Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Iwamatsu

Toshiaki Iwamatsu 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: 9484433
    Abstract: Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented. A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takaaki Tsunomura
  • Patent number: 9484456
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is manufactured by using an SOI substrate having an insulating layer on a substrate and a semiconductor layer on the insulating layer. The semiconductor device is provided with a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film, a sidewall spacer formed on a sidewall of the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer for source/drain that is epitaxially grown on the semiconductor layer, and a sidewall spacer formed on a sidewall of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takaaki Tsunomura
  • Patent number: 9460936
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a gate electrode GE formed on a substrate via a gate insulating film GI and a source/drain semiconductor layer EP1 formed on the substrate. The upper surface of the semiconductor layer EP1 is positioned higher than the upper surface of the substrate straight below the gate electrode GE. And, end parts of the gate electrode GE in a gate length direction are positioned on the semiconductor layer EP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Takaaki Tsunomura, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Patent number: 9443870
    Abstract: In an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate via an insulating layer, a MISFET is formed in each of the semiconductor layer in an nMIS formation region and a pMIS formation region. In power feeding regions, the semiconductor layer and the insulating layer are removed. In the semiconductor substrate, a p-type semiconductor region is formed so as to include the nMIS formation region and one of the power feeding regions, and an n-type semiconductor region is formed so as to include a pMIS formation region and the other one of the power feeding regions. In the semiconductor substrate, a p-type well having lower impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region is formed so as to contain the p-type semiconductor region, and an n-type well having lower impurity concentration than the n-type semiconductor region is formed so as to contain the n-type semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Shinohara, Hidekazu Oda, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20160181147
    Abstract: A first MISFET which is a semiconductor element is formed on an SOI substrate. The SOI substrate includes a supporting substrate which is a base, BOX layer which is an insulating layer formed on a main surface (surface) of the supporting substrate, that is, a buried oxide film; and an SOI layer which is a semiconductor layer formed on the BOX layer. The first MISFET as a semiconductor element is formed to the SOI layer. In an isolation region, an isolation groove is formed penetrating though the SOI layer and the BOX layer so that a bottom surface of the groove is positioned in the middle of a thickness of the supporting substrate. An isolation film is buried in the isolation groove being formed. Then, an oxidation resistant film is interposed between the BOX layer and the isolation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jiro YUGAMI, Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Katsuyuki HORITA, Hideki MAKIYAMA, Yasuo INOUE, Yoshiki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9368385
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes the step of forming an SOI device region and a bulk device region on an SOI type semiconductor wafer. The method includes: removing a BOX layer and an SOI layer in a bulk device region; and thereafter forming an STI region in both the SOI device region and the bulk device region. In the method, the STI region in the SOI device region is formed to extend through the BOX layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Imai, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Akihiro Nakae
  • Publication number: 20160155825
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a fin-type transistor that is excellent in characteristics by forming a fin-shaped semiconductor portion and a gate electrode with high precision or by making improvement regarding variations in characteristics among elements. The present invention is a semiconductor device including a fin-shaped semiconductor portion having a source region formed on one side thereof and a drain region formed on the other side thereof, and a gate electrode formed between the source region and the drain region to surround the fin-shaped semiconductor portion with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween. One solution for solving the problem according to the invention is that the gate electrode uses a metal material or a silicide material that is wet etchable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Takashi TERADA, Hirofumi SHINOHARA, Kozo ISHIKAWA, Ryuta TSUCHIYA, Kiyoshi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160156350
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device having a thin-film BOX-SOI structure and capable of realizing a high-speed operation of a logic circuit and a stable operation of a memory circuit. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor support substrate, an insulation layer having a thickness of at mast 10 nm, and a semiconductor layer. In an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a first field-effect transistor including a first gate electrode and constituting a logic circuit is formed. Further, in the upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a second field-effect transistor including a second gate electrode and constituting a memory circuit is formed. At least three well regions having different conductivity types are formed in the semiconductor support substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Ryuta TSUCHIYA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9343527
    Abstract: A first MISFET which is a semiconductor element is formed on an SOI substrate. The SOI substrate includes a supporting substrate which is a base, BOX layer which is an insulating layer formed on a main surface (surface) of the supporting substrate, that is, a buried oxide film; and an SOI layer which is a semiconductor layer formed on the BOX layer. The first MISFET as a semiconductor element is formed to the SOI layer. In an isolation region, an isolation groove is formed penetrating though the SOI layer and the BOX layer so that a bottom surface of the groove is positioned in the middle of a thickness of the supporting substrate. An isolation film is buried in the isolation groove being formed. Then, an oxidation resistant film is interposed between the BOX layer and the isolation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Yugami, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Katsuyuki Horita, Hideki Makiyama, Yasuo Inoue, Yoshiki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160118476
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an n channel MISFET formed on an SOI substrate including a support substrate, an insulating layer formed on the support substrate and a silicon layer formed on the insulating layer has the following structure. An impurity region for threshold adjustment is provided in the support substrate of a gate electrode so that the silicon layer contains carbon. The threshold value can be adjusted by the semiconductor region for threshold adjustment in this manner. Further, by providing the silicon layer containing carbon, even when the impurity of the semiconductor region for threshold adjustment is diffused to the silicon layer across the insulating layer, the impurity is inactivated by the carbon implanted into the silicon layer. As a result, the fluctuation of the transistor characteristics, for example, the fluctuation of the threshold voltage of the MISFET can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki TSUNOMURA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9293347
