Patents by Inventor Masahiko Yamabe

Masahiko Yamabe 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: 20230194591
    Abstract: An electric field measuring apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck with a through hole and holding a wafer, a lift pin picking up the wafer, a driver vertically moving the lift pin along the through hole, a probe in the lift pin and having a refractive index changed by an electric field of the wafer, the probe including an electro-optical crystal, an optical waveguide forming at least one internal path of light having a polarization characteristic changed by the changed refractive index between the probe and the wafer, and a control module controlling the lift pin and the driver. The lift pin moves to first and second positions. The control module calculates a strength of the electric field of the wafer, using electric field data measured using the probe at each of the first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jinyeong Yun, Meehyun Lim, Sungjin Kim, Masahiko Yamabe, Sungyeol Kim, Sungyong Lim, Sunghwi Cho
  • Patent number: 6498473
    Abstract: A pin electronics, which inputs and outputs signal from and to an input/output pin of an electric part, provided in a testing apparatus that tests the electric part; including: a current source which outputs desired electric current; a first voltage generator which generates a desired voltage; and a diode bridge, which is connected to each of the current source, the first voltage generator, and the input/output pin of the electric part, that provides the desired electric current to the electric part and provides the desired voltage to the electric part; wherein: the first voltage generator has a current measuring unit that measures an electric current, which is input from the first voltage generator to the diode bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiko Yamabe