Patents by Inventor Teruhiko KODAMA

Teruhiko KODAMA 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: 12230515
    Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: performing a both-surface cleaning processing in which a first cleaning body, which ejects the fluid to the one surface or is brought into contact with the one surface, and subsequently moves both the first cleaning body and a second cleaning body, which is in contact with the remaining surface of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate and rotated around a first vertical axis, horizontally in synchronization with each other toward an outer peripheral portion of the substrate, and performing a side end cleaning processing in which a third cleaning body is rotated around a second vertical axis and brought into contact with the side end of the substrate to clean the side end of the substrate while simultaneously performing the both-surface cleaning processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Takanori Obaru, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20250050377
    Abstract: A hydrophobization treatment apparatus for performing a hydrophobization treatment on a substrate, includes: a treatment container configured to house the substrate and form a treatment space; a first supply port configured to supply first gas from above the substrate in the treatment container to the substrate; and a second supply port configured to supply second gas from a position facing a central region of the substrate below the substrate in the treatment container to the substrate, the hydrophobization treatment apparatus being configured to be able to supply a hydrophobizing gas as the first gas from the first supply port and the second gas from the second supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventor: Teruhiko KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20240213046
    Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: performing a both-surface cleaning processing in which a first cleaning body, which ejects the fluid to the one surface or is brought into contact with the one surface, and subsequently moves both the first cleaning body and a second cleaning body, which is in contact with the remaining surface of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate and rotated around a first vertical axis, horizontally in synchronization with each other toward an outer peripheral portion of the substrate, and performing a side end cleaning processing in which a third cleaning body is rotated around a second vertical axis and brought into contact with the side end of the substrate to clean the side end of the substrate while simultaneously performing the both-surface cleaning processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Takanori Obaru, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20240189856
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that forms a friction reducing film on a rear surface of a substrate includes a processing container configured to accommodate the substrate and to define a hermetically-sealed processing space, a heating element configured to heat the rear surface of the substrate inside the processing container, a supplier configured to supply a material forming the friction reducing film toward the rear surface of the substrate inside the processing container, a first gas supplier configured to supply an inert gas to a peripheral edge of the substrate from a space above the substrate, a second gas supplier configured to supply the inert gas closer to a center of the substrate than the first gas supplier from a space above the substrate inside the processing, and an exhauster configured to exhaust an atmosphere of the processing space from a periphery or a space below the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Teruhiko KODAMA, Koichi MATSUNAGA, Hideaki IWASAKA
  • 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: 11693319
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate, includes emitting light including vacuum ultraviolet light to a front surface of the substrate, which has a resist film formed thereon from a resist material for EUV lithography, before an exposure process in an interior of a processing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiichi Tanaka, Kosuke Yoshihara, Yoshihiro Kondo, Makoto Muramatsu, Teruhiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20230197475
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate while being locally superimposed on a back surface of the substrate; a light irradiator configured to irradiate the back surface with light so as to remove an organic substance on the back surface of the substrate; a light shielding member provided at a back side of the substrate while being spaced apart from the back surface so as to prevent the light from being supplied to a front surface of the substrate; and a holding position changing mechanism configured to change a holding position by the substrate holder on the back surface of the substrate so as to irradiate the entire back surface of the substrate with the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Teruhiko KODAMA, Yuzo OHISHI, Yoshitaka MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11554389
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus configured to clean a surface of a substrate having a circular shape by bringing a cleaning member into contact with the surface of the substrate and rotating the substrate and the cleaning member relatively is provided. A contact region of the cleaning member which comes into contact with the surface of the substrate is widened in a radial shape from a center side of the substrate toward a peripheral side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Kubo, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama, Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11532487
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing member having a polishing surface configured to perform a polishing of a main surface of a substrate; a first dressing member having a first dressing surface configured to perform a dressing of the polishing surface; a second dressing member having a second dressing surface configured to perform a dressing of the first dressing surface; a holding member configured to hold the polishing member and the second dressing member; and a driving unit configured to, by moving the holding member, switch a first state in which the first dressing surface and the polishing surface come into contact with each other to perform the dressing of the polishing surface and a second state in which the first dressing surface and the second dressing surface come into contact with each other to perform the dressing of the first dressing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Kubo, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hayato Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20220113628
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate, includes emitting light including vacuum ultraviolet light to a front surface of the substrate, which has a resist film formed thereon from a resist material for EUV lithography, before an exposure process in an interior of a processing container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichi TANAKA, Kosuke YOSHIHARA, Yoshihiro KONDO, Makoto MURAMATSU, Teruhiko KODAMA
