Patents by Inventor Satoru Nagao

Satoru Nagao 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).

  • Publication number: 20150102283
    Abstract: A sensor capable of detecting detection targets that are necessary to be detected with high sensitivity is provided. It comprises a field-effect transistor 1A having a substrate 2, a source electrode 4 and a drain electrode 5 provided on said substrate 2, and a channel 6 forming a current path between said source electrode 4 and said drain electrode 5; wherein said field-effect transistor 1A comprises: an interaction-sensing gate 9 for immobilizing thereon a specific substance 10 that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection targets; and a gate 7 applied a voltage thereto so as to detect the interaction by the change of the characteristic of said field-effect transistor 1A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Katou, Yutaka Yamada, Kazuhiro Nagaike, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani
  • Publication number: 20150093318
    Abstract: A periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystals grown with a non-polar or semi-polar principal surface have numerous stacking faults. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a period table Group 13 metal nitride crystal wherein the occurrence of stacking faults of this kind are suppressed. The present invention achieves the foregoing by a periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal being characterized in that, in a Qx direction intensity profile that includes a maximum intensity and is derived from an isointensity contour plot obtained by x-ray reciprocal lattice mapping of (100) plane of the periodic table Group 13 metal nitride crystal, a Qx width at 1/300th of peak intensity is 6×10?4 rlu or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki ENATSU, Satoru NAGAO, Shuichi KUBO, Hirotaka IKEDA, Kenji FUJITO
  • Patent number: 8772099
    Abstract: A method of detecting a detection target using a sensor requires a sensor having a transistor selected from the group of field-effect transistors or single electron transistors. The transistor includes a substrate, a source electrode disposed on the substrate and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate, and a channel forming a current path between the source electrode and the drawing electrode; an interaction-sensing gate comprising a specific substance; and a voltage gate. The method includes (a) providing the detection target on the interaction-sensing gate; (b) setting the gate voltage in the voltage gate at a predetermined level; (c) selectively interacting the specific substance with the detection target; (d) when the detection target interacts with the specific substance, changing a gate voltage in the voltage gate to adjust a characteristic of the transistor; and (e) measuring a change in the characteristic of the transistor to determine a presence of the detection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Katou, Yutaka Yamada, Kazuhiro Nagaike, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani
  • Patent number: 8766326
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor or a single electron transistor is used as sensors for detecting a detection target such as a biological compound. A substrate has a first side and a second side, the second side being opposed to the first side. A source electrode is disposed on the first side of the substrate and a drain electrode disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a channel forms a current path between the source electrode and the drain electrode. An interaction-sensing gate is disposed on the second side of the substrate, the interaction-sensing gate having a specific substance that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection target. A gate for applying a gate voltage adjusts a characteristic of the transistor as the detection target changes the characteristic of the transistor when interacting with the specific substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Katou, Yutaka Yamada, Kazuhiro Nagaike, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani
  • Publication number: 20140035103
    Abstract: Provided is a high-quality Group III nitride crystal of excellent processability. A Group III nitride crystal is produced by forming a film is composed of an oxide, hydroxide and/or oxyhydroxide containing a Group III element by heat-treating a Group III nitride single crystal at 1000° C. or above, and removing the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime MATSUMOTO, Kunitada SUZAKI, Kenji FUJITO, Satoru NAGAO
  • Patent number: 8502277
    Abstract: A sensor capable of detecting detection targets that are necessary to be detected with high sensitivity is provided. It comprises a field-effect transistor 1A having a substrate 2, a source electrode 4 and a drain electrode 5 provided on said substrate 2, and a channel 6 forming a current path between said source electrode 4 and said drain electrode 5; wherein said field-effect transistor 1A comprises: an interaction-sensing gate 9 for immobilizing thereon a specific substance 10 that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection targets; and a gate 7 applied a voltage thereto so as to detect the interaction by the change of the characteristic of said field-effect transistor 1A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Katou, Yutaka Yamada, Kazuhiro Nagaike, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani
