Patents by Inventor Ko Nakamura

Ko Nakamura 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: 6933156
    Abstract: A capacitor which has a lower electrode having a structure in which the first conductive layer containing a first metal, a second conductive layer that is formed on the first conductive layer and made of the metal oxide of the second metal different from the first metal, and a third conductive layer that is formed on the second conductive layer and made of a third metal different from the first metal. These layers are formed sequentially. A dielectric layer is formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode is formed on the capacitor dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Wensheng Wang, Mitsushi Fujiki, Ko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050161717
    Abstract: After bottom electrode film is formed, a first ferroelectric film is formed thereon. Then, the first ferroelectric film is allowed to crystallize. Thereafter, a second ferroelectric film is formed on the first ferroelectric film. Next, a top electrode film is formed on the second ferroelectric film, and the second ferroelectric film is allowed to crystallize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Kazuaki Takai
  • Publication number: 20050136556
    Abstract: An IrOx film is formed as a first conductive oxide film on a PLZT film by a reactive sputtering method. Thereafter, thermal treatment by, for example, RTA is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen having partial pressure of less than 5% of atmospheric pressure. As a result, crystallization of the PLZT film is promoted, and annealing treatment is performed for the IrOx film. Thereafter, furnace annealing at 600° C. or higher, for example, 650° C. is performed for 60 minutes in, for example, an O2 atmosphere as recovering annealing to recover oxygen deficiency in the PLZT film. Subsequently, an IrO2 film is formed as a second conductive oxide film on the IrOx film by a sputtering method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Matsuura, Wensheng Wang, Ko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6887716
    Abstract: A method for fabrication of ferroelectric capacitor elements of an integrated circuit includes steps of deposition of an electrically conductive bottom electrode layer, preferably made of a noble metal. The bottom electrode is covered with a layer of ferroelectric dielectric material. The ferroelectric dielectric is annealed with a first anneal prior to depositing a second electrode layer comprising a noble metal oxide. Deposition of the electrically conductive top electrode layer is followed by annealing the layer of ferroelectric dielectric material and the top electrode layer with a second anneal. The first and the second anneal are performed by rapid thermal annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Glen Fox, Fan Chu, Brian Eastep, Tomohiro Takamatsu, Yoshimasa Horii, Ko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040184218
    Abstract: There is provided the capacitor which has the lower electrode having a structure in which the first conductive layer containing a first metal, the second conductive layer that is formed on the first conductive layer and made of the metal oxide of the second metal different from the first metal, and the third conductive layer that is formed on the second conductive layer and made of the third metal different from the first metal are formed sequentially; the dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode; and the upper electrode formed on the capacitor dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Wensheng Wang, Mitsushi Fujiki, Ko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040113189
    Abstract: There are provided a capacitor lower electrode formed on an adhesive layer, whose surface roughness is 0.79 nm or less, and having a (111) orientation that is inclined from a perpendicular direction to an upper surface of a substrate by 2.3° or less, a ferroelectric layer having a structure the (111) orientation of which is inclined from the perpendicular direction to the upper surface of the substrate by 3.5° or less, and a capacitor upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takamatsu, Junichi Watanabe, Ko Nakamura, Wensheng Wang, Naoyuki Sato, Aki Dote, Kenji Nomura, Yoshimasa Horii, Masaki Kurasawa, Kazuaki Takai
  • Patent number: 6740533
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a ferroelectric capacitor including a ferroelectric film provided on a lower electrode and an upper electrode provided on the ferroelectric film, wherein the upper electrode is formed of a first layer of a non-stoichiometric oxide and a second layer of a non-stoichiometric or stoichiometric oxide provided on the first layer, the second oxide having a composition closer to the stoichiometric composition as compared with the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takamatsu, Ko Nakamura, Katsuyoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6713808
    Abstract: There is provided the capacitor which has the lower electrode having a structure in which the first conductive layer containing a first metal, the second conductive layer that is formed on the first conductive layer and made of the metal oxide of the second metal different from the first metal, and the third conductive layer that is formed on the second conductive layer and made of the third metal different from the first metal are formed sequentially; the dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode; and the upper electrode formed on the capacitor dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Wensheng Wang, Mitsushi Fujiki, Ko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6696301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly sensitive and practical method for the determination of and the separation of 5-hydroxycreatinine from a sample of bodily fluid. The method of the present invention is useful as a method for the testing of renal dysfunction, such as uremia, chronic nephritis and closure of the urinary tract, etc. A separation solvent of pH 4.1 to 4.6 is used in a high performance liquid chromatography step that is carried out using a strongly acidic cation-exchange resin, such as a styrene-divinylbenzene resin. The determination sensitivity is a concentration of only about 0.02 &mgr;M, whereby 5-hydroxycreatinine in blood of healthy persons can be determined for the first time. Moreover, only one separation solvent, such as a citrate, need be used and the cycle time for analysis is only about 14 minutes per measurement. Thus, a practitioner using one set of HPLC equipment is able to carry out about 100 determinations per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Katsumi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20030213986
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a ferroelectric capacitor including a ferroelectric film provided on a lower electrode and an upper electrode provided on the ferroelectric film, wherein the upper electrode is formed of a first layer of a non-stoichiometric oxide and a second layer of a non-stoichiometric or stoichiometric oxide provided on the first layer, the second oxide having a composition closer to the stoichiometric composition as compared with the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takamatsu, Ko Nakamura, Katsuyoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6624458
