Patents by Inventor Taichi Natori

Taichi Natori 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: 11837616
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element, a method of manufacturing the imaging element, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress generation of a void in an infrared cutoff filter layer. The imaging element includes: a light receiving sensor that performs photoelectric conversion of incoming light; a cover glass that protects a top surface side serving as a light incidence surface of the light receiving sensor; a frame that is disposed in an outer peripheral portion between the light receiving sensor and the cover glass, and is formed with use of an inorganic material; and an infrared cutoff filter layer that is formed on an inner side on a same plane as the frame. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging element having a CSP structure, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Patent number: 11830898
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element, a method of manufacturing the imaging element, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress generation of a void in an infrared cutoff filter layer. The imaging element includes: a light receiving sensor that performs photoelectric conversion of incoming light; a cover glass that protects a top surface side serving as a light incidence surface of the light receiving sensor; a frame that is disposed in an outer peripheral portion between the light receiving sensor and the cover glass, and is formed with use of an inorganic material; and an infrared cutoff filter layer that is formed on an inner side on a same plane as the frame. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging element having a CSP structure, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Publication number: 20220216249
    Abstract: Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses incorporating imaging devices or image pick-up elements are provided. An imaging device as disclosed can include a substrate, a first opto-electronic converter having a first area formed in the substrate, and a second opto-electronic converter having a second area formed in the substrate. The first area is larger than the second area. In addition, a light blocking wall can extend from a first surface of the substrate such that at least a portion of the light blocking wall is between the first opto-electronic converter and the second opto-electronic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi YANAGITA, Taichi NATORI, Hirotsugu TAKAHASHI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA, Yasushi MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11309343
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element, a method of manufacturing the imaging element, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress generation of a void in an infrared cutoff filter layer. The imaging element includes: a light receiving sensor that performs photoelectric conversion of incoming light; a cover glass that protects a top surface side serving as a light incidence surface of the light receiving sensor; a frame that is disposed in an outer peripheral portion between the light receiving sensor and the cover glass, and is formed with use of an inorganic material; and an infrared cutoff filter layer that is formed on an inner side on a same plane as the frame. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging element having a CSP structure, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Patent number: 11271026
    Abstract: Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses incorporating imaging devices or image pick-up elements are provided. An imaging device as disclosed can include a substrate, a first opto-electronic converter having a first area formed in the substrate, and a second opto-electronic converter having a second area formed in the substrate. The first area is larger than the second area. In addition, a light blocking wall can extend from a first surface of the substrate such that at least a portion of the light blocking wall is between the first opto-electronic converter and the second opto-electronic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagita, Taichi Natori, Hirotsugu Takahashi, Shunsuke Maruyama, Yasushi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20200335537
    Abstract: Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses incorporating imaging devices or image pick-up elements are provided. An imaging device as disclosed can include a substrate, a first opto-electronic converter having a first area formed in the substrate, and a second opto-electronic converter having a second area formed in the substrate. The first area is larger than the second area. In addition, a light blocking wall can extend from a first surface of the substrate such that at least a portion of the light blocking wall is between the first opto-electronic converter and the second opto-electronic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi YANAGITA, Taichi NATORI, Hirotsugu TAKAHASHI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA, Yasushi MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10741599
    Abstract: Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses incorporating imaging devices or image pick-up elements are provided. An imaging device as disclosed can include a substrate, a first opto-electronic converter having a first area formed in the substrate, and a second opto-electronic converter having a second area formed in the substrate. The first area is larger than the second area. In addition, a light blocking wall can extend from a first surface of the substrate such that at least a portion of the light blocking wall is between the first opto-electronic converter and the second opto-electronic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagita, Taichi Natori, Hirotsugu Takahashi, Shunsuke Maruyama, Yasushi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20200235141
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging element, a method of manufacturing the imaging element, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress generation of a void in an infrared cutoff filter layer. The imaging element includes: a light receiving sensor that performs photoelectric conversion of incoming light; a cover glass that protects a top surface side serving as a light incidence surface of the light receiving sensor; a frame that is disposed in an outer peripheral portion between the light receiving sensor and the cover glass, and is formed with use of an inorganic material; and an infrared cutoff filter layer that is formed on an inner side on a same plane as the frame. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging element having a CSP structure, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi NATORI
  • Publication number: 20180308883
    Abstract: Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses incorporating imaging devices or image pick-up elements are provided. An imaging device as disclosed can include a substrate, a first opto-electronic converter having a first area formed in the substrate, and a second opto-electronic converter having a second area formed in the substrate. The first area is larger than the second area. In addition, a light blocking wall can extend from a first surface of the substrate such that at least a portion of the light blocking wall is between the first opto-electronic converter and the second opto-electronic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi YANAGITA, Taichi NATORI, Hirotsugu TAKAHASHI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA, Yasushi MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9918027
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: an R pixel provided with an R filter for transmitting red-color light; a B pixel provided with a B filter for transmitting blue-color light; an S1 pixel which is provided with an S1 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in a visible light region and has a sensitivity higher than that of the R pixel; and an S2 pixel which is provided with an S2 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in the visible light region and lower than the visible light transmittance of the S1 filter and has a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the S1 pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Publication number: 20170223290