  • Publication number: 20120286763
    Abstract: A method of detecting a detection target using a sensor requires a sensor having a transistor selected from the group of field-effect transistors or single electron transistors. The transistor includes a substrate, a source electrode disposed on the substrate and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate, and a channel forming a current path between the source electrode and the drawing electrode; an interaction-sensing gate comprising a specific substance; and a voltage gate. The method includes (a) providing the detection target on the interaction-sensing gate; (b) setting the gate voltage in the voltage gate at a predetermined level; (c) selectively interacting the specific substance with the detection target; (d) when the detection target interacts with the specific substance, changing a gate voltage in the voltage gate to adjust a characteristic of the transistor; and (e) measuring a change in the characteristic of the transistor to determine a presence of the detection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MATSUMOTO, Atsuhiko KOJIMA, Satoru NAGAO, Masanori KATOU, Yutaka YAMADA, Kazuhiro NAGAIKE, Yasuo IFUKU, Hiroshi MITANI
  • Publication number: 20120286243
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor or a single electron transistor is used as sensors for detecting a detection target such as a biological compound. A substrate has a first side and a second side, the second side being opposed to the first side. A source electrode is disposed on the first side of the substrate and a drain electrode disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a channel forms a current path between the source electrode and the drain electrode. An interaction-sensing gate is disposed on the second side of the substrate, the interaction-sensing gate having a specific substance that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection target. A gate for applying a gate voltage adjusts a characteristic of the transistor as the detection target changes the characteristic of the transistor when interacting with the specific substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Katou, Yutaka Yamada, Kazuhiro Nagaike, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani
  • Patent number: 8008650
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is formed directly on a channel 5 of a transistor 1 comprising a source electrode 2, a drain electrode 3, a gate electrode 4 and the n-type channel 5 having a nanotube-shaped structure and provided between the source electrode 2 and the drain electrode 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao
  • Publication number: 20110068324
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is formed directly on a channel 5 of a transistor 1 comprising a source electrode 2, a drain electrode 3, a gate electrode 4 and the n-type channel 5 having a nanotube-shaped structure and provided between the source electrode 2 and the drain electrode 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MATSUMOTO, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao
  • Patent number: 7902089
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is formed directly on a channel 5 of a transistor 1 comprising a source electrode 2, a drain electrode 3, a gate electrode 4 and the n-type channel 5 having a nanotube-shaped structure and provided between the source electrode 2 and the drain electrode 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao
  • Publication number: 20090008629
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is formed directly on a channel 5 of a transistor 1 comprising a source electrode 2, a drain electrode 3, a gate electrode 4 and the n-type channel 5 having a nanotube-shaped structure and provided between the source electrode 2 and the drain electrode 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao
  • Publication number: 20080063566
    Abstract: To improve convenience of a sensor unit using a transistor in analysis, a sensing gate for detection 117 of a sensor unit for detecting a detection target comprises a transistor part 103 having a substrate 108, a source electrode 111 and a drain electrode 112 provided on the substrate 108, a channel 113 forming a current path between the source electrode 111 and the drain electrode 112, and the sensing gate for detection 117 is provided with a gate body 115 fixed to the substrate 108 and a sensing part 116 capable of electrically conducting to the gate body 115 and on which a specific substance 123 capable of selectively interacting with the detection target is immobilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Kato, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani, Haruyo Saitou
  • Publication number: 20070063304
    Abstract: A sensor capable of detecting detection targets that are necessary to be detected with high sensitivity is provided. It comprises a field-effect transistor 1A having a substrate 2, a source electrode 4 and a drain electrode 5 provided on said substrate 2, and a channel 6 forming a current path between said source electrode 4 and said drain electrode 5; wherein said field-effect transistor 1A comprises: an interaction-sensing gate 9 for immobilizing thereon a specific substance 10 that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection targets; and a gate 7 applied a voltage thereto so as to detect the interaction by the change of the characteristic of said field-effect transistor 1A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Atsuhiko Kojima, Satoru Nagao, Masanori Katou, Yutaka Yamada, Kazuhiro Nagaike, Yasuo Ifuku, Hiroshi Mitani
