Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Hashimoto

Nobuaki Hashimoto 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: 8664730
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for electronic device, includes: preparing a first substrate having a plurality of first regions; preparing a second substrate having a plurality of second regions; facing the first region and the second region each other, and connecting the first substrate and the second substrate while disposing at least a part of a functional element within a space between the first region and the second region; obtaining a plurality of first divisional substrates by cutting the first substrate at each of the first regions, after the connecting of the first substrate and the second substrate; forming a sealing film covering the plurality of the first divisional substrates on the second substrate, after cutting the first substrate; obtaining a plurality of second divisional substrates by cutting the second substrate at each of the second regions, after forming the sealing film; and obtaining a plurality of individual electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8610578
    Abstract: An electronic substrate including: a base substrate having an active face and a rear face; and a plurality of inductor elements formed on or above the active face, or formed on or above the rear face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8552310
    Abstract: A mounting structure of an electronic component includes: a bump electrode included in the electronic component, the bump electrode having an internal resin as a core and a conductive film covering a surface of the internal resin, and elastically deforming so as to follow a shape of at least one corner of a terminal so that the conductive film makes direct conductive contact with at least part of a top surface of the terminal and at least part of a surface along a thickness direction of the terminal; a substrate having the terminal and the electronic component that is mounted on the substrate; and a holding unit provided to the substrate and the electronic component so as to hold a state in which the bump electrode electrically deformed makes conductive contact with the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130250015
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an active element formation face on which an active element is formed; detection electrodes detecting a remaining amount of ink by being wet in the ink; an antenna transmitting and receiving information; a storage circuit storing information relating to the ink; and a control circuit controlling the detection electrodes, the antenna, and the storage circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8497432
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure includes a substrate having a terminal, an electronic component having an active face, an electrode that is formed on the active face of the electronic component, a base resin that is formed on the active face, a first opening that is formed at the base resin to expose the electrode, and a conductive film that covers a part of a top surface of the base resin and that is electrically connected to the electrode via the first opening. Because the base resin is bonded to the substrate, the bonding strength between the conductive film located on the top surface of the base resin and the terminal of the substrate is increased. Therefore, the reliability of electrical connection between the conductive film and the terminal is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8492856
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing to the first surface; a trans-substrate conductive plug that penetrates the semiconductor substrate from the first surface to the second surface; an electronic element provided in the vicinity of the first surface of the semiconductor; and a sealing member that seals the electronic element between the sealing member and the first surface, wherein the electronic element is electrically connected to the trans-substrate conductive plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Ito, Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8465138
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an active element formation face on which an active element is formed; detection electrodes detecting a remaining amount of ink by being wet in the ink; an antenna transmitting and receiving information; a storage circuit storing information relating to the ink; and a control circuit controlling the detection electrodes, the antenna, and the storage circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8416578
    Abstract: The manufacturing method for electronic substrate includes: forming an active region on a first face of a substrate; forming a first part of an interconnection pattern as a passive element on a second face of the substrate; forming an insulating layer as a stress-relieving layer on the second face of the substrate; and forming a second part of the interconnection pattern as the passive element on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8399999
    Abstract: An electronic component including an electronic element, an electrode that is formed on a first surface of the electronic element, a first resin layer that is formed over the first surface of the electronic element, a wiring that is electrically connected to the electrode, a first portion of the wiring extending over the first resin layer, a second resin layer that is formed over the first resin layer and the wiring, the second resin layer having an opening, the opening overlapping the first portion of the wiring, an external terminal that is provided above the second resin layer, the external terminal being connected to the first portion of the wiring via the opening, and a third resin layer that is formed over the second resin layer, the third resin layer being provided around the external terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8384213
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a package size close to its chip size is, apart from a stress absorbing layer, such as to effectively absorb thermal stresses. A semiconductor device (150) has a semiconductor chip provided with electrodes (158), a resin layer (152) forming a stress relieving layer provided on the semiconductor chip, wiring (154) formed from the electrodes (158) to over the resin layer (152), and solder balls (157) formed on the wiring (154) over the resin layer (152); the resin layer (152) is formed so as to have a depression (152a) in the surface, and the wiring (154) is formed so as to pass over the depression (152a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8342859
