Patents by Inventor Shinichi Ushikura
Shinichi Ushikura 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: 20220082714Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor substrate in which a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges generated in response to light converted from radiation is formed in a pixel region of a flexible base material; a conversion layer that is provided on a first surface provided with the pixel region of the base material and converts the radiation into light; an absorption layer that is provided on a side opposite to a side to which the radiation is radiated in a laminate in which the sensor substrate and the conversion layer are laminated and absorbs influence of irregularities generated on the conversion layer on the sensor substrate; and a rigid plate that is provided on a side of the absorption layer opposite to a side facing the laminate and has a higher stiffness than the sensor substrate. Provided are a radiation detector and a radiographic imaging apparatus capable of improving the quality of a radiographic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Tatsunori TANIMOTO
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Patent number: 11262461Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor substrate, a conversion layer, and a neutral stress plane adjustment member. The sensor substrate includes a flexible base member, and a layer provided on a first surface of the base member and formed with plural pixels configured to accumulate electrical charge generated in response to light converted from radiation. The conversion layer is provided on the opposite side of the layer formed with the plural pixels to the side where the base member is provided and is configured to convert radiation into the light. The neutral stress plane adjustment member is provided on a second surface side of the base member on the opposite side of the base member to the first surface and is configured to adjust a position of a neutral stress plane to within a predetermined range in a stacking direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi Ushikura, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Keiichi Akamatsu
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Publication number: 20220013572Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus including: a sensor substrate in which pixels are formed in a first surface of a base material; a conversion layer provided on the first surface; a signal processing substrate provided on one side the sensor substrate and includes at least a part of a signal processing unit; a driving substrate provided on the one side or the other side of the sensor substrate and includes at least a part of a drive unit; a first cable of which one end is connected to the sensor substrate and the other end is electrically connected to the signal processing substrate; and a second cable of which one end is connected to the sensor substrate, and passes through the first surface side or a second surface side of the base material and the other end is connected to the driving substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Naoto IWAKIRI, Keiichi AKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20210364658Abstract: A method of manufacturing a radiation detector includes: forming a substrate in which a flexible base material is provided via a peeling layer on a support body and plural pixels that accumulate electric charges generated in response to light converted from radiation are provided in a pixel region of the base material; forming a conversion layer for converting the radiation into light on a surface of the base material; providing a first reinforcing substrate on a surface of the conversion layer opposite to a surface on the substrate side; peeling the substrate provided with the conversion layer and the first reinforcing substrate from the support body; providing a second reinforcing substrate on a surface of the substrate peeled from the support body; and peeling the first reinforcing substrate from the substrate provided with the conversion layer after providing the second reinforcing substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20210333421Abstract: Provided are a radiation detector, a radiographic imaging apparatus, and a manufacturing method that include a TFT substrate in which a plurality of pixels that accumulate electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation are formed in a pixel region of a first surface of a flexible base material and a terminal region of the first surface is provided with a terminal for electrically connecting a flexible cable; a conversion layer that is provided outside the terminal region on the first surface of the base material to convert the radiation into light; a first reinforcing substrate that is provided on a surface of the conversion layer opposite to a surface on a TFT substrate side and has a higher stiffness than the base material; and a second reinforcing substrate that is provided on a second surface of the base material opposite to the first surface to cover a surface larger than the first reinforcing substrate, and that are capable of suppressing that a defect occurs in the substrate andType: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20210259650Abstract: The radiation detector includes a sensor substrate and a reinforcing substrate. In the sensor substrate, a plurality of pixels for accumulating the charges generated according to light converted from radiation are formed in the pixel region on the first surface of the flexible base material, and the terminal for electrically connecting a flexible cable to the first surface is provided. The reinforcing substrate is provided on the second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material in a region excluding at least the facing region facing the terminal to reinforce the stiffness of the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20210202125Abstract: A sensor substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels for accumulating electrical charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material. A circuit unit includes at least one of a driving substrate, a signal processing substrate, or a control substrate and is electrically connected to the sensor substrate. A fixing plate fixes the circuit unit. A conversion layer is provided on a first surface opposite to a second surface of the fixing plate on which the circuit unit is fixed, is provided in a state where the second surface opposite to the fixing plate side faces the first surface of the base material on which the pixels are provided, and converts radiation into light. A housing houses the sensor substrate, the circuit unit, the fixing plate, and the conversion layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO
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Patent number: 10989818Abstract: A radiation detector includes: a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and a layer which is provided on a first surface of the base material and in which plural pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed; a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side of the sensor substrate to convert radiation into the light; and a protective film that covers a portion ranging from an opposite surface of the conversion layer opposite to a side where the sensor substrate is provided, to a corresponding position, corresponding to a position of an end part of the conversion layer, on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi Ushikura, Keiichi Akamatsu, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Shunsuke Kodaira
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Publication number: 20210096271Abstract: A radiation detector including: a substrate formed with plural pixels that accumulate electrical charges generated in response to light converted from radiation in a pixel region at an opposite-side surface of a base member to a surface including a fine particle layer; the base member being flexible and is made of resin and that includes a fine particle layer containing inorganic fine particles having a mean particle size of from 0.05 ?m to 2.5 ?m, a conversion layer provided at the surface of the base member provided with the pixel region and configured to convert the radiation into light; and a reinforcement substrate provided to at least one out of a surface on the substrate side of a stacked body configured by stacking the substrate and the conversion layer, or a surface on the conversion layer side of the stacked body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro OKADA, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20210003515Abstract: A radiation detector including: a sensor substrate including a flexible base member and a layer provided on a first surface of the base member and formed with plural pixels that accumulates electrical charge generated in response to light converted from radiation; a conversion layer provided on the first surface side of the sensor substrate, the conversion layer converts radiation into the light; and an elastic layer provided on the