Patents by Inventor Ryoji Ikebe
Ryoji Ikebe 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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Publication number: 20210257236Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11018035Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11011436Abstract: Whether a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate is appropriately removed is rapidly determined without depending on a kind of the film on the peripheral portion to be removed. An acquisition process S502 of acquiring information upon the kind of the film of the substrate; a selection process S503 of selecting a measurement setting corresponding to the acquired kind of the film from a table for measurement settings previously stored in a storage unit; a control process S504 of controlling an imaging unit 270 to image the peripheral portion of the substrate by using the measurement setting selected in the selection process are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10713772Abstract: Disclosed is a measurement processing device including: a processing unit configured to control an imaging device to image a substrate, on which a processing film is removed from the peripheral edge portion, and an enclosure member that surrounds the substrate. A captured image obtained by the imaging device is processed to measure a cut width in which the processing film is absent in the peripheral edge portion of the substrate, and a gap width between a peripheral edge end of the substrate and the enclosure member.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Yuki Ito, Eiichiro Okamoto, Kazuya Iwanaga, Ryoji Ikebe
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Patent number: 10707109Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes carry in/out station, transfer station, processing station, and image capturing unit. The carry in/out station includes first conveyance device that takes out and conveys substrate from cassette. The transfer station is disposed adjacent to the carry in/out station, and includes substrate placement unit on which the substrate conveyed by the first conveyance device is placed. The processing station is disposed adjacent to the transfer station, and includes second conveyance device that takes out and conveys the substrate from the substrate placement unit, and a plurality of processing units that processes the substrate conveyed by the second conveyance device. The image capturing unit is disposed in the transfer station, and captures an image of the peripheral edge portion of one of the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate and the end surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Yasuaki Noda, Norihisa Koga, Keisuke Hamamoto, Masato Hosaka
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Publication number: 20190096730Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes carry in/out station, transfer station, processing station, and image capturing unit. The carry in/out station includes first conveyance device that takes out and conveys substrate from cassette. The transfer station is disposed adjacent to the carry in/out station, and includes substrate placement unit on which the substrate conveyed by the first conveyance device is placed. The processing station is disposed adjacent to the transfer station, and includes second conveyance device that takes out and conveys the substrate from the substrate placement unit, and a plurality of processing units that processes the substrate conveyed by the second conveyance device. The image capturing unit is disposed in the transfer station, and captures an image of the peripheral edge portion of one of the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate and the end surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Yasuaki Noda, Norihisa Koga, Keisuke Hamamoto, Masato Hosaka
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Patent number: 10217628Abstract: Imaging can be performed well even when an imaging device is disposed at a position facing a peripheral portion of a substrate. A substrate processing apparatus 16 which performs a processing of removing a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate W includes a rotating/holding unit 210 configured to hold and rotate the substrate; a first processing liquid supply unit 250A configured to supply a first processing liquid for removing the film onto the peripheral portion of the substrate while the substrate is being rotated in a first rotational direction R1 by the rotating/holding unit; and an imaging unit 270 provided at a position in front of an arrival region 902 of the first processing liquid on the substrate with respect to the first rotational direction R1, and configured to image the peripheral portion of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20190043742Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10128137Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20170287704Abstract: Whether a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate is appropriately removed is rapidly determined without depending on a kind of the film on the peripheral portion to be removed. An acquisition process S502 of acquiring information upon the kind of the film of the substrate; a selection process S503 of selecting a measurement setting corresponding to the acquired kind of the film from a table for measurement settings previously stored in a storage unit; a control process S504 of controlling an imaging unit 270 to image the peripheral portion of the substrate by using the measurement setting selected in the selection process are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20170287703Abstract: Imaging can be performed well even when an imaging device is disposed at a position facing a peripheral portion of a substrate. A substrate processing apparatus 16 which performs a processing of removing a film on a peripheral portion of a substrate W includes a rotating/holding unit 210 configured to hold and rotate the substrate; a first processing liquid supply unit 250A configured to supply a first processing liquid for removing the film onto the peripheral portion of the substrate while the substrate is being rotated in a first rotational direction R1 by the rotating/holding unit; and an imaging unit 270 provided at a position in front of an arrival region 902 of the first processing liquid on the substrate with respect to the first rotational direction R1, and configured to image the peripheral portion of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20170287750Abstract: A measurement processing process S103 of measuring a cut width of a film based on an image obtained by imaging, with an imaging unit 270, a peripheral portion of a substrate which is processed based on a substrate processing recipe; a creation process S602 of creating a management list in which a set value of the cut width of the film, a measurement value of the cut width of the film measured through the measurement processing process and time information at which the measurement result is obtained are correlated; an analysis process S603 (S606) of analyzing a state of the processed substrate based on the created management list; and a notification process S605 (S608, S609) of making a preset notification to a user based on an analysis result obtained through the analysis process are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Satoshi Morita, Ryoji Ikebe, Isamu Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20160148366Abstract: Disclosed is a measurement processing device including: a processing unit configured to control an imaging device to image a substrate, on which a processing film is removed from the peripheral edge portion, and an enclosure member that surrounds the substrate. A captured image obtained by the imaging device is processed to measure a cut width in which the processing film is absent in the peripheral edge portion of the substrate, and a gap width between a peripheral edge end of the substrate and the enclosure member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Yoshifumi Amano, Yuki Ito, Eiichiro Okamoto, Kazuya Iwanaga, Ryoji Ikebe
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Publication number: 20060279306Abstract: An test equipment includes a tester board that can be housed in a chamber, a plurality of sockets that are attached on a first main surface of the tester board and mounted respectively with semiconductor devices to be tested, a plurality of device testing units that are attached on a second main surface of the tester board and input predetermined test signals to the semiconductor devices as well as evaluate the semiconductor devices respectively based on the output signals output from the semiconductor devices according to the test signals, and a heat sink plate that cools off the device testing units, where a burn-in test and a characteristic test are carried out for the semiconductor devices while the semiconductor devices mounted on the sockets are heated, and the device testing units are cooled off by a dissipating unit in the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Sueharu Miyakawa, Ryoji Ikebe