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a first substrate having a through-hole; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; a sealing member surrounding a sealing space formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a functional element having at least a part thereof disposed in the sealing space, and a through-electrode filling the through-hole, the through-hole penetrating the first substrate. The sealing member includes an elastic core part on the first substrate. A metal film is on a surface of the core part and is bonded to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8310057
    Abstract: A substrate includes an insulating film in which a penetrating hole is formed, the penetrating hole extending between a first surface of the insulating film and a second surface of the insulating film opposite to the first surface of the insulating film. A wiring pattern is adhered to the first surface of the insulating film by an adhesive material. A first portion of the wiring pattern is formed over the penetrating hole, and a part of the adhesive material is formed on an internal wall surface forming the penetrating hole so as not to stop up the penetrating hole. An external electrode contacts the first portion of the wiring pattern and projects through the penetrating hole and extends beyond the second surface of the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8294260
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first face and a second face on a side opposite to the first face; an external connection terminal formed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode formed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the external connection terminal; an electronic element formed on or above the second face of the semiconductor substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the electronic element and having a top face and a rear face; a groove portion formed on the second face of the semiconductor substrate and having a bottom face including at least part of the rear face of the second electrode; and a conductive portion formed in the groove portion and electrically connected to the rear face of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Ito, Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120261786
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an active element formation face on which an active element is formed; detection electrodes detecting a remaining amount of ink by being wet in the ink; an antenna transmitting and receiving information; a storage circuit storing information relating to the ink; and a control circuit controlling the detection electrodes, the antenna, and the storage circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120262718
    Abstract: A detection device includes a flow channel for a fluid sample, a suction section adapted to draw the fluid sample into the flow channel, an optical device disposed in the flow channel, a light source adapted to irradiate the optical device with light, a light detection section adapted to detect light emitted from the optical device, a microbalance sensor chip having a piezoelectric substrate provided with an oscillation electrode, and disposed in the flow channel, and a quantitative analysis section adapted to perform quantitative analysis on the fluid sample based on output from the light detection section and the microbalance sensor chip. The optical device has a metal nanostructure including projections ranging in size from 1 through 1000 nm, and emits light representing the fluid sample adsorbed to the metal nanostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei YAMADA, Nobuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120261815
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing to the first surface; a trans-substrate conductive plug that penetrates the semiconductor substrate from the first surface to the second surface; an electronic element provided in the vicinity of the first surface of the semiconductor; and a sealing member that seals the electronic element between the sealing member and the first surface, wherein the electronic element is electrically connected to the trans-substrate conductive plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruki ITO, Nobuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8284566
    Abstract: The electronic substrate includes: a substrate having a first face on which an active element is formed, and a second face on an opposite side to the first face and on which a passive element is formed; and an insulating layer including insulating resin and provided on the substrate, wherein the passive element is formed on the insulating layer, and further comprising: an interconnection pattern arranged on or above the second face of the substrate, wherein the passive element is configured from one part of the interconnection pattern, and a resin layer provided on the second face of the substrate, wherein at least one part of the passive element is formed on the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8274201
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a functional piece having a predetermined function; a bump electrode formed on the functional piece, the bump electrode including a core with elastic property and a conductive film provided on a surface of the core; and a holding unit for holding a conductive contact state between the bump electrode and a connecting electrode which is electrically conducted to a driving circuit. The electronic component is coupled to the connecting electrode, and elastic deformation of the core causes the conductive film to make conductive contact with the connecting electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120238840
    Abstract: A substance component detection device includes a sensor substrate which is provided inside a concave groove, in which when an opening is closed by a measurement-target skin to form a closed space, and includes a projection group having a plurality of projections, a light source section which emits light toward the projection group, and light-receiving section which detects Raman scattering light generated by the projection group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120236301
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus for measuring the concentration of a target substance contained in a sample includes: a light source (light source device); a light-incident body (sensor chip) that has a sample contact surface, where an enhanced electric field is formed by metal particles, and enhances Raman scattering light radiated from the target substance by light emitted from the light source in the enhanced electric field; an irradiation unit that causes the light emitted from the light source to enter into a plurality of areas in the light-incident body; a light-receiving unit (light-receiving element) that receives the Raman scattering light radiated from a plurality of the areas; and a quantitative measurement unit (control device) that quantitatively measures a concentration of the target substance based on a total number of the areas and a strength of the Raman scattering light received from the areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuaki HASHIMOTO