Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nakabeppu

Kenichi Nakabeppu 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: 6890864
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device fabricating method for forming a wiring layer on a semiconductor substrate, followed by cleaning, which may prevent elution and oxidation of the wiring layer, and a treating liquid used in the fabricating method. A Cu wiring, an interlayer film over the Cu wiring and an opening in the interlyaer film to expose the surface of the Cu wiring are formed in a plasma atmosphere. IPA is sprayed to the semiconductor device, and then, an organic release process is performed thereto with an amine solvent to remove an etching residue. The semiconductor device is rinsed with the IPA again to remove the remaining amine, and then is cleaned with a treating liquid, which is alkalescent. Then, it is rinsed with pure water or CO2 water and is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Hiroaki Tomimori, Toshiyuki Takewaki, Nobuo Hironaga, Hiroyuki Kunishima
  • Patent number: 6787293
    Abstract: A photoresist residue remover composition is provided that includes one type or two or more types of fluoride compound and one type or two or more types chosen from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, ascorbic acid, glucose, fructose, lactose, and mannose (but excluding one that includes ammonium fluoride, a polar organic solvent, water, and ascorbic acid). There is also provided use of the photoresist residue remover composition for removing a photoresist residue and a sidewall polymer remaining after dry etching and after ashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignees: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha, NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Oowada, Norio Ishikawa, Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Yoshiko Kasama
  • Publication number: 20040002020
    Abstract: A photoresist residue remover composition is provided that includes one type or two or more types of fluoride compound and one type or two or more types chosen from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, ascorbic acid, glucose, fructose, lactose, and mannose (but excluding one that includes ammonium fluoride, a polar organic solvent, water, and ascorbic acid). There is also provided use of the photoresist residue remover composition for removing a photoresist residue and a sidewall polymer remaining after dry etching and after ashing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Takuo Oowada, Norio Ishikawa, Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Yoshiko Kasama
  • Publication number: 20030134507
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device fabricating method for forming a wiring layer on a semiconductor substrate, followed by cleaning, which may prevent elution and oxidation of the wiring layer, and a treating liquid used in the fabricating method. A Cu wiring, an interlayer film over the Cu wiring and an opening in the interlyaer film to expose the surface of the Cu wiring are formed in a plasma atmosphere. IPA is sprayed to the semiconductor device, and then, an organic release process is performed thereto with an amine solvent to remove an etching residue. The semiconductor device is rinsed with the IPA again to remove the remaining amine, and then is cleaned with a treating liquid, which is alkalescent. Then, it is rinsed with pure water or CO2 water and is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Hiroaki Tomimori, Toshiyuki Takewaki, Nobuo Hironaga, Hiroyuki Kunishima
  • Patent number: 6524376
    Abstract: An anticorrosive agent containing, as essential components, (a) urea or a urea derivative and (b) a hydroxy aromatic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Tatsuya Koito, Kenichi Nakabeppu
  • Publication number: 20030027418
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device fabricating method for forming a wiring layer on a semiconductor substrate, followed by cleaning, which may prevent elution and oxidation of the wiring layer, and a treating liquid used in the fabricating method. A Cu wiring, an interlayer film over the Cu wiring and an opening in the interlyaer film to expose the surface of the Cu wiring are formed in a plasma atmosphere. IPA is sprayed to the semiconductor device, and then, an organic release process is performed thereto with an amine solvent to remove an etching residue. The semiconductor device is rinsed with the IPA again to remove the remaining amine, and then is cleaned with a treating liquid, which is alkalescent. Then, it is rinsed with pure water or CO2 water and is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Hiroaki Tomimori, Toshiyuki Takewaki, Nobuo Hironaga, Hiroyuki Kunishima
  • Publication number: 20020146647
    Abstract: A photo-resist mask is ashed after the pattern transfer, and is, thereafter, treated with liquid photo-resist remover, wherein photo-resist remover comprises salt produced through interaction between hydrofluoric acid and a base without metal ion, water, water soluble organic solvent and a derivative of benztriazole expressed by the general formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION, TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Masahito Tanabe, Kazumasa Wakiya, Masakazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6357138
    Abstract: A tank stores a drying liquid for drying a semiconductor wafer. A boat vertically holds a plurality of target semiconductor wafers to be dried. The semiconductor wafers which are held by the boat are entirely soaked in the drying liquid. After this, the semiconductor wafers are lifted from the drying liquid at a rate in a range from 1 to 3 mm/min, so as to be dried. At this time, the surface of the drying liquid is divided with using a dividing liquid at each side of the semiconductor wafer. The dividing plate divides the surface of the drying liquid, thereby to prevent particles, which are once removed from the semiconductor wafer, from being again adhered onto the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Nakabeppu
  • Publication number: 20010027613
    Abstract: A tank stores a drying liquid for drying a semiconductor wafer. A boat vertically holds a plurality of target semiconductor wafers to be dried. The semiconductor wafers which are held by the boat are entirely soaked in the drying liquid. After this, the semiconductor wafers are lifted from the drying liquid at a rate in a range from 1 to 3 mm/min, so as to be dried. At this time, the surface of the drying liquid is divided with using a dividing liquid at each side of the semiconductor wafer. The dividing plate divides the surface of the drying liquid, thereby to prevent particles, which are once removed from the semiconductor wafer, from being again adhered onto the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Nakabeppu
  • Publication number: 20010014534
    Abstract: A stripper composition containing an anticorrosive agent containing, as essential components, (a) urea or a urea derivative and (b) a hydroxy aromatic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Kenichi Nakabeppu, Tatsuya Koito
  • Publication number: 20010011515
    Abstract: An anticorrosive agent containing, as essential components, (a) urea or a urea derivative and (b) a hydroxy aromatic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Tatsuya Koito, Kenichi Nakabeppu
  • Patent number: 6103587
    Abstract: In a method for forming in a semiconductor device a stacked structure capacitor having a lower capacitor plate and an upper capacitor plate sandwiching a dielectric film therebetween, after a first conducting film, which becomes the lower capacitor plate, is formed, ionized clusters are implanted or impacted to a surface of the first conducting film. Thereafter, cluster-implanted regions are selectively removed from the surface of the first conducting film to resultantly roughen the surface of the first conducting film. Then, a dielectric film is formed on the roughened surface of the first conducting film, and a second conducting film, which becomes the upper capacitor plate, is formed on the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Nakabeppu