Patents by Inventor Toshiki Sakamoto

Toshiki Sakamoto 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: 20240186352
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device capable of suppressing an influence of flare. An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels that performs photoelectric conversion is arranged; an on-chip lens provided on the pixel region; a protective member provided on the on-chip lens; and a resin layer that adheres between the on-chip lens and the protective member, in which when a thickness of the resin layer and the protective member is T, a length of a diagonal line of the pixel region viewed from an incident direction of light is L, and a critical angle of the protective member is ?c, T?L/2/tan?c (Formula 2) or T?L/4/tan?c (Formula 3) is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MASUDA, Keisuke HATANO, Hirokazu SEKI, Atsushi TODA, Shinichiro NOUDO, Yusuke OIKE, Yutaka OOKA, Naoto SASAKI, Toshiki SAKAMOTO, Takafumi MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230230986
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging element according to the present disclosure includes a first light receiving pixel, a second light receiving pixel, and a metal layer. The first light receiving pixel receives visible light. The second light receiving pixel receives infrared light. The metal layer is provided to face at least one of a photoelectric conversion unit of the first light receiving pixel and a photoelectric conversion unit of the second light receiving pixel on an opposite side of a light incident side, and contains tungsten as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MASUDA, Kazuyoshi YAMASHITA, Shinichiro KURIHARA, Syogo KUROGI, Yusuke UESAKA, Toshiki SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KAWANO, Masatoshi IWAMOTO, Takashi TERADA, Sintaro NAKAJIKI, Shinta KOBAYASHI, Chihiro ARAI
  • Publication number: 20230215901
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging element that includes a semiconductor layer, a floating diffusion region (FD), a penetrating pixel separation region, and a non-penetrating pixel separation region. In the semiconductor layer, a visible-light pixel (PDc) that receives visible light and an infrared-light pixel (PDw) that receives infrared light are two-dimensionally arranged. The floating diffusion region is provided in the semiconductor layer and is shared by adjacent visible-light and infrared-light pixels. The penetrating pixel separation region is provided in a region excluding a region corresponding to the floating diffusion region in an inter-pixel region of the visible-light pixel and the infrared-light pixel, and penetrates the semiconductor layer in a depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi YAMASHITA, Yoshiaki MASUDA, Shinichiro KURIHARA, Syogo KUROGI, Yusuke UESAKA, Toshiki SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KAWANO, Masatoshi IWAMOTO, Takashi TERADA, Sintaro NAKAJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230197748
    Abstract: The solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of first light receiving pixels that receives visible light, a plurality of second light receiving pixels that receives infrared light, a separation region, and a light shielding wall. The plurality of first light receiving pixels and the plurality of second light receiving pixels are arranged in a matrix, and the separation regionis arranged in a lattice pattern, light and has a plurality of intersection portions The light shielding wall is provided in the separation region and includes a first light shielding wall provided along a first direction in plan view, and a second light shielding wall provided along a second direction intersecting the first direction in plan view. In addition, the first light shielding wall and the second light shielding wall are spaced apart at the intersection portionof at least a part of the separation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke UESAKA, Kazuyoshi YAMASHITA, Yoshiaki MASUDA, Shinichiro KURIHARA, Syogo KUROGI, Toshiki SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KAWANO, Masatoshi IWAMOTO, Takashi TERADA, Sintaro NAKAJIKI
  • Publication number: 20220232151
    Abstract: Pixel formation in an imaging element configured to detect image plane phase difference is simplified. The imaging element includes an on-chip lens, a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and a plurality of waveguides. The on-chip lens concentrates incident light on a pixel and is placed on each pixel so as to be shifted from a center of the pixel according to an incident angle of the incident light. The plurality of photoelectric conversion portions is arranged in the pixel and performs photoelectric conversion according to the incident light. The plurality of waveguides is arranged for the plurality of respective photoelectric conversion portion in the pixel. The plurality of waveguides guide the incident light concentrated so that the incident light enters each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portion, and are formed into shapes dissimilar to each other based on the shift of the on-chip lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11330158
