Patents by Inventor SOGO OTA

SOGO OTA 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: 20230262364
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a first photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge, a first charge storage that stores the charge, a first capacitor, an output circuit electrically connected to the first capacitor, and a first interposing transistor including a gate electrode, a source, and a drain. A potential of the first charge storage, a potential of the gate electrode, and a potential of one of the source and the drain are continuously the same during a control cycle period. By turning on the first interposing transistor, the first charge storage and the first capacitor are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: SOGO OTA, JUNJI HIRASE
  • Publication number: 20230085674
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a first photoelectric converter, and a second photoelectric converter. The semiconductor substrate has an electric-charge storage region. The second photoelectric converter is located between the first photoelectric converter and the semiconductor substrate. The first photoelectric converter includes a first counter electrode, a first pixel electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion layer. The first photoelectric conversion layer is located between the first counter electrode and the first pixel electrode. The second photoelectric converter includes a second counter electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a second photoelectric conversion layer. The second photoelectric conversion layer is located between the second counter electrode and the second pixel electrode. The electric-charge storage region is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI NISHITANI, SOGO OTA, YASUO MIYAKE, YOSHIHIRO SATO, KAZUKO NISHIMURA, TSUTOMU KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230009806
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a photoelectric converter and a microlens. The microlens is provided above the photoelectric conversion layer. In a cross-section of the imaging device, an upper surface of the microlens forms a contour line in which a first curve projecting upward is connected to a second curve projecting downward at a first inflection point located between the first curve and the second curve. In this cross-section, a curvature radius of the second curve at a lower end of the second curve is larger than a distance in a thickness direction of the microlens from an upper end of the first curve to the first inflection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: AKIO NAKAJUN, SOGO OTA