Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kashima

Takayuki Kashima 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: 11871577
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a substrate; a stacked body provided above the substrate, wherein the stacked body includes a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers that are alternately stacked on top of one another along a vertical direction; a plurality of columnar portions that penetrate the stacked body; a first slit, provided in the vertical direction, that divides one or more of the plurality of conductive layers at least at an upper portion of the stacked body; and a second insulating layer that overlays an opening of the first slit, which forms a cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kashima, Hiroyasu Sato
  • Patent number: 11665902
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a substrate. A stacked body is disposed above the substrate and has an alternately stacked plurality of first insulating layers and plurality of conductive layers. A plurality of columnar portions penetrate the stacked body and include a core layer disposed at a center portion of the columnar portions, a semiconductor layer provided around the core layer, and a memory film disposed around the semiconductor layer. A slit divides an upper conductive layer at an upper portion of the stacked body. In a columnar portion overlapping the slit, the core layer or the memory film protrudes from the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Kashima
  • Publication number: 20220285371
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a first stack including a first polycrystalline semiconductor layer having a first average crystal grain size, a second polycrystalline semiconductor layer having a second average crystal grain size smaller than the first average crystal grain size, an intermediate layer between the first and second polycrystalline semiconductor layers, and a third polycrystalline semiconductor layer provided on the second polycrystalline semiconductor layer and having a third average crystal grain size smaller than the first average crystal grain size; a second stack provided above the first stack and having conductive layers and insulation layers, each conductive layer and each insulation layer being alternately stacked and extending in a first direction; a semiconductor layer through the second stack, and on the third polycrystalline semiconductor layer; and a memory layer through the second stack, and between the semiconductor layer and the conductive layer in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki KASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210272980
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a substrate. A stacked body is disposed above the substrate and has an alternately stacked plurality of first insulating layers and plurality of conductive layers. A plurality of columnar portions penetrate the stacked body and include a core layer disposed at a center portion of the columnar portions, a semiconductor layer provided around the core layer, and a memory film disposed around the semiconductor layer. A slit divides an upper conductive layer at an upper portion of the stacked body. In a columnar portion overlapping the slit, the core layer or the memory film protrudes from the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki KASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210233925
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a substrate; a stacked body provided above the substrate, wherein the stacked body includes a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers that are alternately stacked on top of one another along a vertical direction; a plurality of columnar portions that penetrate the stacked body; a first slit, provided in the vertical direction, that divides one or more of the plurality of conductive layers at least at an upper portion of the stacked body; and a second insulating layer that overlays an opening of the first slit, which forms a cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki KASHIMA, Hiroyasu SATO
  • Patent number: 10985178
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first conductor layers stacked in a first direction, a second conductor layer provided above the first conductor layer, a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of first conductor layers, a second semiconductor layer including a first portion extending in the first direction in the second conductor layer and a second portion of which a diameter in a cross section orthogonal to the first direction is larger than a diameter of the first portion, and being in contact with the first semiconductor layer in the second portion, and a first charge storage layer disposed between the plurality of first conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer. An upper end of the first charge storage layer protrudes upward in the first direction in comparison with an upper end of the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Kashima
  • Patent number: 10937803
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a stacked body, a first semiconductor layer extending in the stacked body, a first charge storage layer disposed between the plurality of first conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer, a second conductor layer disposed above the stacked body, a second semiconductor layer extending through the second conductor layer, a third conductor layer disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the second conductor layer, a first insulator layer disposed above the third conductor layer, and a second insulator layer including a first portion disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the third conductor layer and a second portion disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the first insulator layer. A diameter of the second insulator layer is larger in the second portion than in the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kashima, Kohei Nyui, Kotaro Fujii, Hiroyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10798944
    Abstract: Provided is a compound and composition capable of increasing a sugar content in a fruit by a simple method, without being restricted by a cultivation area of a plant or a climatic environment. The agent for increasing a sugar content in a fruit of a plant comprises a compound represented by the formula MX as an active ingredient, wherein M represents alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion, and X represents carbonate ion, hydrogen carbonate ion, acetate ion, citrate ion, succinate ion, phosphate ion, hydrogen phosphate ion, or pyrophosphate ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimoto, Takayuki Kashima
  • Publication number: 20200286910
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first conductor layers stacked in a first direction, a second conductor layer provided above the first conductor layer, a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of first conductor layers, a second semiconductor layer including a first portion extending in the first direction in the second conductor layer and a second portion of which a diameter in a cross section orthogonal to the first direction is larger than a diameter of the first portion, and being in contact with the first semiconductor layer in the second portion, and a first charge storage layer disposed between the plurality of first conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer. An upper end of the first charge storage layer protrudes upward in the first direction in comparison with an upper end of the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki KASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200273876
