Patents by Inventor Nagai Kenichi

Nagai Kenichi 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).

  • Solid-state image capturing element and electronic information device
    Patent number: 8598638
    Abstract: A solid-state image capturing element according to the present invention includes a one conductivity type semiconductor substrate; an opposite conductivity type well region formed on the one conductivity type semiconductor substrate; a photodiode section formed on the opposite conductivity type well region, constituted of a plurality of one conductivity type regions with successively different impurity concentrations for complete electric charge transferring; a one conductive drain region capable of reading out signal charges from the photodiode section; and a transfer gate formed above a substrate between the one conductivity drain region and the photodiode section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nagai Kenichi
  • SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100237390
    Abstract: A solid-state image capturing element according to the present invention includes a one conductivity type semiconductor substrate; an opposite conductivity type well region formed on the one conductivity type semiconductor substrate; a photodiode section formed on the opposite conductivity type well region, constituted of a plurality of one conductivity type regions with successively different impurity concentrations for complete electric charge transferring; a one conductive drain region capable of reading out signal charges from the photodiode section; and a transfer gate formed above a substrate between the one conductivity drain region and the photodiode section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nagai Kenichi