Patents by Inventor Yukinari Yamashita

Yukinari Yamashita 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: 11901174
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate treatment method and a substrate treatment equipment enabling greater suppression of corrosion or oxidation of metal wiring exposed on a substrate surface. The present invention relates to a substrate treatment equipment having a treatment chamber wherein a substrate is disposed, and whereto a substrate treatment solution for treating the substrate is supplied. This equipment is provided with an inert gas filling mechanism for filling with an inert gas the interior of the treatment chamber wherein the substrate is disposed, and, near or inside the treatment chamber, a catalytic unit filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst wherethrough a hydrogen-dissolved water including hydrogen added to ultra-pure water is passed. Obtained by passing the hydrogen-dissolved water through the platinum-group metal catalyst, a hydrogen-dissolved treatment solution is supplied as the substrate treatment solution into the treatment chamber by the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku Yano, Yukinari Yamashita, Masami Murayama, Koji Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11491517
    Abstract: The water outlet of a subsystem that includes an ultraviolet oxidation device and the water inlet of each substrate treatment device are connected to each other via a main pipe. A hydrogen peroxide removal device is installed between the ultraviolet oxidation device of the subsystem and a non-regenerative ion-exchange device. In addition, a carbon dioxide supply device is installed at the middle of a pipe that branches from the water outlet of the subsystem to reach the substrate treatment device. According to an aspect, the hydrogen peroxide removal device is filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst. Thus, ultrapure water passed through the ultraviolet oxidation device is used as a base to produce carbonated water in which the concentration of hydrogen peroxide dissolved therein is limited to 2 ?g/L or less and to which carbon dioxide is added to adjust resistivity to be within the range of 0.03 to 5.0 M?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku Yano, Masami Murayama, Yukinari Yamashita, Koji Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11408868
    Abstract: Provided are a method and system for measuring hydrogen peroxide concentration in sample water collected from a prescribed position in a water treatment process and includes: collecting the sample water; measuring a concentration of a dissolved oxygen in the sample water or a treated water obtained by treating the sample water with the hydrogen peroxide decomposing device by first and second dissolved oxygen concentration measuring analyzers to obtain a corrected value that is a difference between the two dissolved oxygen concentration values; measuring the concentration of the dissolved oxygen in the sample and treated water by the first and second dissolved oxygen concentration measuring analyzers, respectively, and obtaining a measured value that is a difference between the dissolved oxygen concentration values; and calculating a corrected concentration of hydrogen peroxide from the measured value obtained during the measured value obtaining and the corrected value obtained during the corrected value obtai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Morino, Daisaku Yano, Yukinari Yamashita, Masayuki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11229887
    Abstract: An ozonated water supply method includes: feeding dissolving water contained in a circulation tank to an ozonation device at a given feed rate while feeding ultrapure water to the circulation tank, and returning ozonated water that has not been used at a use point to the circulation tank, dissolving ozone in the dissolving water using the ozonation device to obtain ozonated water, and feeding the ozonated water to the use point; feeding oxygen gas having a nitrogen gas content of 0.01 vol % or less to a discharge-type ozone gas-producer, and feeding the resulting ozone-containing gas to the ozonation device; adjusting the feed rate of the ultrapure water to the circulation tank; and adjusting the dissolved ozone concentration in the ozonated water. The method can reduce or suppress the accumulation of nitric acid in the recirculation system when a discharge-type ozone gas-producer is used as the ozone gas-producer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Hayashi, Yukinari Yamashita, Koji Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20210395106
    Abstract: A water quality management method for managing the concentration of impurity ions contained in the water to be analyzed includes connecting the ion adsorption device in which the ion adsorbent and the accumulated flow rate meter are provided to the blanch pipe, passing the water being analyzed from the blanch pipe to the ion adsorbent for a predetermined period of time to the ion adsorption device and adsorbing ions contained in the water being analyzed an ion adsorbent sample. In the ion adsorption device, an accumulated flow rate meter is provided on the downstream side of the flow direction of the water being analyzed of the ion adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinari YAMASHITA, Daisaku YANO, Kyohei TSUTANO
