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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floating conveying device capable of preventing damage on a workpiece by delivering the workpiece only by the float-conveyance without using any robot arm or the like, and easily realizing the large size and the low profile of the workpiece. SOLUTION: A retractable interdigital slide jetting stand 403 is arranged above a workpiece processing stage 300 arranged below a conveying path surface for floating and conveying a workpiece by spraying compressed gas. A jetting unit for jetting compressed gas upwardly from a space in the slide jetting stand 403 is provided on the workpiece processing stage 300. The workpiece is received in a floating state while the slide jetting stand 403 is located above the workpiece processing stage 300, and the slide jetting stand is retreated to deliver the workpiece W to the workpiece processing stage 300. When the processing in the workpiece processing stage 300 is completed, the workpiece W is floated above a conveying surface by a jetting unit. Thereafter, the slide jetting stand 403 is again located above the workpiece processing stage 300, and the workpiece is received in a floating state and delivered to the conveying path. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slit coater capable of performing a surface treatment process on a transportation passage or on a place adjacent to the transportation passage in a series of the manufacturing process without using a contact type transportation robot arm for a workpiece delivery. SOLUTION: The workpiece W is directly transported by a floating transportation frame 102 being a floating transportation part-cum-a surface treatment part constituting a part of the transportation passage for the workpiece W, thereby performing the surface treatment process on the transportation passage or on the place adjacent to the transportation passage in a series of the manufacturing process without using the contact type transportation robot arm for the workpiece delivery. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for vaporizing a material solution, with which a vaporizer for MOCVD is obtained which eliminates a phenomenon that thin-film materials are adhered to a portion of the vaporizer near and around a spout thereof. SOLUTION: A carrier gas/small amount oxidizing gas supply part 11 supplies a carrier gas, which is supplied through an internally formed gas passage and which contains a material solution, to a vaporization part; a bubble prevention/material solution supply part 12 supplies a material for preventing generation of bubbles of the carrier gas containing the material solution, and the material solution, into the carrier gas; a solvent vaporization restricting/cooling system 13 restricts the vaporization of a solvent; and a swirl flow preventing gas supply part 14 supplies a gas for preventing the occurrence of swirl flow near a gas outlet of the vaporization part. An atomizing part 15 causes the carrier gas, which contains the material solution and which is ejected from the vaporizer 20, to be formed into a finely atomized state; and a complete vaporization oriented high performance vaporization tube 16 completely vaporizes the carrier gas ejected from the vaporizer 20 and containing the material solution. This enables long-term usage without clogging and the like, and enables stable material supply to a reaction part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a ferroelectric thin film, which has a composition most suitable for obtaining good remnant polarization characteristics and also has a bismuth-based layered crystal structure with high reliability, to be formed with excellent controllability and reproducibility. SOLUTION: A ferroelectric thin film, which has a layered crystal structure and a composition formula of SrBi y Ta 2 O 9±d or Sr x Bi y (Ta, Nb) 2 O 9±d , is formed. In the formula, x is greater than or equal to 0.60 and smaller than 1.00, y is greater than 2.00 and smaller than or equal to 2.50, and d is greater than or equal to 0 and smaller than or equal to 1.00: the carbon content is 5 to 20% of 30 to 40 at.%. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vaporizer for MOCVD which can obtain a vaporized gas in which a material solution is uniformly dispersed, and to provide a method for vaporizing the material solution. SOLUTION: The vaporizer has (1) a dispersion part 8 which has a gas introducing port 4 for introducing a pressurized carrier gas 3 to a gas passage, a means for supplying a material solution 5a to the gas passage, and a gas exit 7 for sending the carrier gas containing the material solution to a vaporization part 22; and (2) a vaporization part 22 which has a vaporization tube 20 in which one end is connected to a reaction tube of an MOCVD system and the other end is connected to the gas exit 7, and a heating means for heating the vaporization tube 20, and is used for heating and vaporizing the carrier gas containing the material solution sent from the distribution part 8; wherein (3) the distribution part 8 has a main body 1 of the dispersion part having a cylindrical hollow part, a rod 10 having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the cylindrical hollow part, and a spiral groove 60 in the side of the vaporizer 22 in the periphery of the rod 10. The rod 10 is inserted in the cylindrical hollow part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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To provide a photomask cleaning method which brings about a high effect of removing residual sulfuric acid or foreign objects and can remove foreign objects effectively without fluctuating the transmission or other properties of the light-shielding layer (MoSiON film) in a phase shift photomask. A method of cleaning a photomask which comprises a first step of cleaning the surface of a photomask used as a master in the photolithography step in the process for the production of semiconductor device with a hot mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide to decompose organic objects present thereon and remove metallic impurities, a second step of removing residual sulfuric acid from the surface of said photomask, a third step of removing foreign objects attached to the surface of said photomask, and a fourth step of drying said photomask which has finished with said first, second and third steps, characterized in that said second step involves the removal of residual sulfuric acid from the surface of said photomask with anodic water and said third step involves the removal of foreign objects with cathodic water.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for cleaning a photomask which exhibits a profound effect to remove residual sulfuric acid and foreign materials, and is capable of effectively removing foreign materials without giving a variation to the transmissivity, etc. of the light shielding film (MoSiON film) of the phase shift photomask. SOLUTION: The photomask cleaning method comprises a first process for degrading organic matters present on the surface of a photomask used as a master disk in a photoengraving process of semiconductor manufacturing, and for cleaning the photomask using a high-temperature mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide solution for removing metal impurities, a second process for removing the residual sulfuric acid on the surface of the photomask, a third process for removing foreign matters adhered to the surface of the photomask, and a fourth process for drying the photomask after the first, second, and third processes. In the second process, the residual sulfuric acid on the surface of the photomask is removed with the use of anode water. In the third process, the foreign matters are removed with the use of cathode water. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flat type excimer lamp and an excimer irradiation device capable of efficiently irradiating excimer light. SOLUTION: This excimer lamp 1 is provided with a discharge vessel 2 in a thin box shape, a discharging filler gas 5 filled in the discharge vessel 2, and two electrodes 4, 6 disposed face to face on the outside of the discharge vessel so as to hold the discharge vessel 2 between them, and when a high frequency voltage is impressed between them, excimer light is irradiated to the outside by permeating an excimer irradiating surface which is either one of the two electrodes. Thereby, if a body to be irradiated is placed apart from the excimer irradiating surface by a fixed distance, excimer light with sufficient strength can be efficiently irradiated to the body to be irradiated. In addition, since the excimer light is irradiated from the excimer irradiating surface, all of the irradiated excimer light can be irradiated to the body to be irradiated, and irradiation efficiency is enhanced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI