Patents by Inventor Tsukasa Hori

Tsukasa Hori 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: 9113540
    Abstract: A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Kouji Kakizaki, Tatsuya Yanagida, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9055657
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a droplet production device configured to produce a droplet of a target substance in a predetermined traveling direction, a first laser device configured to generate a first laser beam and irradiate the droplet with the first laser beam to diffuse the droplet, a second laser device configured to generate a second laser beam and irradiate the target substance diffused by irradiation of the first laser beam with the second laser beam to produce plasma of the diffused target substance and generate extreme ultraviolet light from the plasma of the target substance, and a beam shaping unit configured to elongate a beam spot of the first laser beam in the traveling direction of the droplet produced by the droplet production device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Junichi Fujimoto, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20150123019
    Abstract: A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Kouji KAKIZAKI, Tatsuya YANAGIDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140234335
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of diagnosing graft-versus-host disease, comprising measuring the level of CCL8 protein in a sample obtained from a subject as an indicator for the diagnosis or course of graft-versus-host disease. Also a diagnostic reagent for graft-versus-host disease comprising an anti-CCL8 antibody is disclosed. The method of the present invention enables diagnosis of the onset of graft-versus-host disease and monitoring of the progress, in particular, differential diagnosis between graft-versus-host disease and an infectious disease. The present invention also provides a method for treating graft-versus-host disease utilizing the anti-CCL8 antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Yasuo KOKAI, Yasuyoshi NAISHIRO, Hiroyuki TSUTSUMI, Kohzoh IMAI
  • Publication number: 20140183379
    Abstract: A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Kouji KAKIZAKI, Tatsuya YANAGIDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8742380
    Abstract: A target supply device is provided that may include a pair of rails arranged to face each other, the rails having electrically conductive properties, a target transport mechanism configured to supply a target material into a space between the rails and in contact with the rails, and a power supply connected to the rails and configured to supply a current to the target material through the rails. Methods and systems using the target supply device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Hideo Hoshino, Tatsuya Yanagida
  • Patent number: 8710475
    Abstract: An EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) light source device ionizes a target material in an ionizer, and supplies the ionized target material to a point of generating a plasma. This reduces the generation of debris. The ionizer simultaneously irradiates laser beams of plural wavelengths corresponding to the excited level of tin on a target material to ionize the target material. The ionized target material is extracted from the ionizer with a high voltage applied from an ion beam extractor, and accelerated and supplied to a plasma generation chamber. When driver laser beam is irradiated on the ionized target material, a plasma is generated, thereby emitting EUV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komori, Tatsuya Yanagida, Yoshifumi Ueno, Akira Sumitani, Akira Endo, Tsukasa Hori
  • Publication number: 20140077099
    Abstract: A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Kouji Kakizaki, Tatsuya Yanagida, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20130320232
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a droplet production device configured to produce a droplet of a target substance in a predetermined traveling direction, a first laser device configured to generate a first laser beam and irradiate the droplet with the first laser beam to diffuse the droplet, a second laser device configured to generate a second laser beam and irradiate the target substance diffused by irradiation of the first laser beam with the second laser beam to produce plasma of the diffused target substance and generate extreme ultraviolet light from the plasma of the target substance, and a beam shaping unit configured to elongate a beam spot of the first laser beam in the traveling direction of the droplet produced by the droplet production device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Junichi Fujimoto, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20130284949
    Abstract: An EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) light source device ionizes a target material in an ionizer, and supplies the ionized target material to a point of generating a plasma. This reduces the generation of debris. The ionizer simultaneously irradiates laser beams of plural wavelengths corresponding to the excited level of tin on a target material to ionize the target material. The ionized target material is extracted from the ionizer with a high voltage applied from an ion beam extractor, and accelerated and supplied to a plasma generation chamber. When driver laser beam is irradiated on the ionized target material, a plasma is generated, thereby emitting EUV radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOMORI, Tatsuya YANAGIDA, Yoshifumi UENO, Akira SUMITANI, Akira ENDO, Tsukasa HORI
  • Publication number: 20130267430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of diagnosing graft-versus-host disease, comprising measuring the level of CCL8 protein in a sample obtained from a subject as an indicator for the diagnosis or course of graft-versus-host disease. Also a diagnostic reagent for graft-versus-host disease comprising an anti-CCL8 antibody is disclosed. The method of the present invention enables diagnosis of the onset of graft-versus-host disease and monitoring of the progress, in particular, differential diagnosis between graft-versus-host disease and an infectious disease. The present invention also provides a method for treating graft-versus-host disease utilizing the anti-CCL8 antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Yasuo KOKAI, Yasuyoshi NAISHIRO, Hiroyuki TSUTSUMI, Kohzoh IMAI
