Patents by Inventor Yoshiro Kusumoto

Yoshiro Kusumoto 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: 5851589
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a CVD comprising feeding a first gas flow, including a reactive gas, in a laminar flowing state and in a sheet state parallel to the surface of a substrate and feeding a second gas flow, including a non-reactive gas, in a direction perpendicular to that of said first gas flow, externally controlling the flow rates of the first and second gases so as to retain the laminar flowing state of said first gas flow and concentrate said first gas flow in the vicinity of said substrate and externally controlling the flow rate of said second gas flow to provide control and uniformity in the thickness of the layer to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Izumi Nakayama, Akitoshi Suzuki, Yoshiro Kusumoto, Kazuo Takakuwa, Tetsuya Ikuta
  • Patent number: 5244501
    Abstract: An apparatus for a chemical vapor deposition in which at least one substrate which has partially an insulating film on the surface thereof is disposed in a pressure reduced reaction chamber, the reaction chamber is provided with a nozzle for feeding a reactive gas into the reaction chamber, and a light source is provided for emitting a light beam to heat the substrate. The combination of substrate heating source using infrared rays and a laminarized jet of reactive gas is utilized for maintaining the selectivity, facilitating the thin film forming reaction, and improving the high reproducibility and controllability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Izumi Nakayama, Akitoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Nawa, Motohiro Kaneko, Yoshiro Kusumoto, Kazuo Takakuwa, Tetsuya Ikuta
  • Patent number: 4994301
    Abstract: A wafer, in which at least one via hole is made in an insulating film formed on the substrate, and a first metallic film is formed in the via hole is prepared. The wafer is held in a wafer holder in a reaction chamber under reduced pressure. WF.sub.6 gas and H.sub.2 gas are introduced into the chamber and light from a heating lamp is directed onto the wafer, such that a difference in temperature is created between the insulating film and the first metallic film such that a second metallic film of W is formed only on the first metallic film in the chemical vapor deposition process. The temperature difference is due to the differences of the adsorption ratios of infrared light of the insulating film, the substrate and the first metallic film. The WF.sub.6 gas and H.sub.2 gas are made to flow in flat or sheet form substantially parallel to the surface of the wafer, and in inernt gas, such as Ar, is made to flow toward the surface of the wafer to control the flow of WF.sub.6 and H.sub.2 gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Nihon Sinku Gijutsu Kabusiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiro Kusumoto, Kazuo Takakuwa, Tetsuya Ikuta, Akitoshi Suzuki, Izumi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 4924807
    Abstract: An apparatus for a chemical vapor deposition in which at least one substrate which has partially an insulating film on the surface thereof is disposed in a pressure reduced reaction chamber, the reaction chamber is provided with a nozzle for feeding a reactive gas into the reaction chamber, and a light source is provided for emitting a light beam to heat the substrate. The apparatus has provision for feeding a second gas opposite the substrate to put the reactive gas in the vicinity of the substrate surface into laminar flow. The combination of substrate heating source using infrared rays and the laminarized jet of reactive gas is utilized for maintaining the selectivity, facilitating the thin film forming reaction, and obtaining improved high reproducibility and controllability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Izumi Nakayama, Akitoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Nawa, Motohiro Kaneko, Yoshiro Kusumoto, Kazuo Takakuwa, Tetsuya Ikuta
  • Patent number: 4849260
    Abstract: A wafer, in which at least one via hole is made in an insulating film formed on the substrate, is held on a wafer holder in a reaction chamber under reduced pressure, WF.sub.6 gas is introduced into the reaction chamber so that a first metallic film of W is formed on the substrate in the via hole. The additional WF.sub.6 gas and H.sub.2 gas are introduced into the chamber and light from a heating lamp is directed onto the wafer such that a difference in temperature is created between the insulating film and the first metallic film such that a second metallic film of W is formed only on the first metallic film. The temperature difference is created because of the differences of the absorption ratios of infrared components of the light between the insulating film, the substrate and the first metallic film. The WF.sub.6 gas and H.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Nihon Sinku Gijutsu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiro Kusumoto, Kazuo Takakuwa, Tetsuya Ikuta, Akitoshi Suzuki, Izumi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 4800105
    Abstract: A method of a chemical vapor deposition wherein a first reactive gas containing a metal element and a second reactive gas containing metal element are fed into a reaction chamber in which at least one substrate is disposed under reduced pressure and said substrate is irradiated by a light beam, so that the growth rate of a thin film containing the metal element which to be formed on the surface of the substrate can be increased with the consumption of the reactive gas containing the metal element which is less than that of the conventional methods. The flows of the reactive gases can be maintained in a laminar flow state with good controllability in the entire area of the vicinity of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Izumi Nakayama, Akitoshi Suzuki, Yoshiro Kusumoto, Kazuo Takakuwa, Tetsuya Ikuta