Patents by Inventor TOMOMI OKANO

TOMOMI OKANO 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: 20230034691
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a lens disposed above a first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of columnar structures disposed on a surface parallel to the first light incident surface that is located between a second light incident surface of the lens and the first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element. The columnar structure includes at least one of silicon, germanium, gallium phosphide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, hafnium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, niobium pentoxide, magnesium oxide, tantalum pentoxide, titanium pentoxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconia, cerium fluoride, gadolinium fluoride, lanthanum fluoride, and neodymium fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: MIKINORI ITO, YUTA NAKAMOTO, TOMOMI OKANO, YUYA KITABAYASHI, TAKASHI TANAKA, TOMOYUKI ARAI, NATSUKO OOTANI
  • Patent number: 11508767
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a lens disposed above a first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of columnar structures disposed on a surface parallel to the first light incident surface that is located between a second light incident surface of the lens and the first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element. The columnar structure includes at least one of silicon, germanium, gallium phosphide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, hafnium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, niobium pentoxide, magnesium oxide, tantalum pentoxide, titanium pentoxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconia, cerium fluoride, gadolinium fluoride, lanthanum fluoride, and neodymium fluoride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikinori Ito, Yuta Nakamoto, Tomomi Okano, Yuya Kitabayashi, Takashi Tanaka, Tomoyuki Arai, Natsuko Ootani
  • Publication number: 20210366964
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a lens disposed above a first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of columnar structures disposed on a surface parallel to the first light incident surface that is located between a second light incident surface of the lens and the first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element. The columnar structure includes at least one of silicon, germanium, gallium phosphide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, hafnium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, niobium pentoxide, magnesium oxide, tantalum pentoxide, titanium pentoxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconia, cerium fluoride, gadolinium fluoride, lanthanum fluoride, and neodymium fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: MIKINORI ITO, YUTA NAKAMOTO, TOMOMI OKANO, YUYA KITABAYASHI, TAKASHI TANAKA, TOMOYUKI ARAI, NATSUKO OOTANI