Patents by Inventor Shinji Omori

Shinji Omori 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: 20110269221
    Abstract: A flow channel device, a complex permittivity measuring apparatus, and a dielectric cytometry system are provided which can improve the measurement accuracy. A constriction portion having a constricted space is disposed between an inflow port and an outflow port of a flow channel. Electrodes are arranged between the inflow port and the constriction portion and between the outflow port and the constriction portion. The conductance of the constriction portion at a low-limit frequency is less than the combined conductance of an inflow channel portion and an outflow channel portion. The capacitance of the constriction portion at a high-limit frequency is less than the combined capacitance of the inflow channel portion and the outflow channel portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Katsumoto, Shinji Omori
  • Patent number: 7556895
    Abstract: To provide a mask able to prevent a drop in pattern position accuracy due to the influence of internal stress of a membrane and able to align patterns including complementary divided patterns precisely, a method of producing the same, and a method of producing a semiconductor device. A stencil mask having lattice-shaped struts formed by etching a silicon wafer on four regions of a membrane wherein the lattices are offset from each other in the four regions and all of the struts are connected to other struts or the silicon wafer around the membrane (frame), a method of producing a stencil mask, and a method of producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Moriya, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20090134885
    Abstract: A transmission line substrate includes at least an insulating layer of a predetermined thickness, a pair of conductor layers arranged in a state of being opposed to each other such that the insulating layer is interposed between the conductor layers, the pair of conductor layers functioning as a high-frequency transmission line, and a fault part formed so as to make the conductor layer on one side disconnected, into which a sample to be measured can be introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Hayashi, Shinji Omori, Ikuya Oshige
  • Patent number: 7456031
    Abstract: To provide an exposure apparatus and an exposure method able to correct an image-placement error during an exposure which is unable to decrease only by correcting electron beam description data of a mask pattern, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method used the same, wherein an image placement R2 of a mask is measured at an inversion posture against an exposure posture (ST7), the measured image placement R2 is corrected with considering a pattern displacement caused by gravity at the exposure posture and a first correction data ?1 is prepared based on a difference of the corrected image placement and a designed data (ST10), and an exposure is performed by deflecting charged particle beam to correct a position of a pattern to be exposed to a subject based on the first correction data ?1 (ST13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Omori, Shigeru Moriya, Shinichiro Nohdo
  • Patent number: 7247410
    Abstract: A complementary division method able to suppress a pattern deformation by wet washing, having the steps of determining a definite division length able to suppress the pattern deformation when wet washing to a width and distance of a pattern that is assumed the pattern deformation over an elasticity limit is easiest given by wet washing in advance, dividing the entire line-and-space patterns at the determined division length in the longitudinal direction to divide suitably the line-and-space pattern by a simple algorithm, and further providing a method of producing a mask and program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Watanabe, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20070111465
    Abstract: A mask decreased in warping and having a high positioning precision, provided with at least a substrate aperture formed at a portion of a silicon substrate, a first silicon oxide film formed at one surface of the silicon substrate, a single crystal silicon layer formed on the first silicon layer and the substrate aperture, at least one aperture formed at a portion of the single crystal silicon layer on the substrate aperture and passing an exposure beam, a stress controlling layer formed on another surface of the silicon substrate having internal stress for flattening warping of the silicon substrate due to at least compressive stress of the first silicon oxide film; a method of producing the same, a mask blank decreased in warping, and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshizawa, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20070105025
    Abstract: A mask decreased in warping and having a high positioning precision, provided with at least a substrate aperture formed at a portion of a silicon substrate, a first silicon oxide film formed at one surface of the silicon substrate, a single crystal silicon layer formed on the first silicon layer and the substrate aperture, at least one aperture formed at a portion of the single crystal silicon layer on the substrate aperture and passing an exposure beam, a stress controlling layer formed on another surface of the silicon substrate having internal stress for flattening warping of the silicon substrate due to at least compressive stress of the first silicon oxide film; a method of producing the same, a mask blank decreased in warping, and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshizawa, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20070105026
