Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Ochiai

Hideyuki Ochiai 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: 9841684
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an embodiment may be used for an exposure apparatus which exposes a plurality of wafers by repeating a wafer exposure for exposing a total exposure area of each wafer. The wafer exposure may include a sequential execution of scanning exposures in which each divided area defined by dividing the total exposure area of each wafer is scanned by pulsed light. The apparatus may comprise: a light source controller configured to execute a control for outputting the pulsed light based on a luminescence trigger signal received from the exposure apparatus; a detector configured to detect a characteristic of the pulsed light; and a data collection processor configured to collect at least a piece of data in data included in a pulse light data group related to the pulsed light detected by the detector and a control data group related to the control, and execute a mapping process of mapping the collected data by at least one of scanning exposure basis and wafer exposure basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Akihiko Kurosu, Hiroyuki Masuda, Hideyuki Ochiai, Osamu Wakabayashi, Masato Moriya
  • Publication number: 20150168848
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an embodiment may be used for an exposure apparatus which exposes a plurality of wafers by repeating a wafer exposure for exposing a total exposure area of each wafer. The wafer exposure may include a sequential execution of scanning exposures in which each divided area defined by dividing the total exposure area of each wafer is scanned by pulsed light. The apparatus may comprise: a light source controller configured to execute a control for outputting the pulsed light based on a luminescence trigger signal received from the exposure apparatus; a detector configured to detect a characteristic of the pulsed light; and a data collection processor configured to collect at least a piece of data in data included in a pulse light data group related to the pulsed light detected by the detector and a control data group related to the control, and execute a mapping process of mapping the collected data by at least one of scanning exposure basis and wafer exposure basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TANAKA, Akihiko KUROSU, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Hideyuki OCHIAI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Masato MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20070063297
    Abstract: In a displacement detection device having an IC chip for a regulation plate, silicon broken pieces might drop from loose chippings during assembling or using the device and affect properties of the displacement detection device. By setting an angle of grinding traces on an IC chip wafer of chip with a vertical line on side ridges of the IC chip to less than 45 degrees, more preferably 10 to 45 degrees, the chippings including loose chippings can be reduced on the side ridges of the IC chip. Using of an IC chip having loose chippings on side ridges for a regulation plate can be avoided, and a highly reliable displacement detection device can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takada, Hideyuki Ochiai, Keiichi Nishino, Masakatsu Saitoh