Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Mizutani

Nobutaka Mizutani 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: 20150079785
    Abstract: A plating method can improve adhesivity with a substrate. The plating method of performing a plating process on the substrate includes forming a vacuum-deposited layer 2A on the substrate 2 by performing a vacuum deposition process on the substrate 2; forming an adhesion layer 21 and a catalyst adsorption layer 22 on the vacuum-deposited layer 2A of the substrate 2; and forming a plating layer stacked body 23 having a first plating layer 23a and a second plating layer 23b which function as a barrier film on the catalyst adsorption layer 22 of the substrate 2. By forming the vacuum-deposited layer 2A, a surface of the substrate 2 can be smoothened, so that the vacuum-deposited layer 2A serving as an underlying layer can improve the adhesivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizutani, Takashi Tanaka, Yuichiro Inatomi, Yusuke Saito, Mitsuaki Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20150030774
    Abstract: A plating method can improve adhesivity with an underlying layer. The plating method of performing a plating process on a substrate includes forming a first plating layer 23a serving as a barrier film on a substrate 2; baking the first plating layer 23a; forming a second plating layer 23b serving as a barrier film; and baking the second plating layer 23b. A plating layer stacked body 23 serving as a barrier film is formed of the first plating layer 23a and the second plating layer 23b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Tanaka, Yuichiro Inatomi, Nobutaka Mizutani, Yusuke Saito, Mitsuaki Iwashita
  • Patent number: 8741070
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid processing method, a liquid processing apparatus, and a recording medium that can prevent convex portions of a target substrate from collapsing when a rinsing liquid is dried. A base surface of a target substrate is hydrophilized and the surfaces of convex portions become water-repellent by surface-processing the target substrate which includes a main body, a plurality of convex portions protruding from the main body, and a base surface formed between the convex portions on the substrate main body. Next, a rinsing liquid is supplied to the target substrate which has been subjected to the surface processing. Thereafter, the rinsing liquid is removed from the target substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizutani, Tsutae Omori, Takehiko Orii, Akira Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140127410
    Abstract: A liquid displacement is performed by supplying a plating liquid onto a substrate 2 while rotating the substrate 2 at a first rotational speed in a state that a pre-treatment liquid remains on a surface of the substrate 2 (liquid displacement process (block S305)). Then, an initial film is formed on the substrate 2 by stopping the rotation of the substrate 2 or by rotating the substrate 2 at a second rotational speed while continuously supplying the plating liquid onto the substrate 2 (incubation process (block S306)). Thereafter, a plating film is grown by rotating the substrate 2 at a third rotational speed while continuously supplying the plating liquid onto the substrate 2 (plating film growing process (block S307)). Here, the first rotational speed is higher than the third rotational speed, and the third rotational speed is higher than the second rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizutani, Takashi Tanaka, Mitsuaki Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20120160273
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid processing method, a liquid processing apparatus, and a recording medium that can prevent convex portions of a target substrate from collapsing when a rinsing liquid is dried. A base surface of a target substrate is hydrophilized and the surfaces of convex portions are water-repellentized by surface-processing the target substrate which includes a main body, a plurality of convex portions protruding from the main body, and a base surface formed between the convex portions on the substrate main body. Next, a rinsing liquid is supplied to the target substrate which has been subjected to the surface processing. Thereafter, the rinsing liquid is removed from the target substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Nobutaka MIZUTANI, Tsutae OMORI, Takehiko ORII, Akira FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20090107521
    Abstract: By adding a perfluoromonomer to PVDF being a fluororesin to soften it, the oxygen permeability can be significantly reduced and a flexible fluororesin tube can be obtained. The oxygen permeability can also be reduced by providing a nylon tube as an outer layer. The tube is used between a chemical solution or ultrapure water feeder and a chemical solution or ultrapure water utilizing apparatus such as a cleaning apparatus or a wet etching apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Akinobu Teramoto, Jiro Yamanaka, Nobutaka Mizutani, Osamu Nakamura, Takaaki Matsuoka, Ryoichi Ohkura
  • Publication number: 20070148985
    Abstract: A porous low-k film, a sacrificial film that can be dissolved in a pure water, an antireflection film and a resist film are successively formed on a dielectric film on a wafer and subsequently exposing the resist film to light in a prescribed pattern and developing the resist film so as to form a prescribed circuit pattern in the resist film. Then, the wafer W is etched so as to form a via hole in the porous low-k film, followed by processing the wafer with a hydrogen peroxide solution so as to denature the resist film. Further, the sacrificial film is dissolved in a pure water so as to strip the resist film and the antireflection film from the water. As a result, a via hole excellent in the accuracy of the shape is formed without doing damage to the dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizutani, Fitrianto ., Isao Tsukagoshi, Keizo Hirose, Satohiko Hoshino
  • Patent number: 7176142
    Abstract: A porous low-k film, a sacrificial film that can be dissolved in a pure water, an antireflection film and a resist film are successively formed on a dielectric film on a wafer and subsequently exposing the resist film to light in a prescribed pattern and developing the resist film so as to form a prescribed circuit pattern in the resist film. Then, the wafer W is etched so as to form a via hole in the porous low-k film, followed by processing the wafer with a hydrogen peroxide solution so as to denature the resist film. Further, the sacrificial film is dissolved in a pure water so as to strip the resist film and the antireflection film from the water. As a result, a via hole excellent in the accuracy of the shape is formed without doing damage to the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizutani, Fitrianto, Isao Tsukagoshi, Keizo Hirose, Satohiko Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20040002214
    Abstract: A porous low-k film, a sacrificial film that can be dissolved in a pure water, an antireflection film and a resist film are successively formed on a dielectric film on a wafer and subsequently exposing the resist film to light in a prescribed pattern and developing the resist film so as to form a prescribed circuit pattern in the resist film. Then, the wafer W is etched so as to form a via hole in the porous low-k film, followed by processing the wafer with a hydrogen peroxide solution so as to denature the resist film. Further, the sacrificial film is dissolved in a pure water so as to strip the resist film and the antireflection film from the water. As a result, a via hole excellent in the accuracy of the shape is formed without doing damage to the dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizutani, Fitrianto, Isao Tsukagoshi, Keizo Hirose, Satohiko Hoshino