Patents by Inventor Yohei Mizuno

Yohei Mizuno 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: 11817299
    Abstract: A gold sputtering target is made of gold and inevitable impurities, and has a surface to be sputtered. In the gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, and an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less. A {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented at the surface to be sputtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kato, Yohei Mizuno, Chiharu Ishikura
  • Publication number: 20230126513
    Abstract: A gold sputtering target is made of gold and inevitable impurities, and has a surface to be sputtered. In the gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, and an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less. A {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented at the surface to be sputtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KATO, Yohei MIZUNO, Chiharu ISHIKURA
  • Patent number: 11569074
    Abstract: A gold sputtering target is made of gold and inevitable impurities, and has a surface to be sputtered. In the gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, and an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less. A {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented at the surface to be sputtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kato, Yohei Mizuno, Chiharu Ishikura
  • Patent number: 11555238
    Abstract: A production method for a gold sputtering target includes: producing a gold sputtering target which is made of gold and inevitable impurities and in which an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, an average value of crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, and the {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented to a surface to be sputtered of the gold sputtering target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K. K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kato, Yohei Mizuno, Chiharu Ishikura
  • Patent number: 11501974
    Abstract: An electrode structure of a back electrode including metal layers laminated in the following order: a Ti layer, a Ni layer, and a Ag alloy layer. The Ag alloy layer includes an Ag alloy and an addition metal M selected from Sn, Sb, and Pd. The electrode structure is configured such that when subjected to elemental analysis with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer in the depth direction from the Ag alloy layer to the Ni layer, on the boundary between the Ni layer and the Ag alloy layer, an intermediate region where spectra derived from all the metals, Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, can be detected is observable, and, when each metal content in the intermediate region is converted based on the spectra derived from all the metals Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, the maximum of the addition element M content is 5 at % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Yohei Mizuno, Tetsuya Kato, Chiharu Ishikura
  • Publication number: 20200299826
    Abstract: A production method for a gold sputtering target includes: producing a gold sputtering target which is made of gold and inevitable impurities and in which an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, an average value of crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 82 m or less, and the {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented to a surface to be sputtered of the gold sputtering target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuya KATO, Yohei MIZUNO, Chiharu ISHIKURA
  • Publication number: 20190393043
    Abstract: An electrode structure of a back electrode including metal layers laminated in the following order: a Ti layer, a Ni layer, and a Ag alloy layer. The Ag alloy layer includes an Ag alloy and an addition metal M selected from Sn, Sb, and Pd. The electrode structure is configured such that when subjected to elemental analysis with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer in the depth direction from the Ag alloy layer to the Ni layer, on the boundary between the Ni layer and the Ag alloy layer, an intermediate region where spectra derived from all the metals, Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, can be detected is observable, and, when each metal content in the intermediate region is converted based on the spectra derived from all the metals Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, the maximum of the addition element M content is 5 at % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Yohei MIZUNO, Tetsuya KATO, Chiharu ISHIKURA
  • Publication number: 20190103257
    Abstract: A gold sputtering target is made of gold and inevitable impurities, and has a surface to be sputtered. In the gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, and an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less. A {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented at the surface to be sputtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KATO, Yohei Mizuno, Chiharu Ishikura