Patents by Inventor Katsunori Honda

Katsunori Honda 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: 11971633
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sakairi, Tomoaki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Keiichi Maeda, Chiho Araki, Katsunori Dai, Shunsuke Narui, Kunihiko Hikichi, Kouta Fukumoto, Toshiaki Okada, Takuma Matsuno, Yuu Kawaguchi, Yuuji Adachi, Koichi Amari, Hideki Kawaguchi, Seiya Haraguchi, Takayoshi Masaki, Takuya Fujino, Tadayuki Dofuku, Yosuke Takita, Kazuhiro Tamura, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9249032
    Abstract: An amorphous oxide thin film containing amorphous oxide is exposed to an oxygen plasma generated by exciting an oxygen-containing gas in high frequency. The oxygen plasma is preferably generated under the condition that applied frequency is 1 kHz or more and 300 MHz or less and pressure is 5 Pa or more. The amorphous oxide thin film is preferably exposed by a sputtering method, ion-plating method, vacuum deposition method, sol-gel method or fine particle application method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Utsuno, Katsunori Honda
  • Patent number: 8957313
    Abstract: A multilayer structure including a transparent conductive thin film and a molybdenum metal thin film, the transparent conductive thin film having a thickness of 35 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Umeno, Katsunori Honda, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Masato Matsubara
  • Patent number: 8785920
    Abstract: An amorphous oxide thin film containing amorphous oxide is exposed to an oxygen plasma generated by exciting an oxygen-containing gas in high frequency. The oxygen plasma is preferably generated under the condition that applied frequency is 1 kHz or more and 300 MHz or less and pressure is 5 Pa or more. The amorphous oxide thin film is preferably exposed by a sputtering method, ion-plating method, vacuum deposition method, sol-gel method or fine particle application method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Utsuno, Katsunori Honda
  • Patent number: 8748879
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a thin film transistor, and a method for producing the same capable of decreasing the management cost, and capable of decreasing the production steps to reduce the production cost are proposed. A method for producing a thin film transistor 2 provided with a semiconductor which is composed of a prescribed material and serves as an active layer 41 and a conductor which is composed of a material having the same composition as that of the prescribed material and serves as at least one of a source electrode 51, a drain electrode 53 and a pixel electrode 55, which includes the steps of simultaneously forming into a film an object to be processed and a conductor (a source electrode 51, a source wire 52, a drain electrode 53, a drain wire 54 and a pixel electrode 55) which are composed of the amorphous prescribed material, followed by simultaneous shaping, and crystallizing the object to be processed which has been shaped to allow it to be the active layer 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Yano, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Utsuno, Masashi Kasami, Katsunori Honda
  • Publication number: 20110260157
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a thin film transistor, and a method for producing the same capable of decreasing the management cost, and capable of decreasing the production steps to reduce the production cost are proposed. A method for producing a thin film transistor 2 provided with a semiconductor which is composed of a prescribed material and serves as an active layer 41 and a conductor which is composed of a material having the same composition as that of the prescribed material and serves as at least one of a source electrode 51, a drain electrode 53 and a pixel electrode 55, which includes the steps of simultaneously forming into a film an object to be processed and a conductor (a source electrode 51, a source wire 52, a drain electrode 53, a drain wire 54 and a pixel electrode 55) which are composed of the amorphous prescribed material, followed by simultaneous shaping, and crystallizing the object to be processed which has been shaped to allow it to be the active layer 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Koki Yano, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Utsuno, Masashi Kasami, Katsunori Honda
  • Patent number: 8017868
    Abstract: A multilayer structure including a transparent conductive thin film and a molybdenum metal thin film wherein difference of internal stress between the transparent conductive thin film and the molybdenum metal thin film is 1600 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Umeno, Katsunori Honda, Kazuyoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100127256
    Abstract: An amorphous oxide thin film containing amorphous oxide is exposed to an oxygen plasma generated by exciting an oxygen-containing gas in high frequency. The oxygen plasma is preferably generated under the condition that applied frequency is 1 kHz or more and 300 MHz or less and pressure is 5 Pa or more. The amorphous oxide thin film is preferably exposed by a sputtering method, ion-plating method, vacuum deposition method, sol-gel method or fine particle application method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Utsuno, Katsunori Honda
  • Publication number: 20090104379
    Abstract: A transparent electrode film including an oxide containing indium, zinc and tin and having a thickness of 25 nm or less. A transparent electrode film including an oxide containing indium and zinc and having a thickness of 30 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Umeno, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Koki Yano, Katsunori Honda, Masato Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20090008124
    Abstract: A multilayer structure including a transparent conductive thin film and a molybdenum metal thin film, the transparent conductive thin film having a thickness of 35 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Umeno, Katsunori Honda, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Masato Matsubara