Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Maehara

Yoshiki Maehara 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: 20200408955
    Abstract: The antireflection film includes a dielectric multilayer film arranged on the substrate side and a fine uneven layer containing an alumina hydrate as a main component and provided to be laminated on the dielectric multilayer film. The dielectric multilayer film includes alternating layers of layers of high refractive index having a relatively high refractive index and layers of low refractive index having a relatively low refractive index, the dielectric multilayer film includes a barrier layer containing silicon nitride as one of the layer of high refractive index and the layer of low refractive index, and the barrier layer has a density of 2.7 g/cm3 or more and a thickness of 15 nm or more and 150 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Tatsuya YOSHIHIRO, Kenichi UMEDA, Yuichiro ITAI, Fusao YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 10699907
    Abstract: An organic thin film transistor comprises a base material, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an organic semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and further comprises charge injection layers which are provided between the source electrode and a base material side layer of the source electrode and between the drain electrode and a base material side layer of the drain electrode and have a thickness that decreases in a direction opposite to a direction in which the source electrode and the drain electrode face each other on a side of the source electrode facing the drain electrode and a side of the drain electrode facing the source electrode, and is manufactured by scanning a metal layer with a laser so as to form the source electrode and the drain electrode, and dropwise-adding a solution which becomes the charge injection layers to a laser-scanned portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Maehara
  • Patent number: 10608119
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a film, including: a manufacturing step of forming a film by performing movement, in a state in which a blade surface of a coating blade disposed to be spaced so as to face a substrate surface of a substrate is in contact with a solution for forming a film which is provided between the blade surface and the substrate surface, in a first direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface, in which the solution is stored in a liquid reservoir between the blade surface and the substrate surface, and at least a portion of an outer peripheral end portion of the coating blade which is in contact with the solution is tilted with respect to the first direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface. Accordingly, a method of manufacturing a film for forming a high quality film with high productivity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakamura, Yoshiki Maehara, Yuichiro Itai, Yoshihisa Usami
  • Patent number: 10549311
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing an organic semiconductor film, including a coating member disposed to face a substrate surface while spaced therefrom for forming the film, and forming a liquid reservoir of an organic semiconductor solution between the coating member and the substrate; a supply portion that supplies the solution; and a cover portion that covers at least a crystal growth portion of the solution. The cover portion includes a guide that guides a deposit formed of an evaporated solvent of the solution to a film-unformed region of the organic semiconductor film. While the solution is supplied between the coating member and the substrate surface by the supply portion, the coating member is moved in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface in a state of being in contact with the solution, to form the film with the crystal growth portion as a starting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Seigo Nakamura, Yoshiki Maehara, Yuichiro Itai, Yoshihisa Usami, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10468597
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor film, including a step of moving a coating blade surface positioned to face a substrate surface in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface, while in contact with an organic semiconductor solution supplied to a portion between the blade surface and the substrate surface to form the organic semiconductor film in the first direction. The coating blade is disposed to have first and second gaps having different separation gap sizes with the substrate surface in a region where the blade surface and the organic semiconductor solution are in contact. The first gap is positioned on an upstream side of the first direction and the second gap, which is smaller than the first gap, is provided on a downstream side. A second gap size is a minimum distance between the substrate surface and the blade surface and is 40 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Seigo Nakamura, Yoshiki Maehara, Yuichiro Itai, Yoshihisa Usami, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10249733
    Abstract: Provided are an air up type transistor which has high electrical connection reliability and high productivity, and is capable of exhibiting good transistor characteristics while achieving microfabrication, and a manufacturing method of a transistor. A semiconductor layer is formed on an upper surface of a support precursor layer which becomes a semiconductor layer support and then a part of the semiconductor layer is removed to form one or more opening portions from which the support precursor layer is exposed. Two etching protective layers are formed on the semiconductor layer such that the two etching protective layers are separated from each other and at least a part of the opening portion is positioned in a region between the two etching protective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Maehara
  • Publication number: 20180366590
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a film, including: a manufacturing step of forming a film by performing movement, in a state in which a blade surface of a coating blade disposed to be spaced so as to face a substrate surface of a substrate is in contact with a solution for forming a film which is provided between the blade surface and the substrate surface, in a first direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface, in which the solution is stored in a liquid reservoir between the blade surface and the substrate surface, and at least a portion of an outer peripheral end portion of the coating blade which is in contact with the solution is tilted with respect to the first direction in a plane parallel to the substrate surface. Accordingly, a method of manufacturing a film for forming a high quality film with high productivity is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Yuichiro ITAI, Yoshihisa USAMI
  • Publication number: 20180326447
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing an organic semiconductor film, including a coating member disposed to face a substrate surface while spaced therefrom for forming the film, and forming a liquid reservoir of an organic semiconductor solution between the coating member and the substrate; a supply portion that supplies the solution; and a cover portion that covers at least a crystal growth portion of the solution. The cover portion includes a guide that guides a deposit formed of an evaporated solvent of the solution to a film-unformed region of the organic semiconductor film. While the solution is supplied between the coating member and the substrate surface by the supply portion, the coating member is moved in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface in a state of being in contact with the solution, to form the film with the crystal growth portion as a starting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Yuichiro ITAI, Yoshihisa USAMI, Junichi TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20180331289
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor film, including a step of moving a coating blade surface positioned to face a substrate surface in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface, while in contact with an organic semiconductor solution supplied to a portion between the blade surface and the substrate surface to form the organic semiconductor film in the first direction. The coating blade is disposed to have first and second gaps having different separation gap sizes with the substrate surface in a region where the blade surface and the organic semiconductor solution are in contact. The first gap is positioned on an upstream side of the first direction and the second gap, which is smaller than the first gap, is provided on a downstream side. A second gap size is a minimum distance between the substrate surface and the blade surface and is 40 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Yuichiro ITAI, Yoshihisa USAMI, Junichi TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20180190495
