Patents by Inventor Nao Inoue
Nao Inoue 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).
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Publication number: 20210403320Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate according to an embodiment includes a first step of forming a groove having a bottom surface and a side surface on which scallops are formed by performing a process including isotropic etching on a main surface of a substrate, a second step of performing at least one of a hydrophilic treatment on the side surface of the groove and a degassing treatment on the groove, and a third step of removing the scallops formed on the side surface of the groove and planarizing the side surface by performing anisotropic wet etching in a state where the bottom surface of the recess is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Nao INOUE, Jo ITO, Go TANAKA, Atsuya IIMA, Daiki SUZUKI, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210387852Abstract: The damascene wiring structure includes a base including a main surface provided with a groove, an insulating layer including a first portion provided on an inner surface of the groove and a second portion provided on the main surface, a metal layer provided on the first portion, a wiring portion embedded in the groove, and a cap layer provided to cover the second portion, an end portion of the metal layer, and the wiring portion. A surface of a boundary part between the first portion and the second portion includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to the main surface. The end portion of the metal layer enters between the cap layer and the inclined surface, and in the end portion, a first surface along the cap layer and a second surface along the inclined surface form an acute angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Daiki SUZUKI, Nao INOUE, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210343773Abstract: A light detection device includes: a back-illuminated light receiving element; a circuit element; a connection member; an underfill; and a light shielding mask. The light shielding mask includes a frame having an opening and a light shielding layer formed on an inner surface of the opening. A first opening edge on the side of the circuit element in the opening is located at the outside of an outer edge of the light receiving element. A second opening edge opposite to the circuit element in the opening is located at the inside of the outer edge of the light receiving element. The opening is narrowed from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. A width of the frame increases from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. The underfill reaches a gap between the light receiving element and the light shielding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Nao INOUE, Ryosuke KOIKE, Haruyuki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11101310Abstract: A light detection device includes: a back-illuminated light receiving element; a circuit element; a connection member; an underfill; and a light shielding mask. The light shielding mask includes a frame having an opening and a light shielding layer formed on an inner surface of the opening. A first opening edge on the side of the circuit element in the opening is located at the outside of an outer edge of the light receiving element. A second opening edge opposite to the circuit element in the opening is located at the inside of the outer edge of the light receiving element. The opening is narrowed from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. A width of the frame increases from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. The underfill reaches a gap between the light receiving element and the light shielding layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Nao Inoue, Ryosuke Koike, Haruyuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20210177868Abstract: According to the present invention, a transdermal absorbent for reducing a subcutaneous fat is provided, which comprises phytostenone. Accordingly, a method for further reducing a subcutaneous fat can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Nao Inoue, Tadashi Nagashima
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Patent number: 10941254Abstract: Provided is a molded article comprising a resin, wherein the molded article has a Hermann's degree of orientation f of 0.006 or more which is determined by the following formula (1) and the following formula (2) based on an azimuth angle distribution curve obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement and a haze of less than 10%, the resin comprises a structural unit derived from a monomer comprising a carbon-carbon double bond at the end and a structural unit derived from a polyrotaxane compound, and the polyrotaxane compound comprises cyclic molecules comprising a functional group capable of addition polymerization with the carbon-carbon double bond, a linear molecule clathrated in a skewer shape by the cyclic molecules, and blocking groups disposed at the ends of the linear molecule to prevent elimination of the cyclic molecules.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yoshinori Sato, Nao Inoue, Akinori Bando, Kenta Ishizuka
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Publication number: 20210057477Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a support body including a mount region, a semiconductor chip disposed on the mount region with a predetermined distance therebetween, a bump disposed between the support body and the semiconductor chip, a wall portion disposed between the support body and the semiconductor chip along a part of an outer edge of the semiconductor chip, and an underfill resin layer disposed between the support body and the semiconductor chip. The underfill resin layer covers an outer side surface of the wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Shin-ichiro TAKAGI, Yasuhito YONETA, Masaharu MURAMATSU, Nao INOUE, Hirokazu YAMAMOTO, Shinichi NAKATA, Takuo KOYAMA
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Publication number: 20200227456Abstract: A light detection device includes: a back-illuminated light receiving element; a circuit element; a connection member; an underfill; and a light shielding mask. The light shielding mask includes a frame having an opening and a light shielding layer formed on an inner surface of the opening. A first opening edge on the side of the circuit element in the opening is located at the outside of an outer edge of the light receiving element. A second opening edge opposite to the circuit element in the opening is located at the inside of the outer edge of the light receiving element. The opening is narrowed from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. A width of the frame increases from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. The underfill reaches a gap between the light receiving element and the light shielding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Nao INOUE, Ryosuke KOIKE, Haruyuki NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 10672814Abstract: A light detection device includes: a back-illuminated light receiving element; a circuit element; a connection member; an underfill; and a light shielding mask. The light shielding mask includes a frame having an opening and a light shielding layer formed on an inner surface of the opening. A first opening edge on the side of the circuit element in the opening is located at the outside of an outer edge of the light receiving element. A second opening edge opposite to the circuit element in the opening is located at the inside of the outer edge of the light receiving element. The opening is narrowed from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. A width of the frame increases from the first opening edge toward the second opening edge. The underfill reaches a gap between the light receiving element and the light shielding layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Nao Inoue, Ryosuke Koike, Haruyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 10622402Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a through hole is formed, a first wiring, an insulating layer, and a second wiring that is electrically connected to the first wiring in an opening of the insulating layer. The insulating layer has a first curved portion that covers an inner surface of a through hole between a first opening and a second opening and a second curved portion that covers an edge of the second opening. A surface in the first curved portion is curved in a convex shape toward the side opposite the inner surface of the through hole. The surface in the second curved portion is curved in a convex shape toward the side opposite the inner surface of the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Noburo Hosokawa, Nao Inoue, Katsumi Shibayama
