Patents by Inventor Yui YUGA

Yui YUGA 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: 20250241077
    Abstract: In order to regulate the characteristics of each of a plurality of individualized semiconductor elements, the present technique provides a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor element and a plurality of second semiconductor elements with a circuit configured to process a signal from the first semiconductor element, wherein the first semiconductor element and each of the plurality of second semiconductor elements are stacked and arranged; and a first film formed on at least one of the plurality of second semiconductor elements is different in configuration from a second film formed on another of the second semiconductor elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yui YUGA
  • Publication number: 20250169217
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a first substrate (400) including a wiring layer (400T) having an electrode (402) and a semiconductor layer (400S) stacked on the wiring layer; an opening (H4) included in such a manner as to penetrate the semiconductor layer in such a manner as to expose a first region of the electrode; and an insulating film (404) included in the semiconductor layer facing a second region of the electrode not exposed by the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: TAKANORI OKAMURA, YUI YUGA, KAZUYUKI TOMIDA
  • Publication number: 20250098351
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer including a photoelectric converter and an electric charge accumulation section for each pixel, the electric charge accumulation section in which a signal electric charge generated in the photoelectric converter is accumulated; a pixel separation section that is provided in the first semiconductor layer, and partitions a plurality of the pixels from each other; a second semiconductor layer that is provided with a pixel transistor and is stacked on the first semiconductor layer, the pixel transistor that reads the signal electric charge of the electric charge accumulation section; and a first shared coupling section that is provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer, and is provided to straddle the pixel separation section and is electrically coupled to a plurality of the electric charge accumulation sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Koichiro ZAITSU, Nobutoshi FUJII, Yohei HIURA, Shigetaka MORI, Shintaro OKAMOTO, Keiji OHSHIMA, Shuji MANDA, Junpei YAMAMOTO, Yui YUGA, Shinichi MIYAKE, Tomoki KAMBE, Ryo OGATA, Tatsuki MIYAJI, Shinji NAKAGAWA, Hirofumi YAMASHITA, Yasushi HAMAMOTO, Naohiko KIMIZUKA
  • Patent number: 12136640
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer including a photoelectric converter and an electric charge accumulation section for each pixel, the electric charge accumulation section in which a signal electric charge generated in the photoelectric converter is accumulated; a pixel separation section that is provided in the first semiconductor layer, and partitions a plurality of the pixels from each other; a second semiconductor layer that is provided with a pixel transistor and is stacked on the first semiconductor layer, the pixel transistor that reads the signal electric charge of the electric charge accumulation section; and a first shared coupling section that is provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer, and is provided to straddle the pixel separation section and is electrically coupled to a plurality of the electric charge accumulation sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakazawa, Koichiro Zaitsu, Nobutoshi Fujii, Yohei Hiura, Shigetaka Mori, Shintaro Okamoto, Keiji Ohshima, Shuji Manda, Junpei Yamamoto, Yui Yuga, Shinichi Miyake, Tomoki Kambe, Ryo Ogata, Tatsuki Miyaji, Shinji Nakagawa, Hirofumi Yamashita, Yasushi Hamamoto, Naohiko Kimizuka
  • Publication number: 20220271070
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer including a photoelectric converter and an electric charge accumulation section for each pixel, the electric charge accumulation section in which a signal electric charge generated in the photoelectric converter is accumulated; a pixel separation section that is provided in the first semiconductor layer, and partitions a plurality of the pixels from each other; a second semiconductor layer that is provided with a pixel transistor and is stacked on the first semiconductor layer, the pixel transistor that reads the signal electric charge of the electric charge accumulation section; and a first shared coupling section that is provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer, and is provided to straddle the pixel separation section and is electrically coupled to a plurality of the electric charge accumulation sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Koichiro ZAITSU, Nobutoshi FUJII, Yohei HIURA, Shigetaka MORI, Shintaro OKAMOTO, Keiji OHSHIMA, Shuji MANDA, Junpei YAMAMOTO, Yui YUGA, Shinichi MIYAKE, Tomoki KAMBE, Ryo OGATA, Tatsuki MIYAJI, Shinji NAKAGAWA, Hirofumi YAMASHITA, Yasushi HAMAMOTO, Naohiko KIMIZUKA