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: an R pixel provided with an R filter for transmitting red-color light; a B pixel provided with a B filter for transmitting blue-color light; an S1 pixel which is provided with an S1 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in a visible light region and has a sensitivity higher than that of the R pixel; and an S2 pixel which is provided with an S2 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in the visible light region and lower than the visible light transmittance of the S1 filter and has a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the S1 pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: TAICHI NATORI
  • Patent number: 9661241
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: an R pixel provided with an R filter for transmitting red-color light; a B pixel provided with a B filter for transmitting blue-color light; an S1 pixel which is provided with an S1 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in a visible light region and has a sensitivity higher than that of the R pixel; and an S2 pixel which is provided with an S2 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in the visible light region and lower than the visible light transmittance of the S1 filter and has a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the S1 pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Patent number: 9595551
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device that includes: colored pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion element and a colored filler; white pixels each including a second photoelectric conversion element and a clear layer; and an interlayer insulating film provided between the first photoelectric conversion element and the colored filter, and between the second photoelectric conversion element and the clear layer. The colored filter is provided on light-entering side of the first photoelectric conversion element. The clear layer is provided on light-entering side of the second photoelectric conversion element. The clear layer has a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the colored filter, and includes an inorganic dielectric film made of a different material from a material of the interlayer insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Patent number: 9523803
    Abstract: To provide an image capturing element and an image capturing apparatus in which an image capturing optical system can be thinned without degrading image capturing properties. An image capturing element according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an on-chip lens, a low refractive index layer and an infrared absorption layer. The on-chip lens is composed of a high refractive index material. The low refractive index layer is formed flatly on the on-chip lens and is composed of a low refractive index material. The infrared absorption layer is laminated above the low refractive index layer and is composed of an infrared absorption material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Nozomi Kimura, Taichi Natori, Ken Ozawa, Nobuyuki Matsuzawa, Daisuke Hobara
  • Publication number: 20160197108
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device that includes: colored pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion element and a colored filler; white pixels each including a second photoelectric conversion element and a clear layer; and an interlayer insulating film provided between the first photoelectric conversion element and the colored filter, and between the second photoelectric conversion element and the clear layer. The colored filter is provided on light-entering side of the first photoelectric conversion element. The clear layer is provided on light-entering side of the second photoelectric conversion element. The clear layer has a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the colored filter, and includes an inorganic dielectric film made of a different material from a material of the interlayer insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Publication number: 20160127663
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: an R pixel provided with an R filter for transmitting red-color light; a B pixel provided with a B filter for transmitting blue-color light; an S1 pixel which is provided with an S1 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in a visible light region and has a sensitivity higher than that of the R pixel; and an S2 pixel which is provided with an S2 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in the visible light region and lower than the visible light transmittance of the S1 filter and has a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the S1 pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: TAICHI NATORI
  • Patent number: 9288410
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: an R pixel provided with an R filter for transmitting red-color light; a B pixel provided with a B filter for transmitting blue-color light; an S1 pixel which is provided with an S1 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in a visible light region and has a sensitivity higher than that of the R pixel; and an S2 pixel which is provided with an S2 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in the visible light region and lower than the visible light transmittance of the S1 filter and has a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the S1 pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Natori
  • Publication number: 20150331163
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an image capturing element and an image capturing apparatus in which an image capturing optical system can be thinned without degrading image capturing properties. [Solving Means] An image capturing element according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an on-chip lens, a low refractive index layer and an infrared absorption layer. The on-chip lens is composed of a high refractive index material. The low refractive index layer is formed flatly on the on-chip lens and is composed of a low refractive index material. The infrared absorption layer is laminated above the low refractive index layer and is composed of an infrared absorption material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masanori IWASAKI, Nozomi KIMURA, Taichi NATORI, Ken OZAWA, Nobuyuki MATSUZAWA, Daisuke HOBARA
  • Patent number: 9124822
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including a solid-state image pickup element operable to produce an electric charge according to the amount of light received, a lens disposed on the upper side of a pixel of the solid-state image pickup element, a protective film which covers the upper side of the lens and a surface of which is flattened, and a surface film which is formed at the surface of the protective film and which is higher in hydrophilicity than the inside of the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youichi Otsuka, Kazuaki Ogawa, Taichi Natori, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yasunori Koshino, Hitomi Kamiya, Yoshinori Toumiya, Tadayuki Dofuku, Ina Hori, Takayuki Shoya, Yukihiro Sayama, Masaya Shimoji, Yoshikazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8921872
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a plurality of light-emitting devices; and a separation section disposed between any adjacent two of the plurality of light-emitting devices and including a photoexcited material. A light-emitting device includes: an excitation light source; a wavelength conversion layer converting excitation light emitted from the excitation light source into light of a wavelength different from a wavelength of the excitation light; and a wavelength selection film disposed on a surface farther from the excitation light source of the wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ichikawa, Tadashi Ishibashi, Taichi Natori