Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Imai

Yoshinori Imai 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: 20100330781
    Abstract: There are provided a substrate processing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a method of manufacturing a substrate, for growing a SiC epitaxial film at a high-temperature condition. The substrate processing apparatus comprises: a reaction chamber; a first gas supply system configured to supply at least a gas containing silicon atoms and a gas containing chlorine atoms, or a gas containing silicon and chlorine atoms; a second gas supply system configured to supply at least a reducing gas; a third gas supply system configured to supply at least a gas containing carbon atoms; a first gas supply nozzle connected to the first gas supply system or the first and third gas supply systems; a second gas supply nozzle connected to the second gas supply system or the second and third gas supply systems; and a controller configured to control the first to third gas supply systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI-KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi SASAKI, Sadao NAKASHIMA, Yoshinori IMAI, Koei KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20100297832
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus, a semiconductor device manufacturing method, and a substrate manufacturing method. The substrate processing apparatus comprises: a reaction chamber configured to process substrates; a first gas supply system configured to supply at least a silicon-containing gas and a chlorine-containing gas or at least a gas containing silicon and chlorine; a first gas supply unit connected to the first gas supply system; a second gas supply system configured to supply at least a reducing gas; a second gas supply unit connected to the second gas supply system; a third gas supply system configured to supply at least a carbon-containing gas and connected to at least one of the first gas supply unit and the second gas supply unit; and a control unit configured to control the first to third gas supply systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI-KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinori IMAI, Hideji SHIBATA, Takafumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20090064931
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first step of forming a metal oxide film containing at least one or more kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of hafnium, yttrium, lanthanum, aluminium, zirconium, strontium, titanium, barium, tantalum, niobium, on a substrate having a metal thin film formed on the surface, at a first temperature allowing no oxidization of the metal thin film to occur, and allowing the metal oxide film to be set in an amorphous state; and a second step of forming a metal oxide film containing at least one or more kinds of elements selected from the group consisting of hafnium, yttrium, lanthanum, aluminium, zirconium, strontium, titanium, barium, tantalum, niobium on the metal oxide film formed in the first step, up to a target film thickness, at a second temperature exceeding the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Horii, Yoshinori Imai, Mika Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090061648
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of loading a substrate into a processing chamber; processing the substrate by supplying plural kinds of reaction substances into the processing chamber multiple number of times; and unloading the processed substrate from the processing chamber, wherein at least one of the plural kinds of reaction substances contains a source gas obtained by vaporizing a liquid source by a vaporizing part; in the step of processing the substrate, vaporizing operation of supplying the liquid source to the vaporizing part and vaporizing the liquid source is intermittently performed, and at least at a time other than performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source, a solvent capable of dissolving the liquid source is flown to the vaporizing part at a first flow rate; and at a time other than performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source and every time performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source prescribed number of times, the solv
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Horii, Yoshinori Imai
  • Patent number: 6821871
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to make it easy to diffuse phosphorus into a silicon film and allow the phosphorus diffusion concentration to be easily controlled by varying the timing at which the dopant gas is allowed to flow. A silicon wafer 10 on whose surface an amorphous silicon film 12 has been formed is placed in a diffusion furnace. After this, phosphine (PH3) or a mixed gas containing phosphine is allowed to begin flowing over the wafer 15 and the phosphorus is diffused into the silicon film 12 before the amorphous silicon film 12 crystallizes and changes into a polysilicon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Nomura, Yushin Takasawa, Hajime Karasawa, Yoshinori Imai, Tadanori Yoshida, Kenichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20020016051
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to make it easy to diffuse phosphorus into a silicon film and allow the phosphorus diffusion concentration to be easily controlled by varying the timing at which the dopant gas is allowed to flow. A silicon wafer 10 on whose surface an amorphous silicon film 12 has been formed is placed in a diffusion furnace. After this, phosphine (PH3) or a mixed gas containing phosphine is allowed to begin flowing over the wafer 15 and the phosphorus is diffused into the silicon film 12 before the amorphous silicon film 12 crystallizes and changes into a polysilicon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hisashi Nomura, Yushin Takasawa, Hajime Karasawa, Yoshinori Imai, Tadanori Yoshida, Kenichi Yamaguchi