Patents by Inventor Masataka IKESU

Masataka IKESU 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: 11913888
    Abstract: A solid immersion lens unit includes a solid immersion lens having a contact surface for coming into contact with semiconductor device formed of a silicon substrate and a spherical surface to be disposed to face an objective lens; a holder holding the solid immersion lens; and an optical element held by the holder to be positioned between the objective lens and the solid immersion lens. The solid immersion lens transmits light having at least a part of wavelength in a range of 200 nm or greater and 1100 nm or lower. The optical element corrects aberration caused by a difference in refractive indices between the silicon substrate and the solid immersion lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Xiangguang Mao, Masanori Kobayashi, Hirotoshi Terada, Ikuo Arata, Masataka Ikesu
  • Publication number: 20230087835
    Abstract: The semiconductor failure analysis device includes: a light source configured to generate irradiation light with which the semiconductor device is irradiated; a solid immersion lens disposed on an optical path of the irradiation light; a light detection unit configured to receive reflected light and to output a detection signal according to the reflected light; an optical system 6 disposed between the light source and the solid immersion lens to emit the irradiation light to the semiconductor device via the solid immersion lens and disposed between the solid immersion lens and the light detection unit to emit the reflected light received via the solid immersion lens to the light detection unit. The light source emits the irradiation light having a center wavelength of 880 nm or more and 980 nm or less. The solid immersion lens is formed of GaAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masataka IKESU, Ikuo ARATA, Yoshihiro ITO, Toshimichi ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20230072615
    Abstract: A semiconductor failure analysis device includes an analysis part that analyzes a failure place in a semiconductor device; a marking part that irradiates the semiconductor device with laser light; a device arrangement part in which a wafer chuck, which holds the semiconductor device and on which an alignment target is provided, moves relative to the analysis part and the marking part; and a control part that outputs commands. The control part moves the wafer chuck to a position at which the analysis part is capable of taking an image of the alignment target, then outputs an alignment command that causes the marking part to be aligned with the analysis part with the alignment target as a reference, and irradiates the semiconductor device with laser light in a state in which a positional relationship between the marking part and the analysis part is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masataka IKESU, Shinsuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230061399
    Abstract: A control part of a semiconductor fault analysis device outputs an alignment command that moves a chuck to a position at which a target is detectable by a first optical detection part and then aligns an optical axis of a second optical system with an optical axis of a first optical system with the target as a reference, and outputs an analysis command that applies a stimulus signal to a semiconductor device and receives light from the semiconductor device emitted according to a stimulus signal with at least one of a first optical detection part and a second optical detection part in a state in which a positional relationship between the optical axis of the first optical system and the optical axis of the second optical system is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masataka IKESU, Shinsuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220406644
    Abstract: A failure analysis unit is a wafer conveyance unit configured to convey a wafer while holding the wafer in a semiconductor failure analysis apparatus, the wafer conveyance unit including: a placement table configured to fix a wafer at a predetermined observation position; and a wafer chuck configured to convey the wafer while holding the wafer to the observation position. The wafer chuck includes a plurality of holding members (protruding portions) provided so as to face a side surface of the wafer, and holds the wafer by sandwiching a peripheral portion of the wafer W with the plurality of holding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akira SHIMASE, Toshimichi ISHIZUKA, Masataka IKESU
  • Publication number: 20210333216
    Abstract: A solid immersion lens unit includes a solid immersion lens having a contact surface for coming into contact with semiconductor device formed of a silicon substrate and a spherical surface to be disposed to face an objective lens; a holder holding the solid immersion lens; and an optical element held by the holder to be positioned between the objective lens and the solid immersion lens. The solid immersion lens transmits light having at least a part of wavelength in a range of 200 nm or greater and 1100 nm or lower. The optical element corrects aberration caused by a difference in refractive indices between the silicon substrate and the solid immersion lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Xiangguang MAO, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Hirotoshi TERADA, Ikuo ARATA, Masataka IKESU
  • Patent number: 10558010
    Abstract: A solid immersion lens holder includes a first member having a first opening disposing a spherical face portion therein so that a part of the spherical face portion protrudes toward an objective lens side and a second member having a second opening disposing a contact portion therein so that a contact face protrudes toward a side opposite to the objective lens side. The first member includes three protrusion portions extending from an inner face of the first opening toward a center of the first opening and configured to be contactable with the spherical face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Terada, Ikuo Arata, Masataka Ikesu
  • Patent number: 10545309
    Abstract: A solid immersion lens holder includes a first member having a first opening disposing a spherical face portion therein so that a part of the spherical face portion protrudes toward an objective lens side and a second member having a second opening disposing a contact portion therein so that a contact face protrudes toward a side opposite to the objective lens side. The first member includes three plate members disposed on the objective lens side with respect to the first opening. Each of the three plate members is provided with a protrusion portion capable of contacting the spherical face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Terada, Ikuo Arata, Masataka Ikesu
  • Publication number: 20170285296
    Abstract: A solid immersion lens holder includes a first member having a first opening disposing a spherical face portion therein so that a part of the spherical face portion protrudes toward an objective lens side and a second member having a second opening disposing a contact portion therein so that a contact face protrudes toward a side opposite to the objective lens side. The first member includes three plate members disposed on the objective lens side with respect to the first opening. Each of the three plate members is provided with a protrusion portion capable of contacting the spherical face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi TERADA, Ikuo ARATA, Masataka IKESU
  • Publication number: 20170235087
    Abstract: A solid immersion lens holder includes a first member having a first opening disposing a spherical face portion therein so that a part of the spherical face portion protrudes toward an objective lens side and a second member having a second opening disposing a contact portion therein so that a contact face protrudes toward a side opposite to the objective lens side. The first member includes three protrusion portions extending from an inner face of the first opening toward a center of the first opening and configured to be contactable with the spherical face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi TERADA, Ikuo ARATA, Masataka IKESU