opposite side of the conversion layer to a side provided with the sensor substrate, the elastic layer having a greater restoring force with respect to bending than the sensor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Keiichi AKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20210003722Abstract: A radiation detector including: a substrate formed with a plural pixels in pixel region of a flexible base member, the plural pixels accumulates charges generated in response to light converted from radiation; a conversion layer provided at a surface to which the pixel region is provided on the base member, the conversion layer converts the radiation into light; and a reinforcement substrate provided at a surface of the conversion layer that faces a surface of the substrate side, the reinforcement substrate contains a material having a yield point and has a higher rigidity than the base member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Munetaka KATO, Shinichi USHIKURA, Yoshihiro OKADA, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20200408930Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor substrate, a conversion layer, and a neutral stress plane adjustment member. The sensor substrate includes a flexible base member, and a layer provided on a first surface of the base member and formed with plural pixels configured to accumulate electrical charge generated in response to light converted from radiation. The conversion layer is provided on the opposite side of the layer formed with the plural pixels to the side where the base member is provided and is configured to convert radiation into the light. The neutral stress plane adjustment member is provided on a second surface side of the base member on the opposite side of the base member to the first surface and is configured to adjust a position of a neutral stress plane to within a predetermined range in a stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Keiichi AKAMATSU
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Patent number: 10838082Abstract: The radiation detector includes: a sensor board including a flexible substrate and a layer which is provided on a first surface of the substrate and in which a plurality of pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed; a conversion layer that is provided on a side, opposite to the substrate, of the layer in which the pixels are formed, and converts radiation into light; protective film that covers at least the conversion layer; a reinforcing member provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate; and a supporting member that supports the reinforcing member with the reinforcing member sandwiched between the supporting member and the second surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Ushikura, Keiichi Akamatsu, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Naoyuki Nishinou, Shunsuke Kodaira
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Patent number: 10534098Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a sensor board including a flexible substrate, and a plurality of pixels that are provided on a first surface of the substrate to accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation. Additionally, the radiographic imaging apparatus includes flexible cables having one ends electrically connected to the sensor board and the other ends provided with connectors, and flexible cables on which signal processing circuit parts are mounted and which are connected electrically to the cables by the one ends thereof being electrically connected to the connectors. Additionally, the radiographic imaging apparatus includes flexible cables having one ends electrically connected to the sensor board and the other ends provided with connectors, and flexible cables on which drive circuit parts are mounted and which are connected electrically to the cables by the one ends thereof being electrically connected to the connectors.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keiichi Akamatsu, Shinichi Ushikura, Takeya Meguro, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 10502848Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a sensor board including a flexible substrate, and a plurality of pixels that are provided on a first surface of the substrate to accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation. Additionally, the radiographic imaging apparatus includes flexible cables having one ends electrically connected to the sensor board and the other ends provided with connectors, and flexible cables on which signal processing circuit parts are mounted and which are connected electrically to the cables by the one ends thereof being electrically connected to the connectors. Additionally, the radiographic imaging apparatus includes flexible cables having one ends electrically connected to the sensor board and the other ends provided with connectors, and flexible cables on which drive circuit parts are mounted and which are connected electrically to the cables by the one ends thereof being electrically connected to the connectors.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keiichi Akamatsu, Shinichi Ushikura, Takeya Meguro, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20190302279Abstract: A radiation detector includes: a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and a layer which is provided on a first surface of the base material and in which plural pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed; a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side of the sensor substrate to convert radiation into the light; and a protective film that covers a portion ranging from an opposite surface of the conversion layer opposite to a side where the sensor substrate is provided, to a corresponding position, corresponding to a position of an end part of the conversion layer, on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Shunsuke KODAIRA
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Patent number: 10347770Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, a first insulating film and a second insulating film. The oxide semiconductor layer is provided on the insulating substrate and includes first and second low-resistance regions and a high-resistance region between the first and second low-resistance regions. The gate insulating film is provided on the high-resistance region of the oxide semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film. The first insulating film is provided above the gate electrode, gate insulating film and first and second low-resistance regions of the oxide semiconductor layer, and contains at least fluorine. The second insulating film is provided on the first insulating film, and contains aluminum.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Shinichi Ushikura, Ayumu Sato
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Patent number: 10317540Abstract: A radiation detector includes a flexible substrate; a plurality of pixels provided on a first surface of the substrate to accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation; and a terminal region part formed with a plurality of terminal regions each including terminals connected to a predetermined pixel group including some of the plurality of pixels and formed on the first surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keiichi Akamatsu, Shinichi Ushikura, Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Naoyuki Nishino
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Patent number: 10276722Abstract: A thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a source region and a drain region having a resistivity lower than that of the channel region; a gate insulating layer disposed on the channel region of the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer; and an aluminum oxide layer covering the lateral surface of the gate insulating layer, and the source region and the drain region, wherein the gate insulating layer has a multi-layer structure including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, and the first insulating layer contains silicon oxide as a main component, and is disposed on and in contact with the channel region.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Toshiaki Yoshitani, Shinichi Ushikura
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Patent number: 10261197Abstract: A radiation detector includes a flexible substrate, and a sensor board including a layer which is provided on a first surface of the substrate and in which a plurality of pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed, a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side of the sensor board to convert radiation into light, a protective film that covers at least a region ranging from a region that covers the conversion layer to a region at an outer peripheral part of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and a supporting member that supports the region of the substrate via the protective film from the second surface side of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi Ushikura, Keiichi Akamatsu, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa