Patents by Inventor Eiko TAKAMI

Eiko TAKAMI 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: 11908682
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) forming a first oxide layer by modifying a surface of a substrate at a first temperature with a plasma of a first oxygen-containing gas; and (b) forming a second oxide layer thicker than the first oxide layer by heating the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and modifying the surface of the substrate, on which the first oxide layer is formed, with a plasma of a second oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Igawa, Masanori Nakayama, Katsunori Funaki, Tatsushi Ueda, Yasutoshi Tsubota, Eiko Takami, Yuichiro Takeshima, Yuki Yamakado
  • Publication number: 20220139675
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) loading a substrate with a film formed on a surface thereof into a process vessel; (b) generating a reactive species containing oxygen and a reactive species of a rare gas by converting a mixed gas containing the rare gas and an oxygen-containing gas into a plasma state; and (c) oxidizing the film by supplying the reactive species containing oxygen to the substrate together with the reactive species of the rare gas. In (b), a partial pressure ratio PN/PT, which is a ratio of a partial pressure PN of the rare gas in the process vessel to a total pressure PT of the mixed gas in the process vessel, is set to a value of 0.4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAKADO, Masanori NAKAYAMA, Katsunori FUNAKI, Tatsushi UEDA, Yasutoshi TSUBOTA, Yuichiro TAKESHIMA, Hiroto IGAWA, Eiko TAKAMI, Keita ICHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220005673
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes accommodating a substrate in a process chamber; supplying a first gas containing oxygen into the process chamber; generating plasma in the process chamber by exciting the first gas; supplying a second gas containing hydrogen into the process chamber and adjusting a hydrogen concentration distribution in the process chamber according to a density distribution of the plasma in the process chamber; and processing the substrate with oxidizing species generated by the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutoshi TSUBOTA, Masanori NAKAYAMA, Katsunori FUNAKI, Tatsushi UEDA, Eiko TAKAMI, Yuichiro TAKESHIMA, Hiroto IGAWA, Yuki YAMAKADO, Keita ICHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11081362
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) loading a substrate including a base and a first film containing silicon and formed on the base into a process container; (b) converting a modifying gas containing helium into plasma to generate reactive species of helium; and (c) supplying the modifying gas containing the reactive species of helium to a surface of the substrate to respectively modify the first film and an interface layer of the base constituting an interface with the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Yamakado, Masanori Nakayama, Katsunori Funaki, Tatsushi Ueda, Yasutoshi Tsubota, Eiko Takami, Yuichiro Takeshima, Hiroto Igawa
  • Publication number: 20210183645
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) forming a first oxide layer by modifying a surface of a substrate at a first temperature with a plasma of a first oxygen-containing gas; and (b) forming a second oxide layer thicker than the first oxide layer by heating the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and modifying the surface of the substrate, on which the first oxide layer is formed, with a plasma of a second oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroto IGAWA, Masanori NAKAYAMA, Katsunori FUNAKI, Tatsushi UEDA, Yasutoshi TSUBOTA, Eiko TAKAMI, Yuichiro TAKESHIMA, Yuki YAMAKADO
  • Publication number: 20200098587
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) loading a substrate including a base and a first film containing silicon and formed on the base into a process container; (b) converting a modifying gas containing helium into plasma to generate reactive species of helium; and (c) supplying the modifying gas containing the reactive species of helium to a surface of the substrate to respectively modify the first film and an interface layer of the base constituting an interface with the first film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAKADO, Masanori NAKAYAMA, Katsunori FUNAKI, Tatsushi UEDA, Yasutoshi TSUBOTA, Eiko TAKAMI, Yuichiro TAKESHIMA, Hiroto IGAWA