Patents by Inventor Shoji Takei

Shoji Takei 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: 11961816
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface, an insulating layer formed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a Cu conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, the Cu conductive layer made of a metal mainly containing Cu, a second insulating layer formed on the insulating layer, the second insulating layer covering the Cu conductive layer, a Cu pillar extending in a thickness direction in the second insulating layer, the Cu pillar made of a metal mainly containing Cu and electrically connected to the Cu conductive layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the Cu conductive layer and the Cu pillar, the intermediate layer made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu conductive layer and smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Takei, Yuji Koga
  • Publication number: 20240071908
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film, and a wiring of an uppermost layer arranged on the interlayer insulating film, wherein the wiring includes a seed layer arranged on the interlayer insulating film and a wiring body portion arranged on the seed layer, wherein a constituent material of the wiring body portion is copper or a copper alloy, and wherein a trench is formed in an upper surface of the interlayer insulating film along an outer edge of the interlayer insulating film in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji TAKEI, Akinori NII
  • Patent number: 11916034
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface, an insulating layer formed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a Cu conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, the Cu conductive layer made of a metal mainly containing Cu, a second insulating layer formed on the insulating layer, the second insulating layer covering the Cu conductive layer, a Cu pillar extending in a thickness direction in the second insulating layer, the Cu pillar made of a metal mainly containing Cu and electrically connected to the Cu conductive layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the Cu conductive layer and the Cu pillar, the intermediate layer made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu conductive layer and smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Takei, Yuji Koga
  • Publication number: 20220399292
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having an element forming surface; an insulating layer formed on the element forming surface; a pad wiring layer including a first conductive layer formed on the insulating layer and containing a first conductive material and a second conductive layer formed on the first conductive layer and containing a second conductive material different from the first conductive material, wherein the second conductive layer includes an eaves portion protruding outward with respect to an end surface of the first conductive layer; a bonding member bonded to the pad wiring layer and supplying electric power to an element of the element forming surface; and a coating insulating film selectively formed on the insulating layer below the eaves portion, exposing an upper surface of the insulating layer to a peripheral region of the pad wiring layer, and covering the end surface of the first conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoji TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20220344299
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface, an insulating layer formed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a Cu conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, the Cu conductive layer made of a metal mainly containing Cu, a second insulating layer formed on the insulating layer, the second insulating layer covering the Cu conductive layer, a Cu pillar extending in a thickness direction in the second insulating layer, the Cu pillar made of a metal mainly containing Cu and electrically connected to the Cu conductive layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the Cu conductive layer and the Cu pillar, the intermediate layer made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu conductive layer and smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji TAKEI, Yuji KOGA
  • Publication number: 20220284726
    Abstract: An optical module includes: a first lens having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and a second lens having a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface, the first principal surface is configured by a flat surface, and on the second principal surface, a concave lens array having a plurality of concave lenses is formed, and on each of the third principal surface and the fourth principal surface, a convex lens array having a plurality of convex lenses is formed, and the second principal surface and the third principal surface are arranged in such a way as to face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoji TAKEI
  • Patent number: 11417623
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface, an insulating layer formed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a Cu conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, the Cu conductive layer made of a metal mainly containing Cu, a second insulating layer formed on the insulating layer, the second insulating layer covering the Cu conductive layer, a Cu pillar extending in a thickness direction in the second insulating layer, the Cu pillar made of a metal mainly containing Cu and electrically connected to the Cu conductive layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the Cu conductive layer and the Cu pillar, the intermediate layer made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu conductive layer and smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Takei, Yuji Koga
  • Publication number: 20200312806