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a gate electrode GE formed on a substrate via a gate insulating film GI and a source/drain semiconductor layer EP1 formed on the substrate. The upper surface of the semiconductor layer EP1 is positioned higher than the upper surface of the substrate straight below the gate electrode GE. And, end parts of the gate electrode GE in a gate length direction are positioned on the semiconductor layer EP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Takaaki Tsunomura, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Patent number: 9287400
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a fin-type transistor that is excellent in characteristics by forming a fin-shaped semiconductor portion and a gate electrode with high precision or by making improvement regarding variations in characteristics among elements. The present invention is a semiconductor device including a fin-shaped semiconductor portion having a source region formed on one side thereof and a drain region formed on the other side thereof, and a gate electrode formed between the source region and the drain region to surround the fin-shaped semiconductor portion with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween. One solution for solving the problem according to the invention is that the gate electrode uses a metal material or a silicide material that is wet etchable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takashi Terada, Hirofumi Shinohara, Kozo Ishikawa, Ryuta Tsuchiya, Kiyoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9287292
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device having a thin-film BOX-SOI structure and capable of realizing a high-speed operation of a logic circuit and a stable operation of a memory circuit. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor support substrate, an insulation layer having a thickness of at mast 10 nm, and a semiconductor layer. In an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a first field-effect transistor including a first gate electrode and constituting a logic circuit is formed. Further, in the upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a second field-effect transistor including a second gate electrode and constituting a memory circuit is formed. At least three well regions having different conductivity types are formed in the semiconductor support substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Tsuchiya, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20160056264
    Abstract: Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented. A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takaaki Tsunomura
  • Patent number: 9263346
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an n channel MISFET formed on an SOI substrate including a support substrate, an insulating layer formed on the support substrate and a silicon layer formed on the insulating layer has the following structure. An impurity region for threshold adjustment is provided in the support substrate of a gate electrode so that the silicon layer contains carbon. The threshold value can be adjusted by the semiconductor region for threshold adjustment in this manner. Further, by providing the silicon layer containing carbon, even when the impurity of the semiconductor region for threshold adjustment is diffused to the silicon layer across the insulating layer, the impurity is inactivated by the carbon implanted into the silicon layer. As a result, the fluctuation of the transistor characteristics, for example, the fluctuation of the threshold voltage of the MISFET can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Tsunomura, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20160043717
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device has, as a current monitor circuit, a circuit in which n-channel type MISFETs are connected in series with each other. Based on a delay time of a speed monitor circuit in a state where a substrate bias is being applied to the p-channel type MISFETs, a first voltage value of a first substrate bias to be applied to the p-channel type MISFETs is determined. Next, based on a current flowing through an n-channel type MISFET in a state where the first substrate bias is being applied to the p-channel type MISFETs of the current monitor circuit and a second substrate bias is being applied to the n-channel type MISFETs of the current monitor circuit, a second voltage value of the second substrate bias to be applied to the n-channel type MISFETs is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hideki MAKIYAMA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20160005765
    Abstract: In an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate via an insulating layer, a MISFET is formed in each of the semiconductor layer in an nMIS formation region and a pMIS formation region. In power feeding regions, the semiconductor layer and the insulating layer are removed. In the semiconductor substrate, a p-type semiconductor region is formed so as to include the nMIS formation region and one of the power feeding regions, and an n-type semiconductor region is formed so as to include a pMIS formation region and the other one of the power feeding regions. In the semiconductor substrate, a p-type well having lower impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region is formed so as to contain the p-type semiconductor region, and an n-type well having lower impurity concentration than the n-type semiconductor region is formed so as to contain the n-type semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi SHINOHARA, Hidekazu ODA, Toshiaki IWAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20160005865
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a gate electrode GE formed on a substrate via a gate insulating film GI and a source/drain semiconductor layer EP1 formed on the substrate. The upper surface of the semiconductor layer EP1 is positioned higher than the upper surface of the substrate straight below the gate electrode GE. And, end parts of the gate electrode GE in a gate length direction are positioned on the semiconductor layer EP1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Takaaki Tsunomura, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Patent number: 9201440
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device has, as a current monitor circuit, a circuit in which n-channel type MISFETs are connected in series with each other. Based on a delay time of a speed monitor circuit in a state where a substrate bias is being applied to the p-channel type MISFETs, a first voltage value of a first substrate bias to be applied to the p-channel type MISFETs is determined. Next, based on a current flowing through an n-channel type MISFET in a state where the first substrate bias is being applied to the p-channel type MISFETs of the current monitor circuit and a second substrate bias is being applied to the n-channel type MISFETs of the current monitor circuit, a second voltage value of the second substrate bias to be applied to the n-channel type MISFETs is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Makiyama, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Patent number: 9196705
    Abstract: Occurrence of short-channel characteristics and parasitic capacitance of a MOSFET on a SOI substrate is prevented. A sidewall having a stacked structure obtained by sequentially stacking a silicon oxide film and a nitride film is formed on a side wall of a gate electrode on the SOI substrate. Subsequently, after an epitaxial layer is formed beside the gate electrode, and then, the nitride film is removed. Then, an impurity is implanted into an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate with using the gate electrode and the epitaxial layer as a mask, so that a halo region is formed in only a region of the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate which is right below a vicinity of both ends of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Hideki Makiyama, Toshiaki Iwamatsu, Takaaki Tsunomura