Patents by Inventor Masanori Nunami

Masanori Nunami 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: 8354657
    Abstract: In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus of a laser produced plasma type, charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma are promptly ejected to the outside of a chamber. The apparatus includes a chamber, a target supply unit for supplying a target material into the chamber, a collector mirror for collecting extreme ultra violet light radiated from plasma generated by irradiating the target material with a laser beam to output the extreme ultra violet light, an electromagnet arranged outside of the chamber, and a charged particle collection mechanism provided on at least one of two surfaces of the chamber to which lines of magnetic force generated by the electromagnet extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignees: Gigaphoton Inc., Osaka University
    Inventors: Georg Soumagne, Yoshifumi Ueno, Hiroshi Komori, Akira Sumitani, Katsunobu Nishihara, Young Gwang Kang, Masanori Nunami
  • Publication number: 20110163247
    Abstract: In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus of a laser produced plasma type, charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma are promptly ejected to the outside of a chamber. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes a chamber in which extreme ultra violet light is generated, a target supply unit for supplying a target material to a predetermined position within the chamber, a driver laser for applying a laser beam to the target material supplied by the target supply unit to generate plasma, a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultra violet light radiated from the plasma to output the extreme ultra violet light, a magnetic field forming unit for forming an asymmetric magnetic field in a generation position of the plasma by using a coil, and a charged particle collection mechanism provided on at least one of two surfaces of the chamber to which lines of magnetic force generated by the coil extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Georg SOUMAGNE, Yoshifumi Ueno, Hiroshi Komori, Akira Sumitani, Katsunobu Nishihara, Young Gwang Kang, Masanori Nunami
  • Patent number: 7928418
    Abstract: In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus of a laser produced plasma type, charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma are promptly ejected to the outside of a chamber. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes a chamber in which extreme ultra violet light is generated, a target supply unit for supplying a target material to a predetermined position within the chamber, a driver laser for applying a laser beam to the target material supplied by the target supply unit to generate plasma, a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultra violet light radiated from the plasma to output the extreme ultra violet light, a magnetic field forming unit for forming an asymmetric magnetic field in a generation position of the plasma by using a coil, and a charged particle collection mechanism provided on at least one of two surfaces of the chamber to which lines of magnetic force generated by the coil extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Gigahoton Inc., Osaka University
    Inventors: Georg Soumagne, Yoshifumi Ueno, Hiroshi Komori, Akira Sumitani, Katsunobu Nishihara, Young Gwang Kang, Masanori Nunami
  • Publication number: 20090261277
    Abstract: In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus of a laser produced plasma type, charged particles such as ions emitted from plasma are promptly ejected to the outside of a chamber. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes a chamber in which extreme ultra violet light is generated, a target supply unit for supplying a target material to a predetermined position within the chamber, a driver laser for applying a laser beam to the target material supplied by the target supply unit to generate plasma, a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultra violet light radiated from the plasma to output the extreme ultra violet light, a magnetic field forming unit for forming an asymmetric magnetic field in a generation position of the plasma by using a coil, and a charged particle collection mechanism provided on at least one of two surfaces of the chamber to which lines of magnetic force generated by the coil extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Georg Soumagne, Yoshifumi Ueno, Hiroshi Komori, Akira Sumitani, Katsunobu Nishihara, Young Gwang Kang, Masanori Nunami