Patents by Inventor Shin SONE

Shin SONE 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: 20230407472
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film on at least one substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) performing a first set a number of times, the first set including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a precursor to the at least one substrate from at least one first ejecting hole of a first nozzle arranged along a substrate arrangement direction of a substrate arrangement region where the at least one substrate is arranged; and supplying a reactant to the at least one substrate; and (b) performing a second set a number of times, the second set including non-simultaneously performing: supplying the precursor to the at least one substrate from at least one second ejecting hole of a second nozzle arranged along the substrate arrangement direction of the substrate arrangement region; and supplying the reactant to the at least one substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki HATTA, Takeo HANASHIMA, Koei KURIBAYASHI, Shin SONE
  • Patent number: 11753716
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film on at least one substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) performing a first set a number of times, the first set including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a precursor to the at least one substrate from at least one first ejecting hole of a first nozzle arranged along a substrate arrangement direction of a substrate arrangement region where the at least one substrate is arranged; and supplying a reactant to the at least one substrate; and (b) performing a second set a number of times, the second set including non-simultaneously performing: supplying the precursor to the at least one substrate from at least one second ejecting hole of a second nozzle arranged along the substrate arrangement direction of the substrate arrangement region; and supplying the reactant to the at least one substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Hatta, Takeo Hanashima, Koei Kuribayashi, Shin Sone
  • Publication number: 20210332477
    Abstract: There is included (a) modifying a film formed on a substrate in a process chamber set at a first pressure by supplying a gas containing hydrogen and oxygen to the film; (b) purging an interior of the process chamber by supplying an inert gas into the process chamber and exhausting the interior of the process chamber, at a second pressure at which the gas containing hydrogen and oxygen remaining in the process chamber after performing (a) is maintained in a gaseous state; and (c) vacuuming the interior of the process chamber so as to reduce a pressure of the interior of the process chamber after performing (b) to a third pressure lower than the second pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SONE, Ryota HORIIKE, Hiroki HATTA
  • Publication number: 20210123137
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film on at least one substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) performing a first set a number of times, the first set including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a precursor to the at least one substrate from at least one first ejecting hole of a first nozzle arranged along a substrate arrangement direction of a substrate arrangement region where the at least one substrate is arranged; and supplying a reactant to the at least one substrate; and (b) performing a second set a number of times, the second set including non-simultaneously performing: supplying the precursor to the at least one substrate from at least one second ejecting hole of a second nozzle arranged along the substrate arrangement direction of the substrate arrangement region; and supplying the reactant to the at least one substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki HATTA, Takeo HANASHIMA, Koei KURIBAYASHI, Shin SONE
  • Patent number: 10968517
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning technique that includes supplying a hydrogen fluoride gas into a process vessel, in which a process of forming an oxide film containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen on a substrate has been performed, to remove a deposit containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen adhered to an interior of the process vessel, wherein the act of supplying the hydrogen fluoride gas is performed under a condition in which an etching rate of the deposit adhered to the interior of the process vessel is higher than an etching rate of a quartz member in the process vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Sone, Masaya Nagato, Kenji Kameda, Kotaro Konno
  • Patent number: 10604842
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) supplying a hydrogen gas to a substrate set to a first temperature, without supplying any oxygen-containing gas; (b) changing a temperature of the substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, while the hydrogen gas is supplied to the substrate, without supplying any oxygen-containing gas; and (c) forming an oxide film on the substrate, on which (a) and (b) have been performed, by alternately repeating, while the temperature of the substrate is maintained at the second temperature: supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; and supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the substrate, without supplying any hydrogen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Harada, Yushin Takasawa, Satoshi Shimamoto, Shin Sone
  • Publication number: 20190218666
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) supplying a hydrogen gas to a substrate set to a first temperature, without supplying any oxygen-containing gas; (b) changing a temperature of the substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, while the hydrogen gas is supplied to the substrate, without supplying any oxygen-containing gas; and (c) forming an oxide film on the substrate, on which (a) and (b) have been performed, by alternately repeating, while the temperature of the substrate is maintained at the second temperature: supplying a precursor gas to the substrate; and supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the substrate, without supplying any hydrogen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HARADA, Yushin TAKASAWA, Satoshi SHIMAMOTO, Shin SONE
  • Publication number: 20190127848
    Abstract: In the disclosure, a processing method is provided. The method includes: (a) processing a substrate accommodated in a substrate holding region of a substrate retainer in a process chamber at a first temperature, the substrate retainer including a heat insulating region on one end thereof and the substrate holding region on the other end thereof; (b) supplying a cleaning gas to the heat insulating region at a second temperature variable within a temperature range lower than the first temperature and higher than a room temperature after unloading the substrate accommodated in the substrate retainer; and (c) supplying the cleaning gas to the substrate holding region at a third temperature variable within another temperature range lower than the second temperature after unloading the substrate accommodated in the substrate retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Masaya NAGATO, Shin SONE, Kenji KAMEDA, Masayuki TSUNEDA, Masato TERASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190085459
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning technique that includes supplying a hydrogen fluoride gas into a process vessel, in which a process of forming an oxide film containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen on a substrate has been performed, to remove a deposit containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen adhered to an interior of the process vessel, wherein the act of supplying the hydrogen fluoride gas is performed under a condition in which an etching rate of the deposit adhered to the interior of the process vessel is higher than an etching rate of a quartz member in the process vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SONE, Masaya NAGATO, Kenji KAMEDA, Kotaro KONNO