Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Aonuma

Masayoshi Aonuma 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).

  • Photoelectric conversion device, solid-state image pickup unit, and electronic apparatus including ternary system of organic semiconductors
    Patent number: 9680104
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup unit of the invention includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element includes a photoelectric conversion layer; and first and second electrodes provided with the photoelectric conversion layer in between, the photoelectric conversion layer including a first organic semiconductor of a first conductive type and a second organic semiconductor of a second conductive type, and being configured by addition of a third organic semiconductor made of a derivative or an isomer of one of the first and second organic semiconductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Udaka, Masaki Murata, Osamu Enoki, Masayoshi Aonuma, Sae Miyaji, Takuya Ito, Miki Sudou, Rui Morimoto, Hiroto Sasaki
  • PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150311445
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup unit of the invention includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element includes a photoelectric conversion layer; and first and second electrodes provided with the photoelectric conversion layer in between, the photoelectric conversion layer including a first organic semiconductor of a first conductive type and a second organic semiconductor of a second conductive type, and being configured by addition of a third organic semiconductor made of a derivative or an isomer of one of the first and second organic semiconductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Toru UDAKA, Masaki MURATA, Osamu ENOKI, Masayoshi AONUMA, Sae MIYAJI, Takuya ITO, Miki SUDOU, Rui MORIMOTO, Hiroto SASAKI
  • SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110024858
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate including a light-sensing portion configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light and a wiring portion provided on a light-incident side; an optically transparent second substrate provided on a wiring portion side of the first substrate at a certain distance; a through-hole provided in the first substrate; a through-via provided in the through-hole; a front-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on a front surface of the first substrate; a back-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on a back surface of the first substrate; and a stopper electrode provided on the front-surface-side electrode and filling a space between the front-surface-side electrode and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yoshihara, Masaya Nagata, Naoto Sasaki, Taku Umebayashi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yoichi Otsuka, Isaya Kitamura, Tokihisa Kaneguchi, Keishi Inoue, Toshihiko Hayashi, Hiroyasu Matsugai, Masayoshi Aonuma, Hiroshi Yoshioka