Patents by Inventor SHINPEI FUKUOKA

SHINPEI FUKUOKA 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: 10825850
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element, an imaging device, and a manufacturing apparatus and a method that facilitate electric charge transfer. An imaging element of the present technology includes a vertical transistor that has a potential with a gradient in at least part of a charge transfer channel that transfers electric charge of a photoelectric conversion unit. Also, an imaging device of the present technology includes: an imaging element including a vertical transistor that has a potential with a gradient in at least part of a charge transfer channel that transfers electric charge of a photoelectric conversion unit; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on captured image data obtained by the imaging element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Shinpei Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20200286941
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging element, an electronic device, and a fabrication method that each enable further reduction of the element layout area. A photoelectric conversion element disposed on a first face of a semiconductor substrate is connected to a gate of an amplification transistor and a floating diffusion disposed in a second face of the semiconductor substrate through penetrating electrodes that are each connected to the photoelectric conversion element. In this pixel structure, a dielectric layer is disposed between the penetrating electrodes in the second face, and a shielded electrode is disposed on an inner side of the dielectric layer seen from a side of the second face. The dielectric layer is thicker than a gate insulating film of the transistor on the side of the second face. This disclosure is applicable to a back-side illumination solid-state imaging element, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinpei FUKUOKA, Hideaki TOGASHI
  • Publication number: 20200105837
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid state image sensor capable of reducing signal mixture due to electric capacitive coupling between adjacent pixels, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first pixel and a second pixel are adjacently arranged in the solid state image sensor. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel has a photoelectric conversion film for photoelectrically converting an incident light, and a lower electrode arranged below the photoelectric conversion film, and another electrode different from the lower electrodes is provided between the lower electrodes of the first pixel and the second pixel. The present disclosure is applicable to solid state image sensors and the like, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: SHINTAROU HIRATA, TETSUJI YAMAGUCHI, FUMIHIKO KOGA, SHINPEI FUKUOKA, SHUJI MANDA
  • Publication number: 20190326345
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device with a semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A photoelectric conversion unit is on the first side of the semiconductor substrate. A multilayer wiring layer is on the second side of the semiconductor substrate. A through electrode extends between the photoelectric conversion unit and the multilayer wiring layer. The multilayer wiring layer includes a local wiring layer. A second end of the through electrode is in direct contact with the local wiring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junpei YAMAMOTO, Takushi SHIGETOSHI, Takanori TADA, Shinpei FUKUOKA
  • Patent number: 10453898
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid state image sensor capable of reducing signal mixture due to electric capacitive coupling between adjacent pixels, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first pixel and a second pixel are adjacently arranged in the solid state image sensor. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel has a photoelectric conversion film for photoelectrically converting an incident light, and a lower electrode arranged below the photoelectric conversion film, and another electrode different from the lower electrodes is provided between the lower electrodes of the first pixel and the second pixel. The present disclosure is applicable to solid state image sensors and the like, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintarou Hirata, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Koga, Shinpei Fukuoka, Shuji Manda
  • Publication number: 20180342558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid state image sensor capable of reducing signal mixture due to electric capacitive coupling between adjacent pixels, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first pixel and a second pixel are adjacently arranged in the solid state image sensor. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel has a photoelectric conversion film for photoelectrically converting an incident light, and a lower electrode arranged below the photoelectric conversion film, and another electrode different from the lower electrodes is provided between the lower electrodes of the first pixel and the second pixel. The present disclosure is applicable to solid state image sensors and the like, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: SHINTAROU HIRATA, TETSUJI YAMAGUCHI, FUMIHIKO KOGA, SHINPEI FUKUOKA, SHUJI MANDA
  • Publication number: 20180033816
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element, an imaging device, and a manufacturing apparatus and a method that facilitate electric charge transfer. An imaging element of the present technology includes a vertical transistor that has a potential with a gradient in at least part of a charge transfer channel that transfers electric charge of a photoelectric conversion unit. Also, an imaging device of the present technology includes: an imaging element including a vertical transistor that has a potential with a gradient in at least part of a charge transfer channel that transfers electric charge of a photoelectric conversion unit; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on captured image data obtained by the imaging element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: SHINPEI FUKUOKA