Patents by Inventor Akihisa Shimomura

Akihisa Shimomura 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: 20240128380
    Abstract: A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka OKAZAKI, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Naoto YAMADE, Tomoya TAKESHITA, Tetsuhiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240059063
    Abstract: An inkjet head nozzle plate formed from stainless steel in which a deformation in a nozzle inner wall or a nozzle tip is less, a method of manufacturing the inkjet head nozzle plate, and an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device which use the inkjet head nozzle plate. The inkjet head nozzle plate may be an inkjet head nozzle plate formed from at least stainless steel. The stainless steel is austenitic stainless steel in which a content ratio of a martensite phase is 5.4% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Atsushi IMURA, Tetsuji MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240025174
    Abstract: An inkjet head contains a silicon nozzle substrate having an ink channel surface and an ink ejection surface facing the channel surface, and having a nozzle penetrating from the channel surface to the ejection surface; a channel substrate bonded to the channel surface of the silicon nozzle substrate, and including an ink channel and a substrate body that forms the ink channel; and a liquid-repellent film provided on the ejection surface of the silicon nozzle substrate. The channel substrate includes a through channel that penetrates the substrate body so as to face the nozzle, n-number of individual circulation channels that communicate with the through channel, extend in a direction away from the nozzle, and have a portion overlapping the substrate body in a plan view. A positional relationship between each of the individual circulation channels and the nozzle satisfies a specific Expression 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yohei SATO, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Yoshinori YOSHIDA, Hiroaki KOZAI
  • Patent number: 11845277
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet head containing a nozzle plate having at least a substrate, wherein the nozzle plate has a liquid-repellent layer on an outermost surface of the substrate on an ink ejection surface side; a liquid-repellent layer base film is provided between the substrate and the liquid-repellent layer; and the liquid-repellent layer base film contains at least silicon (Si) and carbon (C), and having a maximum peak P of a binding energy of a Si2p orbital of a surface portion measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is in the range represented by the following Formula (1), Formula (1): 99.6 (eV)?P?101.9 (eV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Akihisa Shimomura, Hiroaki Kozai
  • Publication number: 20230361219
    Abstract: A transistor with stable electrical characteristics. A semiconductor device includes a first insulator over a substrate, a second insulator over the first insulator, an oxide semiconductor in contact with at least part of a top surface of the second insulator, a third insulator in contact with at least part of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a first conductor and a second conductor electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor, a fourth insulator over the third insulator, a third conductor which is over the fourth insulator and at least part of which is between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a fifth insulator over the third conductor. The first insulator contains a halogen element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro TANAKA, Mitsuhiro ICHIJO, Toshiya ENDO, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Yuji EGI, Sachiaki TEZUKA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11807004
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet head containing: a substrate having a nozzle hole, and a nozzle plate having a liquid repellent layer on an outermost surface of the substrate on an ink discharge surface side, wherein the nozzle plate has a conductive layer between the substrate and the liquid repellent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Ayako Suzuki, Akihisa Shimomura, Akihisa Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230321978
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes a first and a second channel substrates. At least one of the first and the second channel substrates is formed of silicon. A bonding interface of the first and the second channel substrates is bonded via an adhesive layer. A protective film containing a compound having a Si—C bond is formed on: an ink channel surface formed of silicon among the first and the second channel substrates; and a surface of the channel substrate side formed of silicon in the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yohei SATO, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Yoshinori YOSHIDA, Hiroaki Kozai
  • Publication number: 20230234354
    Abstract: There is provided a nozzle plate of an inkjet head, the nozzle plate including: a first surface that is bonded to an upper layer substrate by an adhesive; and a second surface in which an opening of a nozzle that ejects an ink is provided. A step is formed at an edge of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Tadashi HIRANO, Tomohiro NISHIURA
  • Publication number: 20230178656
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device in which a large current can flow. To provide a semiconductor device which can be driven stably at a high driving voltage. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer and apart from each other in a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode with the semiconductor layer therebetween, a first gate insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, and a second gate insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode. The first gate electrode overlaps with part of the first electrode, the semiconductor layer, and part of the second electrode. The second gate electrode overlaps with the semiconductor layer and part of the first electrode, and does not overlap with the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Akihisa Shimomura, Daigo Ito
  • Patent number: 11646378
