Patents by Inventor TAKUYA NISHIJIMA

TAKUYA NISHIJIMA 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: 20220122818
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The substrate processing apparatus comprise: a first chamber including a sidewall providing an opening, the first chamber further including a movable part movable upward and downward within the first chamber; a substrate support disposed within the first chamber; a second chamber disposed within the first chamber and defining, together with the substrate support, a processing space in which a substrate mounted on the substrate support is processed, the second chamber being separable from the first chamber and transportable between an inner space of the first chamber and the outside of the first chamber via the opening; a clamp releasably fixing the second chamber to the movable part extending above the second chamber; a release mechanism configured to release the fixing of the second chamber by the clamp; and a lift mechanism configured to move the movable part upward and downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi SAWACHI, Jun HIROSE, Takuya NISHIJIMA, Ichiro SONE, Suguru SATO
  • Publication number: 20210407768
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a first chamber having an inner space and an opening, a substrate support disposed in the inner space of the first chamber, an actuator configured to move the substrate support between a first position and a second position, a second chamber that is disposed in the inner space of the first chamber and defines a substrate processing space together with the substrate support when the substrate support is located at the first position, and at least one fixing mechanism configured to detachably fix the second chamber to the first chamber in the inner space of the first chamber. The second chamber is transferred between the inner space of the first chamber and an outside of the first chamber through the opening when the substrate support is located at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi SAWACHI, Jun HIROSE, Takuya NISHIJIMA, Ichiro SONE, Suguru SATO
  • Publication number: 20210339350
    Abstract: A part replacement system includes a part storage device configured to store an unused consumable part, and a replacement device that is connected to a processing device and the part storage device, the replacement device being configured to replace a used consumable part installed in the processing device with the unused consumable part stored in the part storage device. The replacement device is moved to a position of the processing device having the used consumable part that requires replacement, and the replacement device is connected to the processing device, and the part storage device is moved to a position of the replacement device connected to the processing device having the used consumable part that requires replacement, and the part storage device is connected to the replacement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Sawachi, Ichiro Sone, Suguru Sato, Takuya Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20210175055
    Abstract: A measuring device for a vacuum processing apparatus including a processing chamber having a first gate for loading and unloading a substrate and a second gate different from the first gate is provided. The measuring device includes a case having art opening that is sized to correspond to the second gate of the processing chamber and is airtightly attachable to the second gate, a decompressing mechanism configured to reduce a pressure in the case, and a measuring mechanism accommodated in the case and configured to measure a state in the processing chamber through the opening in a state where the pressure in the case is reduced by the decompressing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi SAWACHI, Ichiro SONE, Takuya NISHIJIMA, Suguru SATO
  • Patent number: 10866017
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a first temperature measuring unit configured to measure a surface temperature of a first member exposed in a first closed space, a supply line configured to supply a low-dew point gas into the first closed space and a control unit configured to control a flow rate of the low-dew point gas. The control unit performs a first process to a third process. In the first process, an absolute humidity of a gas within the first closed space at a position of a surface of the first member is specified for the flow rate of the low-dew point gas. In the second process, a saturated absolute humidity at the surface temperature of the first member is specified. In the third process, the flow rate of the low-dew point gas is controlled based on the absolute humidity of the gas and the saturated absolute humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shin Matsuura, Takuya Nishijima
  • Patent number: 10534241
    Abstract: Miniaturization by simplification of a structure is achieved while suppressing a bound of an opening/closing blade and securing improvement of functionality. A blade opening/closing apparatus includes: a base body that includes an aperture; a driving body that is movably supported by the base body and is operated by a driving force of a drive source; an opening/closing blade that is moved by an operation of the driving body and opens/closes the aperture; and a braking body that controls a movement speed of the opening/closing blade via the driving body, the driving body including, on one surface thereof, an engagement portion that is to be engaged with the opening/closing blade and transmits the driving force to the opening/closing blade, the driving body including, on another surface thereof, a braked portion to which a braking force of the braking body is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishijima, Hideo Ohkuma
  • Publication number: 20190310002
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a first temperature measuring unit configured to measure a surface temperature of a first member exposed in a first closed space, a supply line configured to supply a low-dew point gas into the first closed space and a control unit configured to control a flow rate of the low-dew point gas. The control unit performs a first process to a third process. In the first process, an absolute humidity of a gas within the first closed space at a position of a surface of the first member is specified for the flow rate of the low-dew point gas. In the second process, a saturated absolute humidity at the surface temperature of the first member is specified. In the third process, the flow rate of the low-dew point gas is controlled based on the absolute humidity of the gas and the saturated absolute humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Shin Matsuura, Takuya Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20190041724
    Abstract: Miniaturization by simplification of a structure is achieved while suppressing a bound of an opening/closing blade and securing improvement of functionality. A blade opening/closing apparatus includes: a base body that includes an aperture; a driving body that is movably supported by the base body and is operated by a driving force of a drive source; an opening/closing blade that is moved by an operation of the driving body and opens/closes the aperture; and a braking body that controls a movement speed of the opening/closing blade via the driving body, the driving body including, on one surface thereof, an engagement portion that is to be engaged with the opening/closing blade and transmits the driving force to the opening/closing blade, the driving body including, on another surface thereof, a braked portion to which a braking force of the braking body is to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: TAKUYA NISHIJIMA, HIDEO OHKUMA