Patents by Inventor Naomasa Suzuki
Naomasa Suzuki 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).
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Patent number: 7359506Abstract: Inclined plane is provided at the tip of rotor cam. On the other hand, inclined planes are also provided in specific positions of stator cam. Because of this structure, in the specific positions, the inclined planes are in resilient contact with each other. Thus, the load is increased only in the specific positions without an increase in the load of spring. This structure can provide an opening and closing device capable of securely holding only desired positions without affecting the feel of opening and closing operation of the entire device, and electronic equipment using the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko Konja, Yasuchika Kudo, Katsuichi Minami, Koji Sakai, Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Masayuki Miki, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080048117Abstract: Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope capable of checking an abrupt change of probe current due to changes in intensities of the respective condenser lenses when the probe current is intended to be changed by changing the intensities of the respective condenser lenses. The scanning electron microscope includes: an electron source for generating a beam of electrons; a first and second condenser lenses each for condensing the beam of electrons; an object lens for narrowly focusing the beam of electrons on a sample; a deflecting system for two-dimensionally scanning over the sample; and a detecting system for detecting secondary electrons generated from the sample due to the irradiation of the beam of electrons on the sample. In the scanning electron microscope, a first and second aperture plates each for blocking parts of the beam of electrons unnecessary for the sample are sequentially arranged between the first and second condenser lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventor: Naomasa SUZUKI
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Patent number: 7294835Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070221846Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070187598Abstract: A scanning electron microscope, by which an image of unevennesses on the surface of a sample may be obtained in a high-resolution manner and a high contrast one, is provided according to the present invention. A sample image is obtained by use of the scanning electron microscope with a configuration in which a positive voltage is applied in order to accelerate a primary electron beam, and an electric field shielding plate, a magnetic field shielding plate, or an electromagnetic field shielding plate is arranged on the upper side of an object lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Ichiro Tachibana, Mitsugu Sato, Atsuko Fukada, Naomasa Suzuki, Muneyuki Fukuda
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Publication number: 20070004474Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a foldable type portable communication terminal apparatus which can have a user carried out an operation for surely guiding the user to a talkable state at the time that there was an incoming call. A hinge mechanism which coupled an upper side housing and a lower side housing in such a manner that they can be opened and closed, a push button which opens the hinge mechanism when it was depressed, light emission means which has the push button lighted up at the time of light emission, and control means which turns on the light emission means (step S4) when the hinge mechanism is closed at the time that there was an incoming call (step S2) are disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2004Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Oota, Kazufumi Takeshita, Naomasa Suzuki, Seiji Miyashita
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Publication number: 20060243906Abstract: In an electric immersion lens having high resolution capability, secondary electrons generated from a specimen are accelerated to suppress the dependency of rotational action of the secondary electrons applied thereto by an objective lens upon energy levels of the secondary electrons and when selectively detecting low and high angle components of elevation and azimuth as viewed from a secondary electron generation site by means of an annular detector interposed between an electron source and the objective lens, the secondary electrons are adjusted and deflected by means of an E×B deflector such that the center axis of secondary electrons converged finely under acceleration is made to be coincident with the center axis of a low elevation signal detection system and the secondary electrons are deviated from an aperture of a high elevation signal detection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Atsuko Fukada, Mitsugu Sato, Naomasa Suzuki, Hidetoshi Nishiyama, Muneyuki Fukuda, Noritsugu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060186351Abstract: To establish a technique that enables sorting of the elevation and azimuth angle in the direction of emitting secondary electrons and obtaining images with emphasized contrast, in order to perform the review and analysis of shallow asperities and microscopic foreign particles in a wafer inspection during the manufacture of semiconductor devices, an electromagnetic overlapping objective lens is used to achieve high resolution, an electron beam is narrowly focused using the objective lens, an electric field for accelerating secondary electrons in the vicinity of a wafer in order to suppress the dependence on secondary electron