Patents by Inventor Kakuya Iwata

Kakuya Iwata 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: 7770839
    Abstract: The flight machinery includes a structure in which a main body and a lightweight wing having an unvalued weight compared with the main body are connected by use of a power joint on a line joining the center of a lift force and the center of gravity of the wing in the manner that the main body is positioned under the wing. Accordingly, it is possible to exhibit a function of the flight machinery by adjusting the power joint connecting the upper part and the lower part or the wing to the main body even if the wing and the main body have different characteristics. Additionally, it is possible to stabilize a posture by positioning the total center of gravity at the main body at the lower part. At the same time, it is possible to stabilize the posture just by controlling the position of the servomotor of the power joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventor: Kakuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 7605012
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a silicon substrate (1), a silicon nitride film (2) formed on the surface of the silicon substrate (1), at least an n-type layer (3), (4) and a p-type layer (6), (7) which are formed on the silicon nitride film (2) and also which are made of a ZnO based compound semiconductor, and a semiconductor layer lamination (11) in which layers are laminated to form a light emitting layer. Preferably this silicon nitride film (2) is formed by thermal treatment conducted in an atmosphere containing nitrogen such as an ammonium gas. Also, in another embodiment, a light emitting device is formed by growing a ZnO based compound semiconductor layer on a main face of a sapphire substrate, the main face being perpendicular to the C-face thereof. As a result, it is possible to obtain a device using a ZnO based compound with high properties such as an LED very excellent in crystallinity and having a high light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Tech., Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata, Tetsuhiro Tanabe, Hidemi Takasu, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20090152393
    Abstract: A flight machinery with high stability in the air having a pendulum structure and an active posture control principle which can be designed for universal purposes at a low cost is provided. The flight machinery includes a structure in which a main body and a lightweight wing having an unvalued weight compared with the main body are connected by use of a power joint on a line joining the center of a lift force and the center of gravity of the wing in the manner that the main body is positioned under the wing. Accordingly, it is possible to exhibit a function of the flight machinery by adjusting the power joint connecting the upper part and the lower part or the wing to the main body even if the wing and the main body have different characteristics. Additionally, it is possible to stabilize a posture by positioning the total center of gravity at the main body at the lower part. At the same time, it is possible to stabilize the posture just by controlling the position of the servomotor of the power joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Kakuya Iwata
  • Publication number: 20070169990
    Abstract: The exhaust temperature of the jet engine is set up to 750° C. so that a fiber group sound absorber member such as glass fibers having a high sound-proofing performance can be used by cooling it with bypass air. In order to prevent the fibers from being scattered by a jet flow, a boundary is covered with a mesh metal to form a boundary layer with the bypass air, so that the fiber group sound absorber member can be protected against the jet flow of a high temperature and a high speed and so that the sound-proofing effect of the excellent fiber group sound absorber member can be kept. Moreover, the sound absorber member is prepared by combining sound absorber members of different frequency characteristics, thereby to realize a remarkably high sound-proofing performance exceeding 200 dB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Kakuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 6987029
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a silicon substrate (1), a silicon nitride film (2) formed on the surface of the silicon substrate (1), at least an n-type layer (3), (4) and a p-type layer (6), (7) which are formed on the silicon nitride film (2) and also which are made of a ZnO based compound semiconductor, and a semiconductor layer lamination (11) in which layers are laminated to form a light emitting layer. Preferably this silicon nitride film (2) is formed by thermal treatment conducted in an atmosphere containing nitrogen such as an ammonium gas. Also, in another embodiment, a light emitting device is formed by growing a ZnO based compound semiconductor layer on a main face of a sapphire substrate, the main face being perpendicular to the C-face thereof. As a result, it is possible to obtain a device using a ZnO based compound with high properties such as an LED very excellent in crystallinity and having a high light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata, Tetsuhiro Tanabe, Hidemi Takasu, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20050284518
    Abstract: A solar cell which comprises a back metal electrode and a light-absorbing layer comprising a p-type CIGS semiconductor on a substrate in this order, wherein the solar cell further comprises a p-type or low carrier concentration n-type semiconductor layer comprising ZnO between the light-absorbing layer and the back metal electrode, and a process for producing the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Akimasa Yamada, Hitoshi Tampo, Koji Matsubara, Shigeru Niki, Keiichiro Sakurai, Shogo Ishizuka, Kakuya Iwata
  • Publication number: 20050247954
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a silicon substrate (1), a silicon nitride film (2) formed on the surface of the silicon substrate (1), at least an n-type layer (3), (4) and a p-type layer (6), (7) which are formed on the silicon nitride film (2) and also which are made of a ZnO based compound semiconductor, and a semiconductor layer lamination (11) in which layers are laminated to form a light emitting layer. Preferably this silicon nitride film (2) is formed by thermal treatment conducted in an atmosphere containing nitrogen such as an ammonium gas. Also, in another embodiment, a light emitting device is formed by growing a ZnO based compound semiconductor layer on a main face of a sapphire substrate, the main face being perpendicular to the C-face thereof. As a result, it is possible to obtain a device using a ZnO based compound with high properties such as an LED very excellent in crystallinity and having a high light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata, Tetsuhiro Tanabe, Hidemi Takasu, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20050130844
    Abstract: An organometal having as molecular structural elements both a semiconductor anion atom and cation atom is applied to a substrate and reacted under heating to obtain p-type and n-type semiconductor thin films whose p-n junctions enable fabrication of a semiconductor device, light-emitting element or solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: National Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science and Tech.
