Patents by Inventor Takashi Ipposhi

Takashi Ipposhi 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: 20080061372
    Abstract: A partial isolation insulating film provided between MOS transistors in an NMOS region and a PMOS region, respectively, has a structure in which a portion protruding upward from a main surface of an SOI layer is of greater thickness than a trench depth, namely, a portion (isolation portion) extending below the surface of the SOI layer, and the SOI layer under the partial isolation insulating film is of greater thickness than the isolation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yuuiohi Hirano, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Publication number: 20080054414
    Abstract: In formation of a source/drain region of an NMOS transistor, a gate-directional extension region <41a> of an N+ block region <41> in an N+ block resist film <51> prevents a well region <11> located under the gate-directional extension region <41a> from implantation of an N-type impurity. A high resistance forming region, which is the well region <11> having a possibility for implantation of an N-type impurity on a longitudinal extension of a gate electrode <9>, can be formed as a high resistance forming region <A2> narrower than a conventional high resistance forming region <A1>. Thus, a semiconductor device having a partially isolated body fixed SOI structure capable of reducing body resistance and a method of manufacturing the same are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Shigenobu MAEDA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Takashi IPPOSHI
  • Patent number: 7339238
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a semiconductor device including a capacitance having a great Q-value. In an SOI substrate comprising a support substrate (165), a buried oxide film (166) and an SOI layer (171), an isolating oxide film 167 (167a to 167c) is selectively formed in an upper layer portion of the SOI layer (171) with a part of the SOI layer (171) remaining as a P? well region (169). Consequently, an isolation (partial isolation) structure is obtained. An N+ diffusion region (168) is formed in the SOI layer (171) between the isolating oxide films (167a) and (167b) and a P+ diffusion region (170) is formed in the SOI layer (171) between the isolating oxide films (167b) and (167c). Consequently, there is obtained a junction type variable capacitance (C23) having a PN junction surface of the P? well region (169) provided under the isolating oxide film (167b) and the N+ diffusion region (168).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Maeda, Takashi Ipposhi, Yuuichi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20080050864
    Abstract: In formation of a source/drain region of an NMOS transistor, a gate-directional extension region <41a> of an N+ block region <41> in an N+ block resist film <51> prevents a well region <11> located under the gate-directional extension region <41a> from implantation of an N-type impurity. A high resistance forming region, which is the well region <11> having a possibility for implantation of an N-type impurity on a longitudinal extension of a gate electrode <9>, can be formed as a high resistance forming region <A2> narrower than a conventional high resistance forming region <A1>. Thus, a semiconductor device having a partially isolated body fixed SOI structure capable of reducing body resistance and a method of manufacturing the same are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNONOLY CORP.
    Inventors: Shigenobu MAEDA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Takashi IPPOSHI
  • Publication number: 20080042237
    Abstract: Plural trench isolation films are provided with portions of an SOI layer interposed therebetween in a surface of the SOI layer in a resistor region (RR) where a spiral inductor (SI) is to be provided. Resistive elements are formed on the trench isolation films, respectively. Each of the trench isolation films includes a central portion which passes through the SOI layer and reaches a buried oxide film to include a full-trench isolation structure, and opposite side portions each of which passes through only a potion of the OSI layer and is located on the SOI layer 3 to include a partial-trench isolation structure. Thus, each of the trench isolation films includes a hybrid-trench isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Renesas Technolgy Corp.
    Inventors: Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 7332793
    Abstract: A transistor region is a region where a plurality of MOS transistors, including an MOS transistor, are formed, and a dummy region is a region lying under a spiral inductor. In the dummy region, a plurality of dummy active layers are disposed in the main surface of an SOI substrate and a plurality of dummy gate electrodes are disposed covering the respective dummy active layers. The arrangement pattern of the dummy active layers and the arrangement pattern of the dummy gate electrodes nearly match, so that the dummy gate electrodes are aligned accurately on the dummy active layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Takashi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 7332776
    Abstract: A partial isolation insulating film provided between MOS transistors in an NMOS region and a PMOS region, respectively, has a structure in which a portion protruding upward from a main surface of an SOI layer is of greater thickness than a trench depth, namely, a portion (isolation portion) extending below the surface of the SOI layer, and the SOI layer under the partial isolation insulating film is of greater thickness than the isolation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yuuichi Hirano, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Publication number: 20080035996
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an SOI structure including a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating layer and an SOI layer including, first and second element formation regions provided in said SOI layer, a partial isolation region including a partial insulating film provided in an upper layer portion of said SOI layer and a semiconductor region to be a part of said SOI layer which is provided under said partial insulating film and serving to isolate said first and second element formation regions from each other, and first and second MOS transistors formed in said first and second element formation regions, respectively, wherein at least one of a structure of a body region, a structure of a gate electrode and presence/absence of body potential fixation in said first and second MOS transistors is varied to make transistor characteristics of said first and second MOS transistors different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: TAKUJI MATSUMOTO, SHIGENOBU MAEDA, TOSHIAKI IWAMATSU, TAKASHI IPPOSHI
  • Publication number: 20080017924
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an SOI structure including a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating layer and an SOI layer, including first and second semiconductor regions of a predetermined conductivity type provided in an element formation region of said SOI layer, and a partial insulating film provided in an upper layer portion of said element formation region and a partial insulating film lower semiconductor region of a predetermined conductivity type to be a part of said element formation region in a lower layer portion of said element formation region wherein said partial insulating film lower semiconductor region is electrically connected to said first and second semiconductor regions to constitute a resistive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Takuji MATSUMOTO, Shigenobu MAEDA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Takashi IPPOSHI
  • Patent number: 7321152
    Abstract: Provided are a thin-film transistor formed by connecting polysilicon layers having different conductivity types with each other which prevents occurrence of inconvenience resulting from diffusion of impurities and a method of fabricating the same. A drain (6), a channel (7) and a source (8) are integrally formed on a surface of a second oxide film (4) by polysilicon. The drain (6) is formed to be connected with a pad layer (3) (second polycrystalline semiconductor layer) through a contact hole (5) which is formed to reach an upper surface of the pad layer (3). The pad layer (3) positioned on a bottom portion of the contact hole (5) (opening) is provided with a boron implantation region BR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeto Maegawa, Takashi Ipposhi, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Shigenobu Maeda, Il-Jung Kim, Kazuhito Tsutsumi, Hirotada Kuriyama, Yoshiyuki Ishigaki, Motomu Ukita, Toshiaki Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20080001226
    Abstract: A contact connected to a word line is formed on a gate electrode of an access transistor of an SRAM cell. The contact passes through an element isolation insulating film to reach an SOI layer. A body region of a driver transistor and that of the access transistor are electrically connected with each other through the SOI layer located under the element isolation insulating film. Therefore, the access transistor is in a DTMOS structure having the gate electrode connected with the body region through the contact, which in turn is also electrically connected to the body region of the driver transistor. Thus, operations can be stabilized while suppressing increase of an area for forming the SRAM cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: RENSESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hirano, Takashi Ipposhi, Shigeto Maegawa, Koji Nii
  • Publication number: 20070296009
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a semiconductor device including a capacitance having a great Q-value. In an SOI substrate comprising a support substrate (165), a buried oxide film (166) and an SOI layer (171), an isolating oxide film 167 (167a to 167c) is selectively formed in an upper layer portion of the SOI layer (171) with a part of the SOI layer (171) remaining as a P? well region (169). Consequently, an isolation (partial isolation) structure is obtained. An N+ diffusion region (168) is formed in the SOI layer (171) between the isolating oxide films (167a) and (167b) and a P+ diffusion region (170) is formed in the SOI layer (171) between the isolating oxide films (167b) and (167c). Consequently, there is obtained a junction type variable capacitance (C23) having a PN junction surface of the P? well region (169) provided under the isolating oxide film (167b) and the N+ diffusion region (168).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shigenobu MAEDA, Takashi IPPOSHI, Yuuichi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 7307318
