Patents by Inventor Hironori Kugimoto
Hironori Kugimoto 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).
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Patent number: 11848223Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: a mounting table provided with amounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted; an annular focus ring; and a cooling element for cooling the focus ring, in which the mounting table has a holding portion provided to surround the mounting surface, and the holding portion includes an annular groove surrounding the mounting surface, and a through-hole that is open on a bottom surface of the groove, wherein a tubular insulator has been inserted into the through-hole, the holding portion has upper surfaces, which are located on both sides of the groove in a width direction, as holding surfaces that are in contact with the focus ring and hold the focus ring, wherein the holding surface satisfies the following conditions (i) to (iii); (i) surface roughness is 0.05 ?m or less, (ii) a flatness is 20 ?m or less, and (iii) the holding surface does not have a recess having a depth of 1.0 ?m or more and extending in a direction intersecting the holding surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hironori Kugimoto, Masaki Ozaki, Takeshi Watanabe, Kentaro Takahashi
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Patent number: 11842914Abstract: This composite sintered body is a ceramic composite sintered body which includes aluminum oxide which is a main phase, and silicon carbide which is a sub-phase, the composite sintered body including an interface layer which includes, as a forming material, a material other than the aluminum oxide and the silicon carbide, at an interface between a crystal grain of the aluminum oxide and a crystal grain of the silicon carbide in a grain boundary.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Hidaka, Hironori Kugimoto
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Patent number: 11837489Abstract: The electrostatic chuck device includes: a base having one main surface serving as a mounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted; and an electrode for electrostatic attraction provided on a side opposite to the mounting surface in the base or in an interior of the base, in which the electrode for electrostatic attraction is made of a composite sintered body that includes a matrix phase having insulation properties and a dispersed phase having a lower volume resistivity value than the matrix phase, in any cross section of the composite sintered body, a region of the dispersed phase, which is surrounded by the matrix phase and is independent, includes aggregated portions having a maximum Feret diameter of 30 ?m or more, and one or more of the aggregated portions are present in a range of 2500 ?m2 in any cross section of the sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hironori Kugimoto, Norito Morishita
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Patent number: 11784079Abstract: A composite sintered body, wherein the composite sintered body consists of ceramic composite sintered body, the ceramic composite sintered body comprises aluminum oxide as a main phase, and silicon carbide as a sub-phase, in which the composite sintered body has mullite in crystal grains of the aluminum oxide.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Hidaka, Hironori Kugimoto
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Publication number: 20230043148Abstract: A ceramic joined body (1) includes: a pair of ceramic plates (2,3) that include a conductive material; a conductive layer (4) and an insulating layer (5) that are interposed between the pair of ceramic plates (2, 3); and a pair of intermediate layers (6, 7) that are interposed between the pair of ceramic plates (2, 3) and the conductive layer (4) and are in contact with the pair of ceramic plates (2, 3) and the conductive layer (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Yukio MIURA, Jun ARIKAWA, Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 11551962Abstract: A ceramic substrate made of a dielectric material including silicon carbide particles, which is used as a forming material, in which the number of the silicon carbide particles per unit area on the surface of the substrate is smaller than the number of the silicon carbide particles per unit area in a cross section of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru Kosakai, Nobuhiro Hidaka, Naoto Kimura, Hironori Kugimoto
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Publication number: 20220388914Abstract: A ceramic joined body (1) includes: a pair of ceramic plates (2,3) that include a conductive material; and a conductive layer (4) and an insulating layer (5) that are interposed between the pair of ceramic plates (2, 3), a porosity at an interface between the pair of ceramic plates (2, 3) and the insulating layer (5) is 4% or less, and a ratio of an average primary particle diameter of an insulating material which forms the insulating layer (5) to an average primary particle diameter of an insulating material which forms the ceramic plates (2, 3) is more than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukio MIURA, Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Jun ARIKAWA, Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 11387132Abstract: Provided is a composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck, which is not easily broken even if it is exposed to high-power plasma. Further, provided are an electrostatic chuck device using such a composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck and a method of manufacturing a composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck. The composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck is a composite sintered body including an insulating ceramic and silicon carbide, in which crystal grains of the silicon carbide are dispersed in at least one selected from the group consisting of a crystal grain boundary and a crystal grain of a main phase formed by sintering crystal grains of the insulating ceramic.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yoshioka, Nobuhiro Hidaka, Hironori Kugimoto