    Abstract: A mask decreased in warping and having a high positioning precision, provided with at least a substrate aperture formed at a portion of a silicon substrate, a first silicon oxide film formed at one surface of the silicon substrate, a single crystal silicon layer formed on the first silicon layer and the substrate aperture, at least one aperture formed at a portion of the single crystal silicon layer on the substrate aperture and passing an exposure beam, a stress controlling layer formed on another surface of the silicon substrate having internal stress for flattening warping of the silicon substrate due to at least compressive stress of the first silicon oxide film; a method of producing the same, a mask blank decreased in warping, and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshizawa, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20070105276
    Abstract: A mask decreased in warping and having a high positioning precision, provided with at least a substrate aperture formed at a portion of a silicon substrate, a first silicon oxide film formed at one surface of the silicon substrate, a single crystal silicon layer formed on the first silicon layer and the substrate aperture, at least one aperture formed at a portion of the single crystal silicon layer on the substrate aperture and passing an exposure beam, a stress controlling layer formed on another surface of the silicon substrate having internal stress for flattening warping of the silicon substrate due to at least compressive stress of the first silicon oxide film; a method of producing the same, a mask blank decreased in warping, and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshizawa, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20070054203
    Abstract: To provide a mask able to prevent a drop in pattern position accuracy due to the influence of internal stress of a membrane and able to align patterns including complementary divided patterns precisely, a method of producing the same, and a method of producing a semiconductor device. A stencil mask having lattice-shaped struts formed by etching a silicon wafer on four regions of a membrane wherein the lattices are offset from each other in the four regions and all of the struts are connected to other struts or the silicon wafer around the membrane (frame), a method of producing a stencil mask, and a method of producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Moriya, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20070054202
    Abstract: To provide a mask able to prevent a drop in pattern position accuracy due to the influence of internal stress of a membrane and able to align patterns including complementary divided patterns precisely, a method of producing the same, and a method of producing a semiconductor device. A stencil mask having lattice-shaped struts formed by etching a silicon wafer on four regions of a membrane wherein the lattices are offset from each other in the four regions and all of the struts are connected to other struts or the silicon wafer around the membrane (frame), a method of producing a stencil mask, and a method of producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Moriya, Shinji Omori
  • Patent number: 7175952
    Abstract: A method of generating mask distortion data capable of improving accuracy of distortion measurement, an exposure method using the same and a method of producing a semiconductor device, wherein a production mask is produced by a first thin film formed with a predetermined pattern, and a positional accuracy measurement mask is produced by forming second positional accuracy measurement marks at substantially same positions as those of the first positional accuracy measurement marks on a mask blanks having a second thin film, positions of the second positional accuracy measurement marks and third positional accuracy measurement marks of the positional accuracy measurement mask are measured, a correlation function of the both are calculated, positions of the first positional accuracy measurement marks of the production mask are measured, and mask distortion data on the first thin film of the production mask is generated by using the correlation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Omori
  • Patent number: 7144178
    Abstract: To provide a mask able to prevent a drop in pattern position accuracy due to the influence of internal stress of a membrane and able to align patterns including complementary divided patterns precisely, a method of producing the same, and a method of producing a semiconductor device. A stencil mask having lattice-shaped struts formed by etching a silicon wafer on four regions of a membrane wherein the lattices are offset from each other in the four regions and all of the struts are connected to other struts or the silicon wafer around the membrane (frame), a method of producing a stencil mask, and a method of producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Moriya, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20060226028
