Patents by Inventor Yasutaka SOMA

Yasutaka SOMA 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: 10840213
    Abstract: A bonding system includes a substrate transfer device configured to transfer a first substrate and a second substrate to a bonding apparatus, a first holding plate configured to hold the first substrate from an upper surface side, and a second holding plate disposed below the first holding plate and configured to hold the second substrate from a lower surface side so that the second substrate faces the first substrate. The substrate transfer device includes a first holding part capable of holding the first substrate from the upper surface side, and a second holding part disposed below the first holding part and capable of holding the second substrate from the lower surface side. The first holding part and the second holding part are configured to receive and hold the first substrate and the second substrate at the same time from the first holding plate and the second holding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masataka Matsunaga, Takahiro Masunaga, Yasutaka Soma, Takashi Koga, Shogo Hara, Masaaki Umitsuki, Kazutoshi Ishimaru, Fumio Sakata
  • Publication number: 20180019226
    Abstract: A bonding system includes a substrate transfer device configured to transfer a first substrate and a second substrate to a bonding apparatus, a first holding plate configured to hold the first substrate from an upper surface side, and a second holding plate disposed below the first holding plate and configured to hold the second substrate from a lower surface side so that the second substrate faces the first substrate. The substrate transfer device includes a first holding part capable of holding the first substrate from the upper surface side, and a second holding part disposed below the first holding part and capable of holding the second substrate from the lower surface side. The first holding part and the second holding part are configured to receive and hold the first substrate and the second substrate at the same time from the first holding plate and the second holding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masataka MATSUNAGA, Takahiro MASUNAGA, Yasutaka SOMA, Takashi KOGA, Shogo HARA, Masaaki UMITSUKI, Kazutoshi ISHIMARU, Fumio SAKATA
  • Patent number: 9679798
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate conveyance apparatus capable of suppressing a substrate from being damaged. The substrate conveyance apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles, and a main body unit. The plurality of nozzles are configured to jet a gas toward a surface of a substrate to hold the substrate in a non-contact manner. The main body unit is provided with the plurality of nozzles. At least surfaces of the plurality of nozzles are formed of a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Iwashita, Osamu Hirakawa, Yasutaka Soma, Takeshi Tamura, Kazutaka Noda, Xavier Francois Brun, Charles Wayne Singleton, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140284000
    Abstract: A separation apparatus for separating a superposed substrate into a processing target substrate and a supporting substrate, includes: one holding part holding the processing target substrate via a tape; another holding part holding the supporting substrate; and a moving mechanism moving the another holding part in a vertical direction while holding an outer peripheral portion thereof to continuously separate the supporting substrate held by the another holding part from the processing target substrate held by the one holding part starting from an outer peripheral portion toward a central portion of the supporting substrate, wherein the moving mechanism includes: a first moving part holding the another holding part and moving only the outer peripheral portion of the another holding part in the vertical direction; and a second moving part moving the first moving part and the another holding part in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yasutaka SOMA, Naoto YOSHITAKA, Hiroshi KOMEDA, Eiji MANABE, Osamu HIRAKAWA, Masatoshi DEGUCHI, Takeshi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140234033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate conveyance apparatus capable of suppressing a substrate from being damaged. The substrate conveyance apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles, and a main body unit. The plurality of nozzles are configured to jet a gas toward a surface of a substrate to hold the substrate in a non-contact manner. The main body unit is provided with the plurality of nozzles. At least surfaces of the plurality of nozzles are formed of a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuharu IWASHITA, Osamu HIRAKAWA, Yasutaka SOMA, Takeshi TAMURA, Kazutaka NODA
  • Publication number: 20130000684
    Abstract: A cleaning method of cleaning a joint surface of a processing target substrate separated from a superposed substrate, while the processing target substrate is placed inside an annular frame and held by a tape bonded to a surface of the frame and a non-joint surface of the processing target substrate, the cleaning method including: a placement step of placing a cleaning jig to face the processing target substrate such that a supply surface of the cleaning jig for supplying a solvent for the adhesive onto the joint surface of the processing target substrate covers the joint surface and a distance between the supply surface and the joint surface is a predetermined distance; and a cleaning step of then supplying the solvent between the supply surface and the joint surface and diffusing the supplied solvent over the joint surface by a surface tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasutaka SOMA, Naoto Yoshitaka, Hiroshi Komeda, Eiji Manabe, Osamu Hirakawa, Masatoshi Deguchi, Takeshi Tamura