on which a plate specimen is mounted, and being equipped with an electrostatic adsorbing internal electrode; and a temperature adjusting base section that adjusts the electrostatic chuck section to a desired temperature, wherein a heating member is bonded to a main surface of the electrostatic chuck section, which is opposite to the mounting surface, via an adhesive material, the whole or a part of the main surface of the temperature adjusting base section, which is on the side of the electrostatic chuck section, is covered with a sheet-like or film-like insulating material, and the electrostatic chuck section bonded with the heating member and the temperature adjusting base section covered with the sheet-like or the film-like insulating material are bonded and integrated via an insulating organic adhesive layer formed by curing a liquid adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Kazunori Ishimura, Takashi Satou, Ryuuji Hayahara, Takeshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Moriya, Kei Furuuchi
  • Publication number: 20120281334
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic chuck apparatus which is configured of: an electrostatic chuck section; an annular focus ring section provided to surround the electrostatic chuck section; and a cooling base section which cools the electrostatic chuck section and the focus ring section. The focus ring section is provided with an annular focus ring, an annular heat conducting sheet, an annular ceramic ring, a nonmagnetic heater, and an electrode section that supplies power to the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD., TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuharu Sasaki, Kenji Masuzawa, Toshiyuki Makabe, Mamoru Kosakai, Takashi Satou, Kazunori Ishimura, Ryuuji Hayahara, Hitoshi Kouno
  • Patent number: 6730276
    Abstract: The plastic film electrostatic adsorption apparatus of the present invention comprises an electrostatic adsorption electrode, an insulated dielectric layer that covers the electrostatic adsorption electrode and has a center line average roughness of an adsorption surface on which a plastic film is placed of 0.5 micrometers or less, and a power supply electrode that applies a voltage to the electrostatic adsorption electrode. According to this plastic film electrostatic adsorption apparatus, surface treatment can be performed even in a vacuum without requiring tedious work such as application or removal of adhesive. In addition, even if the plastic film expands and deforms due to heat treatment and plasma treatment performed during surface treatment, there is no occurrence of wrinkling, deformation or separation in the plastic film due to the difference in thermal expansion between the electrostatic adsorption surface and plastic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Kazunori Ishimura, Teruyasu Fujita
  • Publication number: 20020008015
    Abstract: The plastic film electrostatic adsorption apparatus and electrostatic adsorption method of the present invention disclose a plastic film electrostatic adsorption apparatus comprising an electrostatic adsorption electrode, an insulated dielectric layer that covers the electrostatic adsorption electrode and has a center line average roughness of the adsorption surface on which the plastic film is placed of 0.5 &mgr;m or less, and a power supply electrode that applies a voltage to the electrostatic adsorption electrode. According to this plastic film electrostatic adsorption apparatus and electrostatic adsorption method, surface treatment can be performed even in a vacuum without requiring tedious work such as application or removal of adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Kazunori Ishimura, Teruyasu Fujita