Patents by Inventor Takanari KOBAYASHI

Takanari KOBAYASHI 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: 11366390
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation system may include a laser system emitting first prepulse laser light, second prepulse laser light, and main pulse laser light in this order; a chamber including at least one window for introducing, into the chamber, the first prepulse laser light, the second prepulse laser light, and the main pulse laser light; a target supply unit supplying a target to a predetermined region in the chamber; and a processor controlling the laser system to irradiate the target with the first prepulse laser light, irradiate the target, having been irradiated with the first prepulse laser light, with the second prepulse laser light having a pulse time width longer than a pulse time width of the main pulse laser light, and irradiate the target, having been irradiated with the second prepulse laser light, with the main pulse laser light temporally separated from the second prepulse laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Takanari Kobayashi, Hirokazu Hosoda, Yoshiyuki Honda
  • Patent number: 11337293
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation system includes: a chamber; a target generation unit; a laser system configured to output a first pre-pulse laser beam, a second pre-pulse laser beam, and a main pulse laser beam so that fluence of the first pre-pulse laser beam is 1.5 J/cm2 to 16 J/cm2 inclusive at a position where a target is irradiated with the first pre-pulse laser beam; and a control unit configured to control the laser system so that a first delay time from a timing of irradiation of the target with the first pre-pulse laser beam to a timing of irradiation with the second pre-pulse laser beam and a second delay time from the timing of irradiation of the target with the second pre-pulse laser beam to a timing of irradiation with the main pulse laser beam have a following relation: the first delay time<the second delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Takanari Kobayashi, Hirokazu Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20220035249
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation system may include a laser system emitting first prepulse laser light, second prepulse laser light, and main pulse laser light in this order; a chamber including at least one window for introducing, into the chamber, the first prepulse laser light, the second prepulse laser light, and the main pulse laser light; a target supply unit supplying a target to a predetermined region in the chamber; and a processor controlling the laser system to irradiate the target with the first prepulse laser light, irradiate the target, having been irradiated with the first prepulse laser light, with the second prepulse laser light having a pulse time width longer than a pulse time width of the main pulse laser light, and irradiate the target, having been irradiated with the second prepulse laser light, with the main pulse laser light temporally separated from the second prepulse laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Takanari KOBAYASHI, Hirokazu HOSODA, Yoshiyuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20210026254
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation system includes: a chamber; a target generation unit; a laser system configured to output a first pre-pulse laser beam, a second pre-pulse laser beam, and a main pulse laser beam so that fluence of the first pre-pulse laser beam is 1.5 J/cm2 to 16 J/cm2 inclusive at a position where a target is irradiated with the first pre-pulse laser beam; and a control unit configured to control the laser system so that a first delay time from a timing of irradiation of the target with the first pre-pulse laser beam to a timing of irradiation with the second pre-pulse laser beam and a second delay time from the timing of irradiation of the target with the second pre-pulse laser beam to a timing of irradiation with the main pulse laser beam have a following relation: the first delay time<the second delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Takanari KOBAYASHI, Hirokazu HOSODA