Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nagano

Hitoshi Nagano 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).

  • Publication number: 20230080501
    Abstract: Laser processing device (100) includes laser oscillator (10) that generates laser light beam (LB), optical fiber (30) that transmits laser light beam (LB), laser head (40) that emits laser light beam (LB) to workpiece (W), and chiller (50) that passes and circulates cooling water through laser oscillator (10) to cool laser oscillator (10). Laser oscillator (10) includes: a plurality of laser diodes; and a base having a cooling water channel therein and having the laser diodes mounted on a surface thereof. Laser processing device (100) is configured to change the incident angle of laser light beam (LB) entering optical fiber (30) by changing the water pressure of the cooling water flowing through the cooling water channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI KAGEYAMA, HITOSHI NAGANO, SHINICHI ARITA
  • Patent number: 11477877
    Abstract: A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nagano, Yasunori Wada, Tatsuya Yanagida, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10764986
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction, unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20200068695
    Abstract: A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi NAGANO, Yasunori WADA, Tatsuya YANAGIDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10512148
    Abstract: A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nagano, Yasunori Wada, Tatsuya Yanagida, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10314152
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20170196072
    Abstract: A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi NAGANO, Yasunori WADA, Tatsuya YANAGIDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170064800
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Shinji NAGAI, Tamotsu ABE, Hitoshi NAGANO, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170055336
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction, unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Shinji NAGAI, Tamotsu ABE, Hitoshi NAGANO, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9510433
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20150008345
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Shinji NAGAI, Tamotsu ABE, Hitoshi NAGANO, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8872142
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140203194
    Abstract: A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nagano, Yasunori Wada, Tatsuya Yanagida, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8624208
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation system is an extreme ultraviolet light generation system which is used with a laser apparatus and is connected to an external device so as to supply extreme ultraviolet light thereto, and the extreme ultraviolet light generation system may include: a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced thereinto; a target supply unit provided to the chamber for supplying a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element disposed inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided to the chamber through which etching gas passes, the etching gas being introduced to etch debris of the target material which is emitted when the target material is irradiated with the laser beam inside the chamber and adheres to the at least one optical element; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical eleme
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8604451
    Abstract: A target supply apparatus controls a gas pressure inside a tank storing a liquid target material to be outputted from a nozzle by a pressure of gas supplied from a gas supply having a pressure regulator. The target supply apparatus comprises a gas passage introducing gas supplied from the gas supply into the tank, and a high-precision pressure regulator arranged on the gas passage and regulating a pressure of gas flowing the gas passage. The high-precision pressure regulator is able to regulate pressure with accuracy higher than the pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yabu, Masaki Nakano, Hitoshi Nagano, Takanobu Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20120223257
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Shinji NAGAI, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20110226745
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation system is an extreme ultraviolet light generation system which is used with a laser apparatus and is connected to an external device so as to supply extreme ultraviolet light thereto, and the extreme ultraviolet light generation system may include: a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced thereinto; a target supply unit provided to the chamber for supplying a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element disposed inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided to the chamber through which etching gas passes, the etching gas being introduced to etch debris of the target material which is emitted when the target material is irradiated with the laser beam inside the chamber and adheres to the at least one optical element; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical eleme
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Shinji Nagai, Tamotsu Abe, Hitoshi Nagano, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20100213272
    Abstract: A target supply apparatus controls a gas pressure inside a tank storing a liquid target material to be outputted from a nozzle by a pressure of gas supplied from a gas supply having a pressure regulator. The target supply apparatus comprises a gas passage introducing gas supplied from the gas supply into the tank, and a high-precision pressure regulator arranged on the gas passage and regulating a pressure of gas flowing the gas passage. The high-precision pressure regulator is able to regulate pressure with accuracy higher than the pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Takayuki YABU, Masaki Nakano, Hitoshi Nagano, Takanobu Ishihara