Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Aketa

Masatoshi Aketa 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).

  • Publication number: 20230377973
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a semiconductor wafer source which includes a first main surface on one side, a second main surface on the other side and a side wall connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, an element forming step of setting a plurality of element forming regions on the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer source, and forming a semiconductor element at each of the plurality of element forming regions, and a wafer source separating step of cutting the semiconductor wafer source from a thickness direction intermediate portion along a horizontal direction parallel to the first main surface, and separating the semiconductor wafer source into an element formation wafer and an element non-formation wafer after the element forming step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi AKETA, Kazunori FUJI
  • Publication number: 20230361210
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface, a unit cell including a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a well region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the first surface of the semiconductor layer along a peripheral edge of the diode region, and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region, a gate electrode layer facing the well region and the first conductivity type region through a gate insulating layer and a first surface electrode covering the diode region and the first conductivity type region on the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region and an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takui SAKAGUCHI, Masatoshi AKETA, Yuki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11749749
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a unit cell including a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a well region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer along a peripheral edge of the diode region, and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region, a gate electrode layer facing the well region and the first conductivity type region through a gate insulating layer and a first main surface electrode covering the diode region and the first conductivity type region on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region and an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takui Sakaguchi, Masatoshi Aketa, Yuki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11742243
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a semiconductor wafer source which includes a first main surface on one side, a second main surface on the other side and a side wall connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, an element forming step of setting a plurality of element forming regions on the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer source, and forming a semiconductor element at each of the plurality of element forming regions, and a wafer source separating step of cutting the semiconductor wafer source from a thickness direction intermediate portion along a horizontal direction parallel to the first main surface, and separating the semiconductor wafer source into an element formation wafer and an element non-formation wafer after the element forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Aketa, Kazunori Fuji
  • Publication number: 20230253510
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and a Schottky electrode formed to come into contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer, and has a threshold voltage Vth of 0.3 V to 0.7 V and a leakage current Jr of 1×10?9 A/cm2 to 1×10?4 A/cm2 in a rated voltage VR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Masatoshi AKETA, Yuta YOKOTSUJI
  • Publication number: 20230187486
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a trench gate structure including a gate trench formed in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench via a gate insulating layer, a trench source structure including a source trench formed deeper than the gate trench and across an interval from the gate trench in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a source electrode embedded in the source trench, and a deep well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor layer along the source trench, a ratio of a depth of the trench source structure with respect to a depth of the trench gate structure being not less than 1.5 and not more than 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Minoru NAKAGAWA, Yuki NAKANO, Masatoshi AKETA, Masaya UENO, Seigo MORI, Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11664465
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and a Schottky electrode formed to come into contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer, and has a threshold voltage Vth of 0.3 V to 0.7 V and a leakage current Jr of 1×10?9 A/cm2 to 1×10?4 A/cm2 in a rated voltage VR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Aketa, Yuta Yokotsuji
  • Patent number: 11605707
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a trench gate structure including a gate trench formed in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench via a gate insulating layer, a trench source structure including a source trench formed deeper than the gate trench and across an interval from the gate trench in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a source electrode embedded in the source trench, and a deep well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor layer along the source trench, a ratio of a depth of the trench source structure with respect to a depth of the trench gate structure being not less than 1.5 and not more than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Nakagawa, Yuki Nakano, Masatoshi Aketa, Masaya Ueno, Seigo Mori, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230019556
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a SiC semiconductor layer that has a carbon density of 1.0×1022 cm-3 or more, a SiO2 layer that is formed on the SiC semiconductor layer and that has a connection surface contiguous to the SiC semiconductor layer and a non-connection surface positioned on a side opposite to the connection surface, a carbon-density-decreasing region that is formed at a surface layer portion of the connection surface of the SiO2 layer and in which a carbon density gradually decreases toward the non-connection surface of the SiO2 layer, and a low carbon density region that is formed at a surface layer portion of the non-connection surface of the SiO2 layer and that has a carbon density of 1.0×1019 cm-3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tsunenobu KIMOTO, Takuma KOBAYASHI, Yuki NAKANO, Masatoshi AKETA
  • Patent number: 11502172
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a SiC semiconductor layer that has a carbon density of 1.0×1022 cm?3 or more, a SiO2 layer that is formed on the SiC semiconductor layer and that has a connection surface contiguous to the SiC semiconductor layer and a non-connection surface positioned on a side opposite to the connection surface, a carbon-density-decreasing region that is formed at a surface layer portion of the connection surface of the SiO2 layer and in which a carbon density gradually decreases toward the non-connection surface of the SiO2 layer, and a low carbon density region that is formed at a surface layer portion of the non-connection surface of the SiO2 layer and that has a carbon density of 1.0×1019 cm?3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsunenobu Kimoto, Takuma Kobayashi, Yuki Nakano, Masatoshi Aketa
  • Publication number: 20220271174
