Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tomita

Hiroshi Tomita 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: 10529588
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a substrate treatment method includes bringing a first metallic film on a substrate into contact with a first liquid, mixing a second liquid into the first liquid, and bringing the first metallic film or a second metallic film different from the first metallic film into contact with a liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed together to etch the first or second metallic film. The first liquid includes an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, and water (H2O) of a first content rate to etch the first metallic film. The second liquid includes water (H2O) at a second content rate higher than the first content rate after the etching has started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Akeboshi, Hiroshi Tomita, Hisashi Okuchi, Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Hiroaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190394439
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted video presentation device which has a visible light wavelength conversion and is designed for a user having degraded sensitivity to a first wavelength band as a part of a visible light wavelength band as compared with a second wavelength band as the remaining part of the visible light wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano, Tsuyoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190366963
    Abstract: A sensor protector configured including a mount, a plate shaped cover, and an electromagnetic wave shield is provided. The mount is mounted at a bracket configured to fix a sensor, provided at an inner side of a bumper cover, to a body of a vehicle. The plate shaped cover that extends from a lower portion of the mount toward the bumper cover with an end portion of the cover, at an outer side in a vehicle front-rear direction ,separated from the bumper cover, and covers a lower portion of the sensor as viewed from a lower side of the vehicle. The electromagnetic wave shield is provided to at least a portion of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuto KUMASHIRO, Kenji Furumoto, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Publication number: 20190262869
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20190262870
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10328465
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10249034
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a sensitivity parameter value for substrate defect inspection used in a substrate defect inspection apparatus compares, for each pixel value of a selected virtual inspection substrate, using reference pixel data to be used after adjustment, the deviation amount from an allowable range corresponding to the position thereof and the sensitivity parameter value before the adjustment when each pixel value is deviated from the allowable range, and updates the deviation amount as a new sensitivity parameter value when the deviation amount exceeds the sensitivity parameter value and a difference between the deviation amount and the sensitivity parameter value is equal to or less than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kitada, Izumi Hasegawa, Hiroshi Tomita, Kousuke Nakayama, Tadashi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10199240
    Abstract: A substrate processing method and apparatus which can remove an anti-drying liquid, which has entered a three-dimensional pattern with recessed portions formed in a substrate, in a relatively short time. The substrate processing method includes the steps of: carrying a substrate, having a three-dimensional pattern formed in a surface, into a processing container, said pattern being covered with an anti-drying liquid that has entered the recessed portions of the pattern; heating the substrate and supplying a pressurizing gas or a fluid in a high-pressure state into the processing container, thereby forming a high-pressure atmosphere in the processing container before the anti-drying liquid vaporizes to such an extent as to cause pattern collapse and bringing the anti-drying liquid into a high-pressure state while keeping the liquid in the recessed portions of the pattern; and thereafter discharging a fluid in a high-pressure state or a gaseous state from the processing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Yohei Sato, Hisashi Okuchi, Hiroshi Tomita, Kazuyuki Mitsuoka, Mitsuaki Iwashita, Takehiko Orii, Gen You, Hiroki Ohno, Takayuki Toshima
  • Patent number: 10155246
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a chemical liquid supply device of supplying a chemical liquid through a nozzle for removing a coating film on a peripheral portion of a substrate having the coating film formed on a surface thereof and horizontally held by a holding table is provided. The method includes discharging the chemical liquid from the nozzle, performing, by an image pickup part, continuous image pickup on a region including a leading end of the nozzle and a region in which the chemical liquid discharged from the leading end forms a liquid stream in the air, acquiring area change data representing a temporal change in area of the chemical liquid in an image pickup region based on an image pickup result obtained by the image pickup part, and adjusting a supply control device installed in a chemical liquid supply path connected to the nozzle based on the area change data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Shinichi Mizushino
  • Publication number: 20180301349
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a substrate treatment method includes bringing a first metallic film on a substrate into contact with a first liquid, mixing a second liquid into the first liquid, and bringing the first metallic film or a second metallic film different from the first metallic film into contact with a liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed together to etch the first or second metallic film. The first liquid includes an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, and water (H2O) of a first content rate to etch the first metallic film. The second liquid includes water (H2O) at a second content rate higher than the first content rate after the etching has started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya AKEBOSHI, Hiroshi Tomita, Hisashi Okuchi, Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Hiroaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10096462
    Abstract: A substrate processing method and apparatus for preventing evaporation of an anti-drying fluorine-containing organic solvent from a substrate during transportation of the substrate into a processing container and can prevent decomposition of a fluorine-containing organic solvent in the processing container. A substrate, the surface of which is covered with a first fluorine-containing organic solvent, is carried into a processing container. The first fluorine-containing organic solvent is removed from the substrate surface by forming a high-pressure fluid atmosphere of a mixture of the first fluorine-containing organic solvent and a second fluorine-containing organic solvent, having a lower boiling point than the first fluorine-containing organic solvent, in the processing container e.g. by supplying a high-pressure fluid of the second fluorine-containing organic solvent into the processing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Yohei Sato, Hisashi Okuchi, Hiroshi Tomita, Kazuyuki Mitsuoka, Gen You, Hiroki Ohno, Takehiko Orii, Takayuki Toshima
  • Patent number: 10014186
