Patents by Inventor Shozoh Watanabe

Shozoh Watanabe 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: 20080138993
    Abstract: A dry etching apparatus comprises: a vacuum chamber where a processing target is disposed on a bottom wall side of an internal space; a coil for generating plasma that is disposed above and outside the vacuum chamber and has conductors disposed so that a gap is formed in a plane view; a top wall that closes the top of the internal space and has a transparent section at a position corresponding to the gap between conductors of the coil 36 in the plane view; and a camera that is disposed above the coil and can capture at least a part of the processing target in a field of view through the gap and the transparent section. The status of the processing target during plasma processing can be observed in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hiroshima, Sumio Miyake, Mitsuhiro Okune, Shozoh Watanabe, Hiroyuki Suzuki