  • Publication number: 20210249259
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate treatment method and a substrate treatment equipment enabling greater suppression of corrosion or oxidation of metal wiring exposed on a substrate surface. The present invention relates to a substrate treatment equipment having a treatment chamber wherein a substrate is disposed, and whereto a substrate treatment solution for treating the substrate is supplied. This equipment is provided with an inert gas filling mechanism for filling with an inert gas the interior of the treatment chamber wherein the substrate is disposed, and, near or inside the treatment chamber, a catalytic unit filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst wherethrough a hydrogen-dissolved water including hydrogen added to ultra-pure water is passed. Obtained by passing the hydrogen-dissolved water through the platinum-group metal catalyst, a hydrogen-dissolved treatment solution is supplied as the substrate treatment solution into the treatment chamber by the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku YANO, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Masami MURAYAMA, Koji YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11004674
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate treatment method and a substrate treatment equipment enabling greater suppression of corrosion or oxidation of metal wiring exposed on a substrate surface. The present invention relates to a substrate treatment equipment having a treatment chamber wherein a substrate is disposed, and whereto a substrate treatment solution for treating the substrate is supplied. This equipment is provided with an inert gas filling mechanism for filling with an inert gas the interior of the treatment chamber wherein the substrate is disposed, and, near or inside the treatment chamber, a catalytic unit filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst wherethrough a hydrogen-dissolved water including hydrogen added to ultra-pure water is passed. Obtained by passing the hydrogen-dissolved water through the platinum-group metal catalyst, a hydrogen-dissolved treatment solution is supplied as the substrate treatment solution into the treatment chamber by the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku Yano, Yukinari Yamashita, Masami Murayama, Koji Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20210033581
    Abstract: Provided are a method and system for measuring hydrogen peroxide concentration in sample water collected from a prescribed position in a water treatment process and includes: collecting the sample water; measuring a concentration of a dissolved oxygen in the sample water or a treated water obtained by treating the sample water with the hydrogen peroxide decomposing device by first and second dissolved oxygen concentration measuring analyzers to obtain a corrected value that is a difference between the two dissolved oxygen concentration values; measuring the concentration of the dissolved oxygen in the sample and treated water by the first and second dissolved oxygen concentration measuring analyzers, respectively, and obtaining a measured value that is a difference between the dissolved oxygen concentration values; and calculating a corrected concentration of hydrogen peroxide from the measured value obtained during the measured value obtaining and the corrected value obtained during the corrected value obtai
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota MORINO, Daisaku YANO, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10857512
    Abstract: A diluted solution production method of the present invention is a diluted solution production method of producing a diluted solution of a second liquid by adding the second liquid a first liquid, the method including feeding the first liquid to a first pipe; and controlling pressure in a tank that stores the second liquid to add, through the second pipe that connects the tank to the first pipe, the second liquid to the first liquid in the first pipe. Adding the second liquid includes measuring a flow rate of the first liquid or the diluted solution that flows through the first pipe; measuring a component concentration of the diluted solution; and controlling the pressure in the tank, based on the measured values of the flow rate and the component concentration, so as to adjust the component concentration of the diluted solution to a specified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Hayashi, Yukinari Yamashita, Koji Yamanaka, Daisaku Yano
  • Publication number: 20190388857
    Abstract: A diluted solution production method of the present invention is a diluted solution production method of producing a diluted solution of a second liquid by adding the second liquid a first liquid, the method including feeding the first liquid to a first pipe; and controlling pressure in a tank that stores the second liquid to add, through the second pipe that connects the tank to the first pipe, the second liquid to the first liquid in the first pipe. Adding the second liquid includes measuring a flow rate of the first liquid or the diluted solution that flows through the first pipe; measuring a component concentration of the diluted solution; and controlling the pressure in the tank, based on the measured values of the flow rate and the component concentration, so as to adjust the component concentration of the diluted solution to a specified value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: YOSHIFUMI HAYASHI, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Koji YAMANAKA, Daisaku YANO
