Patents by Inventor Yu Katase
Yu Katase 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).
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Publication number: 20240113141Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic device and a container configured to house the electronic device. The container includes a support configured to support the electronic device, and a quartz plate having a principal plane facing the electronic device, and an angle ? formed by the principal plane and an optical axis of the quartz plate satisfies |3|°<?<|42|° or |48|°<?<|87|°.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventor: YU KATASE
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Patent number: 11843880Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and outputting a signal corresponding to an amount of charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, an output line from which a signal of the pixel is output, a clip circuit constituting a source follower circuit and including a transistor having a source connected to the output line and an interconnection connected to a gate of the transistor, and a voltage supply circuit configured to supply a first voltage and a second voltage to the interconnection. A driving power when the interconnection is controlled to the first voltage by the voltage supply circuit and a driving power when the interconnection is controlled to the second voltage by the voltage supply circuit is different.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo Kobayashi, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase
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Patent number: 11832010Abstract: A conversion apparatus includes a conversion unit, a first transistor configured to receive a charge in the conversion unit at a gate thereof, a second transistor connected to the gate, a signal line configured such that a signal is output from the first transistor thereto, a third transistor provided in a path between the signal line and the first transistor, a first line configured to supply a potential for turning off the second transistor, a second line configured to supply a potential for turning off the third transistor that is a common potential also used as the potential for turning off the second transistor, and an isolator connected to the first line and the second line.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Katase, Hideo Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11798855Abstract: An electronic module comprises a substrate including a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, the second surface including a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, an electronic device attached to the first surface, a component attached to the first region of the second surface, a lid member positioned to face the electronic device, and a frame member attached to the substrate to support the lid member. A first member and a second member having a higher thermal conductivity than the first member are disposed at least on the second surface. At least a part of the second member is positioned to face the second region. At least a part of the first member is positioned between the second member and the component.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yu Katase
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Publication number: 20230154963Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a structure in which first and second substrates are stacked. The first substrate includes pixels, first vertical signal lines extending parallel to a first direction, and first joints respectively electrically connected to the first vertical signal lines. The second substrate includes second joints respectively electrically connected to the first joints, second vertical signal lines arranged so as to extend parallel to the first direction, column circuits respectively electrically connected to the second vertical signal lines, connecting lines respectively electrically connected to the second joints, and extending parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and an interlayer connection configured to electrically connect each of the second vertical signal lines and the corresponding connecting line of the connecting lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Yu Katase
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Patent number: 11616925Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises a first substrate having a light-receiving array and a plurality of driving lines for supplying control signals to the array and a second substrate having a first circuit that includes a driver circuit group configured to generate the control signals and is configured to function as a vertical scanning circuit which supplies the control signals to at least some of the driving lines and a second circuit including a circuit group having the same arrangement as that of the driver circuit group. The second circuit overlaps the at least some driving lines. The at least some driving lines include a driving line not electrically connected to the second circuit. The second substrate includes, at a position overlapping the second circuit, an electrically conductive line used for power supply or transfer of a signal different from the control signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideo Kobayashi, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase, Hajime Hayami, Daisuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 11470275Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including a pixel array in which pixels, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, are arranged in columns, a signal line that is arranged corresponding to one of the columns in the pixel array and to which a signal from the pixel is output, a current source configured to supply the signal line with a driving current; a current adjusting unit configured to control the driving current into a current amount including a first current amount and a second current amount greater than the first current amount, and an assisting element configured to assist a change in a current flowing through the signal line when the driving current changes from the first current amount to the second current amount. The first current amount is a current amount in a state where the driving current is disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo Kobayashi, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase
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Publication number: 20220321812Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and outputting a signal corresponding to an amount of charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, an output line from which a signal of the pixel is output, a clip circuit constituting a source follower circuit and including a transistor having a source connected to the output line and an interconnection connected to a gate of the transistor, and a voltage supply circuit configured to supply a first voltage and a second voltage to the interconnection. A driving power when the interconnection is controlled to the first voltage by the voltage supply circuit and a driving power when the interconnection is controlled to the second voltage by the voltage supply circuit is different.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase
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Publication number: 20220321823Abstract: A conversion apparatus includes a conversion unit, a first transistor configured to receive a charge in the conversion unit at a gate thereof, a second transistor connected to the gate, a signal line configured such that a signal is output from the first transistor thereto, a third transistor provided in a path between the signal line and the first transistor, a first line configured to supply a potential for turning off the second transistor, a second line configured to supply a potential for turning off the third transistor that is a common potential also used as the potential for turning off the second transistor, and an isolator connected to the first line and the second line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Yu Katase, Hideo Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220321820Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including a first substrate, a signal generation circuit arranged in the first substrate and configured to generate a reference signal to be used for comparison with a signal output from a pixel, a circuit element arranged in the first substrate and different from the signal generation circuit, and a contact region in which a contact connecting the first substrate and a wiring layer arranged over the first substrate is arranged. In a plan view with respect to the first substrate, the contact region is arranged between the signal generation circuit and the circuit element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Daisuke Yoshida, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase, Hajime Hayami
