Patents by Inventor Hideaki Mogi

Hideaki Mogi 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: 20220013584
    Abstract: A first solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a bottom-electrode; a top-electrode opposed to the bottom-electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the bottom-electrode and the top-electrode and including a first organic semiconductor material; and an upper inter-layer provided between the top-electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including a second organic semiconductor material having a halogen atom in a molecule at a concentration in a range from 0 volume % or more to less than 0.05 volume %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Hirose, Iwao Yagi, Shintarou Hirata, Hideaki Mogi, Masashi Bando, Osamu Enoki
  • Publication number: 20220005872
    Abstract: A first solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a bottom-electrode; a top-electrode opposed to the bottom-electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the bottom-electrode and the top-electrode and including a first organic semiconductor material; and—an upper inter-layer provided between the top-electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including a second organic semiconductor material having a halogen atom in a molecule at a concentration in a range from 0 volume % or more to less than 0.05 volume %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei HIROSE, Iwao YAGI, Shintarou HIRATA, Hideaki MOGI, Masashi BANDO, Osamu ENOKI
  • Patent number: 11211422
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state image sensor of a vertical spectral diffraction type in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units are stacked in a region of each pixel, the solid-state image sensor includes a first photoelectric conversion module that includes a first photoelectric conversion unit that to performs photoelectric conversion on light in a first wavelength range of incident light, a first upper electrode and a first lower electrode with the first photoelectric conversion unit between the first upper electrode and the first lower electrode, and a first spectral correction unit between the first upper electrode and the first lower electrode stacked on the first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit that performs photoelectric conversion on light in a second wavelength range of light that has passed through the first photoelectric conversion module, the second wavelength range is different from the first wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Mogi, Yohei Hirose, Shintarou Hirata, Yuya Kumagai, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Masaki Murata, Yasuharu Ujiie
  • Patent number: 11190711
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic device capable of simultaneously imaging a subject image and detecting a moving object. A solid-state image sensor according to an aspect of the present disclosure is provided with an infrared light detection unit which outputs a moving object image on the basis of infrared light out of incident light, and a visible light detection unit which outputs a subject image on the basis of visible light out of the incident light, in which the infrared light detection unit and the visible light detection unit are stacked and simultaneously output the moving object image and the subject image with the same frame and the same angle of view. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an electronic device having an imaging function for detecting a moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Mogi
  • Patent number: 11158675
    Abstract: A first solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a bottom-electrode; a top-electrode opposed to the bottom-electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the bottom-electrode and the top-electrode and including a first organic semiconductor material; and an—upper inter-layer provided between the top-electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including a second organic semiconductor material having a halogen atom in a molecule at a concentration in a range from 0 volume % or more to less than 0.05 volume %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Hirose, Iwao Yagi, Shintarou Hirata, Hideaki Mogi, Masashi Bando, Osamu Enoki
  • Publication number: 20210320149
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a first organic semiconductor material, a second organic semiconductor material, and a third organic semiconductor material that have mother skeletons different from one another. The first organic semiconductor material is one of fullerenes and fullerene derivatives. The second organic semiconductor material in a form of a single-layer film has a higher linear absorption coefficient of a maximal light absorption wavelength in a visible light region than a single-layer film of the first organic semiconductor material and a single-layer film of the third organic semiconductor material. The third organic semiconductor material has a value equal to or higher than a HOMO level of the second organic semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki MATSUZAWA, Yoshiaki OBANA, Ichiro TAKEMURA, Norikazu NAKAYAMA, Masami SHIMOKAWA, Tetsuji YAMAGUCHI, Iwao YAGI, Hideaki MOGI
  • Publication number: 20210257561
    Abstract: There is provided a photoelectric conversion film including a quinacridone derivative represented by the following General formula and a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OBANA, Yuki NEGISHI, Yuta HASEGAWA, Ichiro TAKEMURA, Osamu ENOKI, Hideaki MOGI, Nobuyuki MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 11056539
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a first organic semiconductor material, a second organic semiconductor material, and a third organic semiconductor material that have mother skeletons different from one another. The first organic semiconductor material is one of fullerenes and fullerene derivatives. The second organic semiconductor material in a form of a single-layer film has a higher linear absorption coefficient of a maximal light absorption wavelength in a visible light region than a single-layer film of the first organic semiconductor material and a single-layer film of the third organic semiconductor material. The third organic semiconductor material has a value equal to or higher than a HOMO level of the second organic semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Matsuzawa, Yoshiaki Obana, Ichiro Takemura, Norikazu Nakayama, Masami Shimokawa, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Iwao Yagi, Hideaki Mogi