  • Patent number: 8471226
    Abstract: An EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) light source device ionizes a target material in an ionizer, and supplies the ionized target material to a point of generating a plasma. This reduces the generation of debris. The ionizer simultaneously irradiates laser beams of plural wavelengths corresponding to the excited level of tin on a target material to ionize the target material. The ionized target material is extracted from the ionizer with a high voltage applied from an ion beam extractor, and accelerated and supplied to a plasma generation chamber. When driver laser beam is irradiated on the ionized target material, a plasma is generated, thereby emitting EUV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komori, Tatsuya Yanagida, Yoshifumi Ueno, Akira Sumitani, Akira Endo, Tsukasa Hori
  • Publication number: 20130065779
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of diagnosing graft-versus-host disease, comprising measuring the level of CCL8 protein in a sample obtained from a subject as an indicator for the diagnosis or course of graft-versus-host disease. Also a diagnostic reagent for graft-versus-host disease comprising an anti-CCL8 antibody is disclosed. The method of the present invention enables diagnosis of the onset of graft-versus-host disease and monitoring of the progress, in particular, differential diagnosis between graft-versus-host disease and an infectious disease. The present invention also provides a method for treating graft-versus-host disease utilizing the anti-CCL8 antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Yasuo Kokai, Yasuyoshi Naishiro, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Kohzoh Imai
  • Publication number: 20120307851
    Abstract: A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Tsukasa HORI, Kouji KAKIZAKI, Tatsuya YANAGIDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hakaru MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120243566
    Abstract: A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Kouji Kakizaki, Tatsuya Yanagida, Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20110164647
    Abstract: An excimer laser device capable of suppressing deterioration of optical elements provided in a laser chamber even if output energy per pulse is increased more than the conventional level, in which a width of a laser beam applied to the optical elements provided in the laser chamber is enlarged so as to reduce the energy density of the laser beam within such a range that a laser output of no less than a desired level is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Shinji NAGAI, Kouji KAKIZAKI, Tsukasa HORI, Satoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20110101863
    Abstract: An EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) light source device ionizes a target material in an ionizer, and supplies the ionized target material to a point of generating a plasma. This reduces the generation of debris. The ionizer simultaneously irradiates laser beams of plural wavelengths corresponding to the excited level of tin on a target material to ionize the target material. The ionized target material is extracted from the ionizer with a high voltage applied from an ion beam extractor, and accelerated and supplied to a plasma generation chamber. When driver laser beam is irradiated on the ionized target material, a plasma is generated, thereby emitting EUV radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komori, Tatsuya Yanagida, Yoshifumi Ueno, Akira Sumitani, Akira Endo, Tsukasa Hori
  • Patent number: 7782922
    Abstract: A narrow-band discharge excited laser device including a laser chamber having a laser gas sealed therein, a pair of electrodes provided within the laser chamber to face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, a band-narrowing module having a magnifying prism and a grating and receiving laser light passing through a slit, and a cross-flow fan circulating the laser gas passing between the electrodes, in which a pulsed voltage is applied from a high-voltage power supply to the pair of electrodes to generate electric discharge between the electrodes, and the pair of electrodes have a width of 1 to 2 mm, a ratio between the electrode width and the inter-electrode distance (electrode with inter-electrode distance) being 0.25 to 0.125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Takanobu Ishihara, Kouji Kakizaki
  • Publication number: 20100183586
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of diagnosing graft-versus-host disease, comprising measuring the level of CCL8 protein in a sample obtained from a subject as an indicator for the diagnosis or course of graft-versus-host disease. Also a diagnostic reagent for graft-versus-host disease comprising an anti-CCL8 antibody is disclosed. The method of the present invention enables diagnosis of the onset of graft-versus-host disease and monitoring of the progress, in particular, differential diagnosis between graft-versus-host disease and an infectious disease. The present invention also provides a method for treating graft-versus-host disease utilizing the anti-CCL8 antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Yasuo Kokai, Yasuyoshi Naishiro, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Kohzoh Imai
  • Publication number: 20080198891
    Abstract: A narrow-band discharge excited laser device including a laser chamber having a laser gas sealed therein, a pair of electrodes provided within the laser chamber to face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, a band-narrowing module having a magnifying prism and a grating and receiving laser light passing through a slit, and a cross-flow fan circulating the laser gas passing between the electrodes, in which a pulsed voltage is applied from a high-voltage power supply to the pair of electrodes to generate electric discharge between the electrodes, and the pair of electrodes have a width of 1 to 2 mm, a ratio between the electrode width and the inter-electrode distance (electrode with inter-electrode distance) being 0.25 to 0.125.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Tsukasa Hori, Takanobu Ishihara, Kouji Kakizaki