Patents by Inventor Kentarou SERA

Kentarou SERA 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: 20140090594
    Abstract: A control unit heats a reaction pipe to a load temperature by controlling a temperature-raising heater 16, and then makes semiconductor wafers received in the reaction pipe. Next, the control unit heats the reaction pipe in which the semiconductor wafers are received to a film formation temperature by controlling the temperature-raising heater, and then forms thin films on the semiconductor wafers by supplying a film forming gas into the reaction pipe from a process gas introducing pipe. Also, the control unit sets the load temperature to a temperature higher than the film formation temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiyuki IKEUCHI, Pao-Hwa CHOU, Kazuya YAMAMOTO, Kentarou SERA
  • Patent number: 8642486
    Abstract: A control unit heats a reaction pipe to a load temperature by controlling a temperature-raising heater 16, and then makes semiconductor wafers received in the reaction pipe. Next, the control unit heats the reaction pipe in which the semiconductor wafers are received to a film formation temperature by controlling the temperature-raising heater, and then forms thin films on the semiconductor wafers by supplying a film forming gas into the reaction pipe from a process gas introducing pipe. Also, the control unit sets the load temperature to a temperature higher than the film formation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ikeuchi, Pao-Hwa Chou, Kazuya Yamamoto, Kentarou Sera
  • Publication number: 20120164847
    Abstract: A control unit heats a reaction pipe to a load temperature by controlling a temperature-raising heater 16, and then makes semiconductor wafers received in the reaction pipe. Next, the control unit heats the reaction pipe in which the semiconductor wafers are received to a film formation temperature by controlling the temperature-raising heater, and then forms thin films on the semiconductor wafers by supplying a film forming gas into the reaction pipe from a process gas introducing pipe. Also, the control unit sets the load temperature to a temperature higher than the film formation temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiyuki IKEUCHI, Pao-Hwa CHOU, Kazuya YAMAMOTO, Kentarou SERA