Patents by Inventor Kaoru Shimbara

Kaoru Shimbara 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: 7413628
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method for treating a substrate by supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate while rotating the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: performing a first substrate rotation process for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by a first clamping member set; performing a second substrate rotation process after the first substrate rotation step for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the first clamping member set and a second clamping member set provided separately from the first clamping member set; and performing a third substrate rotation process after the second substrate rotation step by unclamping the substrate from the first clamping member set for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the second clamping member set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimbara, Masaharu Kimura, Takashi Hara
  • Patent number: 7241362
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method for treating a substrate by supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate while rotating the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: performing a first substrate rotation process for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by a first clamping member set; performing a second substrate rotation process after the first substrate rotation step for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the first clamping member set and a second clamping member set provided separately from the first clamping member set; and performing a third substrate rotation process after the second substrate rotation step by unclamping the substrate from the first clamping member set for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the second clamping member set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimbara, Masaharu Kimura, Takashi Hara
  • Publication number: 20060113039
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method for treating a substrate by supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate while rotating the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: performing a first substrate rotation process for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by a first clamping member set; performing a second substrate rotation process after the first substrate rotation step for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the first clamping member set and a second clamping member set provided separately from the first clamping member set; and performing a third substrate rotation process after the second substrate rotation step by unclamping the substrate from the first clamping member set for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the second clamping member set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimbara, Masaharu Kimura, Takashi Hara
  • Patent number: 7018555
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method for treating a substrate by supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate while rotating the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: performing a first substrate rotation process for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by a first clamping member set; performing a second substrate rotation process after the first substrate rotation step for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the first clamping member set and a second clamping member set provided separately from the first clamping member set; and performing a third substrate rotation process after the second substrate rotation step by unclamping the substrate from the first clamping member set for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the second clamping member set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimbara, Masaharu Kimura, Yasuhiro Kurata, Takashi Hara
  • Publication number: 20050193943
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method for treating a substrate by supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate while rotating the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: performing a first substrate rotation process for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by a first clamping member set; performing a second substrate rotation process after the first substrate rotation step for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the first clamping member set and a second clamping member set provided separately from the first clamping member set; and performing a third substrate rotation process after the second substrate rotation step by unclamping the substrate from the first clamping member set for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the second clamping member set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimbara, Masaharu Kimura, Yasuhiro Kurata, Takashi Hara
  • Publication number: 20040261817
    Abstract: A foreign matter removing apparatus for removing foreign matter from a surface of a substrate. The apparatus is provided with: a substrate rotating mechanism which holds and rotates the substrate; and a fluid mixture supplying mechanism which generates a fluid mixture by mixing a treatment liquid and a gas, and supplies the fluid mixture onto the surface of the substrate held by the substrate rotating mechanism. The treatment liquid may be deionized water or a resist removing liquid. Examples of the foreign matter to be removed include a resist film formed on the substrate and a residue remaining on the surface of the substrate after ashing of the resist film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Kazuo Nakajima, Kaoru Shimbara
  • Publication number: 20040159343
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method for treating a substrate by supplying a treatment liquid to the substrate while rotating the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: performing a first substrate rotation process for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by a first clamping member set; performing a second substrate rotation process after the first substrate rotation step for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the first clamping member set and a second clamping member set provided separately from the first clamping member set; and performing a third substrate rotation process after the second substrate rotation step by unclamping the substrate from the first clamping member set for rotating the substrate while clamping the substrate by the second clamping member set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Shimbara, Masaharu Kimura, Yasuhiro Kurata, Takashi Hara