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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8080835 | Semiconductor device including a capacitance type sensor and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the semiconductor substrate, a surface layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a capacitance type sensor formed on the surface layer. The s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8053816 | Semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention to obtain a photoelectric conversion device having a favorable spectral sensitivity characteristic and no variation in output current without such a contamination substance mixed into a photoelectric conversion layer or a tra... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7884397 | Solid-state image sensor and method for producing the same A main object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state image sensor capable of efficiently collecting a light beam when the central position of the light receiving element and the central position of the micro lens do not coincide with each other in the ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7842980 | Image sensor microlens structures and methods of forming the same An image sensor includes a light receiving device in a substrate, a color filter over the light receiving device, a buffer film over the color filter, and a microlens on the buffer film. The microlens has a concave bottom face and a convex top face. The buffer film ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7759708 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus is provided. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device, an α-ray shielding layer formed so as to cover at least an imaging area of the solid-state imaging device and a cover glass provided above the α-r... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7675094 | Image sensor pixel having a transfer gate formed from P+ or N+ doped polysilicon An active pixel using a transfer gate that has a polysilicon gate doped with P+ is disclosed. The pixel includes a photosensitive element formed in a semiconductor substrate and an n-type floating node formed in the semiconductor substrate. An n-channel transfer tra... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7608866 | Solid-state image sensor with micro-lenses for anti-shading A solid-state image sensor prevents shading while maintaining the wider dynamic range of an image signal without reducing its optical resolution. The image sensor has plural pairs of higher- and lower-sensitivity photodiodes and micro-lenses each of which is provide... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605411 | Charge transfer device and imaging apparatus An HCCD includes a channel 21 that transfers electric charges in an X direction, a channel 25 that transfers the electric charges in a Z1 direction, a channel 23 that transfers the electric charges in a Z2 direction, and a channel ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7595518 | Doping mask and methods of manufacturing charge transfer image and microelectronic device using the same Provided are a doping mask and methods of manufacturing a charge transfer image device and a microelectronic device using the same. The method includes forming a photoresist film on an entire surface of a substrate or sub-substrate having a peripheral circuit region... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592651 | Low dark current photodiode for imaging A photodiode and method of forming a photodiode has a substrate. An absorption layer is formed on the substrate to absorb lightwaves of a desired frequency range. A multiplication structure is formed on the absorption layer. The multiplication layer uses a low dark ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7557391 | Organic light-emitting display device An organic light-emitting display device wherein an IR drop across a first electrode can be prevented. The organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate; a plurality of stripe-shaped first electrodes disposed on the substrate and extending in a first di... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7449732 | Substrate with transparent electrodes and devices incorporating it The substrate with electrodes is formed of a transparent material onto which is deposited a film (1) of a transparent conductive material of thickness e1 and of refractive index n1, said film being structured to form a set of electrodes ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7411276 | Photosensitive device A photosensitive device having at least an insulator layer including a plurality of photoreceiving regions disposed on a substrate. A plurality of conductive patterns is disposed on the insulator layer without covering the photoreceiving regions. A flattened dielect... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7373432 | Programmable circuit and related computing machine and method A programmable circuit receives configuration data from an external source, stores the firmware in a memory, and then downloads the firmware from the memory. Such a programmable circuit allows a system, such as a computing machine, to modify the programmable circuit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371614 | Image sensor device and methods thereof An image sensor device and methods thereof. In an example method, a protective layer may be formed over at least one microlens. An adhesive layer may be formed over the protective layer. The adhesive layer may be removed so as to expose the protective layer. The pro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372497 | Effective method to improve sub-micron color filter sensitivity An image sensor device and method for forming said device are described. The image sensor structure comprises a substrate with photodiodes, an interconnect structure formed on the substrate, a color filter layer above the interconnect structure, a first microlens ar... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367537 | Color-image pickup device in which an R picture signal is relatively enhanced with distance from center of light-reception area In a color-image pickup device, light is decomposed by R filters, G filters, B filters, and an infrared blocking film into R, G, and B components, and photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a light-reception area receive the R, G, and B components, and output... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357977 | Ultralow dielectric constant layer with controlled biaxial stress A method for forming a ultralow dielectric constant layer with controlled biaxial stress is described incorporating the steps of forming a layer containing Si, C, O and H by one of PECVD and spin-on coating and curing the film in an environment containing very low c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358105 | Solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing the same and interline transfer CCD image sensor A high-performance solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixel cells; and a driving unit. Each of the plurality of pixel cells includes: a photodiode that converts incident light into a signal charge and stor... