Patents by Inventor Hidehito Azumano

Hidehito Azumano 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: 11437224
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber configured to maintain an atmosphere depressurized below atmospheric pressure, a gas supply part configured to supply a gas into the chamber, a placement part provided inside the chamber, and configured to place a processed product, a depressurization part configured to depressurize inside the chamber, a window provided in the chamber, and facing the placement part, a plasma generator provided outside the chamber and on a surface of the window on an opposite side to the placement part, and configured to generate plasma inside the chamber, an optical path changing part provided inside the window and having a surface tilted to a central axis of the chamber, and a detection part provided on a side surface side of the window, and facing the surface of the optical path changing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidehito Azumano
  • Patent number: 11387082
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber being possible to maintain an atmosphere more depressurized than atmospheric pressure, a plasma generator generating a plasma inside the chamber, a gas supplier supplying a gas into the chamber, a placement part positioned below a plasma generation region and placing a processed product thereon, a depressurization part depressurizing the chamber, and a power supply electrically connected to an electrode provided on the placement part via a bus bar. The bus bar is formed of an alloy of copper and gold. Gold is more included than copper on a surface side of the bus bar. The bus bar includes a first layer formed of copper and a second layer covering the first layer and formed of an alloy of copper and gold. Gold is more included than copper on a surface side of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidehito Azumano
  • Patent number: 11387083
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a plasma generator, a gas supplier supplying, a placement part, a depressurization part, and a supporting part. The supporting part includes a mounting part positioned below the placement part and provided with the placement part, and a beam extending from a side surface of the chamber toward a center axis of the chamber. One end of the beam is connected to a side surface of the mounting part. The beam includes a space connected to an outside space of the chamber. A following formula is satisfied, t1>t2, when a thickness of a side portion on the placement part side of side portions of the beam is taken as t1, a thickness of a side portion on an opposite side of the placement part side of the beam is taken as t2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidehito Azumano
  • Publication number: 20210074530
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber configured to maintain an atmosphere depressurized below atmospheric pressure, a gas supply part configured to supply a gas into the chamber, a placement part provided inside the chamber, and configured to place a processed product, a depressurization part configured to depressurize inside the chamber, a window provided in the chamber, and facing the placement part, a plasma generator provided outside the chamber and on a surface of the window on an opposite side to the placement part, and configured to generate plasma inside the chamber, an optical path changing part provided inside the window and having a surface tilted to a central axis of the chamber, and a detection part provided on a side surface side of the window, and facing the surface of the optical path changing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Hidehito Azumano
  • Publication number: 20200105507
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a plasma generator, a gas supplier supplying, a placement part, a depressurization part, and a supporting part. The supporting part includes a mounting part positioned below the placement part and provided with the placement part, and a beam extending from a side surface of the chamber toward a center axis of the chamber. One end of the beam is connected to a side surface of the mounting part. The beam includes a space connected to an outside space of the chamber. A following formula is satisfied, t1>t2, when a thickness of a side portion on the placement part side of side portions of the beam is taken as t1, a thickness of a side portion on an opposite side of the placement part side of the beam is taken as t2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hidehito Azumano
  • Publication number: 20200105506
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber being possible to maintain an atmosphere more depressurized than atmospheric pressure, a plasma generator generating a plasma inside the chamber, a gas supplier supplying a gas into the chamber, a placement part positioned below a plasma generation region and placing a processed product thereon, a depressurization part depressurizing the chamber, and a power supply electrically connected to an electrode provided on the placement part via a bus bar. The bus bar is formed of an alloy of copper and gold. Gold is more included than copper on a surface side of the bus bar. The bus bar includes a first layer formed of copper and a second layer covering the first layer and formed of an alloy of copper and gold. Gold is more included than copper on a surface side of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hidehito Azumano
  • Patent number: 10111313