  • Patent number: 11287798
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a film-forming device that forms a photosensitive film on a front surface of a substrate, a warping data acquisition device that acquires measured warping data of the substrate, a roughening process device that applies roughening process on a back surface of the substrate, and a control device including circuitry that controls the warping data acquisition device such that after the photosensitive film is formed on the front surface of the substrate, the warping data acquisition device acquires the measured warping data before the photosensitive film on the substrate undergoes exposure process, and control the roughening process device such that before the photosensitive film on the substrate undergoes the exposure process, the roughening process device applies the roughening process on the back surface of the substrate based on the measured warping data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruhiko Kodama, Masashi Enomoto
  • 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: 11126086
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus for applying a coating solution to a front surface of a substrate and developing an exposed coating film on the front surface of the substrate, includes a film forming unit configured to form a friction reducing film on a rear surface of the substrate before exposure processing, the friction reducing film reducing friction between the rear surface of the substrate and a holding surface for holding the rear surface of the substrate in the exposure processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Teruhiko Kodama, Koichi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20210220878
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus configured to clean a surface of a substrate having a circular shape by bringing a cleaning member into contact with the surface of the substrate and rotating the substrate and the cleaning member relatively is provided. A contact region of the cleaning member which comes into contact with the surface of the substrate is widened in a radial shape from a center side of the substrate toward a peripheral side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro Kubo, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama, Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210039221
    Abstract: A substrate warpage correction method according to this disclosure corrects warpage of a substrate without performing a process on a front surface of the substrate. The substrate warpage correction method includes a surface roughening of performing a surface roughening process on a rear surface of the substrate using a surface roughening processing apparatus configured to be able to perform the surface roughening process on the rear surface of the substrate, to form grooves in the rear surface to thereby correct the warpage of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Nozomu KANETAKE, Akihiro KUBO, Teruhiko KODAMA, Taro YAMAMOTO, Yasushi TAKIGUCHI, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Hayato HOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20200365417
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing member having a polishing surface configured to perform a polishing of a main surface of a substrate; a first dressing member having a first dressing surface configured to perform a dressing of the polishing surface; a second dressing member having a second dressing surface configured to perform a dressing of the first dressing surface; a holding member configured to hold the polishing member and the second dressing member; and a driving unit configured to, by moving the holding member, switch a first state in which the first dressing surface and the polishing surface come into contact with each other to perform the dressing of the polishing surface and a second state in which the first dressing surface and the second dressing surface come into contact with each other to perform the dressing of the first dressing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro Kubo, Yasushi Takiguchi, Teruhiko Kodama, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hayato Hosaka
  • Patent number: 10840079
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a first holding part configured to hold a substrate; a second holding part configured to hold the substrate; a sliding member configured to rotate about a vertical axis so that the sliding member slides on a back surface of the substrate; a revolution mechanism configured to revolve the sliding member under rotation about a vertical revolution axis; and a relative movement mechanism configured to horizontally move a relative position between the substrate and a revolution trajectory of the sliding member so that when the substrate is held by the first holding part, the sliding member slides on a central portion of the back surface of the substrate, and when the substrate is held by the second holding part, the sliding member slides on the peripheral portion of the back surface of the substrate under rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasushi Takiguchi, Taro Yamamoto, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hayato Hosaka, Teruhiko Kodama, Akihiro Kubo, Ryuto Ozasa, Yuji Ariuchi, Shinsuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 10649335
    Abstract: A substrate processing method, includes acquiring a height distribution along a radial direction of a substrate in a peripheral edge portion of a front surface of the substrate, forming an underlayer film on the entire front surface of the substrate so as to correct a drop of a height of the peripheral edge portion based on the height distribution, and forming a resist film on the entire surface of the underlayer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruhiko Kodama, Masashi Enomoto, Masahide Tadokoro, Takafumi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200096966
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a film-forming device that forms a photosensitive film on a front surface of a substrate, a warping data acquisition device that acquires measured warping data of the substrate, a roughening process device that applies roughening process on a back surface of the substrate, and a control device including circuitry that controls the warping data acquisition device such that after the photosensitive film is formed on the front surface of the substrate, the warping data acquisition device acquires the measured warping data before the photosensitive film on the substrate undergoes exposure process, and control the roughening process device such that before the photosensitive film on the substrate undergoes the exposure process, the roughening process device applies the roughening process on the back surface of the substrate based on the measured warping data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruhiko KODAMA, Masashi ENOMOTO