Patents by Inventor Konosuke Hayashi

Konosuke Hayashi 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: 20170256423
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, a substrate treating device 10 for treating a semiconductor wafer W using an etchant L containing hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid includes a storage tank 210 that stores the etchant L; a concentration sensor 256 that measures a concentration of nitrous acid in the etchant L; an alcohol feeding line 280 that feeds IPA to the etchant L and maintains the concentration of nitrous acid to a predetermined value or more; and a substrate treating unit 100 that feeds the etchant L in the storage tank 210 to the semiconductor wafer W. The substrate treating device can improve the etching efficiency by efficiently generating nitrous acid, and thereby producing an etchant having a nitrous acid concentration suitable for etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SAITO, Konosuke HAYASHI, Takashi OOTAGAKI, Yuji NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9741596
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bonding apparatus for processing a retained substrate includes a main body unit, a nozzle, a gas supply unit, and a substrate support unit. The nozzle opens on a face of the main body unit on a side that a first substrate is retained. The gas supply unit is configured to supply gas to the nozzle, to apply suction to the first substrate and to separate the substrate from the face of the main body unit. The substrate support unit is configured to support a peripheral edge portion of a second substrate provided in opposition to the first substrate with a predetermined gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Konosuke Hayashi, Emi Matsui
  • Patent number: 9694371
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus according to the embodiment includes: a nozzle which ejects a treatment liquid onto a treatment target surface of a substrate; a trajectory deflector including a trajectory deflecting surface, which is an annular inclined surface that deflects a traveling direction of the treatment liquid ejected from the nozzle and makes the treatment liquid incident on the treatment target surface, the trajectory deflecting surface having an inclination angle varying in a direction of annular extension of the trajectory deflecting surface; and a position changer which moves an incident position of the treatment liquid on the trajectory deflecting surface in the direction of annular extension of the trajectory deflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ootagaki, Konosuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9607865
    Abstract: A substrate processing device 100 includes a cleaning liquid supply unit 114 supplying a cleaning liquid to a surface of a substrate W, a solvent supply unit 115 supplying a volatile solvent to the surface of the substrate W supplied with the cleaning liquid to replace the cleaning liquid on the surface of the substrate W with the volatile solvent, a heating unit 117 heating the substrate W supplied with the volatile solvent, and a drying unit 118 drying the surface of the substrate W by removing a droplet of the volatile solvent produced on the surface of the substrate W by a heating operation of the heating unit 117, and the heating unit 117 and the drying unit 118 are arranged in a course of transportation of the substrate W transported from the solvent supply unit 115.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Konosuke Hayashi, Masaaki Furuya, Takashi Ootagaki, Yuji Nagashima, Atsushi Kinase, Masahiro Abe
  • Patent number: 9586391
    Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes a substrate holder holding the second substrate; a pusher pushing a back surface of the second substrate; a substrate support unit including a support talon supporting a circumferential edge portion of the first substrate to oppose the second substrate with a prescribed spacing between the second substrate and the circumferential edge portion of the first substrate; and a controller controlling a lifting/lowering operation of the pusher. The pusher pushes one prescribed point of the back surface of the second substrate, the one prescribed point corresponding to a position where a distance between a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate is shorter than a distance from the circumferential edge portion of the bonding surface of the first substrate to the bonding surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventors: Konosuke Hayashi, Daisuke Matsushima
  • Patent number: 9553003
    Abstract: In a substrate processing device 10 having a heating and drying unit 103 for drying a surface of a substrate W, the heating and drying unit 103 heats upward a vertically downward surface of the substrate W to dry the surface of the substrate by dropping and removing, by gravity, the droplets of the volatile solvent formed on the surface of the substrate W by the heating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Konosuke Hayashi, Masaaki Furuya, Takashi Ootagaki, Yuji Nagashima, Atsushi Kinase, Masahiro Abe
  • Publication number: 20160322241
    Abstract: The substrate processing unit 1 comprises the rotating table 31 configured to hold substrate W, the processing chamber 37 which accommodates the rotating table 31, a lamp 61 is provided above the processing chamber 37 and configured to heat the surface of substrate W, the lamp chamber 60 which accommodates that lamp 61, a transmission window 62 disposed below the lamp chamber 60, and a plurality of nozzle 64 which supply cooling fluid G to the transmission window 62. Then the substrate processing unit 1 can suppress generating of a water mark or pattern collapse, and can perform good substrate processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MATSUSHITA, Takashi MIYAMOTO, Konosuke HAYASHI, Osamu YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160225655