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Patent number: 10622403Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a first process in which a first wiring 3 is provided on a first surface 2a of a semiconductor substrate 2; a second process in which a light transmitting substrate 5 is attached to the first surface 2a; a third process in which the semiconductor substrate 2 is thinned so that the thickness of the semiconductor substrate 2 is smaller than the thickness of the light transmitting substrate 5; a fourth process in which a through hole 7 is formed in the semiconductor substrate 2; a fifth process in which a dip coating method is performed using a first resin material and thus a resin insulating layer 10 is provided; a sixth process in which a contact hole 16 is formed in the resin insulating layer 10; and a seventh process in which a second wiring 8 is provided on a surface 10b of the resin insulating layer 10, and the first wiring 3 and the second wiring 8 are electrically connected via a contact hole 16.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Noburo Hosokawa, Nao Inoue, Katsumi Shibayama
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Patent number: 10615220Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a through hole is formed, a first wiring that is provided on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on an inner surface of the through hole and a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second wiring that is provided on a surface of the insulating layer and electrically connected to the first wiring in an opening. The surface of the insulating layer includes a first region, a second region, a third region, a fourth region that is curved to continuously connect the first and the second regions, and a fifth region that is curved to continuously connect the second and the third regions. An average inclination angle of the second region is smaller than that of the first region and is smaller than that of the inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Noburo Hosokawa, Nao Inoue, Katsumi Shibayama
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Publication number: 20200049974Abstract: A light module includes an optical element and a base on which the optical element is mounted. The optical element has an optical portion which has an optical surface; an elastic portion which is provided around the optical portion such that an annular region is formed; and a pair of support portions which is provided such that the optical portion is sandwiched in a first direction along the optical surface and in which an elastic force is applied and a distance therebetween is able to be changed in accordance with elastic deformation of the elastic portion. The base has a main surface, and a mounting region in which an opening communicating with the main surface is provided. The support portions are inserted into the opening in a state where an elastic force of the elastic portion is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tomofumi SUZUKI, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Noburo HOSOKAWA, Nao INOUE, Masashi ITO, Yutaka KURAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190341420Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a first process in which a first wiring 3 is provided on a first surface 2a of a semiconductor substrate 2; a second process in which a light transmitting substrate 5 is attached to the first surface 2a; a third process in which the semiconductor substrate 2 is thinned so that the thickness of the semiconductor substrate 2 is smaller than the thickness of the light transmitting substrate 5; a fourth process in which a through hole 7 is formed in the semiconductor substrate 2; a fifth process in which a dip coating method is performed using a first resin material and thus a resin insulating layer 10 is provided; a sixth process in which a contact hole 16 is formed in the resin insulating layer 10; and a seventh process in which a second wiring 8 is provided on a surface 10b of the resin insulating layer 10, and the first wiring 3 and the second wiring 8 are electrically connected via a contact hole 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Noburo HOSOKAWA, Nao INOUE, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA
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Publication number: 20190322856Abstract: Provided is a molded article comprising a resin, wherein the resin comprises a methacrylic resin comprising a structural unit derived from a methacrylic acid ester and a structural unit derived from a silica particle having an average primary particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less and comprising at least one polymerizable functional group, and the molded article has an absolute value of degree of orientation in the thickness direction of 0.02 or more and satisfies the requirement (I): (I) When the free induction decay curve (X) obtained by measuring the molded article by a solid echo method at 150° C. using a pulse nuclear magnetic resonance measurement apparatus is approximated by the least square method using the formula (F1), the sum (B+C) of the component fractions of two components having different spin-spin relaxation times in the free induction decay curve (X) is 4% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenta ISHIZUKA, Nao INOUE, Akinori BANDO, Yoshinori SATO
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Publication number: 20190322815Abstract: Provided is a molded article comprising a resin, wherein the molded article has a Hermann's degree of orientation f of 0.006 or more which is determined by the following formula (1) and the following formula (2) based on an azimuth angle distribution curve obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement and a haze of less than 10%, the resin comprises a structural unit derived from a monomer comprising a carbon-carbon double bond at the end and a structural unit derived from a polyrotaxane compound, and the polyrotaxane compound comprises cyclic molecules comprising a functional group capable of addition polymerization with the carbon-carbon double bond, a linear molecule clathrated in a skewer shape by the cyclic molecules, and blocking groups disposed at the ends of the linear molecule to prevent elimination of the cyclic molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yoshinori SATO, Nao INOUE, Akinori BANDO, Kenta ISHIZUKA
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Patent number: D929590Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Sato, Takayuki Hatanaka, Keisei Shimoda, Nao Inoue, Yoko Kamato, Shuma Sasaki, Elena Shimoji, Shohei Hemmi
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Patent number: D935019Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Sato, Takayuki Hatanaka, Keisei Shimoda, Nao Inoue, Yoko Kamato, Shuma Sasaki, Elena Shimoji, Shohei Hemmi
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Patent number: D935020Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Sato, Takayuki Hatanaka, Keisei Shimoda, Nao Inoue, Yoko Kamato, Shuma Sasaki, Elena Shimoji, Shohei Hemmi
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Patent number: D935021Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Sato, Takayuki Hatanaka, Keisei Shimoda, Nao Inoue, Yoko Kamato, Shuma Sasaki, Elena Shimoji, Shohei Hemmi