Patents by Inventor Shinji Rokuhara

Shinji Rokuhara 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: 10634862
    Abstract: An optical communication device, reception apparatus, transmission apparatus and transmission and reception system are disclosed. The optical communication device includes a drive circuit substrate. A first through via extends through the drive circuit substrate and is configured to electrically connect an optical element disposed on a first surface side of the drive circuit substrate to a drive circuit disposed on a second surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A positioning element is attached to an interposer substrate and is configured to align optical axes of a first lens that is attached to a lens substrate and that faces a second lens that is disposed on the first surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A second through via extends through the interposer substrate and electrically connects the drive circuit to a signal processing circuit disposed on a signal processing substrate positioned above the interposer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shusaku Yanagawa, Eiji Otani, Shuichi Oka, Kazunao Oniki, Hiizu Ootorii
  • Patent number: 10593606
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wiring board and a manufacturing method that simultaneously solve problems of stress and heat release A wiring board as one aspect of the present disclosure includes a glass substrate as a core member, and a plurality of through holes arranged in a cyclic manner in the glass substrate. The through holes are filled with different kinds of filling materials. A wiring board manufacturing method as one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a through hole formation step of forming through holes arranged in a cyclic manner in a glass substrate serving as a core member; and a filling step of forming a protecting sheet on the glass substrate, and filling through holes with a filling material through openings formed in the protecting sheet. The present disclosure can be applied to a wiring board that has a through-electrode-equipped glass substrate as the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke Seki, Yusaku Kato, Shun Mitarai, Shinji Rokuhara
  • Patent number: 10483413
    Abstract: A photoelectric module of the present disclosure includes an optical device including an optical function element array made of a first base material, and a plurality of light emitting/receiving elements made of a second base material, wherein the optical function element array includes an optical substrate and a plurality of optical function elements, the optical substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and the optical function elements being integrated with the optical substrate and being arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and the light emitting/receiving elements and their respective optical function elements face each other with the optical substrate in between to be located on a same axis in a direction perpendicular to the optical substrate, and the light emitting/receiving elements are disposed on the second surface with a space in between while being separated in units of a smaller number than array number in the optical function element array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiizu Ootorii, Kazunao Oniki, Koki Uchino, Hideyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Ozaki, Kazuki Sano, Eiji Otani, Shinji Rokuhara, Kiwamu Adachi, Shuichi Oka, Shusaku Yanagawa, Hiroshi Morita, Takeshi Ogura
  • Patent number: 10410884
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate that has a wiring including a through glass via and is formed of a glass substrate includes forming an alteration layer that penetrates the wiring substrate and is patterned, forming the wiring on a front surface of the wiring substrate in which the alteration layer has been formed, and filling an electrode material in a hole formed by removing the alteration layer, thereby forming the through glass via that connects the wiring on the front surface of the wiring substrate and the wiring on a back surface side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Mitarai, Shusaku Yanagawa, Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka
  • Publication number: 20190094477
    Abstract: An optical communication device, reception apparatus, transmission apparatus and transmission and reception system are disclosed. The optical communication device includes a drive circuit substrate. A first through via extends through the drive circuit substrate and is configured to electrically connect an optical element disposed on a first surface side of the drive circuit substrate to a drive circuit disposed on a second surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A positioning element is attached to an interposer substrate and is configured to align optical axes of a first lens that is attached to a lens substrate and that faces a second lens that is disposed on the first surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A second through via extends through the interposer substrate and electrically connects the drive circuit to a signal processing circuit disposed on a signal processing substrate positioned above the interposer substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shusaku Yanagawa, Eiji Otani, Shuichi Oka, Kazunao Oniki, Hiizu Ootorii
  • Patent number: 10168498
    Abstract: An optical communication device, reception apparatus, transmission apparatus and transmission and reception system are disclosed. The optical communication device includes a drive circuit substrate. A first through via extends through the drive circuit substrate and is configured to electrically connect an optical element disposed on a first surface side of the drive circuit substrate to a drive circuit disposed on a second surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A positioning element is attached to an interposer substrate and is configured to align optical axes of a first lens that is attached to a lens substrate and that faces a second lens that is disposed on the first surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A second through via extends through the interposer substrate and electrically connects the drive circuit to a signal processing circuit disposed on a signal processing substrate positioned above the interposer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shusaku Yanagawa, Eiji Otani, Shuichi Oka, Kazunao Oniki, Hiizu Ootorii
