Patents by Inventor Fumio Iwamoto
Fumio Iwamoto 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: 10028366Abstract: An EUV light generation device generates EUV light stably. The EUV light generation device may include a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with laser light in a predetermined region inside the chamber, a target supply device configured to output the target to the predetermined region in the chamber to thereby supply the target to the predetermined region, and a target recovery apparatus configured to recover the target output from the target supply device and not irradiated with the laser light. The target recovery apparatus may include a receiver disposed to be inclined with respect to a trajectory of the target output from the target supply device, the receiver being configured to receive the target by allowing the target not irradiated with the laser light to collide with the receiver, and an excitation device configured to vibrate the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Fumio Iwamoto, Kazukiyo Kamikanna
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Patent number: 10009991Abstract: A target supply device may include: a tank including a cylindrical main body, a first end portion blocking an axial first end of the main body, and a second end portion blocking an axial second end of the main body; a nozzle provided to the first end portion of the tank and configured to output a target material contained inside the tank; and an inert gas supply unit configured to supply inert gas into the tank, in which the inert gas supply unit includes a gas flow path penetrating the second end portion of the tank and configured to guide the inert gas in a direction toward an inner wall of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Toshihiro Nishisaka, Yoshiaki Kato, Fumio Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20180160519Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may include a chamber in which a target is irradiated with laser light and extreme ultraviolet light is generated, and a target supply unit configured to eject a target into the chamber. The target supply unit may be provided with a nozzle member including an ejection face having an ejection port configured to eject the target into the chamber. An angle ?1 defined by the ejection face and the gravity axis may satisfy a condition of “0 degrees<?1<90 degrees”.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Tsukasa HORI, Toshiyuki HIRASHITA
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Patent number: 9949354Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus includes a target supplier configured to output a target into a chamber as a droplet, the target generating extreme ultraviolet light when being irradiated with a laser beam in the chamber; a droplet measurement unit configured to measure a parameter for a state of the droplet outputted into the chamber; a pressure regulator configured to regulate a pressure in the target supplier in which the target is accommodated; and a target generation controller configured to control the pressure regulator, based on the parameter measured by the droplet measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Takashi Saito, Fumio Iwamoto, Osamu Wakabayashi, Takayuki Yabu
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Patent number: 9894744Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with a laser beam inside the chamber; a target supply part configured to supply the target into the chamber; and a target collector configured to collect the target which is supplied by the target supply part but is not irradiated with the laser beam in a collection container, by receiving the target on a receiving surface having a contact angle of greater than 90 degrees with the target.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Fumio Iwamoto, Yutaka Shiraishi, Tsukasa Hori, Takuya Ishii
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Patent number: 9883574Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure may include a gas lock cover secured to a nozzle holder and provided downstream of a nozzle. The gas lock cover may cover a periphery of an exit of the nozzle and be structured to guide gas supplied from a gas supply unit. The gas lock cover may include a hollow cylindrical part provided downstream of the nozzle and having an exit opening for outputting droplets that are outputted from the nozzle and pass through an internal cavity of the cylindrical part. The gas lock cover may include a channel for transmitting the gas supplied from the gas supply unit, the channel being structured to orient a flow of the transmitted gas so as to flow to the exit opening of the cylindrical part through the internal cavity of the cylindrical part.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Fumio Iwamoto, Takashi Saito, Tsukasa Hori, Osamu Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 9854658Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with a laser beam inside the chamber; a target supply part configured to supply the target into the chamber; and a target collector configured to collect the target which is supplied by the target supply part but is not irradiated with the laser beam in a collection container, by receiving the target on a receiving surface having a contact angle of equal to or smaller than 90 degrees with the target.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Fumio Iwamoto, Masaki Nakano, Tsukasa Hori
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Publication number: 20170307979Abstract: An EUV light generation device generates EUV light stably. The EUV light generation device may include a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with laser light in a predetermined region inside the chamber, a target supply device configured to output the target to the predetermined region in the chamber to thereby supply the target to the predetermined region, and a target recovery apparatus configured to recover the target output from the target supply device and not irradiated with the laser light. The target recovery apparatus may include a receiver disposed to be inclined with respect to a trajectory of the target output from the target supply device, the receiver being configured to receive the target by allowing the target not irradiated with the laser light to collide with the receiver, and an excitation device configured to vibrate the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Fumio IWAMOTO, Kazukiyo KAMIKANNA
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Publication number: 20170215266Abstract: A vibrator unit may be configured to apply vibration to a target material supplied to an inside of a target flow path. The vibrator unit may include a vibration transmission member to be brought into contact with a first member including the target flow path therein, and a piezoelectric member to be brought into contact with the vibration transmission member. The piezoelectric member may be configured to vibrate in response to an electric signal from the outside. The vibration dumping rate of the vibration transmission member may be smaller than the vibration dumping rate of the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki HIRASHITA, Fumio IWAMOTO, Tsukasa HORI, Masaki NAKANO
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Patent number: 9699877Abstract: In an example of the present invention is an extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus including: a droplet supply device configured to successively supply droplets; a charging electrode being configured to control charging of droplets supplied from the droplet supply unit; and a target controller configured to control electric polarities of the droplets supplied from the droplet supply unit by controlling potential of the charging electrode in such a way that successive droplets join together to become a target droplet, wherein the droplets controlled in charging by the charging electrode include a plurality of groups each composed of successive droplets, and, in each of the groups, a droplet at one end is charged positively or negatively, a droplet at the other end is uncharged or charged in a polarity being the same as a polarity of an adjacent droplet in a group adjacent to the droplet at the other end.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Fumio Iwamoto, Hiroshi Umeda
