Patents by Inventor Shiro Sakai

Shiro Sakai 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: 10128403
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate including forming a first layer on a substrate, patterning the first layer to form a plurality of patterns spaced apart from one another, forming a second layer on the patterns to cover each of the patterns, heat-treating the second layer to form cavities in the patterns between the second layer and the substrate, and growing the second layer covering the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 9947717
    Abstract: A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Jin-Ping Ao, Yasuo Ono
  • Publication number: 20170338370
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate including forming a first layer on a substrate, patterning the first layer to form a plurality of patterns spaced apart from one another, forming a second layer on the patterns to cover each of the patterns, heat-treating the second layer to form cavities in the patterns between the second layer and the substrate, and growing the second layer covering the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Shiro SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9773940
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a metallic material layer on the first semiconductor layer, forming a first portion of a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, removing the metallic material layer under the first portion of the second semiconductor layer by dipping the substrate in a solution, forming a second portion of the second semiconductor layer on the first portion of the second semiconductor layer, and forming a cavity entirely through a portion of the first semiconductor layer located under where the metallic material layer was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20170154922
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first array of light-emitting elements connected in series and arranged along a first straight line on the substrate, a p-electrode disposed on the substrate and connected to the first array, a second array of light-emitting elements connected in series, arranged along a second straight line on the substrate, and connected to the first array, and an n-electrode disposed on the substrate and connected to the second array. The p-electrode has a surface that faces and is substantially parallel to a surface of the n-electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Shiro SAKAI, Jin-Ping AO, Yasuo ONO
  • Publication number: 20160329460
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a metallic material layer on the first semiconductor layer, forming a first portion of a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, removing the metallic material layer under the first portion of the second semiconductor layer by dipping the substrate in a solution, forming a second portion of the second semiconductor layer on the first portion of the second semiconductor layer, and forming a cavity entirely through a portion of the first semiconductor layer located under where the metallic material layer was removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Shiro SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9425347
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a metallic material layer on the first semiconductor layer, forming a first portion of a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, removing the metallic material layer under the first portion of the second semiconductor layer by dipping the substrate in a solution, forming a second portion of the second semiconductor layer on the first portion of the second semiconductor layer, and forming a cavity in a portion of the first semiconductor layer located under where the metallic material layer was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20160133792
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a substrate including a plurality of semispherical protrusions disposed at an interval on a first plane of the substrate, and a first semiconductor layer disposed on the first plane of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 9299779
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flat and thin semiconductor substrate, which is formed on a heterogeneous substrate to be easily lifted-off from the heterogeneous substrate, a semiconductor device including the same, and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor substrate includes a substrate having a plurality of semispherical protrusions arranged at a predetermined interval on a first plane, and a first semiconductor layer formed on the first plane of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 9202685
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method of fabricating a semiconductor substrate, the method including growing a first compound semiconductor layer on a first surface of a substrate, etching the first compound semiconductor layer using HF, KOH, or NaOH to roughen a first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer, forming cavities in the first compound semiconductor layer, separating the first compound semiconductor layer from the first surface of the substrate, flattening the first surface of the substrate after separating the first compound semiconductor layer, and growing a second compound semiconductor layer on the flattened first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20150276475
    Abstract: A spectrum detector includes a substrate, a photodetector formed on the substrate and including a semiconductor having a plurality of convex portions, and a wavelength detection circuit for detecting a wavelength of light transmitted through the plurality of convex portions. Each photodetector comprises different convex portions different from one another with respect to at least one of size, pitch, and height. The photodetectors have a relationship expressed by formula L·m=?·cos ?/(2n), wherein L is a diameter of each convex portion, n is a refractive index between the air and each convex portion of the GaN layer, m is an integer or a reciprocal of an integer, ? is a wavelength of light transmitted through the plurality of convex portions of each photodetector, and ? is an incident angle of the light with respect to a surface of the p-GaN layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shiro SAKAI, Won Chul SEO, Dae Won KIM
  • Publication number: 20150108497
    Abstract: A light-emitting device including a substrate, a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad disposed on the substrate and spaced apart each other, and at least two arrays connected in parallel between the first and the second electrode pads. The at least two arrays include a first array and a second array, each of the at least two arrays include GaN-based light-emitting elements connected in series, the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad are disposed on a non-light-emitting first region of the substrate spaced apart from a light-emitting second region of the substrate, and the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad surround at least a portion of outer edges comprising a circumference of the at least two arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Jin-Ping Ao, Yasuo Ono
  • Patent number: 9012924
    Abstract: Provided is a spectrum detector capable of being miniaturized and which does not require complicated optical axis alignment. The spectrum detector of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a photodetector formed on the substrate and including a semiconductor having a plurality of convex portions; and a wavelength detection circuit for detecting a wavelength of light transmitted through the plurality of convex portions, from light incident on the photodetector. According to the present invention, a small-sized spectrum detector can be provided which can easily detect a peak wavelength distribution included in light of an unknown wavelength, without the use of optical equipment such as a grating or prism, thus dispensing with the need for the optical axis alignment of a complex optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Won Chul Seo, Dae Won Kim
  • Patent number: 9006084
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor substrate, includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a metallic material layer on the first semiconductor layer, forming a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, etching the substrate using a solution to remove the metallic material layer and a portion of the first semiconductor layer, and forming a cavity in the first semiconductor layer under where the metallic material layer was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 8957426
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a crystalline aluminum carbide layer, a laminate substrate having the crystalline aluminum carbide layer formed thereon, and a method of fabricating the same. The laminate substrate has a GaN layer including a GaN crystal and an AlC layer including an AlC crystal. Further, the method of fabricating the laminate substrate, which has the AlN layer including the AlN crystal and the AlC layer including the AlC crystal, includes supplying a carbon containing gas and an aluminum containing gas to grow the AlC layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20150037963
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a metallic material layer on the first semiconductor layer, forming a first portion of a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, removing the metallic material layer under the first portion of the second semiconductor layer by dipping the substrate in a solution, forming a second portion of the second semiconductor layer on the first portion of the second semiconductor layer, and forming a cavity in a portion of the first semiconductor layer located under where the metallic material layer was removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Shiro SAKAI
  • Patent number: 8860183
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate that includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, a metallic material layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, and a cavity formed in the first semiconductor layer under the metallic material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 8735918
    Abstract: A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Jin-Ping Ao, Yasuo Ono
  • Patent number: 8735911
    Abstract: A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Sakai, Jin-Ping Ao, Yasuo Ono
  • Patent number: 8697551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a crystalline aluminum carbide thin film, a semiconductor substrate having the crystalline aluminum carbide thin film formed thereon, and a method of fabricating the same. Further, the method of fabricating the AlC thin film includes supplying a carbon containing gas and an aluminum containing gas to a furnace, to growing AlC crystals on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shiro Sakai