Patents by Inventor Takashi Yoshino

Takashi Yoshino 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: 20250146179
    Abstract: A composite substrate has a group 13 nitride semiconductor substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface and a supporting substrate having a bonding surface bonded with the first main surface of the group 13 nitride semiconductor substrate. The supporting substrate has a bonding region composed of silicon carbide having an average micropipe density of 10 cm?2 or higher and 100 cm?2 or lower at the bonding surface of the supporting substrate or composed of synthetic diamond having an atomic ratio of nitrogen to carbon atoms of 500 ppm or higher and 2000 ppm or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KURAOKA, Takashi YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 12186711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane; and a separation functional layer provided on the support membrane, in which the separation functional layer includes a thin membrane, the thin membrane has a fold structure including a plurality of protrusions, an actual length L of the thin membrane per 1 ?m length of the support membrane in a cross-sectional direction perpendicular to a membrane surface is 3.0 ?m or more, and a thickness of the thin membrane in the protrusion is 15 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tabayashi, Ryosuke Okanishi, Yuta Amano, Takashi Yoshino, Takao Sasaki, Hiroki Minehara, Masaki Higashi
  • Patent number: 12161978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane; and a separation functional layer provided on the support membrane, in which the separation functional layer includes a thin membrane, the thin membrane has a fold structure including a plurality of protrusions having a height of 10 nm or more, and in the fold structure, a ratio (T100/T25) is less than 0.95, where T25 is a thickness of the thin membrane in a region of 0% to 25% of the height of the protrusion and T100 is a thickness of the thin membrane in a region of 50% to 100% of the height of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Okanishi, Shunsuke Tabayashi, Yuta Amano, Takao Sasaki, Masaki Higashi, Takashi Yoshino, Hiroki Minehara, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240404757
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including laminated dielectric layers, first and second main surfaces, first and second lateral surfaces, first and second end surfaces, first and second internal electrode layers laminated alternately with the dielectric layers and respectively exposed at the first and second end surfaces, first and second external electrodes respectively connected to the first and second internal electrode layers. The dielectric layers include a ceramic material. The ceramic material includes ceramic particles with an average particle diameter of about 710 nm or greater and about 830 nm or less. A percent coverage of the dielectric layers by the first internal electrode layers and a percent coverage of the dielectric layers by the second internal electrode layers are about 60% or higher and about 85% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Takashi YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 12138595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane; and a separation functional layer provided on the support membrane, in which the separation functional layer comprises a plurality of protrusions formed of a thin membrane, and at least a part of the plurality of protrusions has a ratio (Wa/Wb) of larger than 1.3 in cross sections at arbitrary ten positions each having a length of 2.0 ?m in a membrane surface direction of the support membrane, provided that Wa is a maximum width of the protrusion and Wb is a root width of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Amano, Shunsuke Tabayashi, Ryosuke Okanishi, Takashi Yoshino, Takao Sasaki, Hiroki Minehara, Masaki Higashi
  • Publication number: 20240278184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane; and a separation functional layer provided on the support membrane, in which the separation functional layer includes a thin membrane, the thin membrane has a fold structure including a plurality of protrusions having a height of 10 nm or more, and in the fold structure, a ratio (T100/T25) is less than 0.95, where T25 is a thickness of the thin membrane in a region of 0% to 25% of the height of the protrusion and T100 is a thickness of the thin membrane in a region of 50% to 100% of the height of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke OKANISHI, Shunsuke TABAYASHI, Yuta AMANO, Takao SASAKI, Masaki HIGASHI, Takashi YOSHINO, Hiroki MINEHARA, Hiroaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240198294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane; and a separation functional layer provided on the support membrane, in which the separation functional layer includes a thin membrane, the thin membrane has a fold structure including a plurality of protrusions, an actual length L of the thin membrane per 1 ?m length of the support membrane in a cross-sectional direction perpendicular to a membrane surface is 3.0 ?m or more, and a thickness of the thin membrane in the protrusion is 15 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke TABAYASHI, Ryosuke OKANISHI, Yuta AMANO, Takashi YOSHINO, Takao SASAKI, Hiroki MINEHARA, Masaki HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20240198293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane including: a support membrane; and a separation functional layer provided on the support membrane, in which the separation functional layer comprises a plurality of protrusions formed of a thin membrane, and at least a part of the plurality of protrusions has a ratio (Wa/Wb) of larger than 1.3 in cross sections at arbitrary ten positions each having a length of 2.0 ?m in a membrane surface direction of the support membrane, provided that Wa is a maximum width of the protrusion and Wb is a root width of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuta AMANO, Shunsuke TABAYASHI, Ryosuke OKANISHI, Takashi YOSHINO, Takao SASAKI, Hiroki MINEHARA, Masaki HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20230215969
    Abstract: It is provided a seed crystal layer, composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof, on an alumina layer on a single crystal substrate. By annealing under reducing atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, convex-concave morphology is formed on a surface of the seed crystal layer so as to have an RMS value of 180 nm to 700 nm measured by an atomic force microscope. On the surface of the seed crystal layer, it is grown a group 13 nitride crystal layer composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takayuki HIRAO, Hirokazu NAKANISHI, Mikiya ICHIMURA, Takanao SHIMODAIRA, Takashi YOSHINO, Katsuhiro IMAI, Yoshitaka KURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230119023
