Patents by Inventor Toshihito Tsuga

Toshihito Tsuga 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: 6973934
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to remove minute particles adhered to the surface of semiconductor wafers effectively in the cleaning process of semiconductor wafers. In the final rinsing step using ultra-pure water or hydrogen water and carried out after cleaning of semiconductor wafers with HF solution, ultrasonic waves are irradiated in the cleaning solution after a prescribed time delay (preferably 20-30 sec or more).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshihito Tsuga, Minoru Fube, Kazutaka Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20050233554
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology for suppressing occurrence of abnormality on a surface of a silicon film other than a single crystal film formed on a wafer. A silicon film is formed on a wafer in step S1 and an oxide film functioning as an abnormality suppression film for suppressing the surface abnormality is formed on the silicon surface on the wafer formed in step S10. The abnormality suppression film is formed by the surface oxidation of the polycrystalline silicon using chemical solution such as ozone water or hydrogen peroxide solution. After forming the abnormality suppression film on the silicon surface, the abnormality suppression film, for example, an abnormal growth suppression film is removed according to need, and then the process of patterning the silicon film and forming an insulating oxide film is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihito Tsuga, Hirohiko Yamamoto, Michimasa Funabashi, Kazunori Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6946036
    Abstract: The method for removing particles that adhere to the surface of semiconductor wafers is constituted so as to sequentially carry out a first cleaning process in which semiconductor wafers 100 are cleaned for a prescribed time in cleaning tank 104 containing a first cleaning solution consisting of ozone water, and, after said first cleaning process, a second cleaning process in which said semiconductor wafers 100 are cleaned for a prescribed time in cleaning tank 106 containing a second cleaning solution consisting of hydrogen water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshihito Tsuga, Minoru Fube, Kazutaka Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20030041876
    Abstract: A method for removing particles on semiconductor wafers, which is a process involving a cleaning tank filled with a first cleaning solution consisting of hydrogen water, is accomplished by carrying out said process in which in-solution hydrogen concentration in said first cleaning solution is in the range 20% to 50% of its saturated concentration (0.3 ppm to 0.8 ppm), a process in which ultrasonic waves are generated in said semiconductor wafers are cleaned for a prescribed time in said cleaning tank. Here the in-solution hydrogen concentration in said first cleaning solution is in the range 0.3 ppm to 0.8 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Toshihito Tsuga, Minoru Fube, Kazutaka Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20030000548
    Abstract: The method for removing particles that adhere to the surface of semiconductor wafers is constituted so as to sequentially carry out a first cleaning process in which semiconductor wafers 100 are cleaned for a prescribed time in cleaning tank 104 containing a first cleaning solution consisting of ozone water, and, after said first cleaning process, a second cleaning process in which said semiconductor wafers 100 are cleaned for a prescribed time in cleaning tank 106 containing a second cleaning solution consisting of hydrogen water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Toshihito Tsuga, Minoru Fube, Kazutaka Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20020166571
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to remove minute particles adhered to the surface of semiconductor wafers effectively in the cleaning process of semiconductor wafers. In the final rinsing step using ultra-pure water or hydrogen water and carried out after cleaning of semiconductor wafers with HF solution, ultrasonic waves are irradiated in the cleaning solution after a prescribed time delay (preferably 20-30 sec or more).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Toshihito Tsuga, Minoru Fube, Kazutaka Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20020083961
    Abstract: To clean a semiconductor wafer without using a harmful liquid chemical solution such as piranha and organic solvent
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Toshihito Tsuga