Patents by Inventor Nana Okamoto

Nana Okamoto 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: 9147652
    Abstract: In a layout structure of a standard cell including off transistors 126, 127 unnecessary for logic operation of a circuit, dummy via contacts 116, 117 are disposed on impurity diffusion regions 103, 106 of the off transistors 126, 127, respectively. Dummy metal interconnects 122, 123 are connected to the dummy via contacts 116, 117, respectively. Thus, variations in the density of via contacts, which are one of causes lowering the production yield of semiconductor integrated circuits, is reduced, improving manufacturing defects of the via contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Nana Okamoto, Masaki Tamaru, Hidetoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20140252653
    Abstract: In a layout structure of a standard cell including off transistors 126, 127 unnecessary for logic operation of a circuit, dummy via contacts 116, 117 are disposed on impurity diffusion regions 103, 106 of the off transistors 126, 127, respectively. Dummy metal interconnects 122, 123 are connected to the dummy via contacts 116, 117, respectively. Thus, variations in the density of via contacts, which are one of causes lowering the production yield of semiconductor integrated circuits, is reduced, improving manufacturing defects of the via contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana OKAMOTO, Masaki TAMARU, Hidetoshi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8766322
    Abstract: In a layout structure of a standard cell including off transistors 126, 127 unnecessary for logic operation of a circuit, dummy via contacts 116, 117 are disposed on impurity diffusion regions 103, 106 of the off transistors 126, 127, respectively. Dummy metal interconnects 122, 123 are connected to the dummy via contacts 116, 117, respectively. Thus, variations in the density of via contacts, which are one of causes lowering the production yield of semiconductor integrated circuits, is reduced, improving manufacturing defects of the via contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nana Okamoto, Masaki Tamaru, Hidetoshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8261225
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first transistor which is formed of a first gate extending in a first direction and a first diffusion region and which is capable of being active, a second transistor which is formed of a second gate extending in the first direction and a second diffusion region and which is arranged adjacent to the first transistor in a second direction intersected at a right angle with the first direction, and a third gate which extends in the first direction and which is arranged adjacent in the second direction to the first transistor on an opposite side to the second transistor. A space between the first gate and the second gate is larger than a space between the first gate and the third gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsurou Toubou, Nana Okamoto, Junichi Yano
  • Publication number: 20110031536
    Abstract: In a layout structure of a standard cell including off transistors 126, 127 unnecessary for logic operation of a circuit, dummy via contacts 116, 117 are disposed on impurity diffusion regions 103, 106 of the off transistors 126, 127, respectively. Dummy metal interconnects 122, 123 are connected to the dummy via contacts 116, 117, respectively. Thus, variations in the density of via contacts, which are one of causes lowering the production yield of semiconductor integrated circuits, is reduced, improving manufacturing defects of the via contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana Okamoto, Masaki Tamaru, Hidetoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100148235
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first transistor which is formed of a first gate extending in a first direction and a first diffusion region and which is capable of being active, a second transistor which is formed of a second gate extending in the first direction and a second diffusion region and which is arranged adjacent to the first transistor in a second direction intersected at a right angle with the first direction, and a third gate which extends in the first direction and which is arranged adjacent in the second direction to the first transistor on an opposite side to the second transistor. A space between the first gate and the second gate is larger than a space between the first gate and the third gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsurou Toubou, Nana Okamoto, Junichi Yano
  • Patent number: 7685551
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first transistor which is formed of a first gate extending in a first direction and a first diffusion region and which is capable of being active, a second transistor which is formed of a second gate extending in the first direction and a second diffusion region and which is arranged adjacent to the first transistor in a second direction intersected at a right angle with the first direction, and a third gate which extends in the first direction and which is arranged adjacent in the second direction to the first transistor on an opposite side to the second transistor. A space between the first gate and the second gate is larger than a space between the first gate and the third gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsurou Toubou, Nana Okamoto, Junichi Yano
  • Publication number: 20070004147
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first transistor which is formed of a first gate extending in a first direction and a first diffusion region and which is capable of being active, a second transistor which is formed of a second gate extending in the first direction and a second diffusion region and which is arranged adjacent to the first transistor in a second direction intersected at a right angle with the first direction, and a third gate which extends in the first direction and which is arranged adjacent in the second direction to the first transistor on an opposite side to the second transistor. A space between the first gate and the second gate is larger than a space between the first gate and the third gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsurou Toubou, Nana Okamoto, Junichi Yano
  • Patent number: 6967866
    Abstract: A dummy MOSFET including a dummy gate separates nMOSFETs included in adjacent memory cells arranged in the direction in which bit lines extend. This configuration reduces a stress applied from an STI to the channel regions of the nMOSFETs. Accordingly, decrease of drive currents of the nMOSFETs is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Hirata, Toshiyuki Moriwaki, Tetsurou Toubou, Nana Okamoto, Mitsuaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20040213029
    Abstract: A dummy MOSFET including a dummy gate separates nMOSFETs included in adjacent memory cells arranged in the direction in which bit lines extend. This configuration reduces a stress applied from an STI to the channel regions of the nMOSFETs. Accordingly, decrease of drive currents of the nMOSFETs is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Hirata, Toshiyuki Moriwaki, Tetsurou Toubou, Nana Okamoto, Mitsuaki Hayashi