Patents by Inventor Motoki Niwano

Motoki Niwano 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: 11006511
    Abstract: A laser device includes: a master oscillator (100) configured to output a pulse laser beam (L) based on a light emission trigger signal (S21); a delay circuit (153) configured to generate a switching signal (S10) after a predetermined delay time has elapsed since reception of the light emission trigger signal (S21); a high voltage switch (304) configured to generate a high voltage pulse based on the switching signal (S10); an optical shutter (32k) positioned on the optical path of the pulse laser beam (L) and driven based on the high voltage pulse; and a high voltage monitor (151) configured to detect the high voltage pulse and transmit a high voltage pulse sensing signal (S6) to the delay circuit (153). The delay circuit (153) determines the delay time based on the light emission trigger signal (S21) and the high voltage pulse sensing signal (S6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Motoki Niwano
  • Patent number: 10481422
    Abstract: A laser device includes: a plurality of optical shutters (61, 62); a power source device (303n) configured to generate high voltage to be applied to the optical shutters (61, 62); a high-voltage side wire (63h) connecting the power source device (303n) and each of the optical shutters (61, 62); a ground-side wire (63g) grounding each of the optical shutters (61, 62); and a high-voltage side shared wire (64h) and a ground-side shared wire (64g) connecting the optical shutters (61, 62) in parallel. One of the high-voltage side wire (63h) and the ground-side wire (63g) is connected with the optical shutter (61) disposed on the most upstream side in the traveling direction of the laser beam, and the other of the high-voltage side wire (63h) and the ground-side wire (63g) is connected with the optical shutter (62) disposed on the most downstream side in the traveling direction of the laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Motoki Niwano
  • Publication number: 20190235287
    Abstract: A laser device includes: a plurality of optical shutters (61, 62); a power source device (303n) configured to generate high voltage to be applied to the optical shutters (61, 62); a high-voltage side wire (63h) connecting the power source device (303n) and each of the optical shutters (61, 62); a ground-side wire (63g) grounding each of the optical shutters (61, 62); and a high-voltage side shared wire (64h) and a ground-side shared wire (64g) connecting the optical shutters (61, 62) in parallel. One of the high-voltage side wire (63h) and the ground-side wire (63g) is connected with the optical shutter (61) disposed on the most upstream side in the traveling direction of the laser beam, and the other of the high-voltage side wire (63h) and the ground-side wire (63g) is connected with the optical shutter (62) disposed on the most downstream side in the traveling direction of the laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Motoki NIWANO
  • Publication number: 20190239330
    Abstract: A laser device includes: a master oscillator (100) configured to output a pulse laser beam (L) based on a light emission trigger signal (S21); a delay circuit (153) configured to generate a switching signal (S10) after a predetermined delay time has elapsed since reception of the light emission trigger signal (S21); a high voltage switch (304) configured to generate a high voltage pulse based on the switching signal (S10); an optical shutter (32k) positioned on the optical path of the pulse laser beam (L) and driven based on the high voltage pulse; and a high voltage monitor (151) configured to detect the high voltage pulse and transmit a high voltage pulse sensing signal (S6) to the delay circuit (153). The delay circuit (153) determines the delay time based on the light emission trigger signal (S21) and the high voltage pulse sensing signal (S6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Motoki NIWANO
  • Publication number: 20160087389
    Abstract: A laser system capable of appropriately controlling the energy of a laser beam pulse is provided. An exemplary laser system of the present disclosure may control an optical isolator to switch from a closed state to an open state and then to return to the closed state for each of the laser beam pulses repeatedly outputted from a master oscillator. The laser system may control the optical attenuator to set an optical transmittance of the optical attenuator for each of the laser beam pulses repeatedly outputted from the master oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Motoki NIWANO, Takashi SAITO
  • Patent number: 8811436
    Abstract: A laser apparatus may include a master oscillator configured to output a laser beam, at least one amplifier disposed in a beam path of the laser beam from the master oscillator, at least one power source for applying a high-frequency voltage to the at least one amplifier, and a controller for varying the high-frequency voltage to be applied to the at least one amplifier from the at least one power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyao, Motoki Niwano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20130051412
    Abstract: A laser apparatus may include a master oscillator configured to output a laser beam, at least one amplifier disposed in a beam path of the laser beam from the master oscillator, at least one power source for applying a high-frequency voltage to the at least one amplifier, and a controller for varying the high-frequency voltage to be applied to the at least one amplifier from the at least one power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyao, Motoki Niwano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 6522674
    Abstract: The pulsed laser control system comprises a plurality of controllers (2) through (6) for controlling devices (21) through (30) constituting the pulsed laser apparatus (1); parallel communication lines (P1) to (P4) for parallel connection of the plurality of controllers (2) through (6); an Ethernet (S) for serial connection of the plurality of controllers (2) through (6); parallel communication line (PP) for parallel connection between the external apparatus (10) and the main controller (2); and an Ethernet (SS) for serial connection between the external apparatus (10) and the main controller (2); wherein the parallel communication lines (P1) to (P4) and (PP) transmit signals for which realtime performance is required. With this construction, even if design changes are frequently made to a pulsed laser apparatus, the changes can be made easily and with little expansion space. Moreover, management of the devices constituting the pulsed laser apparatus can be easily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoki Niwano, Shoichi Sakanishi, Takeshi Okamoto, Hideyuki Hayashi, Hiroshi Tanaka