Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki TAKAOKA

Yasuyuki TAKAOKA 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).

  • Patent number: 9972476
    Abstract: A film forming device includes: a microwave supplying unit configured to supply microwaves for generating plasma along a treatment surface of a conductive workpiece; a negative voltage applying unit configured to apply to the workpiece a negative bias voltage for expanding a sheath layer thickness along the treatment surface of the workpiece, and a controller configured to control the microwave supplying unit and the negative voltage applying unit, wherein the microwave supplying unit has a microwave transmitting window configured to propagate the supplied microwaves to the expanded sheath layer, wherein the controller is configured to control the microwave supplying unit and the negative voltage applying unit while supplying of the microwaves so that a sheath thickness of the sheath layer changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazunari Taki, Kentaro Shinoda, Hideki Kanada, Hiroyuki Kousaka, Yasuyuki Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20160024658
    Abstract: A film-forming device includes: a microwave supplying unit, which supplies microwaves for generating plasma along a treatment surface of a central conductor comprising at least a conductive workpiece material; a negative voltage applying unit, which applies to the workpiece material a negative bias voltage for expanding a sheath layer along the treatment surface of the workpiece material; a microwave transmitting window, which make the microwave, which is supplied by the microwave supplying unit, propagate to the expanded sheath layer through a microwave transmitting surface thereof, and a surrounding wall, which surrounds the microwave transmitting surface of the microwave transmitting window and protrudes beyond the microwave transmitting surface in a propagation direction in which the microwaves propagate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kentaro SHINODA, Kazunari TAKI, Hideki KANADA, Hiroyuki KOUSAKA, Yasuyuki TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160013023
    Abstract: A film forming device includes: a microwave supplying unit configured to supply microwaves for generating plasma along a treatment surface of a conductive workpiece; a negative voltage applying unit configured to apply to the workpiece a negative bias voltage for expanding a sheath layer thickness along the treatment surface of the workpiece, and a controller configured to control the microwave supplying unit and the negative voltage applying unit, wherein the microwave supplying unit has a microwave transmitting window configured to propagate the supplied microwaves to the expanded sheath layer, wherein the controller is configured to control the microwave supplying unit and the negative voltage applying unit while supplying of the microwaves so that a sheath thickness of the sheath layer changes
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari TAKI, Kentaro SHINODA, Hideki KANADA, Hiroyuki KOUSAKA, Yasuyuki TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150174605
    Abstract: A film forming device includes: a microwave supplying unit configured to supply microwave pulses to generate plasma along a processing surface of a workpiece material; an applying unit configured to apply negative bias voltage pulses to spread a sheath layer along the processing surface of the workpiece material, and a control unit configured to control an applying timing of the negative bias voltage pulses and a supplying timing of the microwave pulses, wherein the control unit is configured to control the applying timing of the negative bias voltage pulses and the supplying timing of the microwave pulses so that a ratio of an applying time period of one negative bias voltage pulse in a supplying time period of one microwave pulse to the supplying time period of one microwave pulse is equal to or greater than 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro SHINODA, Hideki KANADA, Kazunari TAKI, Hiroyuki KOUSAKA, Yasuyuki TAKAOKA, Takashi OKAMOTO