Patents by Inventor Takuya JODA

Takuya JODA 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: 20230257873
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) loading a substrate into a process container; (b) processing the substrate by supplying a processing gas into the process container to form a film containing titanium and nitrogen on the substrate; (c) unloading the processed substrate from the process container; and (d) supplying a modifying gas containing at least one selected from the group of silicon, metal, and halogen into the process container after the processed substrate is unloaded from the process container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya JODA, Arito OGAWA, Atsuro SEINO
  • Publication number: 20220267905
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes (a) supplying a precursor gas containing a first element and halogen to a substrate; (b) supplying a first reducing gas to the substrate; (c) supplying a second reducing gas to the substrate; and (d) supplying the precursor gas to the substrate, wherein the technique further includes: (e) starting (b) during (a) and ending (a) during (b); (f) performing (d) after (e) without purging between (e) and (d); (g) performing (c) after (f); and (h) forming a film containing the first element on the substrate by performing (e), (f), and (g) sequentially in this order a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuro SEINO, Takuya JODA, Arito OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220093392
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of forming a flat film. According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a first layer on a substrate by performing a first layer forming cycle once or more, wherein the first layer forming cycle includes: (a1) supplying a first element-containing gas to the substrate in a process chamber; and (a2) supplying a first reducing gas to the substrate a plurality of times, and wherein (a1) and (a2) are sequentially performed; and (b) forming a second layer on the first layer by performing a second layer forming cycle once or more after (a), wherein the second layer forming cycle includes: (b1) supplying a second element-containing gas to the substrate; and (b2) supplying a second reducing gas to the substrate, and wherein (b1) and (b2) are sequentially performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya JODA, Arito OGAWA, Norikazu MIZUNO, Shogo HAYASAKA, Koei KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210395891
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving characteristics of a film. According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a technique that includes: (a) performing (a-1) supplying in parallel a metal-containing gas and a reducing gas that contains silicon and hydrogen and is free of halogen to a substrate in a process chamber, and (a-2) exhausting an inner atmosphere of the process chamber; (b) repeatedly performing (a) a first number of times; (c) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the process chamber and exhausting the inner atmosphere of the process chamber after performing (b); and (d) repeatedly performing (a) a second number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya JODA, Yukinao KAGA, Yoshimasa NAGATOMI
  • Patent number: 11168396
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a first act of modifying a film containing a silazane bond by heating a substrate, in which the film containing the silazane bond is formed over a surface of the substrate, to a first temperature and by supplying a first processing gas containing hydrogen peroxide to the substrate; and after the first act, a second act of modifying the film containing the silazane bond by heating the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and by supplying a second processing gas containing hydrogen peroxide to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kakuda, Masahisa Okuno, Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Takuya Joda, Sadayoshi Horii
  • Patent number: 11035037
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber in which a substrate is accommodated, a processing gas supply system configured to introduce a processing gas containing hydrogen peroxide into the process chamber and an exhaust system configured to exhaust an interior of the process chamber, wherein at least one selected from the group of the process chamber, the processing gas supply system, and the exhaust system includes a metal member, the metal member exposed to the processing gas or a liquid generated by liquefying the processing gas is made of a material containing an iron element, and a surface of a plane of the metal members, which is exposed to the processing gas or the liquid, is formed of a layer containing iron oxide which is formed by performing a baking process on the metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuaki Inada, Takuya Joda, Daisuke Hara
  • Patent number: 10985017
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving a quality of a substrate processing performed using hydrogen peroxide. According to one aspect of the technique described herein, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) supplying a first process gas containing water and a first concentration of hydrogen peroxide to a substrate having a silicon-containing film formed on a surface thereof; and (b) supplying a second process gas containing water and a second concentration of hydrogen peroxide higher than the first concentration to the substrate after (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Takuya Joda, Toru Kakuda, Sadayoshi Horii
  • Publication number: 20200002816
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a first act of modifying a film containing a silazane bond by heating a substrate, in which the film containing the silazane bond is formed over a surface of the substrate, to a first temperature and by supplying a first processing gas containing hydrogen peroxide to the substrate; and after the first act, a second act of modifying the film containing the silazane bond by heating the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and by supplying a second processing gas containing hydrogen peroxide to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru KAKUDA, Masahisa OKUNO, Katsuhiko YAMAMOTO, Takuya JODA, Sadayoshi HORII
  • Publication number: 20190304778
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving a quality of a substrate processing performed using hydrogen peroxide. According to one aspect of the technique described herein, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) supplying a first process gas containing water and a first concentration of hydrogen peroxide to a substrate having a silicon-containing film formed on a surface thereof; and (b) supplying a second process gas containing water and a second concentration of hydrogen peroxide higher than the first concentration to the substrate after (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YAMAMOTO, Takuya JODA, Toru KAKUDA, Sadayoshi HORII
