Patents by Inventor Hsiulin TSAI

Hsiulin TSAI 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: 11557476
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method including: adsorbing fluorine onto a substrate on which a region in which a nitride film is exposed and a region in which an oxide film is exposed are provided adjacent to each other by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate, and forming a stepped surface on a side surface of the oxide film by selectively etching the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, so as to cause a surface of the nitride film to be more deeply recessed than a surface of the oxide film; and after the adsorbing the fluorine onto the substrate and forming the stepped surface, selectively forming a semiconductor film on the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, by supplying a raw material gas including a semiconductor material to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Takagi, Kazuya Kitamura, Hsiulin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11211265
    Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes a processing container that accommodates a plurality of substrates, a gas supply unit that supplies a raw material gas into the processing container, an exhaust unit that exhausts the raw material gas in the processing container, and a heating unit that heats the plurality of substrates. The gas supply unit includes a gas supply pipe including: a first straight pipe portion that extends upward along a longitudinal direction of an inner wall surface of the processing container; a bent portion where a distal end side that extends above the first straight pipe portion is bent downward; a second straight pipe portion that extends downward from the bent portion; and a plurality of gas ejecting holes formed on the second straight pipe portion. The first straight pipe portion has a larger cross-sectional area than the second straight pipe portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Takagi, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Hsiulin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210098254
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method including: adsorbing fluorine onto a substrate on which a region in which a nitride film is exposed and a region in which an oxide film is exposed are provided adjacent to each other by supplying a fluorine-containing gas to the substrate, and forming a stepped surface on a side surface of the oxide film by selectively etching the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, so as to cause a surface of the nitride film to be more deeply recessed than a surface of the oxide film; and after the adsorbing the fluorine onto the substrate and forming the stepped surface, selectively forming a semiconductor film on the nitride film, among the nitride film and the oxide film, by supplying a raw material gas including a semiconductor material to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKAGI, Kazuya KITAMURA, Hsiulin TSAI
  • Patent number: 10854449
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon film in a recess formed in a target substrate includes: preparing a target substrate having a recess in which a plurality of different bases is exposed; forming an atomic layer seed on at least an inner surface of the recess by sequentially supplying a raw material gas adapted to the plurality of different bases and a reaction gas reacting with the raw material gas to the target substrate one or more times while heating the target substrate to a first temperature; and forming a silicon film on a surface of the atomic layer seed so as to fill the recess by supplying a first silicon raw material gas to the target substrate while heating the target substrate to a second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Takagi, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Hsiulin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190318945
    Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes a processing container that accommodates a plurality of substrates, a gas supply unit that supplies a raw material gas into the processing container, an exhaust unit that exhausts the raw material gas in the processing container, and a heating unit that heats the plurality of substrates. The gas supply unit includes a gas supply pipe including: a first straight pipe portion that extends upward along a longitudinal direction of an inner wall surface of the processing container; a bent portion where a distal end side that extends above the first straight pipe portion is bent downward; a second straight pipe portion that extends downward from the bent portion; and a plurality of gas ejecting holes formed on the second straight pipe portion. The first straight pipe portion has a larger cross-sectional area than the second straight pipe portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Takagi, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Hsiulin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190043719
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon film in a recess formed in a target substrate includes: preparing a target substrate having a recess in which a plurality of different bases is exposed; forming an atomic layer seed on at least an inner surface of the recess by sequentially supplying a raw material gas adapted to the plurality of different bases and a reaction gas reacting with the raw material gas to the target substrate one or more times while heating the target substrate to a first temperature; and forming a silicon film on a surface of the atomic layer seed so as to fill the recess by supplying a first silicon raw material gas to the target substrate while heating the target substrate to a second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKAGI, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Hsiulin TSAI