Patents by Inventor Jin KUDO

Jin KUDO 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: 11342167
    Abstract: A time period for cleaning performed to remove a deposit formed within a chamber main body can be reduced. A plasma processing method including the cleaning of an inside of the chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of a processing target object placed on a stage in a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; carrying-out the processing target object from a chamber; and cleaning the inside of the chamber main body by generating plasma of a cleaning gas in a state that a temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to be high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jin Kudo, Taku Gohira
  • Publication number: 20200321200
    Abstract: A time period for cleaning performed to remove a deposit formed within a chamber main body can be reduced. A plasma processing method including the cleaning of an inside of the chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of a processing target object placed on a stage in a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; carrying-out the processing target object from a chamber; and cleaning the inside of the chamber main body by generating plasma of a cleaning gas in a state that a temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to be high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Kudo, Taku Gohira
  • Patent number: 10714320
    Abstract: A time period for cleaning performed to remove a deposit formed within a chamber main body can be reduced. A plasma processing method including the cleaning of an inside of the chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of a processing target object placed on a stage in a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; carrying-out the processing target object from a chamber; and cleaning the inside of the chamber main body by generating plasma of a cleaning gas in a state that a temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to be high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jin Kudo, Taku Gohira
  • Patent number: 10692729
    Abstract: An etching process method is provided that includes outputting a first high frequency power from a first high frequency power supply in a cryogenic temperature environment where the temperature of a substrate is controlled to be less than or equal to ?35° C., supplying a sulfur fluoride-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas, generating a plasma from the supplied sulfur fluoride-containing gas and hydrogen-containing gas, and etching a laminated film made up of laminated layers of silicon-containing films having different compositions with the generated plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jin Kudo, Wataru Takayama, Maju Tomura
  • Patent number: 10600654
    Abstract: An etching process method is provided that includes outputting a first high frequency power of a first frequency from a first high frequency power supply, and outputting a second high frequency power of a second frequency, which is lower than the first high frequency, from a second high frequency power supply in an cryogenic temperature environment where a substrate temperature is controlled to be less than or equal to ?35° C.; generating a plasma by adding a hydrocarbon gas containing at least 3 carbon atoms to an etching gas containing carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine; and etching a silicon oxide film or a laminated film made up of laminated layers of silicon-containing films having different compositions using the generated plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Maju Tomura, Jin Kudo, Yoshinobu Ohya
  • Patent number: 10361070
    Abstract: A deposit on a target object can be removed or the amount thereof can be reduced after plasma etching is completed and before the target object is carried out of a chamber. A method of processing the target object is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of the target object placed on a stage at a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; raising, immediately after the etching is performed or immediately after the main etching is performed, a temperature of an electrostatic chuck; and carrying-out the target object from the chamber in a state that the temperature of the electrostatic chuck is set to a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Taku Gohira, Jin Kudo
  • Publication number: 20180211824
    Abstract: A time period for cleaning performed to remove a deposit formed within a chamber main body can be reduced. A plasma processing method including the cleaning of an inside of the chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of a processing target object placed on a stage in a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; carrying-out the processing target object from a chamber; and cleaning the inside of the chamber main body by generating plasma of a cleaning gas in a state that a temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to be high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Kudo, Taku Gohira
  • Publication number: 20180211822
    Abstract: A deposit on a target object can be removed or the amount thereof can be reduced after plasma etching is completed and before the target object is carried out of a chamber. A method of processing the target object is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of the target object placed on a stage at a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; raising, immediately after the etching is performed or immediately after the main etching is performed, a temperature of an electrostatic chuck; and carrying-out the target object from the chamber in a state that the temperature of the electrostatic chuck is set to a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Taku Gohira, Jin Kudo
  • Publication number: 20170372916
    Abstract: An etching process method is provided that includes outputting a first high frequency power from a first high frequency power supply in a cryogenic temperature environment where the temperature of a substrate is controlled to be less than or equal to ?35° C., supplying a sulfur fluoride-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas, generating a plasma from the supplied sulfur fluoride-containing gas and hydrogen-containing gas, and etching a laminated film made up of laminated layers of silicon-containing films having different compositions with the generated plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jin KUDO, Wataru TAKAYAMA, Maju TOMURA
  • Publication number: 20170358460
    Abstract: An etching process method is provided that includes outputting a first high frequency power of a first frequency from a first high frequency power supply, and outputting a second high frequency power of a second frequency, which is lower than the first high frequency, from a second high frequency power supply in an cryogenic temperature environment where a substrate temperature is controlled to be less than or equal to ?35° C.; generating a plasma by adding a hydrocarbon gas containing at least 3 carbon atoms to an etching gas containing carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine; and etching a silicon oxide film or a laminated film made up of laminated layers of silicon-containing films having different compositions using the generated plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Maju TOMURA, Jin KUDO, Yoshinobu OHYA
  • Patent number: 9147580
    Abstract: A plasma etching method for plasma etching, in a processing chamber, an antireflection film laminated on an organic film formed on a substrate by using an etching mask made of a resist film formed on the antireflection film, the plasma etching method includes: depositing a Si-containing compound on the etching mask made of the resist film by using plasma of Si-containing gas in the processing chamber; and etching the antireflection film in a state where the Si-containing compound is deposited on the etching mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki Katsunuma, Masanobu Honda, Hironobu Ichikawa, Jin Kudo
  • Publication number: 20130267094
    Abstract: A plasma etching method for plasma etching, in a processing chamber, an antireflection film laminated on an organic film formed on a substrate by using an etching mask made of a resist film formed on the antireflection film, the plasma etching method includes: depositing a Si-containing compound on the etching mask made of the resist film by using plasma of Si-containing gas in the processing chamber; and etching the antireflection film in a state where the Si-containing compound is deposited on the etching mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki KATSUNUMA, Masanobu HONDA, Hironobu ICHIKAWA, Jin KUDO