Patents by Inventor Go Ayabe

Go Ayabe 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: 11538700
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a mounting part on which a carrier having a plurality of slots capable of accommodating a plurality of substrates is mounted; a transfer part configured to load and unload the substrates to and from the plurality of slots based on a reference accommodation position set in the mounting part; a detection part configured to detect a position of each of the plurality of substrates accommodated in the plurality of slots; and a correction part configured to correct the reference accommodation position based on port accumulation information in which detection results obtained by the detection part from a plurality of carriers which has been mounted on the mounting part in the past are accumulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Go Ayabe
  • Patent number: 11282719
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus 10 includes processing units 16 each configured to process a wafer W; tanks 102 and 202 each configured to store a processing liquid; processing liquid supply units 103 and 203 each configured to supply the processing liquid into the processing unit 16; drain units 110 and 210 each configured to drain the processing liquid; supplement units 112 and 212 each configured to supplement the tanks 102 and 202 with the processing liquids; and a control unit 18. The control unit 18 is configured to perform a process job by controlling the processing liquid supply units 103 and 203 and the processing unit 16 and perform, when predetermined liquid exchange conditions are met during the performing of the process job, a liquid exchange processing in parallel with the process job by controlling the drain units 110 and 210 and the supplement units 112 and 212.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Kouji Takuma, Ryo Manabe, Jong Won Yun
  • Publication number: 20200373179
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a mounting part on which a carrier having a plurality of slots capable of accommodating a plurality of substrates is mounted; a transfer part configured to load and unload the substrates to and from the plurality of slots based on a reference accommodation position set in the mounting part; a detection part configured to detect a position of each of the plurality of substrates accommodated in the plurality of slots; and a correction part configured to correct the reference accommodation position based on port accumulation information in which detection results obtained by the detection part from a plurality of carriers which has been mounted on the mounting part in the past are accumulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Go AYABE
  • Patent number: 10668494
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a holding unit, a nozzle, a driving unit, and a controller. The holding unit holds a substrate. The nozzle supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held on the holding unit. The driving unit moves the nozzle. The controller controls the driving unit, so as to move the nozzle while supplying the processing liquid to the substrate from the nozzle. Further, the controller controls the driving unit based on recipe information including step information including positions of first and second points above the substrate, total time for moving the nozzle between the first and second points, and a moving speed of the nozzle, so as to cause reciprocation of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Minoru Tashiro, Kunihiko Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20190304811
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus 10 includes processing units 16 each configured to process a wafer W; tanks 102 and 202 each configured to store a processing liquid; processing liquid supply units 103 and 203 each configured to supply the processing liquid into the processing unit 16; drain units 110 and 210 each configured to drain the processing liquid; supplement units 112 and 212 each configured to supplement the tanks 102 and 202 with the processing liquids; and a control unit 18. The control unit 18 is configured to perform a process job by controlling the processing liquid supply units 103 and 203 and the processing unit 16 and perform, when predetermined liquid exchange conditions are met during the performing of the process job, a liquid exchange processing in parallel with the process job by controlling the drain units 110 and 210 and the supplement units 112 and 212.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Kouji Takuma, Ryo Manabe, Jong Won Yun
  • Patent number: 10046372
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a plurality of liquid processing units, a plurality of individual exhaust paths, a common exhaust path, a first outside air intake section, a first regulation valve, a second outside air intake section, and a second regulation valve. The liquid processing units perform a liquid processing on a processing target object. An exhaust gas from an inside of the liquid processing unit flows in the individual exhaust paths. The exhaust gas from the individual exhaust paths flows in the common exhaust path. The first outside air intake section is formed at the most upstream side to introduce outside air. The first regulation valve is provided in the first outside air intake section. The second outside air intake section is formed at a downstream side of the common exhaust path from the connection. The second regulation valve is provided in the second outside air intake section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazuya Goda, Yoshifumi Amano, Nobuya Yamamoto, Go Ayabe
  • Patent number: 10043692
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing device, a substrate accommodation-status detection device, a substrate-transport device including a first substrate-transport sub-device which unloads substrates from a carrier and a second substrate-transport sub-device which unloads the substrates from the carrier, a control device including processing circuitry which controls the first and second substrate-transport sub-devices based on detection result of the substrate accommodation-status detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Kouji Takuma
  • Publication number: 20180085769
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a holding unit, a nozzle, a driving unit, and a controller. The holding unit holds a substrate. The nozzle supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held on the holding unit. The driving unit moves the nozzle. The controller controls the driving unit, so as to move the nozzle while supplying the processing liquid to the substrate from the nozzle. Further, the controller controls the driving unit based on recipe information including step information including positions of first and second points above the substrate, total time for moving the nozzle between the first and second points, and a moving speed of the nozzle, so as to cause reciprocation of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Minoru Tashiro, Kunihiko Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20170062251
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing device, a substrate accommodation-status detection device, a substrate-transport device including a first substrate-transport sub-device which unloads substrates from a carrier and a second substrate-transport sub-device which unloads the substrates from the carrier, a control device including processing circuitry which controls the first and second sub strate-transport sub-devices based on detection result of the substrate accommodation-status detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Go AYABE, Kouji TAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20170028450
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a plurality of liquid processing units, a plurality of individual exhaust paths, a common exhaust path, a first outside air intake section, a first regulation valve, a second outside air intake section, and a second regulation valve. The liquid processing units perform a liquid processing on a processing target object. An exhaust gas from an inside of the liquid processing unit flows in the individual exhaust paths. The exhaust gas from the individual exhaust paths flows in the common exhaust path. The first outside air intake section is formed at the most upstream side to introduce outside air. The first regulation valve is provided in the first outside air intake section. The second outside air intake section is formed at a downstream side of the common exhaust path from the connection. The second regulation valve is provided in the second outside air intake section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuya Goda, Yoshifumi Amano, Nobuya Yamamoto, Go Ayabe