Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Ogawa

Yoshinori Ogawa 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: 11960771
    Abstract: A first controller manages first mapping information for accessing data stored in a storage area, management of which is assigned to the first controller, and second mapping information for accessing data stored in a predetermined storage area, management of which is assigned to a second controller. The second controller, when having executed garbage collection on the predetermined storage area, changes mapping information to post-migration mapping information for accessing data after being migrated by the garbage collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shugo Ogawa, Ryosuke Tatsumi, Yoshinori Ohira, Hiroto Ebara, Junji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11955492
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a display area for displaying an image, and the display panel includes an insulating substrate, a first electrode, a first organic insulating layer, an inorganic insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a second organic insulating layer, and a pad portion. The inorganic insulating layer includes a first opening for electrically connecting the first electrode to the pixel electrode. The second organic insulating layer includes a second opening for electrically connecting the pixel electrode to the pad portion. The pixel electrode is formed of a transparent conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Yasuhiro Kanaya, Akihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11936718
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Totsuka, Hiroaki Ogawa, Yuki Takeda, Kan Kuroda, Yoshinori Maeda, Yuichiro Koyama, Akira Takahashi, Kazuya Tateishi, Chie Kamada, Emiru Tsunoo, Akira Fukui, Hideaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240072203
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SemiLEDs Corporation, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, Shih-Kai Chan, Yi-Feng Shih, David Trung Doan, Trung Tri Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Kohei Otake, Kazunori Kondo, Keiji Ohori, Taichi Kitagawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Ozai, Shuhei Ueda
  • Publication number: 20240063339
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: SamiLEDs Corporation, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, SHIH-KAI CHAN, YI-FENG SHIH, DAVID TRUNG DOAN, TRUNG TRI DOAN, YOSHINORI OGAWA, KOHEI OTAKE, KAZUNORI KONDO, KEIJI OHORI, TAICHI KITAGAWA, NOBUAKI MATSUMOTO, TOSHIYUKI oZAI, SHUHEI UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240047243
    Abstract: A microstructure-transfer stamp component including a substrate and a silicone-based rubber film formed on the substrate, wherein a surface of the silicone-based rubber film facing away from the substrate has one or more recesses each being closed except for a surface opening. This provides a microstructure-transfer stamp component that can optimize temporary adhesive strength of the surface of the silicone-based rubber film stamp in a short period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo NAKAGAWA, Yoshinori OGAWA, Toshiyuki OZAI
  • Patent number: 11862754
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: SemiLEDs Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, Shih-Kai Chan, Yi-Feng Shih, David Trung Doan, Trung Tri Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Kohei Otake, Kazunori Kondo, Keiji Ohori, Taichi Kitagawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Ozai, Shuhei Ueda
  • Patent number: 11862755
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, Shih-Kai Chan, Yi-Feng Shih, David Trung Doan, Trung Tri Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Kohei Otake, Kazunori Kondo, Keiji Ohori, Taichi Kitagawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Ozai, Shuhei Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230387084
    Abstract: A method for producing a light emitting diode supply substrate for transferring a plurality of light emitting diodes to a supply destination, including: a first mounting step of mounting a plurality of light emitting diodes on a supply substrate; a selective removal step of selectively removing defective light emitting diodes on the supply substrate, and a second mounting step of transferring a normal light emitting diode to a position where the defective light emitting diode has been arranged on the supply substrate. Thus, a method produces a light emitting diode supply substrate capable of producing a light emitting diode supply substrate capable of transferring a plurality of normal light emitting diodes to a supply destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo NAKAGAWA, Yoshinori OGAWA, Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Kazunori KONDO
  • Publication number: 20230302572
    Abstract: A laser processing method that enables more precise processing using an ultrashort pulse laser. The laser processing method includes: a low fluence step of processing one or more layers to be processed sequentially from the workpiece by irradiating the layers to be processed with a pulse laser beam having a pulse width of less than 10 picoseconds at a predetermined low fluence; and a high fluence step of removing a protrusion generated on a surface of the layers to be processed by irradiation with the pulse laser beam at a high fluence higher than the low fluence, wherein the low fluence step and the high fluence step are repeated one or more times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori OGAWA, Tetsuya IMAI, Takeshi JIN
  • Publication number: 20230134997
    Abstract: A method for transferring alignment marks between substrate systems includes providing a substrate having semiconductor devices and alignment marks in precise alignment with the semiconductor devices; and physically transferring and bonding the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks to a temporary substrate of a first substrate system. The method can also include physically transferring and bonding the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks to a mass transfer substrate of a second substrate system; and physically transferring and bonding the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks to a circuitry substrate of a third substrate system. A system for transferring alignment marks between substrate systems includes the substrate having the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks in precise alignment with the semiconductor devices. The system also includes the first substrate system, and can include the second substrate system and the third substrate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: SemiLEDs Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: David Trung Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11626680
    Abstract: According to a certain embodiment, a pin plunger includes: a first contact member; a second contact member that faces the first contact member and is apart from the first contact member; a spring arranged between the first contact member and the second contact member; and a housing that houses the first contact member, the second contact member, and the spring. The housing comprises a bimetal inside or outside the housing. The bimetal comprises a first metal and a second metal, the first metal having a thermal expansion coefficient different from a thermal expansion coefficient of the second metal. The elastic force decreased or increased by contracting or expanding of the spring due to a temperature change is compensated with a warping force due to stretching of the first metal and the second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ogawa, Takashi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20230079600
