Patents by Inventor Masato Kanno

Masato Kanno 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: 11985837
    Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion element capable of further improving performance in a photoelectric conversion element using an organic semiconductor material. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to face each other, and a photoelectric conversion layer 17 provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the photoelectric conversion layer 17 includes a first organic semiconductor material and a second organic semiconductor material, and at least one of the first organic semiconductor material or the second organic semiconductor material is an organic molecule having a HOMO volume fraction of 0.15 or less or a LUMO volume fraction of 0.15 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Hattori, Hajime Kobayashi, Sae Miyaji, Masato Kanno, Miki Kimijima, Yuta Hasegawa, Toshio Nishi, Takashi Kawashima, Yosuke Saito, Yuta Inaba
  • Patent number: 11856802
    Abstract: A first photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure incudes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a chromophore, fullerene or a fullerene derivative, and a hole-transporting material, in which the chromophore and the fullerene or the fullerene derivative are bonded to each other at least partially via a crosslinking group in the photoelectric conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Sae Miyaji, Masato Kanno, Yasuharu Ujiie, Yuta Hasegawa, Osamu Enoki, Yuki Negishi
  • Publication number: 20230207598
    Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a first photoelectric conversion layer; a second photoelectric conversion layer; a first buffer layer; and a second buffer layer. The second electrode is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode. The first photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first photoelectric conversion layer includes a first dye material and a first carrier transport material. The second photoelectric conversion layer is stacked on the second electrode side of the first photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second photoelectric conversion layer includes a second dye material and a second carrier transport material. The second dye material has a light absorption waveform different from a light absorption waveform of the first dye material. The first buffer layer has a first electrical conduction type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu ENOKI, Masato KANNO, Chiaki TAKAHASHI, Chika SUGIMURA, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230157040
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic photoelectric conversion layer having, in the layer, a domain being larger than 1 nm and smaller than 10 nm and including one organic semiconductor material in a predetermined cross-section between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Yosuke MURAKAMI, Masato KANNO, Miki KIMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230134972
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a photoelectric conversion device and an imaging apparatus capable of improving quantum efficiency and a response speed. [Solving means] A first photoelectric conversion device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity. Variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yu KATO, Yuta INABA, Masato KANNO, Hideaki MOGI, Miki KIMIJIMA, Sae MIYAJI
  • Publication number: 20230101309
    Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an organic layer; a first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer. The second electrode is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode. The organic layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes at least a photoelectric conversion layer. The first semiconductor layer is provided between the second electrode and the organic layer. The first semiconductor layer includes at least one of a carbon-containing compound or an inorganic compound. The carbon-containing compound has a greater electron affinity than a work function of the first electrode. The inorganic compound has a greater work function than the work function of the first electrode. The second semiconductor layer is provided between the second electrode and the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masato KANNO, Chiaki TAKAHASHI, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230027447
    Abstract: A first photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode that is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a fullerene C60 or a fullerene C70 as a first organic semiconductor material and a second organic semiconductor material having an ionization potential of 0 or more and 5.0 eV or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Hajime KOBAYASHI, Shinnosuke HATTORI, Masato KANNO
  • Patent number: 11538863
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a photoelectric conversion device and an imaging apparatus capable of improving quantum efficiency and a response speed. [Solving means] A first photoelectric conversion device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity. Variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Kato, Yuta Inaba, Masato Kanno, Hideaki Mogi, Miki Kimijima, Sae Miyaji
  • Publication number: 20220223802
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode that is opposed to the first electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and includes, as a first organic semiconductor material, a benzothienobenzothiophene-based compound represented by a general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masato KANNO, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220181568
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging element, a method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging element, a photoelectric conversion element, an imaging device, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of realizing highly efficient photoelectric conversion of blue light with organic photoelectric conversion element. A first organic semiconductor having a characteristic of absorbing blue light, a second organic semiconductor having a characteristic of absorbing blue light and a characteristic as a hole-transporting material having crystallinity, and a third organic semiconductor including a fullerene derivative are mixed to form an organic photoelectric conversion layer. The present technology can be applied to a solid-state imaging element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: YOSUKE SAITO, MASATO KANNO
  • Publication number: 20210280639
    Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion element capable of further improving performance in a photoelectric conversion element using an organic semiconductor material. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to face each other, and a photoelectric conversion layer 17 provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the photoelectric conversion layer 17 includes a first organic semiconductor material and a second organic semiconductor material, and at least one of the first organic semiconductor material or the second organic semiconductor material is an organic molecule having a HOMO volume fraction of 0.15 or less or a LUMO volume fraction of 0.15 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinnosuke HATTORI, Hajime KOBAYASHI, Sae MIYAJI, Masato KANNO, Miki KIMIJIMA, Yuta HASEGAWA, Toshio NISHI, Takashi KAWASHIMA, Yosuke SAITO, Yuta INABA
  • Publication number: 20210193740
    Abstract: A first photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure incudes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a chromophore, fullerene or a fullerene derivative, and a hole-transporting material, in which the chromophore and the fullerene or the fullerene derivative are bonded to each other at least partially via a crosslinking group in the photoelectric conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke SAITO, Sae MIYAJI, Masato KANNO, Yasuharu UJIIE, Yuta HASEGAWA, Osamu ENOKI, Yuki NEGISHI
  • Publication number: 20200295088
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a photoelectric conversion device and an imaging apparatus capable of improving quantum efficiency and a response speed. [Solving means] A first photoelectric conversion device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity. Variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yu KATO, Yuta INABA, Masato KANNO, Hideaki MOGI, Miki KIMIJIMA, Sae MIYAJI
  • Publication number: 20160111357
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a chip mounting part, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its first principal plane faces the chip mounting part. A part of the second semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its third principal plane faces the first semiconductor chip. The element mounting part has a notch part. A part of the second semiconductor chip overlaps the notch part. In a region of the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip that overlaps the notch part, a second electrode pad is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi UCHIDA, Kenji NISHIKAWA, Masato KANNO, Mika YONEZAWA, Shunichi KAERIYAMA, Toshinori KIYOHARA
  • Patent number: 9257400
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a chip mounting part, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its first principal plane faces the chip mounting part. A part of the second semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its third principal plane faces the first semiconductor chip. The element mounting part has a notch part. A part of the second semiconductor chip overlaps the notch part. In a region of the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip that overlaps the notch part, a second electrode pad is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Uchida, Kenji Nishikawa, Masato Kanno, Mika Yonezawa, Shunichi Kaeriyama, Toshinori Kiyohara
  • Publication number: 20150084209
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a chip mounting part, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its first principal plane faces the chip mounting part. A part of the second semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its third principal plane faces the first semiconductor chip. The element mounting part has a notch part. A part of the second semiconductor chip overlaps the notch part. In a region of the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip that overlaps the notch part, a second electrode pad is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi UCHIDA, Kenji NISHIKAWA, Masato KANNO, Mika YONEZAWA, Shunichi KAERIYAMA, Toshinori KIYOHARA
  • Patent number: 8304762
    Abstract: To provide an organic semiconductor of tetrathiafulvalene derivative and an organic thin-film transistor formed therefrom, the tetrathiafulvalene derivative being readily formed into a stable thin film and the organic thin-film transistor having a high mobility and being driven at a low threshold voltage, an organic semiconductor includes a hexamethylenetetrathiafulvalene compound represented by the formula (1) below, and an organic thin-film transistor having a thin film obtained therefrom (where R1 and R2 each independently denote an alkyl group which may have a C1-10 branched structure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Mori, Masato Kanno
  • Publication number: 20100213444
    Abstract: To provide an organic semiconductor of tetrathiafulvalene derivative and an organic thin-film transistor formed therefrom, the tetrathiafulvalene derivative being readily formed into a stable thin film and the organic thin-film transistor having a high mobility and being driven at a low threshold voltage, an organic semiconductor includes a hexamethylenetetrathiafulvalene compound represented by the formula (1) below, and an organic thin-film transistor having a thin film obtained therefrom (where R1 and R2 each independently denote an alkyl group which may have a C1-10 branched structure).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Takehiko MORI, Masato Kanno
  • Patent number: 7015908
    Abstract: There are provided an image generation system and information storage medium which can generate an image of a simple object with reduced processing load, the brightness of the simple object being variable according to the amount of light sent from a light source and received by the simple object. The image generation system comprises a light-source simple processing section (114) for performing a light-source simple processing relative to the simple object. The light-source simple processing section (114) performs computation for information relating to at least one of the brightness and color on primitive surfaces constructing the simple object, based on an angle difference between a line-of-sight vector of a virtual camera and a light vector from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Nakagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Hideki Nakamura, Masato Kanno
  • Publication number: 20020135603
    Abstract: There are provided an image generation system and information storage medium which can generate an image of a simple object with reduced processing load, the brightness of the simple object being variable according to the amount of light sent from a light source and received by the simple object The image generation system comprises a light-source simple processing section (114) for performing a light-source simple processing relative to the simple object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Jun Nakagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Hideki Nakamura, Masato Kanno