Patents by Inventor Masamichi Kishimoto

Masamichi Kishimoto 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: 9760017
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, wafer lithography equipment includes an exposure unit transferring a circuit pattern onto a wafer, a measurement unit measuring a dimension of the circuit pattern and a calculator. The calculator includes calculating a first difference. The first difference is the difference between a first dimension and a second dimension. The first dimension is obtained by substituting a first exposure amount and a first focus distance into an approximate response surface function. The second dimension is measured by the measurement unit. The calculator also includes calculating a second difference. The second difference is the sum total of the first difference for all of the circuit patterns. The calculator also includes calculating a second exposure amount and a second focus distance causing the difference between the approximate response surface function and the second difference to be a minimum. The calculator also includes calculating a correction exposure amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Shiozawa, Toshihide Kawachi, Masamichi Kishimoto, Nobuhiro Komine, Yoshimitsu Kato
  • Publication number: 20160274470
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, wafer lithography equipment includes an exposure unit transferring a circuit pattern onto a wafer, a measurement unit measuring a dimension of the circuit pattern and a calculator. The calculator includes calculating a first difference. The first difference is the difference between a first dimension and a second dimension. The first dimension is obtained by substituting a first exposure amount and a first focus distance into an approximate response surface function. The second dimension is measured by the measurement unit. The calculator also includes calculating a second difference. The second difference is the sum total of the first difference for all of the circuit patterns. The calculator also includes calculating a second exposure amount and a second focus distance causing the difference between the approximate response surface function and the second difference to be a minimum. The calculator also includes calculating a correction exposure amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazufumi SHIOZAWA, Toshihide KAWACHI, Masamichi KISHIMOTO, Nobuhiro KOMINE, Yoshimitsu KATO
  • Patent number: 8953163
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus according to an embodiment controls the positioning between layers using an alignment correction value calculated on the basis of lower layer position information of a lower-layer-side pattern and upper layer position information of an upper-layer-side pattern. The lower layer position information includes alignment data, a focus map, and a correction value which is set on the basis of the previous substrate. The upper layer position information includes alignment data, a focus map, and a correction value which is a correction value for the positioning and is used when the upper-layer-side pattern is transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Kasa, Manabu Takakuwa, Yosuke Okamoto, Masamichi Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140065528
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus according to an embodiment controls the positioning between layers using an alignment correction value calculated on the basis of lower layer position information of a lower-layer-side pattern and upper layer position information of an upper-layer-side pattern. The lower layer position information includes alignment data, a focus map, and a correction value which is set on the basis of the previous substrate. The upper layer position information includes alignment data, a focus map, and a correction value which is a correction value for the positioning and is used when the upper-layer-side pattern is transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro KASA, Manabu Takakuwa, Yosuke Okamoto, Masamichi Kishimoto