Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Uemura

Hirotaka Uemura 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: 11482665
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate: a vertical Hall element formed in the semiconductor substrate, and having a magnetosensitive portion; a first excitation wiring disposed above the magnetosensitive portion, and configured to apply a first calibration magnetic field (M1) to the magnetosensitive portion; and second excitation wirings disposed above the magnetosensitive portion on one side and on another side of the first excitation wiring, respectively, along the first excitation wiring as viewed in plan view from immediately above a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and configured to apply second calibration magnetic fields (M2) to the magnetosensitive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Ogawa, Hirotaka Uemura
  • Patent number: 11422208
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a magneto-sensitive portion (105); an excitation wiring (110) formed in a wiring region above the magneto-sensitive portion (105) through intermediation of an insulating film (12), the excitation wiring (110) including a plurality of conductor portions (1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1105) arranged in in order across at least one radial direction from a center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion (105); a current flowing through the excitation wiring (110) having a current density of which an absolute value becomes zero in a vicinity of a center of the magneto-sensitive portion (105) and continuously increases toward an outer side of the magneto-sensitive portion (105); and a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the excitation wiring (110) in a direction vertical to the surface of the magneto-sensitive portion (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Uemura
  • Patent number: 11367831
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface perpendicular to the first direction; a vertical Hall element formed in the semiconductor substrate, and including a magnetosensitive portion having a depth in the first direction, a width in the second direction, and a length in the third direction; and an excitation wiring extending in the third direction and disposed above the semiconductor substrate and at a position that overlaps the center position of the width of the magnetosensitive portion, and the value u derived from Expression (1) is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Ogawa, Hirotaka Uemura
  • Patent number: 11340318
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor has a Hall IC that has a Hall element formed on a surface of the Hall IC, and a lead frame that supports the Hall IC. The lead frame includes a first region that is disposed in the vicinity of the Hall element and generates a first magnetic field due to a first eddy current generated when a measurement target magnetic field is applied, and second regions that are disposed away from the first region and generate a second magnetic field having an intensity that cancels the first magnetic field by means of second eddy currents generated when the measurement target magnetic field is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ABLIC Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uemura, Atsushi Igarashi, Takahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11326901
    Abstract: A magnetic substance detection sensor includes a first support substrate, a magnet disposed on the upper main surface of the first support substrate so that a magnetization direction becomes parallel to the upper main surface of the first support substrate, a semiconductor chip disposed on the upper main surface of the first support substrate and having a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a magnetic field component in a specific direction, and a soft magnetic substance film disposed on the lower main surface of the first support substrate and extending in a direction parallel to the magnetization direction of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Uemura
  • Patent number: 11165014
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a vertical Hall element including a magnetosensitive portion, and formed in the semiconductor substrate; and an excitation wiring provided above a surface of the semiconductor substrate and apart from the magnetosensitive portion. The excitation wiring is formed of a single wiring with a plurality of turns. The excitation wiring includes a plurality of main wiring portions arranged side by side, and apart from one another in an overlapping region that overlaps the magnetosensitive portion as viewed in plan view from a direction orthogonal to the surface of the semiconductor substrate; and auxiliary wiring portions connecting each of the plurality of main wiring portions to one another in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Ogawa, Hirotaka Uemura
  • Publication number: 20210270915
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor has a Hall IC that has a Hall element formed on a surface of the Hall IC, and a lead frame that supports the Hall IC. The lead frame includes a first region that is disposed in the vicinity of the Hall element and generates a first magnetic field due to a first eddy current generated when a measurement target magnetic field is applied, and second regions that are disposed away from the first region and generate a second magnetic field having an intensity that cancels the first magnetic field by means of second eddy currents generated when the measurement target magnetic field is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: ABLIC Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka UEMURA, Atsushi IGARASHI, Takahiro KATO
  • Patent number: 11099244
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate 10 of a first conductivity type, a vertical Hall element 100 provided on the semiconductor substrate 10, and an excitation conductor 200 provided directly above the vertical Hall element 100 with an intermediation of an insulating film 30. The vertical Hall element 100 includes a semiconductor layer 101 of a second conductivity type provided on the semiconductor substrate 10, and a plurality of electrodes 111 through 115 each constituted from a high-concentration second conductivity type impurity region and provided on the surface of the semiconductor layer 101 along a straight line. A ratio WC/WH between a width WC of the excitation conductor 200 and a width WH of each of the plurality of electrodes 111 through 115 satisfies 0.3?WC/WH?1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hioka, Hirotaka Uemura
  • Patent number: 11035910
    Abstract: A magnetic substance detection sensor includes a support substrate, a semiconductor chip provided on the support substrate and having a magnetic field detection element, a permanent magnet provided on the support substrate, and a resin encapsulation layer covering the semiconductor chip and the permanent magnet. The resin encapsulation layer has a first resin layer exposing the permanent magnet and covering the semiconductor chip, and a second resin layer continuously covering the permanent magnet and the first resin layer, and stress caused by curing contraction of the second resin layer is smaller than that of the first resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Uemura
  • Publication number: 20210080289
    Abstract: A magnetic substance detection sensor includes a first support substrate, a magnet disposed on the upper main surface of the first support substrate so that a magnetization direction becomes parallel to the upper main surface of the first support substrate, a semiconductor chip disposed on the upper main surface of the first support substrate and having a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a magnetic field component in a specific direction, and a soft magnetic substance film disposed on the lower main surface of the first support substrate and extending in a direction parallel to the magnetization direction of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200309983