  • Publication number: 20190186000
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber in which a substrate is accommodated, a processing gas supply system configured to introduce a processing gas containing hydrogen peroxide into the process chamber and an exhaust system configured to exhaust an interior of the process chamber, wherein at least one selected from the group of the process chamber, the processing gas supply system, and the exhaust system includes a metal member, the metal member exposed to the processing gas or a liquid generated by liquefying the processing gas is made of a material containing an iron element, and a surface of a plane of the metal members, which is exposed to the processing gas or the liquid, is formed of a layer containing iron oxide which is formed by performing a baking process on the metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuaki INADA, Takuya JODA, Daisuke HARA
  • Publication number: 20190003047
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of preventing an occurrence of the metal contamination in a vaporizer for vaporizing a liquid source. According to the technique described herein, there is provided a vaporizer including: a vaporization vessel constituted by a quartz body; and an atomizer made of a fluorine resin and configured to atomize a liquid source using a carrier gas (atomization gas) and to supply the atomized liquid source into the vaporization vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hideto TATENO, Akinori TANAKA, Daisuke HARA, Masahisa OKUNO, Takuya JODA, Takashi TSUKAMOTO, Sadayoshi HORII, Toru KAKUDA
  • Publication number: 20180204742
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, includes: a process chamber accommodating a substrate; a vaporizer vaporizing a liquid precursor to generate reaction gas and deliver a processing gas containing the reaction gas and a carrier gas, the vaporizer including: a vaporization vessel; and a heater heating the liquid precursor introduced into the vessel; a carrier gas flow rate controller controlling flow rate of the carrier gas supplied to the vaporizer; a liquid precursor flow rate controller controlling flow rate of the liquid precursor; a processing gas supply pipe introducing the processing gas delivered from the vaporizer into the process chamber; and a gas concentration sensor detecting a gas concentration of the reaction gas contained in the processing gas delivered from the vaporizer into the processing gas supply pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hideto TATENO, Daisuke HARA, Masahisa OKUNO, Takuya JODA, Takashi TSUKAMOTO, Akinori TANAKA, Toru KAKUDA, Sadayoshi HORII
  • Patent number: 9793112
    Abstract: To improve the characteristics of a film formed on a substrate, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: loading a substrate into a processing container, the substrate being provided with a film having a silazane bond, the film being subjected to pre-baking; supplying oxygen-containing gas at a first temperature not higher than the temperature of the pre-baking; and supplying processing gas containing at least any one of steam and hydrogen peroxide at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Joda, Toru Kakuda, Masahisa Okuno, Hideto Tateno
  • Patent number: 9646862
    Abstract: Heating within a plane of a substrate may be uniform while a thermal budget is decreased. A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to accommodate a substrate; a substrate mounting unit installed in the process chamber and configured to have the substrate placed thereon; an electromagnetic wave supply unit configured to supply an electromagnetic wave to the substrate placed on the substrate mounting unit; and a choke groove formed on a side surface of the substrate mounting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Hamano, Atsushi Umekawa, Takuya Joda, Akinori Ishii, Masahisa Okuno
  • Patent number: 9502239
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing method, including: (a) loading a substrate into a processing vessel having a pre-baked film containing a silazane bond; (b) heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying a process gas to the heated substrate; and (c) heating the substrate to which the process gas has been supplied, to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and less than or equal to a temperature at which the pre-bake has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC., AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Masahisa Okuno, Tooru Kakuda, Hideto Tateno, Takuya Joda, Masamichi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20160203976
    Abstract: To improve the characteristics of a film formed on a substrate, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: loading a substrate into a processing container, the substrate being provided with a film having a silazane bond, the film being subjected to pre-baking; supplying oxygen-containing gas at a first temperature not higher than the temperature of the pre-baking; and supplying processing gas containing at least any one of steam and hydrogen peroxide at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takuya JODA, Toru KAKUDA, Masahisa OKUNO, Hideto TATENO
  • Publication number: 20150262817
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing method, including: (a) loading a substrate into a processing vessel having a pre-baked film containing a silazane bond; (b) heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying a process gas to the heated substrate; and (c) heating the substrate to which the process gas has been supplied, to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and less than or equal to a temperature at which the pre-bake has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Masahisa OKUNO, Tooru KAKUDA, Hideto TATENO, Takuya JODA, Masamichi KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150147894
    Abstract: Heating within a plane of a substrate may be uniform while a thermal budget is decreased. A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to accommodate a substrate; a substrate mounting unit installed in the process chamber and configured to have the substrate placed thereon; an electromagnetic wave supply unit configured to supply an electromagnetic wave to the substrate placed on the substrate mounting unit; and a choke groove formed on a side surface of the substrate mounting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi HAMANO, Atsushi UMEKAWA, Takuya JODA, Akinori ISHII, Masahisa OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20110217852
    Abstract: Provided is technology for preventing breakage of an induction target part of a substrate processing apparatus using an induction heating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi SUZAKI, Takuya JODA
  • Patent number: D741823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hideto Tateno, Daisuke Hara, Masahisa Okuno, Takuya Joda