Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Inokuchi

Yasuhiro Inokuchi 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: 20240153760
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OKUDA, Syuzo SAKURAI, Yasuhiro INOKUCHI, Masayoshi MINAMI
  • Patent number: 11915927
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Okuda, Syuzo Sakurai, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Masayoshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20230298883
    Abstract: Provided is processing of a substrate including: forming film on substrate by performing cycle, multiple times, including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying precursor gas and inert gas to the substrate; and (b) supplying reaction gas to the substrate. In (a), at least one of the precursor and inert gas stored in first tank is supplied to the substrate, and at least one of the precursor and inert gas stored in second tank is supplied to the substrate. A concentration of the precursor gas in the first tank differs from that in the second tank. Further, in (a), the at least one of the precursor and inert gas is supplied from the first tank to the substrate, and the at least one of the precursor and inert gas is supplied from the second tank to the substrate to suppress multiple adsorption of molecules constituting the precursor gas on the substrate's surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki ASAI, Tomoki Imamura, Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11705325
    Abstract: Provided is processing of a substrate including: forming film on substrate by performing cycle, multiple times, including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying precursor gas and inert gas to the substrate; and (b) supplying reaction gas to the substrate. In (a), at least one of the precursor and inert gas stored in first tank is supplied to the substrate, and at least one of the precursor and inert gas stored in second tank is supplied to the substrate. A concentration of the precursor gas in the first tank differs from that in the second tank. Further, in (a), the at least one of the precursor and inert gas is supplied from the first tank to the substrate, and the at least one of the precursor and inert gas is supplied from the second tank to the substrate to suppress multiple adsorption of molecules constituting the precursor gas on the substrate's surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Asai, Tomoki Imamura, Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20230070910
    Abstract: Provided is processing of a substrate including: forming film on substrate by performing cycle, multiple times, including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying precursor gas and inert gas to the substrate; and (b) supplying reaction gas to the substrate. In (a), at least one of the precursor and inert gas stored in first tank is supplied to the substrate, and at least one of the precursor and inert gas stored in second tank is supplied to the substrate. A concentration of the precursor gas in the first tank differs from that in the second tank. Further, in (a), the at least one of the precursor and inert gas is supplied from the first tank to the substrate, and the at least one of the precursor and inert gas is supplied from the second tank to the substrate to suppress multiple adsorption of molecules constituting the precursor gas on the substrate's surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki ASAI, Tomoki IMAMURA, Kazuyuki OKUDA, Yasuhiro INOKUCHI, Norikazu MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 11527401
    Abstract: There is provided technique including: forming film on substrate by performing cycle, predetermined number of times, including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying precursor gas and inert gas to the substrate; and (b) supplying reaction gas to the substrate, wherein in (a), at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas stored in first tank is supplied to the substrate, and at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas stored in second tank is supplied to the substrate, and concentration of the precursor gas in the first tank while at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas is stored in the first tank differs from that in the second tank while at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas is stored in the second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Asai, Tomoki Imamura, Kazuyuki Okuda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220277952
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OKUDA, Syuzo SAKURAI, Yasuhiro INOKUCHI, Masayoshi MINAMI
  • Patent number: 11361961
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Okuda, Syuzo Sakurai, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Masayoshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20200365388
    Abstract: There is provided technique including: forming film on substrate by performing cycle, predetermined number of times, including non-simultaneously performing: (a) supplying precursor gas and inert gas to the substrate; and (b) supplying reaction gas to the substrate, wherein in (a), at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas stored in first tank is supplied to the substrate, and at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas stored in second tank is supplied to the substrate, and concentration of the precursor gas in the first tank while at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas is stored in the first tank differs from that in the second tank while at least one selected from the group of the precursor gas and the inert gas is stored in the second tank
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki ASAI, Tomoki IMAMURA, Kazuyuki OKUDA, Yasuhiro INOKUCHI, Norikazu MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20200258736
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OKUDA, Syuzo SAKURAI, Yasuhiro INOKUCHI, Masayoshi MINAMI
  • Patent number: 9373499
