Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Kai
Yoshihiro Kai 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).
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Patent number: 12183613Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a loading/unloading part into/from which a cassette that accommodates a plurality of substrates is loaded/unloaded; a batch-type processing part configured to collectively process a lot including the plurality of substrates; a single-substrate-type processing part configured to the plurality of substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part configured to deliver the plurality of substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part, wherein the loading/unloading part, the single-substrate-type processing part, the interface part, and the batch-type processing part are arranged in this order, and wherein the interface part comprises a lot formation part configured to form the lot, and a transfer part configured to transfer the plurality of substrates from the single-substrate-type processing part to the lot formation part, and configured to transfer the plurality of substrates from the batch-type processing part to the sType: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kouzou Kanagawa, Kotaro Tsurusaki, Keiji Onzuka, Yoshihiro Kai
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Publication number: 20240242975Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a batch-type processing part that collectively processes a lot including substrates arranged at a first pitch; a single-substrate-type processing part that processes the substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part that delivers the substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part. The batch-type processing part includes a processing bath that stores a processing solution having a lump shape or a mist shape, a first holder that holds the substrates arranged at the first pitch, and a second holder that receives the substrates arranged at a second pitch from the first holder in the processing solution. The interface part includes a transfer part that transfers the substrates held separately by the first and second holders in the processing solution, from the batch-type processing part to the single-substrate-type processing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Kouzou KANAGAWA, Kotaro TSURUSAKI, Keiji ONZUKA, Yoshihiro KAI
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Patent number: 11978644Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a batch-type processing part that collectively processes a lot including substrates arranged at a first pitch; a single-substrate-type processing part that processes the substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part that delivers the substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part. The batch-type processing part includes a processing bath that stores a processing solution having a lump shape or a mist shape, a first holder that holds the substrates arranged at the first pitch, and a second holder that receives the substrates arranged at a second pitch from the first holder in the processing solution. The interface part includes a transfer part that transfers the substrates held separately by the first and second holders in the processing solution, from the batch-type processing part to the single-substrate-type processing part.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kouzou Kanagawa, Kotaro Tsurusaki, Keiji Onzuka, Yoshihiro Kai
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Patent number: 11887871Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing tub configured to store therein a processing liquid in which multiple substrates are to be immersed; multiple liquid supplies each of which includes a supply line through which the processing liquid is supplied to an inside of a water tank of the processing tub and a heating device configured to heat the processing liquid at a portion of the supply line; and multiple in-tank temperature sensors configured to measure a temperature of the processing liquid at multiple positions within the water tank of the processing tub.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kazushige Sano, Yuichi Tanaka, Yoshihiro Kai
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Patent number: 11862486Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit 31 configured to hold a substrate W; an outer nozzle 45 configured to discharge a processing liquid toward a surface of the substrate from a position at an outside of an outer edge of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit such that at least a central portion of the surface of the substrate is covered with a liquid film of the discharged processing liquid; and an actuator 46 (90) configured to change a height position or a discharge angle of the outer nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kazuki Kosai, Yoshihiro Kai, Gentaro Goshi, Hiroshi Komiya, Seiya Fujimoto, Takahisa Otsuka
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Patent number: 11742223Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a processing tub and a fluid supply. In the processing tub, a processing is performed on multiple substrates by immersing the multiple substrates in a processing liquid. The fluid supply is disposed under the multiple substrates within the processing tub and configured to discharge a fluid to generate a liquid flow of the processing liquid within the processing tub. Further, the fluid supply includes multiple discharge paths configured to discharge the fluid to different regions in an arrangement direction of the multiple substrates.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yuji Kimura, Yoshihiro Kai
