Patents by Inventor Isao SHIRATANI

Isao SHIRATANI 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: 8833298
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a substrate holding unit holding substrates at intervals; a reaction chamber accommodating the substrate holding unit; a raw material gas supply pipe supplying a raw material gas of a thin film to the substrate; a support unit supporting the reaction chamber; a heating unit being disposed outside the reaction chamber and heating the substrates; a protection pipe including one end portion fixed to the support unit, being extended along an arrangement direction of the substrates between the substrate holding unit and the reaction chamber, and including a temperature measuring unit inserted therein; and a protrusion portion being provided on at least one of an outer surface of the protection pipe and an inner surface of the reaction chamber, and providing a gap between the outer surface of the protection pipe and the inner surface of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Izumi Sato, Isao Shiratani, Satoshi Asari, Tsuyoshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130167772
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a substrate holding unit holding substrates at intervals; a reaction chamber accommodating the substrate holding unit; a raw material gas supply pipe supplying a raw material gas of a thin film to the substrate; a support unit supporting the reaction chamber; a heating unit being disposed outside the reaction chamber and heating the substrates; a protection pipe including one end portion fixed to the support unit, being extended along an arrangement direction of the substrates between the substrate holding unit and the reaction chamber, and including a temperature measuring unit inserted therein; and a protrusion portion being provided on at least one of an outer surface of the protection pipe and an inner surface of the reaction chamber, and providing a gap between the outer surface of the protection pipe and the inner surface of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Izumi SATO, Isao SHIRATANI, Satoshi ASARI, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI