Patents by Inventor Yuuji Honda

Yuuji Honda 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: 20150236244
    Abstract: To obtain a piezoelectric film having excellent piezoelectric properties. One aspect of the present invention relates to ferroelectric ceramics including a ZrO2 film oriented in (200), a Pt film that is formed on the ZrO2 film and is oriented in (200) and a piezoelectric film formed on the Pt film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Koichi FURUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150183190
    Abstract: To obtain a piezoelectric film having excellent piezoelectric properties. An aspect of the present invention is a piezoelectric film having a crystal oriented in the c-axis direction and a crystal oriented in the a-axis direction, in which, when denoting the amount of a (004) component of the crystal oriented in the c-axis direction by C and denoting the amount of a (400) component of the crystal oriented in the a-axis direction by A, the piezoelectric film satisfies a formula 1 below. C/(A+C)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Yukinori TANI
  • Publication number: 20150188031
    Abstract: A thermal poling method in which a poling treatment can be performed easily by a dry process. The poling treatment is performed on a PZT film by performing a heat treatment on the PZT film under a pressurized oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 400° C. or more and 900° C. or less. The PZT film before the heat treatment has a single-domain crystal structure, and the PZT film after the heat treatment has a multi-domain crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Takekazu SHIGENAI, Hiroyuki OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20150147587
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to ferroelectric ceramics including a stacked film formed on a Si substrate, a Pt film formed on the stacked film, a SrTiO3 film formed on the Pt film, and a PZT film formed on the SrTiO3, wherein the stacked film is formed by repeating sequentially N times a first ZrO2 film and a Y2O3 film, and a second ZrO2 film is formed on the film formed repeatedly N times, the N being an integer of 1 or more. It is preferable that a ratio of Y/(Zr+Y) of the stacked film is 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Yukinori TANI
  • Publication number: 20150059910
    Abstract: To provide a plasma CVD apparatus capable of forming a thin film on the inner surface of a pipe even without a vacuum vessel. An aspect of the present invention is a plasma CVD apparatus including a first member sealing an end of a pipe; a second member sealing the other end of the pipe; a gas introduction mechanism that is connected to the first member and that introduces a raw material gas into the pipe; an exhausting mechanism that is connected to the second member and that vacuum-exhausts the inside of the pipe; an electrode disposed in the pipe; and a high-frequency power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuuji HONDA, Norio ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150030846
    Abstract: To improve the single crystallinity of a stacked film in which a ZrO2 film and a Y2O3 film are stacked or a YSZ film. A crystal film includes a Zr film and a stacked film in which a ZrO2 film and a Y2O3 film formed on the Zr film are stacked, and has a peak half-value width when the stacked film is evaluated by X-ray diffraction being 0.05° to 2.0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA
  • Publication number: 20140349140
    Abstract: To provide a CxNyHz film of high density and a deposition method. One aspect of the present invention is a CxNyHz film formed on a substrate to be deposited, wherein x, y and z satisfy formulae (1) to (4) below: 0.4<x<0.7??(1) 0.01<y<0.5??(2) 0?z<0.3??(3) x+y+z=1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Haruhito Hayakawa, Kouji Abe, Keiichi Terashima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20140335281
    Abstract: In a film-forming treatment jig for forming a thin film on a plate having a through hole of a micro diameter by a single plasma film-forming treatment, the film-forming treatment jig includes: a holding member 39 for holding the aperture plate in a state of exposing the through hole and the front and back surfaces of the aperture plate by clamping an aperture plate 107 having a through hole; and an electrode member having the holding member attached thereon, wherein the electrode member is electrically connected to an electrode to which the plasma electric power of a plasma CVD apparatus is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Takeshi SHIRATO, Yuuji HONDA, Hiroshi SATO, Masamichi OSAWA
  • Patent number: 8877520
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ferroelectric film including the steps of forming a burnable material film containing hydrogen of not less than 1% by weight on a substrate; forming an amorphous thin film including a ferroelectric material on the burnable material film; and oxidizing and crystallizing the amorphous thin film while supplying hydrogen to the amorphous thin film by burning the burnable material film through heating of the burnable material film and the amorphous thin film in an oxygen atmosphere, to thereby form a first ferroelectric film on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Youtec Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda, Haruhito Hayakawa, Takekazu Shigenai
  • Publication number: 20140319405
    Abstract: To perform poling treatment in a simple procedure by dry process. An aspect of the invention is a magnetic field poling device including: a first holding part configured to hold a film-to-be-poled 2; a second holding part configured to hold a magnet generating a magnetic field B to the film-to-be-poled 2; and a moving mechanism configured to move the first holding part or the second holding part in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda, Tomoyuki Araki
  • Publication number: 20140242379
    Abstract: To produce a ferroelectric film formed of a lead-free material. The ferroelectric film according to an aspect of the present invention includes a (K1-XNaX)NbO3 film or a BiFeO3 film having a perovskite structure and a crystalline oxide preferentially oriented to (001) formed on at least one of the upper side and lower side of the (K1-XNaX)NbO3 film or BiFeO3 film, and X satisfies the formula below 0.3?X?0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: YOUTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20140225317
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a ferroelectric film formed of a lead-free material. The method for manufacturing a ferroelectric film according to an aspect of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a ferroelectric film including the steps of pouring a sol-gel solution for forming (K1-XNaX)NbO3 into a mold 3, calcining the sol-gel solution to form a (K1-XNaX)NbO3 material film inside the mold 3, heat-treating and crystallizing the (K1-XNaX)NbO3 material film in an oxygen atmosphere to form a (K1-XNaX)NbO3 crystallized film inside the mold 3 and removing the mold 3 through etching, and is characterized in that the mold 3 is more easily etched than the (K1-XNaX)NbO3 crystallized film and the X satisfies a formula below 0.3?X?0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: YOUTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20140191618