    Abstract: A magnetic substance detection sensor includes a support substrate, a magnet having a thickness, and disposed on one of an upper main surface and a lower main surface of the support substrate so that a magnetization direction becomes parallel to the upper main surface, and a semiconductor chip disposed on one of the upper main surface and the lower main surface, and having a magnetic field detection element to detect a magnetic field component in a specific direction. The magnetic field detection element is disposed outside a first space adjacent to the magnet in the magnetization direction and having the thickness, a second space adjacent to the magnet in a direction orthogonal to the magnetization direction, and a third space extending from the first space along the direction orthogonal to the specific direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200313080
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface perpendicular to the first direction; a vertical Hall element formed in the semiconductor substrate, and including a magnetosensitive portion having a depth in the first direction, a width in the second direction, and a length in the third direction; and an excitation wiring extending in the third direction and disposed above the semiconductor substrate and at a position that overlaps the center position of the width of the magnetosensitive portion, and the value u derived from Expression (1) is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yohei OGAWA, Hirotaka Uemura
  • Publication number: 20200313079
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a vertical Hall element including a magnetosensitive portion, and formed in the semiconductor substrate; and an excitation wiring provided above a surface of the semiconductor substrate and apart from the magnetosensitive portion. The excitation wiring is formed of a single wiring with a plurality of turns. The excitation wiring includes a plurality of main wiring portions arranged side by side, and apart from one another in an overlapping region that overlaps the magnetosensitive portion as viewed in plan view from a direction orthogonal to the surface of the semiconductor substrate; and auxiliary wiring portions connecting each of the plurality of main wiring portions to one another in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yohei OGAWA, Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200313081
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate: a vertical Hall element formed in the semiconductor substrate, and having a magnetosensitive portion; a first excitation wiring disposed above the magnetosensitive portion, and configured to apply a first calibration magnetic field (M1) to the magnetosensitive portion; and second excitation wirings disposed above the magnetosensitive portion on one side and on another side of the first excitation wiring, respectively, along the first excitation wiring as viewed in plan view from immediately above a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and configured to apply second calibration magnetic fields (M2) to the magnetosensitive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yohei OGAWA, Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200309868
    Abstract: A magnetic substance detection sensor includes a support substrate, a semiconductor chip provided on the support substrate and having a magnetic field detection element, a permanent magnet provided on the support substrate, and a resin encapsulation layer covering the semiconductor chip and the permanent magnet. The resin encapsulation layer has a first resin layer exposing the permanent magnet and covering the semiconductor chip, and a second resin layer continuously covering the permanent magnet and the first resin layer, and stress caused by curing contraction of the second resin layer is smaller than that of the first resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200166587
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a magneto-sensitive portion (105); an excitation wiring (110) formed in a wiring region above the magneto-sensitive portion (105) through intermediation of an insulating film (12), the excitation wiring (110) including a plurality of conductor portions (1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1105) arranged in in order across at least one radial direction from a center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion (105); a current flowing through the excitation wiring (110) having a current density of which an absolute value becomes zero in a vicinity of a center of the magneto-sensitive portion (105) and continuously increases toward an outer side of the magneto-sensitive portion (105); and a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the excitation wiring (110) in a direction vertical to the surface of the magneto-sensitive portion (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200011942
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate 10 of a first conductivity type, a vertical Hall element 100 provided on the semiconductor substrate 10, and an excitation conductor 200 provided directly above the vertical Hall element 100 with an intermediation of an insulating film 30. The vertical Hall element 100 includes a semiconductor layer 101 of a second conductivity type provided on the semiconductor substrate 10, and a plurality of electrodes 111 through 115 each constituted from a high-concentration second conductivity type impurity region and provided on the surface of the semiconductor layer 101 along a straight line. A ratio WC/WH between a width WC of the excitation conductor 200 and a width WH of each of the plurality of electrodes 111 through 115 satisfies 0.3?WC/WH?1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki HIOKA, Hirotaka UEMURA
  • Patent number: 10186838
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light-emitting element includes a ring-shaped light-emitting portion provided on a substrate, a mode-control light waveguide of Si provided on an upper or a lower surface side of the light-emitting portion, and including at least two portions located close to the light-emitting portion, and an output light waveguide of Si provided on the upper or the lower surface side, and including a portion located close to the light-emitting portion. The mode-control light waveguide has a structure for coupling light traveling in one of a clockwise circulating mode and a counterclockwise circulating mode, and feeding back the light in the other of the clockwise circulating mode and the counterclockwise circulating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uemura, Haruhiko Yoshida, Kazuya Ohira, Mizunori Ezaki, Norio Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10103514
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device according to one embodiment includes a substrate, a first light reflection structure provided in contact with the substrate, a buried layer surrounding the first light reflection structure, an optical semiconductor structure including an active layer, provided above the first light reflection structure, a second light reflection structure provided above the optical semiconductor structure, and a pair of electrodes which supply current to the optical semiconductor structure. The surface of the first light reflection structure and the surface of the buried layer are included in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuya Ohira, Mizunori Ezaki, Hirotaka Uemura, Haruhiko Yoshida, Norio Ilzuka, Hideto Furuyama
  • Publication number: 20180267217
    Abstract: A wavelength filter of an embodiment includes: a first layer having a plurality of first regions containing a first material and a plurality of second regions containing a second material having a refractive index higher than that of the first material, each of the second regions provided between each of the first regions; a second layer provided on the first layer and containing the first material; and a third layer having a plurality of third regions containing the first material, each of the third regions provided on the second layer above each of the first regions, and a plurality of fourth regions containing the second material, each of the fourth regions provided between each of the third regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Haruhiko YOSHIDA, Kazuya OHIRA, Hirotaka UEMURA, Kaori WARABI