Patents by Inventor Takayuki Waseda

Takayuki Waseda 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: 20240170280
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming an inhibitor layer on a surface of a first material of a concave portion provided on a surface of a substrate, by supplying a precursor to the substrate to adsorb at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting the precursor on the surface of the first material of the concave portion, the concave portion being composed of the first material containing a first element and a second material containing a second element different from the first element; (b) growing a film on a surface of the second material of the concave portion by supplying a film-forming material to the substrate having the inhibitor layer formed on the surface of the first material; and (c) forming a hydroxyl group termination on the surface of the first material before performing (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Takayuki WASEDA
  • Patent number: 11990611
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is reduced. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a method for producing an active material, the method comprising steps of: a preparing step of preparing a LiSi precursor including a Si element and a Li element, and a void forming step of forming a void by extracting the Li element from the LiSi precursor by using a Li extracting solvent, and the LiSi precursor includes a crystal phase of Li22Si5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Uchiyama, Shizuka Masuoka, Tetsuya Waseda
  • Publication number: 20240136200
    Abstract: There is provide a technique that includes: etching a base on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle, the cycle including: (a) forming a layer on a surface of the base by exposing the base to a modifying agent; and (b) causing a reaction between a halogen-containing radical and the base by exposing the layer to a halogen-containing gas such that the layer reacts with the halogen-containing gas to generate the halogen-containing radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomu Degai, Kimihiko Nakatani, Takashi Nakagawa, Takayuki Waseda, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240112907
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming an oxide layer containing a predetermined element on a first film formed on a substrate by supplying a precursor gas containing the predetermined element to the substrate such that hydroxyl group terminations are formed on a surface of the oxide layer and a density of the hydroxyl group terminations on the oxide layer is higher than a density of hydroxyl group terminations on a surface of the first film before (a); and (b) hydrophobizing the surface of the oxide layer by supplying a modifying gas containing a hydrocarbon group to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shoma MIYATA, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Takayuki WASEDA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Yoshiro HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20240096617
    Abstract: There is provided a technique, which includes: (a) supplying a modifying agent to a substrate including a first surface and a second surface to form an inhibitor layer on the first surface and at least a portion of the second surface; and (b) forming a film on the second surface by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including (b1) supplying a precursor to the substrate and (b2) supplying a reactant to the substrate, wherein in (b), a process condition per cycle up to an n-th cycle is set to be different from a process condition per cycle on and after an (n+1)-th cycle, wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko Nakatani, Takayuki Waseda, Shoma Miyata
  • Patent number: 11935742
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film formation suppression layer on a surface of a first material of a concave portion of the substrate, by supplying a precursor to the substrate provided with the concave portion on a surface of the substrate to adsorb at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting the precursor on the surface of the first material of the concave portion, the concave portion having a top surface and a side surface composed of the first material containing a first element and a bottom surface composed of a second material containing a second element; and (b) growing a film on a surface of the second material of the concave portion by supplying a film-forming material to the substrate having the film formation suppression layer formed on the surface of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Kimihiko Nakatani, Takayuki Waseda
  • Patent number: 11923191
    Abstract: A substrate processing technique including: (a) modifying a first base surface of a substrate by supplying a first modifier and a second modifier to the substrate having a surface on which the first base and a second base are exposed, wherein the first modifier contains one or more atoms to which at least one first functional group and at least one second functional group are directly bonded, wherein the second modifier contains an atom to which at least one first functional group and at least one second functional group are directly bonded, and wherein the number of the at least one first functional group contained in one molecule of the second modifier is smaller than the number of the at least one first functional group contained in one molecule of the first modifier; and (b) forming a film on a second base surface by supplying film-forming gas to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shoma Miyata, Kimihiko Nakatani, Takayuki Waseda, Takashi Nakagawa, Motomu Degai
  • Publication number: 20240071752
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) modifying a surface of a first base exposed on a surface of a substrate to be terminated with a hydrocarbon group by supplying a hydrocarbon group-containing gas to the substrate having the first base and a second base exposed on the surface of the substrate; and (b) selectively forming a film on a surface of the second base by supplying an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate after modifying the surface of the first base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki WASEDA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Motomu DEGAI, Takao IZAKI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11894239
    Abstract: There is provide a technique that includes: etching a base on a surface of a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a) forming a layer on a surface of the base by supplying a modifying agent to the base; and (b) causing a reaction between a halogen-containing radical and the base by supplying a halogen-containing gas to the layer such that the layer reacts with the halogen-containing gas to generate the halogen-containing radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomu Degai, Kimihiko Nakatani, Takashi Nakagawa, Takayuki Waseda, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240030026
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a first adsorption-inhibiting layer by adsorbing at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting a first precursor on a surface of a first base by supplying the first precursor to a substrate including the first base and a second base on a surface of the substrate, (b) forming an adsorption-promoting layer on a surface of the second base by supplying a reactant to the substrate, (c) forming a second adsorption-inhibiting layer by adsorbing at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting a second precursor on a surface of the adsorption-promoting layer by supplying the second precursor, which is different in molecular structure from the first precursor, to the substrate, and (d) forming a film on the surface of the first base by supplying a film-forming substance to the substrate subjected to (a), (b), and (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shoma MIYATA, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Takayuki WASEDA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11848203
