Patents by Inventor Daisuke Urayama

Daisuke Urayama 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: 10923329
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing reaction products that are deposited when an etching target film contained in a target object to be processed is etched is provided with: a processing chamber; a partition plate; a plasma source; a mounting table; a first processing gas supply unit; a second processing gas supply unit. The processing chamber defines a space, and the partition plate is arranged within the processing chamber and divides the space into a plasma generating space and a substrate processing space, while suppressing permeation of ions and vacuum ultraviolet rays. The plasma source generates a plasma in the plasma forming space. The mounting table is arranged in the substrate processing space to mount the target object thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiichi Nishimura, Akitaka Shimizu, Fumiko Yamashita, Daisuke Urayama
  • Patent number: 10825688
    Abstract: A method MT in an embodiment is a method for etching an etching target layer EL which is included in a wafer W and contains copper. The wafer W includes the etching target layer EL, and a mask MK provided on the etching target layer EL. In the method MT, the etching target layer EL is etched by repeatedly executing a sequence SQ including a first step of generating a plasma of a first gas in a processing container 12 of a plasma processing apparatus 10 in which the wafer W is accommodated, a second step of generating a plasma of a second gas in the processing container 12, and a third step of generating a plasma of a third gas in the processing container 12. The first gas contains a hydrocarbon gas, the second gas contains either a rare gas or a mixed gas of a rare gas and hydrogen gas, and the third gas contains hydrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeru Tahara, Daisuke Urayama, Kenji Matsumoto, Hidenori Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20200111646
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing reaction products that are deposited when an etching target film contained in a target object to be processed is etched is provided with: a processing chamber; a partition plate; a plasma source; a mounting table; a first processing gas supply unit; a second processing gas supply unit. The processing chamber defines a space, and the partition plate is arranged within the processing chamber and divides the space into a plasma generating space and a substrate processing space, while suppressing permeation of ions and vacuum ultraviolet rays. The plasma source generates a plasma in the plasma forming space. The mounting table is arranged in the substrate processing space to mount the target object thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiichi NISHIMURA, Akitaka SHIMIZU, Fumiko YAMASHITA, Daisuke URAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190272997
    Abstract: A method MT in an embodiment is a method for etching an etching target layer EL which is included in a wafer W and contains copper. The wafer W includes the etching target layer EL, and a mask MK provided on the etching target layer EL. In the method MT, the etching target layer EL is etched by repeatedly executing a sequence SQ including a first step of generating a plasma of a first gas in a processing container 12 of a plasma processing apparatus 10 in which the wafer W is accommodated, a second step of generating a plasma of a second gas in the processing container 12, and a third step of generating a plasma of a third gas in the processing container 12. The first gas contains a hydrocarbon gas, the second gas contains either a rare gas or a mixed gas of a rare gas and hydrogen gas, and the third gas contains hydrogen gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeru TAHARA, Daisuke URAYAMA, Kenji MATSUMOTO, Hidenori MIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 9660182
    Abstract: A plasma processing method of etching a multilayered material having a structure where a first magnetic layer 105 and a second magnetic layer 103 are stacked with an insulating layer 104 therebetween is performed by a plasma processing apparatus 10 including a processing chamber 12 where a processing space S is formed; and a gas supply unit 44 of supplying a processing gas into the processing space, and includes a first etching process where the first magnetic layer is etched by supplying a first processing gas and generating plasma, and the first etching process is stopped on a surface of the insulating layer; and a second etching process where a residue Z is removed by supplying a second processing gas and generating plasma. The first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain CoFeB, the first processing gas contains Cl2, and the second processing gas contains H2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sone, Daisuke Urayama, Masato Kushibiki, Nao Koizumi, Wataru Kume, Eiichi Nishimura, Fumiko Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20150132970
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing reaction products that are deposited when an etching target film contained in a target object to be processed is etched is provided with: a processing chamber; a partition plate; a plasma source; a mounting table; a first processing gas supply unit; a second processing gas supply unit. The processing chamber defines a space, and the partition plate is arranged within the processing chamber and divides the space into a plasma generating space and a substrate processing space, while suppressing permeation of ions and vacuum ultraviolet rays. The plasma source generates a plasma in the plasma forming space. The mounting table is arranged in the substrate processing space to mount the target object thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiichi Nishimura, Akitaka Shimizu, Fumiko Yamashita, Daisuke Urayama
  • Publication number: 20150050750
    Abstract: A plasma processing method of etching a multilayered material having a structure where a first magnetic layer 105 and a second magnetic layer 103 are stacked with an insulating layer 104 therebetween is performed by a plasma processing apparatus 10 including a processing chamber 12 where a processing space S is formed; and a gas supply unit 44 of supplying a processing gas into the processing space, and includes a first etching process where the first magnetic layer is etched by supplying a first processing and generating plasma, and the first etching process is stopped on a surface of the insulating layer; and a second etching process where a residue Z is removed by supplying a second processing gas and generating plasma. The first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain CoFeB, the first processing gas contains Cl2, and the second processing gas contains H2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Sone, Daisuke Urayama, Masato Kushibiki, Nao Koizumi, Wataru Kume, Eiichi Nishimura, Fumiko Yamashita