Patents by Inventor Eiji Terao

Eiji Terao 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: 8656736
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass substrate with buried through electrodes comprises forming via-holes in each of two base panels and in a glass panel interposed between the base panels so that the via-holes are aligned with one another. Conductive wires are penetrated through the aligned via-holes and stretched between the base panels. The first panel is subjected to compression stress and is heated to a temperature higher than a softening point of the glass material so that the stretched conductive wires are buried in the glass material. The first panel is then cooled to form a glass ingot having the buried conductive wires. The glass ingot is sliced to form a glass panel, and the glass panel is polished to expose the buried conductive wires on front and rear surfaces of the glass panel to form a glass substrate with buried through electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Eiji Terao
  • Publication number: 20120006061
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a glass substrate with through electrodes, the method including: a wire stretching process in which a plurality of conductive wires are stretched in parallel between upper and lower bases; a wire burying process in which a plurality of the wires between the bases are buried by glass; an ingot formation process in which a glass ingot having the buried wires is formed by cooling the glass; a slicing process in which a glass panel is formed by slicing the glass ingot; and a polishing process in which a plurality of the wires are exposed on front and rear surfaces of the glass panel to provide the through electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Eiji Terao
  • Publication number: 20120006060
    Abstract: A plurality of via-holes are formed in panel-shaped glass, and a plurality of via-holes are formed in two bases. Then, the panel-shaped glass is interposed between the two bases, positions of a plurality of the via-holes of the bases and a plurality of the via-holes of the panel-shaped glass are aligned, wires made of a conductive material are penetrated, and the wires between the two bases are stretched. Then, the panel-shaped glass is heated to a point higher than a softening point of the glass, the wires between the bases are buried by the glass, and the glass is cooled to form a glass ingot having the buried wires. Then, the ingot is sliced to form a glass substrate, the glass panel is polished to expose the wires on front and rear surfaces as the through electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Eiji Terao