    Abstract: An object is to provide an organic thin film transistor in which a high mobility can be obtained and a method for manufacturing an organic thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20180006136
    Abstract: Provided are an air up type transistor which has high electrical connection reliability and high productivity, and is capable of exhibiting good transistor characteristics while achieving microfabrication, and a manufacturing method of a transistor. A semiconductor layer is formed on an upper surface of a support precursor layer which becomes a semiconductor layer support and then a part of the semiconductor layer is removed to form one or more opening portions from which the support precursor layer is exposed. Two etching protective layers are formed on the semiconductor layer such that the two etching protective layers are separated from each other and at least a part of the opening portion is positioned in a region between the two etching protective layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20170179413
    Abstract: A transistor and a manufacturing method of a transistor which prevents a decrease in mobility, prevents a decrease in a withstand voltage of the insulating layer, and prevents a short circuit between a gate electrode and a semiconductor layer due to curvature. A substrate having insulating properties, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed in a surface direction of a main surface of the substrate by being separated from each other, a gate electrode disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode in the surface direction of the substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode, and an insulating film disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate are included, and a gap region is formed between the semiconductor layer and the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Takahiko ICHIKI
  • Patent number: 9680099
    Abstract: A method for forming an organic semiconductor film includes: forming a solution film by applying a solution containing an organic semiconductor material and a solvent to at least a part of a substrate; and drying the solution film by irradiating at least a part of the solution film with electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of at least 8 ?m and an energy density of from 0.1 to 10 J/cm2 on the surface of the solution film before the solution film dries. An organic semiconductor film having good crystallinity can be formed by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Maehara, Yoshihisa Usami
  • Publication number: 20170155067
    Abstract: Disclosed are a manufacturing method capable of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a plurality of organic semiconductor elements with a simple process and high productivity, and a semiconductor device. This problem is solved by forming, on an insulating substrate, electrodes corresponding to a plurality of semiconductor elements, in which the position of an uppermost portion of each of a source electrode and a drain electrode is higher than that of a gate electrode, forming an organic semiconductor film on a surface of an insulating support, forming grooves in the organic semiconductor film to form divided regions according to the individual semiconductor elements, and aligning and laminating the insulating support and the insulating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa USAMI, Kouki TAKAHASHI, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Seigo NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170005282
    Abstract: A solar cell includes, on a support: a transparent negative electrode; auxiliary metal wiring that is in contact with the negative electrode; a positive electrode that faces the negative electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and between the negative electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, in which the electron transport layer includes an electron transport material and an insulating material, and the insulating material is a crosslinking macromolecule obtained by crosslinking a crosslinkable macromolecule with a compound having a plurality of crosslinkable groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20150364686
    Abstract: A method for forming an organic semiconductor film includes: forming a solution film by applying a solution containing an organic semiconductor material and a solvent to at least a part of a substrate; and drying the solution film by irradiating at least a part of the solution film with electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of at least 8 ?m and an energy density of from 0.1 to 10 J/cm2 on the surface of the solution film before the solution film dries. An organic semiconductor film having good crystallinity can be formed by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki MAEHARA, Yoshihisa USAMI
  • Patent number: 8822980
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element is provided and includes a photoelectric conversion portion which includes: a pair of electrodes including an electron-collecting electrode and a hole-collecting electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer between the pair of electrodes. At least part of the photoelectric conversion layer includes a mixture layer of a p-type organic semiconductor and a fullerene, and a volume ratio of the fullerene to the p-type organic semiconductor in the photoelectric conversion layer is such that the volume ratio on a side of the electron-collecting electrode is smaller than the volume ratio on a side of the hole-collecting electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Hayashi, Yoshiki Maehara
  • Publication number: 20140239156
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element comprises a photoelectric conversion section that includes: a pair of electrodes; and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the photoelectric conversion section further comprises between one of the pair of electrodes and the photoelectric conversion layer a first charge-blocking layer that restrains injection of charges from the one of the electrodes into the photoelectric conversion layer when a voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes, and the first charge-blocking layer comprises a plurality of layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki HAYASHI, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Tetsuro MITSUI
  • Patent number: 8803211
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes an array of pixels, each pixel includes: a pixel electrode; an organic layer; a counter electrode; a sealing layer; a color filter; a readout circuit; and a light-collecting unit as defined herein, the photoelectric layer contains an organic p type semiconductor and an organic n type semiconductor, the organic layer further includes a charge blocking layer as defined herein, an ionization potential of the charge blocking layer and an electron affinity of the organic n type semiconductor in the photoelectric layer has a difference of at least 1 eV, and the sealing layer includes a first sealing sublayer formed by atomic layer deposition and a second sealing sublayer formed by physical vapor deposition and containing one of a metal oxide, a metal nitride, and a metal oxynitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nakatani, Takashi Goto, Yoshiki Maehara, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140182674
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes: a conductive stripe formed on a plastic support by a mask deposition process, the conductive stripe including a plurality of conductive lines made of a metal or an alloy having a film thickness of not less than 50 nm and not greater than 500 nm and a line width of not less than 0.3 mm and not greater than 1 mm in plan view and being arranged at an interval of not less than 3 mm and not greater than 20 mm; and a transparent conductive material layer formed to cover the plastic support and the conductive stripe, the transparent conductive material having a specific resistance of not greater than 4×10?3 ?·cm and a film thickness of not less than 20 ma and not greater than 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei HIGASHI, Yoshiki MAEHARA, Jiro TSUKAHARA, Yuichi TOMARU