  • Patent number: 10109571
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a laminated sheet including a first conductor pattern, an inorganic dielectric layer, and a second conductor pattern. The first conductor pattern, the inorganic dielectric layer, and the second conductor pattern are laminated in this order. Also, the first conductor pattern is divided into a plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Fukui, Kazuya Arai, Koji Komemura, Kazuhiko Iijima, Kenichiro Abe, Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka
  • Publication number: 20180145004
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wiring board and a manufacturing method that simultaneously solve problems of stress and heat release A wiring board as one aspect of the present disclosure includes a glass substrate as a core member, and a plurality of through holes arranged in a cyclic manner in the glass substrate. The through holes are filled with different kinds of filling materials. A wiring board manufacturing method as one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a through hole formation step of forming through holes arranged in a cyclic manner in a glass substrate serving as a core member; and a filling step of forming a protecting sheet on the glass substrate, and filling through holes with a filling material through openings formed in the protecting sheet. The present disclosure can be applied to a wiring board that has a through-electrode-equipped glass substrate as the core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Kousuke SEKI, Yusaku KATO, Shun MITARAI, Shinji ROKUHARA
  • Publication number: 20170301558
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate that has a wiring including a through glass via and is formed of a glass substrate includes forming an alteration layer that penetrates the wiring substrate and is patterned, forming the wiring on a front surface of the wiring substrate in which the alteration layer has been formed, and filling an electrode material in a hole formed by removing the alteration layer, thereby forming the through glass via that connects the wiring on the front surface of the wiring substrate and the wiring on a back surface side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Shun Mitarai, Shusaku Yanagawa, Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka
  • Patent number: 9723724
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate that has a wiring including a through glass via and is formed of a glass substrate includes forming an alteration layer that penetrates the wiring substrate and is patterned, forming the wiring on a front surface of the wiring substrate in which the alteration layer has been formed, and filling an electrode material in a hole formed by removing the alteration layer, thereby forming the through glass via that connects the wiring on the front surface of the wiring substrate and the wiring on a back surface side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shun Mitarai, Shusaku Yanagawa, Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka
  • Publication number: 20170205596
    Abstract: An optical communication device, reception apparatus, transmission apparatus and transmission and reception system are disclosed. The optical communication device includes a drive circuit substrate. A first through via extends through the drive circuit substrate and is configured to electrically connect an optical element disposed on a first surface side of the drive circuit substrate to a drive circuit disposed on a second surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A positioning element is attached to an interposer substrate and is configured to align optical axes of a first lens that is attached to a lens substrate and that faces a second lens that is disposed on the first surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A second through via extends through the interposer substrate and electrically connects the drive circuit to a signal processing circuit disposed on a signal processing substrate positioned above the interposer substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shusaku Yanagawa, Eiji Otani, Shuichi Oka, Kazunao Oniki, Hiizu Ootorii
  • Publication number: 20170170339
    Abstract: A photoelectric module of the present disclosure includes an optical device including an optical function element array made of a first base material, and a plurality of light emitting/receiving elements made of a second base material, wherein the optical function element array includes an optical substrate and a plurality of optical function elements, the optical substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and the optical function elements being integrated with the optical substrate and being arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and the light emitting/receiving elements and their respective optical function elements face each other with the optical substrate in between to be located on a same axis in a direction perpendicular to the optical substrate, and the light emitting/receiving elements are disposed on the second surface with a space in between while being separated in units of a smaller number than array number in the optical function element array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Hiizu OOTORII, Kazunao ONIKI, Koki UCHINO, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi OZAKI, Kazuki SANO, Eiji OTANI, Shinji ROKUHARA, Kiwamu ADACHI, Shuichi OKA, Shusaku YANAGAWA, Hiroshi MORITA, Takeshi OGURA
  • Patent number: 9648794