    Abstract: A partial isolation insulating film provided between MOS transistors in an NMOS region and a PMOS region, respectively, has a structure in which a portion protruding upward from a main surface of an SOI layer is of greater thickness than a trench depth, namely, a portion (isolation portion) extending below the surface of the SOI layer, and the SOI layer under the partial isolation insulating film is of greater thickness than the isolation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yuuichi Hirano, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 7303950
    Abstract: A partial oxide film (31) with well regions formed therebeneath isolates transistor formation regions in an SOI layer (3) from each other. A p-type well region (11) is formed beneath part of the partial oxide film (31) which isolates NMOS transistors from each other, and an n-type well region (12) is formed beneath part of the partial oxide film (31) which isolates PMOS transistors from each other. The p-type well region (11) and the n-type well region (12) are formed in side-by-side relation beneath part of the partial oxide film (31) which provides isolation between the NMOS and PMOS transistors. A body region is in contact with the well region (11) adjacent thereto. An interconnect layer formed on an interlayer insulation film (4) is electrically connected to the body region through a body contact provided in the interlayer insulation film (4). A semiconductor device having an SOI structure reduces a floating-substrate effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Shigeto Maegawa, Takashi Ipposhi, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Shigenobu Maeda, Yuuichi Hirano, Takuji Matsumoto, Shoichi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7300847
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an SOI device capable of carrying out body fixation and implementing a quick and stable operation. A gate insulating film (11) having a thickness of 1 to 5 nm is provided between a portion other than a gate contact pad (GP) of a gate electrode (12) and an SOI layer (3), and a gate insulating film (110) having a thickness of 5 to 15 nm is provided between the gate contact pad (GP) and the SOI layer (3). The gate insulating film (11) and the gate insulating film (110) are provided continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Maeda, Takuji Matsumoto, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 7297585
    Abstract: In formation of a source/drain region of an NMOS transistor, a gate-directional extension region <41a> of an N+ block region <41> in an N+ block resist film <51> prevents a well region <11> located under the gate-directional extension region <41a> from implantation of an N-type impurity. A high resistance forming region, which is the well region <11> having a possibility for implantation of an N-type impurity on a longitudinal extension of a gate electrode <9>, can be formed as a high resistance forming region <A2> narrower than a conventional high resistance forming region <A1>. Thus, a semiconductor device having a partially isolated body fixed SOI structure capable of reducing body resistance and a method of manufacturing the same are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Maeda, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Publication number: 20070257330
    Abstract: A partial isolation insulating film provided between MOS transistors in an NMOS region and a PMOS region, respectively, has a structure in which a portion protruding upward from a main surface of an SOI layer is of greater thickness than a trench depth, namely, a portion (isolation portion) extending below the surface of the SOI layer, and the SOI layer under the partial isolation insulating film is of greater thickness than the isolation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Yuuichi Hirano, Takashi Ipposhi
  • Publication number: 20070221995
    Abstract: The present invention realizes the miniaturization of a semiconductor device. On a first insulation film, an island-like semiconductor layer and a second insulation film which surrounds the semiconductor layer are formed, and resistance elements (for example, poly-silicon resistance elements) which are formed of a conductive film are arranged to be overlapped to an upper surface of the semiconductor layer in plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Takaya SUZUKI, Takashi IPPOSHI
  • Patent number: 7271454
    Abstract: A contact connected to a word line is formed on a gate electrode of an access transistor of an SRAM cell. The contact passes through an element isolation insulating film to reach an SOI layer. A body region of a driver transistor and that of the access transistor are electrically connected with each other through the SOI layer located under the element isolation insulating film. Therefore, the access transistor is in a DTMOS structure having the gate electrode connected with the body region through the contact, which in turn is also electrically connected to the body region of the driver transistor. Thus, operations can be stabilized while suppressing increase of an area for forming the SRAM cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hirano, Takashi Ipposhi, Shigeto Maegawa, Koji Nii
  • Patent number: 7256463
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor device having an SOI structure in which an electric potential of a body region in an element formation region isolated by a partial isolation region can be fixed with a high stability. A MOS transistor comprising a source region (51), a drain region (61) and an H gate electrode (71) is formed in an element formation region isolated by a partial oxide film (31). The H gate electrode (71) electrically isolates a body region (13) formed in a gate width W direction adjacently to the source region (51) and the drain region (61) from the drain region (61) and the source region (51) through ā€œIā€ in a transverse direction (a vertical direction in the drawing), a central ā€œ-ā€ functions as a gate electrode of an original MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Takuji Matsumoto, Shigenobu Maeda, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takashi Ipposhi