Patents by Inventor Takashi Nagano

Takashi Nagano 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: 10658405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensor, an electronic apparatus and an imaging method by which specific processing other than normal processing can be sped up with reduced power consumption. The solid-state image sensor includes a pixel outputting a pixel signal used to construct an image and a logic circuit driving the pixel, and is configured of a stacked structure in which a first semiconductor substrate including a plurality of the pixels and a second semiconductor substrate including the logic circuit are joined together. In addition, among the plurality of pixels, a specific pixel is connected to the logic circuit independently of a normal pixel, the specific pixel being the pixel that outputs the pixel signal used in the specific processing other than imaging processing in which the image is imaged. The present technology can be applied to a stacked solid-state image sensor, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Tomoharu Ogita, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20200006417
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image-capturing element and an electronic device capable of reducing the capacitance by using a hollow region. At least a part of a region between an FD wiring connected to a floating diffusion and a wiring other than the FD wiring is a hollow region. The present disclosure can be applied to a CMOS image sensor having, for example, a floating diffusion, a transfer transistor, an amplifying transistor, a selection transistor, a reset transistor, and a photodiode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: YUSUKE TANAKA, TAKASHI NAGANO, TOSHIFUMI WAKANO, TAKESHI MATSUNUMA
  • Publication number: 20190374951
    Abstract: This device comprises: a casing with an upper surface including a sample-dripping portion receiving a liquid sample containing nucleic acid and being dripped from a nozzle; a reaction tube: outwardly projecting from an end of the casing; including a storage space therein; and being formed so as to be installed within a measurement apparatus; a filter carrying the nucleic acid contained in the liquid sample; a filter-supporting body stored within the casing to support the filter in a manner such that the filter is capable of taking: a contacting position wherein the filter contacts with the liquid sample right below the sample-dripping portion; and a reaction position wherein the filter is positioned within the storage space of the reaction tube; and absorbing material capable of taking: a press-attaching position wherein the absorbing material is press-attached to the filter in the contacting position so that the filter absorbs the liquid sample contacting therewith; and a separating position wherein the abso
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: MIZUHO MEDY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NARAHARA, Takashi NAGANO, Shinya MOTOMATSU
  • Patent number: 10438983
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a pixel section, a peripheral circuit section, a first isolation region formed with a STI structure on a semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit section, and a second isolation region formed with the STI structure on the semiconductor substrate in the pixel section. The portion of the second isolation region buried into the semiconductor substrate is shallower than the portion buried into the semiconductor substrate of the first isolation region, and the height of the upper face of the second isolation region is equal to that of the first isolation region. A method of producing the solid-state imaging device and an electronic device provided with the solid-state imaging devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Takuji Matsumoto, Yasushi Tateshita, Fumihiko Koga, Takashi Nagano, Takahiro Toyoshima, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Keiichi Nakazawa, Naoyuki Miyashita, Yoshihiko Nagahama
  • Patent number: 10396116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image-capturing element and an electronic device capable of reducing the capacitance by using a hollow region. At least a part of a region between an FD wiring connected to a floating diffusion and a wiring other than the FD wiring is a hollow region. The present disclosure can be applied to a CMOS image sensor having, for example, a floating diffusion, a transfer transistor, an amplifying transistor, a selection transistor, a reset transistor, and a photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Takashi Nagano, Toshifumi Wakano, Takeshi Matsunuma
  • Patent number: 10319756
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Patent number: 10316350
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method capable of realizing pretreatment process of genetic screening according to a POCT mode. The method includes: making a sample, extraction liquid for extracting nucleic-acid contained in the sample, silica particles, and a filtering material contact with each other; making the filtering material carry composite material of the nucleic-acid and the silica particles thereon; and then delivering the filtering material to a nucleic-acid-amplifying process by means of reaction solution for amplifying nucleic-acid, wherein particle diameters of the silica particles and concentration of the silica particles in the reaction solution for amplifying nucleic-acid are set up within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MIZUHO MEDY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutomi Yamakawa, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20190109165
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensor, an electronic apparatus and an imaging method by which specific processing other than normal processing can be sped up with reduced power consumption. The solid-state image sensor includes a pixel outputting a pixel signal used to construct an image and a logic circuit driving the pixel, and is configured of a stacked structure in which a first semiconductor substrate including a plurality of the pixels and a second semiconductor substrate including the logic circuit are joined together. In addition, among the plurality of pixels, a specific pixel is connected to the logic circuit independently of a normal pixel, the specific pixel being the pixel that outputs the pixel signal used in the specific processing other than imaging processing in which the image is imaged. The present technology can be applied to a stacked solid-state image sensor, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji TATANI, Tomoharu OGITA, Takashi NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20190057990
