Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Sekiguchi

Toshihiro Sekiguchi 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: 6136881
    Abstract: A photocuring resin composition for orthodontics is disclosed, comprising:(a) 5.about.50% by weight of a urethane bond-free (meth)acrylate having an average molecular weight of 100.about.300 and having at least one unsaturated double bond;(b) 10.about.60% by weight of a urethane bond-containing (meth)acrylate having an average molecular weight of 300.about.5,000 and having at least one unsaturated double bond;(c) 5.about.30% by weight of a crosslinked polyurethane powder;(d) 10.about.50% by weight of an inorganic filler; and(e) 0.03.about.3% by weight of a photocuring initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Shunji Sugano
  • Patent number: 6077735
    Abstract: A method of making semiconductor devices which enables control of the impurity concentration and fine patterning by making removal of residual stress due LOCOS oxidation compatible with the formation of deep wells. A selective oxide layer is formed for separating element regions on a principal plane of a semiconductor substrate, for example, a p.sup.- -type silicon substrate 1. A mask is formed (for example photoresist 47) on the surface including the selective oxide layer and impurities (for example phosphorous) of a conductivity type opposite that of the semiconductor substrate are introduced via an opening in the mask. Then the selective oxide film is annealed by a high-temperature treatment while a deep well (for example n-type deep well 50) is formed by introducing the impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuji Ezaki, Shinya Nishio, Fumiaki Saitoh, Hideo Nagasawa, Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Songsu Cho, Hisao Asakura, Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Keizo Kawakita
  • Patent number: 6060352
    Abstract: A method for fabricating DRAMs each having a COB structure, and the semiconductor device formed by this method, are provided. In one embodiment, the word line and/or bit line is covered with an insulating film having a comparatively small etching rate. Contact holes are formed while being defined by those insulating films in self-alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hideo Aoki, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Keizo Kawakita, Jun Murata, Katsuo Yuhara, Michio Nishimura, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Minoru Ohtsuka, Masayuki Yasuda, Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Songsu Cho
  • Patent number: 6023084
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has a semiconductor substrate, and memory cells provided at intersections between word line conductors and bit line conductors. Adjacent two memory cells for each bit line conductor form a memory cell pair unit structure, in which first semiconductor regions of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are united at their boundary into a single region and are connected to one of the bit line conductors via a bit line connection conductor, the gate electrodes of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are connected to word line conductors adjacent to each other, respectively, and the second semiconductor regions of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are connected to the respective information storage capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tadaki, Jun Murata, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hideo Aoki, Keizo Kawakita, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Michio Nishimura, Michio Tanaka, Yuji Ezaki, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Katsuo Yuhara, Songsu Cho
  • Patent number: 5937290
    Abstract: In an embodiment of a method of manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit devices according to the present invention, word lines are provided in a straight form, which serve as gate electrodes of two selecting MOSFETs formed symmetrical about a center portion of an active region surrounded by a LOCOS oxide film on a semiconductor substrate, and bit lines have straight segments and protruding segments. Each protruding segment is formed to protrude from the bit line and is connected through a first contact hole to a first semiconductor region formed at the center portion of the active region. The straight line segments and the protruding segments are formed separately by two separate exposure steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Keizo Kawakita, Katsuo Yuhara, Kazuhiko Saito, Shinya Nishio, Michio Tanaka, Michio Nishimura, Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Songsu Cho
  • Patent number: 5933726
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, such as a dynamic RAM, and method of making it. A number of stacked cell capacitors are placed at a prescribed spacing in an alignment direction on top of a p.sup.- -type silicon substrate (1). Each capacitor has a nearly perpendicular cylindrical lower electrode (cylindrical polysilicon layer (96)), a dielectric film (silicon nitride film (77)), and upper electrode (plate electrode (78) made of polysilicon). The spacing in the alignment direction is smaller than the inner diameter of the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michio Nishimura, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Masayuki Yasuda, Takashi Hayakawa, Michio Tanaka, Yuji Ezaki, Katsuo Yuhara, Minoru Ohtsuka, Toshikazu Kumai, Songsu Cho, Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Keizo Kawakita, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Jun Murata, Hideo Aoki, Akihiko Konno, Kiyomi Katsuyama, Takafumi Tokunaga, Yoshimi Torii
  • Patent number: 5933724
