Patents by Inventor Hirokazu FUKIDOME

Hirokazu FUKIDOME 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: 10580869
    Abstract: A stacked body includes: a substrate made of silicon carbide and having a first main surface forming an angle of 20° or less with a silicon plane; and a graphene film disposed on the first main surface and having an atomic arrangement oriented in relation to an atomic arrangement of silicon carbide forming the substrate. In an exposed surface of the graphene film which is a main surface opposite to the substrate, an area ratio of a region having a full width at half maximum of G? of 40 cm?1 or less under Raman spectroscopy analysis is 50% or more. Accordingly, the stacked body is provided that enables a high mobility to be stably ensured in an electronic device manufactured to include the graphene film forming an electrically conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Masaya Okada, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Yasunori Tateno, Masaki Ueno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Patent number: 10529807
    Abstract: A stacked body includes: a substrate made of silicon carbide and having a first main surface forming an angle of 20° or less with a carbon plane; and a graphene film disposed on the first main surface and having an atomic arrangement oriented in relation to an atomic arrangement of silicon carbide forming the substrate. In an exposed surface of the graphene film as seen in plan view, 10 or less regions are present per 1 mm2, the exposed surface being a main surface opposite to the substrate, and the regions each including 10 or more graphene layers and having a circumcircle with a diameter of 5 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less. Accordingly, the stacked body is provided that enables a high mobility to be stably ensured in an electronic device manufactured to include the graphene film forming an electrically conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Masaya Okada, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Masaki Ueno, Yasunori Tateno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Patent number: 10283594
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) structure and a method of forming the SiC structure are disclosed. The SiC structure includes an SiC substrate and a film provided on the SiC substrate. The SiC substrate contains both of a hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure and a face centered cubic (fcc) structure, and has only one of the hcp surface and the fcc surface, where the hcp surface includes atoms in the topmost layer whose rows overlap with rows of atoms in the third layer, while, the fcc surface includes atoms in the topmost layer whose rows are different from rows of atoms in the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome, Yasunori Tateno, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Masaya Okada, Masaki Ueno
  • Patent number: 10217823
    Abstract: An electron device having a channel layer made of graphene is disclosed. The electron device includes a graphene layer on a substrate, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate insulating film on the graphene layer. The electron device further includes a first gate electrode on the gate insulating film between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a second gate electrode within the substrate. For the second gate electrode, another gate insulating film is on the graphene layer, or alternatively, a part of the substrate is interposed between the second gate electrode and the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasunori Tateno, Masaki Ueno, Masaya Okada, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Publication number: 20180166537
    Abstract: An electron device having a channel layer made of graphene is disclosed. The electron device includes a graphene layer on a substrate, electrodes of source, drain, and a gate insulating film on the graphene layer. The electron device further includes a firs gate electrode on the gate insulating film between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and further includes a second gate electrode within the substrate. The second gate electrode puts another gate insulating film against the graphene layer, or a part of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasunori Tateno, Masaki Ueno, Masaya Okada, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Patent number: 9806156
    Abstract: A laminated body includes: a substrate portion composed of silicon carbide; and a graphene film disposed on a first main surface of the substrate portion, the graphene film having an atomic arrangement oriented with respect to an atomic arrangement of the silicon carbide of the substrate portion. A region in which a value of G?/G in Raman spectrometry is not less than 1.2 is not less than 10% in an area ratio in an exposed surface of the graphene film, the exposed surface being a main surface of the graphene film opposite to the substrate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Takashi Ishizuka, Masaki Ueno, Yoshihiro Tsukuda, Yasunori Tateno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome, Hiroyuki Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20170301758
    Abstract: A stacked body includes: a substrate made of silicon carbide and having a first main surface forming an angle of 20° or less with a silicon plane; and a graphene film disposed on the first main surface and having an atomic arrangement oriented in relation to an atomic arrangement of silicon carbide forming the substrate. In an exposed surface of the graphene film which is a main surface opposite to the substrate, an area ratio of a region having a full width at half maximum of G? of 40 cm?1 or less under Raman spectroscopy analysis is 50% or more. Accordingly, the stacked body is provided that enables a high mobility to be stably ensured in an electronic device manufactured to include the graphene film forming an electrically conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Masaya Okada, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Yasunori Tateno, Masaki Ueno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Publication number: 20170301759
    Abstract: A stacked body includes: a substrate made of silicon carbide and having a first main surface forming an angle of 20° or less with a carbon plane; and a graphene film disposed on the first main surface and having an atomic arrangement oriented in relation to an atomic arrangement of silicon carbide forming the substrate. In an exposed surface of the graphene film as seen in plan view, 10 or less regions are present per 1 mm2, the exposed surface being a main surface opposite to the substrate, and the regions each including 10 or more graphene layers and having a circumcircle with a diameter of 5 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less. Accordingly, the stacked body is provided that enables a high mobility to be stably ensured in an electronic device manufactured to include the graphene film forming an electrically conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Masaya Okada, Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Masaki Ueno, Yasunori Tateno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Patent number: 9741859
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) with a graphene layer as a channel layer is disclosed. The FET provides two gate electrodes, one of which receives the gate bias, while, the other receives a reference bias. An intermediate electrode made of ohmic metal to the graphene layer is provided between the two gate electrodes. The second gate electrode receiving the reference bias suppresses the hole injection into the channel beneath the first gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Yasunori Tateno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome
  • Publication number: 20170148880
    Abstract: A laminated body includes: a substrate portion composed of silicon carbide; and a graphene film disposed on a first main surface of the substrate portion, the graphene film having an atomic arrangement oriented with respect to an atomic arrangement of the silicon carbide of the substrate portion. A region in which a value of G?/G in Raman spectrometry is not less than 1.2 is not less than 10% in an area ratio in an exposed surface of the graphene film, the exposed surface being a main surface of the graphene film opposite to the substrate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Fuminori Mitsuhashi, Takashi Ishizuka, Masaki Ueno, Yoshihiro Tsukuda, Yasunori Tateno, Maki Suemitsu, Hirokazu Fukidome, Hiroyuki Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20160071982
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) with a graphene layer as a channel layer is disclosed. The FET provides two gate electrodes, one of which receives the gate bias, while, the other receives a reference bias. An intermediate electrode made of ohmic metal to the graphene layer is provided between the two gate electrodes. The second gate electrode receiving the reference bias suppresses the hole injection into the channel beneath the first gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yasunori TATENO, Maki SUEMITSU, Hirokazu FUKIDOME