Patents by Inventor Shiro Akamatsu

Shiro Akamatsu 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: 20240129626
    Abstract: An appropriate user interface corresponding to a use state of an apparatus is provided. An imaging system includes an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus has a control related to an imaging operation performed based on an operation input performed in the information processing apparatus by connecting to the information processing apparatus by using wireless communication. The information processing apparatus performs a control for switching a display state of a display screen related to an imaging operation of the imaging apparatus, based on a connection number of imaging apparatuses and information processing apparatuses connected by using wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shiro Eshita, Megumi Takagi, Kazuma Akamatsu, Ayumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7560752
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a band gap energy greater than that of the first semiconductor layer. The first and second semiconductor layers are made of a Group III-V compound semiconductor layer, formed on the first semiconductor layer are a gate electrode 36 and a source electrode 35, formed on the second semiconductor layer is a drain electrode 37, and the drain electrode and the gate electrode are formed respectively on opposing planes of a semiconductor structure which contains the first and second semiconductor layers. This arrangement enables a drain's breakdown voltage to be increased in the FET, because the gate electrode 36 and the drain electrode 37 are respectively disposed, in a spatial separation of each other, on different planes instead of the same plane of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Akamatsu, Yuji Ohmaki
  • Patent number: 7459718
    Abstract: A FET includes a nitride semiconductor in which leak current is reduced and breakdown voltage is improved. The FET is formed from a substrate, a buffer layer made of a nitride semiconductor, a first semiconductor layer made of a nitride semiconductor, and a second semiconductor layer made of a nitride semiconductor, wherein at least the buffer layer and the first semiconductor layer include a p-type dopant. The concentration of the p-type dopant is higher in the buffer layer than that in the first semiconductor layer, and the concentration of the p-type dopant is higher in the first semiconductor layer than that in the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hayamura, Shiro Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20080135854
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a band gap energy greater than that of the first semiconductor layer. The first and second semiconductor layers are made of a Group III-V compound semiconductor layer, formed on the first semiconductor layer are a gate electrode 36 and a source electrode 35, formed on the second semiconductor layer is a drain electrode 37, and the drain electrode and the gate electrode are formed respectively on opposing planes of a semiconductor structure which contains the first and second semiconductor layers. This arrangement enables a drain's breakdown voltage to be increased in the FET, because the gate electrode 36 and the drain electrode 37 are respectively disposed, in a spatial separation of each other, on different planes instead of the same plane of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Shiro Akamatsu, Yuji Ohmaki
  • Patent number: 7339206
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a band gap energy greater than that of the first semiconductor layer. The first and second semiconductor layers are made of a Group III-V compound semiconductor layer, formed on the first semiconductor layer are a gate electrode 36 and a source electrode 35, formed on the second semiconductor layer is a drain electrode 37, and the drain electrode and the gate electrode are formed respectively on opposing planes of a semiconductor structure which contains the first and second semiconductor layers. This arrangement enables a drain's breakdown voltage to be increased in the FET, because the gate electrode 36 and the drain electrode 37 are respectively disposed, in a spatial separation of each other, on different planes instead of the same plane of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Akamatsu, Yuji Ohmaki
  • Publication number: 20060231861
    Abstract: An FET includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a band gap energy greater than that of the first semiconductor layer. The first and second semiconductor layers are made of a Group III-V compound semiconductor layer, formed on the first semiconductor layer are a gate electrode 36 and a source electrode 35, formed on the second semiconductor layer is a drain electrode 37, and the drain electrode and the gate electrode are formed respectively on opposing planes of a semiconductor structure which contains the first and second semiconductor layers. This arrangement enables a drain's breakdown voltage to be increased in the FET, because the gate electrode 36 and the drain electrode 37 are respectively disposed, in a spatial separation of each other, on different planes instead of the same plane of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro Akamatsu, Yuji Ohmaki
  • Publication number: 20060214193
    Abstract: A FET includes a nitride semiconductor in which leak current is reduced and breakdown voltage is improved. The FET is formed from a substrate, a buffer layer made of a nitride semiconductor, a first semiconductor layer made of a nitride semiconductor, and a second semiconductor layer made of a nitride semiconductor, wherein at least the buffer layer and the first semiconductor layer include a p-type dopant. The concentration of the p-type dopant is higher in the buffer layer than that in the first semiconductor layer, and the concentration of the p-type dopant is higher in the first semiconductor layer than that in the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hayamura, Shiro Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 6423584
    Abstract: A gate electrode of a field-effect transistor used as a peripheral circuit is constituted by the same gate electrode structure as a double-level gate electrode structure of nonvolatile memory cells, and a contact hole for connecting those conductive films constituting the gate electrode is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps an active area within a plane of the gate electrode. A hole for connecting between the two layers of the gate electrode of a first field-effect transistor used as perpheral circuit is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps the active area within the plane of the gate electrode, and a hole for connecting between the two layers of the gate electrode of a second field-effect transistor used as a peripheral circuit is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps an isolation area within the plane of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Takahashi, Shiro Akamatsu, Akihiko Satoh, Fukuo Owada, Masataka Kato
  • Patent number: 6420754
    Abstract: A gate electrode of a field-effect transistor used as a peripheral circuit is constituted by the same gate electrode structure as a double-level gate electrode structure of nonvolatile memory cells. A hole for connecting the two layers of the gate electrode of a first field-effect transistor used as peripheral circuit is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps the active area within the plane of the gate electrode, and a hole for connecting the two layers of the gate electrode of a second field-effect transistor used as a peripheral circuit is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps an isolation area within the plane of the gate electrode. The gate length of the first field-effect transistor is longer than the gate length of the second field-effect transistor, and the gate width of the first field-effect transistor is wider than the gate width of the second field-effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Takahashi, Shiro Akamatsu, Akihiko Satoh, Fukuo Owada, Masataka Kato
  • Publication number: 20010024859
    Abstract: A gate electrode of a field-effect transistor used as a peripheral circuit is constituted by the same gate electrode structure as a double-level gate electrode structure of nonvolatile memory cells, and a contact hole for connecting those conductive films constituting the gate electrode is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps an active area within a plane of the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Masahito Takahashi, Shiro Akamatsu, Akihiko Satoh, Fukuo Owada, Masataka Kato
  • Publication number: 20010020718
    Abstract: A gate electrode of a field-effect transistor used as a peripheral circuit is constituted by the same gate electrode structure as a double-level gate electrode structure of nonvolatile memory cells, and a contact hole for connecting those conductive films constituting the gate electrode is provided at a location which two-dimensionally overlaps an active area within a plane of the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Masahito Takahashi, Shiro Akamatsu, Akihiko Satoh, Fukuo Owada, Masataka Kato