Patents by Inventor Hironobu Miya

Hironobu Miya 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: 8641829
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing system, including: a processing chamber to process a substrate; a vaporizing unit to vaporize a material of liquid; a supply system to supply the processing chamber with gas of the material vaporized by the vaporizing unit; an exhaust system to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a cleaning liquid supply system to supply the vaporizing unit with cleaning liquid for cleaning a product deposited in the vaporizing unit, wherein the cleaning liquid supply system supplies at least two kinds of cleaning liquids into the vaporizing unit so that the product can be removed from the vaporizing unit by action of the two kinds of cleaning liquids on the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Horita, Kazuhiro Hirahara, Hironobu Miya, Atsuhiko Suda, Hirohisa Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130298947
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing system, including: a processing chamber to process a substrate; a vaporizing unit to vaporize a material of liquid; a supply system to supply the processing chamber with gas of the material vaporized by the vaporizing unit; an exhaust system to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a cleaning liquid supply system to supply the vaporizing unit with cleaning liquid for cleaning a product deposited in the vaporizing unit, wherein the cleaning liquid supply system supplies at least two kinds of cleaning liquids into the vaporizing unit so that the product can be removed from the vaporizing unit by action of the two kinds of cleaning liquids on the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoki HORITA, Kazuhiro Hirahara, Hironobu Miya, Atsuhiko Suda, Hirohisa Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8506714
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing system, including: a processing chamber to process a substrate; a vaporizing unit to vaporize a material of liquid; a supply system to supply the processing chamber with gas of the material vaporized by the vaporizing unit; an exhaust system to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a cleaning liquid supply system to supply the vaporizing unit with cleaning liquid for cleaning a product deposited in the vaporizing unit, wherein the cleaning liquid supply system supplies at least two kinds of cleaning liquids into the vaporizing unit so that the product can be removed from the vaporizing unit by action of the two kinds of cleaning liquids on the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Horita, Kazuhiro Hirahara, Hironobu Miya, Atsuhiko Suda, Hirohisa Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8481434
    Abstract: To remove the deposit including a high dielectric constant film deposited on an inside of a processing chamber, by using a cleaning gas activated only by heat. The method includes the steps of: loading a substrate or a plurality of substrates into the processing chamber; performing processing to deposit the high dielectric constant film on the substrate by supplying processing gas into the processing chamber; unloading the processed substrate from the inside of the processing chamber; and cleaning the inside of the processing chamber by supplying a halide gas and an oxygen based gas into the processing chamber, and removing the deposit including the high dielectric constant film deposited on the inside of the processing chamber, and in the step of cleaning the inside of the processing chamber, the concentration of the oxygen based gas in the halide gas and the oxygen based gas is set to be less than 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Eisuke Nishitani, Yuji Takebayashi, Masanori Sakai, Hirohisa Yamazaki, Toshinori Shibata, Minoru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120258566
    Abstract: There is provide a substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a processing chamber configured to house a plurality of substrates with a laminated film formed thereon which is composed of any one of copper-indium, copper-gallium, or copper-indium-gallium; a gas supply tube configured to introduce elemental selenium-containing gas or elemental sulfur-containing gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust tube configured to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a heating section provided so as to surround the reaction tube, wherein a base of the reaction tube is made of a metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Eisuke NISHITANI, Yasuo KUNII, Kazuyuki TOYODA, Hironobu MIYA
  • Patent number: 8227346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device comprising a first step of supplying a first reactant to a substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction between a ligand of the first reactant and a ligand as a reactive site existing on a surface of the substrate, a second step of removing a surplus of the first reactant, a third step of supplying a second reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to change the ligand after the exchange in the first step into a reactive site, a fourth step of removing a surplus of the second reactant, and a fifth step of supplying a plasma-excited third reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to exchange a ligand which has not been exchange-reacted into the reactive site in the third step into the reactive site, wherein the first to fifth steps are repeated predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Norikazu Mizuno, Taketoshi Sato, Masanori Sakai, Masayuki Asai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Publication number: 20120077350
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device comprising a first step of supplying a first reactant to a substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction between a ligand of the first reactant and a ligand as a reactive site existing on a surface of the substrate, a second step of removing a surplus of the first reactant, a third step of supplying a second reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to change the ligand after the exchange in the first step into a reactive site, a fourth step of removing a surplus of the second reactant, and a fifth step of supplying a plasma-excited third reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to exchange a ligand which has not been exchange-reacted into the reactive site in the third step into the reactive site, wherein the first to fifth steps are repeated predetermined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Hironobu MIYA, Kazuyuki TOYODA, Norikazu Mizuno, Taketoshi Sato, Masanori Sakai, Masayuki Asai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Publication number: 20120034790
