Patents by Inventor Yuji Ando

Yuji Ando 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).

  • Publication number: 20120257790
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that includes a move detecting unit that detects a move of a subject contained in a moving image from plural frame images, based on an image signal that indicates the moving image including the frame image and delay time information that indicates a delay time of an image pickup, and a correcting unit that corrects the image signal, based on the image signal and move information that indicates a move of a detected subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Goh Kobayashi, Yuji Ando
  • Publication number: 20120228674
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing an occurrence of a punch-through phenomenon. A semiconductor device includes a substrate 1, a first n-type semiconductor layer 2, a p-type semiconductor layer 3, a second n-type semiconductor layer 4, a drain electrode 13, a source electrode 11, a gate electrode 12, and a gate insulation film 21, wherein the first n-type semiconductor layer 2, the p-type semiconductor layer 3, and the second n-type semiconductor layer 4 are laminated on the substrate 1 in this order. The drain electrode 13 is in ohmic-contact with the first n-type semiconductor layer 2. The source electrode 11 is in ohmic-contact with the second n-type semiconductor layer 4. An opening portion to be filled or a notched portion that extends from an upper surface of the second n-type semiconductor layer 4 to an upper part of the first n-type semiconductor layer 2 is formed at a part of the p-type semiconductor layer 3 and a part of the second n-type semiconductor layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Kazuki Ota, Takashi Inoue, Hironobu Miyamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yuji Ando
  • Publication number: 20120217505
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a field effect transistor having a buffer layer subjected to lattice relaxation, a channel layer, and an electron supply layer formed in this order with group-III nitride semiconductors respectively in a growth mode parallel with a [0001] or [000-1] crystallographic axis over a substrate and having a source electrode and a drain electrode, those being coupled electrically to the channel layer, and a gate electrode formed over the electron supply layer, in which, in the buffer layer and the electron supply layer, a layer existing on the group-III atomic plane side of the channel layer has an A-axis length larger than a layer existing on the group-V atomic plane side of the channel layer; and the electron supply layer has a bandgap larger than the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji ANDO
  • Publication number: 20120217547
    Abstract: Disclosed is an HJFET 110 which comprises: a channel layer 12 composed of InyGa1-yN (0?y?1); a carrier supply layer 13 composed of AlxGa1-xN (0?x?1), the carrier supply layer 13 being provided over the channel layer 12 and including at least one p-type layer; and a source electrode 15S, a drain electrode 15D and a gate electrode 17 which are disposed facing the channel layer 12 through the p-type layer, and provided over the carrier supply layer 13. The following relational expression is satisfied: 5.6×1011x<NA×?×t [cm?2]<5.6×1013x, where x denotes an Al compositional ratio of said carrier supply layer, t denotes a thickness of said p-type layer, NA denotes an impurity concentration, and ? denotes an activation ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji ANDO, Hironobu MIYAMOTO, Tatsuo NAKAYAMA, Yasuhiro OKAMOTO, Takashi INOUE, Yasuhiro MURASE, Kazuki OTA, Akio WAKEJIMA, Naotaka KURODA
  • Publication number: 20120199889
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device in which the trade-off between the withstand voltage and the on-resistance is improved and the performance is increased. A semiconductor device comprises a substrate 1, a first n-type semiconductor layer 21?, a second n-type semiconductor layer 23, a p-type semiconductor layer 24, and a third n-type semiconductor layer 25?, wherein the first n-type semiconductor layer 21?, the second n-type semiconductor layer 23, the p-type semiconductor layer 24, and the third n-type semiconductor layer 25? are laminated at the upper side of the substrate 1 in this order. The drain electrode 13 is in ohmic-contact with the first n-type semiconductor layer 21? and the source electrode 12 is in ohmic-contact with the third n-type semiconductor layer 25?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Yuji Ando, Tatsuo Nakayama, Takashi Inoue, Kazuki Ota, Kazuomi Endo
  • Patent number: 8198652
    Abstract: Disclosed is an HJFET 110 which comprises: a channel layer 12 composed of InyGa1-yN (0?y?1); a carrier supply layer 13 composed of AlxGa1-xN (0?x?1), the carrier supply layer 13 being provided over the channel layer 12 and including at least one p-type layer; and a source electrode 15S, a drain electrode 15D and a gate electrode 17 which are disposed facing the channel layer 12 through the p-type layer, and provided over the carrier supply layer 13. The following relational expression is satisfied: 5.6×1011x<NA×?×t [cm?2]<5.6×1013x, where x denotes an Al compositional ratio of the carrier supply layer, t denotes a thickness of the p-type layer, NA denotes an impurity concentration, and ? denotes an activation ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Hironobu Miyamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Takashi Inoue, Yasuhiro Murase, Kazuki Ota, Akio Wakejima, Naotaka Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8151287
