Patents by Inventor Toru Kagaya

Toru Kagaya 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: 20230332290
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including a nozzle arranged along an inner wall surface of a process vessel and provided at least in a lower portion of the process vessel with a gap between the nozzle and the inner wall surface of the process vessel; a nozzle base supporting the nozzle and accommodating therein a flow path communicating with the nozzle; a support structure provided along the inner wall surface and joined to a first joint surface of the nozzle base that does not face the inner wall surface; and a tilt-adjusting structure for adjusting a tilt of the nozzle base at a position shifted toward a center of the process vessel and away from a center of gravity of a nozzle assembly comprising the nozzle and the nozzle base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori SHIMADA, Mitsuro TANABE, Toru KAGAYA, Sadao HISAKADO, Hidekazu KANASUGI
  • Publication number: 20230055506
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a process container where a plurality of substrates to be processed is arranged in an inside of the process container; and a gas injector including a pipe extending along a direction in which the plurality of substrates is arranged, and configured to supply a gas into the process container, wherein the gas injector includes at least one first injection hole installed along a longitudinal direction of the pipe in a section where the plurality of substrates is arranged, and configured to supply the gas, and a plurality of second injection holes having an area smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the pipe, and installed to be opened obliquely to the longitudinal direction at a tip of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru KAGAYA, Yoshimasa NAGATOMI, Madoka TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8598047
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus includes a reaction tube and a heater heating a silicon wafer. Trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and ozone (O3) are alternately fed into the reaction tubeto generate Al2O3 film on the surface of the wafer. The apparatus also includes supply tubes and for flowing the ozone and TMA and a nozzle supplying gas into the reaction tube. The two supply tubes are connected to the nozzle disposed inside the heater in a zone inside the reaction tube where a temperature is lower than a temperature near the wafer, and the ozone and TMA are supplied into the reaction tube through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Sakai, Toru Kagaya, Hirohisa Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8366868
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus cleaning method that includes: containing a cleaning gas in a reaction tube without generating a gas flow of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube by supplying the cleaning gas into the reaction tube and by completely stopping exhaustion of the cleaning gas from the reaction tube or by exhausting the cleaning gas at an exhausting rate which substantially does not affect uniform diffusion of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube from at a point of time of a period from a predetermined point of time before the cleaning gas is supplied into the reaction tube to a point of time when several seconds are elapsed after starting of supply of the cleaning gas into the reaction tube; and thereafter exhausting the cleaning gas from the reaction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Okuda, Toru Kagaya, Masanori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20120240348
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus cleaning method that includes: containing a cleaning gas in a reaction tube without generating a gas flow of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube by supplying the cleaning gas into the reaction tube and by completely stopping exhaustion of the cleaning gas from the reaction tube or by exhausting the cleaning gas at an exhausting rate which substantially does not affect uniform diffusion of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube from at a point of time of a period from a predetermined point of time before the cleaning gas is supplied into the reaction tube to a point of time when several seconds are elapsed after starting of supply of the cleaning gas into the reaction tube; and thereafter exhausting the cleaning gas from the reaction tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OKUDA, Toru Kagaya, Masanori Sakai
  • Patent number: 8261692
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a reaction chamber which is to accommodate stacked substrates, a gas introducing portion, and a buffer chamber, wherein the gas introducing portion is provided along a stacking direction of the substrates, and introduces substrate processing gas into the buffer chamber, the buffer chamber includes a plurality of gas-supply openings provided along the stacking direction of the substrates, and the processing gas introduced from the gas introducing portion is supplied from the gas-supply openings to the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kontani, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Taketoshi Sato, Toru Kagaya, Nobuhito Shima, Nobuo Ishimaru, Masanori Sakai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasushi Yagi, Seiji Watanabe, Yasuo Kunii
  • Patent number: 8211802
