Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ikari

Atsushi Ikari 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: 11551915
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member and the ring-shaped member. A method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member to be placed in a process chamber of a substrate processing apparatus includes arranging one silicon member and another silicon member to cause one abutting surface of the one silicon member and another abutting surface of the other silicon member to abut on each other, heating the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface through optical heating to melt silicon on a surface of the one abutting surface and silicon on a surface of the other abutting surface such that silicon melt is caused to flow into a gap between the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface, and cooling the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface to crystallize the silicon melt forming a silicon adhesion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 11545345
    Abstract: Provided is a protective material ring in which a plurality of silicon members are joined. A protective material ring is to be installed in a treatment chamber of a substrate treatment apparatus performing plasma treatment on a substrate, and the substrate is accommodated in the treatment chamber. The protective material ring includes: three or more silicon members; and a joining part joining the silicon members. The joining part contains boron oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 11380525
    Abstract: A ring for an electrode includes three or more silicon members having an arc shape and a joining part joining the silicon members. The joining part contains boron oxide. A clean copy of the amended abstract is provided in Exhibit A of this preliminary amendment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 11348764
    Abstract: Provided is a ring for an electrode in which a plurality of silicon members is joined. The ring for the electrode includes a plurality of first silicon members abutted in one direction, an embedded silicon member that is embedded at a position across the plurality of first silicon members abutted, and a joining part joining the plurality of first silicon members and the embedded silicon member, the joining part provided between the plurality of first silicon members and the embedded silicon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20210225617
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member and the ring-shaped member. A method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member to be placed in a process chamber of a substrate processing apparatus includes arranging one silicon member and another silicon member to cause one abutting surface of the one silicon member and another abutting surface of the other silicon member to abut on each other, heating the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface through optical heating to melt silicon on a surface of the one abutting surface and silicon on a surface of the other abutting surface such that silicon melt is caused to flow into a gap between the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface, and cooling the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface to crystallize the silicon melt forming a silicon adhesion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10984988
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member and the ring-shaped member. A method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member to be placed in a process chamber of a substrate processing apparatus includes arranging one silicon member and another silicon member to cause one abutting surface of the one silicon member and another abutting surface of the other silicon member to abut on each other, heating the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface through optical heating to melt silicon on a surface of the one abutting surface and silicon on a surface of the other abutting surface such that silicon melt is caused to flow into a gap between the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface, and cooling the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface to crystallize the silicon melt forming a silicon adhesion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20200365376
    Abstract: Provided is a protective material ring in which a plurality of silicon members are joined. A protective material ring is to be installed in a treatment chamber of a substrate treatment apparatus performing plasma treatment on a substrate, and the substrate is accommodated in the treatment chamber. The protective material ring includes: three or more silicon members; and a joining part joining the silicon members. The joining part contains boron oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20200194237
    Abstract: Provided is a ring for an electrode in which a plurality of silicon members is joined. The ring for the electrode includes a plurality of first silicon members abutted in one direction, an embedded silicon member that is embedded at a position across the plurality of first silicon members abutted, and a joining part joining the plurality of first silicon members and the embedded silicon member, the joining part provided between the plurality of first silicon members and the embedded silicon member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10580621
    Abstract: An electrode plate includes: a plurality of plate-like electrode members; and a joining part joining the electrode members to each other in a thickness direction. The joining part has a heat resistance to withstand a temperature of at least 150° C., melts at 700° C. or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10553405
    Abstract: A ring-shaped electrode includes a silicon ring body, and a cover body joined to at least a part of a surface of the ring body via a joining part, and having a better plasma resistance than silicon. The joining part has a heat resistance to withstand a temperature of at least 150° C., melts at 700° C. or below, and contains boron oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: THINKON NEW TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190259581
