Patents by Inventor Yu MACHIDA

Yu MACHIDA 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: 20220130662
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing device. This substrate processing device includes a substrate holder that holds and rotates a substrate, a first processing head that processes a first plane of the substrate held on the substrate holder, and a second processing head that processes a peripheral portion of the substrate held on the substrate holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Yamamoto, Yu Machida
  • Patent number: 10811284
    Abstract: A substrate processing method which can clean a peripheral portion of a substrate after polishing and can check the cleaning effect of the peripheral portion of the substrate is disclosed. The substrate processing method includes polishing a peripheral portion of the substrate by pressing a polishing tape having abrasive grains against the peripheral portion of the substrate with a first head, cleaning the peripheral portion of the substrate by supplying a cleaning liquid to the peripheral portion of the substrate after polishing, bringing a tape having no abrasive grains into contact with the peripheral portion of the substrate after cleaning by a second head, applying light to the tape and receiving reflected light from the tape by a sensor, and judging that the peripheral portion of the substrate is contaminated when an intensity of the received reflected light is lower than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Watanabe, Satoru Yamamoto, Yu Machida
  • Publication number: 20200066510
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing device. This substrate processing device includes a substrate holder that holds and rotates a substrate, a first processing head that processes a first plane of the substrate held on the substrate holder, and a second processing head that processes a peripheral portion of the substrate held on the substrate holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Satoru Yamamoto, Yu Machida
  • Publication number: 20190184517
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a first polishing head configured to polish a first surface of a substrate by sliding a polishing tool on the first surface; a second polishing head configured to polish the first surface of the substrate by sliding a polishing tool on the first surface, the second polishing head having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first polishing head; and a substrate support mechanism configured to support the substrate by a fluid pressure at positions corresponding to the first polishing head and the second polishing head, the substrate support mechanism being configured to support the substrate from a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yu ISHII, Yu MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180277401
    Abstract: A substrate processing method which can clean a peripheral portion of a substrate after polishing and can check the cleaning effect of the peripheral portion of the substrate is disclosed. The substrate processing method includes polishing a peripheral portion of the substrate by pressing a polishing tape having abrasive grains against the peripheral portion of the substrate with a first head, cleaning the peripheral portion of the substrate by supplying a cleaning liquid to the peripheral portion of the substrate after polishing, bringing a tape having no abrasive grains into contact with the peripheral portion of the substrate after cleaning by a second head, applying light to the tape and receiving reflected light from the tape by a sensor, and judging that the peripheral portion of the substrate is contaminated when an intensity of the received reflected light is lower than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Toshifumi WATANABE, Satoru YAMAMOTO, Yu MACHIDA