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Publication number: 20220272295Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises a first substrate having a light-receiving array and a plurality of driving lines for supplying control signals to the array and a second substrate having a first circuit that includes a driver circuit group configured to generate the control signals and is configured to function as a vertical scanning circuit which supplies the control signals to at least some of the driving lines and a second circuit including a circuit group having the same arrangement as that of the driver circuit group. The second circuit overlaps the at least some driving lines. The at least some driving lines include a driving line not electrically connected to the second circuit. The second substrate includes, at a position overlapping the second circuit, an electrically conductive line used for power supply or transfer of a signal different from the control signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase, Hajime Hayami, Daisuke Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210391365Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including a pixel array in which pixels, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, are arranged in columns, a signal line that is arranged corresponding to one of the columns in the pixel array and to which a signal from the pixel is output, a current source configured to supply the signal line with a driving current; a current adjusting unit configured to control the driving current into a current amount including a first current amount and a second current amount greater than the first current amount, and an assisting element configured to assist a change in a current flowing through the signal line when the driving current changes from the first current amount to the second current amount. The first current amount is a current amount in a state where the driving current is disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, So Hasegawa, Yu Katase
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Publication number: 20200402872Abstract: An electronic module comprises a substrate including a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, the second surface including a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, an electronic device attached to the first surface, a component attached to the first region of the second surface, a lid member positioned to face the electronic device, and a frame member attached to the substrate to support the lid member. A first member and a second member having a higher thermal conductivity than the first member are disposed at least on the second surface. At least a part of the second member is positioned to face the second region. At least a part of the first member is positioned between the second member and the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventor: Yu Katase
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Patent number: 10831235Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that suppresses an increase in internal pressure while suppressing entry of a foreign material. An electronic module according to the present embodiment has an electronic device, a substrate, a frame, and a cover, a hole portion having a first opening in a first main surface and a second opening in a second main surface and communicating the internal space and the external space, and a component is disposed to face the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Katase, Tadashi Kosaka, Koichi Shimizu, Shuichi Chiba, Kazuya Notsu, Hisatane Komori, Satoru Hamasaki, Ikuto Kimura
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Patent number: 10735673Abstract: According to the disclosure, a relationship of Tgp>Tgf, ?f1<?PCB1, and (Tgp?To)×?PCB1<(Tgf?To)×?f1+(Tgp?Tgf)×?f2 or a relationship of Tgp<Tgf, ?PCB1<?f1, and (Tgf?To)×?f1<(Tgp?To)×?PCB1+(Tgf?Tgp)×?PCB2 is satisfied, where linear expansion coefficients in an in-plane direction of the substrate at a temperature below a glass transition temperature Tgp of the substrate and at a temperature above the glass transition temperature Tgp of the substrate are denoted as ?PCB1 and ?PCB2, respectively, linear expansion coefficient of the frame at a temperature below a glass transition temperature Tgf of the frame and at a temperature above the glass transition temperature Tgf of the frame are denoted as ?f1 and ?f2, respectively, and a room temperature is denoted as To.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Shimizu, Tadashi Kosaka, Shuichi Chiba, Kazuya Notsu, Hisatane Komori, Satoru Hamasaki, Yu Katase
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Publication number: 20190335119Abstract: According to the disclosure, a relationship of Tgp>Tgf, ?f1<?PCB1, and (Tgp-To) ×?PCB1<(Tgf-To)×?f1+(Tgp-Tgf)×?f2 or a relationship of Tgp<Tgf, ?PCB1<?f1, and (Tgf-To)×?f1<(Tgp-To)×?PCB1+(Tgf-Tgp)×?PCB2 is satisfied, where linear expansion coefficients in an in-plane direction of the substrate at a temperature below a glass transition temperature Tgp of the substrate and at a temperature above the glass transition temperature Tgp of the substrate are denoted as ?PCB1 and ?PCB2, respectively, linear expansion coefficient of the frame at a temperature below a glass transition temperature Tgf of the frame and at a temperature above the glass transition temperature Tgf of the frame are denoted as ?f1 and ?f2, respectively, and a room temperature is denoted as To.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Koichi Shimizu, Tadashi Kosaka, Shuichi Chiba, Kazuya Notsu, Hisatane Komori, Satoru Hamasaki, Yu Katase
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Publication number: 20190294213Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that suppresses an increase in internal pressure while suppressing entry of a foreign material. An electronic module according to the present embodiment has an electronic device, a substrate, a frame, and a cover, a hole portion having a first opening in a first main surface and a second opening in a second main surface and communicating the internal space and the external space, and a component is disposed to face the second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Yu Katase, Tadashi Kosaka, Koichi Shimizu, Shuichi Chiba, Kazuya Notsu, Hisatane Komori, Satoru Hamasaki, Ikuto Kimura
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Patent number: 10319867Abstract: Provided is an electronic component including: a base member; an electronic device fixed on the base member; and a lid member arranged over the electronic device and fixed on the base member. A primary material of the lid member is a crystal quartz, the lid member has two primary faces opposing to the electronic device and four side faces, and each of the four side faces is a wet-etched face that is not parallel to an optical axis of the crystal quartz.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Katase, Tadashi Kosaka, Koichi Shimizu, Shuichi Chiba, Kazuya Notsu, Yoshifumi Murakami
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Publication number: 20180269336Abstract: Provided is an electronic component including: a base member; an electronic device fixed on the base member; and a lid member arranged over the electronic device and fixed on the base member. A primary material of the lid member is a crystal quartz, the lid member has two primary faces opposing to the electronic device and four side faces, and each of the four side faces is a wet-etched face that is not parallel to an optical axis of the crystal quartz.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Yu Katase, Tadashi Kosaka, Koichi Shimizu, Shuichi Chiba, Kazuya Notsu, Yoshifumi Murakami
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Patent number: 9585287Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic device and a container containing the electronic device. The container includes a base having a first region to which the electronic device is secured and a second region around the first region, a cover facing the electronic device across a space, and a frame secured to the second region to surround the space. The frame includes a first member and a second member having a thermal conductivity lower than those of the first member and the base. The first member has first and second portions on inner and outer edge sides of the frame, respectively, on both sides of an outer edge of the base. The second member is located between the cover and the first member. A shortest distance between the first member and the base is smaller than that between the first member and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yu Katase, Fujio Ito, Tadashi Kosaka, Koji Tsuduki, Ichiro Kataoka