With Different Sensor Portions Responsive To Different Wavelengths (e.g., Color Imager) Patents (Class 257/440)
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Patent number: 8618460Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels each including a hybrid photoelectric conversion portion and pixel transistors, wherein the hybrid photoelectric conversion portion includes a semiconductor layer having a p-n junction, a plurality of columnar or cylindrical hollow-shaped organic material layers disposed in the semiconductor layer, and a pair of electrodes disposed above and below the semiconductor layer and the organic material layers, wherein charges generated in the organic material layers through photoelectric conversion move inside the semiconductor layer so as to be guided to a charge accumulation region, and wherein the solid-state imaging device is configured as a back-illuminated type in which light is incident from a surface opposite to the surface on which the pixel transistors are formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyuki Kuboi
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Publication number: 20130341750Abstract: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a two-dimensional array form and in each of which color separation is performed in a substrate depth direction. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel addition section which performs addition, when pixel signals of the plurality of pixels are added up to be outputted, by setting addition regions of pixel signals of a first color component to be shifted from addition regions of pixel signals of a second color component at regular intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Tatsuya Ichikawa, Hayato Wakabayashi, Hisashi Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 8604521Abstract: An optically controlled read only memory is disclosed. The optically controlled read only memory includes a substrate, a plurality of memory cells having optical sensors disposed on the substrate, and at least one shielding structure disposed on the optical sensor, in which the shielding structure selectively shields a portion of the optical sensor according to a predetermined layout. Preferably, the optically controlled read only memory of the present invention is capable of providing two types or more program codes and outputting different program codes carrying different function under different lighting condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Yi-Tyng Wu
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Patent number: 8592931Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element is provided and includes: a pair of electrodes; a photoelectric conversion layer between the pair of electrodes; and a charge-blocking layer between one of the pair of the electrodes and the photoelectric conversion layer. The charge-blocking layer is capable of suppressing injection of a charge from the one of the pair of electrodes into the photoelectric conversion layer upon application of a voltage across the pair of electrodes, and the charge-blocking layer contains an insulating material and an electrically conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masayuki Hayashi, Fumito Nariyuki
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Patent number: 8587080Abstract: The invention relates to an optical filtering structure consisting of a set of at least two elementary optical filters (R, V, B), an elementary optical filter being centered on an optimum transmission frequency, characterized in that it comprises a stack of n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) and n substantially transparent layers (d1, d2, d3) which alternate between a first metal layer (m1) and an nth substantially transparent layer (d3), the n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) each having a constant thickness and at least one substantially transparent layer having a variable thickness which sets the optimum transmission frequency of an elementary optical filter, n being an integer larger than or equal to 2. Application to miniature image sensors.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Pierre Gidon, Gilles Grand
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Publication number: 20130299934Abstract: A pixel and pixel array for use in an image sensor are provided. The image sensor includes floating sensing nodes symmetrically arranged with respect to a photodiode in each pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Min-seok OH, Eun-sub SHIM, Jung-chak AHN, Moo-sup LIM, Sung-ho CHOI
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Patent number: 8581307Abstract: An image sensor pixel includes a photosensitive element having a first doping type disposed in semiconductor material. A deep extension having the first doping type is disposed beneath and overlapping the photosensitive element in the semiconductor material. A floating diffusion is disposed in the semiconductor material. A transfer gate is disposed over a gate oxide that is disposed over the semiconductor material. The transfer gate is disposed between the photosensitive element and the floating diffusion. The photosensitive element and the deep extension are stacked in the semiconductor material in a āUā shape extending from under the transfer gate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gang Chen, Duli Mao, Hsin-Chih Tai
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Patent number: 8558286Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8546853Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8541858Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes: a first photoelectric conversion layer of an organic material; a second photoelectric conversion layer of an inorganic material; a third photoelectric conversion layer of an inorganic material; a first filter of an inorganic material; a second filter of an inorganic material. The first photoelectric conversion layer photoelectrically-converts a light of a first color. The first filter is disposed between the first photoelectric conversion layer and the second photoelectric conversion layer to selectively guide a light of a second color, out of a light that passed through the first photoelectric conversion layer, to the second photoelectric conversion layer. The second filter being disposed between the first photoelectric conversion layer and the third photoelectric conversion layer to selectively guide a light of a third color, out of the light that passed through the first photoelectric conversion layer, to the third photoelectric conversion layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Koichi Kokubun
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Patent number: 8537255Abstract: Image sensors including a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of photo detecting elements, a dielectric layer, a plurality of color filters, and a plurality of micro lenses. The photo detecting elements may be in the semiconductor substrate and may convert an incident light into an electric signal. The dielectric layer may be on the semiconductor substrate and may include a plurality of photo blocking regions on regions between the photo detecting elements. The color filters may be on the dielectric layer and may be disposed corresponding to the plurality of photo detecting elements, respectively. The micro lenses may be on the plurality of color filters and may be disposed corresponding to the plurality of photo detecting elements, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Ho Lee, Jung-Chak Ahn, Dong-Yoon Jang, Wook Lee, Tae-Sub Jung
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Patent number: 8530993Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8530940Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8530992Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8530991Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8525286Abstract: An integrated circuit device is provided. The integrated circuit device can include a substrate; a first radiation-sensing element disposed over a first portion of the substrate; and a second radiation-sensing element disposed over a second portion of the substrate. The first portion comprises a first radiation absorption characteristic, and the second portion comprises a second radiation absorption characteristic different from the first radiation absorption characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Hsuan Hsu, Chris Hsieh, Dun-Nian Yaung, Chung-Yi Yu
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Patent number: 8525287Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8519408Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a thin film transistor substrate having high light sensitivity, heat-resistance, impact resistance, and a photosensitive composition used by the same, the method including forming data wires on an insulating substrate, forming an organic insulating film on the data wires by applying a photosensitive composition comprising a terpolymer, where the terpolymer is derived from monomers of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, or a mixture thereof, an unsaturated epoxy group-containing compound, and an olefinic compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hoon Kang, Jae-sung Kim, Yang-ho Jung, Hi-kuk Lee
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Patent number: 8519379Abstract: An embodiment relates to a device comprising a substrate, a nanowire and a doped epitaxial layer surrounding the nanowire, wherein the nanowire is configured to be both a channel to transmit wavelengths up to a selective wavelength and an active element to detect the wavelengths up to the selective wavelength transmitted through the nanowire. Another embodiment relates to a device comprising a substrate, a nanowire and one or more photogates surrounding the nanowire, wherein the nanowire is configured to be both a channel to transmit wavelengths up to a selective wavelength and an active element to detect the wavelengths up to the selective wavelength transmitted through the nanowire, and wherein the one or more photogates comprise an epitaxial layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Zena Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Young-June Yu, Munib Wober
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Patent number: 8513758Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8507311Abstract: A method for forming an image sensing device is disclosed. An epitaxy layer having the first conductivity type is formed on a substrate, wherein the epitaxy layer comprises a first pixel area corresponding to a first incident light, a second pixel area corresponding to a second incident light, and a third pixel area corresponding to a third incident light. A first deep well is formed in a lower portion of the epitaxy layer for reducing pixel-to-pixel talk of the image sensing device. A second deep well is formed in a lower portion of the epitaxy layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Himax Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Chang-Wei Chang, Fang-Ming Huang, Chi-Shao Lin, Yu-Ping Hu
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Patent number: 8493481Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of color filters. The plurality of pixels is formed in a semiconductor substrate in a two-dimensional array arrangement. Each of the pixels has a photoelectric conversion region. The plurality of color filters is stacked on each of the pixels. The photoelectric conversion regions have the same depth irrespective of colors of the color filters stacked on the pixels. The width of a shallow portion of each of the photoelectric conversion regions is differ from a width of the deep portion of each of the photoelectric regions depending on the colors of the color filters stacked on the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Shunsuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 8492057Abstract: A colored curable composition for a solid-state image pickup device, including a polyhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, a photopolymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and an epoxy compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hideki Takakuwa, Hiroshi Taguchi, Kaoru Aoyagi
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Publication number: 20130181309Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes photoelectric conversion units each including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type disposed in contact with the first semiconductor region, a potential barrier formed between photoelectric conversion units, and a contact plug disposed in an image sensing area. The number of contact plugs is smaller than the number of photoelectric conversion units. The photoelectric conversion units include first and second photoelectric conversion units and are arranged such that at least two first photoelectric conversion units are adjacent in a first direction. The potential barrier includes a first part formed between the two first photoelectric conversion units disposed adjacently and a second part formed between first and second photoelectric conversion units adjacent to each other. The contact plug is located closer to the first part than to the second part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 8482093Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8481908Abstract: According to one embodiments, a transparent reference electrode is provided to be sandwiched between a red-detecting photoelectric conversion film and a green-detecting photoelectric conversion film, a first transparent driving electrode is provided to face the transparent reference electrode with the green-detecting photoelectric conversion film therebetween, a second transparent driving electrode is provided to face the transparent reference electrode with the red-detecting photoelectric conversion film therebetween, and a blue-detecting photoelectric conversion film is provided below the red-detecting photoelectric conversion film and performs blue detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Satoshi Inaba
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Patent number: 8476727Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8471261Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device 1 is back surface incident type and includes a semiconductor substrate 10, a semiconductor layer 20 and a light receiving unit 30. The solid-state image pickup device 1 photoelectrically converts light incident on the back surface S2 of the semiconductor substrate 10 into signal electrical charges to image an object. The semiconductor substrate 10 has a resistivity ?1. A semiconductor layer 20 is provided on the surface S1 of the semiconductor substrate 10. The semiconductor layer 20 has a resistivity ?2. Where, ?2>?1. A light receiving unit 30 is formed in the semiconductor layer 20. The light receiving unit 30 receives signal charges produced by the photoelectric conversion.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Yasutaka Nakashiba
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Patent number: 8470502Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition is provided which provides a high resolution even when a pattern is formed using a low exposure intensity (in particular, less than 200 mJ/cm2) and may inhibit deterioration in pattern rectangularity during a post baking process of a post treatment. The photosensitive resin composition includes: a resin; an oxime photopolymerization initiator; a UV absorbing agent; and a monomer containing a hydrogen bonding group, the amount of the monomer containing a hydrogen bonding group being 30 mass % or more with respect to the total solid content of the composition, and the photosensitive resin composition is used for forming a solid-state imaging device.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hideki Takakuwa, Kaoru Aoyagi, Kazuto Shimada
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Patent number: 8466533Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8450780Abstract: Disclosed is a solid-state image sensor including a photoelectric converter, a charge detector, and a transfer transistor. The photoelectric converter stores a signal charge that is subjected to photoelectric conversion. The charge detector detects the signal charge. The transfer transistor transfers the signal charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge detector. In the solid-state image sensor, the transfer transistor includes a gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, a first spacer formed on a sidewall of the gate electrode on a side of the photoelectric converter, and a second spacer formed on another sidewall of the gate electrode on a side of the charge detector. The first spacer is longer than the second spacer.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Tetsuya Oishi
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Patent number: 8441089Abstract: This bispectral detector comprises a plurality of unitary elements for detecting a first and a second electromagnetic radiation range, consisting of a stack of upper and lower semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type which are separated by an intermediate layer that forms a potential barrier between the upper and lower layers; and for each unitary detection element, two upper and lower semiconductor zones of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, are arranged respectively so that they are in contact with the upper faces of the upper and lower layers so as to form PN junctions, the semiconductor zone being positioned, at least partially, in the bottom of an opening that passes through the upper and intermediate layers. The upper face of at least one of the upper and lower layers is entirely covered in a semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Commissariat a lā²Energie Atomique et Aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Olivier Gravrand, Jacques Baylet
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Patent number: 8441090Abstract: A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, and a second optically sensitive layer is over the first optically sensitive layer. Each optically sensitive layer is interposed between two electrodes. The two electrodes include a respective first electrode and a respective second electrode. The integrated circuit selectively applies a bias to the electrodes and reads signals from the optically sensitive layers. The signal is related to the number of photons received by the respective optically sensitive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: InVisage Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hui Tian, Edward Sargent
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Patent number: 8440374Abstract: A colored curable composition with which a coating film having excellent uniformity and surface planarity can be formed even when the support (substrate) has irregularities, and which exhibits excellent developability, and which is capable of forming a high-resolution colored pattern, is provided. The colored curable composition includes: (A) a polymer that contains a structural unit having a carboxyl group bonded to a main chain thereof via a linking group containing an ester group; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; (C) a polymerizable compound; (D) a pigment; and (E) a dispersant containing a phosphoric acid group.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Taguchi
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Patent number: 8432011Abstract: An image sensor package that includes a handler assembly having a crystalline handler with a cavity formed into its first surface. The cavity has a stepped sidewall that defines at least one step surface extending inwardly inside the cavity. A plurality of conductive elements each extend from the step surface(s), through the crystalline handler and to its second surface. A sensor chip is disposed in the cavity and includes a substrate, a plurality of photo detectors formed at its front surface, and a plurality of contact pads formed at its front surface which are electrically coupled to the photo detectors. A plurality of wires each extend between and electrically connect one of the contact pads and one of the conductive elements. A substrate is disposed over the cavity and mounted to the crystalline handler. The substrate is optically transparent to at least one range of light wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Optiz, Inc.Inventor: Vage Oganesian
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Patent number: 8426864Abstract: The infrared sensor (1) includes a base (10), and an infrared detection element (3) formed over a surface of the base (10). The infrared detection element (3) comprises an infrared absorption member (33) in the form of a thin film configured to absorb infrared, and a temperature detection member (30) configured to measure a temperature difference between the infrared absorption member (33) and the base (10). The temperature detection member (30) includes a p-type polysilicon layer (35) formed over the infrared absorption member (33) and the base (10), an n-type polysilicon layer (34) formed over the infrared absorption member (33) and the base (10) without contact with the p-type polysilicon layer (33), and a connection layer (36) configured to electrically connect the p-type polysilicon layer (35) to the n-type polysilicon layer (34). Each of the p-type polysilicon layer (35) and the n-type polysilicon layer (34) has an impurity concentration in a range of 1018 to 1020 cm?3.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koji Tsuji, Yosuke Hagihara, Naoki Ushiyama
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Patent number: 8415193Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid state image forming device according to an embodiment includes forming a transparent resin layer 20 on a semiconductor substrate 11, having a plurality of photodiode layers 12 formed thereon in a lattice, through R, G, and B color filters that are formed according to a Bayer arrangement; forming a plurality of first microlens mother dies 23 on the transparent resin layer 20 at the positions corresponding to the green color filters G in such a manner that the outer peripheries thereof are separated from each other; forming a plurality of second microlens mother dies 24 in such a manner that they are formed to fill the gap between the first microlens mother dies 23 and the outer peripheries thereof are separated from each other; and etching the transparent resin layer 20 with the plurality of first microlens mother dies 23 and the plurality of second microlens mother dies 24 being used as masks.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hajime Ootake
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Patent number: 8410532Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region; a multilayer wiring layer including layers of wiring and an interlayer film interposed therebetween, and disposed above the semiconductor substrate to cover the pixel region and the peripheral circuit region except areas above the photoelectric conversion elements; a waveguide member filling the areas above the photoelectric conversion elements (waveguides) and covering the multilayer wiring layer at least within the pixel region; and an optical structure (composed of a color filter material and a lens material) disposed above the waveguide member within the pixel region, wherein a groove is formed by removing a portion of the waveguide member from an area within the pixel region that is in a border between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit region.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporaitonInventors: Shoichiro Tsuji, Kazuhiro Yamashita
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Patent number: 8405175Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a thermal processing apparatus and method that permits a user to index one or more preselected light sources capable of emitting one or more wavelengths to a collimator. Multiple light sources may permit a single apparatus to have the capability of emitting multiple, preselected wavelengths. The multiple light sources permit the user to utilize multiple wavelengths simultaneously to approximate āwhite lightā. One or more of a frequency, intensity, and time of exposure may be selected for the wavelength to be emitted. Thus, the capabilities of the apparatus and method are flexible to meet the needs of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Moffatt
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Patent number: 8405063Abstract: A component including a substrate, at least one layer including a color conversion material including quantum dots disposed over the substrate, and a layer including a conductive material (e.g., indium-tin-oxide) disposed over the at least one layer. (Embodiments of such component are also referred to herein as a QD light-enhancement substrate (QD-LES).) In certain preferred embodiments, the substrate is transparent to light, for example, visible light, ultraviolet light, and/or infrared radiation. In certain embodiments, the substrate is flexible. In certain embodiments, the substrate includes an outcoupling element (e.g., a microlens array). A film including a color conversion material including quantum dots and a conductive material is also provided. In certain embodiments, a component includes a film described herein. Lighting devices are also provided. In certain embodiments, a lighting device includes a film described herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: QD Vision, Inc.Inventors: Peter T. Kazlas, Seth Coe-Sullivan
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Patent number: 8406859Abstract: A hyperspectral imaging system having an optical path. The system including an illumination source adapted to output a light beam, the light beam illuminating a target, a dispersing element arranged in the optical path and adapted to separate the light beam into a plurality of wavelengths, a digital micromirror array adapted to tune the plurality of wavelengths into a spectrum, an optical device having a detector and adapted to collect the spectrum reflected from the target and arranged in the optical path and a processor operatively connected to and adapted to control at least one of: the illumination source; the dispersing element; the digital micromirror array; the optical device; and, the detector, the processor further adapted to output a hyperspectral image of the target.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Karel Zuzak, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, Rafael Ufret-Vincenty, Robert P. Francis, Edward Livingston
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Patent number: 8399820Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides photodetectors and components thereof having multi-spectral sensing capabilities. In some embodiments, photodetectors of the present invention provide a first photosensitive element comprising at least one accessway extending through the element and an electrical connection at least partially disposed in the accessway, the electrical connection accessible for receiving a second photosensitive element.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Sensors Unlimited, Inc.Inventors: John Trezza, Martin Ettenberg
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Patent number: 8399939Abstract: A photoelectric device, such as a photodetector, can include a semiconductor nanowire electrostatically associated with a J-aggregate. The J-aggregate can facilitate absorption of a desired wavelength of light, and the semiconductor nanowire can facilitate charge transport. The color of light detected by the device can be chosen by selecting a J-aggregate with a corresponding peak absorption wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Brian J. Walker, August Dorn, Vladimir Bulovic, Moungi G. Bawendi
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Patent number: 8389185Abstract: There are provide a pigment dispersion containing (A) a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment, and (B) a copolymer of at least (b-1) a monomer having at least one group selected from an amino group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, (b-2) a monomer having a carboxyl group, and (b-3) a macromonomer having a weight-average molecular weight from 1,000 to 50,000, a colored curable composition containing the pigment dispersion, a color filter using the colored curable composition and a method for preparing the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yushi Kaneko, Kaoru Aoyagi, Hideki Takakuwa, Yuzo Nagata
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Patent number: 8389621Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition for producing a color filter for a CMOS image sensor is provided. The thermosetting resin composition comprises an organic solvent and a self-curing copolymer having structural units represented by Formulae 1, 2, 3 and 4, which are described in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: O Bum Kwon, Kil Sung Lee, Jae Hyun Kim, Jung Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 8383302Abstract: A colored curable composition is provided which has desired transmittance properties, has stability in a state of a chemical solution such as dispersion uniformity or long-term viscosity stability, is excellent in developing properties and is capable of forming a color pattern with high resolving power. The colored curable composition includes (A) a monomer having an alkyleneoxy chain, (B) a binder polymer, (C) a photopolymerization initiator, and (D) Pigment Red 166.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Taguchi
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Patent number: 8384175Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a method for manufacturing a solid state imaging device, the method including: forming a plurality of first semispherical lens bodies; forming a second transparent resin layer; and forming a second lens body. The plurality of first semispherical lens bodies are respectively formed on a plurality of photodiode layers formed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate. The second transparent resin layer is a resin layer having an etching rate higher than that of the first lens body, and is formed so that the semiconductor substrate including the plurality of first lens bodies is covered with the second transparent resin layer. The second lens bodies are formed on a surface except the top part of each of the first lens bodies by etching an entire surface of the second transparent resin layer until top parts of the first lens bodies are exposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hajime Ootake
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Patent number: 8372664Abstract: One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a display device in which shift of the threshold voltage of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer can be suppressed even when ultraviolet light irradiation is performed in the process for manufacturing the display device. In the method for manufacturing a display device, ultraviolet light irradiation is performed at least once, a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a switching element, and heat treatment for repairing damage to the oxide semiconductor layer caused by the ultraviolet light irradiation is performed after all the steps of ultraviolet light irradiation are completed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Tsuji, Koji Moriya
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Patent number: 8368160Abstract: An image sensing device is disclosed, including an epitaxy layer having the a conductivity type, including a first pixel area corresponding to a first incident light, a second pixel area corresponding to a second incident light, and a third pixel area corresponding to a third incident light, wherein the wavelength of the first incident light is longer than that of the second incident light and the wavelength of the second incident light is longer than that of the third incident light. A photodiode is disposed in an upper portion of the epitaxy layer, and a first deep well for reducing pixel-to-pixel talk of the image sensing device is disposed in a lower portion of the epitaxy layer in the second pixel area and the third pixel area, wherein at least a portion of the epitaxy layer in first pixel area does not include the first deep well.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Himax Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Chung-Wei Chang, Fang-Ming Huang, Chi-Shao Lin, Yu-Ping Hu
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Patent number: 8361681Abstract: Disclosed is a polymerizable composition characterized by containing at least (A) a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (1); (B) a coloring agent; (C) a polymerizable monomer; (D) a binder polymer; and (E) a solvent. wherein, in formula (1), R1 represents an aromatic group; R2 represents a group represented by any one of the above Formulae (2-1) to (2-3); R3 represents an alkyl group or the like; and A represents a single bond or āC(?O)ā; X1, X2, and Y each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like and Z represents an atomic group which may form an arbitrary ring structure containing a carbon-carbon double bond.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masaomi Makino, Tomotaka Tsuchimura