Patents by Inventor Ippei NISHIMURA

Ippei NISHIMURA 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: 12249479
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate holding device comprising: a holder that holds a substrate irradiated with an ion beam; and a driving device that rotates the holder around a predetermined axis to change an inclination of the held substrate with respect to the ion beam, wherein the driving device comprises: a power source that outputs power to rotate the holder; a reduction gear provided in the middle of a power transmission path from the power source to the holder; a first shaft member that rotates together with the holder by a power outputted from the reduction gear; a first detector that detects a rotational motion of the first shaft member; and a power control device that controls the power source based on a detection value of the first detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Otsuki, Masatoshi Onoda, Ippei Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11776839
    Abstract: A substrate holding device is provided. The substrate holding device includes a substrate holder, a shaft attached to the substrate holder, a motor attached to the shaft, lifting pins, and a transmission assembly. The lifting pins are movable between a retracted position below a surface of the substrate holder, and a protruded position protruding from the surface. The transmission assembly is provided between the shaft and lifting pins and switches the substrate holding device between a transmittable state in which a driving force from the motor is transmitted to the lifting pins to move the lifting pins between the retracted position and the protruded position, and a non-transmittable state in which the driving force from the motor is not transmitted to the lifting pins but rotates the substrate holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ippei Nishimura, Masatoshi Onoda
  • Publication number: 20230140269
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate holding device comprising: a holder that holds a substrate irradiated with an ion beam; and a driving device that rotates the holder around a predetermined axis to change an inclination of the held substrate with respect to the ion beam, wherein the driving device comprises: a power source that outputs power to rotate the holder; a reduction gear provided in the middle of a power transmission path from the power source to the holder; a first shaft member that rotates together with the holder by a power outputted from the reduction gear; a first detector that detects a rotational motion of the first shaft member; and a power control device that controls the power source based on a detection value of the first detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Otsuki, Masatoshi Onoda, Ippei Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11322342
    Abstract: Provided is a mass separator (100) for performing mass separation for an ion beam (IB). The mass separator (100) includes a transfer structure (30) that is a component of a yoke (13) and move at least one of an upper yoke (13a) positioned over the beam path (L), a lower yoke (13b) positioned under the beam path (L), and a side yoke (13c, 13d) positioned at a side of the beam path (L) between a normal position (P) in the traveling of the ion beam (IB) and a retracted position (Q) that does not overlap with at least a part of the normal position (P); the yoke (13) is surrounding the beam path (L) and is made of a magnetic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Takashima, Ippei Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200312651
    Abstract: Provided is a mass separator (100) for performing mass separation for an ion beam (IB). The mass separator (100) includes a transfer structure (30) that is a component of a yoke (13) and move at least one of an upper yoke (13a) positioned over the beam path (L), a lower yoke (13b) positioned under the beam path (L), and a side yoke (13c, 13d) positioned at a side of the beam path (L) between a normal position (P) in the traveling of the ion beam (IB) and a retracted position (Q) that does not overlap with at least a part of the normal position (P); the yoke (13) is surrounding the beam path (L) and is made of a magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Daiki Takashima, Ippei Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200211891
    Abstract: A substrate holding device is provided. The substrate holding device includes a substrate holder, a shaft attached to the substrate holder, a motor attached to the shaft, lifting pins, and a transmission assembly. The lifting pins are movable between a retracted position below a surface of the substrate holder, and a protruded position protruding from the surface. The transmission assembly is provided between the shaft and lifting pins and switches the substrate holding device between a transmittable state in which a driving force from the motor is transmitted to the lifting pins to move the lifting pins between the retracted position and the protruded position, and a non-transmittable state in which the driving force from the motor is not transmitted to the lifting pins but rotates the substrate holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ippei NISHIMURA, Masatoshi Onoda
  • Patent number: 9728390
    Abstract: A mass analyzing electromagnet is provided. The mass analyzing electromagnet includes an analysis tube having an internal zone formed as a passage for the ion beam; and a shield member mounted to an inner wall surface of the analyzing tube, a portion of the shield member intersecting with a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of an ion beam and a mass-based separation direction of the ion beam so as to block a portion of the ion beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Tatemichi, Shojiro Dohi, Ippei Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20160126082
    Abstract: A mass analyzing electromagnet is provided. The mass analyzing electromagnet includes an analysis tube having an internal zone formed as a passage for the ion beam; and a shield member mounted to an inner wall surface of the analyzing tube, a portion of the shield member intersecting with a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of an ion beam and a mass-based separation direction of the ion beam so as to block a portion of the ion beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi TATEMICHI, Shojiro DOHI, Ippei NISHIMURA