Patents by Inventor Aki AKIBA

Aki AKIBA 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: 20240112923
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an etching method with a metal hard mask. The method is performed on a wafer surface and includes sequentially forming a metal hard mask layer and at least one functional film layer on a wafer surface in a direction away from the wafer surface. The method includes performing a plurality of etching processes on the at least one functional layer and the metal hard mask layer sequentially in a direction close to the wafer surface. An etching gas adopted by at least one etching process includes a hydrogen element and a fluorine element. A ratio of a content of the hydrogen element in the etching gas to a content of the fluorine element in the etching gas is smaller than a predetermined threshold to reduce generation of a byproduct of hydrogen fluorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yu ZHANG, Aki AKIBA, Zhaocheng LIU, Xiaoming HE
  • Patent number: 8709952
    Abstract: Provided is an etching method capable of etching even a silicon film that is included in a multi-layered structure by using a resist film or an organic film as a mask, and also capable of integrally etching the silicon film and a silicon oxide film disposed under the silicon film. The etching method which etches the multi-layered structure including the silicon oxide film and the silicon film formed on the silicon oxide film, includes: integrally etching the silicon film and the silicon oxide film included in the multi-layered structure by using a resist film or an organic film as an etching mask and using an etching gas containing a CH2F2 gas as an etching gas, when the silicon film and the silicon oxide film in the multi-layered structure are etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Aki Akiba
  • Publication number: 20120238100
    Abstract: Provided is an etching method capable of etching even a silicon film that is included in a multi-layered structure by using a resist film or an organic film as a mask, and also capable of integrally etching the silicon film and a silicon oxide film disposed under the silicon film. The etching method which etches the multi-layered structure including the silicon oxide film and the silicon film formed on the silicon oxide film, includes: integrally etching the silicon film and the silicon oxide film included in the multi-layered structure by using a resist film or an organic film as an etching mask and using an etching gas containing a CH2F2 gas as an etching gas, when the silicon film and the silicon oxide film in the multi-layered structure are etched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Aki AKIBA