Patents by Inventor Yong-jhin Cho

Yong-jhin Cho 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: 20180358242
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vessel providing a processing space for processing a substrate, a substrate support supporting the substrate loaded in the processing space, and a barrier between a side wall of the vessel and the substrate support and surrounding an edge of the substrate supported by the substrate support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Young-hoo Kim, Sang-jine PARK, Yong-jhin CHO, Yeon-jin GIL, Ji-hoon JEONG, Byung-kwon CHO, Yong-sun KO, Kun-tack LEE
  • Publication number: 20180334318
    Abstract: A chemical liquid supply apparatus includes a storage container configured to accommodate a chemical liquid for processing a semiconductor substrate, a chemical liquid supply pipe, a supply nozzle, and a grounding conductor. A conductive layer including a non-metallic conductive material is formed on an inner surface of the chemical liquid supply pipe. The supply nozzle includes a non-metallic conductive material. The conductive layer or the supply nozzle is electrically connected to the grounding conductor which is grounded to an outside of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yong Jhin Cho, In Kwang Bae, Jung Min Oh, Mi Hyun Park, Kun Tack Lee, Yong Jun Jun
  • Patent number: 9941110
    Abstract: A method of manufacture and fluid supply system for treating a substrate is provided. The fluid supply system for treating a substrate may include a substrate dry part supplying a dry fluid to dry a rinse solution doped on a substrate; a dry fluid separation part retrieving a mixed fluid that the dry fluid and the rinse solution are mixed with each other during a dry process of the substrate from the substrate dry part and separating the dry fluid from the mixed fluid; and a dry fluid supply part resupplying the dry fluid separated from the dry fluid separation part to the substrate dry part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Oh, HyoSan Lee, YongSun Ko, KyoungSeob Kim, SeokHoon Kim, KunTack Lee, YongMyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9934959
    Abstract: A method of purifying a cleaning agent is provided. The method includes heating a first mixed solution including an etching agent, a first cleaning agent, and a second cleaning agent at or below a first temperature and distilling the etching agent and the first cleaning agent and removing the second cleaning agent. The method includes condensing or compressing the etching agent and the first cleaning agent forming a second mixed solution including the etching agent and the first cleaning agent. The method includes heating the second mixed solution at a temperature lower than a second temperature, redistilling the etching agent and extracting the first cleaning agent. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jhin Cho, Jung-Min Oh, Yongmyung Jun, Yongsun Ko, Kuntack Lee, Hyosan Lee
  • Patent number: 9903651
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a body having a ring shape, a lower contacting portion protruding from a lower end of the body and having at least one recess, the recess provided in a lower surface of the lower contacting portion and extending in a radial direction of the body, and an outer contacting portion protruding outwards from the body along an outer side portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Myung Jun, Yong-Sun Ko, Kun-Tack Lee, Il-Sang Lee, Ji-Hoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho, Jin-Suk Hong
  • Patent number: 9627233
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treating apparatus including a housing; a plurality of opening-and-closing members configured to provide a driving force for opening and closing the housing; a fluid storing member supplying a fluid to the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution unit connected to the fluid storing member via a supply conduit to distribute the fluid supplied from the fluid storing member to the opening-and-closing members. The fluid distribution unit includes a distribution conduit diverging from the supply conduit and connected to a corresponding one of the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution member provided at a junction between the supply conduit and the distribution conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeokHoon Kim, Yongmyung Jun, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Publication number: 20170084469
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a process chamber configured to have an internal space, a substrate supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support a substrate, a first supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to a region of the internal space located below the substrate, a second supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to other region of the internal space located over the substrate, and an exhaust port configured to exhaust the supercritical fluid from the process chamber to an exterior region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Kuntack Lee, Yongmyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Publication number: 20170062208
    Abstract: A method of manufacture and fluid supply system for treating a substrate is provided. The fluid supply system for treating a substrate may include a substrate dry part supplying a dry fluid to dry a rinse solution doped on a substrate; a dry fluid separation part retrieving a mixed fluid that the dry fluid and the rinse solution are mixed with each other during a dry process of the substrate from the substrate dry part and separating the dry fluid from the mixed fluid; and a dry fluid supply part resupplying the dry fluid separated from the dry fluid separation part to the substrate dry part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jung-Min Oh, HyoSan Lee, YongSun Ko, KyoungSeob Kim, SeokHoon Kim, KunTack Lee, YongMyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9534839
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a process chamber configured to have an internal space, a substrate supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support a substrate, a first supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to a region of the internal space located below the substrate, a second supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to other region of the internal space located over the substrate, and an exhaust port configured to exhaust the supercritical fluid from the process chamber to an exterior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyongseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Kuntack Lee, Yongmyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9524864
    Abstract: A method of manufacture and fluid supply system for treating a substrate is provided. The fluid supply system for treating a substrate may include a substrate dry part supplying a dry fluid to dry a rinse solution doped on a substrate; a dry fluid separation part retrieving a mixed fluid that the dry fluid and the rinse solution are mixed with each other during a dry process of the substrate from the substrate dry part and separating the dry fluid from the mixed fluid; and a dry fluid supply part resupplying the dry fluid separated from the dry fluid separation part to the substrate dry part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Oh, HyoSan Lee, YongSun Ko, KyoungSeob Kim, SeokHoon Kim, KunTack Lee, YongMyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9394509