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358115 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor assembly including chip scale package and second substrate with exposed substrate surfaces on upper and lower sides A semiconductor multi-package module has stacked lower and upper packages, each package including a die attached to a substrate, in which the upper and lower substrates are interconnected by wire bonding, and in which the upper package is inverted. Also, a method fo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352013 | Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof There is a demand of a solid-state imaging device capable of being driven at a high speed and in which the shading of sensitivity and illuminance defect can be prevented from being caused. A solid-state imaging device (20) comprises a light-receiving sensor s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352020 | Solid-state image pickup device, and manufacturing method thereof The present invention aims to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus that realizes less leakage current, high image quality and low noise during the driving operation, and manufacturing method for the same. A MOS type imaging apparatus 1 includes an imaging ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352018 | Non-volatile memory cells and methods for fabricating non-volatile memory cells The invention relates to a method for fabricating stacked non-volatile memory cells. Further, the invention relates to stacked non-volatile memory cells. The invention particularly relates to the field of non-volatile NAND memories having non-volatile stacked memory... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348614 | Solid-state imaging device, production method and drive method thereof, and camera A solid-state imaging device capable of reducing an eclipse (blocking) of an incident light at a circumferential portion of a light receiving portion and realizing a larger angle of view and high-speed driving. A single-layer transfer electrode configuration of form... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348615 | Image pickup device and camera for converting charges into voltage An object is to provide a solid state image pickup device and a camera which do not worsen a sensor performance in terms of an optical property, a saturated charge amount and the like. A solid state image sensor including a pixel region having a plurality of pixels ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342308 | Component stacking for integrated circuit electronic package Component stacking for increasing packing density in integrated circuit packages. In one aspect of the invention, an integrated circuit package includes a substrate, and a plurality of discrete components connected to the substrate and approximately forming a compon... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338830 | Hollow dielectric for image sensor A plurality of apertures is formed in at least one first insulating layer disposed over a sensor formed in a semiconductor substrate. A second insulating layer is disposed over the at least one first insulating layer and the plurality of apertures in the at least on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335870 | Method for image sensor protection The method of forming image sensor protection comprises attaching a glass on a tape and scribing the glass with lines to define cover zones on the glass, the glass is then break by a rubber puncher followed by forming glue on the edge of the cover zones. The glass i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335869 | Image sensor, multi-chip module type image sensor and contact image sensor The invention is to suppress a loss in image quality resulting from a sensitivity difference among different colors and to suppress an increase in a chip area. The invention provides for example an image sensor including three light detecting element rows respective... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336195 | Light emitting array apparatus and method of manufacture This invention provides a light emitting array apparatus for use in a video screen display or lighting device incorporating a panel having a plurality of LEDs. Such a panel provides a plurality of LEDs on the front face of the panel in close thermal proximity to the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324144 | Solid image pickup device, image pickup system and method of driving solid image pickup device The solid image pickup device of the present invention comprises a photoelectric conversion part, a charge-voltage conversion part for converting electric charges from the photoelectric conversion part to voltage signals, a signal amplifier for amplifying the voltag... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321110 | Solid state image pickup device and camera An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being com... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315328 | Solid-state image sensor device and driving method A solid-state image sensor device having an image sensing portion performing the photoelectric conversion and being able to correspond to both progressive mode in which all picture element signals obtained by the scanning of one time are output independently, and in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7301184 | Solid state image sensor having planarized structure under light shielding metal layer Shift register electrodes are formed in an imaging area and a peripheral area through use of a single layer of conductive film, and a thick insulating film is deposited over those electrodes and planarized. The thick insulating film overlying the shift register elec... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301574 | Charge coupled device for outputting image data A solid-state imaging element comprising a plurality of light-receiving sensors that convert optical signals into electrical signals and a memory storing the electrical signals. The memory is formed of a plurality of line buffers corresponding to the pixel units pro... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291826 | Image sensor with a conjugate lens arrangement An image sensor pixel structure including a photosensitive area; a stacking of insulating layers covering the photosensitive area; and a device for focusing the light of the pixel to the photosensitive area. The focusing device includes first and second microlenses,... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283305 | Solid state image pickup device, method for producing the same, and image pickup system comprising the solid state image pickup device The present invention inhibits variations in sensitivity of an image pickup element formed in a jointed area in the image pickup element produced using exposure in a joined fashion. The image pickup element 11 has a light receiving area 102 form... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279728 | Variable capacitance device with high accuracy A capacitance device includes a dielectric film, the first electrode and the second electrode. One of the two electrodes is divided into a plurality of electrode portions. Each of the divided electrode portions is connected with each other through switching transist... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279764 | Silicon-based resonant cavity photodiode for image sensors An imager with pixels having a resonant-cavity photodiode. The resonant cavity photodiode increases absorption of light having long wavelengths. A trench is formed for the photodiode and reflective film is grown on the bottom of the trench. The reflective film refle... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280146 | Image pickup apparatus having its peripheral conversion elements shifted outwardly as compared to converging lenses In order to prevent an image quality from being lowered by shading and or the like, an image pickup apparatus is provided which includes an image pickup area including a plurality of photoelectric conversion areas, a plurality of converging lenses for converging lig... | 10/09/2007 |
