Patents by Inventor Akihiko Furukawa

Akihiko Furukawa 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: 8134408
    Abstract: In order to realize a wider bandwidth of a frequency characteristic of a power amplification circuit, outputs of differential push-pull amplifiers which are matched at respectively different frequencies are combined together by secondary inductors, and the combined signal is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Akihiko Furukawa, Satoshi Yamakawa, Tetsuya Iida, Masao Kondo, Yutaka Hoshino
  • Patent number: 8093950
    Abstract: A power amplifier amplifying and compositing differential signals and capable of suppressing harmonics is provided. The power amplifier includes first amplifiers amplifying a first input signal and a second input signal, which are differential signals, a first coil receiving the first input signal and the second input signal amplified by the first amplifiers, a second coil magnetically coupled with the first coil and outputting a composite signal of the amplified first input signal and second input signal, a third coil magnetically coupled with the second coil, and a first capacitor coupled between both ends of the third coil, wherein one end of the first capacitor is coupled to a ground node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Furukawa, Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Yasuhiro Kagawa, Satoshi Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20110063028
    Abstract: A power amplifier comprises a plurality of primary inductors provided on a substrate in a circular geometry as a whole; a plurality of amplifier pairs; a secondary inductor; and a connection wiring. Each amplifier pair is coupled to two ends of a corresponding primary inductor, and amplifies and output to the corresponding primary inductor a pair of first and second signals given as differential input signals, respectively. The secondary inductor is provided adjacent to the primary inductors in a circular geometry, further combines and outputs signals made by combining first and second signals in each primary inductor. The connection wiring is provided inside the primary inductors on the substrate and electrically couples middle points of respective primary inductors with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KAWAKAMI, Akihiko Furukawa, Satoshi Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20100148869
    Abstract: In order to realize a wider bandwidth of a frequency characteristic of a power amplification circuit, outputs of differential push-pull amplifiers which are matched at respectively different frequencies are combined together by secondary inductors, and the combined signal is outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KAWAKAMI, Akihiko Furukawa, Satoshi Yamakawa, Tetsuya Ilda, Masao Kondo, Yutaka Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20100148872
    Abstract: A power amplifier amplifying and compositing differential signals and capable of suppressing harmonics is provided. The power amplifier includes first amplifiers amplifying a first input signal and a second input signal, which are differential signals, a first coil receiving the first input signal and the second input signal amplified by the first amplifiers, a second coil magnetically coupled with the first coil and outputting a composite signal of the amplified first input signal and second input signal, a third coil magnetically coupled with the second coil, and a first capacitor coupled between both ends of the third coil, wherein one end of the first capacitor is coupled to a ground node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Akihiko FURUKAWA, Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Yasuhiro Kagawa, Satoshi Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20060086934
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 7001822
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20050142076
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a viscous preparation for dental use which comprises basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) as an effective ingredient, and further a thickener; a kit for preparing the viscous preparation for dental use; and a method for preparing the viscous preparation for dental use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukunaga, Yuji Ogata, Akihiko Furukawa, Yoshihiro Konno
  • Publication number: 20040164353
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 6734509
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a silicon substrate having a first region and a second region identical in conductivity type to the first region and having a lower dopant concentration than the first region, a second MOS transistor on a main surface of the second region as a radio frequency switch circuit switching on and off input and output of a radio frequency signal, and a first MOS transistor on a main surface of the first region in a radio frequency circuit other than the radio frequency switch circuit. A high performance, highly reliable semiconductor integrated circuit with an RE switch circuit provided on a silicon substrate as a system on a chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Ohnakado, Akihiko Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6653656
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20030107038
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20030075765
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a silicon substrate having a first region and a second region identical in conductivity to said first region and having a lower dopant concentration than said first region, a second MOS transistor formed on a main surface of said second region and configuring a radio frequency switch circuit switching on/off an input and output of a radio frequency signal, and a first MOS transistor formed on a main surface of said first region and configuring a radio frequency circuit other than said radio frequency switch circuit. There can be provided a high performance, highly reliable semiconductor integrated circuit with an RF switch circuit provided on a silicon substrate by SOPing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Ohnakado, Akihiko Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6509583
