Patents by Inventor Hideki Yamawaki
Hideki Yamawaki 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).
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Patent number: 7883961Abstract: A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device including: forming a lower electrode; forming an electrode oxide film composed of an oxide of a constituent material of the lower electrode; forming a first ferroelectric layer on the lower electrode by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; forming a second ferroelectric layer on the first ferroelectric layer by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; and forming an upper electrode on the second ferroelectric layer. In the method, the oxygen gas in the forming of the first ferroelectric layer is in an amount less than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas. In the method, the oxygen gas in the forming of the second ferroelectric layer is in an amount greater than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Tamura, Masaki Kurasawa, Hideki Yamawaki
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Patent number: 7635395Abstract: Solid material gasification method comprises a solution preparation step wherein a first solid material is dissolved in a solvent to prepare a gasification solution, a solvent removal step wherein a second solid material is separated by removing the solvent used to prepare the gasification solution from that solution, and a solid sublimation step wherein the second solid material is gasified by sublimation.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Hyodo, Hideki Yamawaki, Kenji Maruyama, Masaharu Hida
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Publication number: 20080145953Abstract: A manufacturing method for a ferroelectric memory device including: forming a lower electrode; forming an electrode oxide film composed of an oxide of a constituent material of the lower electrode; forming a first ferroelectric layer on the lower electrode by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; forming a second ferroelectric layer on the first ferroelectric layer by reaction between organometallic source material gas and oxygen gas; and forming an upper electrode on the second ferroelectric layer. In the method, the oxygen gas in the forming of the first ferroelectric layer is in an amount less than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas. In the method, the oxygen gas in the forming of the second ferroelectric layer is in an amount greater than the amount of oxygen necessary for reaction of the organometallic source material gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Hiroaki Tamura, Masaki Kurasawa, Hideki Yamawaki
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Publication number: 20060160370Abstract: Solid material gasification method comprises a solution preparation step wherein a first solid material is dissolved in a solvent to prepare a gasification solution, a solvent removal step wherein a second solid material is separated by removing the solvent used to prepare the gasification solution from that solution, and a solid sublimation step wherein the second solid material is gasified by sublimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroyuki Hyodo, Hideki Yamawaki, Kenji Maruyama, Masaharu Hida
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Patent number: 7045473Abstract: Solid material gasification method comprises a solution preparation step wherein a first solid material is dissolved in a solvent to prepare a gasification solution, a solvent removal step wherein a second solid material is separated by removing the solvent used to prepare the gasification solution from that solution, and a solid sublimation step wherein the second solid material is gasified by sublimation.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Hyodo, Hideki Yamawaki, Kenji Maruyama, Masaharu Hida
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Patent number: 6943397Abstract: A device having a capacitor element includes: an underlying body having a non-orientated first surface; a lower electrode formed on the first surface of the underlying body, the lower electrode containing conductive metal oxide and not containing noble metal, such as LaNiO3, the conductive metal oxide having a (0 0 1) orientated ABO3 type pervskite structure; a ferroelectric layer formed on the lower electrode, having a rhombohedral ABO3 type pervskite structure, the ferroelectric layer being preferentially (0 0 1) orientated in conformity with the orientation of the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the ferroelectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masao Kondo, Hideki Yamawaki, Kenji Maruyama, Kazuaki Kurihara, Masaharu Hida, Shigeyoshi Umemiya, Masaki Kurasawa
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Publication number: 20050162595Abstract: A disclosed optical deflection element includes a magnesia spinel film 22, a lower electrode 23, a lower cladding layer 24, a core layer 25, and an upper cladding layer 26, which are sequentially stacked formed on a silicon single crystal substrate 21. The magnesia spinel film 22, the lower electrode 23, a PLZT film acting as the lower cladding layer 24, and a PZT film acting as the core layer 25 are epitaxially grown on respective underlying layers thereof. Because of a voltage applied between the lower electrode 23 and the upper electrode 26, refractive index variable regions 25A, 24A, in which the refractive index varies, are formed due to the electro-optical effect. Light incident into the core layer 25 is deflected at the interface between the core layer 25 and the refractive index variable regions 25A, 24A to the inner side relative to the surface of the core layer 25.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masao Kondo, Hideki Yamawaki
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Publication number: 20050105038Abstract: A thin film multilayer body is disclosed that includes a single crystal substrate of silicon or gallium arsenide; an intermediate layer of magnesia spinel formed on the single crystal substrate by epitaxial growth; and a conductive layer of a platinum-group element formed on the intermediate layer by epitaxial growth. An oxide layer is to be epitaxially grown on the conductive layer, the oxide layer having a crystalline structure having a simple perovskite lattice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masao Kondo, Hideki Yamawaki
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Patent number: 6852551Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric film includes the steps of forming a layer by a material that takes a metal state in a reducing ambient and an oxide state in an oxidizing ambient, and depositing a ferroelectric film on a surface of the layer by supplying gaseous sources of the ferroelectric film and an oxidizing gas and causing a decomposition of the gaseous sources at the surface of said layer, wherein the step of depositing the ferroelectric film is started with a preparation step in which the state of the surface of said layer is controlled substantially to a critical point in which the layer changes from the metal state to the oxide state and from the oxide state to the metal state.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Hideki Yamawaki
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Publication number: 20040182313Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric film includes the steps of forming a layer by a material that takes a metal state in a reducing ambient and an oxide state in an oxidizing ambient, and depositing a ferroelectric film on a surface of the layer by supplying gaseous sources of the ferroelectric film and an oxidizing gas and causing a decomposition of the gaseous sources at the surface of said layer, wherein the step of depositing the ferroelectric film is started with a preparation step in which the state of the surface of said layer is controlled substantially to a critical point in which the layer changes from the metal state to the oxide state and from the oxide state to the metal state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hideki Yamawaki
