Patents Assigned to Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 12243859Abstract: An image display element includes pixels, a driving circuit substrate, a microlens, and an inter-pixel partition. The pixels are disposed in an array, each including a micro light emitting element. The driving circuit substrate includes a driving circuit configured to supply a current to the micro light emitting element and cause the micro light emitting element to emit light. The microlens is disposed for each of the pixels. The inter-pixel partition is disposed between the pixels and extends from a light emitting surface of the micro light emitting element to the microlens.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Hiroaki Onuma, Shin Itoh, Shinsuke Anzai
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Patent number: 12203645Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a body having an inner space and an opening, the body incorporating at least one semiconductor laser element the body being made of a metal; and a sealing glass member joined to the body, to hermetically seal the inner space. The sealing glass member has a surface adjacent to the body, the surface of the sealing glass member being provided with a base joint layer in a joint region where the sealing glass member and the body are joined together, the base joint layer being made of a metal having a thermal expansion coefficient that falls between a thermal expansion coefficient of the sealing glass member and a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal constituting the body. The sealing glass member is joined to the body with the base joint layer and a solder-containing joint layer interposed between the sealing glass member and the body.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Hiroyoshi Higashisaka, Hiroki Orita
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Patent number: 12176683Abstract: A laser element comprises a substrate; and an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and an electrode layer successively laminated on one principal surface of the substrate, wherein the p-type semiconductor layer includes a ridge raised in a stripe shape, the ridge including a contact layer formed in a layer including a principal surface on a side opposite to the substrate, a stepped portion defined by recessing the contact layer is formed in at least part of a boundary between a lateral surface among surfaces defining outer edges of the ridge, the lateral surface extending along a lengthwise direction of the ridge, and the principal surface of the ridge, and the electrode layer covers the principal surface of the ridge and the stepped portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Noguchi, Yoshihiko Tani, Hiroshi Nakatsu
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Patent number: 12040348Abstract: An image display element, provided with a pixel region and a connection region, includes a light-emitting unit and a driving circuit substrate. The light-emitting unit includes a semiconductor layer obtained by layering a second conductive layer, a light-emitting layer, and a first conductive layer, mesa shapes formed by dividing the semiconductor layer, and a step portion separated from the mesa shapes by a groove. A first electrode is connected to the first conductive layer and a first driving electrode. The light-emitting unit further includes, between the mesa shapes adjacent to each other, a wiring line layer forming a conductive path, the wiring line layer being thinner than a layer thickness of a portion of each of the mesa shapes in the semiconductor layer. The wiring line layer extends to a top of the step portion and is connected to a common second electrode provided on the step portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuta Ikawa, Shinji Yamaguchi, Osamu Jinushi, Naoto Momotani, Kyohei Mikami
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Patent number: 12034105Abstract: An image display element provides an image display element including a plurality of micro light-emitting elements arrayed in an array manner, and a semiconductor layer at which a drive circuit is disposed, the drive circuit being configured to supply a current to each of the plurality of micro light-emitting elements to cause light to be emitted, in which a transistor that constitutes the drive circuit and a wiring layer are disposed at a first surface of the semiconductor layer, the plurality of micro light-emitting elements are disposed at a second surface of the semiconductor layer that is an opposite side of the first surface, and the transistor and the wiring layer are electrically coupled to the micro light-emitting elements through a through substrate via that extends through the semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Hidenori Kawanishi, Shinsuke Anzai
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Patent number: 11908847Abstract: An image display element includes micro light emitting elements disposed in an array on a driving circuit substrate. An excitation light emitting element includes a main body including a compound semiconductor, a metal electrode disposed on a side of the main body located closer to the driving circuit substrate, and a transparent electrode disposed on an opposite side to the driving circuit substrate, and a light emission layer included in the main body is disposed on a side opposite to the driving circuit substrate from a center portion of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Hidenori Kawanishi, Koji Takahashi, Hiroaki Onuma
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Patent number: 11862671Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a body region of the first conductivity type, a source region of a second conductivity type, a drain region of the second conductivity type, a gate electrode, a drift region of the second conductivity type, an implanted oxide layer, and a semiconductor region of the first conductivity type. The semiconductor region is formed to extend in a direction along the top face of the semiconductor substrate. A first distance and a second distance are set so that an intensity of 0.35 MV/cm or less is observed in an electric field of a first region including the end portion of the drift region and in an electric field of a second region between the end of the semiconductor region and the drain region.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki Abe, Ryu Kaihara, Takahiro Takimoto