    Abstract: Solid-state imaging devices, methods of producing a solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatuses are provided. More particularly, a solid-state image device includes a silicon substrate, and at least a first photodiode formed in the silicon substrate. The device also includes an epitaxial layer with a first surface adjacent a surface of the silicon substrate, and a transfer transistor with a gate electrode that extends from the at least a first photodiode to a second surface of the epitaxial layer opposite the first surface. In further embodiments, a solid-state imaging device with a plurality of pixels formed in a second semiconductor substrate wherein the pixels are symmetrical with respect to a center point is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke TANAKA, Toshifumi WAKANO, Keiji TATANI, Takashi NAGANO, Hayato IWAMOTO, Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Tomoyuki HIRANO, Shinpei YAMAGUCHI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190019824
    Abstract: Solid-state imaging devices, methods of producing a solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatuses are provided. More particularly, a solid-state image device includes a silicon substrate, and at least a first photodiode formed in the silicon substrate. The device also includes an epitaxial layer with a first surface adjacent a surface of the silicon substrate, and a transfer transistor with a gate electrode that extends from the at least a first photodiode to a second surface of the epitaxial layer opposite the first surface. In further embodiments, a solid-state imaging device with a plurality of pixels formed in a second semiconductor substrate wherein the pixels are symmetrical with respect to a center point is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke TANAKA, Toshifumi WAKANO, Keiji TATANI, Takashi NAGANO, Hayato IWAMOTO, Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Tomoyuki HIRANO, Shinpei YAMAGUCHI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10181485
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensor, an electronic apparatus and an imaging method by which specific processing other than normal processing can be sped up with reduced power consumption. The solid-state image sensor includes a pixel outputting a pixel signal used to construct an image and a logic circuit driving the pixel, and is configured of a stacked structure in which a first semiconductor substrate including a plurality of the pixels and a second semiconductor substrate including the logic circuit are joined together. In addition, among the plurality of pixels, a specific pixel is connected to the logic circuit independently of a normal pixel, the specific pixel being the pixel that outputs the pixel signal used in the specific processing other than imaging processing in which the image is imaged. The present technology can be applied to a stacked solid-state image sensor, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Tomoharu Ogita, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20180366502
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor well region, a plurality of pixels each of which is formed on the semiconductor well region and is composed of a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor, an element isolation region provided between the pixels and in the pixels, and an element isolation region being free from an insulation film and being provided between desired pixel transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Fumihiko Koga, Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 10090343
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor well region, a plurality of pixels each of which is formed on the semiconductor well region and is composed of a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor, an element isolation region provided between the pixels and in the pixels, and an element isolation region being free from an insulation film and being provided between desired pixel transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Fumihiko Koga, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20180240834
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image-capturing element and an electronic device capable of reducing the capacitance by using a hollow region. At least a part of a region between an FD wiring connected to a floating diffusion and a wiring other than the FD wiring is a hollow region. The present disclosure can be applied to a CMOS image sensor having, for example, a floating diffusion, a transfer transistor, an amplifying transistor, a selection transistor, a reset transistor, and a photodiode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: YUSUKE TANAKA, TAKASHI NAGANO, TOSHIFUMI WAKANO, TAKESHI MATSUNUMA
  • Patent number: 10052757
    Abstract: A robot control device drives a J1 shaft, which is a turning shaft for turning a structure at an installation bed, to an angle at a target position of the J1 shaft and drives a J4 shaft for turning a structure such that the central axes of a J2 shaft, a J3 shaft, and a J5 shaft, which are bending/stretching shafts for bending or stretching the structure, are parallel to one another; then, drives the J2 shaft, the J3 shaft, and the J5 shaft to angles J2e, J3e, and J5e at target positions of the respective shafts without driving the J4 shaft; and drives the J4 shaft not reaching an angle at a target position to an angle J4e at the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 9999594
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a new medicinal use of clarithromycin. The present invention is a therapeutic agent or a preventive agent for meibomian gland dysfunction or meibomian gland blockage and comprises clarithromycin as an active ingredient. The dosage form is preferably an eye drop or eye ointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kido, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20180155764
    Abstract: Provided is a kit for detecting multiple target nucleic acids capable of simultaneously amplifying and detecting multiple genes by means of one reaction vessel containing one kind of reaction solution and one kind of labels. Solution may contain first target nucleic acid (10) and second target nucleic acid (20) each of which dissociates at denaturation temperature T0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: MIZUHO MEDY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAGANO, Kensuke MIYAJIMA, Kenji NARAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180026063
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Publication number: 20170335370
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method capable of realizing pretreatment process of genetic screening according to a POCT mode. The method includes: making a sample, extraction liquid for extracting nucleic-acid contained in the sample, silica particles, and a filtering material contact with each other; making the filtering material carry composite material of the nucleic-acid and the silica particles thereon; and then delivering the filtering material to a nucleic-acid-amplifying process by means of reaction solution for amplifying nucleic-acid, wherein particle diameters of the silica particles and concentration of the silica particles in the reaction solution for amplifying nucleic-acid are set up within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: MIZUHO MEDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutomi YAMAKAWA, Takashi NAGANO
  • Patent number: 9748289
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita