Patents by Inventor Shogo OTANI

Shogo OTANI 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: 20240120359
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photodetection device and an electronic apparatus that allow for reducing surface reflection from an on-chip microlens and suppressing deterioration of image quality. Provided is a photodetection device including: a plurality of pixels that have photoelectric conversion units; on-chip microlenses that are formed in such a way as to correspond to the individual pixels; and an antireflection film that is formed on a surface of the on-chip microlens, in which the antireflection film is constituted by a stacking of: a first inorganic film that is formed by a metal oxide film; and a second inorganic film that is formed on a surface of the first inorganic film and has a lower refractive index than the first inorganic film. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke MORIYA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Tomiyuki YUKAWA, Kotaro NISHIMURA, Shigehiro IKEHARA, Shogo OTANI, Hiroshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20240014032
    Abstract: There is included (a) loading a substrate where a conductive metal-element-containing film is exposed on a surface of the substrate into a process chamber under a first temperature; (b) supplying a reducing gas to the substrate while raising a temperature of the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature in the process chamber; (c) forming a first film on the metal-element-containing film, by supplying a first process gas, which does not include an oxidizing gas, to the substrate under the second temperature in the process chamber; and (d) forming a second film on the first film such that the second film is thicker than the first film, by supplying a second process gas, which includes an oxidizing gas, to the substrate under a third temperature higher than the first temperature in the process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HARADA, Masayoshi Minami, Shintaro Kogura, Shogo Otani, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11823886
    Abstract: There is included (a) loading a substrate where a conductive metal-element-containing film is exposed on a surface of the substrate into a process chamber under a first temperature; (b) supplying a reducing gas to the substrate while raising a temperature of the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature in the process chamber; (c) forming a first film on the metal-element-containing film, by supplying a first process gas, which does not include an oxidizing gas, to the substrate under the second temperature in the process chamber; and (d) forming a second film on the first film such that the second film is thicker than the first film, by supplying a second process gas, which includes an oxidizing gas, to the substrate under a third temperature higher than the first temperature in the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Harada, Masayoshi Minami, Shintaro Kogura, Shogo Otani, Yoshitomo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11728159
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film on a substrate in a process container by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: supplying an oxygen-containing gas from a pipe made of metal to the substrate in the process container; supplying a nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing gas from the pipe to the substrate in the process container; and (b) forming a layer on an inner surface of the pipe by supplying a surface treatment gas into the pipe such that the surface treatment gas chemically reacts with the inner surface of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Harada, Masayoshi Minami, Akihito Yoshino, Masaya Nishida, Naoko Kitagawa, Shintaro Kogura, Shogo Otani
  • Publication number: 20220384207
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first wiring layer; a first insulating film; a second insulating film; and a first electrically conducive film. The first wiring layer includes a plurality of first wiring lines extending in one direction. The first insulating film is stacked on the first wiring layer. The first insulating film forms a gap between the plurality of adjacent first wiring lines. The second insulating film is stacked on the first insulating film. The second insulating film has a planar surface. The first electrically conducive film is right opposed to at least a portion of the plurality of first wiring lines with the first insulating film and the second insulating film interposed in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki HANEDA, Takatoshi KAMESHIMA, Ikue MIZUNO, Takeya Mochizuki, Takuya Masunaga, Shogo Otani
  • Patent number: 11515152
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a) supplying a precursor gas to the substrate in a process container of a substrate processing apparatus via a first pipe made of metal; (b) supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the substrate in the process container via a second pipe made of metal, wherein a fluorine-containing layer is continuously formed on an inner surface of the second pipe; and (c) supplying a nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the process container via the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Kogura, Kazuhiro Harada, Shogo Otani, Koichi Honda, Mamoru Umemoto, Kazuhiro Shimoda, Akihito Yoshino, Naoko Kitagawa, Kenji Kameda
  • Publication number: 20220139693
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film on a substrate in a process container by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: supplying an oxygen-containing gas from a pipe made of metal to the substrate in the process container; supplying a nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing gas from the pipe to the substrate in the process container; and (b) forming a layer on an inner surface of the pipe by supplying a surface treatment gas into the pipe such that the surface treatment gas chemically reacts with the inner surface of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HARADA, Masayoshi MINAMI, Akihito YOSHINO, Masaya NISHIDA, Naoko KITAGAWA, Shintaro KOGURA, Shogo OTANI
  • Patent number: 11257669
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film on a substrate in a process container by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: supplying a precursor gas from a first pipe made of metal and a first nozzle to the substrate in the process container; supplying an oxygen-containing gas from a second pipe made of metal and a second nozzle to the substrate in the process container; and supplying a nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing gas from the second pipe and the second nozzle to the substrate in the process container; and (b) forming a continuous fluorine-containing layer on an inner surface of the second pipe by supplying a fluorine-containing gas into the second pipe such that the fluorine-containing gas chemically reacts with the inner surface of the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Harada, Masayoshi Minami, Akihito Yoshino, Masaya Nishida, Naoko Kitagawa, Shintaro Kogura, Shogo Otani
  • Publication number: 20210398794
    Abstract: There is included (a) loading a substrate where a conductive metal-element-containing film is exposed on a surface of the substrate into a process chamber under a first temperature; (b) supplying a reducing gas to the substrate while raising a temperature of the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature in the process chamber; (c) forming a first film on the metal-element-containing film, by supplying a first process gas, which does not include an oxidizing gas, to the substrate under the second temperature in the process chamber; and (d) forming a second film on the first film such that the second film is thicker than the first film, by supplying a second process gas, which includes an oxidizing gas, to the substrate under a third temperature higher than the first temperature in the process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HARADA, Masayoshi MINAMI, Shintaro KOGURA, Shogo OTANI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200373150
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes forming a film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a) supplying a precursor gas to the substrate in a process container of a substrate processing apparatus via a first pipe made of metal; (b) supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the substrate in the process container via a second pipe made of metal, wherein a fluorine-containing layer is continuously formed on an inner surface of the second pipe; and (c) supplying a nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate in the process container via the second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro KOGURA, Kazuhiro HARADA, Shogo OTANI, Koichi HONDA, Mamoru UMEMOTO, Kazuhiro SHIMODA, Akihito YOSHINO, Naoko KITAGAWA, Kenji KAMEDA
  • Publication number: 20200194250
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a film on a substrate in a process container by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: supplying a precursor gas from a first pipe made of metal and a first nozzle to the substrate in the process container; supplying an oxygen-containing gas from a second pipe made of metal and a second nozzle to the substrate in the process container; and supplying a nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing gas from the second pipe and the second nozzle to the substrate in the process container; and (b) forming a continuous fluorine-containing layer on an inner surface of the second pipe by supplying a fluorine-containing gas into the second pipe such that the fluorine-containing gas chemically reacts with the inner surface of the second pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HARADA, Masayoshi MINAMI, Akihito YOSHINO, Masaya NISHIDA, Naoko KITAGAWA, Shintaro KOGURA, Shogo OTANI