Patents by Inventor Hiroyoshi Asaumi

Hiroyoshi Asaumi 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: 10114296
    Abstract: A synthetic controlled variable is obtained by obtaining a synthetic quantity using measurement results of a first and a second measuring instruments and corresponding gains (or transfer function) and synthesizing the synthetic quantity and one of the measurement results of the first and the second measuring instruments, respectively, via a high pass filter and a low pass filter. A feedback control system is structured that obtains a control input using a synthetic controlled variable and a desired value, and gives a plant the control input. This makes adding of a high pass filter for removing offset of installation position of the first and the second measuring instruments no longer necessary, and allows a driving system which controls robust driving in a high bandwidth of a plate stage regardless of bandwidth in which resonance appears to be designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sakata, Hiroyoshi Asaumi
  • Publication number: 20170293234
    Abstract: A synthetic controlled variable is obtained by obtaining a synthetic quantity using measurement results of a first and a second measuring instruments and corresponding gains (or transfer function) and synthesizing the synthetic quantity and one of the measurement results of the first and the second measuring instruments, respectively, via a high pass filter and a low pass filter. A feedback control system is structured that obtains a control input using a synthetic controlled variable and a desired value, and gives a plant the control input. This makes adding of a high pass filter for removing offset of installation position of the first and the second measuring instruments no longer necessary, and allows a driving system which controls robust driving in a high bandwidth of a plate stage regardless of bandwidth in which resonance appears to be designed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi SAKATA, Hiroyoshi ASAUMI
  • Patent number: 9720335
    Abstract: A synthetic controlled variable is obtained by obtaining a synthetic quantity using measurement results of a first and a second measuring instruments and corresponding gains (or transfer function) and synthesizing the synthetic quantity and one of the measurement results of the first and the second measuring instruments, respectively, via a high pass filter and a low pass filter. A feedback control system is structured that obtains a control input using a synthetic controlled variable and a desired value, and gives a plant the control input. This makes adding of a high pass filter for removing offset of installation position of the first and the second measuring instruments no longer necessary, and allows a driving system which controls robust driving in a high bandwidth of a plate stage regardless of bandwidth in which resonance appears to be designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sakata, Hiroyoshi Asaumi
  • Publication number: 20150293463
    Abstract: A synthetic controlled variable (Xmix=F1(Xc)+F2(X2, X1)) is obtained by obtaining a synthetic quantity (Xc=?X2+?X2) using measurement results (X2, X1) of a first and a second measuring instruments and corresponding gains (or transfer function) (?, ?) and synthesizing the synthetic quantity (Xc) and one of the measurement results (X2, X1) of the first and the second measuring instruments, respectively, via a high pass filter (F1) and a low pass filter (F2). A feedback control system is structured that obtains a control input (U) using a synthetic controlled variable (Xmix) and a desired value (R) and gives a plant the control input (U). This makes adding of a high pass filter for removing offset of installation position of the first and the second measuring instruments no longer necessary, and allows a driving system which controls robust driving in a high bandwidth of a plate stage (PST) regardless of bandwidth in which resonance appears to be designed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sakata, Hiroyoshi Asaumi