  • Publication number: 20190381539
    Abstract: The water outlet of a subsystem that includes an ultraviolet oxidation device and the water inlet of each substrate treatment device are connected to each other via a main pipe. A hydrogen peroxide removal device is installed between the ultraviolet oxidation device of the subsystem and a non-regenerative ion-exchange device. In addition, a carbon dioxide supply device is installed at the middle of a pipe that branches from the water outlet of the subsystem to reach the substrate treatment device. According to an aspect, the hydrogen peroxide removal device is filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst. Thus, ultrapure water passed through the ultraviolet oxidation device is used as a base to produce carbonated water in which the concentration of hydrogen peroxide dissolved therein is limited to 2 ?g/L or less and to which carbon dioxide is added to adjust resistivity to be within the range of 0.03 to 5.0 M?·cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku YANO, Masami MURAYAMA, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Koji YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10434546
    Abstract: The water outlet of a subsystem that includes an ultraviolet oxidation device and the water inlet of each substrate treatment device are connected to each other via a main pipe. A hydrogen peroxide removal device is installed between the ultraviolet oxidation device of the subsystem and a non-regenerative ion-exchange device. In addition, a carbon dioxide supply device is installed at the middle of a pipe that branches from the water outlet of the subsystem to reach the substrate treatment device. According to an aspect, the hydrogen peroxide removal device is filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst. Thus, ultrapure water passed through the ultraviolet oxidation device is used as a base to produce carbonated water in which the concentration of hydrogen peroxide dissolved therein is limited to 2 ?g/L or less and to which carbon dioxide is added to adjust resistivity to be within the range of 0.03 to 5.0 M?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku Yano, Masami Murayama, Yukinari Yamashita, Koji Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10406493
    Abstract: A diluted solution production method of the present invention is a diluted solution production method of producing a diluted solution of a second liquid by adding the second liquid to a first liquid, the method including feeding the first liquid to a first pipe; and controlling pressure in a tank that stores the second liquid to add, through the second pipe that connects the tank to the first pipe, the second liquid to the first liquid in the first pipe. Adding the second liquid includes measuring a flow rate of the first liquid or the diluted solution that flows through the first pipe; measuring a component concentration of the diluted solution; and controlling the pressure in the tank, based on the measured values of the flow rate and the component concentration, so as to adjust the component concentration of the diluted solution to a specified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Hayashi, Yukinari Yamashita, Koji Yamanaka, Daisaku Yano
  • Publication number: 20170259234
    Abstract: A diluted solution production method of the present invention is a diluted solution production method of producing a diluted solution of a second liquid by adding the second liquid to a first liquid, the method including feeding the first liquid to a first pipe; and controlling pressure in a tank that stores the second liquid to add, through the second pipe that connects the tank to the first pipe, the second liquid to the first liquid in the first pipe. Adding the second liquid includes measuring a flow rate of the first liquid or the diluted solution that flows through the first pipe; measuring a component concentration of the diluted solution; and controlling the pressure in the tank, based on the measured values of the flow rate and the component concentration, so as to adjust the component concentration of the diluted solution to a specified value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi HAYASHI, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Koji YAMANAKA, Daisaku YANO
  • Publication number: 20160361693
    Abstract: An ozonated water supply method includes: feeding dissolving water contained in a circulation tank to an ozonation device at a given feed rate while feeding ultrapure water to the circulation tank, and returning ozonated water that has not been used at a use point to the circulation tank, dissolving ozone in the dissolving water using the ozonation device to obtain ozonated water, and feeding the ozonated water to the use point; feeding oxygen gas having a nitrogen gas content of 0.01 vol % or less to a discharge-type ozone gas-producer, and feeding the resulting ozone-containing gas to the ozonation device; adjusting the feed rate of the ultrapure water to the circulation tank; and adjusting the dissolved ozone concentration in the ozonated water. The method can reduce or suppress the accumulation of nitric acid in the recirculation system when a discharge-type ozone gas-producer is used as the ozone gas-producer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi HAYASHI, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Koji YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160233082
