Patents by Inventor Tomohito MATSUO

Tomohito MATSUO 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: 11158490
    Abstract: A processing apparatus performs a predetermined process on an object to be processed by supplying halogen-based gas into a chamber in which a vacuum is maintained, to which chamber a member having an oxide film formed on a surface thereof is connected, or which chamber has an oxide film formed on a surface thereof, wherein the predetermined processing is performed on the target object once or a plurality of times in the chamber. Later, oxygen gas or dry air is supplied to the chamber to purge the chamber, and then the chamber is opened and exposed to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohito Matsuo, Hiroshi Nagaike
  • Publication number: 20180323046
    Abstract: A processing apparatus performs a predetermined process on an object to be processed by supplying halogen-based gas into a chamber in which a vacuum is maintained, to which chamber a member having an oxide film formed on a surface thereof is connected, or which chamber has an oxide film formed on a surface thereof, wherein the predetermined processing is performed on the target object once or a plurality of times in the chamber. Later, oxygen gas or dry air is supplied to the chamber to purge the chamber, and then the chamber is opened and exposed to the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohito MATSUO, Hiroshi NAGAIKE
  • Publication number: 20170133608
    Abstract: There is provided a method for forming an organic monomolecular film on a surface of a workpiece with a network structure of Si and O formed in at least a portion of the surface. The method includes: performing a surface treatment on the workpiece such that the surface has a state where bonding sites of an organic monomolecular film material to be used exist at high density; and supplying the organic monomolecular film material to the workpiece subjected to the surface treatment and forming the organic monomolecular film on the surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi FUSE, Tomohito MATSUO, Hidetoshi KINOSHITA, Tatsuya FUKASAWA