Patents by Inventor TAKAO KAJI

TAKAO KAJI 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: 11456378
    Abstract: The disclosure reduces the risk of collapse of the wall surrounding the trench and suppresses the withstand voltage fluctuation that accompanies the manufacturing variation for a semiconductor device having a super junction structure. The semiconductor device includes a drift layer of a first conductivity type and a plurality of embedded parts embedded in the drift layer. The embedded parts are of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and the embedded parts are arranged with a first direction as a longitudinal direction and spaced from each other along a second direction that intersects the first direction. A width of each of the embedded parts in the second direction changes continuously along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Orita, Tomomi Yamanobe, Makoto Higashihira, Yuuki Doi, Toshifumi Kobe, Masao Tsujimoto, Takao Kaji, Kiyofumi Kondou
  • Publication number: 20190189800
    Abstract: The disclosure reduces the risk of collapse of the wall surrounding the trench and suppresses the withstand voltage fluctuation that accompanies the manufacturing variation for a semiconductor device having a super junction structure. The semiconductor device includes a drift layer of a first conductivity type and a plurality of embedded parts embedded in the drift layer. The embedded parts are of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and the embedded parts are arranged with a first direction as a longitudinal direction and spaced from each other along a second direction that intersects the first direction. A width of each of the embedded parts in the second direction changes continuously along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Orita, Tomomi Yamanobe, Makoto Higashihira, Yuuki Doi, Toshifumi Kobe, Masao Tsujimoto, Takao Kaji, Kiyofumi Kondou
  • Patent number: 9627477
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Kaji, Katsuhito Sasaki, Takaaki Kodaira, Yuuki Doi, Minako Oritsu
  • Publication number: 20160260800
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: TAKAO KAJI, KATSUHITO SASAKI, TAKAAKI KODAIRA, YUUKI DOI, MINAKO ORITSU
  • Patent number: 9368571
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Kaji, Katsuhito Sasaki, Takaaki Kodaira, Yuuki Doi, Minako Oritsu
  • Publication number: 20150214298
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: TAKAO KAJI, KATSUHITO SASAKI, TAKAAKI KODAIRA, YUUKI DOI, MINAKO ORITSU
  • Patent number: 9029980
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kaji, Katsuhito Sasaki, Takaaki Kodaira, Yuuki Doi, Minako Oritsu
  • Patent number: 8742537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; first and second element isolating trenches that are formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate separately from each other; a first insulating material that is formed within the first element isolating trench; a plurality of first element formation regions that are surrounded by the first element isolating trench; first semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the first element formation regions; a second insulating material that is formed within the second element isolating trench; a second element formation region that is surrounded by the second element isolating trench; a second semiconductor element that is formed in the second element formation region; and a stress relaxation structure that is formed between the first element isolating trench and the second element isolating trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kaji, Katsuhito Sasaki, Takaaki Kodaira, Yuuki Doi, Minako Oritsu
  • Publication number: 20130334655
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; first and second element isolating trenches that are formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate separately from each other; a first insulating material that is formed within the first element isolating trench; a plurality of first element formation regions that are surrounded by the first element isolating trench; first semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the first element formation regions; a second insulating material that is formed within the second element isolating trench; a second element formation region that is surrounded by the second element isolating trench; a second semiconductor element that is formed in the second element formation region; and a stress relaxation structure that is formed between the first element isolating trench and the second element isolating trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: TAKAO KAJI, KATSUHITO SASAKI, TAKAAKI KODAIRA, YUUKI DOI, MINAKO ORITSU
  • Publication number: 20130334654
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle ? (0°<?<90°) from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: TAKAO KAJI, KATSUHITO SASAKI, TAKAAKI KODAIRA, YUUKI DOI, MINAKO ORITSU