Patents by Inventor Takara Kato

Takara 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).

  • Patent number: 8859422
    Abstract: A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding Cu in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while annealing the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Atsushi Gomi, Takara Kato, Osamu Yokoyama, Takashi Sakuma, Chiaki Yasumuro, Hiroyuki Toshima, Tatsuo Hatano, Yasushi Mizusawa, Masamichi Hara, Kenzi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130252417
    Abstract: A thin film forming method in which a thin film is formed on a surface of a target object to be processed to fill a recess formed in the surface of the target object includes the steps of forming a metal layer for filling on the surface of the target object to fill the recess formed in the surface of the target object and forming a metal film for preventing diffusion on an entire surface of the target object to cover the metal layer for filling. The thin film forming method further includes the step of annealing the target object having the metal film for preventing diffusion formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro ISHIZAKA, Jonathan Rullan, Osamu Yokoyama, Atsushi Gomi, Chiaki Yasumuro, Takara Kato, Tatsuo Hatano, Hiroaki Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20130237053
    Abstract: A film forming method which generates metal ions from a metal target with a plasma in a processing chamber and attracts the metal ions with a bias to deposit a metal thin film on a target object wherein trenches are formed. The method includes: generating metal ions from a target and attracting the metal ions into a target object with a bias to form a base film in a trench; ionizing a rare gas with the bias in a state where no metal ion is generated and attracting the generated ions into the target object to etch the base film; and plasma sputtering the target to generate metal ions and attracting the metal ions into the object with a high frequency power for bias to deposit a main film as a metal film, while reflowing the main film by heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Takashi Sakuma, Tatsuo Hatano, Osamu Yokoyama, Atsushi Gomi, Chiaki Yasumuro, Toshihiko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Toshima, Masaya Kawamata, Yasushi Mizusawa, Takara Kato
  • Patent number: 8399353
    Abstract: A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding copper in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while heating the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Atsushi Gomi, Takara Kato, Osamu Yokoyama, Takashi Sakuma, Chiaki Yasumuro, Hiroyuki Toshima, Tatsuo Hatano, Yasushi Mizusawa, Masamichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20120222782
    Abstract: In a Cu wiring forming method which is followed by a post-process including a treatment of a temperature of 500° C. or higher, an adhesion film made of a metal having a lattice spacing that differs from the lattice spacing of Cu by 10% or less is formed on a substrate having a trench and/or a hole in the surface such that the adhesion film is deposited on at least the bottom and side surfaces of the trench and/or hole. A Cu film is formed on the adhesion film to fill the trench and/or hole. An annealing process is performed on the substrate on which the Cu film has been formed at 350° C. or higher. The CU film is polished to leave only the part of the Cu film which corresponds to the trench and/or hole. A cap is formed on the polished Cu film to form a Cu wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Gomi, Yasushi Mizusawa, Tatsuo Hatano, Osamu Yokoyama, Tadahiro Ishizaka, Chiaki Yasumuro, Takara Kato
  • Publication number: 20120196437
    Abstract: A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding copper in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while heating the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro ISHIZAKA, Atsushi GOMI, Takara KATO, Osamu YOKOYAMA, Takashi SAKUMA, Chiaki YASUMURO, Hiroyuki TOSHIMA, Tatsuo HATANO, Yasushi MIZUSAWA, Masamichi HARA
  • Publication number: 20120196052
    Abstract: A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding Cu in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while annealing the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro ISHIZAKA, Atsushi GOMI, Takara KATO, Osamu YOKOYAMA, Takashi SAKUMA, Chiaki YASUMURO, Hiroyuki TOSHIMA, Tatsuo HATANO, Yasushi MIZUSAWA, Masamichi HARA, Kenzi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20120064717
    Abstract: In a CVD-Ru film forming method, an Ru-film is formed on a substrate by means of CVD using a ruthenium carbonyl as a film-forming material before forming a Cu film. Then the substrate on which the aforementioned Ru film is formed is annealed in a hydrogen containing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takara KATO, Yasushi Mizusawa, Tatsuo Hatano, Atsushi Gomi, Chiaki Yasumuro, Osamu Yokoyama