Patents by Inventor Ken OKOSHI

Ken OKOSHI 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: 12753485
    Abstract: A film forming method includes performing a process including a) and b) a plurality of times, with a) being performed before b) in the process: a) supplying borazine-based gas to a substrate, thereby adsorbing the borazine-based gas to the substrate and b) exposing the substrate to a nitrogen plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Ken Okoshi, Yamato Tonegawa, Jun Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20250382698
    Abstract: A film-forming method includes (a) providing a substrate including a recess; (b) supplying aminosilane to the substrate, and forming an inhibition layer over a surface of the recess; (c) forming a silicon nitride film over the surface of the recess by performing a cycle a first number of times, the cycle including supplying a silicon raw material to the substrate, and supplying a nitriding agent to the substrate at a timing different from the supply of the silicon raw material to the substrate; and (d) repeatedly performing (b) and (c) in order of (b) and (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Keiji TABUKI, Ken OKOSHI, Jun OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250382697
    Abstract: A film-forming method includes (a) providing a substrate including a recess; (b) supplying aminosilane to the substrate, and forming an inhibition layer over a surface of the recess; (c) forming a silicon nitride film over the surface of the recess by performing a cycle a first number of times, the cycle including supplying a silicon raw material to the substrate, and supplying a nitriding agent to the substrate at a timing different from the supply of the silicon raw material to the substrate; and (d) adjusting adsorptivity of the aminosilane onto the surface of the recess before (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Keiji TABUKI, Ken OKOSHI, Jun OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250084530
    Abstract: A film-forming method according to an aspect of the present disclosure forms a film containing a silicon atom and a nitrogen atom on a surface of a substrate including a metal film at the surface of the substrate. The film-forming method includes: supplying a boron-containing gas and a first nitriding gas to the substrate, thereby forming a first film on the surface, the first film containing a boron atom and a nitrogen atom; and supplying a silicon-containing gas and a second nitriding gas to the substrate, thereby forming a second film on the first film, the second film containing a silicon atom and a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yohei MATSUYAMA, Ken OKOSHI, Yuki KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 12237167
    Abstract: With respect to a method of depositing a silicon nitride film on a surface of a substrate, the method includes depositing the silicon nitride film on the surface of the substrate by intermittently supplying trisilylamine into a processing chamber accommodating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Ken Okoshi, Yamato Tonegawa, Keiji Tabuki
  • Publication number: 20240175117
    Abstract: A film forming method includes performing a process including a) and b) a plurality of times, with a) being performed before b) in the process: a) supplying borazine-based gas to a substrate, thereby adsorbing the borazine-based gas to the substrate and b) exposing the substrate to a nitrogen plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ken OKOSHI, Yamato TONEGAWA, Jun OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240087925
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, a simulation execution unit, and an optimization unit. The data acquisition unit acquires execution result data including an execution result of the substrate processing based on a process parameter including a pressure in the substrate processing apparatus and including sensor data of the pressure in the substrate processing apparatus. The simulation execution unit inputs the execution result data into a simulation model pre-stored in a storage to calculate a pressure in the substrate processing apparatus that is predicted to approach a target value for a substrate processing result. The optimization unit calculates a predicted value of the substrate processing result based on the process parameter including the calculated pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Youngtai KANG, Yuichi TAKENAGA, Kiwamu ITO, Rui IKEDA, Ken OKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220254629
    Abstract: With respect to a method of depositing a silicon nitride film on a surface of a substrate, the method includes depositing the silicon nitride film on the surface of the substrate by intermittently supplying trisilylamine into a processing chamber accommodating the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ken OKOSHI, Yamato TONEGAWA, Keiji TABUKI