Patents by Inventor Michiko Nakaya

Michiko Nakaya 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: 12080521
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate with plasma includes: coating surfaces of components inside a chamber with a film having conductive properties by turning a first gas containing carbon and hydrogen into plasma inside the chamber; loading the substrate into the chamber; and processing the substrate by turning a second gas into plasma inside the chamber in a state where the surfaces of the components inside the chamber are coated with the film having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Yuya Minoura, Taku Gohira
  • Patent number: 12071687
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus in the present disclosure includes a plasma processing chamber, a gas supply, a power supply, and a controller. The controller causes (a) forming a first film on side walls of an opening of a processing target using the plasma so that the first film has different thicknesses along a spacing between pairs of side walls facing each other, and (b) forming a second film by performing a film forming cycle one or more times after (a) so that the second film has different thicknesses along the spacing between the pairs of side walls facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Toru Hisamatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Sho Kumakura, Masanobu Honda, Yoshihide Kihara
  • Publication number: 20230360891
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate with plasma includes: coating surfaces of components inside a chamber with a film having conductive properties by turning a first gas containing carbon and hydrogen into plasma inside the chamber; loading the substrate into the chamber; and processing the substrate by turning a second gas into plasma inside the chamber in a state where the surfaces of the components inside the chamber are coated with the film having conductive properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Yuya MINOURA, Taku GOHIRA
  • Patent number: 11804379
    Abstract: An etching method of forming, on a substrate having a base film; a stacked film in which a first film and a second film are alternately stacked on the base film; and a mask on the stacked film, a recess in the stacked film through the mask by using plasma includes preparing the substrate; and etching the stacked film until the recess of the stacked film reaches the base film by plasma formed from a gas containing hydrogen, fluorine and carbon, while maintaining a substrate temperature equal to or less than 15° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Taku Gohira, Michiko Nakaya
  • Patent number: 11749508
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate with plasma includes: coating surfaces of components inside a chamber with a film having conductive properties by turning a first gas containing carbon and hydrogen into plasma inside the chamber; loading the substrate into the chamber; and processing the substrate by turning a second gas into plasma inside the chamber in a state where the surfaces of the components inside the chamber are coated with the film having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Yuya Minoura, Taku Gohira
  • Patent number: 11728176
    Abstract: A treatment method is provided that includes an embedding step of embedding an organic film in an undercoat film in which a depression is formed; and an etching step of performing etching, after the embedding step, until at least a portion of a top of the undercoat film is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kiyohito Ito, Shinya Morikita, Kensuke Taniguchi, Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
  • Patent number: 11699614
    Abstract: A film deposition method includes maintaining an inside of a chamber to have a predetermined pressure, cooling a stage, on which the object to be processed mounts, to have an ultralow temperature of ?20° C., and mounting the object to be processed on the stage, supplying a gas including a low vapor pressure material gas of a low vapor pressure material into the inside of the chamber, and generating plasma from the supplied gas including the gas of the low vapor pressure material, and causing a precursor generated from the low vapor pressure material by the plasma to be deposited on a recess part of the object to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
  • Publication number: 20220411928
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus in the present disclosure includes a plasma processing chamber, a gas supply, a power supply, and a controller. The controller causes (a) forming a first film on side walls of an opening of a processing target using the plasma so that the first film has different thicknesses along a spacing between pairs of side walls facing each other, and (b) forming a second film by performing a film forming cycle one or more times after (a) so that the second film has different thicknesses along the spacing between the pairs of side walls facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Tokyo Electro Limited
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Toru Hisamatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Sho Kumakura, Masanobu Honda, Yoshihide Kihara
  • Patent number: 11459655
    Abstract: A plasma processing method executed by a plasma processing apparatus in the present disclosure includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, the plasma processing apparatus forms a first film on the side walls of an opening in the processing target, the first film having different thicknesses along a spacing between pairs of side walls facing each other. In the second step, the plasma processing apparatus forms a second film by performing a film forming cycle once or more times after the first step, the second film having different thicknesses along the spacing between the pairs of side walls facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Toru Hisamatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Sho Kumakura, Masanobu Honda, Yoshihide Kihara
  • Publication number: 20220059361
    Abstract: An etching method for providing an etch profile is provided. The etching method includes preparing a substrate in which a laminate film is formed, the laminate film including silicon oxide films and silicon films stacked in alternation. The etching method includes cooling a surface temperature of the substrate to ?40° C. or less. The etching method includes forming a plasma from gas containing hydrogen and fluorine, based on radio frequency power for plasma formation. The etching method includes etching the laminate film with the formed plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Taku GOHIRA, Hyoseok SONG, Masahiro TADOKORO, Kentaro NUMATA, Keita YAEGASHI
  • Publication number: 20220059360
