Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Shiokawa

Toshiyuki Shiokawa 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: 11802848
    Abstract: A pH measuring device configured to measure a pH of a target liquid includes a main body block including a cavity, a supply line communicating with the cavity, a first drain line communicating with the cavity, and a target liquid supply valve configured to adjust a supply of the target liquid into the supply line. The main body block has an integral structure in which a pH sensor is supported such that the pH sensor is in contact with the target liquid within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 11424141
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, a substrate processing method and a recording medium capable of shortening an etching processing time are provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing tub, a mixing unit and a supply line. The substrate processing tub is configured to perform an etching processing therein with an etching liquid. The mixing unit is configured to mix a new liquid with a silicon-containing compound or a liquid containing the silicon-containing compound. The supply line is configured to supply a mixed solution mixed by the mixing unit into the substrate processing tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Takao Inada, Hisashi Kawano, Seigo Fujitsu, Hideaki Sato, Teruaki Konishi, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Koji Ogura, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11309194
    Abstract: A substrate liquid treatment apparatus includes an inner tank configured to store a treatment liquid and having an upper opening, an outer tank disposed outside the inner tank, and a lid movable between a close position for closing the upper opening of the inner tank and an open position for opening the upper opening of the inner tank. The lid includes a main portion that covers the upper opening of the inner tank when the lid is positioned at the close position, and a splash shielding portion connected to the main portion. When the lid is positioned at the close position, the splash shielding portion extends from a position higher than an upper end of a side wall of the inner tank adjacent to the splash shielding portion to a position which is lower than the upper end of the side wall and which is on the outer tank side of the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Koji Yamashita, Hiroyuki Masutomi, Hitoshi Kosugi, Takao Inada, Takashi Ikeda, Tsukasa Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20220018802
    Abstract: A pH measuring device configured to measure a pH of a target liquid includes a main body block including a cavity, a supply line communicating with the cavity, a first drain line communicating with the cavity, and a target liquid supply valve configured to adjust a supply of the target liquid into the supply line. The main body block has an integral structure in which a pH sensor is supported such that the pH sensor is in contact with the target liquid within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 10483137
    Abstract: The substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a processing bath that accommodates substrates, and a plurality of gas supply pipes provided in a processing bath. Ejection holes of one gas supply pipe and ejection holes of another adjacent gas supply pipe do not overlap each other in a direction parallel to the circuit-formed surfaces of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Masutomi, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Koji Tanaka, Takami Satoh
  • Publication number: 20190122906
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, a substrate processing method and a recording medium capable of shortening an etching processing time are provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing tub, a mixing unit and a supply line. The substrate processing tub is configured to perform an etching processing therein with an etching liquid. The mixing unit is configured to mix a new liquid with a silicon-containing compound or a liquid containing the silicon-containing compound. The supply line is configured to supply a mixed solution mixed by the mixing unit into the substrate processing tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Takao Inada, Hisashi Kawano, Seigo Fujitsu, Hideaki Sato, Teruaki Konishi, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Koji Ogura, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180218924
    Abstract: A substrate liquid treatment apparatus includes an inner tank configured to store a treatment liquid and having an upper opening, an outer tank disposed outside the inner tank, and a lid movable between a close position for closing the upper opening of the inner tank and an open position for opening the upper opening of the inner tank. The lid includes a main portion that covers the upper opening of the inner tank when the lid is positioned at the close position, and a splash shielding portion connected to the main portion. When the lid is positioned at the close position, the splash shielding portion extends from a position higher than an upper end of a side wall of the inner tank adjacent to the splash shielding portion to a position which is lower than the upper end of the side wall and which is on the outer tank side of the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koji TANAKA, Toshiyuki SHIOKAWA, Koji YAMASHITA, Hiroyuki MASUTOMI, Hitoshi KOSUGI, Takao INADA, Takashi IKEDA, Tsukasa HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9887092
    Abstract: Provided is an etching method including: an etching step of performing an etching processing using an etching liquid on a workpiece accommodated in an etching processing unit; and an interval step between the etching step on the workpiece and a next etching step on another workpiece. The etching step includes a first partial replacement pattern including discharging the etching liquid in the etching processing unit provided for the etching processing by a first set amount, and supplying a new etching liquid into the etching processing unit by a second set amount, and the interval step includes a second partial replacement pattern including discharging the etching liquid in the etching processing unit provided for the etching processing by a third set amount, and supplying a new etching liquid into the etching processing unit by a fourth set amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Furukawa, Yusuke Futamata, Hideaki Sato, Hiromi Hara, Takahiro Kawazu, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Takami Satoh
  • Publication number: 20180025927
    Abstract: The substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a processing bath that accommodates substrates, and a plurality of gas supply pipes provided in a processing bath. Ejection holes of one gas supply pipe and ejection holes of another adjacent gas supply pipe do not overlap each other in a direction parallel to the circuit-formed surfaces of the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Masutomi, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Koji Tanaka, Takami Satoh
  • Publication number: 20160233106
    Abstract: [Problem] To perform precise etching treatment on a wafer by maintaining in a given range the concentration of leached components in an etching solution leaching from a wafer, without completely replacing the etching solution. [Solution] This etching method comprises a plurality of etching steps, and an interval step between each of the etching steps. Each etching step contains a first partial replacement pattern wherein only a first set amount of the etching solution supplied for the etching treatment is discharged, and only a second set amount of fresh etching solution is supplied. The interval step contains a second partial replacement pattern wherein only a third set amount of the etching solution supplied for the etching treatment is discharged, and only a fourth set amount of the fresh etching solution is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro Furukawa, Yusuke Futamata, Hideaki Sato, Hiromi Hara, Takahiro Kawazu, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Takami Satoh
  • Patent number: 9070549
    Abstract: A drying gas is supplied into a drying chamber in a substantially horizontal direction, an obliquely downward direction descendent from the substantially horizontal direction, or a vertically downward direction under a state where a wafer is immersed in a cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank. The wafer is moved from the cleaning tank into the drying chamber, with the drying gas being supplied into the drying chamber. At this time, the supply of the drying gas into the drying chamber is stopped, under a condition where a part of the wafer is immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank. After the movement of the wafer into the drying chamber has been finished, a drying gas is supplied into the drying chamber in an obliquely upward direction ascendant from the substantially horizontal direction or a vertically upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Takao Inada
  • Publication number: 20100218791
    Abstract: A drying gas is supplied into a drying chamber in a substantially horizontal direction, an obliquely downward direction descendent from the substantially horizontal direction, or a vertically downward direction under a state where a wafer is immersed in a cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank. The wafer is moved from the cleaning tank into the drying chamber, with the drying gas being supplied into the drying chamber. At this time, the supply of the drying gas into the drying chamber is stopped, under a condition where a part of the wafer is immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank. After the movement of the wafer into the drying chamber has been finished, a drying gas is supplied into the drying chamber in an obliquely upward direction ascendant from the substantially horizontal direction or a vertically upward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Shiokawa, Takao Inada