Patents by Inventor Kouzou Kawahara

Kouzou Kawahara 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: 11862489
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a rotary stage configured to hold a substrate; a rotary driver configured to rotate the rotary stage around a rotation axis; at least one electric heater installed in the rotary stage; at least one power receiving coil installed in the rotary stage and electrically connected to the electric heater; at least one power feeding coil installed to face the power receiving coil in a direction of the rotation axis with a gap between the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil; and a radio-frequency power supply unit configured to supply radio-frequency power to the power feeding coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Morita, Kouzou Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11510284
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotary table configured to hold and rotate a substrate; an electronic component provided at the rotary table and configured to be rotated along with the rotary table; a first electrode unit provided at the rotary table and configured to be rotated along with the rotary table, the first electrode unit comprising multiple first electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component via multiple first conductive lines; an electric device configured to perform a power supply to the electronic component and a transmission/reception of signals; a second electrode unit comprising multiple second electrodes electrically connected to the electric device via multiple second conductive lines and arranged at positions respectively corresponding to the multiple first electrodes to be brought into contact with the multiple first electrodes; and an electrode moving device configured to connect/disconnect the first electrode unit to/from the second electrode unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Morita, Masami Akimoto, Katsuhiro Morikawa, Kouichi Mizunaga, Kouzou Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20210118706
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a rotary stage configured to hold a substrate; a rotary driver configured to rotate the rotary stage around a rotation axis; at least one electric heater installed in the rotary stage; at least one power receiving coil installed in the rotary stage and electrically connected to the electric heater; at least one power feeding coil installed to face the power receiving coil in a direction of the rotation axis with a gap between the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil; and a radio-frequency power supply unit configured to supply radio-frequency power to the power feeding coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi MORITA, Kouzou KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200107404
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotary table configured to hold and rotate a substrate; an electronic component provided at the rotary table and configured to be rotated along with the rotary table; a first electrode unit provided at the rotary table and configured to be rotated along with the rotary table, the first electrode unit comprising multiple first electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component via multiple first conductive lines; an electric device configured to perform a power supply to the electronic component and a transmission/reception of signals; a second electrode unit comprising multiple second electrodes electrically connected to the electric device via multiple second conductive lines and arranged at positions respectively corresponding to the multiple first electrodes to be brought into contact with the multiple first electrodes; and an electrode moving device configured to connect/disconnect the first electrode unit to/from the second electrode unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Morita, Masami Akimoto, Katsuhiro Morikawa, Kouichi Mizunaga, Kouzou Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10201826
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid coating method. The method executes processes of: coating a coating liquid in a spiral form on a surface of a substrate by ejecting the coating liquid from the ejection nozzle while moving the ejection nozzle in a predetermined direction between the rotary axis and a peripheral edge of the substrate during rotation of the substrate; making a linear velocity at an ejection position of the coating liquid from the ejection nozzle substantially constant by reducing a number of rotations of the substrate as the ejection position is positioned closer to the peripheral edge of the substrate; and making an ejection flow rate of the coating liquid ejected from the ejection nozzle substantially constant by changing a gap between the ejection port of the ejection nozzle and the surface of the substrate based on a flow rate of the coating liquid before ejection from the ejection nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Katsunori Ichino, Takayuki Ishii, Kouzou Kawahara, Daisuke Simokawa, Kazuyuki Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20150352587
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid coating method. The method executes processes of: coating a coating liquid in a spiral form on a surface of a substrate by ejecting the coating liquid from the ejection nozzle while moving the ejection nozzle in a predetermined direction between the rotary axis and a peripheral edge of the substrate during rotation of the substrate; making a linear velocity at an ejection position of the coating liquid from the ejection nozzle substantially constant by reducing a number of rotations of the substrate as the ejection position is positioned closer to the peripheral edge of the substrate; and making an ejection flow rate of the coating liquid ejected from the ejection nozzle substantially constant by changing a gap between the ejection port of the ejection nozzle and the surface of the substrate based on a flow rate of the coating liquid before ejection from the ejection nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Katsunori Ichino, Takayuki Ishii, Kouzou Kawahara, Daisuke Simokawa, Kazuyuki Tashiro