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Patent number: 11107719Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: a base having one principal surface which is a placing surface on which a plate-shaped sample is placed, wherein the base is made from a sintered compact of ceramic particles, which include silicon carbide particles and aluminum oxide particles, as a forming material; and an electrostatic attraction electrode which is provided on a surface of the base on the side opposite to the placing surface of the base, or in the interior of the base, in which the volume resistivity value of the sintered compact is 0.5×1015 ?cm or more in the entire range from 24° C. to 300° C., a graph which shows the relationship of the volume resistivity value of the sintered compact to a temperature at which the volume resistivity value of the sintered compact is measured has a maximum value in the range from 24° C. to 300° C., and the amount of metal impurities in the sintered compact other than aluminum and silicon in the sintered compact is 100 ppm or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Hidaka, Hironori Kugimoto, Mamoru Kosakai
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Publication number: 20210074570Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: a mounting table provided with amounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted; an annular focus ring; and a cooling element for cooling the focus ring, in which the mounting table has a holding portion provided to surround the mounting surface, and the holding portion includes an annular groove surrounding the mounting surface, and a through-hole that is open on a bottom surface of the groove, wherein a tubular insulator has been inserted into the through-hole, the holding portion has upper surfaces, which are located on both sides of the groove in a width direction, as holding surfaces that are in contact with the focus ring and hold the focus ring, wherein the holding surface satisfies the following conditions (i) to (iii); (i) surface roughness is 0.05 ?m or less, (ii) a flatness is 20 ?m or less, and (iii) the holding surface does not have a recess having a depth of 1.0 ?m or more and extending in a direction intersecting the holding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Hironori KUGIMOTO, Masaki OZAKI, Takeshi WATANABE, Kentaro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210020489Abstract: The electrostatic chuck device includes: a base having one main surface serving as a mounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted; and an electrode for electrostatic attraction provided on a side opposite to the mounting surface in the base or in an interior of the base, in which the electrode for electrostatic attraction is made of a composite sintered body that includes a matrix phase having insulation properties and a dispersed phase having a lower volume resistivity value than the matrix phase, in any cross section of the composite sintered body, a region of the dispersed phase, which is surrounded by the matrix phase and is independent, includes aggregated portions having a maximum Feret diameter of 30 ?m or more, and one or more of the aggregated portions are present in a range of 2500 ?m2 in any cross section of the sintered body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hironori KUGIMOTO, Norito MORISHITA
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Publication number: 20210013081Abstract: A ceramic substrate made of a dielectric material including silicon carbide particles, which is used as a forming material, in which the number of the silicon carbide particles per unit area on the surface of the substrate is smaller than the number of the silicon carbide particles per unit area in a cross section of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru KOSAKAI, Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Naoto KIMURA, Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10861730Abstract: An object is to provide an electrostatic chuck device having high heat resistance, which can be used even under high-temperature environment. An electrostatic chuck device includes: an electrostatic chuck section having a placing surface for placing a plate-shaped sample on one main surface thereof and an electrode for electrostatic adsorption; a temperature-controlling base section which is provided on the other side of the electrostatic chuck section in relation to the placing surface to cool the electrostatic chuck section; a heater element which is provided in a form of a layer between the electrostatic chuck section and the temperature-controlling base section; and a first adhesive layer which is provided between the heater element and the electrostatic chuck section to adhere the heater element and the electrostatic chuck section to each other, in which the first adhesive layer is made of inorganic glass or an inorganic material having a partially crystallized glass structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori Kugimoto
