Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Akimoto

Toshikazu Akimoto 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: 20230094546
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate by supplying a processing gas to the substrate in a processing container. The apparatus comprises: a mounting table provided in the processing container and for mounting the substrate; a gas shower head comprising a gas diffusion space provided at a position facing the mounting table and for diffusing the processing gas, and a shower plate having a plurality of gas supply holes for supplying the processing gas diffused in the gas diffusion space to the processing container; a gas supply portion provided to supply the processing gas to the gas diffusion space and having a flow rate adjusting portion for the processing gas; a pressure sensor portion provided in the gas diffusion space and to output a pressure signal corresponding to a pressure measurement value in the gas diffusion space; and a controller to output a control signal for adjusting a flow rate of the processing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu UEDA, Naoki UMESHITA, Toshikazu AKIMOTO, Hiroki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20150004721
    Abstract: An OES measuring unit outputs a spectroscopically measured value for each step at the end of or immediately after each step. A CD estimating unit obtains an estimated CD value for each step using a CD estimation model and a spectroscopically measured value received from an estimation model storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshikazu Akimoto, Hiroshi Kannan