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a stacked body, a first semiconductor layer extending in the stacked body, a first charge storage layer disposed between the plurality of first conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer, a second conductor layer disposed above the stacked body, a second semiconductor layer extending through the second conductor layer, a third conductor layer disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the second conductor layer, a first insulator layer disposed above the third conductor layer, and a second insulator layer including a first portion disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the third conductor layer and a second portion disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the first insulator layer. A diameter of the second insulator layer is larger in the second portion than in the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki KASHIMA, Kohei NYUI, Kotaro FUJII, Hiroyuki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200185403
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes first and second conductive layers and first and second pillar. The first pillar penetrates the first conductive layers, and includes one part of a first semiconductor layer. The second pillar penetrates the second conductive layer and is provided on the first pillar. The second pillar includes another part of the first semiconductor layer. An area of the second pillar is smaller than an area of the first pillar. The first semiconductor layer includes a first portion facing an uppermost one of the first conductive layers and a second portion facing the second conductive layer. The first semiconductor layer is continuous at least from the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei NYUI, Takayuki KASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10555529
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for controlling at least one disease selected from grapevine ESCA disease, black dead arm, and Eutypa dieback disease, the composition containing at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal hydrogen carbonates as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimoto, Takayuki Kashima
  • Patent number: 10292385
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a composition containing (a) a glycerin acetic acid fatty acid ester and (b) a particular insecticidal compound; and a method for suppressing plant virus infection transmitted by winged pests, the method including applying the composition to a crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Kashima
  • Publication number: 20180352812
    Abstract: Provided is a compound and composition capable of increasing a sugar content in a fruit by a simple method, without being restricted by a cultivation area of a plant or a climatic environment. The agent for increasing a sugar content in a fruit of a plant comprises a compound represented by the formula MX as an active ingredient, wherein M represents alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion, and X represents carbonate ion, hydrogen carbonate ion, acetate ion, citrate ion, succinate ion, phosphate ion, hydrogen phosphate ion, or pyrophosphate ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Riken
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimoto, Takayuki Kashima
  • Patent number: 10080366
    Abstract: Provided is a compound and composition capable of increasing a sugar content in a fruit by a simple method, without being restricted by a cultivation area of a plant or a climatic environment. The agent for increasing a sugar content in a fruit of a plant comprises a compound represented by the formula MX as an active ingredient, wherein M represents alkali metal ion or alkaline earth metal ion, and X represents carbonate ion, hydrogen carbonate ion, acetate ion, citrate ion, succinate ion, phosphate ion, hydrogen phosphate ion, or pyrophosphate ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimoto, Takayuki Kashima
  • Publication number: 20180177186
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a composition containing (a) a glycerin acetic acid fatty acid ester and (b) a particular insecticidal compound; and a method for suppressing plant virus infection transmitted by winged pests, the method including applying the composition to a crop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki KASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180125075
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for controlling at least one disease selected from grapevine ESCA disease, black dead arm, and Eutypa dieback disease, the composition containing at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal hydrogen carbonates as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yutaka ARIMOTO, Takayuki KASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9911752
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a stacked body provided on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of electrode films being disposed to be separated from each other along a vertical direction, a first semiconductor member provided inside the stacked body and contacting the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor member provided on the first semiconductor member inside the stacked body, contacting the first semiconductor member and extending in the vertical direction, and an insulating film provided between the second semiconductor member and the electrode films. A configuration of a contact surface between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member is convex downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kashima, Masahiro Fukuda, Takashi Hirotani
  • Publication number: 20170271355
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a stacked body provided on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of electrode films being disposed to be separated from each other along a vertical direction, a first semiconductor member provided inside the stacked body and contacting the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor member provided on the first semiconductor member inside the stacked body, contacting the first semiconductor member and extending in the vertical direction, and an insulating film provided between the second semiconductor member and the electrode films. A configuration of a contact surface between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member is convex downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki KASHIMA, Masahiro FUKUDA, Takashi HIROTANI
  • Patent number: 9504249
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control agent for a plant pest and/or a plant disease, the control agent being environmentally friendly and having a high control effect. The control agent is a control agent for a plant pest and/or a plant disease, containing a polyglycerin fatty acid ester as an active ingredient. The polyglycerin fatty acid ester is an ester of at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 8 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one polyglycerin obtained by polymerizing 3 to 10 glycerins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yutaka Arimoto, Takayuki Kashima