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Patent number: 6790677Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric film includes the steps of forming a layer by a material that takes a metal state in a reducing ambient and an oxide state in an oxidizing ambient, and depositing a ferroelectric film on a surface of the layer by supplying gaseous sources of the ferroelectric film and an oxidizing gas and causing a decomposition of the gaseous sources at the surface of said layer, wherein the step of depositing the ferroelectric film is started with a preparation step in which the state of the surface of said layer is controlled substantially to a critical point in which the layer changes from the metal state to the oxide state and from the oxide state to the metal state.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Hideki Yamawaki
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Publication number: 20040140535Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a single-crystal silicon substrate; and a single-crystal oxide thin film having a perovskite structure formed through epitaxial growth on the single-crystal silicon. substrate. The single-crystal oxide thin film is directly in contact with a surface of the single-crystal silicon substrate, and contains a bivalent metal that is reactive to silicon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masao Kondo, Kazuaki Kurihara, Kenji Maruyama, Hideki Yamawaki
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Patent number: 6747317Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a single-crystal silicon substrate; and a single-crystal oxide thin film having a perovskite structure formed through epitaxial growth on the single-crystal silicon substrate. The single-crystal oxide thin film is directly in contact with a surface of the single-crystal silicon substrate, and contains a bivalent metal that is reactive to silicon.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masao Kondo, Kazuaki Kurihara, Kenji Maruyama, Hideki Yamawaki
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Publication number: 20040058510Abstract: Solid material gasification method comprises a solution preparation step wherein a first solid material is dissolved in a solvent to prepare a gasification solution, a solvent removal step wherein a second solid material is separated by removing the solvent used to prepare the gasification solution from that solution, and a solid sublimation step wherein the second solid material is gasified by sublimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroyuki Hyodo, Hideki Yamawaki, Kenji Maruyama, Masaharu Hida
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Publication number: 20040043520Abstract: A device having a capacitor element includes: an underlying body having a non-orientated first surface; a lower electrode formed on the first surface of the underlying body, the lower electrode containing conductive metal oxide and not containing noble metal, such as LaNiO3, the conductive metal oxide having a (0 0 1) orientated ABO3 type pervskite structure; a ferroelectric layer formed on the lower electrode, having a rhombohedral ABO3 type pervskite structure, the ferroelectric layer being preferentially (0 0 1) orientated in conformity with the orientation of the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the ferroelectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masao Kondo, Hideki Yamawaki, Kenji Maruyama, Kazuaki Kurihara, Masaharu Hida, Shigeyoshi Umemiya, Masaki Kurasawa
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Publication number: 20030166304Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric film includes the steps of forming a layer by a material that takes a metal state in a reducing ambient and an oxide state in an oxidizing ambient, and depositing a ferroelectric film on a surface of the layer by supplying gaseous sources of the ferroelectric film and an oxidizing gas and causing a decomposition of the gaseous sources at the surface of said layer, wherein the step of depositing the ferroelectric film is started with a preparation step in which the state of the surface of said layer is controlled substantially to a critical point in which the layer changes from the metal state to the oxide state and from the oxide state to the metal state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hideki Yamawaki
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Publication number: 20030085426Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a single-crystal silicon substrate; and a single-crystal oxide thin film having a perovskite structure formed through epitaxial growth on the single-crystal silicon substrate. The single-crystal oxide thin film is directly in contact with a surface of the single-crystal silicon substrate, and contains a bivalent metal that is reactive to silicon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masao Kondo, Kazuaki Kurihara, Kenji Maruyama, Hideki Yamawaki
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Patent number: 5107119Abstract: A method of evaluating the characteristics of superconductors, comprising: irradiating light to a superconductor held at a predetermined temperature; detecting light transmitted through the superconductor and composing a spectrum of the transmitted light; and using the obtained spectrum, calculating a ratio of the number of electrons contributing to a normal conduction to the number of electrons contributing to a superconduction in the superconductor, the ratio being effective at said predetermined temperature. A process and an apparatus for forming superconductor films by using the method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1991Date of Patent: April 21, 1992Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takafumi Kimura, Hiroshi Nakao, Hideki Yamawaki, Masaru Ihara, Keigo Nagasaka
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Patent number: 5037774Abstract: Process for the production of semiconductor devices by using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) techniques. The Si layers of the SOI structure include an interfacial layer of Si and a buffer layer of Si formed thereon, whereby the formation of stacking faults in the Si layers can be effectively prevented. Pretreatment of the underlying insulating material with a molybdate solution and interposition of an additional layer of slowly grown single-crystalline Si between the buffer layer of Si and the overlying active Si layer are also effective to inhibit the stacking faults. Semiconductor devices with high quality can be produced with good yield.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1987Date of Patent: August 6, 1991Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hideki Yamawaki, Yoshihiro Arimoto, Shigeo Kodama, Takafumi Kimura, Masaru Ihara
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Patent number: 4931425Abstract: A thin film of a high temperature superconductive oxide of rare earth metal-alkali earth metal-copper-oxygen system or group VA metal-alkali earth metal-copper-oxygen system, which has an excellent crystallinity, particularly a single crystalline structure, is formed on a substrate by a CVD method, in which halides of the metals and an oxygen source gas are separately flowed over a substrate and caused to react with each other over the substrate, to deposit a desired superconducting oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1988Date of Patent: June 5, 1990Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takafumi Kimura, Hideki Yamawaki, Kazuto Ikeda, Masaru Ihara