Patents by Inventor Yasutaka NITTA

Yasutaka NITTA 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: 11939678
    Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a step of preparing an aluminum base having an alumite layer having a porous columnar structure at an upper surface thereof. The alumite layer is an anodic oxidation film, and a Young's modulus of the alumite layer is between 90 GPa and 120 GPa. The method also includes a step of forming a particle-resistant layer on the alumite layer by aerosol deposition, in which an aerosol containing fine particles of a brittle material dispersed in a gas is ejected from a nozzle to impact against a surface of the alumite layer, wherein the particle-resistant layer includes a polycrystalline ceramic; and wherein, when the resulting semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member is exposed to a plasma in a reference plasma resistance test, the particle-resistant layer has an arithmetic average height Sa of 0.060 or less after the reference plasma test is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nitta, Takuma Wada
  • Publication number: 20220139676
    Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a step of preparing an aluminum base having an alumite layer having a porous columnar structure at an upper surface thereof. The alumite layer is an anodic oxidation film, and a Young's modulus of the alumite layer is between 90 GPa and 120 GPa. The method also includes a step of forming a particle-resistant layer on the alumite layer by aerosol deposition, in which an aerosol containing fine particles of a brittle material dispersed in a gas is ejected from a nozzle to impact against a surface of the alumite layer, wherein the particle-resistant layer includes a polycrystalline ceramic; and wherein, when the resulting semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member is exposed to a plasma in a reference plasma resistance test, the particle-resistant layer has an arithmetic average height Sa of 0.060 or less after the reference plasma test is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yasutaka NITTA, Takuma WADA
  • Patent number: 11295934
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a member for a semiconductor manufacturing device includes an alumite base material including a concavity, and a first layer formed on the alumite base material and including an yttrium compound. The first layer includes a first region, and a second region provided in the concavity and located between the first region and the alumite base material. An average particle diameter in the first region is shorter than an average particle diameter in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Nitta
  • Publication number: 20220028657
    Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing device includes an alumite base material including a concavity and a first layer formed on the alumite base material and including an yttrium compound. The first layer includes an outer surface, a first region on a side of the outer surface, and a second region provided in the concavity and located between the first region and the alumite base material. The concavity includes first and second portions respectively provided with the first and second regions. A width of the second portion is narrower than a width of the first portion in a cross section along a stacking direction and a boundary of the first layer in the concavity and the alumite base material being curved convex toward the outer surface of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Yasutaka NITTA
  • Patent number: 11142829
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a base and a particle-resistant layer. The base includes a main portion and an alumite layer. The main portion includes aluminum. The alumite layer is provided at a front surface of the main portion. The particle-resistant layer is provided on the alumite layer and includes a polycrystalline ceramic. An Al purity of the main portion is 99.00% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nitta, Takuma Wada
  • Publication number: 20200273674
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a base and a particle-resistant layer. The base includes a main portion and an alumite layer. The main portion includes aluminum. The alumite layer is provided at a front surface of the main portion. The particle-resistant layer is provided on the alumite layer and includes a polycrystalline ceramic. A Young's modulus of the alumite layer is greater than 90 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasutaka NITTA, Takuma WADA
  • Publication number: 20200273675
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a base and a particle-resistant layer. The base includes a first surface, a second surface crossing the first surface, and an edge portion connecting the first surface and the second surface. The particle-resistant layer includes a polycrystalline ceramic and covering the first surface, the second surface, and the edge portion. The particle-resistant layer includes a first particle-resistant layer provided at the edge portion, and a second particle-resistant layer provided at the first surface. A particle resistance of the first particle-resistant layer is higher than a particle resistance of the second particle-resistant layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasutaka NITTA, Takuma WADA, Ryoto TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200270753
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member includes a base and a particle-resistant layer. The base includes a main portion and an alumite layer. The main portion includes aluminum. The alumite layer is provided at a front surface of the main portion. The particle-resistant layer is provided on the alumite layer and includes a polycrystalline ceramic. An Al purity of the main portion is 99.00% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasutaka NITTA, Takuma WADA
  • Publication number: 20190027343
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a member for a semiconductor manufacturing device includes an alumite base material including a concavity, and a first layer formed on the alumite base material and including an yttrium compound. The first layer includes a first region, and a second region provided in the concavity and located between the first region and the alumite base material. An average particle diameter in the first region is shorter than an average particle diameter in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Yasutaka Nitta
  • Patent number: 8597728
    Abstract: There is disclosed a film forming method of spraying an aerosol jetted from a nozzle on a film formation object, while continuously changing a spraying position of the aerosol, to form a film which continuously covers an upper surface, an outer surface and a curved surface, which enables continuous formation of a high-quality film by a simple process. This film forming method includes a first film forming step of continuously spraying the aerosol on an upper surface W01 and a curved surface W03 connected to the upper surface W01, to continuously form a film which covers the upper surface W01 and a film which covers at least part of the curved surface W03; and a second film forming step of continuously forming a film which covers an outer surface W02 and a film which further covers the film formed on the curved surface W03 in the first film forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nitta, Tomokazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20120064237
    Abstract: There is disclosed a film forming method of spraying an aerosol jetted from a nozzle on a film formation object, while continuously changing a spraying position of the aerosol, to form a film which continuously covers an upper surface, an outer surface and a curved surface, which enables continuous formation of a high-quality film by a simple process. This film forming method includes a first film forming step of continuously spraying the aerosol on an upper surface W01 and a curved surface W03 connected to the upper surface W01, to continuously form a film which covers the upper surface W01 and a film which covers at least part of the curved surface W03; and a second film forming step of continuously forming a film which covers an outer surface W02 and a film which further covers the film formed on the curved surface W03 in the first film forming step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka NITTA, Tomokazu ITO