Patents by Inventor Shuichi Noda

Shuichi Noda 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: 7893522
    Abstract: The present invention includes a substrate structural body having a high electrostatic chuck force at a low voltage even when an insulated board is used, and a method for manufacturing the substrate structural body. As the substrate structural body, there is provided a substrate structural body for attaining its fixing by an electrostatic chuck mechanism, comprising at least a first polycrystalline silicon film formed on the back surface of a substrate comprised of an insulating material or its back and side surfaces, wherein a top layer of part of the back surface or the back and side surfaces is of a first silicon insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Noda, Kimiaki Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20090317962
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, semiconductor production equipment, and a storage medium, which suppress abnormal arc discharge occurring when plasma is excited while preventing misalignment of a substrate placed on an electrostatic chuck, are provided. The method includes a first process in which a substrate is placed on an electrostatic chuck in a reaction container and a first electrostatic chuck voltage is applied to the electrostatic chuck to absorb the substrate onto the electrostatic chuck, a second process in which the first electrostatic chuck voltage is reduced to a second electrostatic chuck voltage, a third process in which a high-frequency voltage is applied between parallel plate electrodes in the reaction container to generate plasma, and a fourth process in which the second electrostatic chuck voltage is changed to a third electrostatic chuck voltage higher than the second electrostatic chuck voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi NODA
  • Publication number: 20090085174
    Abstract: The present invention includes a substrate structural body having a high electrostatic chuck force at a low voltage even when an insulated board is used, and a method for manufacturing the substrate structural body. As the substrate structural body, there is provided a substrate structural body for attaining its fixing by an electrostatic chuck mechanism, comprising at least a first polycrystalline silicon film formed on the back surface of a substrate comprised of an insulating material or its back and side surfaces, wherein a top layer of part of the back surface or the back and side surfaces is of a first silicon insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Shuichi Noda, Kimiaki Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 6794297
    Abstract: To determine an optimum addition ratio of ethyl alcohol in the etching gas in a plasma etching unit, an ethyl alcohol addition ratio at which the isotropic etching rate of the etching mask is obtained, and on the basis of the obtained ethyl alcohol addition ratio, the optimum addition ratio is determined, by performing an etching process using an etching gas containing ethyl alcohol in the optimum addition ratio, the portions of the bottom antireflective coating which are not covered with the etching mask are removed. Thus, it is possible to provide a novel etching method capable of appropriately removing unnecessary portions of the bottom antireflective coating which are not covered by photoresist without causing much damage to the photoresist used as the etching mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuichi Noda
  • Publication number: 20030032298
    Abstract: To determine an optimum addition ratio of ethyl alcohol in the etching gas in a plasma etching unit, an ethyl alcohol addition ratio at which the isotropic etching rate of the etching mask is obtained, and on the basis of the obtained ethyl alcohol addition ratio, the optimum addition ratio is determined, by performing an etching process using an etching gas containing ethyl alcohol in the optimum addition ratio, the portions of the bottom antireflective coating which are not covered with the etching mask are removed. Thus, it is possible to provide a novel etching method capable of appropriately removing unnecessary portions of the bottom antireflective coating which are not covered by photoresist without causing much damage to the photoresist used as the etching mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventor: Shuichi Noda