    Abstract: A free-standing substrate, for growing epitaxial crystal composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or a mixed crystal thereof, includes a nitrogen polar surface and group 13 element polar surface. The nitrogen polar surface is warped in a convex shape, and a chamfer part is provided in an outer peripheral part of the nitrogen polar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takashi YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11611017
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of a crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. The crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element contains oxygen atoms in a content of 1×1018 atom/cm3 or less, silicon atoms, manganese atoms, carbon atoms, magnesium atoms and calcium atoms in contents of 1×1017 atom/cm3 or less, chromium atoms in a content of 1×1016 atom/cm3 or less and chlorine atoms in a content of 1×1015 atom/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11555257
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. A normal line to the upper surface has an off-angle of 2.0° or less with respect to <0001> direction of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11473212
    Abstract: A crystal substrate 1 includes an underlying layer 2 and a thick film 3. The underlying layer 2 is composed of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element and includes a first main face 2a and a second main face 2b. The thick film 3 is composed of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element and provided over the first main face of the underlying layer. The underlying layer 2 includes a low carrier concentration region 5 and a high carrier concentration region 4 both extending between the first main face 2a and the second main face 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iwai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11456720
    Abstract: A piezoelectric monocrystalline substrate is composed of a material represented by LiAO3 (A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum), a bonding layer is compose of a material of an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum, and an interface layer is provided along an interface between the piezoelectric monocrystalline substrate 6 and bonding layer, and the interface layer has a composition of ExO(1-x) (E represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum and 0.29?x?0.89).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Goto, Tomoyoshi Tai, Takahiro Yamadera, Yuji Hori, Keiichiro Asai, Masahiko Namerikawa, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11437233
    Abstract: A base substrate includes a supporting substrate comprising aluminum oxide, and a base crystal layer provided on a main face of the supporting substrate, comprising a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element and having a crystal growth surface. At lease one of a metal of a group 13 element and a reaction product of a material of the supporting substrate and the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element is present between the raised part and the supporting substrate. The reaction product contains at least aluminum and a group 13 element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Goto, Masahiro Sakai, Shohei Oue, Takashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20220209062
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device having a support layer having a surface with a three-dimensional shape, a light emitting functional layer formed on the surface with a three-dimensional shape of the support layer, and a translucent electrode layer provided on a side of the light emitting functional layer opposite to the support layer. The support layer functions as a reflective electrode, and a light emitting functional layer formed on the surface with a three-dimensional shape of the support layer. The light emitting functional layer has two or more layers composed of semiconductor single crystal grains. Each of the two or more layers has a single crystal structure in a direction approximately normal to the surface with a three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Namerikawa, Takashi Yoshino, Yoshitaka Kuraoka, Masahiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220199854
    Abstract: It is provided a seed crystal layer, composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof, on an alumina layer on a single crystal substrate. By annealing under reducing atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, convex-concave morphology is formed on a surface of the seed crystal layer so as to have an RMS value of 180 nm to 700 nm measured by an atomic force microscope. On the surface of the seed crystal layer, it is grown a group 13 nitride crystal layer composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takayuki HIRAO, Hirokazu NAKANISHI, Mikiya ICHIMURA, Takanao SHIMODAIRA, Takashi YOSHINO, Katsuhiro IMAI, Yoshitaka KURAOKA
  • Patent number: 11309455
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof includes an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, and the high-luminance light-emitting part has a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element, when the upper surface is observed by cathode luminescence. The upper surface has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 nm or more and 1.0 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11245054
    Abstract: A base substrate includes a supporting substrate and a base crystal layer provided on a main face of the supporting substrate composed of a crystal of a group 13 nitride and having a crystal growth surface. The base crystal layer includes a raised part. A reaction product of a material of the supporting substrate and the crystal of the group 13 nitride, metal of a group 13 element and/or void is present between the raised part and supporting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakai, Shohei Oue, Masashi Goto, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11088299
    Abstract: A crystal of a group 13 nitride has an upper surface and lower surface and is composed of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof. When the upper surface of the layer of the crystal of the group 13 nitride is observed by cathode luminescence, the upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. A half value width of reflection at the (0002) plane of a X-ray rocking curve on the upper surface is 3000 seconds or less and 20 seconds or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino