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Jun Abe

Jun Abe, Nirasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110061813PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes a shower head that supplies a gas toward a substrate in a shower pattern through a plurality of gas discharge holes provided in a facing surface of the shower head facing a mounting table; a multiple number of gas exhaust holes provided in the facing surface of the shower head; a vertically movable ring-shaped member that is installed along a circumference of the mounting table and is configured to form, at a raised position, a processing space surrounded by the mounting table, the shower head and the ring-shaped member; a multiplicity of gas supply holes opened in an inner wall of the ring-shaped member to supply a gas into the processing space; and a plurality of gas exhaust holes opened in an inner wall of the ring-shaped member to evacuate the processing space.03-17-2011
20110067815PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHOWER HEAD - A plasma processing apparatus includes a shower head that is installed within a processing chamber for processing a substrate therein so as to face a mounting table for mounting the substrate thereon and supplies a gas toward the substrate in a shower pattern through a plurality of gas discharge holes provided in a facing surface of the shower head facing the mounting table; a plurality of gas exhaust holes formed through the shower head to be extended from the facing surface of the shower head to an opposite surface from the facing surface; a multiple number of rod-shaped magnet pillars standing upright in a gas exhaust space communicating with the gas exhaust holes on the side of the opposite surface; and a driving unit that varies a distance between the magnet pillars and the gas exhaust holes by moving at least a part of the magnet pillars.03-24-2011
20110214814PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHOWER HEAD - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including: a shower head installed within a processing chamber for processing a substrate and facing a mounting table for mounting the substrate; a multiple number of gas exhaust holes formed through the shower head to be extended from a facing surface of the shower head to an opposite surface to the facing surface; a multiple number of openable and closable trigger holes formed through the shower head to be extended from the facing surface of the shower head to the opposite surface, and configured to allow plasma leakage from the facing surface to the opposite surface; and a partition wall installed in a gas exhaust space provided on the side of the opposite surface of the shower head to divide the gas exhaust space into a multiple number of regions, each region communicating with one or more trigger holes.09-08-2011

Jun Abe, Nirasaki City JP

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20090228234TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A temperature measurement apparatus includes a light source; a first splitter that splits a light beam into a measurement beam and a reference beam; a reference beam reflector that reflects the reference beam; an optical path length adjustor; a second splitter that splits the reflected reference beam into a first reflected reference beam and a second reflected reference beam; a first photodetector that measures an interference between the first reflected reference beam and a reflected measurement beam obtained by the measurement beam reflected from a target object; a second photodetector that measures an intensity of the second reflected reference beam; and a temperature calculation unit. The temperature calculation unit calculates a location of the interference by subtracting an output signal of the second photodetector from an output signal of the first photodetector, and calculates a temperature of the target object from the calculated location of the interference.09-10-2009
20100206482PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED THEREIN - A plasma processing apparatus includes a temperature measuring unit; airtightly sealed temperature measuring windows provided in a mounting table, for optically communicating to transmit a measurement beam through a top surface and a bottom surface of the mounting table; and one or more connection members for connecting the mounting table and a base plate, which is provided in a space between the mounting table and the base plate. In the plasma processing apparatus, a space above the mounting table is set to be maintained under a vacuum atmosphere, and a space between the mounting table and the base plate is set to be maintained under a normal pressure atmosphere, and each collimator is fixed to the base plate at a position corresponding to each temperature measuring window, thereby measuring a temperature of the substrate via the temperature measuring windows by the temperature measuring unit.08-19-2010
20100243607SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD USING SAME - A substrate processing method uses a substrate processing apparatus including a chamber for accommodating a substrate, a lower electrode to mount the substrate, a first RF power applying unit for applying an RF power for plasma generation into the chamber, and a second RF power applying unit for applying an RF power for bias to the lower electrode. The RF power for plasma generation is controlled to be intermittently changed by changing an output of the first RF power applying unit at a predetermined timing. If no plasma state or an afterglow state exists in the chamber by a control of the first RF power applying unit, an output of the second RF power applying unit is controlled to be in an OFF state or decreased below an output of the second RF power applying unit when the output of the first RF power applying unit is a set output.09-30-2010

