Patents by Inventor Shigenori Kamei

Shigenori Kamei 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: 8707893
    Abstract: A substrate treatment system includes a plurality of treatment apparatuses, a position adjustment apparatus adjusting a center position of the substrate, a substrate transfer apparatus transferring the substrate to the treatment apparatuses and the position adjustment apparatus, and a control unit controlling operations of the apparatuses. The substrate transfer apparatus includes an arm part curved along a peripheral edge portion of the substrate with a radius of curvature larger than a radius of the substrate, and a holding part projecting inward from the arm part and holding a rear surface of the substrate. The position adjustment apparatus includes a mounting table which holds a central portion of the rear surface of the substrate and is rotatable and horizontally movable. The control unit controls the mounting table such that the center position of the substrate held on the mounting table is aligned with a center position of the arm part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Masatoshi Deguchi, Hideo Funakoshi, Toshichika Takei, Norifumi Sato, Wataru Kiyota, Daisuke Ishimaru, Shinichi Machidori, Ikuo Sunaka, Shigenori Kamei
  • Patent number: 8343284
    Abstract: A film removing device includes an approach stage having a flat approach part having a surface substantially flush with the surface of a substrate supported on a support member. The flat approach part faces a first side surface of the substrate at a corner of the substrate where the first side surface and a second side surface of the substrate join. A film removing nozzle spouts a solvent toward a peripheral part of the substrate and sucks a solution while being moved along the second side surface and the approach stage. A gas is spouted into a gap between the flat approach part and the corner of the substrate so that the gas flows through the gap toward the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shigenori Kamei, Kotaro Ooishi, Masahito Hamada
  • Publication number: 20120135148
    Abstract: A substrate treatment system includes a plurality of treatment apparatuses, a position adjustment apparatus adjusting a center position of the substrate, a substrate transfer apparatus transferring the substrate to the treatment apparatuses and the position adjustment apparatus, and a control unit controlling operations of the apparatuses. The substrate transfer apparatus includes an arm part curved along a peripheral edge portion of the substrate with a radius of curvature larger than a radius of the substrate, and a holding part projecting inward from the arm part and holding a rear surface of the substrate. The position adjustment apparatus includes a mounting table which holds a central portion of the rear surface of the substrate and is rotatable and horizontally movable. The control unit controls the mounting table such that the center position of the substrate held on the mounting table is aligned with a center position of the arm part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Deguchi, Hideo Funakoshi, Toshichika Takei, Norifumi Sato, Wataru Kiyota, Daisuke Ishimaru, Shinichi Machidori, Ikuo Sunaka, Shigenori Kamei
  • Publication number: 20110247659
    Abstract: A film removing device includes an approach stage having a flat approach part having a surface substantially flush with the surface of a substrate supported on a support member. The flat approach part faces a first side surface of the substrate at a corner of the substrate where the first side surface and a second side surface of the substrate join. A film removing nozzle spouts a solvent toward a peripheral part of the substrate and sucks a solution while being moved along the second side surface and the approach stage. A gas is spouted into a gap between the flat approach part and the corner of the substrate so that the gas flows through the gap toward the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigenori KAMEI, Kotaro OOISHI, Masahito HAMADA
  • Patent number: 8016976
    Abstract: A film removing device includes an approach stage having a flat approach part having a surface substantially flush with the surface of a substrate supported on a support member. The flat approach part faces a first side surface of the substrate at a corner of the substrate where the first side surface and a second side surface of the substrate join. A film removing nozzle spouts a solvent toward a peripheral part of the substrate and sucks a solution while being moved along the second side surface and the approach stage. A gas is spouted into a gap between the flat approach part and the corner of the substrate so that the gas flows through the gap toward the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shigenori Kamei, Kotaro Ooishi, Masahito Hamada
  • Publication number: 20080041523
    Abstract: A film removing device includes an approach stage having a flat approach part having a surface substantially flush with the surface of a substrate supported on a support member. The flat approach part faces a first side surface of the substrate at a corner of the substrate where the first side surface and a second side surface of the substrate join. A film removing nozzle spouts a solvent toward a peripheral part of the substrate and sucks a solution while being moved along the second side surface and the approach stage. A gas is spouted into a gap between the flat approach part and the corner of the substrate so that the gas flows through the gap toward the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigenori Kamei, Kotaro Ooishi, Masahito Hamada