Patents by Inventor Mutsuto KATOH

Mutsuto KATOH 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: 10714632
    Abstract: An electrostatic sensing device includes a sensor oxide semiconductor TFT, and a controller configured to control the sensor oxide semiconductor TFT. The sensor oxide semiconductor TFT includes an oxide semiconductor active layer, a source electrode connected with the oxide semiconductor active layer, a drain electrode connected with the oxide semiconductor active layer, a gate electrode behind the oxide semiconductor active layer, and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor active layer The controller is configured to measure a difference from a reference current of a current flowing between the source electrode and the drain electrode, while applying a driving voltage to the gate electrode, and determine polarity of electrostatic charge of the measurement target based on direction of the difference from the reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takechi, Shinnosuke Iwamatsu, Yutaka Abe, Yutaka Murakami, Toru Yahagi, Mutsuto Katoh
  • Patent number: 10538800
    Abstract: A TFT biosensor includes a gate electrode (silicon substrate), a reference electrode, and enzyme that is fixed to an insulating substrate spatially separated from the gate electrode and the reference electrode. A pH variation in the vicinity of an ion-sensitive insulating film is induced by a reaction between the enzyme and a sensing object material. The TFT biosensor can detect a concentration of the sensing object material with high sensitivity by detecting the pH variation as a threshold voltage shift of characteristics of a gate-source voltage to a source-drain current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takechi, Shinnosuke Iwamatsu, Yutaka Abe, Toru Yahagi, Shunsuke Konno, Mutsuto Katoh
  • Publication number: 20190330674
    Abstract: A TFT biosensor includes a gate electrode (silicon substrate), a reference electrode, and enzyme that is fixed to an insulating substrate spatially separated from the gate electrode and the reference electrode. A pH variation in the vicinity of an ion-sensitive insulating film is induced by a reaction between the enzyme and a sensing object material. The TFT biosensor can detect a concentration of the sensing object material with high sensitivity by detecting the pH variation as a threshold voltage shift of characteristics of a gate-source voltage to a source-drain current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Tianma Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKECHI, Shinnosuke IWAMATSU, Yutaka ABE, Toru YAHAGI, Shunsuke KONNO, Mutsuto KATOH
  • Patent number: 10385377
    Abstract: A TFT biosensor includes a gate electrode (silicon substrate), a reference electrode, and enzyme that is fixed to an insulating substrate spatially separated from the gate electrode and the reference electrode. A pH variation in the vicinity of an ion-sensitive insulating film is induced by a reaction between the enzyme and a sensing object material. The TFT biosensor can detect a concentration of the sensing object material with high sensitivity by detecting the pH variation as a threshold voltage shift of characteristics of a gate-source voltage to a source-drain current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takechi, Shinnosuke Iwamatsu, Yutaka Abe, Toru Yahagi, Shunsuke Konno, Mutsuto Katoh
  • Publication number: 20190198678
    Abstract: An electrostatic sensing device includes a sensor oxide semiconductor TFT, and a controller configured to control the sensor oxide semiconductor TFT. The sensor oxide semiconductor TFT includes an oxide semiconductor active layer, a source electrode connected with the oxide semiconductor active layer, a drain electrode connected with the oxide semiconductor active layer, a gate electrode behind the oxide semiconductor active layer, and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor active layer The controller is configured to measure a difference from a reference current of a current flowing between the source electrode and the drain electrode, while applying a driving voltage to the gate electrode, and determine polarity of electrostatic charge of the measurement target based on direction of the difference from the reference current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKECHI, Shinnosuke IWAMATSU, Yutaka ABE, Yutaka MURAKAMI, Toru YAHAGI, Mutsuto KATOH
  • Publication number: 20170082570
    Abstract: A TFT biosensor includes a gate electrode (silicon substrate), a reference electrode, and enzyme that is fixed to an insulating substrate spatially separated from the gate electrode and the reference electrode. A pH variation in the vicinity of an ion-sensitive insulating film is induced by a reaction between the enzyme and a sensing object material. The TFT biosensor can detect a concentration of the sensing object material with high sensitivity by detecting the pH variation as a threshold voltage shift of characteristics of a gate-source voltage to a source-drain current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKECHI, Shinnosuke IWAMATSU, Yutaka ABE, Toru YAHAGI, Shunsuke KONNO, Mutsuto KATOH