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, a suction stage includes a mounting section configured to mount a first substrate, and an evacuation section configured to evacuate air between the first substrate and the mounting section. The mounting section includes a first wall part provided on an outer peripheral side of one end surface of the mounting section and shaped like a ring, and a second wall part provided inside the first wall part and shaped like a ring. The evacuation section includes a first control valve provided between the evacuation section and a first region between the first wall part and the second wall part, a second control valve provided between the evacuation section and a second region inside the second wall part, and a control section configured to control the first control valve and the second control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Matsui, Konosuke Hayashi, Takahiro Kanai
  • Publication number: 20160225613
    Abstract: The embodiment of a substrate treatment device includes a treatment bath configured to store a treatment liquid in which a treatment object is to be immersed, a transport section configured to transport the treatment object, a temperature control section provided in at least one of the treatment bath and a position spaced from the treatment bath and configured to perform at least one of heating and cooling of the treatment object. the treatment object is at least one of: a laminated substrate including a device substrate, a support substrate, and an adhesive provided between the device substrate and the support substrate, the device substrate with the adhesive attached thereto, and the support substrate with the adhesive attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanai, Emi Matsui, Konosuke Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20160093486
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes a first liquid supplier, a second liquid supplier, and a controller. The first liquid supplier supplies a substrate with a sulfuric acid solution having a first temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of hydrogen peroxide water. The second liquid supplier supplies a surface to be treated of the substrate with a mixture of sulfuric acid solution and hydrogen peroxide water having a second temperature lower than the first temperature. The controller controls the first liquid supplier to supply the sulfuric acid solution so as to heat the substrate to the boiling point of hydrogen peroxide water or higher. When the temperature of the substrate becomes equal to or higher than the second temperature, the controller controls the first liquid supplier to stop supplying the sulfuric acid solution and controls the second liquid supplier to supply the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAZAKI, Kenji MINAMI, Yuji NAGASHIMA, Konosuke HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160071746
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus (1) includes: a support (4) configured to support a substrate (W) in a plane; a rotation mechanism (5) configured to rotate the support (4) about an axis that crosses a surface of the substrate (W) supported by the support (4) as a rotation axis; a plurality of nozzles (6a, 6b, 6c), which are aligned from the center toward the periphery of the substrate (W) supported by the support (4), configured to eject a treatment liquid to the surface of the substrate (W) on the support (4) being rotated by the rotation mechanism (5), and a controller (9) configured to control the nozzles to eject the treatment liquid at different ejection timings according to the thickness of a film of the treatment liquid formed on the surface of the substrate (W) on the support (4) being rotated by the rotation mechanism (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventor: Konosuke HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160062372
    Abstract: A liquid feeding device that feeds a treatment liquid to a treating device and also recovers the treatment liquid for re-feeding, include feeding tanks having an exhaust passage and an overflow line, and can be switched to one of a feeding mode in which the treatment liquid is fed and a standby mode in which the feeding tank is on standby while accommodating the treatment liquid; a feeding mechanism that feeds the treatment liquid to the treating device from the feeding tank in the feeding mode among the plurality of feeding tanks; a recovery mechanism that recovers and returns the treatment liquid excessive in the treatment device to the feeding tank in the feeding mode; and an on-off mechanism provided in each of the plurality of feeding tanks to block the exhaust passage and the overflow line is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Konosuke HAYASHI, Takashi OOTAGAKI, Emi MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20160025409