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a ferroelectric capacitor including a ferroelectric film provided on a lower electrode and an upper electrode provided on the ferroelectric film, wherein the upper electrode is formed of a first layer of a non-stoichiometric oxide and a second layer of a non-stoichiometric or stoichiometric oxide provided on the first layer, the second oxide having a composition closer to the stoichiometric composition as compared with the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takamatsu, Ko Nakamura, Katsuyoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6613537
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to pyrrolopyridinium derivatives having a new structural skeleton, preferably containing an intramolecular hemiacetal, which is clearly different from any known Advanced Glycation Endproduct (AGE) and which, when present in an organism, has a bioactivity unlike the conventional AGE. The present invention provides pyrrolopyridinium derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, an antibody prepared from said derivatives as a hapten, a method for the diagnosis of diabetes, diabetic complications, renal failure, dialysis-related complications, amyloidosis, aging, diseases accompanied by aging, etc. using said derivatives or an antibody prepared therefrom and a method for evaluating effectiveness of pharmaceuticals used to treat diabetes, diabetes-related diseases, dialysis-related complications, aging, diseases accompanied by aging, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Seikoh Horiuchi, Norie Araki
  • Publication number: 20030022454
    Abstract: There is provided the capacitor which has the lower electrode having a structure in which the first conductive layer containing a first metal, the second conductive layer that is formed on the first conductive layer and made of the metal oxide of the second metal different from the first metal, and the third conductive layer that is formed on the second conductive layer and made of the third metal different from the first metal are formed sequentially; the dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode; and the upper electrode formed on the capacitor dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Wensheng Wang, Mitsushi Fujiki, Ko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020185668
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a ferroelectric capacitor including a ferroelectric film provided on a lower electrode and an upper electrode provided on the ferroelectric film, wherein the upper electrode is formed of a first layer of a non-stoichiometric oxide and a second layer of a non-stoichiometric or stoichiometric oxide provided on the first layer, the second oxide having a composition closer to the stoichiometric composition as compared with the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takamatsu, Ko Nakamura, Katsuyoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20020137224
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly sensitive and practical method for the determination of and the separation of 5-hydroxycreatinine from a sample of bodily fluid. The method of the present invention is useful as a method for the testing of renal dysfunction, such as uremia, chronic nephritis and closure of the urinary tract, etc. A separation solvent of pH 4.1 to 4.6 is used in a high performance liquid chromatography step that is carried out using a strongly acidic cation-exchange resin, such as a styrene-divinylbenzene resin. The determination sensitivity is a concentration of only about 0.02 &mgr;M, whereby 5-hydroxycreatinine in blood of healthy persons can be determined for the first time. Moreover, only one separation solvent, such as a citrate, need be used and the cycle time for analysis is only about 14 minutes per measurement. Thus, a practitioner using one set of HPLC equipment is able to carry out about 100 determinations per day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Katsumi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20020074601
    Abstract: A method for fabrication of ferroelectric capacitor elements of an integrated circuit includes steps of deposition of an electrically conductive bottom electrode layer, preferably made of a noble metal. The bottom electrode is covered with a layer of ferroelectric dielectric material. The ferroelectric dielectric is annealed with a first anneal prior to depositing a second electrode layer comprising a noble metal oxide. Deposition of the electrically conductive top electrode layer is followed by annealing the layer of ferroelectric dielectric material and the top electrode layer with a second anneal. The first and the second anneal are performed by rapid thermal annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Glen Fox, Fan Chu, Brian Eastep, Tomohiro Takamatsu, Yoshimasa Horii, Ko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020028464
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to pyrrolopyridinium derivatives having a new structural skeleton, preferably containing an intramolecular hemiacetal, which is clearly different from any known Advanced Glycation Endproduct (AGE) and which, when present in an organism, has a bioactivity unlike the conventional AGE. The present invention provides pyrrolopyridinium derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, an antibody prepared from said derivatives as a hapten, a method for the diagnosis of diabetes, diabetic complications, renal failure, dialysis-related complications, amyloidosis, aging, diseases accompanied by aging, etc. using said derivatives or an antibody prepared therefrom and a method for evaluating effectiveness of pharmaceuticals used to treat diabetes, diabetes-related diseases, dialysis-related complications, aging, diseases accompanied by aging, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Seikoh Horiuchi, Norie Araki
  • Patent number: 6159858
    Abstract: A slurry contains MnO.sub.2 or other manganese oxide as a primary component of abrasive particles. Further, a polishing process using such a manganese oxide abrasive and a fabrication process of a semiconductor device using such a polishing process are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadahiro Kishii, Ko Nakamura, Yoshihiro Arimoto, Akiyoshi Hatada, Rintaro Suzuki, Naruo Ueda, Kenzo Hanawa
  • Patent number: 6121326
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as a tachykinin antagonist are substituted alkyltetraamine derivatives which are represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a complex compound or a solvate thereof. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and each is a phenyl group which may be substituted with one or more hydroxyl, lower alkoxy and/or acyloxy group(s). The compounds are useful as an anti-inflammatory agent, anti-allergic agent, analgesic, antiemetic, agent for irritable colon syndrome, agent for dermal disease, agent for vasospastic disease, agent for cerebral ischemic disease, antidepressant, antianxiety agent, agent for autoimmune disease, antispasmodic, and as a muscle relaxant, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Ko Nakamura, Masanori Otsuka
  • Patent number: 6114247
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes a step of polishing a surface of a substrate by a chemical mechanical polishing process conducted on a polishing cloth by a slurry. The polishing is conducted so that projections having a height of about 30 .mu.m or less are formed on the polishing cloth with an interval of about 55 .mu.m or less as a result of the polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Sadahiro Kishii, Yoshihiro Arimoto