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Patent number: 11574827Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing unit including a holder that holds a substrate and rotates the substrate, a nozzle that ejects a processing liquid, and a conductive piping unit that supplies the processing liquid to the nozzle; a controller that causes the processing unit to execute a liquid processing in which the substrate is processed by supplying the processing liquid from the nozzle to the substrate that is held and rotated by the holder, and a measuring unit that measures a flowing current generated by the processing liquid flowing through the piping unit. The controller monitors the liquid processing based on a measurement result by the measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Tadashi Iino, Yoshihiro Kai, Yoichi Tokunaga, Nobuhiro Ogata, Jiro Higashijima
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Publication number: 20220392779Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a batch-type processing part that collectively processes a lot including substrates arranged at a first pitch; a single-substrate-type processing part that processes the substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part that delivers the substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part. The batch-type processing part includes a processing bath that stores a processing solution having a lump shape or a mist shape, a first holder that holds the substrates arranged at the first pitch, and a second holder that receives the substrates arranged at a second pitch from the first holder in the processing solution. The interface part includes a transfer part that transfers the substrates held separately by the first and second holders in the processing solution, from the batch-type processing part to the single-substrate-type processing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Kouzou KANAGAWA, Kotaro TSURUSAKI, Keiji ONZUKA, Yoshihiro KAI
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Patent number: 11469114Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a batch-type processing part that collectively processes a lot including substrates arranged at a first pitch; a single-substrate-type processing part that processes the substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part that delivers the substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part. The batch-type processing part includes a processing bath that stores a processing solution having a lump shape or a mist shape, a first holder that holds the substrates arranged at the first pitch, and a second holder that receives the substrates arranged at a second pitch from the first holder in the processing solution. The interface part includes a transfer part that transfers the substrates held separately by the first and second holders in the processing solution, from the batch-type processing part to the single-substrate-type processing part.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kouzou Kanagawa, Kotaro Tsurusaki, Keiji Onzuka, Yoshihiro Kai
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Publication number: 20210111038Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a batch-type processing part that collectively processes a lot including substrates arranged at a first pitch; a single-substrate-type processing part that processes the substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part that delivers the substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part. The batch-type processing part includes a processing bath that stores a processing solution having a lump shape or a mist shape, a first holder that holds the substrates arranged at the first pitch, and a second holder that receives the substrates arranged at a second pitch from the first holder in the processing solution. The interface part includes a transfer part that transfers the substrates held separately by the first and second holders in the processing solution, from the batch-type processing part to the single-substrate-type processing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Kouzou KANAGAWA, Kotaro TSURUSAKI, Keiji ONZUKA, Yoshihiro KAI
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Publication number: 20210111054Abstract: A substrate processing system includes: a loading/unloading part into/from which a cassette that accommodates a plurality of substrates is loaded/unloaded; a batch-type processing part configured to collectively process a lot including the plurality of substrates; a single-substrate-type processing part configured to the plurality of substrates of the lot one by one; and an interface part configured to deliver the plurality of substrates between the batch-type processing part and the single-substrate-type processing part, wherein the loading/unloading part, the single-substrate-type processing part, the interface part, and the batch-type processing part are arranged in this order, and wherein the interface part comprises a lot formation part configured to form the lot, and a transfer part configured to transfer the plurality of substrates from the single-substrate-type processing part to the lot formation part, and configured to transfer the plurality of substrates from the batch-type processing part to the sType: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Kouzou KANAGAWA, Kotaro TSURUSAKI, Keiji ONZUKA, Yoshihiro KAI
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Publication number: 20210035825Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing tub configured to store therein a processing liquid in which multiple substrates are to be immersed; multiple liquid supplies each of which includes a supply line through which the processing liquid is supplied to an inside of a water tank of the processing tub and a heating device configured to heat the processing liquid at a portion of the supply line; and multiple in-tank temperature sensors configured to measure a temperature of the processing liquid at multiple positions within the water tank of the processing tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Kazushige Sano, Yuichi Tanaka, Yoshihiro Kai