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and a Schottky electrode formed to come into contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer, and has a threshold voltage Vth of 0.3 V to 0.7 V and a leakage current Jr of 1×10?9 A/cm2 to 1×10?4 A/cm2 in a rated voltage VR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masatoshi AKETA, Yuta YOKOTSUJI
  • Patent number: 11355651
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and a Schottky electrode formed to come into contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer, and has a threshold voltage Vth of 0.3 V to 0.7 V and a leakage current Jr of 1×10?9 A/cm2 to 1×10?4 A/cm2 in a rated voltage VR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Aketa, Yuta Yokotsuji
  • Publication number: 20220148922
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a semiconductor wafer source which includes a first main surface on one side, a second main surface on the other side and a side wall connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, an element forming step of setting a plurality of element forming regions on the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer source, and forming a semiconductor element at each of the plurality of element forming regions, and a wafer source separating step of cutting the semiconductor wafer source from a thickness direction intermediate portion along a horizontal direction parallel to the first main surface, and separating the semiconductor wafer source into an element formation wafer and an element non-formation wafer after the element forming step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Masatoshi AKETA, Kazunori FUJI
  • Publication number: 20220115342
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a substrate having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a chip having a first chip main surface on one side and a second chip main surface on the other side, and a plurality of electrodes formed on the first chip main surface and/or the second chip main surface, the chip being arranged on the first main surface of the substrate, a sealing insulation layer that seals the chip on the first main surface of the substrate such that the second main surface of the substrate is exposed, the sealing insulation layer having a sealing main surface that opposes the first main surface of the substrate, and a plurality of external terminals formed to penetrate through the sealing insulation layer so as to be exposed from the sealing main surface of the sealing insulation layer, the external terminals being respectively electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Masatoshi AKETA
  • Patent number: 11264280
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a semiconductor wafer source which includes a first main surface on one side, a second main surface on the other side and a side wall connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, an element forming step of setting a plurality of element forming regions on the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer source, and forming a semiconductor element at each of the plurality of element forming regions, and a wafer source separating step of cutting the semiconductor wafer source from a thickness direction intermediate portion along a horizontal direction parallel to the first main surface, and separating the semiconductor wafer source into an element formation wafer and an element non-formation wafer after the element forming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Aketa, Kazunori Fuji
  • Patent number: 11239189
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a substrate having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a chip having a first chip main surface on one side and a second chip main surface on the other side, and a plurality of electrodes formed on the first chip main surface and/or the second chip main surface, the chip being arranged on the first main surface of the substrate, a sealing insulation layer that seals the chip on the first main surface of the substrate such that the second main surface of the substrate is exposed, the sealing insulation layer having a sealing main surface that opposes the first main surface of the substrate, and a plurality of external terminals formed to penetrate through the sealing insulation layer so as to be exposed from the sealing main surface of the sealing insulation layer, the external terminals being respectively electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Aketa
  • Publication number: 20210336049
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a unit cell including a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a well region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer along a peripheral edge of the diode region, and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region, a gate electrode layer facing the well region and the first conductivity type region through a gate insulating layer and a first main surface electrode covering the diode region and the first conductivity type region on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region and an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Takui SAKAGUCHI, Masatoshi AKETA, Yuki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210305363
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a trench gate structure including a gate trench formed in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench via a gate insulating layer, a trench source structure including a source trench formed deeper than the gate trench and across an interval from the gate trench in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a source electrode embedded in the source trench, and a deep well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor layer along the source trench, a ratio of a depth of the trench source structure with respect to a depth of the trench gate structure being not less than 1.5 and not more than 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru NAKAGAWA, Yuki NAKANO, Masatoshi AKETA, Masaya UENO, Seigo MORI, Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210305369
    Abstract: An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor layer having a first main surface and a second main surface, a gate electrode embedded in a trench with a gate insulating layer, a source region of a first conductivity type formed in a side of the trench in a surface layer portion of the first main surface, a body region of a second conductivity type formed in a region at the second main surface side with respect to the source region in the surface layer portion of the first main surface, a drift region of the first conductivity type formed in a region at the second main surface side in the SiC semiconductor layer, and a contact region of the second conductivity type having an impurity concentration of not more than 1.0×1020 cm?3 and formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki NAKANO, Masatoshi AKETA, Takui SAKAGUCHI, Yuichiro NANEN
  • Patent number: 11088272
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a unit cell including a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a well region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer along a peripheral edge of the diode region, and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region, a gate electrode layer facing the well region and the first conductivity type region through a gate insulating layer and a first main surface electrode covering the diode region and the first conductivity type region on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region and an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takui Sakaguchi, Masatoshi Aketa, Yuki Nakano