Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kato

Shinichi Kato 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).

  • Dopant introduction method and heat treatment method
    Patent number: 10121664
    Abstract: A thin film containing a dopant is deposited on a surface of a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer on which the thin film containing the dopant is deposited is rapidly heated to a first peak temperature by irradiation with light from halogen lamps, so that the dopant is diffused from the thin film into the surface of the semiconductor wafer. The thermal diffusion using the rapid heating achieves the introduction of the necessary and sufficient dopant into the semiconductor wafer without producing defects. The surface of the semiconductor wafer is heated to a second peak temperature by further irradiating the semiconductor wafer with flashes of light from flash lamps, so that the dopant is activated. The flash irradiation which is extremely short in irradiation time achieves a high activation rate without excessive diffusion of the dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Screen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fuse, Hideaki Tanimura, Shinichi Kato
  • Semiconductor manufacturing method and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
    Patent number: 10028336
    Abstract: Flash light is emitted from flash lamps to the surface of a semiconductor substrate on which a metal layer has been formed for one second or less to momentarily raise temperature on the surface of the semiconductor substrate including the metal layer and an impurity region to a processing temperature of 1000° C. or more. Heat treatment is performed by emitting flash light to the surface of the semiconductor substrate in a forming gas atmosphere containing hydrogen. By heating the surface of the semiconductor substrate to a high temperature in the forming gas atmosphere for an extremely short time period, contact resistance can be reduced without desorbing hydrogen taken in the vicinity of an interface of a gate oxide film for hydrogen termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoyama, Shinichi Kato
  • GLASS FLAKES AND RESIN COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20180162764
    Abstract: Glass flakes according to the present invention include: glass flake substrates; and a coating covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the glass flake substrates and composed of a binder. The binder includes a bismaleimide compound, a resin, and a silane coupling agent as essential components and includes a peroxide as an optional component. The proportion of the peroxide in the binder is 8 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Shinichi KATO
  • DOPANT INTRODUCTION METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20180166281
    Abstract: A thin film containing a dopant is deposited on a surface of a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer on which the thin film containing the dopant is deposited is rapidly heated to a first peak temperature by irradiation with light from halogen lamps, so that the dopant is diffused from the thin film into the surface of the semiconductor wafer. The thermal diffusion using the rapid heating achieves the introduction of the necessary and sufficient dopant into the semiconductor wafer without producing defects. The surface of the semiconductor wafer is heated to a second peak temperature by further irradiating the semiconductor wafer with flashes of light from flash lamps, so that the dopant is activated. The flash irradiation which is extremely short in irradiation time achieves a high activation rate without excessive diffusion of the dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fuse, Hideaki Tanimura, Shinichi Kato
  • GLASS FLAKES AND RESIN COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20180155534
    Abstract: Glass flakes according to the present invention include: glass flake substrates; and a coating covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the glass flake substrates and composed of a binder. The binder includes an epoxy-modified polyolefin resin and a silane coupling agent. The proportion of the coating in the glass flakes is 0.05 to 3 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi KATO, Nobuaki TAI
  • Communication Terminal, Communication Method, Program, and Communication System
    Publication number: 20180152437
    Abstract: There is provided a communication terminal including a transmission controller configured to allow transmission of, to a verification target device, authentication information for authenticating the verification target device based on first information acquired from an information processing device, and a verification unit configured to verify validity of the verification target device based on a response to the authentication information and second information acquired from the information processing device, the second information being associated with the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: SHINICHI KATO, MICHIHIRO KUROMOTO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180075266
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an access control unit configured to control access to a data storage location in which data can be stored and which is accessed through each of a plurality of communications including a wired communication and a wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: MIKI KAKIZAWA, NAOTAKA TAKESHITA, JUN TADA, SHINICHI KATO
  • Checking validity of a communication target device
    Patent number: 9912658
    Abstract: There is provided a communication terminal including a transmission controller configured to allow transmission of, to a verification target device, authentication information for authenticating the verification target device based on first information acquired from an information processing device, and a verification unit configured to verify validity of the verification target device based on a response to the authentication information and second information acquired from the information processing device, the second information being associated with the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Michihiro Kuromoto
  • SEPARATOR, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180059599
    Abstract: A separator includes a base and a sheet. The base includes a first face to face a medium, a second face being opposite to the first face, and a third face being an end face in a longitudinal direction of the base. The sheet is disposed on a portion of each of the first and second faces that contacts or is adjacent to a rotator. The sheet has a length in a longitudinal direction thereof substantially equal to a length of the base in the longitudinal direction thereof. The sheet includes a projecting portion outboard from the length of the sheet in the longitudinal direction thereof. A combined length of the sheet and the projecting portion in the longitudinal direction of the sheet is greater than the length of the base in the longitudinal direction thereof. The projecting portion is attached to the second and third faces of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi KATO, Kenji MAEDA, Hirochika OHNISHI
  • Controller for servomotors
    Patent number: D812019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Yuki Mizushi, Kayo Shimohama, Yasuhiro Endo, Kentarou Tsukamoto
  • Inverter
    Patent number: D817273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Satoshi Taira, Kiyoshi Shibata, Mizuho Sasaki, Toshinori Ichikawa
  • Operation board for numerical controller
    Patent number: D820220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Yuki Mizushi, Shoichiro Hayashi, Hirohisa Naguchi
  • Delivery robot
    Patent number: D822736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Hideto Iwamoto, Naoya Tsukamoto, Ian Emerson Random, Hongkue Lee
  • Delivery robot
    Patent number: D822737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Hideto Iwamoto, Naoya Tsukamoto, Ian Emerson Random, Hongkue Lee
  • Delivery robot
    Patent number: D822738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Hideto Iwamoto, Naoya Tsukamoto, Ian Emerson Random, Hongkue Lee
  • Delivery robot
    Patent number: D822739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Hongkue Lee, Hideto Iwamoto, Naoya Tsukamoto, Ian Emerson Random
  • Delivery robot
    Patent number: D823366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Hongkue Lee, Hideto Iwamoto, Naoya Tsukamoto, Ian Emerson Random
  • Delivery robot
    Patent number: D826302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kato, Hongkue Lee, Hideto Iwamoto, Ian Emerson Random
  • Controller for servomotor
    Patent number: D829181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Yuki Mizushi, Kayo Shimohama, Yasuhiro Endo, Kentarou Tsukamoto
  • Controller for servomotor
    Patent number: D829672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Yuki Mizushi, Kayo Shimohama, Yasuhiro Endo, Kentarou Tsukamoto