    Abstract: Pixel formation in an imaging element configured to detect image plane phase difference is simplified. The imaging element includes an on-chip lens, a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and a plurality of waveguides. The on-chip lens concentrates incident light on a pixel and is placed on each pixel so as to be shifted from a center of the pixel according to an incident angle of the incident light. The plurality of photoelectric conversion portions is arranged in the pixel and performs photoelectric conversion according to the incident light. The plurality of waveguides is arranged for the plurality of respective photoelectric conversion portion in the pixel. The plurality of waveguides guide the incident light concentrated so that the incident light enters each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portion, and are formed into shapes dissimilar to each other based on the shift of the on-chip lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200213488
    Abstract: Pixel formation in an imaging element configured to detect image plane phase difference is simplified. The imaging element includes an on-chip lens, a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and a plurality of waveguides. The on-chip lens concentrates incident light on a pixel and is placed on each pixel so as to be shifted from a center of the pixel according to an incident angle of the incident light. The plurality of photoelectric conversion portions is arranged in the pixel and performs photoelectric conversion according to the incident light. The plurality of waveguides is arranged for the plurality of respective photoelectric conversion portion in the pixel. The plurality of waveguides guide the incident light concentrated so that the incident light enters each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portion, and are formed into shapes dissimilar to each other based on the shift of the on-chip lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9166432
    Abstract: A charge circuit includes a current limiting circuit configured to limit a current input from an input terminal; a first transistor connected between an output terminal of the current limiting circuit and a secondary battery; a charge control circuit configured to turn the first transistor on and off to start and stop supply of a charge current to the secondary battery; a second transistor configured to output a current proportional to the charge current flowing through the first transistor; and a charge timer configured to generate clock pulses according to the current output from the second transistor. The charge control circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor to stop the supply of the charge current to the secondary battery when the number of the clock pulses reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gentaro Kurokawa, Daisuke Suzuki, Toshiki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20130207597
    Abstract: A charge circuit includes a current limiting circuit configured to limit a current input from an input terminal; a first transistor connected between an output terminal of the current limiting circuit and a secondary battery; a charge control circuit configured to turn the first transistor on and off to start and stop supply of a charge current to the secondary battery; a second transistor configured to output a current proportional to the charge current flowing through the first transistor; and a charge timer configured to generate clock pulses according to the current output from the second transistor. The charge control circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor to stop the supply of the charge current to the secondary battery when the number of the clock pulses reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gentaro KUROKAWA, Daisuke Suzuki, Toshiki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6979136
    Abstract: The present invention relates a fiber optical module. A first filter 5 transmits a light with a first predetermined wavelength (?A ), and reflects lights with a second predetermined wavelength (?B) and a third predetermined wavelength (?C). A second filter 6 transmits the light with wavelength ?B and reflects the light with wavelength ?C. A first light-receiving device 2 receives the light with wavelength ?A, and a second light-receiving device 3 receives the light with wavelength ?B, A light-emitting device 4 emits the light with wavelength ?C. A first optical fiber 1a leads the lights with wavelengths ?A and ?B to the first filter 5. A second optical fiber 1b leads the light with wavelength ?B reflected by the first filter 1a. A third optical fiber 1c leads the light with wavelength ?C emitted by the light-emitting device 4 to the second filter 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Okano Electric Wire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Takagi, Noboru Fukushima, Chohei Hirano, Toshiki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20040028353
    Abstract: The present invention relates a fiber optical module. A first filter 5 transmits a light with a first predetermined wavelength (&lgr;A), and reflects lights with a second predetermined wavelength (&lgr;B) and a third predetermined wavelength (&lgr;C). A second filter 6 transmits the light with wavelength &lgr;B and reflects the light with wavelength &lgr;C. A first light-receiving device 2 receives the light with wavelength &lgr;A, and a second light-receiving device 3 receives the light with wavelength &lgr;B, A light-emitting device 4 emits the light with wavelength &lgr;C. A first optical fiber 1a leads the lights with wavelengths &lgr;A and &lgr;B to the first filter 5. A second optical fiber 1b leads the light with wavelength &lgr;B reflected by the first filter 1a. A third optical fiber 1c leads the light with wavelength &lgr;C emitted by the light-emitting device 4 to the second filter 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Seiji Takagi, Noboru Fukushima, Chohei Hirano, Toshiki Sakamoto