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Publication number: 20200211884Abstract: A composite sintered body, wherein the composite sintered body consists of ceramic composite sintered body, the ceramic composite sintered body comprises aluminum oxide as a main phase, and silicon carbide as a sub-phase, in which the composite sintered body has mullite in crystal grains of the aluminum oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190385884Abstract: This composite sintered body is a ceramic composite sintered body which includes aluminum oxide which is a main phase, and silicon carbide which is a sub-phase, the composite sintered body including an interface layer which includes, as a forming material, a material other than the aluminum oxide and the silicon carbide, at an interface between a crystal grain of the aluminum oxide and a crystal grain of the silicon carbide in a grain boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10497599Abstract: Provided are a corrosion-resistant member; a member for an electrostatic chuck; and a process for producing the corrosion-resistant member. The corrosion-resistant member includes an oxide which includes samarium and aluminum and has a perovskite type structure. The member for an electrostatic chuck includes the corrosion-resistant member. The process for producing a corrosion-resistant member includes: mixing aluminum oxide powder and samarium oxide powder with a solvent to prepare a slurry including the aluminum oxide powder and the samarium oxide powder; drying the slurry to prepare a mixed powder including the aluminum powder and the samarium oxide powder, and molding the mixed powder to prepare a green body; and calcinating the green body to prepare a sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTDInventors: Megumi Ootomo, Kentaro Takahashi, Nobuhiro Hidaka, Hironori Kugimoto
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Publication number: 20190043746Abstract: Provided is a composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck, which is not easily broken even if it is exposed to high-power plasma. Further, provided are an electrostatic chuck device using such a composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck and a method of manufacturing a composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck. The composite sintered body for an electrostatic chuck is a composite sintered body including an insulating ceramic and silicon carbide, in which crystal grains of the silicon carbide are dispersed in at least one selected from the group consisting of a crystal grain boundary and a crystal grain of a main phase formed by sintering crystal grains of the insulating ceramic.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Yoshiki YOSHIOKA, Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190019713Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device includes: a base having one principal surface which is a placing surface on which a plate-shaped sample is placed, wherein the base is made from a sintered compact of ceramic particles, which include silicon carbide particles and aluminum oxide particles, as a forming material; and an electrostatic attraction electrode which is provided on a surface of the base on the side opposite to the placing surface of the base, or in the interior of the base, in which the volume resistivity value of the sintered compact is 0.5×1015 ?cm or more in the entire range from 24° C. to 300° C., a graph which shows the relationship of the volume resistivity value of the sintered compact to a temperature at which the volume resistivity value of the sintered compact is measured has a maximum value in the range from 24° C. to 300° C., and the amount of metal impurities in the sintered compact other than aluminum and silicon in the sintered compact is 100 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Hironori KUGIMOTO, Mamoru KOSAKAI
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Publication number: 20180053678Abstract: An object is to provide an electrostatic chuck device having high heat resistance, which can be used even under high-temperature environment. An electrostatic chuck device includes: an electrostatic chuck section having a placing surface for placing a plate-shaped sample on one main surface thereof and an electrode for electrostatic adsorption; a temperature-controlling base section which is provided on the other side of the electrostatic chuck section in relation to the placing surface to cool the electrostatic chuck section; a heater element which is provided in a form of a layer between the electrostatic chuck section and the temperature-controlling base section; and a first adhesive layer which is provided between the heater element and the electrostatic chuck section to adhere the heater element and the electrostatic chuck section to each other, in which the first adhesive layer is made of inorganic glass or an inorganic material having a partially crystallized glass structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironori KUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170294331Abstract: Provided are a corrosion-resistant member in which, in a case where the corrosion-resistant member is used as a member for an electrostatic chuck, an adsorption force of the electrostatic chuck can be made to be strong when an electric field is applied and a residual adsorption force of the electrostatic chuck can be made to be weak when the application of the electric field is stopped; a member for an electrostatic chuck; and a process for producing a corrosion-resistant member. The corrosion-resistant member includes an oxide which includes samarium and aluminum and has a perovskite type structure. The member for an electrostatic chuck includes the corrosion-resistant member according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Megumi OOTOMO, Kentaro TAKAHASHI, Nobuhiro HIDAKA, Hironori KUGIMOTO