Patents by Inventor Yukio Ohizumi

Yukio Ohizumi 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: 20240068090
    Abstract: A gate valve, a substrate processing apparatus, and a substrate processing method which can improve the airtightness and cleanliness of a vacuum processing chamber and a vacuum preliminary chamber. A gate valve has a face facing a vacuum processing chamber and a face facing a vacuum preliminary chamber, the faces abutting on annular sealing members surrounding entire circumferences of substrate loading/unloading ports of the vacuum processing chamber and the vacuum preliminary chamber, and openably and closably connects the vacuum processing chamber and the vacuum preliminary chamber. The gate valve includes sealing channels provided between the sealing members doubly provided outside and inside surrounding the entire circumference of at least one of the substrate loading/unloading ports and between other sealing members doubly provided outside and inside in one or more parts inside the gate valve, and a gas circulation channel including the sealing channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshifumi HOSHINO, Kaito SUZUKI, Yukio OHIZUMI
  • Patent number: 11674225
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus for performing film formation by supplying a processing gas to a substrate, including: a rotary table provided in a processing container; a mounting stand provided to mount the substrate and configured to be revolved by rotating the rotary table; a processing gas supply part configured to supply a processing gas to a region through which the mounting stand passes by the rotation of the rotary table; a rotation shaft rotatably provided in a portion rotating together with the rotary table and configured to support the mounting stand; a driven gear provided on the rotation shaft; a driving gear provided along an entire circumference of a revolution trajectory of the driven gear to face the revolution trajectory of the driven gear and configured to constitute a magnetic gear mechanism with the driven gear; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the driving gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMTED
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kato, Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11572625
    Abstract: There is provided a rotation detection jig used for an apparatus in which a substrate is processed inside a processing container by rotating a mounting stand for a substrate provided on one surface side of a rotary table while revolving the mounting stand with rotation of the rotary table, and supplying a processing gas to a region through which the mounting stand passes, including: a rotating element configured to rotate about a rotation shaft of the mounting stand; an encoder main body configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating element and configured to constitute a rotary encoder together with the rotating element; a fixing member configured to fix the encoder main body to a rotating portion including the rotary table; and a signal processing part provided in the rotating portion and configured to process a detection signal detected by the encoder main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kato, Yukio Ohizumi
  • Patent number: 10584416
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a mounting stand installed to rotate about a rotation shaft extending along a rotary shaft of a rotary table and configured to hold a substrate, and a magnetic gear mechanism including a driven gear configured to rotate the mounting stand about the rotation shaft and a driving gear configured to drive the driven gear. The driven gear is connected to the mounting stand via the rotation shaft and installed to rotate in such a direction as to rotate the mounting stand. The driving gear is disposed in a state in which the driving surface faces the driven surface passing through a predetermined position on a movement orbit of the driven gear moving along with the rotation of the rotary table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kato, Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10221480
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate by supplying a processing gas to the substrate while revolving the substrate, the substrate processing apparatus including: a rotary table installed within a processing container; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the rotary table; a support part installed in a rotary shaft of the rotary table below the rotary table; an opening portion formed in the rotary table to correspond to a mounting position where the substrate is mounted; a mounting part rotatably supported by the support part through the opening portion, and configured to mount the substrate thereon such that a height level of an upper surface of the substrate coincides with a height level of an upper surface of the rotary table; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kato, Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma
  • Publication number: 20180251892
    Abstract: There is provided a rotation detection jig used for an apparatus in which a substrate is processed inside a processing container by rotating a mounting stand for a substrate provided on one surface side of a rotary table while revolving the mounting stand with rotation of the rotary table, and supplying a processing gas to a region through which the mounting stand passes, including: a rotating element configured to rotate about a rotation shaft of the mounting stand; an encoder main body configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating element and configured to constitute a rotary encoder together with the rotating element; a fixing member configured to fix the encoder main body to a rotating portion including the rotary table; and a signal processing part provided in the rotating portion and configured to process a detection signal detected by the encoder main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kato, Yukio Ohizumi
  • Publication number: 20180195173
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus for performing film formation by supplying a processing gas to a substrate, including: a rotary table provided in a processing container; a mounting stand provided to mount the substrate and configured to be revolved by rotating the rotary table; a processing gas supply part configured to supply a processing gas to a region through which the mounting stand passes by the rotation of the rotary table; a rotation shaft rotatably provided in a portion rotating together with the rotary table and configured to support the mounting stand; a driven gear provided on the rotation shaft; a driving gear provided along an entire circumference of a revolution trajectory of the driven gear to face the revolution trajectory of the driven gear and configured to constitute a magnetic gear mechanism with the driven gear; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the driving gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Yukio OHIZUMI, Manabu HONMA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170218514