  • Patent number: 7164157
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a substrate transparent at the emission wavelength and an active layer structure formed on such substrate, in which the thickness of the substrate is 75 ?m or less, and/or a layer for suppressing spectral-intensity-modulation due to the substrate-mode is provided between the substrate and the active layer structure. Such device can suppress the spectral-intensity-modulation due to the substrate-mode, which is observed for the case the substrate is transparent at the emission wavelength, to thereby provide a light emission device excellent in linearity of the current-light output characteristics, and to thereby improve the coupling characteristics with an external cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Horie Hideyoshi, Satoru Nagao, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Toshinari Fujimori
  • Patent number: 7102174
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light emitting device comprising a substrate transparent at the emission wavelength and an active layer structure formed on such substrate, in which the thickness of the substrate is 75 ?m or less, and/or a layer for suppressing spectral-intensity-modulation due to the substrate-mode is provided between the substrate and the active layer structure. Such device can suppress the spectral-intensity modulation due to the substrate-mode, which is observed for the case the substrate is transparent at the emission wavelength, to thereby provide a light emission device excellent in linearity of the current-light output characteristics, and to thereby improve the coupling characteristics with an external cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Horie Hideyoshi, Satoru Nagao, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Toshinari Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20060038185
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a substrate transparent at the emission wavelength and an active layer structure formed on such substrate, in which the thickness of the substrate is 75 ?m or less, and/or a layer for suppressing spectral-intensity-modulation due to the substrate-mode is provided between the substrate and the active layer structure. Such device can suppress the spectral-intensity-modulation due to the substrate-mode, which is observed for the case the substrate is transparent at the emission wavelength, to thereby provide a light emission device excellent in linearity of the current-light output characteristics, and to thereby improve the coupling characteristics with an external cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Horie, Satoru Nagao, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Toshinari Fujimori
  • Patent number: 6744066
    Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a V-groove having V-shaped cross-section formed on a semiconductor substrate or on an epitaxial growth layer grown on a semiconductor substrate, and an active layer is provided only at the bottom of said V-groove. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises the steps of forming a stripe-like etching protective film in <011> direction of a semiconductor substrate or an epitaxial growth layer grown on it, performing gas etching using hydrogen chloride as etching gas on a semiconductor substrate or on an epitaxial growth layer grown on a semiconductor substrate to form a V-groove, and forming an active layer at the bottom of said V-groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Shimoyama, Kazumasa Kiyomi, Hideki Gotoh, Satoru Nagao
  • Publication number: 20040041162
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising a substrate having a surface having an off-angle to a crystallographic plane of low-degree surface orientation, the substrate having thereon: compound semiconductor layers including an active layer; a selective growth protective film formed on the compound semiconductor layers and having an opening at the region corresponding to a stripe region to which a current is injected; and a ridge-shaped compound semiconductor layer fomred to cover the opening. This semiconductor light-emitting device with stable laser property can be manufactured in a simplified way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Shimoyama, Satoru Nagao, Katsushi Fujii, Hideki Goto
  • Patent number: 6639926
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising a substrate having a surface having an off-angle to a crystallographic plane of low-degree surface orientation, the substrate having thereon: compound semiconductor layers including an active layer; a selective growth protective film formed on the compound semiconductor layers and having an opening at the region corresponding to a stripe region to which a current is injected; and a ridge-shaped compound semiconductor layer formed to cover the opening. This semiconductor light-emitting device with stable laser property can be manufactured in a simplified way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Shimoyama, Satoru Nagao, Katsushi Fujii, Hideki Goto