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 6228697
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided in which a semiconductor device including a plurality of FETs having different threshold voltages and gate insulating films with different film thicknesses can be manufactured in a simplified process. Specifically, a first gate insulating film is formed on the main surface of a semiconductor substrate. On the first gate insulating film, a first protection film is formed. In regions A and B in each of which an FET having a second gate insulating film with a film thickness different from that of the first gate insulating film is to be formed, the first gate insulating film and the first protection film are removed to expose the surface of the semiconductor substrate. At the same time, the first protection film is left in regions other than the regions A and B. Using the first protection film as a mask, an impurity is implanted into the semiconductor substrate in the regions A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Furukawa, Yoshikazu Yoneda
  • Patent number: 6144072
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 6110291
    Abstract: A thin film forming apparatus using laser includes a chamber (1), a target (5) placed therein, a laser light source (10) for emitting laser beam to target (5), and a substrate holder (3). When target (5) is irradiated with laser beam (16), a plume (15) is generated, and materials included in plume (15) are deposited on the surface of a substrate (2) held by substrate holder (3). The laser beam emitted from laser light source (10) has its cross section shaped to a desired shape when passed through a shielding plate (4804), for example, so that the surface of the target (5) is irradiated with the beam having uniform light intensity distribution. Therefore, a plume (15) having uniform density distribution of active particles is generated, and therefore a thin film of high quality can be formed over a wide area with uniform film quality, without damaging the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenyu Haruta, Koichi Ono, Hitoshi Wakata, Mutsumi Tsuda, Yoshio Saito, Keisuke Nanba, Kazuyoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Takami, Akihiro Suzuki, Tomohiro Sasagawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Toshiyuki Oishi, Yukihiko Wada, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuji Matsui, Akimasa Yuki, Takaaki Kawahara, Hideki Yabe, Taisuke Furukawa, Kouji Kise, Noboru Mikami, Tsuyoshi Horikawa, Tetsuo Makita, Kazuo Kuramoto, Naohiko Fujino, Hiroshi Kuroki, Tetsuo Ogama, Junji Tanimura
  • Patent number: 5905286
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having an SOI structure and a method of manufacturing the same, influence by a parasitic transistor can be prevented, and no disadvantage is caused in connection with a manufacturing process. In this semiconductor device, an upper side portion of a semiconductor layer is rounded. Thereby, concentration of an electric field at the upper side portion of the semiconductor layer can be prevented. As a result, lowering of a threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor can be prevented, so that the parasitic transistor does not adversely affect subthreshold characteristics of a regular transistor. Owing to provision of a concavity of a U-shaped section, generation of etching residue can be prevented when etching a gate electrode for patterning the same. Thereby, a disadvantage is not caused in connection with the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigenobu Maeda, Shoichi Miyamoto, Akihiko Furukawa, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 5622567
    Abstract: A thin film forming apparatus using laser includes a chamber (1), a target (5) placed therein, a laser light source (10) for emitting laser beam to target (5), and a substrate holder (3). When target (5) is irradiated with laser beam (16), a plume (15) is generated, and materials included in plume (15) are deposited on the surface of a substrate (2) held by substrate holder (3). The laser beam emitted from laser light source (10) has its cross section shaped to a desired shape when passed through a shielding plate (4804), for example, so that the surface of the target (5) is irradiated with the beam having uniform light intensity distribution. Therefore, a plume (15) having uniform density distribution of active particles is generated, and therefore a thin film of high quality can be formed over a wide area with uniform film quality, without damaging the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Takami, Kenichi Kuroda, Toshiyuki Oishi, Yukihiko Wada, Akihiko Furukawa
  • Patent number: 5527417
    Abstract: A photo-assisted CVD apparatus including a reaction chamber for storing a substrate, an inlet port for feeding a source gas into the reaction chamber, a light source for radiating light on the source gas fed into the reaction chamber to decompose the source gas upon radiating the light, thereby depositing a film on the substrate, an inlet port for supplying an etching gas into the reaction chamber, and a discharge electrode, arranged above the substrate and having a configuration, surrounding a space above the substrate, for exciting the etching gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshinori Iida, Akihiko Furukawa, Tetsuya Yamaguchi, Michio Sasaki, Hisanori Ihara, Hidetoshi Nozaki, Takaaki Kamimura