Patents by Inventor Yutaka Inouchi

Yutaka Inouchi 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: 11145486
    Abstract: A beam profile determination method and ion implantation apparatus implanting the same is provided. The method includes measuring a beam profile of an ion beam in a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction of a substrate and a traveling direction of the ion beam; computing, based on the measured beam profile, a uniformity of a dose distribution of a part of the ion beam with which a surface of the substrate is irradiated when the substrate is scanned; and comparing the computed uniformity of the dose distribution with a first reference value to determine an adequacy of the beam profile of the ion beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Inouchi
  • Publication number: 20210035774
    Abstract: A beam profile determination method and ion implantation apparatus implanting the same is provided. The method includes measuring a beam profile of an ion beam in a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction of a substrate and a traveling direction of the ion beam; computing, based on the measured beam profile, a uniformity of a dose distribution of a part of the ion beam with which a surface of the substrate is irradiated when the substrate is scanned; and comparing the computed uniformity of the dose distribution with a first reference value to determine an adequacy of the beam profile of the ion beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Inouchi
  • Patent number: 8604683
    Abstract: An ion source includes a plasma generation chamber, at least one filament disposed inside the plasma generation chamber, at least one electrode disposed so as to be opposed to the plasma generation chamber, and configured to extract out an ion beam from the plasma generation chamber, and a plurality of permanent magnets disposed outside the plasma generation chamber, and configured to form cusped magnetic fields inside the plasma generation chamber, and a deposition preventive plate disposed parallel with an inner surface of a wall of the plasma generation chamber. The deposition preventive plate has recesses which are formed at such positions as to be opposed to the respective permanent magnets with the wall of the plasma generation chamber interposed in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Inouchi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Masahiro Tanii, Katsuharu Imai
  • Publication number: 20120229012
    Abstract: An ion source includes a plasma generation chamber, at least one filament disposed inside the plasma generation chamber, at least one electrode disposed so as to be opposed to the plasma generation chamber, and configured to extract out an ion beam from the plasma generation chamber, and a plurality of permanent magnets disposed outside the plasma generation chamber, and configured to form cusped magnetic fields inside the plasma generation chamber, and a deposition preventive plate disposed parallel with an inner surface of a wall of the plasma generation chamber. The deposition preventive plate has recesses which are formed at such positions as to be opposed to the respective permanent magnets with the wall of the plasma generation chamber interposed in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Inouchi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Masahiro Tanii, Katsuharu Imai
  • Patent number: 8258043
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a thin film semiconductor substrate includes implanting ions at a specified depth into a semiconductor substrate, forming a bubble layer in the semiconductor substrate by vaporizing the ions through heating, bonding an insulating substrate onto the semiconductor substrate, and cleaving the semiconductor substrate along the bubble layer to form a semiconductor thin film on a side of the insulating substrate. At the forming, the semiconductor substrate is heated at a temperature in a temperature range of approximately 1000° C. to 1200° C. for a duration in a range of approximately 10 ?s to 100 ms. The heating of the semiconductor substrate is performed by using, for example, a light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sameshima, Yutaka Inouchi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Yuko Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8147705
    Abstract: When an ion beam 4 is to be extracted from an ion source 2 by using a gas containing boron trifluoride as an ion source gas 50 for supplying the gas into a plasma chamber 20 for the ion source 2, a bias voltage VB of a plasma electrode 31 with respect to the plasma chamber 20 for the ion source 2 is set to be positive by a bias circuit 64.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Inouchi, Syojiro Dohi, Yasunori Ando, Yasuhiro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20120077331
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a thin film semiconductor substrate includes implanting ions at a specified depth into a semiconductor substrate, forming a bubble layer in the semiconductor substrate by vaporizing the ions through heating, bonding an insulating substrate onto the semiconductor substrate, and cleaving the semiconductor substrate along the bubble layer to form a semiconductor thin film on a side of the insulating substrate. At the forming, the semiconductor substrate is heated at a temperature in a temperature range of approximately 1000° C. to 1200° C. for a duration in a range of approximately 10 ?s to 100 ms. The heating of the semiconductor substrate is performed by using, for example, a light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SAMESHIMA, Yutaka Inouchi, Takeshi Matsumoto, Yuko Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20070089833
    Abstract: When an ion beam 4 is to be extracted from an ion source 2 by using a gas containing boron trifluoride as an ion source gas 50 for supplying the gas into a plasma chamber 20 for the ion source 2, a bias voltage VB of a plasma electrode 31 with respect to the plasma chamber 20 for the ion source 2 is set to be positive by a bias circuit 64.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Yutaka Inouchi, Syojiro Dohi, Yasunori Ando, Yasuhiro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6184624
    Abstract: A first coil is provided at a position near the start terminal (closer to the window) of plasma chamber. A second coil is provided at a position near the end terminal thereof (plasma electrode). To adjust an ion beam current, a constant current, which is capable of developing a magnetic field greater than a resonance magnetic field, is fed to the first coil, and a second coil current is varied within a range within which it develops a magnetic field less than the resonance magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Nissin Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Inouchi