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a decompression section configured to decompress inside of the processing chamber; a member including a control section to be inserted into a depression provided on mounting side of a workpiece, the control section being configured to thereby control at least one of in-plane distribution of capacitance of a region including the workpiece and in-plane distribution of temperature of the workpiece; a mounting section provided inside the processing chamber; a plasma generating section configured to supply electromagnetic energy to a region for generating a plasma for performing plasma processing on the workpiece; and a gas supply section configured to supply a process gas to the region for generating a plasma. The control section performs control so that at least one of the in-plane distribution of capacitance and the in-plane distribution of temperature is made uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeharu Motokawa, Tokuhisa Ooiwa, Kensuke Demura, Tomoaki Yoshimori, Makoto Karyu, Yoshihisa Kase, Hidehito Azumano
  • Publication number: 20150090296
    Abstract: A substrate processing device 100 includes a solvent replacing unit (organic solvent supply unit 15 and solvent supply unit 34) replacing a cleaning liquid with a volatile solvent of a low concentration, and thereafter further performing replacement with a volatile solvent of a high concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji NAGASHIMA, Jun MATSUSHITA, Konosuke HAYASHI, Kunihiro MIYAZAKI, Masaaki FURUYA, Hidehito AZUMANO, Toyoyasu TAUCHI
  • Patent number: 8834674
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma etching apparatus includes an electrode to which a high-frequency voltage is applied, having an upper surface along which a processing target substrate is to be placed, and having an inclined side, and an electrode cover provided along the side of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takeharu Motokawa, Hidehito Azumano
  • Publication number: 20130256270
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a decompression section configured to decompress inside of the processing chamber; a member including a control section to be inserted into a depression provided on mounting side of a workpiece, the control section being configured to thereby control at least one of in-plane distribution of capacitance of a region including the workpiece and in-plane distribution of temperature of the workpiece; a mounting section provided inside the processing chamber; a plasma generating section configured to supply electromagnetic energy to a region for generating a plasma for performing plasma processing on the workpiece; and a gas supply section configured to supply a process gas to the region for generating a plasma. The control section performs control so that at least one of the in-plane distribution of capacitance and the in-plane distribution of temperature is made uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeharu MOTOKAWA, Tokuhisa OOIWA, Kensuke DEMURA, Tomoaki YOSHIMORI, Makoto KARYU, Yoshihisa KASE, Hidehito AZUMANO
  • Patent number: 8434993
    Abstract: A robot apparatus according to the invention is configured to hand over a workpiece by rotating by a prescribed angle a finger including a holding means for holding the workpiece. The robot apparatus includes: a drive shaft including a first finger and a second finger spaced from each other. The first finger includes a first arm portion and a second arm portion extending from its rotation center with a prescribed angle therebetween so as to be distanced from each other. The second finger includes a third arm portion and a fourth arm portion extending from its rotation center with a prescribed angle therebetween so as to be distanced from each other. The second arm portion and the fourth arm portion are distanced from each other when the first arm portion and the third arm portion overlap in the axial direction of the drive shaft. The robot apparatus can further improve productivity without incurring size increase and high cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Shibaura-Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehito Azumano, Masahiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20100300623
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma etching apparatus includes an electrode to which a high-frequency voltage is applied, having an upper surface along which a processing target substrate is to be placed, and having an inclined side, and an electrode cover provided along the side of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Takeharu Motokawa, Hidehito Azumano
  • Publication number: 20100048035
    Abstract: A robot apparatus according to the invention is configured to hand over a workpiece by rotating by a prescribed angle a finger including a holding means for holding the workpiece. The robot apparatus includes: a drive shaft including a first finger and a second finger spaced from each other. The first finger includes a first arm portion and a second arm portion extending from its rotation center with a prescribed angle therebetween so as to be distanced from each other. The second finger includes a third arm portion and a fourth arm portion extending from its rotation center with a prescribed angle therebetween so as to be distanced from each other. The second arm portion and the fourth arm portion are distanced from each other when the first arm portion and the third arm portion overlap in the axial direction of the drive shaft. The robot apparatus can further improve productivity without incurring size increase and high cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehito Azumano, Masahiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 6045315
    Abstract: A robot apparatus has a rotatable arm member. A stationary pulley is arranged in the center of the arm member, while a pair of rotatable pulleys are arranged at the respective ends of the arm member. A pair of fingers, used for conveying a work, are attached to the respective rotatable pulleys. A driving force transmission member is engaged with the stationary pulley and the rotatable pulleys. When the arm member is rotated, the driving force transmitting means rotates the rotatable pulleys in accordance with the outer diameter ratio of the stationary pulley to the rotatable pulleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignees: Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidehito Azumano, Atsushi Kinase, Kimio Kogure, Hisataka Komatsu