Jun Abe, Nirasaki-Shi JP

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20080236747GAS ANALYZING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A gas analyzing apparatus includes a measurement chamber having a mounting member for mounting thereon a substrate on which a sample is adsorbed; a depressurizing mechanism for depressurizing the inside of the measurement chamber; and a heating unit for heating the substrate having the adsorbed sample thereon and mounted on the mounting member. The apparatus further includes: a mass spectrometer inserted in the measurement chamber, for detecting gas molecules escaping from the sample with an increasing temperature; and a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of the substrate having the adsorbed sample thereon by using an interferometer which detects an optical thickness of the substrate.10-02-2008
20080304543TEMPERATURE MEASURING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD - A temperature measuring apparatus includes a light source, a first splitter, a second splitter, a reference beam reflector, an optical path length adjuster, a reference beam transmitting member, a first to an nth measuring beam transmitting member and a photodetector. The temperature measuring apparatus further includes an attenuator that attenuates the reference beam reflected from the reference beam reflector to thereby make an intensity thereof closer to an intensity of the measurement beam reflected from the temperature measurement object.12-11-2008
20090047795PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A plasma processing apparatus includes a first radio frequency (RF) power supply unit for applying a first RF power for generating a plasma from a processing gas to at least one of a first and a second electrode which are disposed facing each other in an evacuable processing chamber. The first RF power supply unit is controlled by a control unit so that a first phase at which the first RF power has a first amplitude for generating a plasma and a second phase at which the first RF power has a second amplitude for generating substantially no plasma are alternately repeated at predetermined intervals.02-19-2009
20090194508SUBSTRATE PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate holding electrode and a counter electrode which are arranged in a chamber, a high frequency generating device which applies a high frequency of 50 MHZ or higher to the substrate holding electrode, a DC negative pulse generating device which applies a DC negative pulse voltage in a manner of superimposing on the high frequency, and a controller controlling to cause intermittent application of the high frequency and cause intermittent application of the DC negative pulse voltage according to the timing of on or off of the high frequency.08-06-2009
20100072172SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method realizing an effective reduction of a voltage change of a substrate on an electrode to reduce the variation of incident energy of ions entering the substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a first electrode holding a substrate on a main surface of the first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a RF power source applying to the first electrode a RF voltage whose frequency is equal to or higher than 40 MHz; and a pulse voltage applying unit applying to the first electrode a pulse voltage decreasing in accordance with a lapse of time, by superimposing the pulse voltage on the RF voltage.03-25-2010

Patent applications by Jun Abe, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Jun Abe, Ashikaga-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090293218Connection Member In Wiper Blade - A connection member that includes right and left side walls; a shaft support portion that is swingably fitted onto a support shaft that is provided at the blade main body; upper and lower pieces that are formed so as to be continuous from the shaft support portion; and projections that come into sliding contact with inner side surfaces at the opening are formed on outer side surfaces of the right and left side walls, wherein: the shaft support portion and the upper piece are integrally formed so as to bridge the right and left side walls, the lower piece is formed so as to be separated from the right and left side walls by a groove, and outward projection amounts of the projections are larger at the lower piece than at the upper piece.12-03-2009

Jun Abe, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080218744TEMPERATURE MEASURING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD - A temperature measuring apparatus includes a light source, a first splitter, a second splitter, a reference beam reflector, an optical path length adjuster, a reference beam transmitting member, a first to an nth measuring beam transmitting member and a photodetector. The temperature measuring apparatus further includes a controller that stores, as initial peak position data, positions of interference peaks respectively measured in advance by irradiating the first to the nth measuring beam onto the first to the nth measurement point of the temperature measurement object, and compares the initial peak position data to positions of interference peaks respectively measured during a temperature measurement to thereby estimate a temperature at each of the first to the nth measurement point.09-11-2008

Jun Abe, Kanagawa JP

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20110222918DEVELOPING DEVICE, ASSEMBLY BODY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes: a first-developer-holding-member facing a surface of a rotating latent image carrier, it rotating such that a moving direction thereof is opposite to that of the carrier at a portion where they face; a second-developer-holding-member provided at a downstream-side of the first-developer-holding-member in a direction in which the carrier rotates, and facing the surface of the carrier, it rotating such that a moving direction thereof is the same as that of the carrier at a portion where they face; a ratio of circumferential speeds of the first-developer-holding-member and the second-developer-holding-member being variable; a splitting member that splits a developer for the first-developer-holding-member and the second-developer-holding-member by hitting against the developer located between the first-developer-holding-member and the second-developer-holding-member; a moving unit that moves the splitting member; and a control unit that controls the moving unit to move the splitting member to vary split ratio of the developer.09-15-2011