Patents by Inventor Ryu KITAHARA

Ryu KITAHARA 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: 10840122
    Abstract: A teaching method according to an embodiment is for a transfer device including a substrate holding unit including a suction port for holding a substrate by applying suction, an actuation mechanism for moving the substrate holding unit, and a pressure detecting unit for detecting a pressure in a suction path communicating with the suction port. The method includes: moving the substrate holding unit under the substrate; moving the substrate holding unit upward toward the substrate, while applying suction to the suction path and detecting the pressure in the suction path; determining whether or not the substrate holding unit has touched the substrate, based on the pressure in the suction path; and storing, as a standard position, a position of the substrate holding unit at a time of determining that the substrate holding unit has touched the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Ryu Kitahara, Kazuya Koshiishi, Junya Sato, Shun Suto, Toshimitsu Chiba
  • Publication number: 20190181031
    Abstract: A teaching method according to an embodiment is for a transfer device including a substrate holding unit including a suction port for holding a substrate by applying suction, an actuation mechanism for moving the substrate holding unit, and a pressure detecting unit for detecting a pressure in a suction path communicating with the suction port. The method includes: moving the substrate holding unit under the substrate; moving the substrate holding unit upward toward the substrate, while applying suction to the suction path and detecting the pressure in the suction path; determining whether or not the substrate holding unit has touched the substrate, based on the pressure in the suction path; and storing, as a standard position, a position of the substrate holding unit at a time of determining that the substrate holding unit has touched the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Ryu KITAHARA, Kazuya KOSHIISHI, Junya SATO, Shun SUTO, Toshimitsu CHIBA
  • Patent number: 10128121
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided that includes a control part configured to control a substrate process in accordance with a processing procedure set in a process recipe. The process recipe is linked to a plurality of partial recipes obtained by dividing the processing procedure into functions. The control part controls the substrate process in accordance with processing procedures set in the linked plurality of partial recipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sasaki, Tatsuya Miura, Toshihiro Ohno, Kazumune Ono, Shoko Endo, Ryu Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20170040177
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided that includes a control part configured to control a substrate process in accordance with a processing procedure set in a process recipe. The process recipe is linked to a plurality of partial recipes obtained by dividing the processing procedure into functions. The control part controls the substrate process in accordance with processing procedures set in the linked plurality of partial recipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsuru SASAKI, Tatsuya MIURA, Toshihiro OHNO, Kazumune ONO, Shoko ENDO, Ryu KITAHARA