Patents by Inventor Glenn Gale

Glenn Gale 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: 8043521
    Abstract: A processing method of subjecting at least two stacked films, which comprise a first film and a second film of a target object to be processed, to a removing process by wet etching comprises bringing a first process liquid into contact with the first film of the target object, thereby etching the first film, determining whether the first film has been removed or not, switching the first process liquid to a second process liquid differing in a condition from the first process liquid when it has been determined that the first film has been removed, and bringing the second process liquid into contact with the second film, thereby etching the second film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Glenn Gale
  • Patent number: 7897498
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device from a layered body including: a semiconductor substrate; a high dielectric film formed on the semiconductor substrate; and an SiC-based film formed on a position upper than the high dielectric film, the SiC-based film having an anti-reflective function and a hardmask function. The present invention comprises a plasma-processing step for plasma-processing the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film to modify the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film by an action of a plasma; and a cleaning step for wet-cleaning the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film modified in the plasma-processing step to collectively remove the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Glenn Gale, Yoshihiro Hirota, Yusuke Muraki, Genji Nakamura, Masato Kushibiki, Naoki Shindo, Akitaka Shimizu, Shigeo Ashigaki, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20090011523
    Abstract: A processing method of subjecting at least two stacked films, which comprise a first film and a second film of a target object to be processed, to a removing process by wet etching comprises bringing a first process liquid into contact with the first film of the target object, thereby etching the first film, determining whether the first film has been removed or not, switching the first process liquid to a second process liquid differing in a condition from the first process liquid when it has been determined that the first film has been removed, and bringing the second process liquid into contact with the second film, thereby etching the second film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Glenn GALE
  • Publication number: 20080268655
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device from a layered body including: a semiconductor substrate; a high dielectric film formed on the semiconductor substrate; and an SiC-based film formed on a position upper than the high dielectric film, the SiC-based film having an anti-reflective function and a hardmask function. The present invention comprises a plasma-processing step for plasma-processing the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film to modify the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film by an action of a plasma; and a cleaning step for wet-cleaning the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film modified in the plasma-processing step to collectively remove the SiC-based film and the high dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn Gale, Yoshihiro Hirota, Yusuke Muraki, Genji Nakamura, Masato Kushibiki, Naoki Shindo, Akitaka Shimizu, Shigeo Ashigaki, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7250374
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a substrate in a film removal system. The method includes providing the substrate in a substrate chamber of a film removal system, where the substrate has a micro-feature containing a dielectric film on a sidewall of the micro-feature and a photoresist film covering a portion the dielectric film, and performing a first film removal process using supercritical CO2 processing to remove the portion of the dielectric film not covered by the photoresist film. Following the first film removal process, a second film removal process using supercritical CO2 processing can be performed to remove the photoresist film. Alternately, wet processing can be used to perform one of the first film removal process or the second film removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Glenn Gale, Joseph T. Hillman, Gunilla Jacobson, Bentley Palmer
  • Publication number: 20060088959
    Abstract: A processing method of subjecting at least two stacked films, which comprise a first film and a second film of a target object to be processed, to a removing process by wet etching comprises bringing a first process liquid into contact with the first film of the target object, thereby etching the first film, determining whether the first film has been removed or not, switching the first process liquid to a second process liquid differing in a condition from the first process liquid when it has been determined that the first film has been removed, and bringing the second process liquid into contact with the second film, thereby etching the second film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventor: Glenn Gale
  • Publication number: 20060003592
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a substrate in a film removal system. The method includes providing the substrate in a substrate chamber of a film removal system, where the substrate has a micro-feature containing a dielectric film on a sidewall of the micro-feature and a photoresist film covering a portion the dielectric film, and performing a first film removal process using supercritical CO2 processing to remove the portion of the dielectric film not covered by the photoresist film. Following the first film removal process, a second film removal process using supercritical CO2 processing can be performed to remove the photoresist film. Alternately, wet processing can be used to perform one of the first film removal process or the second film removal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Glenn Gale, Joseph Hillman, Gunilla Jacobson, Bentley Palmer