| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080283948 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING IMAGE SENSOR - A pixel area for generating an image signal corresponding to incident light is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A light-shielding layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate around the pixel area. The light-shielding layer has a slit near the pixel area and shields the incident light. A passivation film is formed in the pixel area, on the light-shielding layer, and in the slit. A coating layer is formed in the slit of the light-shielding layer and on the passivation film in the pixel area. Microlenses are formed on the coating layer in the pixel area. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100155796 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a back side drawn electrode formed by embedding a first conductive material in a contact hole penetrating the semiconductor substrate through an insulating film formed to include a uniform thickness, used also as an alignment mark, and configured to draw out an electrode to the back side of the semiconductor substrate. The device further includes a pad provided on the back side of the semiconductor substrate, and connected to the back side drawn electrode. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100301444 | SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGING DEVICE WITH WHICH SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENTS OF PIXEL AREA AND OTHER AREAS HAS SAME CHARACTERISTICS - Photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a pixel area. A circuit area is arranged around the pixel area. An interconnect including copper is arranged in the pixel area and circuit area. A cap layer is arranged on the interconnect. Wherein the cap layer except a part on the interconnect is removed from the pixel area and circuit area. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110079868 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type having a diffusion layer region provided on a surface thereof, a diffusion layer of the first conductive type for a pixel separation whose bottom portion is formed at the deepest position of the diffusion layer region in a pixel region, and a first deep diffusion layer of the first conductive type provided at the deepest position of the diffusion layer region in a first peripheral logic region for electrically connecting the semiconductor substrate and the first peripheral logic region and having a first concentration gradient equal to that of the diffusion layer for pixel separation. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110149137 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a pixel region to be used for generating pixels, a black reference region provided outside the pixel region, and a dummy region provided between the black reference region and the pixel region, and including a light shielding pattern configured to shield the black reference against light coming from the pixel region. | 06-23-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080260948 | INK AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink used in an ink jet recording method in which ink droplets are ejected from a recording head by the action of thermal energy to record an image on a recording medium; the ink being characterized by containing (a) a pigment, (b) a dispersing agent, (c) a liquid medium, (d) a polyglycerol and (e) at least one selected from a potassium salt of a carboxylic acid, a rubidium salt of a carboxylic acid and a cesium salt of a carboxylic acid. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100165019 | INK JET RECORDING INK, INK JET IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an ink jet recording ink containing a self-dispersion pigment, to the surface of which an anionic functional group represented by the following general formula (I) has been bonded directly or through another atomic group, water, a water-soluble substance having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.37 or more as defined by the following equation (A) and a water-soluble substance having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.25 or less as defined by the equation (A), and having a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100189902 | INK JET RECORDING INK, INK JET IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an ink jet recording ink containing a self-dispersion pigment having a lactone group and a carboxyl group, an organic carboxylic acid salt, water and a water-soluble substance having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.37 or more as defined by the following equation (A), and having a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100214351 | INK JET IMAGE-FORMING METHOD, INK JET COLOR IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet image-forming method for forming an image by applying an ink in a fixed amount of 0.5 pl or more to 6.0 pl or less to plain paper. The ink contains a self-dispersion pigment, water, a water-soluble compound having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.37 or more as defined by the equation (A) stated in the description and a water-soluble compound having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.25 or less, and has a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less. The application of the ink is divided into plural times when an image having a portion where the ink is applied in a duty of 80% or more and an amount of 5.0 μl/cm | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110023749 | COLORED PARTICLES - The present invention relates to colored particles containing a dye and a dispersant, wherein the average particle diameter of the colored particles is 10 nm or more, and 80 nm or less, the solubility index represented by Formula (1) of the dye is 9.20 or more, and the dye content and the dispersant content in the colored particles satisfy the relationship represented by Formula (2). | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110054094 | COLOR PARTICLES - In color particles containing a dye and a polymer compound, the average particle diameter of the color particles measured by a dynamic light scattering method is 10 to 80 nm, the content of the dye of the color particles is in the range of 60 to 90 percent by mass, and the dye has a solubility index of 7.50 or more in water having a pH of 6.0 to 11.0, the solubility index being represented by the following equation (1): Solubility Index=log(1/Aqueous Solubility of Dye [mol/L]). | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110205285 | INKJET RECORDING INK - An inkjet recording ink having a surface tension of 34 mN/m or more is provided. The inkjet recording ink contains an anionic self-dispersion pigment having an anionic functional group, a salt, and a water-soluble compound having a hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity coefficient of 0.26 or more. The ink contains a larger amount of cesium ion than the amount of the anionic functional group. The hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity coefficient is defined by equation (A). | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110227976 | INK JET RECORDING INK, INK JET IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an ink jet recording ink containing a self-dispersion pigment to a surface of which an anionic functional group represented by the following general formula (1) is bonded directly or through another atomic group, an ammonium salt of an organic carboxylic acid, water, and a water-soluble compound having a hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity coefficient of 0.26 or more as defined by the following equation (A), the ink having a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less, | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110234667 | INK JET IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet image forming method, wherein an ink is applied to plain paper in a fixed amount of 0.5 to 6.0 pl, contains a self-dispersion pigment, an organic carboxylic acid salt, water and a water-soluble compound having a hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity coefficient of 0.26 or more, and has a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less, and when the total amount of inks applied to a fundamental matrix for forming an image is 5.0 pl/cm | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239901 | COLORING PARTICLES - The present invention provides coloring particles containing a dye and a water-insoluble low-molecular-weight dispersant, wherein the average particle size of the coloring particles is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less; the solubility parameter of the dye in water with a pH of 6.0 to 10.0 is 9.20 or more, the solubility parameter being represented by formula ( | 10-06-2011 |