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for detecting interaction between substances includes a reaction field for allowing the interaction to proceed between the substances, and a voltage application section for applying a voltage to a working electrode arranged facing the reaction field such that a predetermined electrodynamic effect is given to the reaction field. The voltage application section is provided with a section for superimposingly applying two sinusoidal voltages of different frequencies to generate a beat. Also disclosed herein is a method for detecting interaction between substances in a procedure of allowing the interaction to proceed between the substances by making use of a predetermined electrodynamic effect, the method includes the step of applying two sinusoidal voltages of different frequencies superimposingly to generate a beat such that an electrochemical reaction is suppressed in a reaction field where the interaction is allowed to proceed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventor: Shinji Omori
  • Patent number: 7109500
    Abstract: A mask pattern correction method capable of preventing a position of a pattern from deviating by deformation of a mask due to gravity, a mask production method, a mask, and a production method of a semiconductor device capable of forming a fine pattern with high accuracy are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Omori, Kaoru Koike, Shigeru Moriya, Isao Ashida
  • Publication number: 20060151710
    Abstract: To provide an exposure apparatus and an exposure method able to correct an image-placement error during an exposure which is unable to decrease only by correcting electron beam description data of a mask pattern, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method used the same, wherein an image placement R2 of a mask is measured at an inversion posture against an exposure posture (ST7), the measured image placement R2 is corrected with considering a pattern displacement caused by gravity at the exposure posture and a first correction data ?1 is prepared based on a difference of the corrected image placement and a designed data (ST10), and an exposure is performed by deflecting charged particle beam to correct a position of a pattern to be exposed to a subject based on the first correction data ?1 (ST13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Shinji Omori, Shigeru Moriya, Shinichiro Nohdo
  • Patent number: 7060996
    Abstract: To provide a mask able to prevent a drop in pattern position accuracy due to the influence of internal stress of a membrane and able to align patterns including complementary divided patterns precisely, a method of producing the same, and a method of producing a semiconductor device. A stencil mask having lattice-shaped struts formed by etching a silicon wafer on four regions of a membrane wherein the lattices are offset from each other in the four regions and all of the struts are connected to other struts or the silicon wafer around the membrane (frame), a method of producing a stencil mask, and a method of producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Moriya, Shinji Omori
  • Patent number: 7057300
    Abstract: To provide a mask able to prevent a drop in pattern position accuracy due to the influence of internal stress of a membrane and able to align patterns including complementary divided patterns precisely, a method of producing the same, and a method of producing a semiconductor device. A stencil mask having lattice-shaped struts formed by etching a silicon wafer on four regions of a membrane wherein the lattices are offset from each other in the four regions and all of the struts are connected to other struts or the silicon wafer around the membrane (frame), a method of producing a stencil mask, and a method of producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Moriya, Shinji Omori
  • Publication number: 20060008707
    Abstract: To provide a mask that it becomes possible to perform destructive inspection without a mask for inspection or to perform more accurately non-destructive inspection and a method of inspecting the same. A mask comprising a thin film for exposure that has a transmission portion and a non-transmission portion of a beam for exposure, a thick film portion that is formed around the thin film for exposure and that supports the thin film for exposure, and a thin film for inspection that has a transmission portion and a non-transmission portion of the beam for exposure, that is formed at a distance from a thin film for exposure and that has thickness and material equal to those of a thin film for exposure, and a method of inspection of a mask that inspection is performed by using a thin film for inspection, and a method of producing a semiconductor device that lithography is performed by using a thin film for exposure of the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Yoko Watanabe, Shinji Omori, Kazuya Iwase, Masaki Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 6955993
    Abstract: A mask capable of alignment by the TTR system and complementary division and having a high strength, a method of production of the same, and a method of production of a semiconductor device having a high pattern accuracy are provided. A stencil mask having stripe-shaped grid lines 4 formed by etching a silicon wafer in four sub-regions A to D on a membrane, having the stripes arranged point symmetrically about a center of the membrane, and having all of the grid lines connected to other grid lines or the silicon wafer around the membrane (support frame), a method of production of the same, and a method of production of a semiconductor device using the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Omori, Shigeru Moriya