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device comprising a first step of supplying a first reactant to a substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction between a ligand of the first reactant and a ligand as a reactive site existing on a surface of the substrate, a second step of removing a surplus of the first reactant, a third step of supplying a second reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to change the ligand after the exchange in the first step into a reactive site, a fourth step of removing a surplus of the second reactant, and a fifth step of supplying a plasma-excited third reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to exchange a ligand which has not been exchange-reacted into the reactive site in the third step into the reactive site, wherein the first to fifth steps are repeated predetermined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Norikazu Mizuno, Taketoshi Sato, Masanori Sakai, Masayuki Asai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Patent number: 8105957
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device comprising a first step of supplying a first reactant to a substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction between a ligand of the first reactant and a ligand as a reactive site existing on a surface of the substrate, a second step of removing a surplus of the first reactant, a third step of supplying a second reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to change the ligand after the exchange in the first step into a reactive site, a fourth step of removing a surplus of the second reactant, and a fifth step of supplying a plasma-excited third reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to exchange a ligand which has not been exchange-reacted into the reactive site in the third step into the reactive site, wherein the first to fifth steps are repeated predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Taketoshi Sato, Masayuki Asai, Norikazu Mizuno, Masanori Sakai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Patent number: 8058184
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device, including: loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a tungsten film into a processing chamber; and forming a silicon oxide film on the surface of the substrate which includes the tungsten film by alternately repeating following steps a plurality of times: supplying the processing chamber with a first reaction material including a silicon atom while heating the substrate at 400° C.; and supplying the processing chamber with hydrogen and water which is a second reaction material while heating the substrate at 400° C. at a ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen of 2×10?1 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Masayuki Asai, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8039404
    Abstract: A production method for a semiconductor device comprising the first step of supplying a first reaction material to a substrate housed in a processing chamber to subject to a ligand substitution reaction a ligand as a reaction site existing on the surface of the substrate and the ligand of the first reaction material, the second step of removing the excessive first reaction material from the processing chamber, the third step of supplying a second reaction material to the substrate to subject a ligand substituted by the first step to a ligand substitution reaction with respect to a reaction site, the fourth step of removing the excessive second reaction material from the processing chamber, and a fifth step of supplying a third reaction material excited by plasma to the substrate to subject a ligand, not subjected to a substitution reaction with respect to a reaction site in the third step, to a ligand substitution reaction with respect to a reaction site, wherein the steps 1-5 are repeated a specified number
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Norikazu Mizuno, Taketoshi Sato, Masanori Sakai, Masayuki Asai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Patent number: 7981815
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method or a semiconductor device including: loading at least one substrate into a processing chamber; forming a metal oxide film or a silicon oxide film on a surface of the substrate by repeatedly supplying a metal compound or a silicon compound, each of which is a first material, an oxide material which is a second material including an oxygen atom, and a hydride material which is a third material, into the processing chamber predetermined times; and unloading the substrate from the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuhiro Hirahara, Yoshitaka Hamada, Atsuhiko Suda
  • Publication number: 20110045675
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus, comprising a processing chamber, a holder to hold at least a plurality of product substrates, a heating member, a supplying member to alternately supply at least a first reactant and a second reactant, and a control unit, wherein the control unit executes forming thin films on the substrates by supplying the first reactant, removing a surplus of the first reactant after the first reactant has been adsorbed on the product substrates, subsequently supplying the second reactant, to cause the second reactant to react with the first reactant adsorbed on the substrates, and executes the forming the thin films in a state where a number of the product substrates is insufficient when a number of the product substrates is less than a maximum number of the product substrates which can be held by the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Hironobu MIYA, Taketoshi Sato, Norikazu Mizuno, Masanori Sakai, Takaaki Noda
  • Patent number: 7892983
