Patents by Inventor Kyoko Mitani

Kyoko Mitani 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: 8900971
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a bonded substrate by bonding a base substrate to a bond substrate through an insulator film, including: a porous layer forming step of partially forming a porous layer or forming a porous layer whose thickness partially varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; an insulator film forming step of changing the porous layer into the insulator film, and thereby forming the insulator film whose thickness partially varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; a bonding step of bonding the base substrate to the bond substrate through the insulator film; and a film thickness reducing step of reducing a film thickness of the bonded bond substrate to form a thin-film layer. As a result, there is provided the method for manufacturing a bonded substrate that enables obtaining an insulator film whose thickness partially varies with use of a simple method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohtsuki, Wei Feng Qu, Fumio Tahara, Yuuki Ooi, Kyoko Mitani
  • Patent number: 8877609
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bonded substrate that has an insulator layer in part of the bonded substrate includes: partially forming a porous layer or forming a porous layer whose thickness partially varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; performing a heat treatment to the base substrate having the porous layer formed thereon to change the porous layer into the insulator layer, and thereby forming the insulator layer whose thickness partially varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; removing the insulator layer whose thickness varies by an amount corresponding to a thickness of a small-thickness portion by etching; bonding the bonding surface of the base substrate on which an unetched remaining insulator layer is exposed to a bond substrate; and reducing a thickness of the bonded bond substrate and thereby forming a thin film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohtsuki, Wei Feng Qu, Fumio Tahara, Yuuki Ooi, Kyoko Mitani
  • Publication number: 20140120695
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bonded substrate that has an insulator layer in part of the bonded substrate includes: partially forming a porous layer or forming a porous layer whose thickness partially varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; performing a heat treatment to the base substrate having the porous layer formed thereon to change the porous layer into the insulator layer, and thereby forming the insulator layer whose thickness partially varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; removing the insulator layer whose thickness varies by an amount corresponding to a thickness of a small-thickness portion by etching; bonding the bonding surface of the base substrate on which an unetched remaining insulator layer is exposed to a bond substrate; and reducing a thickness of the bonded bond substrate and thereby forming a thin film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Ooi, Wei Feng Qu, Tsuyoshi Ohtsuki, Kyoko Mitani, Fumio Tahara
  • Publication number: 20130341763
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a bonded substrate by bonding a base substrate to a bond substrate through an insulator film, including: a porous layer forming step of partially forming a porous layer or forming a porous layer whose thickness partially varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; an insulator film forming step of changing the porous layer into the insulator film, and thereby forming the insulator film whose thickness partially varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; a bonding step of bonding the base substrate to the bond substrate through the insulator film; and a film thickness reducing step of reducing a film thickness of the bonded bond substrate to form a thin-film layer. As a result, there is provided the method for manufacturing a bonded substrate that enables obtaining an insulator film whose thickness partially varies with use of a simple method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Ooi, Wei Feng Qu, Tsuyoshi Ohtsuki, Kyoko Mitani, Fumio Tahara