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).
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Patent number: 12080521Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Yuya Minoura, Taku Gohira
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Patent number: 12071687Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Toru Hisamatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Sho Kumakura, Masanobu Honda, Yoshihide Kihara
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Publication number: 20230360891Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Yuya MINOURA, Taku GOHIRA
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Patent number: 11804379Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Taku Gohira, Michiko Nakaya
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Patent number: 11749508Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Yuya Minoura, Taku Gohira
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Patent number: 11728176Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kiyohito Ito, Shinya Morikita, Kensuke Taniguchi, Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
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Patent number: 11699614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
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Publication number: 20220411928Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Tokyo Electro LimitedInventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Toru Hisamatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Sho Kumakura, Masanobu Honda, Yoshihide Kihara
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Patent number: 11459655Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Toru Hisamatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Sho Kumakura, Masanobu Honda, Yoshihide Kihara
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Publication number: 20220059361Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Taku GOHIRA, Hyoseok SONG, Masahiro TADOKORO, Kentaro NUMATA, Keita YAEGASHI
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Publication number: 20220059360Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Taku Gohira, Michiko Nakaya
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Publication number: 20210313187Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Kiyohito ITO, Shinya MORIKITA, Kensuke TANIGUCHI, Michiko NAKAYA, Masanobu HONDA
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Publication number: 20210265135Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Yuya MINOURA, Taku GOHIRA
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Patent number: 10886138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Timothy Tianshyun Yang, Shinya Morikita, Kiyohito Ito, Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
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Patent number: 10651044Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
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Publication number: 20200032395Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Toru HISAMATSU, Shinya ISHIKAWA, Sho KUMAKURA, Masanobu HONDA, Yoshihide KIHARA
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Patent number: 10504741Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda, Toru Hisamatsu, Masahiro Tabata
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Publication number: 20190355588Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Timothy Tianshyun Yang, Shinya Morikita, Kiyohito Ito, Michiko Nakaya, Masanobu Honda
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Publication number: 20180247858Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Masanobu HONDA
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Publication number: 20180247827Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Michiko NAKAYA, Masanobu HONDA, Toru HISAMATSU, Masahiro TABATA