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus, comprising a processing chamber, a holder to hold at least a plurality of product substrates, a heating member, a supplying member to alternately supply at least a first reactant and a second reactant, and a control unit, wherein the control unit executes forming thin films on the substrates by supplying the first reactant, removing a surplus of the first reactant after the first reactant has been adsorbed on the product substrates, subsequently supplying the second reactant, to cause the second reactant to react with the first reactant adsorbed on the substrates, and executes the forming the thin films in a state where a number of the product substrates is insufficient when a number of the product substrates is less than a maximum number of the product substrates which can be held by the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Taketoshi Sato, Norikazu Mizuno, Masanori Sakai, Takaaki Noda
  • Publication number: 20100233887
    Abstract: A production method for a semiconductor device comprising the first step of supplying a first reaction material to a substrate housed in a processing chamber to subject to a ligand substitution reaction a ligand as a reaction site existing on the surface of the substrate and the ligand of the first reaction material, the second step of removing the excessive first reaction material from the processing chamber, the third step of supplying a second reaction material to the substrate to subject a ligand substituted by the first step to a ligand substitution reaction with respect to a reaction site, the fourth step of removing the excessive second reaction material from the processing chamber, and a fifth step of supplying a third reaction material excited by plasma to the substrate to subject a ligand, not subjected to a substitution reaction with respect to a reaction site in the third step, to a ligand substitution reaction with respect to a reaction site, wherein the steps 1-5 are repeated a specified number
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Norikazu Mizuno, Taketoshi Sato, Masanori Sakai, Masayuki Asai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Patent number: 7779785
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device comprising a first step of supplying a first reactant to a substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction between a ligand of the first reactant and a ligand as a reactive site existing on a surface of the substrate, a second step of removing a surplus of the first reactant, a third step of supplying a second reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to change the ligand after the exchange in the first step into a reactive site, a fourth step of removing a surplus of the second reactant, and a fifth step of supplying a plasma-excited third reactant to the substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction to exchange a ligand which has not been exchange-reacted into the reactive site in the third step into the reactive site, wherein the first to fifth steps are repeated predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Norikazu Mizuno, Taketoshi Sato, Masanori Sakai, Masayuki Asai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Hideki Horita
  • Patent number: 7767594
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device, including: loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a tungsten film into a processing chamber; and forming a silicon oxide film on the surface of the substrate which includes the tungsten film by alternately repeating following steps a plurality of times: supplying the processing chamber with a first reaction material including a silicon atom while heating the substrate at 400° C.; and supplying the processing chamber with hydrogen and water which is a second reaction material while heating the substrate at 400° C. at a ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen of 2×10?1 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Masayuki Asai, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20100186774
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning method for removing a film adhered inside a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus used for forming a desired film on a substrate by supplying a material gas for film formation. The method is provided with a step of supplying a halogen containing gas into the processing chamber, and a step of supplying a fluorine containing gas into the processing chamber while supplying the halogen containing gas, after starting to supply the halogen containing gas. In the step of supplying the fluorine containing gas, a supply flow volume ratio of the halogen containing gas to the entire gas supplied into the processing chamber is within a range of 20-25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Yuji Takebayashi, Masanori Sakai, Shinya Sasaki, Hirohisa Yamazaki, Atsuhiko Suda, Takashi Tanioka
  • Publication number: 20100173501
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device, including: loading at least one substrate formed on a surface thereof with a tungsten film into a processing chamber; and forming a silicon oxide film on the surface of the substrate which includes the tungsten film by alternately repeating following steps a plurality of times: supplying the processing chamber with a first reaction material including a silicon atom while heating the substrate at 400° C.; and supplying the processing chamber with hydrogen and water which is a second reaction material while heating the substrate at 400° C. at a ratio of the water with respect to the hydrogen of 2×10?1 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Masayuki Asai, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20100087069
    Abstract: The coverage characteristics or loading effect of an oxide film can be improved without having to increase the supply amount or time of an oxidant. There is provided method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method comprises loading at least one substrate to a processing chamber; forming an oxide film on the substrate by alternately supplying a first reaction material and a second reaction material containing oxygen atoms to the processing chamber while heating the substrate; and unloading the substrate from the processing chamber, wherein the forming of the oxide film is performed by keeping the substrate at a temperature equal to or lower than a self-decomposition temperature of the first reaction material and irradiating ultraviolet light to the second reaction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Hironobu MIYA, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Masanori Sakai, Norikazu Mizuno, Tsutomu Kato, Yuji Takebayashi, Kenji Ono, Atsushi Morikawa, Satoshi Okada