    Inventor: Kakuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 6770913
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a silicon substrate, a ZnOSSe layer provided on the silicon substrate that is lattice-matched to the silicon substrate, and a separate confinement heterostructure light-emitting layer that is provided on the ZnOSSe layer and includes an active layer and upper and lower clad layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Akimasa Yamada, Koji Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20040099876
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a silicon substrate (1), a silicon nitride film (2) formed on the surface of the silicon substrate (1), at least an n-type layer (3), (4) and a p-type layer (6), (7) which are formed on the silicon nitride film (2) and also which are made of a ZnO based compound semiconductor, and a semiconductor layer lamination (11) in which layers are laminated to form a light emitting layer. Preferably this silicon nitride film (2) is formed by thermal treatment conducted in an atmosphere containing nitrogen such as an ammonium gas. Also, in another embodiment, a light emitting device is formed by growing a ZnO based compound semiconductor layer on a main face of a sapphire substrate, the main face being perpendicular to the C-face thereof. As a result, it is possible to obtain a device using a ZnO based compound with high properties such as an LED very excellent in crystallinity and having a high light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata, Tetsuhiro Tanabe, Hidemi Takasu, Ken Nakahara
  • Patent number: 6674098
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a silicon substrate (1), a silicon nitride film (2) formed on the surface of the silicon substrate (1), at least an n-type layer (3), (4) and a p-type layer (6), (7) which are formed on the silicon nitride film (2) and also which are made of a ZnO based compound semiconductor, and a semiconductor layer lamination (11) in which layers are laminated to form a light emitting layer. Preferably this silicon nitride film (2) is formed by thermal treatment conducted in an atmosphere containing nitrogen such as an ammonium gas. Also, in another embodiment, a light emitting device is formed by growing a ZnO based compound semiconductor layer on a main face of a sapphire substrate, the main face being perpendicular to the C-face thereof. As a result, it is possible to obtain a device using a ZnO based compound with high properties such as an LED very excellent in crystallinity and having a high light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata, Tetsuhiro Tanabe, Hidemi Takasu, Ken Nakahara
  • Patent number: 6649434
    Abstract: In the case in which a ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is to be hetero-epitaxially grown on a substrate formed of a material which is different from that of a ZnO based oxide semiconductor, the ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is grown at a high temperature of 500° C. or more, and supply of oxygen is stopped and gradual cooling is carried out until a substrate temperature is lowered to 350° C. or less after the growth of the ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is completed. As a result, it is possible to suppress the generation of dislocations or crystal defects over an epitaxial grown layer based on the atmosphere while the substrate temperature is lowered after the growth of the semiconductor layer and a difference in a coefficient of thermal expansion, thereby obtaining a semiconductor device having a high quality ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer which has an excellent crystalline property and a semiconductor light emitting device having the high characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Rohm Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Paul Fons, Koji Matsubara, Akimasa Yamada, Shigeru Niki, Ken Nakahara
  • Patent number: 6638846
    Abstract: A ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is grown on a sapphire substrate 1 by supplying, for example, raw materials made of Zn and O constituting ZnO and a p-type dopant material made of N without supplying an n-type dopant material (a-step). By stopping the supply of the material of O and further supplying an n-type dopant material made of Ga, the semiconductor layer is doped with the p-type dopant and the n-type dopant, thereby forming a p-type ZnO layer (2a) (b-step). By repeating the steps (a) and (b) plural times, a p-type ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is grown. As a result, N to be the p-type dopant can be doped in a stable carrier concentration also during high temperature growth in which a residual carrier concentration can be reduced, and the carrier concentration of the p-type layer made of the ZnO based oxide semiconductor can be increased sufficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Paul Fons, Koji Matsubara, Akimasa Yamada, Shigeru Niki, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20030122122
    Abstract: An organometal having as molecular structural elements both a semiconductor anion atom and cation atom is applied to a substrate and reacted under heating to obtain p-type and n-type semiconductor thin films whose p-n junctions enable fabrication of a semiconductor device, light-emitting element or solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: National Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science and Tech
