Patents by Inventor Toshikazu SHIBAYAMA

Toshikazu SHIBAYAMA 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: 20210005656
    Abstract: To reduce reflection of incident light in an imaging element having a transparent resin arranged on a surface of a microlens. The imaging element includes a pixel, a microlens, a transparent resin layer, and a sealing glass. The pixel is formed on a semiconductor substrate and generates an image signal according to radiated light. The microlens is arranged adjacent to the pixel, collects incident light, irradiates the pixel with the incident light, and flattens a surface of the pixel. The transparent resin layer is arranged adjacent to the microlens and has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the microlens by a predetermined difference. The sealing glass is arranged adjacent to the transparent resin and seals the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: TOSHIKAZU SHIBAYAMA, YUSUKE MORIYA, NOBUYUKI MITSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200111830
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, a solid state imaging element, and an electronic apparatus in which the adverse effect due to hot carrier luminescence can be suppressed. In them, an element formation unit in which a plurality of elements are formed and an interconnection unit in which interconnections connecting elements are formed are stacked. A structure object formed between a light receiving element that receives light and performs photoelectric conversion and an active element that forms a peripheral circuit placed around the light receiving element in such a manner that the gap in the thickness direction of the element formation unit is not more than a prescribed spacing and formed of a material that inhibits the propagation of light is placed in the element formation unit. The present technology can be applied to a back-side illumination solid state imaging element, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji KOBAYASHI, Shin IWABUCHI, Toshikazu SHIBAYAMA, Mamoru SUZUKI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10529764
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, a solid state imaging element, and an electronic apparatus in which the adverse effect due to hot carrier luminescence can be suppressed. In them, an element formation unit in which a plurality of elements are formed and an interconnection unit in which interconnections connecting elements are formed are stacked. A structure object formed between a light receiving element that receives light and performs photoelectric conversion and an active element that forms a peripheral circuit placed around the light receiving element in such a manner that the gap in the thickness direction of the element formation unit is not more than a prescribed spacing and formed of a material that inhibits the propagation of light is placed in the element formation unit. The present technology can be applied to a back-side illumination solid state imaging element, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Kobayashi, Shin Iwabuchi, Toshikazu Shibayama, Mamoru Suzuki, Shunsuke Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20160211296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, a solid state imaging element, and an electronic apparatus in which the adverse effect due to hot carrier luminescence can be suppressed. In them, an element formation unit in which a plurality of elements are formed and an interconnection unit in which interconnections connecting elements are formed are stacked. A structure object formed between a light receiving element that receives light and performs photoelectric conversion and an active element that forms a peripheral circuit placed around the light receiving element in such a manner that the gap in the thickness direction of the element formation unit is not more than a prescribed spacing and formed of a material that inhibits the propagation of light is placed in the element formation unit. The present technology can be applied to a back-side illumination solid state imaging element, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shoji KOBAYASHI, Shin IWABUCHI, Toshikazu SHIBAYAMA, Mamoru SUZUKI, Shunsuke MARUYAMA