Patents by Inventor Kyouhei TOMIOKA
Kyouhei TOMIOKA 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).
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Publication number: 20230321752Abstract: A workpiece separating device for irradiating a laminated body including a workpiece having a circuit substrate bonded with a supporting body via a separating layer with a light, thereby denaturing the separating layer, and peeling the supporting body from the workpiece, the workpiece separating device comprising: a holding member for detachably holding any one of the workpiece side or the supporting body of the laminated body; a light irradiation part for irradiating the light toward the separating layer through the other of the supporting body or the workpiece side of the laminated body held by the holding member; an isolation member for, with respect to any one of the workpiece side or the supporting body of the laminated body, isolating and moving the other in the thickness direction; and a controlling part for operation controlling the light irradiation part and the isolation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
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Patent number: 11654513Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece of a laminated body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body through which laser beams pass are laminated with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters due to at least absorption of the laser beams; a light irradiation part that irradiates the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the laminated body held by the holding member; a driving part that relatively moves a light irradiation position of irradiation from the light irradiation part with respect to the supporting body and the separating layer of the laminated body held by the holding member in at least a direction crossing a light irradiation direction of irradiation from the light irradiation part; and a controlling part that operates and controls the light irradiation part and the driving part.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
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Patent number: 11633810Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member which detachably holds one of the workpiece and the supporting body; a laser irradiation part which irradiates the separating layer with the laser beam through the other of the supporting body and the workpiece of the laminated body being held by the holding member; and a controlling part which controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the laser irradiation part has a laser scanner which moves the spot like laser beam along the laminated body, an entire irradiated face of the separating layer in an area of the laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner toward the laminated body is divided into a plurality of irradiation areas each having a band shape that is elongated in one of two directions intersecting a light irradiation direction from the laser irradiation part.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
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Publication number: 20220410321Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member which detachably holds one of the workpiece and the supporting body; a laser irradiation part which irradiates the separating layer with the laser beam through the other of the supporting body and the workpiece of the laminated body being held by the holding member; and a controlling part which controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the laser irradiation part has a laser scanner which moves the spot like laser beam along the laminated body, an entire irradiated face of the separating layer in an area of the laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner toward the laminated body is divided into a plurality of irradiation areas each having a band shape that is elongated in one of two directions intersecting a light irradiation direction from the laser irradiation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
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Patent number: 11322384Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method that can improve the quality of substrates are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shunya Kubota, Emi Matsui, Katsuhiro Yamazaki, Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
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Publication number: 20220068676Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes a holding member configured to detachably hold one of a workpiece or a supporting body of a laminated body and a light irradiation part configured to perform light irradiation on a separating layer, the holding member including: a stage facing one of the workpiece or the supporting body, a fixed supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a still suction pad immovable in a projection direction, and a movable supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a response suction pad that is movable in a projection direction and elastically deformable, a plurality of the fixed supporting parts and a plurality of the movable supporting parts disposed in a dispersed manner, and the plurality of response suction pads project toward the laminated body further than the plurality of still suction pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyouhei TOMIOKA, Yoshikazu OHTANI
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Patent number: 11251058Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes a holding member configured to detachably hold one of a workpiece or a supporting body of a laminated body and a light irradiation part configured to perform light irradiation on a separating layer, the holding member including: a stage facing one of the workpiece or the supporting body, a fixed supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a still suction pad immovable in a projection direction, and a movable supporting part projecting from the stage toward the laminated body and including a response suction pad that is movable in a projection direction and elastically deformable, a plurality of the fixed supporting parts and a plurality of the movable supporting parts disposed in a dispersed manner, and the plurality of response suction pads project toward the laminated body further than the plurality of still suction pads.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyouhei Tomioka, Yoshikazu Ohtani
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Publication number: 20210245297Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece of a laminated body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body through which laser beams pass are laminated with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters due to at least absorption of the laser beams; a light irradiation part that irradiates the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the laminated body held by the holding member; a driving part that relatively moves a light irradiation position of irradiation from the light irradiation part with respect to the supporting body and the separating layer of the laminated body held by the holding member in at least a direction crossing a light irradiation direction of irradiation from the light irradiation part; and a controlling part that operates and controls the light irradiation part and the driving part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
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Publication number: 20210098279Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method that can improve the quality of substrates are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicants: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shunya KUBOTA, Emi MATSUI, Katsuhiro YAMAZAKI, Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA
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Patent number: 10840141Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece among a layered body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body that allows laser beams to pass therethrough are layered with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters with absorption of the laser beams; a laser irradiation part that performs irradiation of Gaussian beams pulse-oscillated as the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the layered body held by the holding member; and a controlling part that controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the controlling part controls a distance between centers of the adjacent Gaussian beams of the laser beams pulse-oscillated from the laser irradiation part to be less than three times of a standard deviation when a relationship between a beam diameter and irradiation intensity is assumed as a normal distribution.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Kyouhei Tomioka
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Publication number: 20200312716Abstract: A workpiece-separating device includes: a holding member that detachably holds a workpiece among a layered body in which the workpiece that includes a circuit board and a supporting body that allows laser beams to pass therethrough are layered with each other via a separating layer that peelably alters with absorption of the laser beams; a laser irradiation part that performs irradiation of Gaussian beams pulse-oscillated as the laser beams toward the separating layer through the supporting body of the layered body held by the holding member; and a controlling part that controls an operation of the laser irradiation part, wherein the controlling part controls a distance between centers of the adjacent Gaussian beams of the laser beams pulse-oscillated from the laser irradiation part to be less than three times of a standard deviation when a relationship between a beam diameter and irradiation intensity is assumed as a normal distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: SHIN-ETSU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu OHTANI, Kyouhei TOMIOKA