Patents by Inventor Makoto Fujikawa

Makoto Fujikawa 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: 20230154744
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon carbide-containing film on a substrate in a processing container. The method includes: accommodating the substrate in the processing container; adsorbing an organic compound on the substrate by supplying a carbon precursor gas to the processing container; and reacting the organic compound adsorbed on the substrate with a silicon compound by supplying a silicon precursor gas including the silicon compound to the processing container. The adsorbing the organic compound on the substrate and the reacting the organic compound are alternately repeated multiple times. In the adsorbing the organic compound, the vacuum exhaust is restricted, and then the restriction of the vacuum exhaust is released. The supply of the silicon precursor gas is stopped during the reacting the organic compound with the silicon compound, and the vacuum exhaust is not restricted after the supply of the silicon precursor gas is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Susumu YAMAUCHI, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230146757
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon carbide-containing film on a substrate, includes: heating the substrate; supplying a carbon precursor gas containing an organic compound having an unsaturated carbon bond to the heated substrate; supplying a silicon precursor gas containing a silicon compound to the heated substrate; laminating, on the substrate, a silicon carbide-containing layer to be turned into the silicon carbide-containing film by allowing the organic compound having the unsaturated carbon bond to thermally react with the silicon compound; and supplying plasma to the silicon carbide-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIKAWA, Susumu YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10960435
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes: a film forming gas discharge part; an exhaust port; a rotation mechanism; a heating part configured to heat the interior of a reaction container to a temperature lower than a temperature of a film forming gas discharged from the film forming gas discharge part; first gas discharge holes opened, in the film forming gas discharge part, toward a gas temperature reducing member so that the film forming gas is cooled by colliding with the gas temperature reducing member inside the reaction container before the film forming gas is supplied to substrates; and second gas discharge holes opened, in the film forming gas discharge part, in a direction differing from an opening direction of the first gas discharge holes so that the film forming gas does not collide with the gas temperature reducing member before the film forming gas is supplied to the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Fujikawa, Reiji Niino, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Syuji Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20210047724
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming apparatus including: a processing container whose interior is kept in a vacuum atmosphere; a stage provided within the processing container and configured to place a substrate thereon; a first film-forming gas supply part configured to supply a first film-forming gas for forming an organic film on a member within the processing container; a second film-forming gas supply part configured to supply a second film-forming gas for forming a film on the substrate; and a modifying gas supply part configured to supply a modifying gas for modifying the organic film and to suppress a film from being formed on a surface of the organic film by the second film-forming gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Syuji NOZAWA, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10790135
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate, comprising: forming a sacrificial film made of a polymer having a urea bond on a surface of the substrate by supplying a precursor for polymerization onto the surface of the substrate; subsequently, performing a step of changing a sectional shape of the sacrificial film and a step of adjusting a film thickness of the sacrificial film by heating the sacrificial film; subsequently, performing the process on the surface of the substrate; and subsequently, removing the sacrificial film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Reiji Niino, Syuji Nozawa, Makoto Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10755971
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate includes: forming a protective layer made of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying a raw material for polymerization to a surface of a substrate on which a protected film to be protected is formed; forming a sealing film at a first temperature lower than a second temperature at which the polymer is depolymerized so cover a portion where the protective layer is exposed; subsequently, subjecting the substrate to a treatment at a third temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature at which the polymer as the protective layer is depolymerized; subsequently, performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film when the protective layer is not present; and after the performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film, depolymerizing the polymer by heating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Reiji Niino, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Syuji Nozawa, Makoto Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10748782
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by processing a substrate, which includes: embedding a polymer having a urea bond in a recess formed in the substrate by supplying a material for polymerization from above a sacrificial film to the substrate and forming a polymer film made of the polymer having the urea bond, wherein a surface of the substrate is covered with the sacrificial film, the recess including an opening of the sacrificial film that is formed by a patterning; removing the polymer film formed on the sacrificial film while leaving the polymer embedded in the recess; removing the sacrificial film in a state in which the polymer is embedded in the recess; and subsequently, removing the polymer embedded in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Reiji Niino, Makoto Fujikawa, Yoshihiro Hirota, Rong Yang, Tomonari Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10629448
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by processing a substrate, the method includes forming a first film of a polymer having urea bonds by supplying a polymerization raw material to a surface of the substrate, subsequently, forming a pattern by etching the first film, and subsequently, forming a second film of a material different from the polymer of the first film by performing a substitution processing to the first film by supplying a reaction gas, which reacts with the polymerization raw material to generate a product, to the substrate while heating the substrate to depolymerize the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Reiji Niino, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Syuji Nozawa, Makoto Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20190393083
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate includes: forming a protective layer made of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying a raw material for polymerization to a surface of a substrate on which a protected film to be protected is formed; forming a sealing film at a first temperature lower than a second temperature at which the polymer is depolymerized so cover a portion where the protective layer is exposed; subsequently, subjecting the substrate to a treatment at a third temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature at which the polymer as the protective layer is depolymerized; subsequently, performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film when the protective layer is not present; and after the performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film, depolymerizing the polymer by heating the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Reiji NIINO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Syuji NOZAWA, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190390347
    Abstract: There is provided a control device, comprising: an acquisition part configured to acquire data of saturation vapor pressure curves for plural types of raw materials used to form a film on a workpiece, and a predetermined saturation vapor pressure value set for the workpiece; a selection part configured to select a raw material having a lowest saturation vapor pressure at a certain temperature, among the plural types of raw materials, based on the data of the saturation vapor pressure curves; a calculation part configured to calculate a temperature corresponding to the predetermined saturation vapor pressure value for the selected raw material based on the data of the saturation vapor pressure curve for the selected raw material; and a controller configured to control a temperature of the workpiece to the calculated temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Syuji NOZAWA, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10490405