  • Patent number: 11018308
    Abstract: There is provided a photoelectric conversion film including a quinacridone derivative represented by the following General formula and a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Obana, Yuki Negishi, Yuta Hasegawa, Ichiro Takemura, Osamu Enoki, Hideaki Mogi, Nobuyuki Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20210118955
    Abstract: To provide a photo-electric conversion element in which responsiveness and external quantum efficiency are improved. Provided is an organic photo-electric conversion element 10 including: an organic photo-electric conversion layer 13 sandwiched by a first electrode 11 and a second electrode 15. The organic photo-electric conversion layer 13 contains organic molecules of a quinacridone (QD) derivative and a subphthalocyanine (SubPc) derivative, and at least the quinacridone derivative out of the organic molecules is in random orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya ITO, Yuta HASEGAWA, Hideaki MOGI
  • Patent number: 10892301
    Abstract: To provide a photo-electric conversion element in which responsiveness and external quantum efficiency are improved. Provided is an organic photo-electric conversion element including: an organic photo-electric conversion layer sandwiched by a first electrode and a second electrode. The organic photo-electric conversion layer contains organic molecules of a quinacridone (QD) derivative and a subphthalocyanine (SubPc) derivative, and at least the quinacridone derivative out of the organic molecules is in random orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ito, Yuta Hasegawa, Hideaki Mogi
  • Publication number: 20200295074
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic apparatus that suppress a decrease in light collection efficiency and degradation in oblique light resistance and enable a reduction in the height of a solid-state image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: HIDEAKI MOGI, YOHEI HIROSE, SHINTAROU HIRATA, YUYA KUMAGAI, TETSUJI YAMAGUCHI, MASAKI MURATA, YASUHARU UJIIE
  • Publication number: 20200295088
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a photoelectric conversion device and an imaging apparatus capable of improving quantum efficiency and a response speed. [Solving means] A first photoelectric conversion device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity. Variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yu KATO, Yuta INABA, Masato KANNO, Hideaki MOGI, Miki KIMIJIMA, Sae MIYAJI
  • Publication number: 20200274077
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode: a second electrode opposed to the first electrode; and an organic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including an organic photoelectric conversion layer, and at least one layer included in the organic layer is formed including at least one kind of organic semiconductor material represented by a general expression (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuharu UJIIE, Yosuke SAITO, Yuta HASEGAWA, Hideaki MOGI, Osamu ENOKI, Yuki NEGISHI
  • Patent number: 10672994
    Abstract: There is provided a photoelectric conversion film including a quinacridone derivative represented by the following General formula (1) and a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Obana, Yuki Negishi, Yuta Hasegawa, Ichiro Takemura, Osamu Enoki, Hideaki Mogi, Nobuyuki Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20200168815
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element uses organic materials and is provided with improved quantum efficiency and response rate. The organic photoelectric conversion element includes, in a photoelectric conversion layer, p-type molecules represented by Formula (1): in which A represents any one of oxygen, sulfur or selenium, any one of R1 to R4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, the remainder of R1 to R4 each represent hydrogen, any one of R5 to R8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, and the remainder of R5 to R8 each represent hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yosuke SAITO, Ichiro TAKEMURA, Osamu ENOKI, Yuki NEGISHI, Yuta HASEGAWA, Hideaki MOGI, Yasuharu UJIIE
  • Publication number: 20200161566
    Abstract: There is provided a photoelectric conversion film including a quinacridone derivative represented by the following General formula and a subphthalocyanine derivative represented by the following General formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OBANA, Yuki NEGISHI, Yuta HASEGAWA, Ichiro TAKEMURA, Osamu ENOKI, Hideaki MOGI, Nobuyuki MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200119100
    Abstract: An image pickup element is constituted by laminating at least a first electrode, an organic photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in order, and the organic photoelectric conversion layer includes a first organic semiconductor material having the following structural formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki MURATA, Hideaki MOGI, Shintarou HIRATA, Iwao YAGI, Yasuharu UJIIE, Masashi BANDO, Raku SHIRASAWA, Hajime KOBAYASHI, Mitsunori NAKAMOTO, Yuichi TOKITA
  • Patent number: 10608049
    Abstract: An image pickup element is constituted by laminating at least a first electrode, an organic photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in order, and the organic photoelectric conversion layer includes a first organic semiconductor material having the following structural formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Murata, Hideaki Mogi, Shintarou Hirata, Iwao Yagi, Yasuharu Ujiie, Masashi Bando, Raku Shirasawa, Hajime Kobayashi, Mitsunori Nakamoto, Yuichi Tokita
  • Patent number: 10566548
    Abstract: An image sensor includes at least a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic photoelectric conversion layer, and a carrier blocking layer. The carrier blocking layer is formed of a material having the following structural formula (1), and has a thickness of from 5×10?9 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ujiie, Masaki Murata, Yuya Kumagai, Hideaki Mogi, Shintarou Hirata