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a pickup feed device to accurately position an optical pickup in place with miniaturization. The pickup device includes a lead screw attached to a movable chassis, a pickup portion, a rack member, a torsion coil spring, a projection portion, and a recess portion. The pickup portion has a case receiving the pickup. The rack member is fixed to the case. The rack portion disposed on a rack one end portion and a case one end portion are engaged with the lead screw. A rack another end portion has the abut portion abutting an inner edge portion of the movable chassis. The torsion coil spring urges the abut portion toward a case another end portion. The projection portion is disposed on the abut portion and the recess portion is disposed on the case another end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyo Oshima, Yasuhiro Shinkai, Kuniya Satomi, Kazuyoshi Sato, Yuji Ando, Atsushi Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20110297954
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided is a semiconductor device in which the trade-off between the pressure resistance and the on-state resistance is improved and the performance is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Hironobu Miyamoto, Yuji Ando, Tatsuo Nakayama, Takashi Inoue, Kazuki Ota, Kazuomi Endo
  • Publication number: 20110284865
    Abstract: A heterojunction filed effect transistor with a low access resistance, a low on resistance, and the like, a method for producing a heterojunction filed effect transistor and an electron device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Hironobu Miyamoto, Kazuki Ota, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Yuji Ando
  • Publication number: 20110278586
    Abstract: A bipolar transistor is provided with an emitter layer, a base layer and a collector layer. The emitter layer is formed above a substrate and is an n-type conductive layer including a first nitride semiconductor. The base layer is formed on the emitter layer and is a p-type conductive including a second nitride semiconductor. The collector layer is formed on the base layer and includes a third nitride semiconductor. The collector layer, the base layer and the emitter layer are formed such that a crystal growth direction to the substrate surface is parallel to a substrate direction of [000-1]. The third nitride semiconductor contains InycAlxcGa1-xc-ycN (0•xc•1, 0•yc•1, 0<xc+yc•1). The a-axis length on the side of a surface in the third nitride semiconductor is shorter than the a-axis length on the side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Hironobu Miyamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Takashi Inoue, Kazuki Ota
  • Publication number: 20110260217
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor apparatus capable of achieving both a reverse blocking characteristic and a low on-resistance. The semiconductor apparatus includes a first semiconductor layer including a channel layer, a source electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer, a drain electrode formed at a distance from the source electrode on the first semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the first semiconductor layer. The drain electrode includes a first drain region where reverse current between the first semiconductor layer and the first drain region is blocked, and a second drain region formed at a greater distance from the gate electrode than the first drain region, where a resistance between the first semiconductor layer and the second drain region is lower than a resistance between the first semiconductor layer and the first drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Yuji Ando, Tatsuo Nakayama, Kazuki Ota, Takashi Inoue, Hironobu Miyamoto, Kazuomi Endo
  • Publication number: 20110241075
    Abstract: A bipolar transistor includes: a substrate; a collector and a base layer with a p-conductive-type, an emitter layer with an n-conductive-type. The collector layer is formed above the substrate and includes a first nitride semiconductor. The base layer with the p-conductive-type is formed on the collector layer and includes a second nit ride semiconductor. The emitter layer with the n-conductive-type is formed on the base layer and includes a third nitride semiconductor. The collector layer, the base layer and the emitter layer are formed so that crystal growing directions with respect to a surface of the substrate are in parallel to a [0001] direction of the substrate. The first nitride semiconductor includes: InycAlxcGa1-xc-ycN (0?xc?1, 0?yc?1, 0<xc+yc?1). In the first nitride semiconductor, a length of an a-axis on a surface side is longer than a length of an a-axis on a substrate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Hironobu Miyamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Takashi Inoue, Kazuki Ota
  • Patent number: 7985984
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that can reduce the contact resistance, has a small current collapse, and can improve the pinch-off characteristic upon a high-frequency operation. A field effect transistor using a wurtzite (having (0001) as the main plane) type III-nitride semiconductor includes: a substrate (101); an undercoat layer (103) of a first III-nitride semiconductor; and a carrier travel layer (104) of a second III-nitride semiconductor. The undercoat layer (103) (101) and the carrier travel layer (104) is formed on the substrate in this order. The field effect transistor includes source/drain electrodes (105, 106) in ohmic contact, and a gate electrode (107) in Schottky contact directly or via another layer on the carrier travel layer (104). The undercoat layer (103) has an average lattice constant greater than that of the carrier travel layer (104) and a band gap greater than that of the carrier travel layer (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nakayama, Yuji Ando, Hironobu Miyamoto, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7973335
