Patents by Inventor Takanori Obaru

Takanori Obaru 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: 20240162052
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that processes a substrate with a processing liquid, includes: a processing container; a first substrate holder configured to horizontally hold the substrate inside the processing container; a rotation drive configured to rotate the first substrate holder about a vertical rotation central axis; a second substrate holder configured to horizontally hold the substrate inside the processing container; a movement drive configured to move the first substrate holder and the second substrate holder relative to each other; and a controller configured to control the rotation drive and the movement drive, wherein the controller performs control to repeat contact between the first substrate holder and the substrate by changing a contact position of the substrate with the first substrate holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori OBARU, Nobuhiko MOURI
  • Patent number: 11887869
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first cleaning body, a first moving mechanism, a second cleaning body, a second moving mechanism, and a controller. The first cleaning body cleans one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by ejecting fluid thereto or by coming into contact therewith. The second cleaning body cleans the other one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by coming into contact therewith. The controller controls the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism to perform a both-surface cleaning processing in which the first cleaning body which ejects the fluid to one surface or is in contact with the upper surface and the second cleaning body which is in contact with the lower surface are horizontally moved in synchronization with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Takanori Obaru, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 11482429
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a holder that holds a substrate; a liquid supply that sequentially supplies a first processing liquid and a second processing liquid to a main surface of the substrate held by the holder; a friction body that comes into contact with and rub the main surface of the substrate during the supply of the first processing liquid and the second processing liquid; a mover that moves a contact position of the friction body in a first axial direction and a second axial direction; and a controller that controls the liquid supply and the mover to move the contact position of the friction body in one-side direction of the first axial direction during the supply of the first processing liquid, and move the contact position of the friction body in the other-side direction of the first axial direction during the supply of the second processing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Takanori Obaru
  • Publication number: 20210398827
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first cleaning body, a first moving mechanism, a second cleaning body, a second moving mechanism, and a controller. The first cleaning body cleans one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by ejecting fluid thereto or by coming into contact therewith. The second cleaning body cleans the other one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by coming into contact therewith. The controller controls the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism to perform a both-surface cleaning processing in which the first cleaning body which ejects the fluid to one surface or is in contact with the upper surface and the second cleaning body which is in contact with the lower surface are horizontally moved in synchronization with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Takanori Obaru, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 11139182
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first cleaning body, a first moving mechanism, a second cleaning body, a second moving mechanism, and a controller. The first cleaning body cleans one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by ejecting fluid thereto or by coming into contact therewith. The second cleaning body cleans the other one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by coming into contact therewith. The controller controls the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism to perform a both-surface cleaning processing in which the first cleaning body which ejects the fluid to one surface or is in contact with the upper surface and the second cleaning body which is in contact with the lower surface are horizontally moved in synchronization with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Takanori Obaru, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 11084072
    Abstract: Contamination of a bottom surface of a substrate caused by a processing liquid used for cleaning a top surface of the substrate can be suppressed. After performing a liquid processing on the top surface of the substrate and a liquid processing on the bottom surface of the substrate in parallel while rotating the substrate by a substrate holding/rotating unit, when stopping the liquid processing on the top surface of the substrate and the liquid processing on the bottom surface of the substrate, a control unit 18 stops a supply of the processing liquid onto the top surface of the substrate by a first processing liquid supply device 73, and then, stops a supply of the processing liquid onto the bottom surface of the substrate by a second processing liquid supply device 71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shogo Fukui, Noritaka Uchida, Takanori Obaru, Hidetaka Shinohara, Shuuichi Nishikido, Tomohito Ura, Yuya Motoyama
  • Publication number: 20210159097
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a holder that holds a substrate; a liquid supply that sequentially supplies a first processing liquid and a second processing liquid to a main surface of the substrate held by the holder; a friction body that comes into contact with and rub the main surface of the substrate during the supply of the first processing liquid and the second processing liquid; a mover that moves a contact position of the friction body in a first axial direction and a second axial direction; and a controller that controls the liquid supply and the mover to move the contact position of the friction body in one-side direction of the first axial direction during the supply of the first processing liquid, and move the contact position of the friction body in the other-side direction of the first axial direction during the supply of the second processing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Takanori OBARU
  • Publication number: 20190181022
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first cleaning body, a first moving mechanism, a second cleaning body, a second moving mechanism, and a controller. The first cleaning body cleans one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by ejecting fluid thereto or by coming into contact therewith. The second cleaning body cleans the other one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by coming into contact therewith. The controller controls the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism to perform a both-surface cleaning processing in which the first cleaning body which ejects the fluid to one surface or is in contact with the upper surface and the second cleaning body which is in contact with the lower surface are horizontally moved in synchronization with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Takanori Obaru, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20180200764
    Abstract: Contamination of a bottom surface of a substrate caused by a processing liquid used for cleaning a top surface of the substrate can be suppressed. After performing a liquid processing on the top surface of the substrate and a liquid processing on the bottom surface of the substrate in parallel while rotating the substrate by a substrate holding/rotating unit, when stopping the liquid processing on the top surface of the substrate and the liquid processing on the bottom surface of the substrate, a control unit 18 stops a supply of the processing liquid onto the top surface of the substrate by a processing liquid supply device 73, and then, stops a supply of the processing liquid onto the bottom surface of the substrate by a processing liquid supply device 71.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Shogo Fukui, Noritaka Uchida, Takanori Obaru, Hidetaka Shinohara, Shuuichi Nishikido, Tomohito Ura, Yuya Motoyama