Patents by Inventor Hidetomo Uemukai

Hidetomo Uemukai 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: 10067514
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a mixing tank, a first opening/closing valve, a second opening/closing valve, a first flow rate measuring unit, a second flow rate measuring unit, a control unit, and a substrate processing unit. A first liquid and a second liquid are mixed such that the second liquid is mixed in an amount more than that of the first liquid. The first and second opening/closing valves open/close a first flow path and a second flow path, respectively. The first and second flow rate measuring units measure flow rates of the first and second liquids flowing through the first and second flow paths, respectively. The control unit controls opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve. The substrate processing unit processes a substrate by supplying a mixed liquid of the first and second liquids to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasuo Kiyohara, Ikuo Sunaka, Koji Tanaka, Takami Satoh, Kazuyoshi Mizumoto, Takashi Uno, Hirotaka Maruyama, Hidetomo Uemukai, Tomiyasu Maezono
  • Publication number: 20150146498
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a mixing tank, a first opening/closing valve, a second opening/closing valve, a first flow rate measuring unit, a second flow rate measuring unit, a control unit, and a substrate processing unit. A first liquid and a second liquid are mixed such that the second liquid is mixed in an amount more than that of the first liquid. The first and second opening/closing valves open/close a first flow path and a second flow path, respectively. The first and second flow rate measuring units measure flow rates of the first and second liquids flowing through the first and second flow paths, respectively. The control unit controls opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve. The substrate processing unit processes a substrate by supplying a mixed liquid of the first and second liquids to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuo Kiyohara, Ikuo Sunaka, Koji Tanaka, Takami Satoh, Kazuyoshi Mizumoto, Takashi Uno, Hirotaka Maruyama, Hidetomo Uemukai, Tomiyasu Maezono
  • Publication number: 20120164339
    Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate liquid processing apparatus and a substrate liquid processing method that performs a water-repelling process for a substrate with a water-repellent liquid, and a computer readable recording medium having a substrate liquid processing program. A first diluted water-repellent liquid is generated by mixing a first diluting liquid capable of diluting the water-repellent liquid without hydrolysis and the water-repellent liquid in a mixing tank, and a water-repelling process is performed for a substrate with the first diluted water-repellent liquid. A second diluting liquid capable of diluting the water-repellent liquid is supplied to a middle portion of a first supply path supplying the first diluted water-repellent liquid from the mixing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Mitsunori NAKAMORI, Hidetomo Uemukai, Takayuki Toshima
  • Patent number: 7451515
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a processing system for applying a cleaning processing to a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer which includes a cleaning processing section including a plurality of process units each serving to apply a predetermined treatment to a wafer and a loading/unloading section 2 The cleaning processing section includes four scrub cleaning units consisting of two scrub cleaning units arranged side by side and two additional cleaning units stacked on the two scrub cleaning units arranged side by side, respectively, so as to form upper and lower stages of the scrub cleaning units, a wafer inversion unit for turning the wafer upside down, a wafer transit unit having the wafer disposed thereon temporarily for performing the transfer of the wafer to and from the transfer section, and a main wafer transfer mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hidetomo Uemukai, Akira Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20050022325
    Abstract: A cleaning processing system for applying a cleaning processing to a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer comprises a cleaning processing section including a plurality of process units each serving to apply a predetermined treatment to a wafer W and a loading/unloading section 2 for loading and unloading the wafer W into and out of the cleaning processing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hidetomo Uemukai, Akira Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20020059686
    Abstract: A cleaning processing system for applying a cleaning processing to a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer comprises a cleaning processing section including a plurality of process units each serving to apply a predetermined treatment to a wafer W and a loading/unloading section 2 for loading and unloading the wafer W into and out of the cleaning processing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Hidetomo Uemukai, Akira Ishihara