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate treatment method and a substrate treatment equipment enabling greater suppression of corrosion or oxidation of metal wiring exposed on a substrate surface. The present invention relates to a substrate treatment equipment having a treatment chamber wherein a substrate is disposed, and whereto a substrate treatment solution for treating the substrate is supplied. This equipment is provided with an inert gas filling mechanism for filling with an inert gas the interior of the treatment chamber wherein the substrate is disposed, and, near or inside the treatment chamber, a catalytic unit filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst wherethrough a hydrogen-dissolved water including hydrogen added to ultra-pure water is passed. Obtained by passing the hydrogen-dissolved water through the platinum-group metal catalyst, a hydrogen-dissolved treatment solution is supplied as the substrate treatment solution into the treatment chamber by the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku YANO, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Masami MURAYAMA, Koji YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160059273
    Abstract: The water outlet of a subsystem that includes an ultraviolet oxidation device and the water inlet of each substrate treatment device are connected to each other via a main pipe. A hydrogen peroxide removal device is installed between the ultraviolet oxidation device of the subsystem and a non-regenerative ion-exchange device. In addition, a carbon dioxide supply device is installed at the middle of a pipe that branches from the water outlet of the subsystem to reach the substrate treatment device. According to an aspect, the hydrogen peroxide removal device is filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst. Thus, ultrapure water passed through the ultraviolet oxidation device is used as a base to produce carbonated water in which the concentration of hydrogen peroxide dissolved therein is limited to 2 ?g/L or less and to which carbon dioxide is added to adjust resistivity to be within the range of 0.03 to 5.0 M?·cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku YANO, Masami MURAYAMA, Yukinari YAMASHITA, Koji YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 6884344
    Abstract: A degassing device (10), a hydrogen dissolving device (12), and a palladium catalyst column (17) are provided in that order downstream of a high-purity water production device (1), and an impurity removal device (19) is connected to the exit side of treated water of the palladium catalyst column (17). The impurity removal device (19) removes impurity ions which are eluted into the water to be treated or impurity particulates which mix in with the water to be treated during the treatment in the palladium catalyst column (17). The impurity removal device (19) comprises an ion exchange device (20) and a membrane treatment device (21) such as a ultrafiltration membrane device, a reverse osmosis membrane device or the like. By providing an impurity removal device (19) in this manner, it is possible to remove impurities generated during hydrogen peroxide removal treatment by the palladium catalyst and to prevent degradation in quality of hydrogen-dissolved water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Organo Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinari Yamashita, Takashi Futatsuki
  • Publication number: 20030132104
    Abstract: A degassing device (10), a hydrogen dissolving device (12), and a palladium catalyst column (17) are provided in that order downstream of a high-purity water production device (1), and an impurity removal device (19) is connected to the exit side of treated water of the palladium catalyst column (17). The impurity removal device (19) removes impurity ions which are eluted into the water to be treated or impurity particulates which mix in with the water to be treated during the treatment in the palladium catalyst column (17). The impurity removal device (19) comprises an ion exchange device (20) and a membrane treatment device (21) such as a ultrafiltration membrane device, a reverse osmosis membrane device or the like. By providing an impurity removal device (19) in this manner, it is possible to remove impurities generated during hydrogen peroxide removal treatment by the palladium catalyst and to prevent degradation in quality of hydrogen-dissolved water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Yukinari Yamashita, Takashi Futatsuki
  • Publication number: 20030094610
    Abstract: A hydrogen dissolving device 2 is connected to a high-purity water processing device 1. Hydrogen is dissolved into the high-purity water in the hydrogen dissolving device 2 to produce hydrogen-dissolved water. The hydrogen-dissolved water is conveyed via a transport line 7 to a wash apparatus 5 or to an immersion apparatus 6. The hydrogen-dissolved water exiting from the transport line 7 inhibits oxidation of semiconductor devices during wash or immersion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Aoki, Hiroaki Tomimori, Kenichi Yamamoto, Keiji Hirano, Tsutomu Taira, Yukinari Yamashita, Takashi Futatsuki