Patents by Inventor SHINYA ICHINO

SHINYA ICHINO 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: 20240136370
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes an output line and multiple unit pixels. Each of the multiple unit pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element that generates signal electric charge based on incident light, an amplifier transistor that has a gate into which the signal electric charge is input and that outputs a signal based on potential of the gate, a selection transistor with which the amplifier transistor is connected to the output line, and a reset transistor that resets the potential of the gate. The photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first well on which the selection transistor is provided and a second well on which at least two transistors are provided. The first well is electrically separated from the second well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: SHINYA ICHINO, HIDEKI IKEDO
  • Publication number: 20240040279
    Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a plurality of output lines, wherein at least two of the plurality of output lines are arranged in each of the plurality of columns and each of the plurality of output lines is connected to a pixel of a corresponding column, a scanning circuit configured to sequentially select plural rows that are a part of the plurality of rows, and a selection circuit that includes an input unit to which a control signal different from a control signal input to the scanning circuit is input and is configured to select a row that is the other part of the plurality of rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: YU ARISHIMA, KOICHIRO IWATA, MASAKI SATO, SHINYA ICHINO
  • Publication number: 20240031709
    Abstract: A device of the disclosure comprises pixels including photoelectric converters generating charge, transistors having nodes receiving signals based on the charge, and transistors supplying reset voltage; and lines along the columns, wherein: in a first period, the node is disconnected from the converter, and signals based on the reset voltage is output from a pixel in a first row to a line, in a second period, signals based on the reset voltage and the charge transferred to the node are output from the pixel in the first row to a line, in a third period, signals based on the charge is output from a pixel in a second row to a line, in a fourth period, signals based on the charge is output from a pixel in a third row to a line, and the first period is prior to the second period, and between the third and fourth periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: SHINYA ICHINO, TAKANORI YAMASHITA, TOMOYA KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240006451
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a photoelectric conversion element, and a second substrate including an amplification transistor and a selection transistor connected electrically to a source of the amplification transistor, the amplification transistor being configured to amplify electrons that are a signal charge output from the photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element includes an n-type semiconductor region configured to store the electrons. The amplification transistor and the selection transistor are each a p-type metal oxide semiconductor (p-type MOS) transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: SHINYA ICHINO, TSUTOMU TANGE, KAZUKI OHSHITANAI
  • Publication number: 20230388680
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a readout line, and a plurality of pixel cells each including a conversion unit, an output unit configured to output a signal corresponding to a charge generated by the conversion unit, and a selection switch provided on a pathway between the output unit and the readout line. The apparatus includes a first switch provided on a pathway between the readout line and a first potential line, a second switch provided on a pathway between the pixel cell and the readout line, and a control unit configured to bring the second switch into an off state during a first period during which the first switch is in an on state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOYA KUMAGAI, TAKANORI YAMASHITA, SHINYA ICHINO
  • Publication number: 20230292024
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel region in which unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit are arranged to form rows and columns, output lines arranged at least two in each column and each connected to the unit pixel of the corresponding column, column circuits provided corresponding to each of the output lines, and a control circuit configured to control connections between the output lines and the column circuits. The control circuit is configured to connect a first output line to a corresponding first column circuit and disconnect a second output line arranged in the same column as the first output line from a corresponding second column circuit when no pixel signal is output to the second output line at a timing when a pixel signal is output to the first output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: SHINYA ICHINO, TAKANORI YAMASHITA, TOMOYA KUMAGAI