Patents by Inventor Yiochiro Tanaka

Yiochiro Tanaka 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: 8168543
    Abstract: Methods of forming a barrier layer are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber, supplying at least two reactive gases and an inert gas into the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the processing chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the gas mixture, and forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material. In another embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a PVD chamber, supplying a reactive gas the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the PVD chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the reactive gas, forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material, and post treating the metal containing layer in presence of species generated from a remote plasma chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinyu Fu, Keyvan Kashefizadeh, Ashish Subhash Bodke, Winsor Lam, Yiochiro Tanaka, Wonwoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100006425
    Abstract: Methods of forming a barrier layer are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber, supplying at least two reactive gases and an inert gas into the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the processing chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the gas mixture, and forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material. In another embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a PVD chamber, supplying a reactive gas the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the PVD chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the reactive gas, forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material, and post treating the metal containing layer in presence of species generated from a remote plasma chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Xinyu Fu, Keyvan Kashefizadeh, Ashish Subhash Bodke, Winsor Lam, Yiochiro Tanaka, Wonwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 7618893
    Abstract: Methods of forming a barrier layer are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a physical valor deposition (PVD) chamber, supplying at least two reactive gases and an inert gas into the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the processing chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the gas mixture, and forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material. In another embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a PVD chamber, supplying a reactive gas the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the PVD chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the reactive gas, forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material, and post treating the metal containing layer in presence of species generated from a remote plasma chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinyu Fu, Keyvan Kashefizadeh, Ashish Subhash Bodke, Winsor Lam, Yiochiro Tanaka, Wonwoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20090227105
    Abstract: Methods of forming a barrier layer are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber, supplying at least two reactive gases and an inert gas into the PVD processing chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the processing chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the gas mixture, and forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material. In another embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a PVD chamber, supplying a reactive gas the PVD chamber, sputtering a source material from a target disposed in the PVD chamber in the presence of a plasma formed from the reactive gas, forming a metal containing dielectric layer on the substrate from the source material, and post treating the metal containing layer in presence of species generated from a remote plasma chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Xinyu Fu, Keyvan Kashefizadeh, Ashish Subhash Bodke, Winsor Lam, Yiochiro Tanaka, Wonwoo Kim