Patents by Inventor Masanori YASHIRO

Masanori YASHIRO 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: 20230187892
    Abstract: A line narrowing gas laser device includes a line narrowing device, an output coupling mirror, a laser chamber arranged on an optical path of an optical resonator, a first holder which supports the output coupling mirror, a second holder which supports the first holder to be rotatable about a rotation axis of the first holder, and an adjustment device supported by the second holder and being in contact with the first holder to rotate the first holder about the rotation axis. The line narrowing device has a characteristic of changing, into a first direction, beam pointing of laser light output toward the output coupling mirror when temperature inside the line narrowing device rises. The second holder and the adjustment device rotate the first holder in a direction in which a change in the first direction in the beam pointing of the laser light is suppressed by thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke SAITO, Masanori YASHIRO, Hiroshi FURUSATO, Yosuke WATANABE, Tokinori TERAO
  • Patent number: 11081850
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the first control valve on a basis of a result of the calculation of the second amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi Suzuki, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro
  • Patent number: 10971883
    Abstract: A gas purification system may include: a circulation gas pipe in which a second end is connected at a first position to a second pipe through which gas is supplied from a gas supply source; a booster pump; a gas purification unit; a first tank in the circulation gas pipe; a first valve positioned between the gas supply source and the first position, the first valve having an open position and a closed position; and a second valve positioned between the first tank and the second end, the second valve having an open position and a closed position, the second valve configured to be in the closed position when the first valve is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi Suzuki, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro
  • Patent number: 10892592
    Abstract: A laser gas purifying system to purify laser gas emitted from a laser apparatus and return purified gas to the laser apparatus may include a first pipe configured to pass the laser gas emitted from the laser apparatus, a purifying apparatus connected to the first pipe and configured to purify the laser gas emitted from the laser apparatus, a second pipe connected to the purifying apparatus and configured to return the purified gas purified by the purifying apparatus to the laser apparatus, and an exhausting device provided in at least one of the first pipe, the purifying apparatus, and the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi Suzuki, Masanori Yashiro, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10879664
    Abstract: A laser gas regeneration system for an excimer laser includes a first pipe capable of supplying a laser chamber with a first laser gas, a second pipe capable of supplying the laser chamber with a second laser gas having a halogen gas concentration higher than that of the first laser gas, a third pipe allowing a gas exhausted from the laser chamber to pass therethrough, a gas refiner that refines the gas having passed through the third pipe, a branch that causes the refined gas to divide and flow into a fourth pipe and a fifth pipe, a first regenerated gas supplier that supplies the first pipe with a gas having divided and flowed into the fourth pipe, and a second regenerated gas supplier that adds a halogen gas to a gas having divided and flowed into the fifth pipe and supplies the second pipe with the halogen-added gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Yashiro, Hiroaki Tsushima, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20200244029
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the first control valve on a basis of a result of the calculation of the second amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10666008
    Abstract: A gas supply system may include a first gas supply line, a second gas supply line, a circulation gas pipe, a gas purification unit, a first valve, and a second valve. The first gas supply line may include a first branching point at which the first gas supply line branches into a first branch connected to a first chamber and a second branch connected to a second chamber and the second gas supply line may include a second branching point at which the second gas supply line branches into a third branch connected to the first chamber and a fourth branch connected to the second chamber. A first portion of the first gas supply line upstream from the first branching point and a second portion of the second gas supply line upstream from the second branching point may be constituted by separate pipes from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi Suzuki, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20190237928
    Abstract: A laser gas regeneration system for an excimer laser includes a first pipe capable of supplying a laser chamber with a first laser gas, a second pipe capable of supplying the laser chamber with a second laser gas having a halogen gas concentration higher than that of the first laser gas, a third pipe allowing a gas exhausted from the laser chamber to pass therethrough, a gas refiner that refines the gas having passed through the third pipe, a branch that causes the refined gas to divide and flow into a fourth pipe and a fifth pipe, a first regenerated gas supplier that supplies the first pipe with a gas having divided and flowed into the fourth pipe, and a second regenerated gas supplier that adds a halogen gas to a gas having divided and flowed into the fifth pipe and supplies the second pipe with the halogen-added gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori YASHIRO, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190081449
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190081451
    Abstract: There may be provided a laser unit including a display configured to display one or both of electric power consumed by the laser unit and electric energy consumed by the laser unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko KUROSU, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO, Takeshi OHTA
  • Publication number: 20190081450
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190074654
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190074655
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20190020167
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10164396
    Abstract: There may be provided a laser unit including a display configured to display one or both of electric power consumed by the laser unit and electric energy consumed by the laser unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kurosu, Takashi Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Masuda, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro, Takeshi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20180241170
    Abstract: A laser gas purifying system to purify laser gas emitted from a laser apparatus and return purified gas to the laser apparatus may include a first pipe configured to pass the laser gas emitted from the laser apparatus, a purifying apparatus connected to the first pipe and configured to purify the laser gas emitted from the laser apparatus, a second pipe connected to the purifying apparatus and configured to return the purified gas purified by the purifying apparatus to the laser apparatus, and an exhausting device provided in at least one of the first pipe, the purifying apparatus, and the second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Masanori YASHIRO, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10038295
    Abstract: A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi Suzuki, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20180191122
    Abstract: A laser gas purifying system is configured to purify emission gas emitted from an ArF excimer laser apparatus using laser gas including xenon gas and to supply the purified gas to the ArF excimer laser apparatus. The laser gas purifying system comprises a xenon trap configured to reduce xenon gas concentration in the emission gas, and a xenon-adding unit configured to add xenon gas to the emission gas passed through the xenon trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Natsushi SUZUKI, Masanori YASHIRO, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180026414
    Abstract: There may be provided a laser unit including a display configured to display one or both of electric power consumed by the laser unit and electric energy consumed by the laser unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko KUROSU, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO, Takeshi OHTA
  • Patent number: 9825417
    Abstract: There may be provided a laser unit including a display configured to display one or both of electric power consumed by the laser unit and electric energy consumed by the laser unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kurosu, Takashi Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Masuda, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro, Takeshi Ohta