Patents by Inventor Youhei ENDOU

Youhei ENDOU 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: 9593409
    Abstract: A dielectric film forming apparatus and a method for forming a dielectric film so as to form a dielectric film with a (100)/(001) orientation. A dielectric film forming apparatus includes a deposition preventive plate heating portion that heats a deposition preventive plate disposed in a position where particles discharged from a target adhere. Sputtering gas is introduced from a sputtering gas introduction unit into a vacuum chamber. The deposition preventive plate is heated to a temperature higher than a film forming temperature so as to emit vapor from a thin film adhered to the deposition preventive plate. After a seed layer is formed on a substrate, the substrate is heated to the film forming temperature, and AC voltage is applied to the target from a power supply and then, the target is sputtered so as to form a dielectric film on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Isao Kimura, Takehito Jinbo, Hiroki Kobayashi, Youhei Endou, Youhei Oonishi
  • Patent number: 9347128
    Abstract: A method for forming a dielectric thin film that forms a PZT thin film having a (100)/(001) orientation. After a seed layer is formed by adhering PbO gas to a surface of a substrate, a voltage is applied to a target of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and perform sputtering, while the substrate is heated inside of an evacuated vacuum chamber. Then, a PZT thin film is formed on the surface of the substrate. Because Pb and O are supplied from the seed layer, a PZT film having a (001)/(100) orientation can be formed without lack of Pb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Isao Kimura, Takehito Jinbo, Hiroki Kobayashi, Youhei Endou, Youhei Oonishi
  • Publication number: 20130228453
    Abstract: A dielectric film forming apparatus and a method for forming a dielectric film so as to form a dielectric film with a (100)/(001) orientation. A dielectric film forming apparatus includes a deposition preventive plate heating portion that heats a deposition preventive plate disposed in a position where particles discharged from a target adhere. Sputtering gas is introduced from a sputtering gas introduction unit into a vacuum chamber. The deposition preventive plate is heated to a temperature higher than a film forming temperature so as to emit vapor from a thin film adhered to the deposition preventive plate. After a seed layer is formed on a substrate, the substrate is heated to the film forming temperature, and AC voltage is applied to the target from a power supply and then, the target is sputtered so as to form a dielectric film on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ULVAC, Inc.
    Inventors: Isao KIMURA, Takehito JINBO, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Youhei ENDOU, Youhei OONISHI