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member and the ring-shaped member. A method of manufacturing a ring-shaped member to be placed in a process chamber of a substrate processing apparatus includes arranging one silicon member and another silicon member to cause one abutting surface of the one silicon member and another abutting surface of the other silicon member to abut on each other, heating the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface through optical heating to melt silicon on a surface of the one abutting surface and silicon on a surface of the other abutting surface such that silicon melt is caused to flow into a gap between the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface, and cooling the one abutting surface and the other abutting surface to crystallize the silicon melt forming a silicon adhesion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190172687
    Abstract: A ring-shaped electrode includes a silicon ring body, and a cover body joined to at least a part of a surface of the ring body via a joining part, and having a better plasma resistance than silicon. The joining part has a heat resistance to withstand a temperature of at least 150° C., melts at 700° C. or below, and contains boron oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190172682
    Abstract: An electrode plate includes: a plurality of plate-like electrode members; and a joining part joining the electrode members to each other in a thickness direction. The joining part has a heat resistance to withstand a temperature of at least 150° C., melts at 700° C. or below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190164728
    Abstract: A ring for an electrode includes three or more silicon members having an arc shape and a joining part joining the silicon members. The joining part contains boron oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Ikari, Satoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 8524001
    Abstract: Silicon wafers having excellent voltage resistance characteristics of an oxide film and high C-mode characteristics are derived from single crystal silicon ingots doped with nitrogen and hydrogen, characterized in that a plurality of voids constituting a bubble-like void aggregates are present ?50% relative to total voids; a V1 region having a void density of over 2×104/cm3 and below 1×105/cm3 is ?20% of the total area of wafer; a V2 region having a void density of 5×102 to 2×104/cm3 occupies ?80% of the total area of the wafer; and bulk microdefect density is ?5×108/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakai, Atsushi Ikari, Masamichi Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 8241421
    Abstract: The epitaxial layer defects generated from voids of a silicon substrate wafer containing added hydrogen are suppressed by a method for producing an epitaxial wafer by: growing a silicon crystal by the Czochralski method comprising adding hydrogen and nitrogen to a silicon melt and growing from the silicon melt a silicon crystal having a nitrogen concentration of from 3×1013 cm?3 to 3×1014 cm?3, preparing a silicon substrate by machining the silicon crystal, and forming an epitaxial layer at the surface of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakai, Timo Mueller, Atsushi Ikari, Wilfried von Ammon, Martin Weber
  • Patent number: 8043929
    Abstract: Hetero-semiconductor structures possessing an SOI structure containing a silicon-germanium mixed crystal are produced at a low cost and high productivity. The semiconductor substrates comprise a first layer formed of silicon having germanium added thereto, a second layer formed of an oxide and adjoined to the first layer, and a third layer derived from the same source as the first layer, but having an enriched content of germanium as a result of thermal oxidation and thinning of the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Josef Brunner, Hiroyuki Deai, Atsushi Ikari, Martin Grassl, Atsuki Matsumura, Wilfried von Ammon
  • Publication number: 20110084366
    Abstract: The epitaxial layer defects generated from voids of a silicon substrate wafer containing added hydrogen are suppressed by a method for producing an epitaxial wafer by: growing a silicon crystal by the Czochralski method comprising adding hydrogen and nitrogen to a silicon melt and growing from the silicon melt a silicon crystal having a nitrogen concentration of from 3×1013 cm?3 to 3×1014 cm?3, preparing a silicon substrate by machining the silicon crystal, and forming an epitaxial layer at the surface of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SILTRONIC AG
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakai, Timo Mueller, Atsushi Ikari, Wilfried von Ammon, Martin Weber
  • Publication number: 20100164071
    Abstract: Silicon wafers having excellent voltage resistance characteristics of an oxide film and high C-mode characteristics are derived from single crystal silicon ingots doped with nitrogen and hydrogen, characterized in that a plurality of voids constituting a bubble-like void aggregates are present ?50% relative to total voids; a V1 region having a void density of over 2×104/cm3 and below 1×105/cm3 is ?20% of the total area of wafer; a V2 region having a void density of 5×102 to 2×104/cm3 occupies ?80% of the total area of the wafer; and bulk microdefect density is ?5×108/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakai, Atsushi Ikari, Masamichi Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 7470323
    Abstract: The Czochralski method is used for producing p?-doped and epitaxially coated semiconductor wafers from silicon, wherein a silicon single crystal is pulled, and during the pulling is doped with boron, hydrogen and nitrogen, and the single crystal thus obtained is processed to form p?-doped semiconductor wafers which are epitaxially coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Wilfried von Ammon, Katsuhiko Nakai, Martin Weber, Herbert Schmidt, Atsushi Ikari