Patents by Inventor Kei NAGAYOSI

Kei NAGAYOSI 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: 11508556
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a microwave introducing module provided at a ceiling portion of a processing chamber and configured to introduce a microwave for generating plasma of a gas into the processing chamber; and a plurality of gas supply holes formed at the ceiling portion of the processing chamber and configured to introduce the gas into a plasma processing space. Each of the plurality of gas supply holes includes a fine hole and a cavity that is expanded from the fine hole and opened to the plasma processing space. A diameter of the cavity on the plasma processing space side is 3 mm or more and is ? or less of a wavelength of a surface wave of a microwave in the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Ikeda, Tomohito Komatsu, Jun Nakagomi, Kei Nagayosi
  • Publication number: 20180337023
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a microwave introducing module provided at a ceiling portion of a processing chamber and configured to introduce a microwave for generating plasma of a gas into the processing chamber; and a plurality of gas supply holes formed at the ceiling portion of the processing chamber and configured to introduce the gas into a plasma processing space. Each of the plurality of gas supply holes includes a fine hole and a cavity that is expanded from the fine hole and opened to the plasma processing space. A diameter of the cavity on the plasma processing space side is 3 mm or more and is ? or less of a wavelength of a surface wave of a microwave in the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Taro IKEDA, Tomohito KOMATSU, Jun NAKAGOMI, Kei NAGAYOSI