Patents by Inventor BUNZI MIZUNO

BUNZI MIZUNO 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: 11112552
    Abstract: A light-guide sheet according to the present disclosure is a light-guide sheet that takes in incident light and waveguides light in a direction intersecting with an incident direction of the incident light inside the light-guide sheet. The light-guide sheet includes: a lower refractive index layer; a light-transmissive layer that is continuously stacked with the lower refractive index layer and has a refractive index that is higher than a refractive index of the lower refractive index layer; and a diffraction grating that is disposed on the light-transmissive layer and changes a travelling direction of the incident light. A pattern of the diffraction grating is divided into a plurality of partial patterns on the light-transmissive layer, and each of the plurality of partial patterns has a concentric circular shape or a concentric polygonal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Nishiwaki, Bunzi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20200233139
    Abstract: A light-guide sheet according to the present disclosure is a light-guide sheet that takes in incident light and waveguides light in a direction intersecting with an incident direction of the incident light inside the light-guide sheet. The light-guide sheet includes: a lower refractive index layer; a light-transmissive layer that is continuously stacked with the lower refractive index layer and has a refractive index that is higher than a refractive index of the lower refractive index layer; and a diffraction grating that is disposed on the light-transmissive layer and changes a travelling direction of the incident light. A pattern of the diffraction grating is divided into a plurality of partial patterns on the light-transmissive layer, and each of the plurality of partial patterns has a concentric circular shape or a concentric polygonal shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Seiji NISHIWAKI, Bunzi MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10177063
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element chip includes a protection film stacking step of staking a protection film to the element region, and the dividing region, the part of the exposed second damaged region and a protection film etching step of removing a part of the protection film which is stacked on the dividing region and the protection film which is stacked on the element region by exposing the substrate to second plasma and remaining the protection film for covering the part of the second damaged region. Furthermore, the method for manufacturing an element chip includes a plasma dicing step of dividing the substrate to a plurality of element chips by exposing the substrate to third plasma in a state where the second main surface is supported by a supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bunzi Mizuno, Mitsuru Hiroshima, Shogo Okita, Noriyuki Matsubara, Atsushi Harikai
  • Patent number: 9941167
    Abstract: The method includes a laser scribing step of forming an opening including an exposing portion, where the first layer is exposed, by irradiating the dividing region of the substrate with laser light from the first main surface side, forming a remaining region on which the second layer in the dividing region remains around the opening other than the exposing portion, and forming a first damaged region of a surface layer portion of the first layer including the exposing portion and a second damaged region of a surface layer portion of the first layer to be covered by the remaining region on the first layer of the dividing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bunzi Mizuno, Shogo Okita, Mitsuru Hiroshima, Tutomu Sakurai, Noriyuki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 9911677
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element chip includes a protection film etching step of removing a part of the protection film which is stacked on the dividing region and the protection film which is stacked on the element region through etching the protection film anisotropically by exposing the substrate to first plasma and remaining the protection film for covering an end surface of the element region. Furthermore, the method for manufacturing an element chip includes an isotropic etching step of etching the dividing region isotropically by exposing the substrate to second plasma and a plasma dicing step of dividing the substrate to a plurality of element chips including the element region by exposing the substrate to third plasma in a state where the second main surface is supported by a supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bunzi Mizuno, Mitsuru Hiroshima, Shogo Okita, Noriyuki Matsubara, Atsushi Harikai
  • Publication number: 20170263500
    Abstract: The method includes a laser scribing step of forming an opening including an exposing portion, where the first layer is exposed, by irradiating the dividing region of the substrate with laser light from the first main surface side, forming a remaining region on which the second layer in the dividing region remains around the opening other than the exposing portion, and forming a first damaged region of a surface layer portion of the first layer including the exposing portion and a second damaged region of a surface layer portion of the first layer to be covered by the remaining region on the first layer of the dividing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BUNZI MIZUNO, SHOGO OKITA, MITSURU HIROSHIMA, TUTOMU SAKURAI, NORIYUKI MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20170263502
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing an element chip includes a mounting step and a plasma dicing step. In the mounting step, a semiconductor substrate with flexibility, which has a first main surface and a second main surface located at an opposite side of the first main surface, which has a plurality element regions and a dividing region for defining the element regions, and on which a mask for covering the first main surface in the element region and for exposing the first main surface in the dividing region is formed, is mounted on a stage. In the plasma dicing step, the semiconductor substrate is diced into a plurality of element chips including the element; region by exposing the first main surface side of the semiconductor substrate to plasma on the stage and etching from the first main surface side to the second main surface while forming a groove on the dividing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: SHOGO OKITA, ATSUSHI HARIKAI, AKIHIRO ITOU, NORIYUKI MATSUBARA, BUNZI MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20170263526
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element chip includes a protection film etching step of removing a part of the protection film which is stacked on the dividing region and the protection film which is stacked on the element region through etching the protection film anisotropically by exposing the substrate to first plasma and remaining the protection film for covering an end surface of the element region. Furthermore, the method for manufacturing an element chip includes an isotropic etching step of etching the dividing region isotropically by exposing the substrate to second plasma and a plasma dicing step of dividing the substrate to a plurality of element chips including the element region by exposing the substrate to third plasma in a state where the second main surface is supported by a supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BUNZI MIZUNO, MITSURU HIROSHIMA, SHOGO OKITA, NORIYUKI MATSUBARA, ATSUSHI HARIKAI
  • Publication number: 20170263501
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element chip includes a laser dicing step of dividing the substrate to a plurality of element chips including the element region by irradiating the dividing region of the substrate with laser light, in a state of supported by a supporting member and forming a damaged region on an end surface of the element chip. Furthermore, the method for manufacturing an element chip includes a protection film stacking step of stacking a protection film on the first main surface and the end surface of the element chip, after the laser dicing step and a protection film etching step of removing the protection film stacked on the first main surface through etching the protection film anisotropically by exposing the element chip to plasma, after the protection film stacking, step and remaining the protection film for covering the damaged region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BUNZI MIZUNO, SHOGO OKITA, NORIYUKI MATSUBARA, ATSUSHI HARIKAI, MITSURU HIROSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170263525
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an element chip includes an isotropic etching step of removing the first damaged region and the second damaged region through etching the first layer isotropically by exposing the substrate to first plasma after the laser scribing step. The method of manufacturing an element chip further includes a plasma, dicing step of dividing the substrate to a plurality of element chips including the element region through etching the first layer anisotropically by exposing the substrate to second plasma in a state where the second main surface is supported by a supporting member, after the isotropic etching step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BUNZI MIZUNO, SHOGO OKITA, MITSURU HIROSHIMA, TUTOMU SAKURAI, NORIYUKI MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20170263524
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element chip includes a protection film stacking step of staking a protection film to the element region, and the dividing region, the part of the exposed second damaged region and a protection film etching step of removing a part of the protection film which is stacked on the dividing region and the protection film which is stacked on the element region by exposing the substrate to second plasma and remaining the protection film for covering the part of the second damaged region. Furthermore, the method for manufacturing an element chip includes a plasma dicing step of dividing the substrate to a plurality of element chips by exposing the substrate to third plasma in a state where the second main surface is supported by a supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BUNZI MIZUNO, MITSURU HIROSHIMA, SHOGO OKITA, NORIYUKI MATSUBARA, ATSUSHI HARIKAI