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface, an insulating layer formed at the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a Cu conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, the Cu conductive layer made of a metal mainly containing Cu, a second insulating layer formed on the insulating layer, the second insulating layer covering the Cu conductive layer, a Cu pillar extending in a thickness direction in the second insulating layer, the Cu pillar made of a metal mainly containing Cu and electrically connected to the Cu conductive layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the Cu conductive layer and the Cu pillar, the intermediate layer made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu conductive layer and smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the Cu pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji TAKEI, Yuji KOGA
  • Publication number: 20150338608
    Abstract: It includes: a first lens having a convex shape on an object side and having positive refractive power; a second lens having a concave shape on an image plane side and having negative refractive power; a third lens having, in a paraxial region, one of a biconvex shape and a plano-convex shape that is provided with a convex surface facing toward the image plane side, the third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having aspherical shapes on both surfaces thereof and having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having aspherical shapes on both surfaces thereof, having a concave shape in a paraxial region on the image plane side, and having negative refractive power, the first to fifth lenses being arranged in order from the object side. The following conditional expressions are satisfied, where ?2 is an Abbe number of the second lens, and ?4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Shoji TAKEI
  • Patent number: 8878294
    Abstract: An inventive semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a source region provided in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a drain region provided in the surface of the semiconductor layer in spaced relation from the source region, a gate insulation film provided in opposed relation to a portion of the surface of the semiconductor layer present between the source region and the drain region, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulation film, and a drain-gate isolation portion provided between the drain region and the gate insulation film for isolating the drain region and the gate insulation film from each other in non-contact relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kojima, Shoji Takei
  • Publication number: 20130292765
    Abstract: An inventive semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a source region provided in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a drain region provided in the surface of the semiconductor layer in spaced relation from the source region, a gate insulation film provided in opposed relation to a portion of the surface of the semiconductor layer present between the source region and the drain region, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulation film, and a drain-gate isolation portion provided between the drain region and the gate insulation film for isolating the drain region and the gate insulation film from each other in non-contact relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Mitsuo KOJIMA, Shoji TAKEI
  • Patent number: 8520321
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes an aperture stop, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having negative refractive power. Both surfaces of the first lens, both surfaces of the second lens, both surfaces of the third lens, and both surfaces of the fourth lens are formed as aspheric surfaces. The following condition expression (1), condition expression (2), and condition expression (3) are satisfied. ?1.09?f2/f??0.81??(1) ?1.62?f2/f1??1.42??(2) 0.65?f3/f?0.97??(3) in which f1: the focal length of the first lens f2: the focal length of the second lens f3: the focal length of the third lens f: the focal length of the lens whole system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shoji Takei
  • Patent number: 8513766
    Abstract: An inventive semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a source region provided in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a drain region provided in the surface of the semiconductor layer in spaced relation from the source region, a gate insulation film provided in opposed relation to a portion of the surface of the semiconductor layer present between the source region and the drain region, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulation film, and a drain-gate isolation portion provided between the drain region and the gate insulation film for isolating the drain region and the gate insulation film from each other in non-contact relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kojima, Shoji Takei
  • Publication number: 20120075723
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes an aperture stop, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having negative refractive power. Both surfaces of the first lens, both surfaces of the second lens, both surfaces of the third lens, and both surfaces of the fourth lens are formed as aspheric surfaces. The following condition expression (1), condition expression (2), and condition expression (3) are satisfied. ?1.09?f2/f??0.81??(1) ?1.62?f2/f1??1.42??(2) 0.65?f3/f?0.97??(3) in which f1: the focal length of the first lens f2: the focal length of the second lens f3: the focal length of the third lens f: the focal length of the lens whole system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shoji Takei
  • Patent number: 6969167
    Abstract: A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamazaki, Shoji Takei
  • Publication number: 20050078159
    Abstract: A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamazaki, Shoji Takei
  • Patent number: 6808257
    Abstract: A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamazaki, Shoji Takei
  • Publication number: 20040021756
    Abstract: A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamazaki, Shoji Takei
  • Patent number: 6619793
    Abstract: A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamazaki, Shoji Takei
  • Publication number: 20020018850
    Abstract: A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamazaki, Shoji Takei