    Inventor: Kakuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 6566162
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor film of Cu(MIII)(MVI)2 wherein MIII represents In1-xGax where x is between 0 and 1 and MVI represents SeyS1-y where y is between 0.5 and 1, including the steps of: (a) depositing on a substrate a precursor Cu(MIII)(MVI)2 film having a molar ratio of Cu:MIII of less than 1.0:1.0 but not less than 1.0:1.4 and (b) annealing the precursor film at a temperature of 400-500° C. in an oxygen-containing atmosphere to form a buffer layer of indium oxide and/or gallium oxide and a Cu(In1-xGax)(SeyS1-y)2 film interposed between the substrate and the buffer layer. The buffer layer may be removed by etching with an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Akimasa Yamada, Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 6531408
    Abstract: A substrate such as a sapphire substrate or the like is set to a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) apparatus. Next, the temperature of the substrate is elevated to the temperature which is lower than the temperature at which a predetermined ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer (i.e. function layer) is grown (S1). Then, raw materials containing oxygen radical is irradiated to the substrate to grow a buffer layer made of ZnO based oxide semiconductor (S2). Subsequently, the irradiation of oxygen radical is stopped so as to eliminate the influence of oxygen onto the buffer layer (S3). Then, the temperature of the substrate is elevated to the temperature at which the predetermined ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is grown (S4). After that, raw materials containing oxygen radical is irradiated so as to sequentially grow a ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer as a function layer (S5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Paul Fons, Akimasa Yamada, Koji Matsubara, Shigeru Niki, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20030042851
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a silicon substrate, a ZnOSSe layer provided on the silicon substrate that is lattice-matched to the silicon substrate, and a separate confinement heterostructure light-emitting layer that is provided on the ZnOSSe layer and includes an active layer and upper and lower clad layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: National Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science and Tech.
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Akimasa Yamada, Koji Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20020160539
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor film of Cu(MIII) (MVI)2 wherein MIII represents In1−xGax where x is between 0 and 1 and MVI represents SeyS1−y where y is between 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akimasa Yamada, Shigeru Niki, Paul Fons, Kakuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 6472241
    Abstract: The closing plates (61b), (61c) are provided on the both end portions of the cylindrical insulator body (61a), the gas introduction tube for introducing a gaseous substance is inserted into one plate (61b) of the closing plates of the plasma chamber (61) for making the gaseous substance plasmatic within it, and on the other plate (61c), the plasma radiation outlet (61d) is provided. Then, nearby the plasma jet (63) outgoing from the radiation outlet, the electrode (64) for applying a high electric field of an ion trapper is provided so as to be opposed to the grounded electrode (65) interposed the plasma jet between them. This electrode for applying a high electric field is fixed on the grounded metal plate (61e) provided on the other plate (61c) via the insulation porcelain (66) made of MgO or quartz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Paul Fons, Akimasa Yamada, Koji Matsubara, Shigeru Niki, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20020058351
    Abstract: In the case in which a ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is to be hetero-epitaxially grown on a substrate formed of a material which is different from that of a ZnO based oxide semiconductor, the ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is grown at a high temperature of 500° C. or more, and supply of oxygen is stopped and gradual cooling is carried out until a substrate temperature is lowered to 350° C. or less after the growth of the ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer is completed. As a result, it is possible to suppress the generation of dislocations or crystal defects over an epitaxial grown layer based on the atmosphere while the substrate temperature is lowered after the growth of the semiconductor layer and a difference in a coefficient of thermal expansion, thereby obtaining a semiconductor device having a high quality ZnO based oxide semiconductor layer which has an excellent crystalline property and a semiconductor light emitting device having the high characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Kakuya Iwata, Paul Fons, Koji Matsubara, Akimasa Yamada, Shigeru Niki, Ken Nakahara