    Abstract: A cleaning solution composition includes an organic solvent in which a metal fluoride does not dissolve, at least one fluoride compound that generates bifluoride (HF2?), and deionized water, wherein the deionized water may be included in a concentration of 1.5 wt % or lower based on the total weight of the cleaning solution composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Won Bae, Yong-Sun Ko, Seok-Hoon Kim, In-Gi Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kun-Tack Lee, Hyo-San Lee, Ji-Hoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Publication number: 20150299629
    Abstract: A cleaning solution composition includes an organic solvent in which a metal fluoride does not dissolve, at least one fluoride compound that generates bifluoride (HF2?), and deionized water, wherein the deionized water may be included in a concentration of 1.5 wt % or lower based on the total weight of the cleaning solution composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Sang-Won Bae, Yong-Sun Ko, Seok-Hoon Kim, In-Gi Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kun-Tack Lee, Hyo-San Lee, Ji-Hoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Publication number: 20150303036
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus includes a seal on at least one of upper or lower chambers of a process chamber. The seal hermetically closes the substrate treatment region, and may be at a location to prevent a gap from forming between the upper and lower chambers. The lower chamber includes an inner wall and an outer wall defining a groove including the seal. The inner wall has a top surface lower than that of the outer wall. The seal has an atypical cross-sectional shape with a recess facing the substrate treatment region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Semes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihoon JEONG, Gil Hun SONG, Ki Sang EUM, Yongsun KO, Kuntack LEE, Yongmyung JUN, Yong-Jhin CHO
  • Publication number: 20150287590
    Abstract: Provided is a method of rinsing and drying a semiconductor device, including forming a pattern on a substrate; rinsing the substrate, where the pattern is formed, using a rinse solution; loading the substrate into a dry chamber; injecting supercritical carbon dioxide into the dry chamber such that rinse solution remaining on the pattern is diluted to have a concentration below 2 percent by weight based on a weight of the rinse solution remaining on the pattern and the supercritical carbon dioxide; and venting the supercritical carbon dioxide such that the dry chamber is maintained at atmospheric pressure to dry the substrate where the pattern is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jung-Min OH, Yongsun KO, Kwangsu KIM, SeokHoon KIM, ChangSup MUN, Kuntack LEE, Hyosan LEE, Jihoon JEONG, Yong-Jhin CHO
  • Publication number: 20150176897
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a body having a ring shape, a lower contacting portion protruding from a lower end of the body and having at least one recess, the recess provided in a lower surface of the lower contacting portion and extending in a radial direction of the body, and an outer contacting portion protruding outwards from the body along an outer side portion of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Yong-Myung JUN, Yong-Sun KO, Kun-Tack LEE, Il-Sang LEE, Ji-Hoon JEONG, Yong-Jhin CHO, Jin-Suk HONG
  • Publication number: 20150157955
    Abstract: A method of purifying a cleaning agent is provided. The method includes heating a first mixed solution including an etching agent, a first cleaning agent, and a second cleaning agent at or below a first temperature and distilling the etching agent and the first cleaning agent and removing the second cleaning agent. The method includes condensing or compressing the etching agent and the first cleaning agent forming a second mixed solution including the etching agent and the first cleaning agent. The method includes heating the second mixed solution at a temperature lower than a second temperature, redistilling the etching agent and extracting the first cleaning agent. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Yong-Jhin CHO, Jung-Min OH, Yongmyung JUN, Yongsun KO, Kuntack LEE, Hyosan LEE
  • Patent number: 9027576
    Abstract: Substrate treatment systems are provided. The substrate treatment systems may include a treating device configured to treat a substrate with a supercritical fluid, and a supplying device configured to supply the supercritical fluid to the treating device. The treating device may include a supercritical process zone in which the substrate is treated with the supercritical fluid, and a pre-supercritical process zone in which the supercritical fluid is expanded and then provided into the supercritical process zone to create a supercritical state in the supercritical process zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jhin Cho, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Wonho Jang, Yongmyung Jun
  • Publication number: 20140373881
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus including a support member configured to support a substrate container configured to surround an upper portion of the support member, a nozzle member including at least one nozzle, which is configured to spray a treating solution onto the substrate disposed on the support member, and a treating solution supply unit connected to the nozzle and configured to supply the treating solution to the nozzle through a main tube may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Min OH, Kyoungseob KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, Yongsun KO, Kuntack LEE, Yongmyung JUN, Yong-Jhin CHO
  • Publication number: 20140360041
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a fluid supply unit to supply a fluid to a chamber. The substrate is dried in the chamber using the fluid in a supercritical state. The fluid supply unit includes a storing tank to store the fluid and a conversion tank connected to the storing tank through a connection tube and to the chamber through a supply tube. The conversion tank includes a heater to heat the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihoon JEONG, Yongsun KO, Kuntack LEE, Kyoungseob KIM, SeokHoon KIM, Jung-Min OH, Yongmyung JUN, Yong-Jhin CHO
  • Publication number: 20140291421
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treating apparatus including a housing; a plurality of opening-and-closing members configured to provide a driving force for opening and closing the housing; a fluid storing member supplying a fluid to the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution unit connected to the fluid storing member via a supply conduit to distribute the fluid supplied from the fluid storing member to the opening-and-closing members. The fluid distribution unit includes a distribution conduit diverging from the supply conduit and connected to a corresponding one of the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution member provided at a junction between the supply conduit and the distribution conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeokHoon Kim, Yongmyung Jun, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho