Patents by Inventor Yuko Ohgishi

Yuko Ohgishi 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: 8183603
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, light being incident on the second surface side; a wiring layer disposed on the first surface side; a photodetector formed in the substrate and including a first region of a first conductivity type; a transfer gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and adjacent to the photodetector, the transfer gate transferring a signal charge accumulated in the photodetector; and at least one control gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and superposed on the photodetector, the control gate controlling the potential of the photodetector in the vicinity of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yasushi Maruyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Patent number: 8097928
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device having a light-receiving section that photoelectrically converts incident light includes an insulating film formed on a light-receiving surface of the light-receiving section and a film and having negative fixed charges formed on the insulating film. A hole accumulation layer is formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving section. A peripheral circuit section in which peripheral circuits are formed is provided on a side of the light-receiving section. The insulating film is formed between a surface of the peripheral circuit section and the film having negative fixed charges such that a distance from the surface of the peripheral circuit section to the film having negative fixed charges is larger than a distance from a surface of the light-receiving section to the film having negative fixed charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Harumi Ikeda, Susumu Hiyama, Takashi Ando, Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Patent number: 8034649
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device having a light sensing section that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light includes: an insulating layer formed on a light receiving surface of the light sensing section; a layer having negative electric charges formed on the insulating layer; and a hole accumulation layer formed on the light receiving surface of the light sensing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru Oshiyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20110164159
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device including: a plurality of sensor sections formed in a semiconductor substrate in order to convert incident light into an electric signal; a peripheral circuit section formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to be positioned beside the sensor sections; and a layer having negative fixed electric charges that is formed on a light incidence side of the sensor sections in order to form a hole accumulation layer on light receiving surfaces of the sensor sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuko Ohgishi
  • Publication number: 20110143488
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device having a light-receiving section that photoelectrically converts incident light includes an insulating film formed on a light-receiving surface of the light-receiving section and a film and having negative fixed charges formed on the insulating film. A hole accumulation layer is formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving section. A peripheral circuit section in which peripheral circuits are formed is provided on a side of the light-receiving section. The insulating film is formed between a surface of the peripheral circuit section and the film having negative fixed charges such that a distance from the surface of the peripheral circuit section to the film having negative fixed charges is larger than a distance from a surface of the light-receiving section to the film having negative fixed charges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harumi Ikeda, Susumu Hiyama, Takashi Ando, Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Patent number: 7943446
    Abstract: A semiconductor device able to secure electrical effective thicknesses required for insulating films of electronic circuit elements by using depletion of electrodes of the electronic circuit elements even if the physical thicknesses of the insulating films are not different, where gate electrodes of high withstand voltage use transistors to which high power source voltages are supplied contain an impurity at a relatively low concentration, so the gate electrodes are easily depleted at the time of application of the gate voltage; depletion of the gate electrodes is equivalent to increasing the thickness of the gate insulating films; the electrical effective thicknesses required of the gate insulating films can be made thicker; and the gate electrodes of high performance transistors for which a high speed and large drive current are required do not contain an impurity at a high concentration where depletion of the gate electrodes will not occur, so the electrical effective thickness of the gate insulating films
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuko Ohgishi
  • Patent number: 7939359
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes: a plurality of sensor sections formed in a semiconductor substrate in order to convert incident light into an electric signal; a peripheral circuit section formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to be positioned beside the sensor sections; and a layer having negative fixed electric charges that is formed on a light incidence side of the sensor sections in order to form a hole accumulation layer on light receiving surfaces of the sensor sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuko Ohgishi
  • Publication number: 20110089313
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device having a light sensing section that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light includes: an insulating layer formed on a light receiving surface of the light sensing section; a layer having negative electric charges formed on the insulating layer; and a hole accumulation layer formed on the light receiving surface of the light sensing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Oshiyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20110089312
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device having a light sensing section that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light includes: an insulating layer formed on a light receiving surface of the light sensing section; a layer having negative electric charges formed on the insulating layer; and a hole accumulation layer formed on the light receiving surface of the light sensing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Oshiyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20110058062
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, light being incident on the second surface side; a wiring layer disposed on the first surface side; a photodetector formed in the substrate and including a first region of a first conductivity type; a transfer gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and adjacent to the photodetector, the transfer gate transferring a signal charge accumulated in the photodetector; and at least one control gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and superposed on the photodetector, the control gate controlling the potential of the photodetector in the vicinity of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Maruyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Publication number: 20100203669
