Patents by Inventor Susumu Nishiura

Susumu Nishiura 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: 20230238263
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of displaying substrate arrangement data, including: (a) setting each of a transport parameter for determining at least an arrangement of substrates to be loaded into a substrate retainer and carrier information of a carrier storing the substrates to be loaded into the substrate retainer; (b) creating the substrate arrangement data of a case where the substrates are loaded into the substrate retainer based on the transport parameter and the carrier information set in (a); and (c) displaying the substrate arrangement data at least comprising data representing the arrangement of the substrates in a state where the substrates are loaded in the substrate retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yuna SUIZU, Hajime ABIKO, Susumu NISHIURA, Mitsuru FUNAKURA, Takuya KATO
  • Publication number: 20230221699
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes at least one load port capable of mounting a substrate storage container that stores a substrate, a controller configured to be capable of performing: a switching control to switch a first function of using the at least one load port to load or unload the substrate storage container and a second function of mounting the substrate storage container on the at least one load port; and an erroneous operation prevention control to execute an erroneous operation prevention operation to the substrate storage container arranged on the at least one load port according to use modes associated with the first function and the second function; and a process chamber configured to process the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu NISHIURA, Hajime ABIKO
  • Publication number: 20220310413
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a processor configured to be capable of executing a process recipe to process a substrate; and a pressure controller configured to be capable of controlling a pressure of a process chamber, in which the substrate is processed, by adjusting an opening degree of a pressure regulating valve provided to an exhaust line of the process chamber, wherein when controlling the pressure of the process chamber, the pressure controller adjusts the opening degree of the pressure regulating valve and outputs information of the opening degree, and wherein while receiving the information of the opening degree from the pressure controller and monitoring an open/close state of the pressure regulating valve, the processor is configured to, when the information of the opening degree is a preset value, be capable of determining whether or not opening/closing of the pressure regulating valve happens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo NAKAYA, Fumie ANDO, Susumu NISHIURA, Hiroshi EKKO
  • Publication number: 20220262630
    Abstract: According to one aspect of a technique the present disclosure, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) processing a substrate accommodated in a process chamber by supplying a process gas to the substrate; and (b) removing deposits adhering to a structure in the process chamber by supplying a cleaning gas to the process chamber, wherein a period T2 from a completion of (b) to a start of an (n+1)th execution of (a) is set to be shorter than a period T1 from a completion of an nth execution of (a) to a start of (b), and wherein n is an integer equal to or greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu NISHIURA, Hideto SHIMIZU, Kaori INOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220100176
    Abstract: There is provided a configuration that includes: at least one transfer mechanism configured to transfer a substrate and at least one processing mechanism configured to process the substrate; an earthquake detector configured to detect an earthquake; and a controller configured to control the at least one transfer mechanism and the at least one processing mechanism according to a detection result of the earthquake detector, wherein the controller is configured to be capable of performing a stopping operation of the at least one transfer mechanism according to a P wave (initial tremor wave) and an S wave (principal fluctuation wave).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu NISHIURA, Kenichi MAEDA, Hiroyuki KITAMOTO, Hajime ABIKO
  • Patent number: 10131992
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: an operation unit, which is provided with a storage unit that stores a plurality of recipes including a recipe for processing a member that constitutes the inside of a reactor in which substrate processing is performed, and a recipe for processing an exhaust pipe through which a gas released from the inside of the reactor flows, the operation unit further being provided with a display unit that displays a setting condition for executing the recipes on an operation screen; and a control unit that executes the recipe that meets the setting condition. The operation unit includes a recipe control unit, which controls, based on the setting condition, execution of the recipe for processing the member constituting the inside of the reactor in which the substrate processing is performed, and the recipe for processing the exhaust pipe, among the recipes stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Susumu Nishiura, Kaori Inoshima, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Hiroshi Ekko
  • Patent number: 9690879
    Abstract: Provided is a method of automatically setting, in a recipe, a process parameter (PP) according to the number of substrates to be processed. The method includes (a) displaying a process parameter of a process recipe on a display unit; (b) displaying a parameter name in a process parameter file on the display unit; (c) generating a first recipe by substituting the process parameter with the parameter name; (d) downloading the first recipe and one of a plurality of condition tables corresponding to the selected number of substrates when the number of substrates to be processed in a processing chamber is selected; and (e) generating a second recipe by substituting the process parameter of the downloaded one of the condition tables for the parameter name in the downloaded first recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mitsui, Susumu Nishiura, Hiroshi Ekko, Kaori Inoshima, Kazuo Nakaya, Osamu Morita
  • Publication number: 20150096494
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: an operation unit, which is provided with a storage unit that stores a plurality of recipes including a recipe for processing a member that constitutes the inside of a reactor in which substrate processing is performed, and a recipe for processing an exhaust pipe through which a gas released from the inside of the reactor flows, the operation unit further being provided with a display unit that displays a setting condition for executing the recipes on an operation screen; and a control unit that executes the recipe that meets the setting condition. The operation unit includes a recipe control unit, which controls, based on the setting condition, execution of the recipe for processing the member constituting the inside of the reactor in which the substrate processing is performed, and the recipe for processing the exhaust pipe, among the recipes stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Susumu Nishiura, Kaori Inoshima, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Hiroshi Ekko
  • Publication number: 20140074277
    Abstract: Provided is a method of automatically setting, in a recipe, a process parameter (PP) according to the number of substrates to be processed. The method includes (a) displaying a process parameter of a process recipe on a display unit; (b) displaying a parameter name in a process parameter file on the display unit; (c) generating a first recipe by substituting the process parameter with the parameter name; (d) downloading the first recipe and one of a plurality of condition tables corresponding to the selected number of substrates when the number of substrates to be processed in a processing chamber is selected; and (e) generating a second recipe by substituting the process parameter of the downloaded one of the condition tables for the parameter name in the downloaded first recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MITSUI, Susumu NISHIURA, Hiroshi EKKO, Kaori INOSHIMA, Kazuo NAKAYA, Osamu MORITA
  • Patent number: 8417394
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate processing apparatus, a semiconductor device manufacturing method, and a temperature controlling method, which are adapted to improve equipment operational rate. A calculation parameter computing unit computes a calculation parameter using at least a first calculation parameter correction value determined by a first calculation parameter setting unit based on an accumulated film thickness on a reaction vessel, a second calculation parameter correction value determined by a second calculation parameter setting unit based on an accumulated film thickness on a filler wafer, and a third calculation parameter correction value determined by a third calculation parameter setting unit based on the number of filler wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Sugishita, Masaaki Ueno, Tsukasa Iida, Susumu Nishiura, Masao Aoyama, Kenichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20100124726
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate processing apparatus, a semiconductor device manufacturing method, and a temperature controlling method, which are adapted to improve equipment operational rate. A calculation parameter computing unit computes a calculation parameter using at least a first calculation parameter correction value determined by a first calculation parameter setting unit based on an accumulated film thickness on a reaction vessel, a second calculation parameter correction value determined by a second calculation parameter setting unit based on an accumulated film thickness on a filler wafer, and a third calculation parameter correction value determined by a third calculation parameter setting unit based on the number of filler wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Masashi Sugishita, Masaaki Ueno, Tsukasa Iida, Susumu Nishiura, Masao Aoyama, Kenichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Mitsui