energy of the rotation of secondary electrons generated by irradiation of the electron beam, a ring-shaped detector plate is disposed between an electron source and the objective lens, and the low angle components of the elevation angle of the secondary electrons, as viewed from the place of generation, and the high angle components are separated and also the azimuth components are separaType: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Hidetoshi Nishiyama, Muneyuki Fukuda, Noritsugu Takahashi, Mitsugu Sato, Atsuko Fukada, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20060113474Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 7049591Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 6979821Abstract: Image observation at high resolution is realized and irregularity information of a sample is obtained. The reflected electrons 12a emitted in a direction at a small angle with the surface of the sample 8 are detected by the detectors 10a and 10b arranged on the side of the electron source 1 of the magnetic field leakage type object lens 7 and a sample image is formed. Irregularity information of the sample is obtained from the effects of light and shade appearing in the sample image.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Naomasa Suzuki, Toshiro Kubo, Noriaki Arai, Mitsugu Sato, Hideo Todokoro, Yoichi Ose
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Publication number: 20050133719Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2004Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 6847038Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2003Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20040184600Abstract: Inclined plane is provided at the tip of rotor cam. On the other hand, inclined planes are also provided in specific positions of stator cam. Because of this structure, in the specific positions, the inclined planes are in resilient contact with each other. Thus, the load is increased only in the specific positions without an increase in the load of spring. This structure can provide an opening and closing device capable of securely holding only desired positions without affecting the feel of opening and closing operation of the entire device, and electronic equipment using the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Takehiko Konja, Yasuchika Kudo, Katsuichi Minami, Koji Sakai, Katsumasa Yamaguchi, Masayuki Miki, Naomasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 6765205Abstract: An electron microscope including an apparatus for x-ray analysis, is capable of performing elemental analysis with X-rays emitted from a specimen by electron beam irradiation, that is, inspection of foreign particles, for enhancement of yields in manufacturing, at high speed and with high precision and high space resolving power. The current quantity of the electron beam is automatically controlled such that an X-ray count rate falls within a range of 1000 to 2000 counts per second, a plurality of X-ray energy regions are set up when checking an X-ray spectrum against reference spectra stored in a database for analysis of the X-ray spectrum, matching is performed for each of the X-ray energy regions, and the distribution of the elements observed is analyzed on the basis of an intensity ratio between X-ray sample spectra obtained by electron beam irradiation at not less than two varied acceleration voltages.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Isao Ochiai, Toshiei Kurosaki, Toshiro Kubo, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20040113074Abstract: Image observation at high resolution is realized and irregularity information of a sample is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Naomasa Suzuki, Toshiro Kubo, Noriaki Arai, Mitsugu Sato, Hideo Todokoro, Yoichi Ose
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Publication number: 20040099805Abstract: There are provided an electron microscope including an apparatus of x-ray analysis, capable of performing elemental analysis with X-rays emitted from a specimen by electron beam irradiation, that is, inspection of foreign particles, for enhancement of yields in manufacturing semiconductor devices and so forth, at high speed and with high precision and high space resolving power, and a method of analyzing specimens using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Isao Ochiai, Toshiei Kurosaki, Toshiro Kubo, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20040051041Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 6646262Abstract: A scanning electron microscope with an energy filter which can positively utilize secondary electrons and/or reflected electrons which collide against a mesh electrode and are lost. The scanning electron microscope which has a porous electrode for producing an electric field for energy-filtering electrons produced by applying a primary electron beam to a sample and a 1st electron detector which detects electrons passing through the porous electrode is characterized by further having a porous structure provided near the sample, a deflector which deflects electrons from the axis of the primary electron beam, and a 2nd electron detector which detects the electrons deflected by the deflector.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Todokoro, Makoto Ezumi, Yoichi Ose, Naomasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20030122074Abstract: Image observation at high resolution is realized and irregularity information of a sample is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2003Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Naomasa Suzuki, Toshiro Kubo, Noriaki Arai, Mitsugu Sato, Hideo Todokoro, Yoichi Ose