    Abstract: A phase shifting mask is used for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a conductor pattern in which the line width of patterned conductor strips or the space between patterned conductor strips is not constant. For main transparent areas in the mask corresponding to the conductor pattern, auxiliary pattern segments are provided for compensating changes in the phase distribution of transmitted light caused by changes of the line width or the space. Alternately, the spaces between the conductor strips are adjusted to suppress the changes in the phase distribution of transmitted light. Whether the auxiliary pattern segments should have the phase shifting function is determined depending upon the disposition of the main transparent areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Keizo Kawakita, Jun Murata, Katsuo Yuhara, Toshikazu Kumai, Michio Tanaka, Michio Nishimura, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Takatoshi Kakizaki, Takeshi Sakai, Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, Songsu Cho
  • Patent number: 5930624
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, is disclosed. In a first aspect, the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Isamu Asano, Mitsuaki Horiuchi, Jun Sugiura, Hiroko Kaneko, Shinji Shimizu, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Hidetsugu Ogishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Masami Ozawa, Toshihiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5917211
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising first n-channel MISFETs constituting the memory cells of a storage system, second n-channel MISFETs constituting the peripheral circuits of the storage system, and third n-channel MISFETs constituting the output circuit among the peripheral circuits. The respective threshold voltages of the first n-channel MISFETs, the second n-channel MISFETs and the third n-channel MISFETs are decreased in that order when the respective gate lengths of those MISFETs are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Hiroko Kaneko, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Hisashi Nakamura, Toshio Maeda, Osamu Kasahara, Hiromichi Enami, Atsushi Ogishima, Masaki Nagao, Michimasa Funabashi, Yasuo Kiguchi, Masayuki Kojima, Atsuyoshi Koike, Hiroyuki Miyazawa, Masato Sadaoka, Kazuya Kadota, Tadashi Chikahara, Kazuo Nojiri, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5831300
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has a semiconductor substrate, word line conductors and bit line conductors, and memory cells provided at intersections between the word line conductors and bit line conductors. Adjacent two memory cells for each bit line conductor form a memory cell pair unit structure, in which first semiconductor regions of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are united at their boundary into a single region and are connected to one of the bit line conductors via a bit line connection conductor, the gate electrodes of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are connected to word line conductors adjacent to each other, respectively, the second semiconductor regions of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are connected to the respective information storage capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tadaki, Jun Murata, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hideo Aoki, Keizo Kawakita, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Michio Nishimura, Michio Tanaka, Yuji Ezaki, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Katsuo Yuhara, Songsu Cho
  • Patent number: 5804479
    Abstract: The etch-back amount of a silicon oxide film of a memory array which is a higher altitude portion is increased when etching back and flattening the silicon oxide film by arranging a first-layer wiring on a BPSG film covering an upper electrode of an information-storing capacitative element only in a peripheral circuit but not arranging it in the memory array.Thus, a DRAM having a stacked capacitor structure is obtained such that the level difference between the memory array and peripheral circuit is decreased, and the formation of wiring and connection holes are easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Aoki, Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Keizo Kawakita, Takashi Hayakawa, Katsutoshi Matsunaga, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Michio Nishimura, Minoru Ohtsuka, Katsuo Yuhara, Michio Tanaka, Yuji Ezaki, Toshiyuki Kaeriyama, SongSu Cho
  • Patent number: 5753550
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, is disclosed. In a first aspect, the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Isamu Asano, Mitsuaki Horiuchi, Jun Sugiura, Hiroko Kaneko, Shinji Shimizu, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Hidetsugu Ogishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Masami Ozawa, Toshihiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5734188
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising first n-channel MISFETs constituting the memory cells of a storage system, second n-channel MISFETs constituting the peripheral circuits of the storage system, and third n-channel MISFETs constituting the output circuit among the peripheral circuits. The respective threshold voltages of the first n-channel MISFETs, the second n-channel MISFETs and the third n-channel MISFETs are decreased in that order when the respective gate lengths of those MISFETs are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Hiroko Kaneko, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Hisashi Nakamura, Toshio Maeda, Osamu Kasahara, Hiromichi Enami, Atsushi Ogishima, Masaki Nagao, Michimasa Funabashi, Yasuo Kiguchi, Masayuki Kojima, Atsuyoshi Koike, Hiroyuki Miyazawa, Masato Sadaoka, Kazuya Kadota, Tadashi Chikahara, Kazuo Nojiri, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5629898
