Patents by Inventor Seishi Murakami

Seishi Murakami 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).

  • Publication number: 20240069641
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, TETSUO IKEDA, YOHSUKE KAJI, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TADAYOSHI MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220341037
    Abstract: A raw material supply apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a container configured to store a solution of a first solid raw material dissolved in a solvent or a dispersion system of the first solid raw material dispersed in a dispersion medium; a removal part configured to form a second solid raw material by removing the solvent or the dispersion medium from the solution or the dispersion system stored in the container; a detection part configured to detect a completion of a removal of the solvent or the dispersion medium from the solution or the dispersion system; and a heater configured to heat the second solid raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Seishi MURAKAMI, Tsuneyuki OKABE, Eiichi KOMORI
  • Patent number: 11348794
    Abstract: A film forming method includes: repeatedly performing a source gas adsorption process including supplying a source gas containing a metal element to form a nitride film on a substrate in a chamber and purging a residual gas, and a nitriding process including supplying a nitriding gas onto the substrate and purging a residual gas; and supplying a hydrazine-based compound gas as a part or all of the nitriding gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Yosuke Serizawa, Yoshikazu Ideno, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Takaya Shimizu, Seishi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10950417
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a process container; a process gas supply mechanism; a substrate loading table; a temperature adjusting medium passage; a temperature adjusting medium extraction mechanism; a heater; and a temperature controller. The temperature controller is configured to adjust a temperature of a target substrate to a first temperature by allowing a temperature adjusting medium to flow through the temperature adjusting medium passage of the substrate loading table; and adjust the temperature of the target substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature by extracting the temperature adjusting medium of the temperature adjusting medium passage using the temperature adjusting medium extraction mechanism while heating the target substrate using the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Einosuke Tsuda, Seishi Murakami, Takayuki Kamaishi
  • Patent number: 10546753
    Abstract: Provided is a method of removing a silicon oxide film of a workpiece having an insulating film and the silicon oxide film exposed at a bottom portion of an opening formed in the insulating film, including: forming a protective film containing carbon on a surface of the workpiece, wherein the protective film has a first region extending along a side wall surface of the insulating film that defines the opening and a second region extending on the silicon oxide film: removing the second region of the protective film and the silicon oxide film by sputter etching with ions from plasma of a first inert gas; and removing a residue of the silicon oxide film by chemical etching. The step of forming the protective film includes executing a plurality of cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamasaki, Takamichi Kikuchi, Seishi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20190378723
    Abstract: A film forming method includes: repeatedly performing a source gas adsorption process including supplying a source gas containing a metal element to form a nitride film on a substrate in a chamber and purging a residual gas, and a nitriding process including supplying a nitriding gas onto the substrate and purging a residual gas; and supplying a hydrazine-based compound gas as a part or all of the nitriding gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Yosuke Serizawa, Yoshikazu Ideno, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Takaya Shimizu, Seishi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10504740
    Abstract: Provided is a method of removing a silicon oxide film of a workpiece having an insulating film and the silicon oxide film exposed at a bottom portion of an opening formed in the insulating film, including: forming a protective film containing carbon on a surface of the workpiece, wherein the protective film has a first region extending along a side wall surface of the insulating film that defines the opening and a second region extending on the silicon oxide film: removing the second region of the protective film and the silicon oxide film by sputter etching with ions from plasma of a first inert gas; and removing a residue of the silicon oxide film by chemical etching. The step of forming the protective film includes executing a plurality of cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamasaki, Takamichi Kikuchi, Seishi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10221478
    Abstract: A film formation device includes: a processing vessel; a mounting stand installed within the processing vessel and configured to mount a substrate thereon; an elevating shaft installed so as to extend in an up-down direction while supporting the mounting stand and connected to an external elevator mechanism through a through-hole formed in the processing vessel; a bellows installed between the processing vessel and the elevator mechanism and configured to cover a periphery of the elevating shaft at a lateral side of the elevating shaft; a lid member disposed so as to surround the elevating shaft with a gap left between a lateral circumferential surface of the elevating shaft and the lid member; and a purge gas supply part configured to supply a purge gas into the bellows so that a gas flow from the bellows toward the processing vessel through the gap is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensaku Narushima, Daisuke Toriya, Kentaro Asakura, Seishi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20190027371
    Abstract: Provided is a method of removing a silicon oxide film of a workpiece having an insulating film and the silicon oxide film exposed at a bottom portion of an opening formed in the insulating film, including: forming a protective film containing carbon on a surface of the workpiece, wherein the protective film has a first region extending along a side wall surface of the insulating film that defines the opening and a second region extending on the silicon oxide film: removing the second region of the protective film and the silicon oxide film by sputter etching with ions from plasma of a first inert gas; and removing a residue of the silicon oxide film by chemical etching. The step of forming the protective film includes executing a plurality of cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki YAMASAKI, Takamichi KIKUCHI, Seishi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180366303
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a process container; a process gas supply mechanism; a substrate loading table; a temperature adjusting medium passage; a temperature adjusting medium extraction mechanism; a heater; and a temperature controller. The temperature controller is configured to adjust a temperature of a target substrate to a first temperature by allowing a temperature adjusting medium to flow through the temperature adjusting medium passage of the substrate loading table; and adjust the temperature of the target substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature by extracting the temperature adjusting medium of the temperature adjusting medium passage using the temperature adjusting medium extraction mechanism while heating the target substrate using the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Einosuke TSUDA, Seishi MURAKAMI, Takayuki KAMAISHI
