Patents by Inventor Mikiko Kobayashi

Mikiko Kobayashi 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: 10490581
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20180366503
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10084002
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20180166480
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9929193
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170062502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9530815
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160307955
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9419042
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160172409
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9356057
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9299867
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a transfer gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit including an electric charge storage area that is formed from a surface side of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, a transfer auxiliary area formed of a second conductive type impurity area that is formed in such a manner as to partially overlap the transfer gate electrode, and a dark current suppression area that is a first dark current suppression area formed in an upper layer of the transfer auxiliary and formed so as to have positional alignment in such a manner that the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area on the transfer gate electrode side is at the same position as the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area; and a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Sanghoon Ha
  • Publication number: 20150357362
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9184208
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140167124
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a transfer gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit including an electric charge storage area that is formed from a surface side of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, a transfer auxiliary area formed of a second conductive type impurity area that is formed in such a manner as to partially overlap the transfer gate electrode, and a dark current suppression area that is a first dark current suppression area formed in an upper layer of the transfer auxiliary and formed so as to have positional alignment in such a manner that the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area on the transfer gate electrode side is at the same position as the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area; and a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Sanghoon Ha
  • Patent number: 8710559
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a transfer gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit including an electric charge storage area that is formed from a surface side of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, a transfer auxiliary area formed of a second conductive type impurity area that is formed in such a manner as to partially overlap the transfer gate electrode, and a dark current suppression area that is a first dark current suppression area formed in an upper layer of the transfer auxiliary and formed so as to have positional alignment in such a manner that the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area on the transfer gate electrode side is at the same position as the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area; and a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Sanghoon Ha
  • Publication number: 20130264468
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130002918
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a transfer gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit including an electric charge storage area that is formed from a surface side of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, a transfer auxiliary area formed of a second conductive type impurity area that is formed in such a manner as to partially overlap the transfer gate electrode, and a dark current suppression area that is a first dark current suppression area formed in an upper layer of the transfer auxiliary and formed so as to have positional alignment in such a manner that the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area on the transfer gate electrode side is at the same position as the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area; and a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikiko Kobayashi, Sanghoon Ha
  • Patent number: 6560863
    Abstract: A method of producing a wiring board having a plurality of wiring layers each being located on an electrical insulation layer, in which an electrical insulation layer is formed on a substrate using a resin material, and a conductor layer is formed on the surface of the electrical insulation layer by successive electroless plating and electroplating with copper, and is patterned to form a wiring layer, wherein, after the formation of the electrical insulation layer on the substrate, the electrical insulation layer is subjected to a plasma treatment and a subsequent ultraviolet treatment, and the electroless plating and the electroplating are then performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Koyama, Mikiko Kobayashi, Atsuhiko Hattori