    Abstract: A field plate portion (5) overhanging a drain side in a visored shape is formed in a gate electrode (2). A multilayered film including a SiN film (21) and a SiO2 film (22) is formed beneath the field plate portion (5). The SiN film (21) is formed so that a surface of an AlGaN electron supply layer (13) is covered therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Hironobu Miyamoto, Yuji Ando, Tatsuo Nakayama, Takashi Inoue, Masaaki Kuzuhara
  • Publication number: 20110006346
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has high electron mobility while reducing a gate leakage current, and superior uniformity and reproducibility of the threshold voltage, and is also applicable to the enhancement mode type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Kazuki Ota, Takashi Inoue, Tatsuo Nakayama, Hironobu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7863648
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (100) exhibiting good performance at high voltage operation and high frequency includes a first field plate electrode (116) and a second field plate electrode (118). The second field plate electrode includes a shielding part (119) located in the region between the first field plate electrode and a drain electrode (114), and serves to shield the first field plate electrode from the drain electrode. When in the cross sectional view in the gate length direction, the length in the gate length direction of an overlap region where the second field plate electrode (118) overlap the upper part of a structure including the first field plate electrode and a gate electrode (113) is designated as Lol, and the gate length is Lg, the relation expressed as 0 ?Lol/Lg?1 holds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu Miyamoto, Yuji Ando, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Takashi Inoue, Kazuki Ota, Akio Wakejima, Kensuke Kasahara, Yasuhiro Murase, Kohji Matsunaga, Katsumi Yamanoguchi, Hidenori Shimawaki
  • Publication number: 20100327318
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of suppressing the occurrence of a punch-through phenomenon is provided. A first n-type conductive layer (2?) is formed on a substrate (1?). A p-type conductive layer (3?) is formed thereon. A second n-type conductive layer (4?) is formed thereon. On the under surface of the substrate (1?), there is a drain electrode (13?) connected to the first n-type conductive layer (2?). On the upper surface of the substrate (1?), there is a source electrode (11?) in ohmic contact with the second n-type conductive layer (4?), and a gate electrode (12?) in contact with the first n-type conductive layer (2?), p-type conductive layer (3?), the second n-type conductive layer (4?) through an insulation film (21?). The gate electrode (12?) and the source electrode (11?) are alternately arranged. The p-type conductive layer (3?) includes In.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Kazuki Ota, Takashi Inoue, Hironobu Miyamoto, Tatsuo Nakayama, Yuji Ando
  • Patent number: 7859014
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of suppressing current collapse, and also of preventing dielectric breakdown voltage and gain from lowering so as to perform high-voltage operation and realize an ideal high output. On a substrate (101), there are formed a buffer layer (102) made of a first GaN-based semiconductor, a carrier traveling layer (103) made of a second GaN-based semiconductor and a carrier supplying layer (104) made of a third GaN-based semiconductor. A recess structure (108) is made by eliminating a part of a first insulation film (107) and a part of the carrier supplying layer (104). Next, a gate insulation film (109) is deposited, and then a gate electrode (110) is formed so as to fill up the recess portion (108) and cover on over an area where the first insulation film (107) remains so that its portion on the drain electrode side is longer than that on the source electrode side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nakayama, Hironobu Miyamoto, Yuji Ando, Masaaki Kuzuhara, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Takashi Inoue, Koji Hataya
  • Publication number: 20100276732
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower barrier layer 12 composed of a layer of AlxGa1-xN (0?x?1) in a state of strain relaxation, and a channel layer 13, which is composed of a layer of InyGa1-yN (0?y?1) disposed on the lower barrier layer 12, has band gap that is smaller than band gap of the lower barrier layer 12, and exhibits compressive strain. A gate electrode 1G is formed over the channel layer 13 via an insulating film 15 and a source electrode 1S and a drain electrode 1D serving as ohmic electrodes are formed over the channel layer 13. The insulating film 15 is constituted of polycrystalline or amorphous member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Kazuki Ota, Takashi Inoue, Tatsuo Nakayama, Hironobu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7802564
    Abstract: In a ceiling part of a heating chamber, a sub-cavity is provided in which a steam-heating heater is housed. Steam generated by a steam generating device is heated by the steam-heating heater inside the sub-cavity to be brought into an overheated state, and is then jetted out through upper jet holes provided in the ceiling part of the heating chamber and through side jet holes provided in lower parts of the side walls of the heating chamber at both sides thereof. Food is supported on a rack to be in a state floating above the floor surface of the heating chamber, and, through the side jet holes, steam is jetted toward under the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi, Shinya Ueda