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which high frequency electricity is applied; and a gas supply member which supplies processing gas into a space between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Motonari Takebayashi, Tadashi Kontani, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20150228476
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which high frequency electricity is applied; and a gas supply member which supplies processing gas into a space between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Motonari Takebayashi, Tadashi Kontani, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 9039912
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which high frequency electricity is applied; and a gas supply member which supplies processing gas into a space between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Motonari Takebayashi, Tadashi Kontani, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 8790463
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot wall type substrate processing apparatus, including a processing chamber which is to accommodate at least one product substrate therein; a heating member which is disposed outside of the processing chamber and which is to heat the product substrate; a processing gas supply system connected to the processing chamber; and an exhaust system, wherein with a member from which a Si film is exposed being disposed such as to be opposed to a surface on which selective growth is to be effected of the product substrate, an epitaxial film including Si is allowed to selectively grow on a Si surface of the product substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Moriya, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Yasuo Kunii
  • Patent number: 8652258
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a substrate treatment device capable of adjusting both of a growth speed and an etching speed in a selective epitaxial growth, avoiding particle generation from nozzles, and achieving good etching characteristics. A substrate treatment device for selectively growing an epitaxial film on a surface of a substrate by alternately supplying a raw material gas containing silicon and an etching gas to a treatment chamber, the substrate treatment device being provided with a substrate support member for supporting the substrate in the treatment chamber, a heating member provided outside the treatment chamber for heating the substrate and an atmosphere of the treatment chamber, a gas supply system provided inside the treatment chamber, and a discharge port opened on the treatment chamber, wherein the gas supply system comprises first gas supply nozzles for supplying the raw material gas and second gas supply nozzles for supplying the etching gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Yokogawa, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Hashiba, Yasuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8544411
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which high frequency electricity is applied; and a gas supply member which supplies processing gas into a space between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Motonari Takebayashi, Tadashi Kontani, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 8466049
    Abstract: Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device, including: loading a silicon substrate into a processing chamber, the silicon substrate having a silicon nitride film or a silicon oxide film on at least a portion of a surface thereof and a silicon surface being exposed from the surface; and alternately repeating a first introducing at least a silane-compound gas into the processing chamber and a second introducing at least etching gas a plurality of times to selectively grow an epitaxial film on the silicon surface, wherein the alternate repeating is started with the second introducing prior to the first introducing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Atsushi Moriya, Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Hashiba, Takashi Yokogawa
  • Patent number: 8070880
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube, a substrate holder, a gas nozzle, a heating unit, a temperature detector, and an exhaust unit. The reaction tube accommodates and processes substrates. The substrate holder holds substrates stacked at predetermined intervals in the reaction tube. The gas nozzle is installed along a stacked direction of the substrates. The heating unit heats the substrates. The temperature detector is installed along the stacked direction of the substrates. The exhaust unit exhausts an inside atmosphere of the reaction tube. Each of the gas nozzle and the temperature detector includes first and second parts and is supported by a narrow tube supporting member including first and second supporting parts. The first supporting part makes contact with the first part. The second supporting part is parallel with the second part and supports the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Marubayashi, Yasuhiro Inokuchi
  • Patent number: 8071477
    Abstract: Formation of a boron compound is suppressed on the inner wall of a nozzle disposed in a high-temperature region of a process chamber. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprises forming a boron doped silicon film by simultaneously supplying at least a boron-containing gas as a constituent element and a chlorine-containing gas a constituent element to a gas supply nozzle installed in a process chamber in a manner that concentration of chlorine (Cl) is higher than concentration of boron in the gas supply nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Moriya, Tetsuya Marubayashi, Yasuhiro Inokuchi
  • Patent number: 8028652
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which high frequency electricity is applied; and a gas supply member which supplies processing gas into a space between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Motonari Takebayashi, Tadashi Kontani, Nobuo Ishimaru