Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nishioka

Kenichi Nishioka 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).

  • Publication number: 20230220583
    Abstract: A single crystal manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the present invention is provided with a single crystal puller pulling up a single crystal 15 from a melt 13, a camera 18 photographing a fusion ring generated at the boundary between the melt 13 and the single crystal 15 and an computer 24 processing a photographed image taken by the camera 18. The computer 24 projects and converts the fusion ring appearing in the photographed image taken by the camera 18 on a reference plane corresponding to the liquid level position of the melt based on an installation angle and a focal length of the camera and calculates a diameter of the single crystal 15 from a shape of the fusion ring on the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUMCO Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishioka, Keiichi Takanashi, Ken Hamada, Ippei Shimozaki
  • Publication number: 20230023541
    Abstract: A system and method for producing a single crystal can prevent calculation and setting mistakes and provide an adequate correction amount in the next batch. A single crystal manufacturing system includes a pulling-up apparatus that calculates a diameter measurement value of a single crystal during a pulling-up process, calculates a first diameter of the single crystal by correcting the diameter measurement value using a diameter correction coefficient, and controls crystal pulling-up conditions based on the first diameter. A diameter measuring apparatus measures a diameter of the single crystal pulled up by the pulling-up apparatus to calculate a second diameter of the single crystal. A database server acquires the first diameter and the second diameter. The database server calculates a correction amount of the diameter correction coefficient from the first and second diameters obtained at diameter measurement positions which coincide with each other under room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SUMCO Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishioka, Keiichi Takanashi
  • Patent number: 5779796
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resist processing method for an object to be processed, including the processing step of supplying a process solution onto the object to be processed to perform a process on the object to be processed, and the cleaning step of supplying a cleaning solution onto the object to be processed to clean the object to be processed, wherein the processing step at least partially overlaps the cleaning step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Tomoeda, Masaaki Murakami, Kenichi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 5759614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resist processing method for an object to be processed, including the processing step of supplying a process solution onto the object to be processed to perform a process on the object to be processed, and the cleaning step of supplying a cleaning solution onto the object to be processed to clean the object to be processed, wherein the processing step at least partially overlaps the cleaning step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Tomoeda, Masaaki Murakami, Kenichi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 5626913
    Abstract: A invention provides a resist processing method for an object to be processed, including the processing step of supplying a process solution onto the object to be processed to perform a process on the object to be processed, and the cleaning step of supplying a cleaning solution onto the object to be processed to clean the object to be processed, wherein the processing step at least partially overlaps the cleaning step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Tomoeda, Masaaki Murakami, Kenichi Nishioka