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Publication number: 20170053780Abstract: A target supply device may be provided with a tank configured to contain a metal as a target material, a nozzle having a nozzle hole through which the target material is output from the tank, a filter disposed in a communication portion for conducting the target material from the tank to the nozzle hole, a temperature adjuster configured to change the temperature of the target material in the tank, and a controller controlling the temperature adjuster to change the temperature of the target material in the tank such that oxygen in the target material is precipitated as metal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Yutaka SHIRAISHI, Tsukasa HORI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20160270199Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure may include a gas lock cover secured to a nozzle holder and provided downstream of a nozzle. The gas lock cover may cover a periphery of an exit of the nozzle and be structured to guide gas supplied from a gas supply unit. The gas lock cover may include a hollow cylindrical part provided downstream of the nozzle and having an exit opening for outputting droplets that are outputted from the nozzle and pass through an internal cavity of the cylindrical part. The gas lock cover may include a channel for transmitting the gas supplied from the gas supply unit, the channel being structured to orient a flow of the transmitted gas so as to flow to the exit opening of the cylindrical part through the internal cavity of the cylindrical part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Takashi SAITO, Tsukasa HORI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20160255709Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with a laser beam inside the chamber; a target supply part configured to supply the target into the chamber; and a target collector configured to collect the target which is supplied by the target supply part but is not irradiated with the laser beam in a collection container, by receiving the target on a receiving surface having a contact angle of equal to or smaller than 90 degrees with the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Masaki NAKANO, Tsukasa HORI
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Publication number: 20160227637Abstract: A filter may include: a first member having a first surface provided with a channel; and a second member set with a second surface thereof covering the channel. The first member may include a first passable portion that allows a fluid to pass between the first surface and a first space, which is defined beside a surface of the first member opposite to the first surface, through a first area of the channel. The second member may include a second passable portion that allows the fluid to pass between the second surface and a second space, which is defined beside a surface of the second member opposite to the second surface, through a second area of the channel distanced from the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Tomohide ICHINOSE, Fumio IWAMOTO, Yutaka SHIRAISHI, Tsukasa HORI, Hideo HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20160227638Abstract: In an example of the present invention is an extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus including: a droplet supply device configured to successively supply droplets; a charging electrode being configured to control charging of droplets supplied from the droplet supply unit; and a target controller configured to control electric polarities of the droplets supplied from the droplet supply unit by controlling potential of the charging electrode in such a way that successive droplets join together to become a target droplet, wherein the droplets controlled in charging by the charging electrode include a plurality of groups each composed of successive droplets, and, in each of the groups, a droplet at one end is charged positively or negatively, a droplet at the other end is uncharged or charged in a polarity being the same as a polarity of an adjacent droplet in a group adjacent to the droplet at the other end.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Fumio IWAMOTO, Hiroshi UMEDA
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Publication number: 20160192470Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with a laser beam inside the chamber; a target supply part configured to supply the target into the chamber; and a target collector configured to collect the target which is supplied by the target supply part but is not irradiated with the laser beam in a collection container, by receiving the target on a receiving surface having a contact angle of greater than 90 degrees with the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Yutaka SHIRAISHI, Tsukasa HORI, Takuya ISHII
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Publication number: 20160165708Abstract: A target supply device may include: a tank including a cylindrical main body, a first end portion blocking an axial first end of the main body, and a second end portion blocking an axial second end of the main body; a nozzle provided to the first end portion of the tank and configured to output a target material contained inside the tank; and an inert gas supply unit configured to supply inert gas into the tank, in which the inert gas supply unit includes a gas flow path penetrating the second end portion of the tank and configured to guide the inert gas in a direction toward an inner wall of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Toshihiro NISHISAKA, Yoshiaki KATO, Fumio IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20160037616Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus includes a target supplier configured to output a target into a chamber as a droplet, the target generating extreme ultraviolet light when being irradiated with a laser beam in the chamber; a droplet measurement unit configured to measure a parameter for a state of the droplet outputted into the chamber; a pressure regulator configured to regulate a pressure in the target supplier in which the target is accommodated; and a target generation controller configured to control the pressure regulator, based on the parameter measured by the droplet measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.Inventors: Takashi SAITO, Fumio IWAMOTO, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Takayuki YABU
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Patent number: 7692026Abstract: Disclosed is a pyrrolotriazole compound represented by the following formula (I) and having an organic compound incorporated into crystals thereof or a pyrrolotriazole compound represented by the following formula (II) and having an alcohol incorporated into crystals thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Keizo Kimura, Fumio Iwamoto, Mitsuo Yoshikane
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Patent number: 7474382Abstract: A plurality of first measurement patterns each including a protruding pattern formed of a resist film and a recessed pattern having a space with a shape corresponding to the protruding pattern are formed on a first substrate such that they have different focus values at a time of exposure, edge inclination amounts of the plurality of first measurement patterns are measured, and a focus dependence (17) of the edge inclination amounts is obtained based on correspondences (7) and (14) between the edge inclination amounts and the focus values. A second measurement pattern including the protruding pattern and the recessed pattern is formed on a second substrate so as to measure edge inclination amounts of the second measurement pattern, and a focus deviation amount deviating from a best focus at the time of exposure of the second measurement pattern is calculated from the edge inclination amounts of the second measurement pattern based on the focus dependence of the edge inclination amounts.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Fukumoto, Naohiko Ujimaru, Ken-ichi Asahi, Fumio Iwamoto