    Abstract: A transistor with stable electrical characteristics. A semiconductor device includes a first insulator over a substrate, a second insulator over the first insulator, an oxide semiconductor in contact with at least part of a top surface of the second insulator, a third insulator in contact with at least part of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a first conductor and a second conductor electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor, a fourth insulator over the third insulator, a third conductor which is over the fourth insulator and at least part of which is between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a fifth insulator over the third conductor. The first insulator contains a halogen element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Ichijo, Toshiya Endo, Akihisa Shimomura, Yuji Egi, Sachiaki Tezuka, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230104803
    Abstract: To provide a novel oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes In, M, and Zn. The M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn. In the case where the proportion of In in the oxide semiconductor film is 4, the proportion of M is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 2.5 and the proportion of Zn is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Junichi KOEZUKA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Yasumasa YAMANE, Yuhei SATO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11581439
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device in which a large current can flow. To provide a semiconductor device which can be driven stably at a high driving voltage. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer and apart from each other in a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode with the semiconductor layer therebetween, a first gate insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, and a second gate insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode. The first gate electrode overlaps with part of the first electrode, the semiconductor layer, and part of the second electrode. The second gate electrode overlaps with the semiconductor layer and part of the first electrode, and does not overlap with the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Akihisa Shimomura, Daigo Ito
  • Patent number: 11532755
    Abstract: To provide a novel oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes In, M, and Zn. The M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn. In the case where the proportion of In in the oxide semiconductor film is 4, the proportion of M is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal 2.5 and the proportion of Zn is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Junichi Koezuka, Kenichi Okazaki, Yasumasa Yamane, Yuhei Sato, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11504967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing, a metal nozzle plate, in which is formed a nozzle for discharging a liquid and that is to be bonded with adhesive to a head chip provided with an actuator for discharging the liquid, the method including: forming the nozzle in a metal plate-like member; forming a groove in the metal plate-like member; and performing exterior processing with respect to the nozzle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Marubayashi, Akihisa Shimomura, Yusuke Hayashi, Tadashi Hirano, Shingo Uraki, Yohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20220352387
    Abstract: A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yutaka OKAZAKI, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Naoto YAMADE, Tomoya TAKESHITA, Tetsuhiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11396180
    Abstract: An inkjet head manufacturing method for an inkjet head that includes a head chip including: a nozzle ejecting ink; and a flow path substrate including an ink flow path which communicates with the nozzle and through which the ink flows, the method including: composite substrate manufacturing that is manufacturing a composite substrate including a plurality of regions which forms flow path substrates by being split; first protective film forming that is forming a first protective film on a surface of the composite substrate and an inner wall surface of the ink flow path; splitting that is splitting the composite substrate into the flow path substrates; and second protective film forming that is forming a second protective film on at least an exposed face in a split face of the flow path substrate generated in the splitting, the exposed face being exposed in a surface of the head chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Akihisa Shimomura, Hikaru Hamano
  • Patent number: 11393930
    Abstract: A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Okazaki, Akihisa Shimomura, Naoto Yamade, Tomoya Takeshita, Tetsuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11380799
    Abstract: To provide a novel oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes In, M, and Zn. The M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn. In the case where the proportion of In in the oxide semiconductor film is 4, the proportion of M is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 2.5 and the proportion of Zn is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Junichi Koezuka, Kenichi Okazaki, Yasumasa Yamane, Yuhei Sato, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220105727
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet head containing a nozzle plate having at least a substrate, wherein the nozzle plate has a liquid-repellent layer on an outermost surface of the substrate on an ink ejection surface side; a liquid-repellent layer base film is provided between the substrate and the liquid-repellent layer; and the liquid-repellent layer base film contains at least silicon (Si) and carbon (C), and having a maximum peak P of a binding energy of a Si2p orbital of a surface portion measured by X-ray photoeletron spectroscopy is in the range represented by the following Formula (1), Formula (1): 99.6 (eV)?P?101.9 (eV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei SATO, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Hiroaki KOZAI
  • Patent number: 11133402
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor layer with high and stable electrical characteristics, the semiconductor device is manufactured by forming a first insulating layer, forming oxide over the first insulating layer and then removing the oxide n times (n is a natural number), forming an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, forming a second insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, and forming a conductive layer over the second insulating layer. Alternatively, the semiconductor device is manufactured by forming the oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, forming the second insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, forming the oxide over the second insulating layer and then removing the oxide n times (n is a natural number), and forming the conductive layer over the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Ryo Tokumaru, Yasumasa Yamane, Akihisa Shimomura, Naoki Okuno