    Abstract: A technique includes: (a) modifying a surface of a first base exposed on a surface of a substrate to be terminated with a hydrocarbon group by supplying a hydrocarbon group-containing gas to the substrate having the first base and a second base exposed on the surface of the substrate; and (b) forming a film on a surface of the second base by supplying an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate after modifying the surface of the first base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Waseda, Takashi Nakagawa, Kimihiko Nakatani, Motomu Degai, Takao Izaki, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230183864
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: supplying a film formation inhibition gas to the substrate, which includes a first base and a second base on a surface of the substrate, to form a film formation inhibition layer on a surface of the first base; supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after forming the film formation inhibition layer on the surface of the first base, to form a film on a surface of the second base; and supplying a halogen-free substance, which chemically reacts with the film formation inhibition layer and the film, to the substrate after forming the film on the surface of the second base, in a non-plasma atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji YAMAMOTO, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Takayuki WASEDA, Motomu DEGAI
  • Publication number: 20230123702
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film formation suppression layer on a surface of a first material of a concave portion of the substrate, by supplying a precursor to the substrate provided with the concave portion on a surface of the substrate to adsorb at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting the precursor on the surface of the first material of the concave portion, the concave portion having a top surface and a side surface composed of the first material containing a first element and a bottom surface composed of a second material containing a second element; and (b) growing a film on a surface of the second material of the concave portion by supplying a film-forming material to the substrate having the film formation suppression layer formed on the surface of the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Takayuki WASEDA
  • Patent number: 11626280
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film formation suppression layer on a surface of a first material of a concave portion of the substrate, by supplying a precursor to the substrate provided with the concave portion on a surface of the substrate to adsorb at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting the precursor on the surface of the first material of the concave portion, the concave portion having a top surface and a side surface composed of the first material containing a first element and a bottom surface composed of a second material containing a second element; and (b) growing a film on a surface of the second material of the concave portion by supplying a film-forming material to the substrate having the film formation suppression layer formed on the surface of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Kimihiko Nakatani, Takayuki Waseda
  • Publication number: 20230079925
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) forming a film on a substrate by exposing the substrate to a film-forming agent under a first temperature; (b) heat-treating the film under a second temperature higher than the first temperature; (c) altering the heat-treated film by exposing the heat-treated film to an altering agent; and (d) removing the altered film by exposing the altered film to a removing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko NAKATANI, Takayuki WASEDA, Shoma MIYATA, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11600487
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film formation suppression layer on a surface of a first material of a concave portion of the substrate, by supplying a precursor to the substrate provided with the concave portion on a surface of the substrate to adsorb at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting the precursor on the surface of the first material of the concave portion, the concave portion having a top surface and a side surface composed of the first material containing a first element and a bottom surface composed of a second material containing a second element; and (b) growing a film on a surface of the second material of the concave portion by supplying a film-forming material to the substrate having the film formation suppression layer formed on the surface of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Hashimoto, Kimihiko Nakatani, Takayuki Waseda
  • Publication number: 20230058808
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) supplying a fluorine-containing gas to a substrate including a first surface and a second surface; (b) supplying an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing gas and a catalyst to the substrate after performing (a); (c) supplying a modifying agent to the substrate after performing (b); and (d) supplying a film-forming agent to the substrate after performing (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Motomu DEGAI, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Takayuki WASEDA
  • Publication number: 20220336213
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film formation suppression layer on a surface of a first material of a concave portion of the substrate, by supplying a precursor to the substrate provided with the concave portion on a surface of the substrate to adsorb at least a portion of a molecular structure of molecules constituting the precursor on the surface of the first material of the concave portion, the concave portion having a top surface and a side surface composed of the first material containing a first element and a bottom surface composed of a second material containing a second element; and (b) growing a film on a surface of the second material of the concave portion by supplying a film-forming material to the substrate having the film formation suppression layer formed on the surface of the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Takayuki WASEDA
  • Publication number: 20220277955
    Abstract: There is method of processing a substrate comprising: (a) providing the substrate with a first base containing no oxygen, a second base containing oxygen, and a third base containing no oxygen and no nitrogen on its surface, wherein a protective film is formed on a surface of the third base; (b) modifying a surface of the second base to be fluorine-terminated by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate in a state where the protective film is formed on the surface of the third base; and (c) forming a film on a surface of the first base by supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate in a state where the surface of the second base is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki WASEDA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Motomu DEGAI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11417518
    Abstract: There is included (a) forming a protective film on a surface of a third base by supplying a processing gas to a substrate in which a first base containing no oxygen, a second base containing oxygen, and the third base containing no oxygen and no nitrogen are exposed on a surface of the substrate; (b) modifying a surface of the second base to be fluorine-terminated by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate after the protective film is formed on the surface of the third base; and (c) selectively forming a film on a surface of the first base by supplying a film-forming gas to the substrate after the surface of the second base is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Waseda, Takashi Nakagawa, Kimihiko Nakatani, Motomu Degai, Yoshitomo Hashimoto