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a substrate treatment method includes bringing a first metallic film on a substrate into contact with a first liquid, mixing a second liquid into the first liquid, and bringing the first metallic film or a second metallic film different from the first metallic film into contact with a liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed together to etch the first or second metallic film. The first liquid includes an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, and water (H2O) of a first content rate to etch the first metallic film. The second liquid includes water (H2O) at a second content rate higher than the first content rate after the etching has started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Akeboshi, Hiroshi Tomita, Hisashi Okuchi, Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Hiroaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20180174733
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil body, an exterior case, and a filler. The coil body includes a core and a coil wound around the core. The exterior case includes a metal structure and a resin frame. The metal structure has a bottom surface and a side wall provided to stand upright from the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the side wall of the metal structure are unitarily formed with each other. The frame is disposed at an opposite side to the bottom surface of the metal structure. The exterior case houses the core and the coil. The filler is filled between the exterior case and the coil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: NOBUYA MATSUTANI, TOSHIYUKI ASAHI, JUNICHI KOTANI, HIROSHI TOMITA, HIDENORI UEMATSU
  • Patent number: 9991111
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus of treating a surface of a semiconductor substrate comprises a substrate holding and rotating unit, first to fourth supplying units, and a removing unit. A substrate holding and rotating unit holds a semiconductor substrate, having a convex pattern formed on its surface, and rotates the semiconductor substrate. A first supplying unit supplies a chemical onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to clean the semiconductor substrate. A second supplying unit supplies pure water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to rinse the semiconductor substrate. A third supplying unit supplies a water repellent agent to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to form a water repellent protective film onto the surface of the convex pattern. A fourth supplying unit supplies alcohol, which is diluted with pure water, or acid water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to rinse the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Tatsuhiko Koide, Shinsuke Kimura, Hisashi Okuchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Publication number: 20180082832
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus of treating a surface of a semiconductor substrate comprises a substrate holding and rotating unit, first to fourth supplying units, and a removing unit. A substrate holding and rotating unit holds a semiconductor substrate, having a convex pattern formed on its surface, and rotates the semiconductor substrate. A first supplying unit supplies a chemical onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to clean the semiconductor substrate. A second supplying unit supplies pure water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to rinse the semiconductor substrate. A third supplying unit supplies a water repellent agent to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to form a water repellent protective film onto the surface of the convex pattern. A fourth supplying unit supplies alcohol, which is diluted with pure water, or acid water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to rinse the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Tatsuhiko Koide, Shinsuke Kimura, Hisashi Okuchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Publication number: 20180005370
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a sensitivity parameter value for substrate defect inspection used in a substrate defect inspection apparatus compares, for each pixel value of a selected virtual inspection substrate, using reference pixel data to be used after adjustment, the deviation amount from an allowable range corresponding to the position thereof and the sensitivity parameter value before the adjustment when each pixel value is deviated from the allowable range, and updates the deviation amount as a new sensitivity parameter value when the deviation amount exceeds the sensitivity parameter value and a difference between the deviation amount and the sensitivity parameter value is equal to or less than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kitada, Izumi Hasegawa, Hiroshi Tomita, Kousuke Nakayama, Tadashi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9859111
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus of treating a surface of a semiconductor substrate comprises a substrate holding and rotating unit, first to fourth supplying units, and a removing unit. A substrate holding and rotating unit holds a semiconductor substrate, having a convex pattern formed on its surface, and rotates the semiconductor substrate. A first supplying unit supplies a chemical onto the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to clean the semiconductor substrate. A second supplying unit supplies pure water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to rinse the semiconductor substrate. A third supplying unit supplies a water repellent agent to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to form a water repellent protective film onto the surface of the convex pattern. A fourth supplying unit supplies alcohol, which is diluted with pure water, or acid water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in order to rinse the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Tatsuhiko Koide, Shinsuke Kimura, Hisashi Okuchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 9810989
    Abstract: An edge exposure apparatus includes: an imaging unit that images a front surface of a substrate; a substrate holding unit; an exposure unit that exposes an edge portion of the substrate held on the substrate holding unit; a first moving mechanism that moves and rotates the substrate holding unit; a second moving mechanism that moves the exposure unit; and a control unit that controls the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism, wherein the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism are controlled so as to acquire array information of shots of a pattern on the substrate from a substrate image of a substrate, which has already been subjected to pattern exposure, imaged by the imaging unit, and expose the edge portion of the substrate, based on the acquired array information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 9673217
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a stacked body, a semiconductor body, and a stacked film. The stacked body includes a plurality of tungsten layers and a plurality of alloy layers of tungsten and molybdenum. At least portions of the tungsten layers are stacked with an air gap interposed. The alloy layers are provided on surfaces of the tungsten layers opposing the air gap. The semiconductor body extends in a stacking direction through the stacked body. The stacked film is provided between the semiconductor body and the tungsten layers. The stacked film includes a charge storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsuko Sakata, Yohei Sato, Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Satoshi Wakatsuki, Takeshi Ishizaki, Masayuki Kitamura, Daisuke Ikeno, Tomotaka Ariga, Junichi Wada, Hiroshi Tomita, Hisashi Okuchi, Ryohei Kitao, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Kazuhito Furumoto
  • Patent number: D843076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOMITAHAMONO
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tomita