    Abstract: A plasma poling device includes a holding electrode (4) which is disposed in a poling chamber (1) and holds a substrate to be poled (2), an opposite electrode (7) which is disposed in the poling chamber and disposed facing the substrate to be poled held on the holding electrode, a power source (6) electrically connected to one electrode of the holding electrode and the opposite electrode, a gas supply mechanism supplying a plasma forming gas into a space between the opposite electrode and the holding electrode, and a control unit controlling the power source and the gas supply mechanism. The control unit controls the power source and the gas supply mechanism so as to form a plasma at a position facing the substrate to be poled and to apply a poling treatment to the substrate to be poled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: YOUTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20130323534
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a ferroelectric crystal film in which an orientation of a seed crystal film is transferred preferably and a film deposition rate is suitable for volume production. A seed crystal film is formed on a substrate in epitaxial growth by a sputtering method, an amorphous film including ferroelectric material is formed over the seed crystal film by a spin-coat coating method, the seed crystal film and the amorphous film are heated in an oxygen atmosphere for oxidation and crystallization of the amorphous film, and thereby a ferroelectric coated-and-sintered crystal film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD., YOUTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Daisuke IITSUKA, Kenjirou HATA
  • Publication number: 20130165313
    Abstract: To produce a ferroelectric film including a non-lead material. An embodiment of the present invention is a ferroelectric film characterized by being represented by (Baa?1-a)(Tib?1-b(?: one or more metal elements among Mg (magnesium), Ca2+ (calcium), Sr (strontium), Li (lithium), Na (sodium), K (potassium), Rb (rubidium), Cs (cesium), Mg (magnesium), Ca2+ (calcium) and Sr (strontium), ?: one or more metal elements among Ti (titanium), V (vanadium), Cr (chromium), Mn (manganese), Fe (iron), Co (cobalt), Ni (nickel), Cu (copper), Zr (zirconium), Nb (niobium), Mo (molybdenum), Ru (ruthenium), Rh (rhodium), Pd (palladium), Ag (silver), Sc (scandium), Y (yttrium), La (lanthanum), Ce (cerium), Pr (praseodymium), Nd (neodymium), Sm (samarium), Eu (europium), Gd (gadolinium), Tb (terbium), Dy (dysprosium), Ho (holmium), Er (erbium), Tm (thulium), Yb (ytterbium), Lu (lutetium), Ha (hafnium) and Ta (tantalum)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda, Takekazu Shigenai
  • Publication number: 20130153813
    Abstract: The plasma poling device includes: a holding electrode 4 being disposed in a poling chamber 1 and holding a substrate to be subjected to poling 2 thereon; an opposite electrode 7 being disposed in the poling chamber and being disposed opposite to the substrate to be subjected to poling held on the holding electrode; a power source 6 being electrically connected to either the holding electrode or the opposite electrode; a gas supply mechanism supplying a gas for forming plasma to a space between the opposite electrode and the holding electrode; and a control unit controlling the power source and the gas supply mechanism, wherein the control unit controls the power source and the gas supply mechanism, so as to form a plasma at a position opposite to the substrate to be subjected to poling to thereby perform poling treatment on the substrate to be subjected to poling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Youtec Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Honda, Takeshi Kijima, Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20130059076
    Abstract: To provide a substrate treatment apparatus capable of suppressing adherence of dust to a film coated on a substrate. As an aspect of the present invention is a substrate treatment apparatus provided with a spin-coating treatment chamber 4a for coating a film on the substrate by spin-coating, a first air-conditioning mechanism that regulates an amount of dust in the air in the spin-coating treatment chamber, an annealing treatment chamber 7a for performing lamp annealing treatment on the film coated on the substrate, a conveying chamber 2a that is connected to each of the spin-coating treatment chamber and the annealing treatment chamber and is for conveying the substrate between the spin-coating treatment chamber and the annealing treatment chamber each other, and a second air-conditioning mechanism that regulate an amount of dust in the air in the conveying chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20130026152
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurizing-type lamp annealing device which can easily handle a substrate to be treated having a large surface area. An embodiment is a pressurizing-type lamp annealing device which includes: a treatment chamber 25; a holding part 23 disposed into the treatment chamber to hold a substrate to be treated 22; a gas-introduction mechanism for introducing a pressurized gas into the treatment chamber; a gas-discharge mechanism for discharging the gas in the treatment chamber; a transparent tube 20 disposed into the treatment chamber; and a lamp heater 19 placed in the treatment chamber to irradiate the substrate to be treated with a lamp light, through the transparent tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20130022839
    Abstract: To provide a PBNZT ferroelectric film capable of preventing sufficiently oxygen ion deficiency. The PBNZT ferroelectric film according to an embodiment of the present invention is a ferroelectric film including a perovskite-structured ferroelectric substance represented by ABO3, wherein the perovskite-structured ferroelectric substance is a PZT-based ferroelectric substance containing Pb2+ as A-site ions and containing Zr4+ and Ti4+ as B-site ions, and the A-site contains Bi3+ as A-site compensation ions and the B-site contains Nb5+ as B-site compensation ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Publication number: 20110268983
    Abstract: To provide a film-forming treatment jig for forming a thin film on a plate having a through hole of a micro diameter by a single plasma film-forming treatment. The film-forming treatment jig according to the present invention includes: a holding member 39 for holding the aperture plate in a state of exposing the through hole and the front and back surfaces of the aperture plate by clamping an aperture plate 107 having a through hole; and an electrode member having the holding member attached thereon, wherein the electrode member is electrically connected to an electrode to which the plasma electric power of a plasma CVD apparatus is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Takeshi Shirato, Yuuji Honda, Hiroshi Sato, Masamichi Osawa