Patents by Inventor Akira Kodashima

Akira Kodashima 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: 20230015560
    Abstract: A substrate processing system installed on a floor face is provided. The substrate processing system includes a substrate transfer module, a supporting table including a top plate disposed separately from the floor face, a plurality of substrate processing modules disposed on the top plate and coupled to the substrate transfer module along a lateral side of the substrate transfer module, and a plurality of power units disposed below the top plate. Further, the plurality of power units correspond to the plurality of substrate processing modules, respectively, and each of the power units is configured to supply electric power to the corresponding processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru MOTEGI, Takashi KUMAGAI, Akira KODASHIMA, Keisuke YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11515183
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a cooling passage. The first chamber has therein a space for processing a substrate transferred from a first transfer chamber maintained in a vacuum atmosphere. The second chamber is disposed below the first chamber to be vertically aligned with the first chamber and configured to communicate with the first transfer chamber and a second transfer chamber maintained in an atmospheric atmosphere. The second chamber has substantially the same footprint as a footprint of the first chamber. Further, a cooling passage is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber and configured to allow a coolant to flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru Motegi, Takashi Kumagai, Akira Kodashima
  • Patent number: 11495480
    Abstract: A substrate processing system installed on a floor face is provided. The substrate processing system includes a substrate transfer module, a supporting table including a top plate disposed separately from the floor face, a plurality of substrate processing modules disposed on the top plate and coupled to the substrate transfer module along a lateral side of the substrate transfer module, and a plurality of power units disposed below the top plate. Further, the plurality of power units correspond to the plurality of substrate processing modules, respectively, and each of the power units is configured to supply electric power to the corresponding processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru Motegi, Takashi Kumagai, Akira Kodashima, Keisuke Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20210057243
    Abstract: A substrate processing system installed on a floor face is provided. The substrate processing system includes a substrate transfer module, a supporting table including a top plate disposed separately from the floor face, a plurality of substrate processing modules disposed on the top plate and coupled to the substrate transfer module along a lateral side of the substrate transfer module, and a plurality of power units disposed below the top plate. Further, the plurality of power units correspond to the plurality of substrate processing modules, respectively, and each of the power units is configured to supply electric power to the corresponding processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru MOTEGI, Takashi KUMAGAI, Akira KODASHIMA, Keisuke YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210043480
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a cooling passage. The first chamber has therein a space for processing a substrate transferred from a first transfer chamber maintained in a vacuum atmosphere. The second chamber is disposed below the first chamber to be vertically aligned with the first chamber and configured to communicate with the first transfer chamber and a second transfer chamber maintained in an atmospheric atmosphere. The second chamber has substantially the same footprint as a footprint of the first chamber. Further, a cooling passage is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber and configured to allow a coolant to flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru MOTEGI, Takashi KUMAGAI, Akira KODASHIMA
  • Patent number: 7922865
    Abstract: In a magnetic field generator for magnetron plasma generation which comprises a dipole-ring magnet with a plurality of columnar anisotropic segment magnets arranged in a ring-like manner, or in an etching apparatus and a method both of which utilize the magnetic field generator, the uniformity of plasma treatment over the entire surface of a wafer (workpiece) is improved by controlling the direction of the magnetic field relative to the working surface of the wafer (workpiece) which is subject to plasma treatment such as etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koji Miyata, Jun Hirose, Akira Kodashima, Shigeki Tozawa, Kazuhiro Kubota, Yuki Chiba
  • Patent number: 7883579
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus which enables the work efficiency of maintenance to be improved. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a plurality of processing chambers 100 for carrying out plasma processing on a wafer to be processed. Each processing chamber 100 has a chamber lid 200 that can be suspended and supported by a crane unit 500. The crane unit 500 comprises an air cylinder 510 and a linear guide 520. The air cylinder 510 holds the chamber lid 200 movably in a vertical direction thereabove. The linear guide 520 holds the chamber lid 200 movably in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Akira Kodashima, Shinichi Miyano, Takehiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20070131167
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus which enables the work efficiency of maintenance to be improved. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a plurality of processing chambers 100 for carrying out plasma processing on a wafer to be processed. Each processing chamber 100 has a chamber lid 200 that can be suspended and supported by a crane unit 500. The crane unit 500 comprises an air cylinder 510 and a linear guide 520. The air cylinder 510 holds the chamber lid 200 movably in a vertical direction thereabove. The linear guide 520 holds the chamber lid 200 movably in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Kodashima, Shinichi Miyano, Takehiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20040094509
    Abstract: In a magnetic field generator for magnetron plasma generation which comprises a dipole-ring magnet with a plurality of columnar anisotropic segment magnets arranged in a ring-like manner, or in an etching apparatus and a method both of which utilize the magnetic field generator, the uniformity of plasma treatment over the entire surface of a wafer (workpiece) is improved by controlling the direction of the magnetic field relative to the working surface of the wafer (workpiece) which is subject to plasma treatment such as etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Koji Miyata, Jun Hirose, Akira Kodashima, Shigeki Tozawa, Kazuhiro Kubota, Yuki Chiba