Patents by Inventor Kazuto UMEKI

Kazuto UMEKI 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: 11476136
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes plural heating modules each including a table on which a substrate is placed to be heated, the substrate having plural heated zones. The table has plural heaters each assigned to heat respective ones of the heated zones. Heat generation of the heaters is controlled independently. A control unit controls the heaters such that integrated quantities of heat of the respective heated zones given by the corresponding heaters from first to second time point are substantially identical to each other in each of the heating modules, and are substantially identical to each other among the heating modules. The first time point is set when a temperature transition profile of the substrate is rising toward a process temperature after placing the substrate on the table under a condition where heat generation of the heaters is stable. The second time point is set after the temperature transition profile reaches the process temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Shigetomi, Takeshi Saikusa, Eiichi Sekimoto, Takayuki Fukudome, Kousuke Yoshihara, Suguru Enokida, Kazuhiro Takeshita, Kazuto Umeki
  • Publication number: 20200066559
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes plural heating modules each including a table on which a substrate is placed to be heated, the substrate having plural heated zones. The table has plural heaters each assigned to heat respective ones of the heated zones. Heat generation of the heaters is controlled independently. A control unit controls the heaters such that integrated quantities of heat of the respective heated zones given by the corresponding heaters from first to second time point are substantially identical to each other in each of the heating modules, and are substantially identical to each other among the heating modules. The first time point is set when a temperature transition profile of the substrate is rising toward a process temperature after placing the substrate on the table under a condition where heat generation of the heaters is stable. The second time point is set after the temperature transition profile reaches the process temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Shigetomi, Takeshi Saikusa, Eiichi Sekimoto, Takayuki Fukudome, Kousuke Yoshihara, Suguru Enokida, Kazuhiro Takeshita, Kazuto Umeki
  • Patent number: 10504757
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes plural heating modules each including a table on which a substrate is placed to be heated, the substrate having plural heated zones. The table has plural heaters each assigned to heat respective ones of the heated zones. Heat generation of the heaters is controlled independently. A control unit controls the heaters such that integrated quantities of heat of the respective heated zones given by the corresponding heaters from first to second time point are substantially identical to each other in each of the heating modules, and are substantially identical to each other among the heating modules. The first time point is set when a temperature transition profile of the substrate is rising toward a process temperature after placing the substrate on the table under a condition where heat generation of the heaters is stable. The second time point is set after the temperature transition profile reaches the process temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Shigetomi, Takeshi Saikusa, Eiichi Sekimoto, Takayuki Fukudome, Kousuke Yoshihara, Suguru Enokida, Kazuhiro Takeshita, Kazuto Umeki
  • Publication number: 20170170040
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes plural heating modules each including a table on which a substrate is placed to be heated, the substrate having plural heated zones. The table has plural heaters each assigned to heat respective ones of the heated zones. Heat generation of the heaters is controlled independently. A control unit controls the heaters such that integrated quantities of heat of the respective heated zones given by the corresponding heaters from first to second time point are substantially identical to each other in each of the heating modules, and are substantially identical to each other among the heating modules. The first time point is set when a temperature transition profile of the substrate is rising toward a process temperature after placing the substrate on the table under a condition where heat generation of the heaters is stable. The second time point is set after the temperature transition profile reaches the process temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIGETOMI, Takeshi SAIKUSA, Eiichi SEKIMOTO, Takayuki FUKUDOME, Kousuke YOSHIHARA, Suguru ENOKIDA, Kazuhiro TAKESHITA, Kazuto UMEKI