Patents by Inventor Hee Man AHN

Hee Man AHN 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).

  • Publication number: 20240385524
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for treating a substrate, and more particularly, an apparatus and a method for heat treating a substrate. The apparatus includes: a heating unit provided in the inner space, and providing a treatment space in which a heating process of the substrate is performed; a transfer plate positioned within the inner space, and movable between an inner position for loading the substrate into the treatment space or for unloading the substrate from the treatment space and an outer position provided outside the heating unit; and a gas injection unit positioned within the inner space, and for injecting atmosphere gas toward the substrate at the outer position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Man AHN, Gyeong Won SONG, Jae Seung YU, Sol AN, Sung Hun EOM
  • Patent number: 12140868
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes substrate treating apparatus comprising: a treating container having an inner space; a support unit configured to support and rotate a substrate within the inner space; an exhaust duct configured to exhaust the inner space; and at least one guide member combined with the treating container and configured to guide an airflow within the inner space, and wherein the at least one guide member is arranged such that the airflow within the inner space obliquely flows with respect to a rotation direction of the substrate supported by the support unit when seen from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Wook Jung, Ki Sang Eum, Jin Ho Choi, Byoung Doo Choi, Hee Man Ahn
  • Publication number: 20240231246
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a support plate that supports a substrate and is provided with a heater member for heating the substrate; and a cooling unit for forcedly cooling the support plate, wherein the cooling unit includes: a cooling housing to provide a cooling space; a plurality of gas feed nozzles that is arranged in the cooling housing and supplies cooling gas toward the heater member; and a plurality of gas feed lines that is directly connected to the gas feed nozzles and supplies the cooling gas transferred from the outside to the gas feed nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhee CHO, Hee Man AHN, Gyeong Won SONG, Jumi LEE, Chun Woo PARK, Byung Hwi KIM
  • Publication number: 20240222165
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus which is cool a support plate having a heater faster than a conventional substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a housing providing a treating space therein; and a support unit configured to support a substrate at the treating space. The support unit includes a heater member provided at the support plate to heat the substrate and a cooling unit configured to cool the heater member. The cooling unit includes a first gas supply nozzle positioned under an edge of the heater member for supplying a cooling gas to a center direction of a bottom surface of the heater member and a second gas supply nozzle positioned under a center of the heater member for supplying the cooling gas in an edge direction of the bottom surface of the heater member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Man AHN, Gyeong Won SONG, Min Hee CHO, Ju Mi LEE, Byung Hwi KIM, Chun Woo PARK
  • Publication number: 20240213059
    Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate processing apparatus and method in which in a heat-treatment process such as a baking process, a surrounding humidity environment may be precisely controlled based on photoresist for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) applied on the substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a housing having a treatment space defined therein; a support unit for supporting, thereon, a substrate received in the treatment space; and a gas supply unit configured to alternately supply a first gas and a second gas into the treatment space in response to photoresist (PR) for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) applied onto the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Man AHN, Sung Hun EOM, Gyeong Won SONG, Jae Seung YU
  • Publication number: 20240134292
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a support plate that supports a substrate and is provided with a heater member for heating the substrate; and a cooling unit for forcedly cooling the support plate, wherein the cooling unit includes: a cooling housing to provide a cooling space; a plurality of gas feed nozzles that is arranged in the cooling housing and supplies cooling gas toward the heater member; and a plurality of gas feed lines that is directly connected to the gas feed nozzles and supplies the cooling gas transferred from the outside to the gas feed nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhee CHO, Hee Man AHN, Gyeong Won SONG, Jumi LEE, Chun Woo PARK, Byung Hwi KIM
  • Publication number: 20230408200
    Abstract: The substrate processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a hot plate for heating a substrate; and a cooling unit for cooling the hot plate; wherein the cooling unit includes a support plate having a space formed between the support plate and the hot plate, and a plurality of nozzles installed on the support plate and for supplying cooling gas to a bottom surface of the hot plate, wherein an outdoor air inlet passage provided in a through structure is provide in the support plate, wherein a portion of the outdoor air inlet passage forms a first region, through which a cable passes, and the remaining portion forms a second region, through which the cable does not pass and outdoor air introduces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ju Mi LEE, Gyeong Won SONG, Min Hee CHO, Byung Hwi KIM, Chun Woo PARK, Hee Man AHN
  • Publication number: 20230408925
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes substrate treating apparatus comprising: a treating container having an inner space; a support unit configured to support and rotate a substrate within the inner space; an exhaust duct configured to exhaust the inner space; and at least one guide member combined with the treating container and configured to guide an airflow within the inner space, and wherein the at least one guide member is arranged such that the airflow within the inner space obliquely flows with respect to a rotation direction of the substrate supported by the support unit when seen from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: SUN WOOK JUNG, KI SANG EUM, JIN HO CHOI, BYOUNG DOO CHOI, HEE MAN AHN
  • Publication number: 20230014205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate treating apparatus, including: a treatment container having a treatment space therein; a support unit for supporting and rotating the substrate in the treatment space; and a liquid supply unit for supplying a liquid onto the substrate, in which wherein the support unit includes: a body on which the substrate is seated; and a support shaft coupled to the body, and an upper surface of the body is provided with a central portion including a center of the body and an edge portion surrounding the central portion, and a vacuum hole is formed in the central portion, and a groove is formed in the edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Sul KIM, Hee Man AHN
  • Publication number: 20220205090
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate includes a first processing unit configured to have a first processing container having a first inner space and a first support unit supporting and rotating the substrate in the first inner space; a second processing unit configured to have a second processing container having a second inner space and a second support unit supporting and rotating the substrate in the second inner space; an exhaust unit configured to exhaust the first and the second inner space; a first exhaust pipe configured to have a first exhaust port for introducing atmosphere of the first inner space and exhaust the atmosphere introduced through the first exhaust port to the integrated duct; and a second exhaust pipe configured to have a second exhaust port for introducing atmosphere of the second inner space and exhaust the atmosphere introduced through the second exhaust port to the integrated duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Ju Won KIM, Yang Yeol RYU, Hee Man AHN, Jun Ho SEO, Dong Woon PARK, Sang Pil YOON
  • Publication number: 20220163891
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a treating vessel having an inner space, a support unit that supports and rotates the substrate in the inner space, and an exhaust unit that releases an air flow in the inner space. The exhaust unit includes an air-flow guide duct into which the air flow is introduced in a tangential direction with respect to a rotating direction of the substrate supported on the support unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Sang EUM, Jin Ho CHOI, Sun Wook JUNG, Byoung Doo CHOI, Hee Man AHN, Si Eun KIM