Patents by Inventor Satoshi Terakura

Satoshi Terakura 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: 11532484
    Abstract: In order to implement a plasma etching method for improving a tapered shape, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber in which a sample is subjected to plasma processing; a first radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power for generating a plasma; a sample stage on which the sample is placed; a second radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power to the sample stage; and a control unit that controls the first radio frequency power source and the second radio frequency power source so as to etch a stacked film formed by alternately stacking a silicon oxide film and a polycrystalline silicon, or a stacked film formed by alternately stacking a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film, by using a plasma generated by a mixed gas of a hydrogen bromide gas, a hydrofluorocarbon gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Iwase, Takao Arase, Satoshi Terakura, Hayato Watanabe, Masahito Mori
  • Publication number: 20200227270
    Abstract: In order to implement a plasma etching method for improving a tapered shape, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber in which a sample is subjected to plasma processing; a first radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power for generating a plasma; a sample stage on which the sample is placed; a second radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power to the sample stage; and a control unit that controls the first radio frequency power source and the second radio frequency power source so as to etch a stacked film formed by alternately stacking a silicon oxide film and a polycrystalline silicon, or a stacked film formed by alternately stacking a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film, by using a plasma generated by a mixed gas of a hydrogen bromide gas, a hydrofluorocarbon gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Taku IWASE, Takao ARASE, Satoshi TERAKURA, Hayato WATANABE, Masahito MORI
  • Patent number: 10157750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma processing method and a plasma processing apparatus. The plasma processing method enables consistent processing by realizing a high selectivity and a high etching rate when etching a laminated film using a boron-containing amorphous carbon film, realizes high throughput including prior and post processes by simplifying a mask forming process, and has shape controllability of vertical processing. In the present invention, in a plasma processing method for forming a mask by plasma-etching a laminated film including an amorphous carbon film containing boron, the boron-containing amorphous carbon film is plasma-etched by using a mixed gas of an oxygen gas, a fluorine-containing gas, a halogen gas, and a silicon tetrafluoride gas, or a mixed gas of an oxygen gas, a fluorine-containing gas, a halogen gas, and a silicon tetrachloride gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Terakura, Masahito Mori, Takao Arase, Taku Iwase
  • Publication number: 20180068862
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma processing method and a plasma processing apparatus. The plasma processing method enables consistent processing by realizing a high selectivity and a high etching rate when etching a laminated film using a boron-containing amorphous carbon film, realizes high throughput including prior and post processes by simplifying a mask forming process, and has shape controllability of vertical processing. In the present invention, in a plasma processing method for forming a mask by plasma-etching a laminated film including an amorphous carbon film containing boron, the boron-containing amorphous carbon film is plasma-etched by using a mixed gas of an oxygen gas, a fluorine-containing gas, a halogen gas, and a silicon tetrafluoride gas, or a mixed gas of an oxygen gas, a fluorine-containing gas, a halogen gas, and a silicon tetrachloride gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi TERAKURA, Masahito MORI, Takao ARASE, Taku IWASE
  • Patent number: 9905431
    Abstract: In the present invention, a dry etching method for plasma etching a second laminated film in which a first laminated film in which a silicon-containing film and a silicon dioxide film are laminated is laminated in plurality and an inorganic film arranged over the second laminated film, includes etching the inorganic film and the second laminated film by a mixed gas of an NF3 gas and a CH3F gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Terakura, Masahito Mori, Takao Arase, Ryuta Machida
  • Publication number: 20150221518
    Abstract: In the present invention, a dry etching method for plasma etching a second laminated film in which a first laminated film in which a silicon-containing film and a silicon dioxide film are laminated is laminated in plurality and an inorganic film arranged over the second laminated film, includes etching the inorganic film and the second laminated film by a mixed gas of an NF3 gas and a CH3F gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi Terakura, Masahito Mori, Takao Arase, Ryuta Machida