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a mounting stand installed to rotate about a rotation shaft extending along a rotary shaft of a rotary table and configured to hold a substrate, and a magnetic gear mechanism including a driven gear configured to rotate the mounting stand about the rotation shaft and a driving gear configured to drive the driven gear. The driven gear is connected to the mounting stand via the rotation shaft and installed to rotate in such a direction as to rotate the mounting stand. The driving gear is disposed in a state in which the driving surface faces the driven surface passing through a predetermined position on a movement orbit of the driven gear moving along with the rotation of the rotary table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Yukio OHIZUMI, Manabu HONMA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170067160
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate by supplying a processing gas to the substrate while revolving the substrate, the substrate processing apparatus including: a rotary table installed within a processing container; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the rotary table; a support part installed in a rotary shaft of the rotary table below the rotary table; an opening portion formed in the rotary table to correspond to amounting position where the substrate is mounted; a mounting part rotatably supported by the support part through the opening portion, and configured to mount the substrate thereon such that a height level of an upper surface of the substrate coincides with a height level of an upper surface of the rotary table; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Yukio OHIZUMI, Manabu HONMA
  • Patent number: 8845857
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum container, a rotary table to rotate in the vacuum container, a substrate placement member mounted on the rotary table in a detachable manner, the substrate placement member and the rotary table together providing a recess in which a substrate is placed on an upper side of the rotary table, and the substrate placement member constituting a bottom surface in the recess on which the substrate is placed, a position regulating unit provided at least one of the rotary table and the substrate placement member to regulate a movement of the substrate caused by a centrifugal force during rotation of the rotary table, a reactant gas supply unit to supply reactant gas to the upper side of the rotary table, and a vacuum exhaust unit to exhaust the vacuum container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma
  • Publication number: 20130047924
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber; a turntable rotatably provided in the process chamber for mounting a substrate on one surface of the turntable and including a substrate mounting portion at which the substrate is to be mounted and a table body which is an other portion of the turntable, the substrate mounting portion being configured to have a heat capacity smaller than that the table body; and a heater that heats the substrate from an opposite surface side of the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Enomoto, Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma
  • Patent number: 8034723
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate by performing a cycle of alternately supplying at least two kinds of reaction gases that react with each other on the substrate to produce a layer of a reaction product in a vacuum chamber is disclosed. The film deposition apparatus includes a ring-shaped locking member that may be provided in or around a wafer receiving portion of a turntable in which the substrate is placed, in order to keep the substrate in the substrate receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma
  • Publication number: 20110159702
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate by performing a cycle of alternately supplying at least two kinds of reaction gases that react with each other on the substrate to produce a layer of a reaction product in a vacuum chamber is disclosed. The film deposition apparatus includes a ring-shaped locking member that may be provided in or around a wafer receiving portion of a turntable in which the substrate is placed, in order to keep the substrate in the substrate receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Yukio Ohizumi, Manabu Honma
  • Publication number: 20110126985
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum container, a rotary table to rotate in the vacuum container, a substrate placement member mounted on the rotary table in a detachable manner, the substrate placement member and the rotary table together providing a recess in which a substrate is placed on an upper side of the rotary table, and the substrate placement member constituting a bottom surface in the recess on which the substrate is placed, a position regulating unit provided at least one of the rotary table and the substrate placement member to regulate a movement of the substrate caused by a centrifugal force during rotation of the rotary table, a reactant gas supply unit to supply reactant gas to the upper side of the rotary table, and a vacuum exhaust unit to exhaust the vacuum container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: YUKIO OHIZUMI, Manabu Honma
  • Patent number: 7674336
    Abstract: A thermal processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a processing container having an opening part at a lower end thereof. The processing container can contain an object to be processed therein. The opening part can be opened and closed by a lid. A flange is provided at a periphery of the opening part. A gas-introducing part for introducing a gas into the processing container is provided in the flange. The object to be processed contained in the processing container is heated by a heating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Honma, Yukio Ohizumi, Keisuke Nagatsuka
  • Publication number: 20070075086
    Abstract: A thermal processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a processing container having an opening part at a lower end thereof. The processing container can contain an object to be processed therein. The opening part can be opened and closed by a lid. A flange is provided at a periphery of the opening part. A gas-introducing part for introducing a gas into the processing container is provided in the flange. The object to be processed contained in the processing container is heated by a heating mechanism. arrangement room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Manabu Honma, Yukio Ohizumi, Keisuke Nagatsuka