Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Kubota

Katsuhiko Kubota 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: 7463517
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7428167
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20080037323
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7289361
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20070176921
    Abstract: To propose an urban landscape with reality as alive as an actual town and provide a system of realizing the urban landscape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20060221688
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20060202274
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7042764
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20050232008
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells respectively coupled to the plurality of word lines and to the plurality of data lines. The erasable non-volatile memory cell each includes a MIS transistor having a floating gate having a first level polycrystalline silicon layer, a source, and a drain coupled to the corresponding data line, and a control gate formed of a semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate, the control gate being coupled to the corresponding word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6906954
    Abstract: 0 Owing to the above, even with the single-layer gate process such as single-layer polysilicon gate process, it is possible to obtain a semiconductor integrated circuit such as system LSI in which a nonvolatile memory which is excellent in data retention capability is merged and packaged with a DRAM etc. Further, since the nonvolatile memory of high reliability can be formed without adding any step to a related art manufacturing process, such as a standard CMOS manufacturing process, the present invention may be readily applied to an LSI in which the nonvolatile memory and a logic LSI, or the nonvolatile memory and a DRAM are merged and packaged on an identical semiconductor substrate. Accordingly, a system LSI in which a flash memory is merged and packaged can be provided without increasing the cost of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6825504
    Abstract: In order to eliminate the difference in ESD resistance caused by polarities of excessive voltages applied to an external terminal and enhance ESD resistance of a semiconductor integrated circuit device to both the positive and negative overvoltages, a protection element having a thyristor structure, for protecting an internal circuit from the positive overvoltage and a protection element made up of a diode D1 for protecting the internal circuit from the negative overvoltage are provided between the external terminal and a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ishizuka, Kousuke Okuyama, Katsuhiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20040190339
    Abstract: Owing to the above, even with the single-layer gate process such as single-layer polysilicon gate process, it is possible to obtain a semiconductor integrated circuit such as system LSI in which a nonvolatile memory which is excellent in data retention capability is merged and packaged with a DRAM etc. Further, since the nonvolatile memory of high reliability can be formed without adding any step to a related art manufacturing process, such as a standard CMOS manufacturing process, the present invention may be readily applied to an LSI in which the nonvolatile memory and a logic LSI, or the nonvolatile memory and a DRAM are merged and packaged on an identical semiconductor substrate. Accordingly, a system LSI in which a flash memory is merged and packaged can be provided without increasing the cost of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6771538
    Abstract: Owing to the above, even with the single-layer gate process such as single-layer polysilicon gate process, it is possible to obtain a semiconductor integrated circuit such as system LSI in which a nonvolatile memory which is excellent in data retention capability is merged and packaged with a DRAM etc. Further, since the nonvolatile memory of high reliability can be formed without adding any step to a related art manufacturing process, such as a standard CMOS manufacturing process, the present invention may be readily applied to an LSI in which the nonvolatile memory and a logic LSI, or the nonvolatile memory and a DRAM are merged and packaged on an identical semiconductor substrate. Accordingly, a system LSI in which a flash memory is merged and packaged can be provided without increasing the cost of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20040004894
    Abstract: Owing to the above, even with the single-layer gate process such as single-layer polysilicon gate process, it is possible to obtain a semiconductor integrated circuit such as system LSI in which a nonvolatile memory which is excellent in data retention capability is merged and packaged with a DRAM etc. Further, since the nonvolatile memory of high reliability can be formed without adding any step to a related art manufacturing process, such as a standard CMOS manufacturing process, the present invention may be readily applied to an LSI in which the nonvolatile memory and a logic LSI, or the nonvolatile memory and a DRAM are merged and packaged on an identical semiconductor substrate. Accordingly, a system LSI in which a flash memory is merged and packaged can be provided without increasing the cost of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6614684
    Abstract: An information retention capability based on a memory cell which includes pair of nonvolatile memory elements in a differential form is improved. A nonvolatile memory element (130) constituting a flash memory is so constructed that its tunnel oxide film (GO3) and floating gate electrode (FGT) are respectively formed by utilizing the gate oxide film (GT2) and gate electrode (GT2) of a transistor for a circuit which is formed on the same semiconductor substrate as that of the element (130). A memory cell is constructed in a 2-cells/1-bit scheme in which a pair of nonvolatile memory elements can be respectively connected to a pair of complementary data lines, and threshold voltage states different from each other are set for the nonvolatile memory elements so as to differentially read out data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6545311
    Abstract: An information retention capability based on a memory cell which includes a pair of nonvolatile memory elements in a differential form is improved. A nonvolatile memory element (130) constituting a flash memory is so constructed that its tunnel oxide film (G03) and floating gate electrode (FGT) are respectively formed by utilizing the gate oxide film (GT2) and gate electrode (GT2) of a transistor for a circuit which is formed on the same semiconductor substrate as that of the element (130). A memory cell is constructed in a 2-cells/1-bit scheme in which a pair of nonvolatile memory elements can be respectively connected to a pair of complementary data lines, and threshold voltage states different from each other are set for the nonvolatile memory elements so as to differentially read out data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20030047751
    Abstract: In order to eliminate the difference in ESD resistance caused by polarities of excessive voltages applied to an external terminal and enhance ESD resistance of a semiconductor integrated circuit device to both the positive and negative overvoltages, a protection element having a thyristor structure, for protecting an internal circuit from the positive overvoltage and a protection element made up of a diode D1 for protecting the internal circuit from the negative overvoltage are provided between the external terminal and a ground potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ishizuka, Kousuke Okuyama, Katsuhiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 6528839
    Abstract: An information retention capability based on a memory cell which includes a pair of nonvolatile memory elements in a differential form is improved. A nonvolatile memory element (130) constituting a flash memory is so constructed that its tunnel oxide film (GO3) and floating gate electrode (FGT) are respectively formed by utilizing the gate oxide film (GT2) and gate electrode (GT2) of a transistor for a circuit which is formed on the same semiconductor substrate as that of the element (130). A memory cell is constructed in a 2-cells/1-bit scheme in which a pair of nonvolatile memory elements can be respectively connected to a pair of complementary data lines, and threshold voltage states different from each other are set for the nonvolatile memory elements so as to differentially read out data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6469325
    Abstract: In order to eliminate a difference in ESD resistance caused by the polarities of excessive voltages applied to an external terminal and enhance the ESD resistance of a semiconductor integrated circuit device to both positive and negative overvoltages, a protection element having a thyristor structure, for protecting an internal circuit from the positive overvoltage and a protection element made up of a diode D1 for protecting the internal circuit from the negative overvoltage are provided between the external terminal and a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Ishizuka, Kousuke Okuyama, Katsuhiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20020126521
    Abstract: An information retention capability based on a memory cell which comprises a pair of nonvolatile memory elements in a differential form is improved. A nonvolatile memory element (130) constituting a flash memory is so constructed that its tunnel oxide film (GO3) and floating gate electrode (FGT) are respectively formed by utilizing the gate oxide film (GT2) and gate electrode (GT2) of a transistor for a circuit which is formed on the same semiconductor substrate as that of the element (130). A memory cell is constructed in a 2-cells/1-bit scheme in which a pair of nonvolatile memory elements can be respectively connected to a pair of complementary data lines, and threshold voltage states different from each other are set for the nonvolatile memory elements so as to differentially read out data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Shoji Shukuri, Kazuhiro Komori, Katsuhiko Kubota, Kousuke Okuyama