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device having a light sensing section that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light includes: an insulating layer formed on a light receiving surface of the light sensing section; a layer having negative electric charges formed on the insulating layer; and a hole accumulation layer formed on the light receiving surface of the light sensing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Oshiyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100200942
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device having a light sensing section that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light includes: an insulating layer formed on a light receiving surface of the light sensing section; a layer having negative electric charges formed on the insulating layer; and a hole accumulation layer formed on the light receiving surface of the light sensing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru Oshiyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100193669
    Abstract: Realization of an adequate hole accumulation layer and reduction in dark current are allowed to become mutually compatible. A solid-state imaging device 1 having a light-receiving portion 12 to photoelectrically convert incident light is characterized by including a film 21, which is disposed on a light-receiving surface 12s of the above-described light-receiving portion 12 and which lowers an interface state, and a film 22, which is disposed on the above-described film 21 to lower the interface state and which has a negative fixed charge, wherein a hole accumulation layer 23 is disposed on the light-receiving surface 12s side of the light-receiving portion 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Takashi Ando, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100141816
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, light being incident on the second surface side; a wiring layer disposed on the first surface side; a photodetector formed in the substrate and including a first region of a first conductivity type; a transfer gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and adjacent to the photodetector, the transfer gate transferring a signal charge accumulated in the photodetector; and at least one control gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and superposed on the photodetector, the control gate controlling the potential of the photodetector in the vicinity of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Maruyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Publication number: 20090303371
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: plural photodiodes formed in different depths in a unit pixel area of a substrate; and plural vertical transistors formed in the depth direction from one face side of the substrate so that gate portions for reading signal charges obtained by photoelectric conversion in the plural photodiodes are formed in depths corresponding to the respective photodiodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiichiro Watanabe, Akihiro Yamada, Hideo Kido, Hiromasa Saito, Keiji Mabuchi, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Publication number: 20090189235
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device having a light-receiving section that photoelectrically converts incident light includes an insulating film formed on a light-receiving surface of the light-receiving section and a film and having negative fixed charges formed on the insulating film. A hole accumulation layer is formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving section. A peripheral circuit section in which peripheral circuits are formed is provided on a side of the light-receiving section. The insulating film is formed between a surface of the peripheral circuit section and the film having negative fixed charges such that a distance from the surface of the peripheral circuit section to the film having negative fixed charges is larger than a distance from a surface of the light-receiving section to the film having negative fixed charges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harumi Ikeda, Susumu Hiyama, Takashi Ando, Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Patent number: 7560341
    Abstract: The gate electrode of a high-voltage transistor having a high breakdown voltage is formed from a polysilicon layer having a larger average grain size, so that depletion of the gate electrode easily occurs. By utilizing this depletion, the electrical effective film thickness required by the gate dielectric film of the transistor can be increased. In contrast, the gate electrode of a high-performance transistor needs to have a high speed and a large drive current is formed from a polysilicon layer having a smaller average grain size, so that depletion of the gate electrode hardly occurs. Accordingly, the electrical effective film thickness of the gate dielectric film of the transistor can be maintained at a small value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuko Ohgishi
  • Publication number: 20090096049
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device having a light sensing section that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light includes: an insulating layer formed on a light receiving surface of the light sensing section; a layer having negative electric charges formed on the insulating layer; and a hole accumulation layer formed on the light receiving surface of the light sensing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Oshiyama, Takashi Ando, Susumu Hiyama, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Yuko Ohgishi, Harumi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20090090988
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes: a plurality of sensor sections formed in a semiconductor substrate in order to convert incident light into an electric signal; a peripheral circuit section formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to be positioned beside the sensor sections; and a layer having negative fixed electric charges that is formed on a light incidence side of the sensor sections in order to form a hole accumulation layer on light receiving surfaces of the sensor sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yuko OHGISHI
  • Publication number: 20080199994
    Abstract: A semiconductor device able to secure electrical effective thicknesses required for insulating films of electronic circuit elements by using depletion of electrodes of the electronic circuit elements even if the physical thicknesses of the insulating films are not different, where gate electrodes of high withstand voltage use transistors to which high power source voltages are supplied contain an impurity at a relatively low concentration, so the gate electrodes are easily depleted at the time of application of the gate voltage; depletion of the gate electrodes is equivalent to increasing the thickness of the gate insulating films; the electrical effective thicknesses required of the gate insulating films can be made thicker; and the gate electrodes of high performance transistors for which a high speed and large drive current are required do not contain an impurity at a high concentration where depletion of the gate electrodes will not occur, so the electrical effective thickness of the gate insulating films
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Yuko Ohgishi