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus (1) includes a table (4) configured to support a substrate W, a solvent supply unit (8) configured to supply a volatile solvent to a surface of the substrate W on the table (4), and an irradiator (10) configured to emit light to the substrate W, which has been supplied with the volatile solvent, and function as a heater that heats the substrate W such that a gas layer is formed on the surface of the substrate W to make the volatile solvent into a liquid ball. Thus, it is possible to dry the substrate successfully as well as to suppress pattern collapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAZAKI, Konosuke HAYASHI, Takashi OOTAGAKI, Yuji NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160009070
    Abstract: According to the embodiment of the present invention, a bonding apparatus comprising: a substrate holder holding the second substrate; a pusher pushing a back surface of the second substrate; a substrate support unit including a support talon supporting a circumferential edge portion of the first substrate to oppose the second substrate with a prescribed spacing between the second substrate and the circumferential edge portion of the first substrate; and a controller controlling a lifting/lowering operation of the pusher, the pusher pushing one prescribed point of the back surface of the second substrate, the one prescribed point corresponding to a position where a distance between a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate is shorter than a distance from the circumferential edge portion of the bonding surface of the first substrate to the bonding surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Konosuke Hayashi, Daisuke Matsushima
  • Patent number: 9202724
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treatment apparatus that treats a surface of a substrate while rotating the substrate. The substrate treatment apparatus includes: a physical tool unit including a physical tool configured to treat the surface of the substrate; a nozzle unit including a liquid supply nozzle configured to supply a liquid to the surface of the substrate and a gas supply nozzle configured to supply a gas to the surface of the substrate; a physical-tool-unit moving mechanism configured to move the physical tool unit along the surface of the substrate; and a nozzle-unit moving mechanism configured to move the nozzle unit along the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
    Inventor: Konosuke Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150273534
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a liquid supplier configured to supply a processing liquid to a surface of a substrate; a temperature detector configured to detect a surface temperature of the substrate supplied with the processing liquid by the liquid supplier; a temperature monitor configured to determine whether or not the surface temperature detected by the temperature detector has reached a predetermined temperature; and a controller configured to cause the liquid supplier to stop supplying the processing liquid when the temperature monitor determines that the surface temperature has reached the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OOTAGAKI, Konosuke Hayashi, Yosuke Himori
  • Publication number: 20150273491
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus according to the embodiment includes: a nozzle which ejects a treatment liquid onto a treatment target surface of a substrate; a trajectory deflector including a trajectory deflecting surface, which is an annular inclined surface that deflects a traveling direction of the treatment liquid ejected from the nozzle and makes the treatment liquid incident on the treatment target surface, the trajectory deflecting surface having an inclination angle varying in a direction of annular extension of the trajectory deflecting surface; and a position changer which moves an incident position of the treatment liquid on the trajectory deflecting surface in the direction of annular extension of the trajectory deflecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OOTAGAKI, Konosuke HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150090297
    Abstract: A substrate processing device 10 has a water removing unit 110 and, when a solvent supply unit 58 supplies a volatile solvent to a surface of a substrate W, the water removing unit 110 supplies a water removing agent to the surface of the substrate W to promote replacement of the cleaning water on the surface of the substrate W with the volatile solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MATSUSHITA, Yuji NAGASHIMA, Konosuke HAYASHI, Kunihiro MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150090298
    Abstract: In a substrate processing device 10, a magnetic field forming unit is added to a solvent supply unit 58. The magnetic field forming unit 100 applies a magnetic field to a surface of a substrate W on which a cleaning liquid and a volatile solvent coexist. The magnetic field forming unit stirs and mixes the cleaning liquid and the volatile solvent on the surface of the substrate W to promote replacement of the cleaning liquid with the volatile solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHANTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji NAGASHIMA, Jun MATSUSHITA, Yuki SAITO, Konosuke HAYASHI, Kunihiro MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150090296
    Abstract: A substrate processing device 100 includes a solvent replacing unit (organic solvent supply unit 15 and solvent supply unit 34) replacing a cleaning liquid with a volatile solvent of a low concentration, and thereafter further performing replacement with a volatile solvent of a high concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji NAGASHIMA, Jun MATSUSHITA, Konosuke HAYASHI, Kunihiro MIYAZAKI, Masaaki FURUYA, Hidehito AZUMANO, Toyoyasu TAUCHI