Patents by Inventor Shingo Nohara

Shingo Nohara 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: 20160284542
    Abstract: A technique of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a film on a substrate in a process chamber by supplying a precursor and a reactant to the substrate under a first temperature at which the precursor and the reactant are not pyrolyzed, and purging, after performing the act of forming the film, an interior of the process chamber by supplying at least one selected from a group consisting of a plasma-excited gas, an alcohol, and a reducing agent into the process chamber under a second temperature equal to or lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki NODA, Kotaro KONNO, Shingo NOHARA, Takeo HANASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160211135
    Abstract: There is provided a technique including: (a) forming a thin film containing a predetermined element, oxygen and carbon on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a-1) supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element, carbon and a halogen element having a chemical bond between the predetermined element and carbon to the substrate; (a-2) supplying an oxidizing gas to the substrate; and (a-3) supplying a catalytic gas to the substrate; (b) removing a first impurity from the thin film by thermally processing the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in (a); and (c) removing a second impurity different from the first impurity from the thin film by thermally processing the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature after performing (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki NODA, Shingo NOHARA, Satoshi SHIMAMOTO, Hiroshi ASHIHARA, Takeo HANASHIMA, Yoshiro HIROSE, Tsukasa KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20160155634
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a thin film having excellent etching resistance and a low dielectric constant on a substrate, removing first impurities containing H2O and Cl from the thin film by heating the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the forming of the thin film, and removing second impurities containing a hydrocarbon compound (CxHy-based impurities) from the thin film in which heat treatment is performed at the first temperature by heating the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIMAMOTO, Takaaki NODA, Takeo HANASHIMA, Yoshiro HIROSE, Hiroshi ASHIHARA, Tsukasa KAMAKURA, Shingo NOHARA
  • Patent number: 9349586
    Abstract: A thin film having excellent etching resistance and a low dielectric constant is described. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a thin film on a substrate, removing first impurities containing H2O and Cl from the thin film by heating the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the forming of the thin film, and removing second impurities containing a hydrocarbon compound (CxHy-based impurities) from the thin film in which heat treatment is performed at the first temperature by heating the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimamoto, Takaaki Noda, Takeo Hanashima, Yoshiro Hirose, Hiroshi Ashihara, Tsukasa Kamakura, Shingo Nohara
  • Publication number: 20150332916
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a thin film containing silicon, oxygen and carbon or a thin film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes supplying a precursor gas serving as a silicon source and a carbon source or a precursor gas serving as a silicon source but no carbon source, and a first catalyst gas to the substrate; supplying an oxidizing gas and a second catalyst gas to the substrate; and supplying a modifying gas containing at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon and nitrogen to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki NODA, Satoshi SHIMAMOTO, Shingo NOHARA, Yoshiro HIROSE, Kiyohiko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20150072537
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming a thin film containing silicon, oxygen and carbon or a thin film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki NODA, Satoshi SHIMAMOTO, Shingo NOHARA, Yoshiro HIROSE, Kiyohiko MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20150000695
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an interior of a process chamber after performing a process of forming a carbon-containing film on a substrate in the process chamber includes performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes supplying a modifying gas into the process chamber to modify deposits including the carbon-containing film deposited on a surface of a member in the process chamber and supplying an etching gas into the process chamber to remove the modified deposits through a thermochemical reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki NODA, Shingo NOHARA, Yoshiro HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20140287595
    Abstract: A thin film having excellent etching resistance and a low dielectric constant is described. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a thin film on a substrate, removing first impurities containing H2O and Cl from the thin film by heating the thin film at a first temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in the forming of the thin film, and removing second impurities containing a hydrocarbon compound (CxHy-based impurities) from the thin film in which heat treatment is performed at the first temperature by heating the thin film at a second temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimamoto, Takaaki Noda, Takeo Hanashima, Yoshiro Hirose, Hiroshi Ashihara, Tsukasa Kamakura, Shingo Nohara