Patents by Inventor Shinya Yoshimoto

Shinya Yoshimoto 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: 20240060174
    Abstract: Methods and systems of forming material within a recess are disclosed. Exemplary methods include forming a flowable material at a first temperature (T1) within a reaction chamber, the flowable material forming deposited material within the recess, treating the deposited material to form treated material, and heating the substrate including the treated material at a second temperature (T2) to remove a portion of the deposited material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto Igarashi, Shinya Yoshimoto, Jhoelle Roche Guhit, Ling Chi Hwang
  • Patent number: 11908684
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for reforming films comprising silicon nitride are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a substrate within a reaction chamber, forming activated species by irradiating a reforming gas with microwave radiation, and exposing substrate to the activated species. A pressure within the reaction chamber during the step of forming activated species can be less than 50 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Jun Yoshikawa, Toshihisa Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20230399745
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments herein, methods and apparatuses for flowable deposition of thin films are described. Some embodiments relate to cyclical processes for gap-fill in which deposition is followed by a microwave plasma curing treatment and repeated. In some embodiments, the deposition and microwave plasma curing treatment are carried out in separate stations. In some embodiments, a second station is heated to a higher temperature than a first station. In some embodiments, a separate module is used for high temperature curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Makoto Igarashi, Ranjit Borude
  • Publication number: 20230335392
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments herein, methods and apparatuses for flowable deposition of thin films are described. Some embodiments relate to cyclical processors for gap-fill in which deposition is followed by a thermal anneal and ultraviolet treatment and repeated. In some embodiments, the deposition, thermal anneal, and ultraviolet treatment are carried out in separate stations. In some embodiments, a second station is heated to a higher temperature than a first station. In some embodiments, a separate module is used for curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Jhoelle Roche Guhit, Makoto Igarashi, Hideaki Fukuda, Aurelie Kuroda, Timothee Blanquart, Takahiro Onuma
  • Publication number: 20230298885
    Abstract: Methods and related systems for at least partially filling recesses comprised in a substrate with a gap filling fluid. The gap filling fluid comprises a Si—N bond. The methods comprise exposing the substrate to a nitrogen and hydrogen-containing gas on the one hand and to vacuum ultraviolet light on the other hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ranjit Borude, Shinya Yoshimoto, Makoto Igarashi, Jhoelle Roche Guhit, Pamarti Viswanath
  • Publication number: 20230005734
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for reforming films comprising silicon nitride are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a substrate within a reaction chamber, forming activated species by irradiating a reforming gas with microwave radiation, and exposing substrate to the activated species. A pressure within the reaction chamber during the step of forming activated species can be less than 50 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Jun Yoshikawa, Toshihisa Nozawa
  • Patent number: 11476109
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for reforming films comprising silicon nitride are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a substrate within a reaction chamber, forming activated species by irradiating a reforming gas with microwave radiation, and exposing substrate to the activated species. A pressure within the reaction chamber during the step of forming activated species can be less than 50. Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Jun Yoshikawa, Toshihisa Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20220122841
    Abstract: Methods and systems for manufacturing a structure comprising a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, the substrate comprises a plurality of recesses. The recesses may be at least partially filled with a gap filling fluid. The gap filling fluid may comprise an Si—N bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Timothee Blanquart, Takahiro Onuma, Shinya Yoshimoto, Charles Dezelah, Jihee Jeon
  • Publication number: 20220119944
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments herein, methods and apparatuses for flowable deposition of thin films are described. Some embodiments herein relate to cyclical processes for gap-fill in which deposition is followed by a thermal anneal and repeated. In some embodiments, the deposition and thermal anneal are carried out in separate station. In some embodiments second module is heated to a higher temperature than the first station. In some embodiments, the thermal anneal comprises RTA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Takahiro Onuma, Makoto Igarashi, Yukihiro Mori, Hideaki Fukuda, Rene Henricus Jozef Vervuurt, Timothee Blanquart
  • Publication number: 20200395209
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for reforming films comprising silicon nitride are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a substrate within a reaction chamber, forming activated species by irradiating a reforming gas with microwave radiation, and exposing substrate to the activated species. A pressure within the reaction chamber during the step of forming activated species can be less than 50. Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshimoto, Jun Yoshikawa, Toshihisa Nozawa
  • Patent number: 6796126
    Abstract: A speed increasing gear used in a supercharger has a center roller connected to an output shaft, an outer wheel arranged eccentric to the center roller, and a plurality of intermediate rollers arranged within an annular space in which a width of the center roller with respect to a diametrical direction is uneven with respect to a circumferential direction of the center roller. The annular space is provided between the center roller and the outer wheel, and a pivot of at least one intermediate roller is movably arranged in a circumferential direction and a radial direction of the center roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignees: HKS Co. Ltd., NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Shinya Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki Itoh, Satoshi Dairokuno
  • Publication number: 20030121507
    Abstract: A speed increasing gear used in a supercharger has a center roller connected to an output shaft, an outer wheel arranged eccentric to the center roller, and a plurality of intermediate rollers arranged within an annular space in which a width of the center roller with respect to a diametrical direction is uneven with respect to a circumferential direction of the center roller. The annular space is provided between the center roller and the outer wheel, and a pivot of at least one intermediate roller is movably arranged in a circumferential direction and a radial direction of the center roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: HKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Shinya Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki Itoh, Satoshi Dairokuno