    Abstract: An etching method of forming, on a substrate having a base film; a stacked film in which a first film and a second film are alternately stacked on the base film; and a mask on the stacked film, a recess in the stacked film through the mask by using plasma includes preparing the substrate; and etching the stacked film until the recess of the stacked film reaches the base film by plasma formed from a gas containing hydrogen, fluorine and carbon, while maintaining a substrate temperature equal to or less than 15° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Taku Gohira, Michiko Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20210313187
    Abstract: A treatment method is provided that includes an embedding step of embedding an organic film in an undercoat film in which a depression is formed; and an etching step of performing etching, after the embedding step, until at least a portion of a top of the undercoat film is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyohito ITO, Shinya MORIKITA, Kensuke TANIGUCHI, Michiko NAKAYA, Masanobu HONDA
  • Publication number: 20210265135
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate with plasma includes: coating surfaces of components inside a chamber with a film having conductive properties by turning a first gas containing carbon and hydrogen into plasma inside the chamber; loading the substrate into the chamber; and processing the substrate by turning a second gas into plasma inside the chamber in a state where the surfaces of the components inside the chamber are coated with the film having conductive properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Yuya MINOURA, Taku GOHIRA
  • Patent number: 10886138
    Abstract: An etching shape can be suppressed from having non-uniform pattern. A substrate processing method includes burying an organic film in a recess surrounded by a silicon-containing film formed on a sidewall of a pattern of photoresist on a target film; and etching or sputtering the organic film and the silicon-containing film under a condition in which a selectivity thereof is about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Tianshyun Yang, Shinya Morikita, Kiyohito Ito, Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
  • Patent number: 10651044
    Abstract: A processing method including a first step of supplying a first gas including a carbon-containing gas and an inert gas into an inside of a chamber and a second step of generating plasma from the supplied first gas by applying high frequency power for generating plasma and causing a chemical compound including organic matter on a pattern of a predetermined film formed on an object to be processed, wherein a ratio of the carbon-containing gas relative to the inert gas included in the first gas is 1% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
  • Publication number: 20200032395
    Abstract: A plasma processing method executed by a plasma processing apparatus in the present disclosure includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, the plasma processing apparatus forms a first film on the side walls of an opening in the processing target, the first film having different thicknesses along a spacing between pairs of side walls facing each other. In the second step, the plasma processing apparatus forms a second film by performing a film forming cycle once or more times after the first step, the second film having different thicknesses along the spacing between the pairs of side walls facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Toru HISAMATSU, Shinya ISHIKAWA, Sho KUMAKURA, Masanobu HONDA, Yoshihide KIHARA
  • Patent number: 10504741
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing method includes a first process of etching an insulating film over a conductive layer of an object into a pattern of a mask, and exposing the conductive layer to a recessed portion formed in the insulating film, and a second process of forming an organic film in the recessed portion of the insulating film to which the conductive layer is exposed, the second process including, maintaining a chamber at a predetermined pressure, cooling a stage to ?20° C. or less, and placing the object on the stage, supplying a gas including a gas containing a low vapor pressure material to the chamber, and generating plasma from the gas including the gas containing the low vapor pressure material, and causing precursors generated from the low vapor pressure material and included in the plasma to be deposited in the recessed portion such that the organic film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda, Toru Hisamatsu, Masahiro Tabata
  • Publication number: 20190355588
    Abstract: An etching shape can be suppressed from having non-uniform pattern. A substrate processing method includes burying an organic film in a recess surrounded by a silicon-containing film formed on a sidewall of a pattern of photoresist on a target film; and etching or sputtering the organic film and the silicon-containing film under a condition in which a selectivity thereof is about 1:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Tianshyun Yang, Shinya Morikita, Kiyohito Ito, Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
  • Publication number: 20180247858
    Abstract: A film deposition method includes maintaining an inside of a chamber to have a predetermined pressure, cooling a stage, on which the object to be processed mounts, to have an ultralow temperature of ?20° C., and mounting the object to be processed on the stage, supplying a gas including a low vapor pressure material gas of a low vapor pressure material into the inside of the chamber, and generating plasma from the supplied gas including the gas of the low vapor pressure material, and causing a precursor generated from the low vapor pressure material by the plasma to be deposited on a recess part of the object to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Masanobu HONDA
  • Publication number: 20180247827
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing method includes a first process of etching an insulating film over a conductive layer of an object into a pattern of a mask, and exposing the conductive layer to a recessed portion formed in the insulating film, and a second process of forming an organic film in the recessed portion of the insulating film to which the conductive layer is exposed, the second process including, maintaining a chamber at a predetermined pressure, cooling a stage to ?20° C. or less, and placing the object on the stage, supplying a gas including a gas containing a low vapor pressure material to the chamber, and generating plasma from the gas including the gas containing the low vapor pressure material, and causing precursors generated from the low vapor pressure material and included in the plasma to be deposited in the recessed portion such that the organic film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Masanobu HONDA, Toru HISAMATSU, Masahiro TABATA