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Patent number: 10851468Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a holding device that includes a conductive member and holds a substrate, a conduction path structure that includes a conductive material and positioned such that the conduction path structure is in contact with the holding device, a supply device that supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held by the holding device, and a grounding structure including a variable resistance device that changes a resistance such that the grounding structure has a first end portion connected the conduction path structure and a second end portion connected to a ground potential.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Tadashi Iino, Toru Ihara, Yoshihiro Kai, Yoichi Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20200365424Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit 31 configured to hold a substrate W; an outer nozzle 45 configured to discharge a processing liquid toward a surface of the substrate from a position at an outside of an outer edge of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit such that at least a central portion of the surface of the substrate is covered with a liquid film of the discharged processing liquid; and an actuator 46 (90) configured to change a height position or a discharge angle of the outer nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Kazuki Kosai, Yoshihiro Kai, Gentaro Goshi, Hiroshi Komiya, Seiya Fujimoto, Takahisa Otsuka
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Publication number: 20200357667Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing unit including a holder that holds a substrate and rotates the substrate, a nozzle that ejects a processing liquid, and a conductive piping unit that supplies the processing liquid to the nozzle; a controller that causes the processing unit to execute a liquid processing in which the substrate is processed by supplying the processing liquid from the nozzle to the substrate that is held and rotated by the holder, and a measuring unit that measures a flowing current generated by the processing liquid flowing through the piping unit. The controller monitors the liquid processing based on a measurement result by the measuring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Tadashi IINO, Yoshihiro Kai, Yoichi Tokunaga, Nobuhiro Ogata, Jiro Higashijima
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Patent number: 10770316Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit 31 configured to hold a substrate W; an outer nozzle 45 configured to discharge a processing liquid toward a surface of the substrate from a position at an outside of an outer edge of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit such that at least a central portion of the surface of the substrate is covered with a liquid film of the discharged processing liquid; and an actuator 46 (90) configured to change a height position or a discharge angle of the outer nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kazuki Kosai, Yoshihiro Kai, Gentaro Goshi, Hiroshi Komiya, Seiya Fujimoto, Takahisa Otsuka
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Publication number: 20200227290Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a processing tub and a fluid supply. In the processing tub, a processing is performed on multiple substrates by immersing the multiple substrates in a processing liquid. The fluid supply is disposed under the multiple substrates within the processing tub and configured to discharge a fluid to generate a liquid flow of the processing liquid within the processing tub. Further, the fluid supply includes multiple discharge paths configured to discharge the fluid to different regions in an arrangement direction of the multiple substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Yoshihiro Kai
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Patent number: 10700166Abstract: A nozzle cleaning device is capable of uniformly cleaning a nozzle from a front end of the nozzle to an upper part thereof. The nozzle cleaning device includes a storage tank, a liquid discharging portion and an overflow discharging portion. The storage tank has a cylindrical inner peripheral surface and is configured to store therein a cleaning liquid that cleans a nozzle used in a substrate process. The liquid discharging portion is configured to discharge the cleaning liquid into the storage tank toward a position eccentric with respect to a central axis of the cylindrical inner peripheral surface to store the cleaning liquid within the storage tank and configured to form a vortex flow of the cleaning liquid revolving within the storage tank. The overflow discharging portion is configured to discharge the cleaning liquid that overflows the storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yoshihiro Kai, Shinya Ishikawa, Yuji Kamikawa, Shuichi Nagamine, Naoki Shindo
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Publication number: 20190279884Abstract: A drying fluid can be uniformly supplied to a substrate. A substrate drying apparatus includes a processing chamber and a cover unit. The processing chamber is provided with an opening through which the substrate is carried in and out. The cover unit is configured to open or close the opening. Further, the cover unit includes a diffusion space and a rectifying member. The diffusion space is configured to diffuse a drying fluid therein. The rectifying member is configured to rectify a flow of the drying fluid diffused in the diffusion space and allow the rectified drying fluid to be flown out into the processing chamber from the diffusion space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Koji Yamashita, Yoshihiro Kai
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Publication number: 20180337067Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit 31 configured to hold a substrate W; an outer nozzle 45 configured to discharge a processing liquid toward a surface of the substrate from a position at an outside of an outer edge of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit such that at least a central portion of the surface of the substrate is covered with a liquid film of the discharged processing liquid; and an actuator 46 (90) configured to change a height position or a discharge angle of the outer nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Kazuki Kosai, Yoshihiro Kai, Gentaro Goshi, Hiroshi Komiya, Seiya Fujimoto, Takahisa Otsuka