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Patent number: 11792372Abstract: A projector includes: a laser light source; a shaping section configured to shape a laser light emitted from the laser light source; and a scanning section configured to two-dimensionally scan, on a screen, a laser beam shaped by the shaping section. Under a situation where a distance from an optical emitting surface of the laser beam to the screen is constant, the laser light source and the shaping section are configured to perform two-dimensional scanning of the laser beam on the screen by using a tip of the laser beam corresponding to each of cross sections at a plurality of positions of a tapered portion of the laser beam from the scanning section to a beam waist of the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aisaku Yokoyama, Satoru Tamura, Junpei Ooi
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Patent number: 11728370Abstract: An image display device comprises a drive circuit substrate including a drive circuit that supplies currents to micro light-emitting elements to emit light; and the micro light-emitting elements arranged in an array shape on the drive circuit substrate, wherein a light-distribution control unit that increases forward light emission of the micro light-emitting elements is disposed on a light-emitting surface of each of the micro light-emitting elements, and a partition wall that does not transmit the light emitted by the micro light-emitting elements is disposed around the light-distribution control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Kawanishi, Koji Takahashi, Katsuji Iguchi
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Patent number: 11538796Abstract: In an image display device, a scattering unit has a size that covers a surface of a red conversion unit on a side that emits light having a second wavelength and a surface of a green conversion unit on a side that emits light having a third wavelength, and faces at most a part of a micro LED element.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masumi Maegawa, Katsuji Iguchi, Koji Takahashi
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Patent number: 11506344Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a casing including an upper surface portion having one or more first through holes, and a front surface portion having an opening; a transparent member that closes off the one or more first through holes; one or more light-emitting elements that face the one or more first through holes, respectively, within the casing; and a lid member provided so as to close off the opening, wherein the casing is integrally formed using one material.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Masaya Ishida, Hiroyoshi Higashisaka, Hiroki Orita, Tsuyoshi Ono
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Patent number: 11456288Abstract: An image display element includes micro light emitting elements arranged in an array, a drive circuit substrate that includes a drive circuit for supplying a current to the micro light emitting elements to cause light to be emitted, and an antenna arranged on a light emitting surface of each of the micro light emitting elements, in which the antenna includes isolated convex portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Onuma, Katsuji Iguchi, Koji Takahashi, Hidenori Kawanishi
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Patent number: 11424225Abstract: An image display device includes: a plurality of micro light emitting elements arranged in an array shape; a driving circuit substrate including a driving circuit that supplies electric current to the plurality of micro light emitting elements and that causes the plurality of micro light emitting elements to emit light; a plurality of micro lenses in contact with light emitting surfaces of the plurality of micro light emitting elements; and a plurality of partition walls disposed around the plurality of micro lenses in a direction parallel to the light emitting surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Hidenori Kawanishi, Koji Takahashi, Masumi Maegawa
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Patent number: 11398464Abstract: A micro light emitting element includes: a body including a compound semiconductor layer in which a first conductive layer, a light emission layer, and a second conductive layer with a conductive type opposite to a conductive type of the first conductive layer are stacked in order from a light emitting surface side; a first electrode including a transparent electrode on the light emitting surface side; a second electrode including a metal film on a side opposite to the light emitting surface side; and a first reflective material covering a side surface of the body. The light emission layer is disposed on the light emitting surface side of the body. The side surface of the body is tapered at an inclination angle to open in a light emitting direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi, Hidenori Kawanishi
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Patent number: 10992103Abstract: A laser device includes a substrate including a principal surface and a recess provided in the principal surface; a laser oscillation unit fixed to the principal surface in direct contact with the principal surface or with an adhesive interposed between the laser oscillation unit and the principal surface, the laser oscillation unit having an emission surface from which laser light that diverges as the laser light travels is emitted along the principal surface; and a reflecting member fixed to a bottom surface of the recess and having an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the principal surface so as to reflect the laser light. At least a portion of the inclined surface is positioned in a space inside the recess.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Komada, Keisuke Miyazaki, Takashi Ono, Tetsuya Fujitani