Patents by Inventor Yuko Odamura

Yuko Odamura 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: 6555790
    Abstract: There is described a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for coating the surface of a semiconductor wafer with an organic coating, such as anti-reflective coating, which shortens a down time required in association with removal of compounds that tend to sublime and enables simplification of removal of the compounds and an increase in safety of the removal operation. A top plate of a hot plate unit for heating a semiconductor wafer is formed from light-transmissive material such as quartz. A light source unit for illuminating UV-rays effective for decomposing organic compounds is disposed on the top plate. The hot plate unit bakes the semiconductor wafer coated with the organic material, and compounds that have a tendency to sublime including organic material adhere to the lower surface of the top plate in association with the baking operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Ryoden Semiconductor System Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Ono, Sachiko Hattori, Yuko Odamura