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wiring board including a thin film member configured to include an inorganic dielectric film formed over an overall area of a mounting face thereof for an electronic part, a first conductive film formed over an overall area of one of faces of the inorganic dielectric film and including a plurality of patch electrode portions disposed in a predetermined pattern corresponding to a predetermined electromagnetic band gap structure in at least part of the area, and a second conductive film formed over an overall area of the other face of the inorganic dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Rokuhara
  • Publication number: 20170103944
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a laminated sheet including a first conductor pattern, an inorganic dielectric layer, and a second conductor pattern. The first conductor pattern, the inorganic dielectric layer, and the second conductor pattern are laminated in this order. Also, the first conductor pattern is divided into a plurality of regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei FUKUI, Kazuya Arai, Koji Komemura, Kazuhiko Iijima, Kenichiro Abe, Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka
  • Patent number: 9614347
    Abstract: An optical communication device, reception apparatus, transmission apparatus and transmission and reception system are disclosed. The optical communication device includes a drive circuit substrate. A first through via extends through the drive circuit substrate and is configured to electrically connect an optical element disposed on a first surface side of the drive circuit substrate to a drive circuit disposed on a second surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A positioning element is attached to an interposer substrate and is configured to align optical axes of a first lens that is attached to a lens substrate and that faces a second lens that is disposed on the first surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A second through via extends through the interposer substrate and electrically connects the drive circuit to a signal processing circuit disposed on a signal processing substrate positioned above the interposer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shusaku Yanagawa, Eiji Otani, Shuichi Oka, Kazunao Oniki, Hiizu Ootorii
  • Publication number: 20150145086
    Abstract: An optical communication device, reception apparatus, transmission apparatus and transmission and reception system are disclosed. The optical communication device includes a drive circuit substrate. A first through via extends through the drive circuit substrate and is configured to electrically connect an optical element disposed on a first surface side of the drive circuit substrate to a drive circuit disposed on a second surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A positioning element is attached to an interposer substrate and is configured to align optical axes of a first lens that is attached to a lens substrate and that faces a second lens that is disposed on the first surface side of the drive circuit substrate. A second through via extends through the interposer substrate and electrically connects the drive circuit to a signal processing circuit disposed on a signal processing substrate positioned above the interposer substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shusaku Yanagawa, Eiji Otani, Shuichi Oka, Kazunao Oniki, Hiizu Ootorii
  • Publication number: 20150021081
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate that has a wiring including a through glass via and is formed of a glass substrate includes forming an alteration layer that penetrates the wiring substrate and is patterned, forming the wiring on a front surface of the wiring substrate in which the alteration layer has been formed, and filling an electrode material in a hole formed by removing the alteration layer, thereby forming the through glass via that connects the wiring on the front surface of the wiring substrate and the wiring on a back surface side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Shun Mitarai, Shusaku Yanagawa, Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka
  • Publication number: 20130265736
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wiring board including a thin film member configured to include an inorganic dielectric film formed over an overall area of a mounting face thereof for an electronic part, a first conductive film formed over an overall area of one of faces of the inorganic dielectric film and including a plurality of patch electrode portions disposed in a predetermined pattern corresponding to a predetermined electromagnetic band gap structure in at least part of the area, and a second conductive film formed over an overall area of the other face of the inorganic dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: SHINJI ROKUHARA
  • Patent number: 8497567
    Abstract: A thin-film capacitor with first capacitative elements each having an electrode layer with a first polarity on an upper surface of a dielectric layer and an electrode layer with a second polarity on a lower surface of the dielectric layer; second capacitative elements each having an electrode layer with the second polarity on the upper surface and an electrode layer with the first polarity on the lower surface and arranged around a specific position alternately with the first capacitative elements; a single common connection hole at the specific position connecting all electrode layers with the first polarity of the first and second capacitative elements; and individual connection holes around the common connection hole connecting each electrode layer with the second polarity of the adjacent and second capacitative elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Rokuhara
  • Patent number: 8482107
    Abstract: A device that comprises a plurality of circuit elements on a substrate; a shielding element between at least two of the plurality of circuit elements; and a bonding element that electrically connects the shielding element to a grounding circuit of a semiconductor chip that is on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Rokuhara, Shuichi Oka, Katsuji Matsumoto, Shusaku Yanagawa