Patents by Inventor Minoru Hagino

Minoru Hagino 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: 9431570
    Abstract: The object is to provide a photoelectric surface member which allows higher quantum efficiency. In order to achieve this object, a photoelectric surface member 1a is a crystalline layer formed by a nitride type semiconductor material, and comprises a nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10 where the direction from the first surface 101 to the second surface 102 is the negative c polar direction of the crystal, an adhesive layer 12 formed along the first surface 101 of the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10, and a glass substrate 14 which is adhesively fixed to the adhesive layer 12 such that the adhesive layer 12 is located between the glass substrate 14 and the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tokuaki Nihashi, Masatomo Sumiya, Minoru Hagino, Shunro Fuke
  • Publication number: 20150050770
    Abstract: The object is to provide a photoelectric surface member which allows higher quantum efficiency. In order to achieve this object, a photoelectric surface member 1a is a crystalline layer formed by a nitride type semiconductor material, and comprises a nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10 where the direction from the first surface 101 to the second surface 102 is the negative c polar direction of the crystal, an adhesive layer 12 formed along the first surface 101 of the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10, and a glass substrate 14 which is adhesively fixed to the adhesive layer 12 such that the adhesive layer 12 is located between the glass substrate 14 and the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tokuaki NIHASHI, Masatomo SUMIYA, Minoru HAGINO, Shunro FUKE
  • Patent number: 8888914
    Abstract: The object is to provide a photoelectric surface member which allows higher quantum efficiency. In order to achieve this object, a photoelectric surface member 1a is a crystalline layer formed by a nitride type semiconductor material, and comprises a nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10 where the direction from the first surface 101 to the second surface 102 is the negative c polar direction of the crystal, an adhesive layer 12 formed along the first surface 101 of the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10, and a glass substrate 14 which is adhesively fixed to the adhesive layer 12 such that the adhesive layer 12 is located between the glass substrate 14 and the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Tokuaki Nihashi, Masatomo Sumiya, Minoru Hagino, Shunro Fuke
  • Publication number: 20100197069
    Abstract: The object is to provide a photoelectric surface member which allows higher quantum efficiency. In order to achieve this object, a photoelectric surface member 1a is a crystalline layer formed by a nitride type semiconductor material, and comprises a nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10 where the direction from the first surface 101 to the second surface 102 is the negative c polar direction of the crystal, an adhesive layer 12 formed along the first surface 101 of the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10, and a glass substrate 14 which is adhesively fixed to the adhesive layer 12 such that the adhesive layer 12 is located between the glass substrate 14 and the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Tokuaki Nihashi, Masatomo Sumiya, Minoru Hagino, Shunro Fuke
  • Patent number: 7525131
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric surface including: a first group III nitride semiconductor layer that produces photoelectrons according to incidence of ultraviolet rays; and a second group III nitride semiconductor layer provided adjacent to the first group III nitride semiconductor layer and made of a thin-film crystal having c-axis orientation in a thickness direction, the second group III nitride semiconductor layer having an Al composition higher than that of the first group III nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignees: National University Corporation Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo Sumiya, Shunro Fuke, Tokuaki Nihashi, Minoru Hagino
  • Publication number: 20070296335
    Abstract: The object is to provide a photoelectric surface member which allows higher quantum efficiency. In order to achieve this object, a photoelectric surface member 1a is a crystalline layer formed by a nitride type semiconductor material, and comprises a nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10 where the direction from the first surface 101 to the second surface 102 is the negative c polar direction of the crystal, an adhesive layer 12 formed along the first surface 101 of the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10, and a glass substrate 14 which is adhesively fixed to the adhesive layer 12 such that the adhesive layer 12 is located between the glass substrate 14 and the nitride semiconductor crystal layer 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Tokuaki Nihashi, Masatomo Sumiya, Minoru Hagino, Shunro Fuke
  • Publication number: 20070132050
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric surface including: a first group III nitride semiconductor layer that produces photoelectrons according to incidence of ultraviolet rays; and a second group III nitride semiconductor layer provided adjacent to the first group III nitride semiconductor layer and made of a thin-film crystal having c-axis orientation in a thickness direction, the second group III nitride semiconductor layer having an Al composition higher than that of the first group III nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Masatomo Sumiya, Shunro Fuke, Tokuaki Nihashi, Minoru Hagino
  • Patent number: 4075654
    Abstract: Semiconductor photoelectron emission device comprising mixed crystals of two or more different semiconductors forming a heterojunction with direct transition type defining a first region in which may be excited by photoelectrons and an indirect transition type defining a second region whose forbidden band gap is wider than that of the first region and the surface of which is a photoelectron emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4063269
    Abstract: Semiconductor photoelectron emission device comprising mixed crystals of two or more different semiconductors forming a heterojunction with direct transition type defining a first region in which may be excited by photoelectrons and an indirect transition type defining a second region whose forbidden band gap is wider than that of the first region and the surface of which is a photoelectron emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4063276
    Abstract: Semiconductor photoelectron emission device comprising mixed crystals of two or more different semiconductors forming a heterojunction with direct transition type defining a first region in which may be excited by photoelectrons and an indirect transition type defining a second region whose forbidden band gap is wider than that of the first region and the surface of which is a photoelectron emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4040079
    Abstract: A semiconductor cold emission device comprising at least two different semiconductors and a junction with a first region having n-type conductivity and a second region which is a p-type conductivity and an indirect transition type material whose effective forbidden bandwidth is smaller than that of the first region and means for applying voltage to the junction to cause electrons injected from the first region to the second region to be emitted from the surface of the second region to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4040074
    Abstract: A semiconductor cold emission device comprising at least two different semiconductors and a junction with a first region having n-type conductivity and a second region which is a p-type conductivity and an indirect transition type material whose effective forbidden bandwidth is smaller than that of the first region and means for applying voltage to the junction to cause electrons injected from the first region to the second region to be emitted from the surface of the second region to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4040080
    Abstract: A semiconductor cold emission device comprising at least two different semiconductors and a junction with a first region having n-type conductivity and a second region which is a p-type conductivity and an indirect transition type material whose effective forbidden bandwidth is smaller than that of the first region and means for applying voltage to the junction to cause electrons injected from the first region to the second region to be emitted from the surface of the second region to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4015284
    Abstract: Semiconductor photoelectron emission device comprising mixed crystals of two or more different semiconductors forming a heterojunction with direct transition type defining a first region in which may be excited by photoelectrons and an indirect transition type defining a second region whose forbidden band gap is wider than that of the first region and the surface of which is a photoelectron emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 4012760
    Abstract: A semiconductor cold emission device comprising at least two different semiconductors and a junction with a first region having n-type conductivity and a second region which is a p-type conductivity and an indirect transition type material whose effective forbidden bandwidth is smaller than that of the first region and means for applying voltage to the junction to cause electrons injected from the first region to the second region to be emitted from the surface of the second region to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 3972060
    Abstract: A semiconductor cold emission device comprising at least two different semiconductors and a junction with a first region having n-type conductivity and a second region which is a p-type conductivity and an indirect transition type material whose effective forbidden band width is smaller than that of the first region and means for applying voltage to the junction to cause electrons injected from the first region to the second region to be emitted from the surface of the second region to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa
  • Patent number: 3953880
    Abstract: Semiconductor photoelectron emission device comprising mixed crystals of two or more different semiconductors forming a heterojunction with direct transition type defining a first region in which may be excited by photoelectrons and an indirect transition type defining a second region whose forbidden band gap is wider than that of the first region and the surface of which is a photoelectron emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Terebi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hara, Minoru Hagino, Tokuzo Sukegawa