    Abstract: According to a certain embodiment, a pin plunger includes: a first contact member; a second contact member that faces the first contact member and is apart from the first contact member; a spring arranged between the first contact member and the second contact member; and a housing that houses the first contact member, the second contact member, and the spring. The housing comprises a bimetal inside or outside the housing. The bimetal comprises a first metal and a second metal, the first metal having a thermal expansion coefficient different from a thermal expansion coefficient of the second metal. The elastic force decreased or increased by contracting or expanding of the spring due to a temperature change is compensated with a warping force due to stretching of the first metal and the second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori OGAWA, Takashi OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230018855
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate [30], and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures [32] on the substrate [30]. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate [42] having an elastomeric polymer layer [44], placing the substrate [30] and the receiving plate [42] in close proximity with a gap [101] therebetween, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate [30] to the semiconductor layer [50] at an interface with the substrate [30] to lift off the semiconductor structures [32] through the gap [101] onto the elastomeric polymer layer [44]. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer [44] functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures [32] in place on the receiving plate [42].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: SemiLEDs Corporation, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHEN-FU CHU, SHIH-KAI CHAN, YI-FENG SHIH, DAVID TRUNG DOAN, TRUNG TRI DOAN, YOSHINORI OGAWA, KOHEI OTAKE, KAZUNORI KONDO, KEIJI OHORI, TAICHI KITAGAWA, NOBUAKI MATSUMOTO, TOSHIYUKI OZAI, SHUHEI UEDA, JUNYA ISHIZAKI
  • Patent number: 11545474
    Abstract: A method for transferring alignment marks between substrate systems includes providing a substrate having semiconductor devices and alignment marks in precise alignment with the semiconductor devices; and physically transferring and bonding the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks to a temporary substrate of a first substrate system. The method can also include physically transferring and bonding the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks to a mass transfer substrate of a second substrate system; and physically transferring and bonding the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks to a circuitry substrate of a third substrate system. A system for transferring alignment marks between substrate systems includes the substrate having the semiconductor devices and the alignment marks in precise alignment with the semiconductor devices. The system also includes the first substrate system, and can include the second substrate system and the third substrate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: SemiLEDs Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Trung Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220359785
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: SemiLEDS Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, Shih-Kai Chan, Yi-Feng Shih, David Trung Doan, Trung Tri Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Kohei Otake, Kazunori Kondo, Keiji Ohori, Taichi Kitagawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Ozai, Shuhei Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220320366
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor light emitting devices (LEDs) includes forming a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) structures having sidewall P-N junctions on a growth substrate, and forming an isolation layer on the light emitting diode (LED) structures having corners at intersections of the epitaxial structures with the growth substrate. The method also includes forming an etchable covering channel layer on the isolation layer, forming a patterning protection layer on the covering channel layer, forming etching channels in the covering channel layer using a first etching process, and removing the corners of the isolation layer by etching the isolation layer using a second etching process. Following the second etching process the isolation layer covers the sidewall P-N junctions. The method can also include bonding the growth substrate to a carrier and separating the growth substrate from the light emitting diode (LED) structures using a laser lift off (LLO) process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: SemiLEDs Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: CHEN-FU CHU, SHIH-KAI CHAN, YI-FENG SHIH, TRUNG TRI DOAN, DAVID TRUNG DOAN, YOSHINORI OGAWA, KAZUNORI KONDO, TOSHIYUKI OZAI, NOBUAKI MATSUMOTO, TAICHI KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220315418
    Abstract: A method for transferring microstructures, comprising at least the steps of: (i) bonding a plurality of microstructures formed on one surface of a supplier substrate to a silicone-based rubber layer formed on a donor substrate; (ii) separating some or all of the plurality of microstructures from the supplier substrate and transferring the some or all of the plurality of microstructures to the donor substrate through the silicone-based rubber layer to produce the donor substrate having the to plurality of microstructures temporality fixed thereon; (iii) washing or neutralizing the donor substrate having the plurality of microstructures temporality fixed thereon; (iv) drying the washed or neutralized donor substrate having the plurality of microstructures temporality fixed thereon; and (v) transferring the dried donor substrate having the plurality of microstructures temporality fixed thereof so that the donor substrate can be subjected to a subsequent step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori OGAWA, Keiji OHORI, Shuhei UEDA, Kazunori KONDO, Toshiyuki OZAI, Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Taichi KITAGAWA, Kohei OTAKE, Minoru KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220271198
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: SemiLEDs Corporation, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, SHIH-KAI CHAN, YI-FENG SHIH, DAVID TRUNG DOAN, TRUNG TRI DOAN, YOSHINORI OGAWA, KOHEl OTAKE, KAZUNORI KONDO, KEIJI OHORI, TAICHI KITAGAWA, NOBUAKI MATSUMOTO, TOSHIYUKI OZAi, SHUHEI UEDA
  • Patent number: 11417799
    Abstract: A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of die sized semiconductor structures on the substrate. The method also includes the steps of providing a receiving plate having an elastomeric polymer layer, placing the substrate and the receiving plate in physical contact with an adhesive force applied by the elastomeric polymer layer, and performing a laser lift-off (LLO) process by directing a uniform laser beam through the substrate to the semiconductor layer at an interface with the substrate to lift off the semiconductor structures onto the elastomeric polymer layer. During the laser lift-off (LLO) process the elastomeric polymer layer functions as a shock absorber to reduce momentum transfer, and as an adhesive surface to hold the semiconductor structures in place on the receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: SemiLEDs Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Fu Chu, Shih-Kai Chan, Yi-Feng Shih, David Trung Doan, Trung Tri Doan, Yoshinori Ogawa, Kohei Otake, Kazunori Kondo, Keiji Ohori, Taichi Kitagawa, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Ozai, Shuhei Ueda