Patents by Inventor Toshiji Abe

Toshiji Abe 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: 9851149
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic annealing apparatus including a processing container that performs a magnetic annealing processing on a plurality of substrates accommodated therein in a magnetic field; a substrate holder that holds the plurality of substrates substantially horizontally in the processing container; a division heater including a plurality of sub-division heaters and covering a substantially entire circumferential surface of an outer periphery of a predetermined region of the processing container along a longitudinal direction; a magnet installed to cover an outside of the division heater; and a controller configured to feedback-control a temperature of a predetermined control target heater among the plurality of sub-division heaters, and to control temperatures of the plurality of sub-division heaters other than the predetermined control target heater based on a control output obtained by multiplying a control output of the predetermined control target heater and a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuru Yamazaki, Barry Clarke, Jattie Van Der Linde, Makoto Saito, Kazuyoshi Sugawara, Toshiji Abe, Tadashi Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20160061525
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic annealing apparatus including a processing container that performs a magnetic annealing processing on a plurality of substrates accommodated therein in a magnetic field; a substrate holder that holds the plurality of substrates substantially horizontally in the processing container; a division heater including a plurality of sub-division heaters and covering a substantially entire circumferential surface of an outer periphery of a predetermined region of the processing container along a longitudinal direction; a magnet installed to cover an outside of the division heater; and a controller configured to feedback-control a temperature of a predetermined control target heater among the plurality of sub-division heaters, and to control temperatures of the plurality of sub-division heaters other than the predetermined control target heater based on a control output obtained by multiplying a control output of the predetermined control target heater and a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mitsuru Yamazaki, Barry Clarke, Jattie Van Der Linde, Makoto Saito, Kazuyoshi Sugawara, Toshiji Abe, Tadashi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 8267041
    Abstract: A plasma treating apparatus adapted to provide a predetermined plasma treatment to an object W to be treated comprises a processing chamber 12 configured to be capable of being vacuumed, an object holding means 20 adapted to hold the object to be treated, a high frequency power source 58 adapted to generate high frequency voltage, a plasma gas supplying means 38 adapted to supply a plasma generating gas to be treated to generate plasma to the processing chamber, a pair of plasma electrodes 56, 56B connected to the output side of the high frequency power source via wirings 60 to generate plasma in the processing chamber, the pair of plasma electrodes being brought into an excited electrode state. In addition, a high frequency matching means 72 is provided in the middle of the wirings. In this case, each of the plasma electrodes 56A, 56B is not grounded. Thus, the plasma density can be increased, and the efficiency of generating plasma can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Toshiji Abe, Toshiki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20080093024
    Abstract: A plasma treating apparatus adapted to provide a predetermined plasma treatment to an object W to be treated comprises a processing chamber 12 configured to be capable of being vacuumed, an object holding means 20 adapted to hold the object to be treated, a high frequency power source 58 adapted to generate high frequency voltage, a plasma gas supplying means 38 adapted to supply a plasma generating gas to be treated to generate plasma to the processing chamber, a pair of plasma electrodes 56, 56B connected to the output side of the high frequency power source via wirings 60 to generate plasma in the processing chamber, the pair of plasma electrodes being brought into an excited electrode state. In addition, a high frequency matching means 72 is provided in the middle of the wirings. In this case, each of the plasma electrodes 56A, 56B is not grounded. Thus, the plasma density can be increased, and the efficiency of generating plasma can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Toshiji Abe, Toshiki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Matsuura