Patents by Inventor Isami Ueno

Isami Ueno 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).

  • Solid-state image pickup device with optimum layout of building components around a photoelectric conversion portion
    Patent number: 6633334
    Abstract: To optimize the layout of a pixel portion, there is provided a solid-state image pickup device including a photoelectric conversion portion, a charge transfer portion for transferring signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portion, and an amplifier portion for amplifying a signal corresponding to the signal charges transferred from the charge transfer portion and outputting the signal, wherein a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, a plurality of charge transfer portions, and a plurality of amplifier portions are arranged in the row or/and column directions, and the charge transfer portion and the amplifier portion which are closest to each other are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhito Sakurai, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Isami Ueno, Katsuhisa Ogawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi, Hiroki Hiyama