Patents by Inventor Masato Koizumi

Masato Koizumi 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: 8021717
    Abstract: A treatment gas is supplied to form a Ti-based film on a predetermined number of wafers W while setting a temperature of a susceptor 2 in a chamber 1 to a predetermined temperature. After this, the interior of the chamber 1 containing no wafers W is cleaned by discharging Cl2 gas as a cleaning gas from a shower head 10 into the chamber 1. During this cleaning, the temperature of each of the susceptor 2, the shower head 10, and the wall portion of the chamber 1 is independently controlled so that the temperature of the susceptor 2 is not lower than the decomposition start temperature of Cl2 gas and the temperature of the shower head 10 and the wall portion of the chamber 1 is not higher than the decomposition start temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Seishi Murakami, Masaki Koizumi, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Masato Koizumi
  • Patent number: 7713886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film forming method using a film forming gas composed of a metal alkoxide wherein clean film formation suppressed in contamination of a target substrate to be processed is achieved by restraining aluminum or an aluminum alloy in the processing chamber from dissolving. Specifically disclosed is method for forming a thin film on a target substrate to be processed which is held in a processing chamber, and this method comprises a step for heating the target substrate and a step for supplying a film forming gas into the processing chamber. This method is characterized in that the film forming gas is composed of a metal alkoxide, the processing chamber is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and a protective film composed of a nonporous anodic oxide film is formed on the inner wall surface of the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kobayashi, Tetsuya Nakano, Masato Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20090142513
    Abstract: A treatment gas is supplied to form a Ti-based film on a predetermined number of wafers W while setting a temperature of a susceptor 2 in a chamber 1 to a predetermined temperature. After this, the interior of the chamber 1 containing no wafers W is cleaned by discharging Cl2 gas as a cleaning gas from a shower head 10 into the chamber 1. During this cleaning, the temperature of each of the susceptor 2, the shower head 10, and the wall portion of the chamber 1 is independently controlled so that the temperature of the susceptor 2 is not lower than the decomposition start temperature of Cl2 gas and the temperature of the shower head 10 and the wall portion of the chamber 1 is not higher than the decomposition start temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Seishi MURAKAMI, Masaki Koizumi, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Masato Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20070204147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film forming method using a film forming gas composed of a metal alkoxide wherein clean film formation suppressed in contamination of a target substrate to be processed is achieved by restraining aluminum or an aluminum alloy in the processing chamber from dissolving. Specifically disclosed is method for forming a thin film on a target substrate to be processed which is held in a processing chamber, and this method comprises a step for heating the target substrate and a step for supplying a film forming gas into the processing chamber. This method is characterized in that the film forming gas is composed of a metal alkoxide, the processing chamber is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and a protective film composed of a nonporous anodic oxide film is formed on the inner wall surface of the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kobayashi, Tetsuya Nakano, Masato Koizumi
  • Patent number: 6489208
    Abstract: A method of forming a gate electrode of a multi-layer structure includes a step of supplying a processing gas for poly-crystal film formation and impurities of a P-type into a film formation device, to form a poly-crystal silicon layer doped with P-type impurities, on a surface of a gate film target, a step of maintaining the processing target in the film formation device to prevent formation of an oxide film on the poly-crystal silicon layer; and a step of supplying a processing gas for tungsten silicide film formation and impurities of a P-type into the film formation device, to form a tungsten silicide layer doped with impurities of P-type impurities, on the poly-crystal silicon layer on which no oxide film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Masato Koizumi, Kazuya Okubo, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Kimihiro Matsuse
  • Patent number: 6404021
    Abstract: A method of forming a gate electrode of a multi-layer structure includes a step of supplying a processing gas for poly-crystal film formation and impurities of a P-type into a film formation device, to form a poly-crystal silicon layer doped with P-type impurities, on a surface of a gate film target, a step of maintaining the processing target in the film formation device to prevent formation of an oxide film might not be formed on the poly-crystal silicon layer, and a step of supplying a processing gas for tungsten silicide film formation and impurities of a P-type into the film formation device, to form a tungsten silicide layer doped with impurities of P-type impurities, on the poly-crystal silicon layer on which no oxide film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Masato Koizumi, Kazuya Okubo, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Kimihiro Matsuse
  • Publication number: 20020058384
    Abstract: A method of forming a gate electrode of a multi-layer structure comprises a step of supplying a processing gas for poly-crystal film formation and impurities of a P-type into a film formation device, to form a poly-crystal silicon layer doped with P-type impurities, on a surface of a gate film target, a step of maintaining the processing target in the film formation device to prevent formation of no oxide film might not be formed on the poly-crystal silicon layer, and a step of supplying a processing gas for tungsten silicide film formation and impurities of a P-type into the film formation device, to form a tungsten silicide layer doped with impurities of P-type impurities, on the poly-crystal silicon layer on which no oxide film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Masato Koizumi, Kazuya Okubo, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Kimihiro Matsuse
  • Patent number: 6042653
    Abstract: A susceptor according to the present invention is set in a process chamber for subjecting an object to a specific process and can bear the object thereon. The susceptor includes a stepped section for defining a recessed bearing region capable of bearing the object therein and positioning the object on the susceptor, and at least one groove formed in the bearing region and used to allow a gas remaining in a gap between the object and that part of the susceptor which includes the stepped section to get out of the bearing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Sumi Tanaka, Nobutaka Nakajima, Masato Koizumi