Patents by Inventor Kudoh YOSHIHARU

Kudoh YOSHIHARU 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: 11955503
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an imaging element may include: a substrate or a well; a pinned photodiode disposed on the substrate; a floating diffusion region disposed on the substrate or the well; a first transfer gate transistor disposed between the pinned photodiode and the floating diffusion region a photodiode signal charge generated by the pinned photodiode to the floating diffusion region; one or more gate-controlled storages disposed on the substrate and storing a signal charge generated by the pinned photodiode as a storage signal charge; a storage-controlling gate electrode disposed adjacent to the gate-controlled storage; an overflow path disposed between the pinned photodiode and the gate-controlled storage and transferring the storage signal charge from the pinned photodiode to the gate-controlled storage; and a detecting node connected to the floating diffusion region, wherein the photodiode signal charge and the storage signal charge can be read at the detecting node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kudoh Yoshiharu
  • Publication number: 20230005983
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an imaging element may include: a substrate or a well; a pinned photodiode disposed on the substrate; a floating diffusion region disposed on the substrate or the well; a first transfer gate transistor disposed between the pinned photodiode and the floating diffusion region a photodiode signal charge generated by the pinned photodiode to the floating diffusion region; one or more gate-controlled storages disposed on the substrate and storing a signal charge generated by the pinned photodiode as a storage signal charge; a storage-controlling gate electrode disposed adjacent to the gate-controlled storage; an overflow path disposed between the pinned photodiode and the gate-controlled storage and transferring the storage signal charge from the pinned photodiode to the gate-controlled storage; and a detecting node connected to the floating diffusion region, wherein the photodiode signal charge and the storage signal charge can be read at the detecting node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Kudoh YOSHIHARU