  • Patent number: 9984892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing, from a target substrate having an insulating film with a predetermined pattern formed thereon, a silicon-containing oxide film formed in a silicon portion at a bottom of the pattern. The method includes: forming a carbon-based protective film on the entire surface of the insulating film including the pattern by ALD using a carbon source gas; selectively removing the carbon-based protective film on an upper surface of the insulating film and on the bottom of the pattern by an anisotropic plasma processing; removing the silicon-containing oxide film formed on the bottom of the pattern by etching; and removing a remaining portion of the carbon-based protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Kobayashi, Seishi Murakami, Takashi Sakuma, Masahiko Tomita, Takamichi Kikuchi, Akitaka Shimizu, Takayuki Kamaishi, Einosuke Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20170338120
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing, from a target substrate having an insulating film with a predetermined pattern formed thereon, a silicon-containing oxide film formed in a silicon portion at a bottom of the pattern. The method includes: forming a carbon-based protective film on the entire surface of the insulating film including the pattern by ALD using a carbon source gas; selectively removing the carbon-based protective film on an upper surface of the insulating film and on the bottom of the pattern by an anisotropic plasma processing; removing the silicon-containing oxide film formed on the bottom of the pattern by etching; and removing a remaining portion of the carbon-based protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi Kobayashi, Seishi Murakami, Takashi Sakuma, Masahiko Tomita, Takamichi Kikuchi, Akitaka Shimizu, Takayuki Kamaishi, Einosuke Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9620370
    Abstract: A method of forming a Ti film on a substrate disposed in a chamber by introducing a processing gas containing a TiCl4 gas as a Ti source and a H2 gas as a reducing gas and by generating plasma in the chamber, includes introducing an Ar gas as a plasma generation gas into the chamber, converting the Ar gas into plasma to generate Ar ions, and acting the Ar ions on the Ti film to promote desorption of Cl from the Ti film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Seishi Murakami, Takaya Shimizu, Satoshi Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9349642
    Abstract: A method of forming a contact layer on a substrate having a contact hole to make a contact between the substrate and a buried metal material, includes disposing the substrate in a chamber, introducing a Ti source gas, a reducing gas and an Si source gas into the chamber, and converting the Ti source gas, the reducing gas and the Si source gas into plasma to form a TiSix film on the substrate. A portion of the TiSix film in a bottom of the contact hole corresponds to the contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Seishi Murakami, Takaya Shimizu, Satoshi Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20160083837
    Abstract: A film formation device includes: a processing vessel; a mounting stand installed within the processing vessel and configured to mount a substrate thereon; an elevating shaft installed so as to extend in an up-down direction while supporting the mounting stand and connected to an external elevator mechanism through a through-hole formed in the processing vessel; a bellows installed between the processing vessel and the elevator mechanism and configured to cover a periphery of the elevating shaft at a lateral side of the elevating shaft; a lid member disposed so as to surround the elevating shaft with a gap left between a lateral circumferential surface of the elevating shaft and the lid member; and a purge gas supply part configured to supply a purge gas into the bellows so that a gas flow from the bellows toward the processing vessel through the gap is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kensaku NARUSHIMA, Daisuke TORIYA, Kentaro ASAKURA, Seishi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20150179462
    Abstract: A method of forming a Ti film on a substrate disposed in a chamber by introducing a processing gas containing a TiCl4 gas as a Ti source and a H2 gas as a reducing gas and by generating plasma in the chamber, includes introducing an Ar gas as a plasma generation gas into the chamber, converting the Ar gas into plasma to generate Ar ions, and acting the Ar ions on the Ti film to promote desorption of Cl from the Ti film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Seishi MURAKAMI, Takaya SHIMIZU, Satoshi WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150179518
    Abstract: A method of forming a contact layer on a substrate having a contact hole to make a contact between the substrate and a buried metal material, includes disposing the substrate in a chamber, introducing a Ti source gas, a reducing gas and an Si source gas into the chamber, and converting the Ti source gas, the reducing gas and the Si source gas into plasma to form a TiSix film on the substrate. A portion of the TiSix film in a bottom of the contact hole corresponds to the contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Seishi MURAKAMI, Takaya SHIMIZU, Satoshi WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8106335
    Abstract: A processing apparatus has a placement stage that prevents generation of a crack due to heating of an embedded heater. The placement stage (32A) on which a wafer (W) is placed has a plurality of areas (32Aa, 32Ab) so that one of the plurality of heaters is embedded independently in each of the plurality of areas. The heater (35Aa) embedded in one area (32Aa) of adjacent areas has a part (35Aa2) extending in the other area (32Ab) of the adjacent areas, and the heater (35Ab) embedded in the other area (32Ab) of the adjacent areas has a part (35Ab2) extending in the one area (32Aa).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Seishi Murakami, Kunihiro Tada
  • Patent number: 8021717
    Abstract: A treatment gas is supplied to form a Ti-based film on a predetermined number of wafers W while setting a temperature of a susceptor 2 in a chamber 1 to a predetermined temperature. After this, the interior of the chamber 1 containing no wafers W is cleaned by discharging Cl2 gas as a cleaning gas from a shower head 10 into the chamber 1. During this cleaning, the temperature of each of the susceptor 2, the shower head 10, and the wall portion of the chamber 1 is independently controlled so that the temperature of the susceptor 2 is not lower than the decomposition start temperature of Cl2 gas and the temperature of the shower head 10 and the wall portion of the chamber 1 is not higher than the decomposition start temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Seishi Murakami, Masaki Koizumi, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Masato Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20100162956
    Abstract: Disclosed is a susceptor which achieves uniform temperature distribution of a wafer placed on the susceptor, and also disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus provided with the susceptor. An annular recess 12a is formed in an intermediate portion between the central portion and the peripheral portion of a wafer support surface of the susceptor 12. Due to the provision of the recess, the substrate heating effect by thermal radiation from the susceptor is suppressed in the intermediate portion. The geometrical dimension of the recess is determined taking the chamber internal pressure into consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Seishi Murakami, Kei Ogose