Patents by Inventor Takashi Aiuchi

Takashi Aiuchi 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: 8060244
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to perform replacement of parts of a substrate processing apparatus more rapidly than that by the prior art. The present invention is a substrate processing apparatus constituted of a plurality of component parts for performing predetermined processing for a substrate, identification marks being attached to the respective component parts, the apparatus including: a storage unit for storing part information on each of the component parts necessary when placing an order for a component part, in correspondence with the identification mark; an input unit for inputting an identification mark of a component part to be ordered; and a display unit for displaying the part information in the storage unit corresponding to the inputted identification mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Aiuchi, Akihito Suzuki, Hirotsugu Kamamoto, Shuichi Yonemura, Takashi Imafu, Kazuhisa Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20070293970
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to perform replacement of parts of a substrate processing apparatus more rapidly than that by the prior art. The present invention is a substrate processing apparatus constituted of a plurality of component parts for performing predetermined processing for a substrate, identification marks being attached to the respective component parts, the apparatus including: a storage unit for storing part information on each of the component parts necessary when placing an order for a component part, in correspondence with the identification mark; an input unit for inputting an identification mark of a component part to be ordered; and a display unit for displaying the part information in the storage unit corresponding to the inputted identification mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Aiuchi, Akihito Suzuki, Hirotsugu Kamamoto, Shuichi Yonemura, Takashi Imafu, Kazuhisa Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6974963
    Abstract: When a base film of a substrate is formed, for instance, on a scribe line of a wafer, a quadrangular first inspection pattern is formed in advance, and when a resist pattern is formed, a second inspection pattern are formed so as to be on a straight line to the first inspection pattern in a top plan view. When light is irradiated to a region including the first inspection pattern and the second inspection pattern and a spectrum is formed based on the reflected diffracted light, information of a line width of the second inspection pattern and a pitch of both inspection patterns is contained therein. In this connection, by preparing in advance a group of spectra based on various kinds of inspection patterns according to simulation and by comparing with an actual spectrum, the most approximate spectrum is selected, and thereby the line width and the pitch are estimated to evaluate the resist pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Michio Tanaka, Makoto Kiyota, Takashi Aiuchi, Ryouichi Uemura
  • Publication number: 20050038618
    Abstract: When a base film of a substrate is formed, for instance, on a scribe line of a wafer, a quadrangular first inspection pattern is formed in advance, and when a resist pattern is formed, a second inspection pattern are formed so as to be on a straight line to the first inspection pattern in a top plan view. When light is irradiated to a region including the first inspection pattern and the second inspection pattern and a spectrum is formed based on the reflected diffracted light, information of a line width of the second inspection pattern and a pitch of both inspection patterns is contained therein. In this connection, by preparing in advance a group of spectra based on various kinds of inspection patterns according to simulation and by comparing with an actual spectrum, the most approximate spectrum is selected, and thereby the line width and the pitch are estimated to evaluate the resist pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Michio Tanaka, Makoto Kiyota, Takashi Aiuchi, Ryouichi Uemura
  • Publication number: 20040186622
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to perform replacement of parts of a substrate processing apparatus more rapidly than that by the prior art. The present invention is a substrate processing apparatus constituted of, a plurality of component parts for performing predetermined processing for a substrate, identification marks being attached to the respective component parts, the apparatus including: a storage unit for storing part information on each of the component parts necessary when placing an order for a component part, in correspondence with the identification mark; an input unit for inputting an identification mark of a component part to be ordered; and a display unit for displaying the part information in the storage unit corresponding to the inputted identification mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Aiuchi, Akihito Suzuki, Hirotsugu Kamamoto, Shuichi Yonemura, Takashi Imafu, Kazuhisa Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6766209
    Abstract: The present invention is a managing system for managing a processing system of a substrate and it has an information accumulation section for accumulating information on the processing system, an information collecting unit for collecting the information from the information accumulation section, and a managing unit for obtaining the information in the information collecting unit via the Internet or an intranet to manage the processing system based on this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Aiuchi, Makoto Kiyota, Ryouichi Uemura, Michio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20030023454
    Abstract: The present invention is a managing system for managing a processing system of a substrate and it has an information accumulation section for accumulating information on the processing system, an information collecting unit for collecting the information from the information accumulation section, and a managing unit for obtaining the information in the information collecting unit via the Internet or an intranet to manage the processing system based on this information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Aiuchi, Makoto Kiyota, Ryouichi Uemura, Michio Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6394670
    Abstract: A system comprises a first maintenance interval storage for storing a first maintenance interval of each component which is not related to an actual utilization of an apparatus, a second maintenance interval storage storing a second maintenance interval of each component which is related to the actual utilization of the apparatus, a maintenance demander for demanding maintenance of some component based on the passing of the first maintenance interval of this component; and a maintenance interval prolonger for judging the second maintenance interval has passed or not based on the passing of the first maintenance interval, and when the second maintenance interval has not yet passed, suspending the demand for maintenance by the maintenance demander and prolonging the first maintenance interval. Consequently, it becomes possible to manage a maintenance timing of each component and give notice thereof on the side of the apparatus composed of a plurality of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kunie Ogata, Takashi Aiuchi, Masanori Tateyama
  • Publication number: 20010041076
    Abstract: A system comprises a first maintenance interval storage for storing a first maintenance interval of each component which is not related to an actual utilization of an apparatus, a second maintenance interval storage storing a second maintenance interval of each component which is related to the actual utilization of the apparatus, a maintenance demander for demanding maintenance of some component based on the passing of the first maintenance interval of this component; and a maintenance interval prolonger for judging the second maintenance interval has passed or not based on the passing of the first maintenance interval, and when the second maintenance interval has not yet passed, suspending the demand for maintenance by the maintenance demander and prolonging the first maintenance interval. Consequently, it becomes possible to manage a maintenance timing of each component and give notice thereof on the side of the apparatus composed of a plurality of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kunie Ogata, Takashi Aiuchi, Masanori Tateyama