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus cleaning method that includes: containing a cleaning gas in a reaction tube without generating a gas flow of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube by supplying the cleaning gas into the reaction tube and by completely stopping exhaustion of the cleaning gas from the reaction tube or by exhausting the cleaning gas at an exhausting rate which substantially does not affect uniform diffusion of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube from at a point of time of a period from a predetermined point of time before the cleaning gas is supplied into the reaction tube to a point of time when several seconds are elapsed after starting of supply of the cleaning gas into the reaction tube; and thereafter exhausting the cleaning gas from the reaction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Okuda, Toru Kagaya, Masanori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20120034788
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus includes a reaction tube and a heater heating a silicon wafer. Trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and ozone (O3) are alternately fed into the reaction tubeto generate Al2O3 film on the surface of the wafer. The apparatus also includes supply tubes and for flowing the ozone and TMA and a nozzle supplying gas into the reaction tube. The two supply tubes are connected to the nozzle disposed inside the heater in a zone inside the reaction tube where a temperature is lower than a temperature near the wafer, and the ozone and TMA are supplied into the reaction tube through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Masanori Sakai, Toru Kagaya, Hirohisa Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8047158
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a reaction chamber which is to accommodate stacked substrates, a gas introducing portion, and a buffer chamber, wherein the gas introducing portion is provided along a stacking direction of the substrates, and introduces substrate processing gas into the buffer chamber, the buffer chamber includes a plurality of gas-supply openings provided along the stacking direction of the substrates, and the processing gas introduced from the gas introducing portion is supplied from the gas-supply openings to the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kontani, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Taketoshi Sato, Toru Kagaya, Nobuhito Shima, Nobuo Ishimaru, Masanori Sakai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasushi Yagi, Seiji Watanabe, Yasuo Kunii
  • Publication number: 20110176967
    Abstract: A vertical type semiconductor device producing apparatus comprises a vertical type reaction chamber which is to accommodate a plurality of stacked substrates; an exhaust path which exhausts the reaction chamber, a vacuum exhaust device which exhausts the reaction chamber through the exhaust path; an exhaust valve which opens and closes the exhaust path; a first supply path which supplies a first kind of gas, which contributes to film formation, to the reaction chamber; a second supply path which supplies a second kind of gas, which contributes to the film formation, to the reaction chamber; a first and a second gas supply valves which respectively open and close the first and second supply paths; and a controller which controls the exhaust valve and the first and second gas supply valves such that when the first kind of gas is supplied to the reaction chamber, the first kind of gas is supplied to the reaction chamber from the first supply path in a state in which exhaust of the reaction chamber is being stopp
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasushi Yagi, Toru Kagaya, Masanori Sakai
  • Publication number: 20110130001
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus cleaning method that includes: containing a cleaning gas in a reaction tube without generating a gas flow of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube by supplying the cleaning gas into the reaction tube and by completely stopping exhaustion of the cleaning gas from the reaction tube or by exhausting the cleaning gas at an exhausting rate which substantially does not affect uniform diffusion of the cleaning gas in the reaction tube from at a point of time of a period from a predetermined point of time before the cleaning gas is supplied into the reaction tube to a point of time when several seconds are elapsed after starting of supply of the cleaning gas into the reaction tube; and thereafter exhausting the cleaning gas from the reaction tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OKUDA, Toru Kagaya, Masanori Sakai
  • Patent number: 7900580
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a reaction chamber which is to accommodate stacked substrates, a gas introducing portion, and a buffer chamber, wherein the gas introducing portion is provided along a stacking direction of the substrates, and introduces substrate processing gas into the buffer chamber, the buffer chamber includes a plurality of gas-supply openings provided along the stacking direction of the substrates, and the processing gas introduced from the gas introducing portion is supplied from the gas-supply openings to the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kontani, Kazuyuki Toyoda, Taketoshi Sato, Toru Kagaya, Nobuhito Shima, Nobuo Ishimaru, Masanori Sakai, Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasushi Yagi, Seiji Watanabe, Yasuo Kunii
  • Patent number: D839219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenari Yoshida, Toru Kagaya, Atsushi Hirano
  • Patent number: D853979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kagaya, Shinya Ebata, Yusaku Okajima, Hiroaki Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: D888196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Okajima, Toru Kagaya, Hiroaki Hiramatsu, Shinya Ebata
  • Patent number: D889596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Okajima, Toru Kagaya, Hiroaki Hiramatsu, Shinya Ebata
  • Patent number: D901406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kagaya, Atsushi Umekawa
  • Patent number: D925481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kagaya, Shinya Ebata
  • Patent number: D992762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Kagaya
  • Patent number: D1020668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kagaya, Yoshimasa Nagatomi