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device manufacturing method including: forming a first mask film composed of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying a raw material to a surface of the substrate for polymerization; forming a second mask inorganic film to be laminated on the first mask film; forming a pattern on the first mask film and the second mask inorganic film and performing an ion implantation on the surface of the substrate; removing the second mask inorganic film after the ion implantation; and removing the first mask film by heating the substrate after the ion implantation and depolymerizing the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Reiji Niino, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Syuji Nozawa, Makoto Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10446438
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate includes: forming a protective layer made of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying a raw material for polymerization to a surface of a substrate on which a protected film to be protected is formed; forming a sealing film at a first temperature lower than a second temperature at which the polymer is depolymerized so cover a portion where the protective layer is exposed; subsequently, subjecting the substrate to a treatment at a third temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature at which the polymer as the protective layer is depolymerized; subsequently, performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film when the protective layer is not present; and after the performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film, depolymerizing the polymer by heating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Reiji Niino, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Syuji Nozawa, Makoto Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20190122883
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate, comprising: forming a sacrificial film made of a polymer having a urea bond on a surface of the substrate by supplying a precursor for polymerization onto the surface of the substrate; subsequently, performing a step of changing a sectional shape of the sacrificial film and a step of adjusting a film thickness of the sacrificial film by heating the sacrificial film; subsequently, performing the process on the surface of the substrate; and subsequently, removing the sacrificial film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Reiji NIINO, Syuji NOZAWA, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190122894
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by processing a substrate, which includes: embedding a polymer having a urea bond in a recess formed in the substrate by supplying a material for polymerization from above a sacrificial film to the substrate and forming a polymer film made of the polymer having the urea bond, wherein a surface of the substrate is covered with the sacrificial film, the recess including an opening of the sacrificial film that is formed by a patterning; removing the polymer film formed on the sacrificial film while leaving the polymer embedded in the recess; removing the sacrificial film in a state in which the polymer is embedded in the recess; and subsequently, removing the polymer embedded in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Reiji NIINO, Makoto FUJIKAWA, Yoshihiro HIROTA, Rong YANG, Tomonari YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180286744
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by performing a process on a substrate includes: forming a protective layer made of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying a raw material for polymerization to a surface of a substrate on which a protected film to be protected is formed; forming a sealing film at a first temperature lower than a second temperature at which the polymer is depolymerized so cover a portion where the protective layer is exposed; subsequently, subjecting the substrate to a treatment at a third temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature at which the polymer as the protective layer is depolymerized; subsequently, performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film when the protective layer is not present; and after the performing a treatment which causes damage to the protected film, depolymerizing the polymer by heating the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Reiji NIINO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Syuji NOZAWA, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180264516
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes: a film forming gas discharge part; an exhaust port; a rotation mechanism; a heating part configured to heat the interior of a reaction container to a temperature lower than a temperature of a film forming gas discharged from the film forming gas discharge part; first gas discharge holes opened, in the film forming gas discharge part, toward a gas temperature reducing member so that the film forming gas is cooled by colliding with the gas temperature reducing member inside the reaction container before the film forming gas is supplied to substrates; and second gas discharge holes opened, in the film forming gas discharge part, in a direction differing from an opening direction of the first gas discharge holes so that the film forming gas does not collide with the gas temperature reducing member before the film forming gas is supplied to the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIKAWA, Reiji NIINO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Syuji NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180269069
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by processing a substrate, the method includes forming a first film of a polymer having urea bonds by supplying a polymerization raw material to a surface of the substrate, subsequently, forming a pattern by etching the first film, and subsequently, forming a second film of a material different from the polymer of the first film by performing a substitution processing to the first film by supplying a reaction gas, which reacts with the polymerization raw material to generate a product, to the substrate while heating the substrate to depolymerize the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Reiji NIINO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Syuji NOZAWA, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180261458
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device manufacturing method including: forming a first mask film composed of a polymer having a urea bond by supplying a raw material to a surface of the substrate for polymerization; forming a second mask inorganic film to be laminated on the first mask film; forming a pattern on the first mask film and the second mask inorganic film and performing an ion implantation on the surface of the substrate; removing the second mask inorganic film after the ion implantation; and removing the first mask film by heating the substrate after the ion implantation and depolymerizing the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Reiji NIINO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Syuji NOZAWA, Makoto FUJIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9708507
    Abstract: A method for improving a chemical resistance of a polymerized film, which is formed on a surface of a target object and to be processed by a chemical, includes: consecutively performing a treatment for improving the chemical resistance of the polymerized film subsequent to formation of the polymerized film within a processing chamber of a film forming apparatus where the polymerized film is formed, without unloading the target object from the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kippei Sugita, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Morisada, Makoto Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 9683128
    Abstract: A polymerized film forming method for forming a polymerized film on a target surface of a target object by using a first raw material gas containing acid dianhydride and a second raw material gas containing diamine, the method comprising performing a surface treatment on the target surface by supplying a gas containing an adhesion promoting agent for enhancing adhesion between the target surface and the polymerized film, and supplying the first raw material gas and the second raw material gas to the surface-treated target surface to form the polymerized film, wherein when performing the surface treatment, at least one of the first raw material gas and the second raw material gas is supplied in addition to the gas containing the adhesion promoting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Fujikawa, Tatsuya Yamaguchi