    Abstract: A period pulse corresponding to the shortest information retention time of those of dynamic memory cells is counted to form a refresh address to be assigned to a plurality of word lines. A carry signal outputted from the refresh address counter is divided by a divider. For each of said plurality of word lines assigned with the refresh address, one of a short period corresponding to an output pulse of a timer or a long period corresponding to the divided pulse from the divider is stored in a storage circuit as refresh time setting information. A memory cell refresh operation to be performed by the refresh address is made valid or invalid for each word line according to the refresh time setting information stored in the storage circuit and the refresh time setting information itself is made invalid by the output pulse of the divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youji Idei, Katsuhiro Shimohigashi, Masakazu Aoki, Hiromasa Noda, Katsuyuki Sato, Hidetoshi Iwai, Makoto Saeki, Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Osamu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 5578849
    Abstract: A memory device has a semiconductor substrate, and memory cells provided at intersections between word line conductors and bit line conductors. Each memory cell has a switching transistor and an information storage capacitor. Adjacent two memory cells for each bit line conductor form a memory cell pair unit structure, in which first semiconductor regions of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are united at their boundary into a single region and are connected to one of the bit line conductors via a bit line connection conductor, the gate electrodes of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are connected to word line conductors adjacent to each other, respectively, the second semiconductor regions of the transistors of the adjacent two memory cells are connected to the respective information storage capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tadaki, Jun Murata, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hideo Aoki, Keizo Kawakita, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Michio Nishimura, Michio Tanaka, Yuji Ezaki, Kazuhiko Saitoh, Katsuo Yuhara, Songsu Cho
  • Patent number: 5504029
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, is disclosed. The impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry. The Y-select signal line overlaps the lower electrode layer of the capacitor element. A potential barrier layer, provided at least under the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected, is formed by diffusion of an impurity for a channel stopper region. The dielectric film of the capacitor element is co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it. The capacitor dielectric film is a silicon nitride film having a silicon oxide layer thereon, the silicon oxide layer being formed by oxidizing a surface layer of the silicon nitride under high pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Isamu Asano, Mitsuaki Horiuchi, Jun Sugiura, Hiroko Kaneko, Shinji Shimizu, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Hidetsugu Ogishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Masami Ozawa, Toshihiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5357426
    Abstract: A party production apparatus allows a party program to be stored in advance and automatically serves various dishes in accordance with the progress of the party to produce the party successfully. The party production apparatus comprises a kitchen counter, a table counter, and a controller. The kitchen counter includes cooking device. The table counter includes a frame, a table provided on the frame, a food displaying section formed on the table, a storage chamber provided in the frame for accommodating a plurality of dishes therein, and a transport apparatus for transporting a selected dish or dishes accommodated in the storage chamber to the food displaying section. The controller includes a register for storing therein a party program including a plurality of operations to be executed successively in a time series relationship and controls the transport apparatus in accordance with an order sequence stored in the register to transport the dish or dishes to the food displaying section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Morita, Mitsumasa Kumagai, Toshihiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5349218
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a semiconductor memory cell array including word lines, data lines and a plurality of memory cells provided at cross points of the word and data lines. Each memory cell has a cell selection transistor and an information storage capacitor connected in series. The cell selection transistor in one cell includes first and second doped regions formed in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film formed on the main surface between the first and second doped regions and a control electrode layer formed on the first insulating film between the first and second doped regions. The first doped region is connected with a data line, while the control electrode is connected with a word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Texas Instruments Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tadaki, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Toru Kaga, Jun Murata, Osaomi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 5264712
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising first n-channel MISFETs constituting the memory cells of a storage system, second n-channel MISFETs constituting the peripheral circuits of the storage system, and third n-channel MISFETs constituting the output circuit among the peripheral circuits. The respective threshold voltages of the first n-channel MISFETs, the second n-channel MISFETs and the third n-channel MISFETs are decreased in that order when the respective gate lengths of those MISFETs are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Hiroko Kaneko, Toshihiro Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Hisashi Nakamura, Toshio Maeda, Osamu Kasahara, Hiromichi Enami, Atsushi Ogishima, Masaki Nagao, Michimasa Funabashi, Yasuo Kiguchi, Masayuki Kojima, Atsuyoshi Koike, Hiroyuki Miyazawa, Masato Sadaoka, Kazuya Kadota, Tadashi Chikahara, Kazuo Nojiri, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5153685
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a switching MISFET, and a capacitor element formed over the semiconductor substrate, such as a DRAM, is disclosed. In a first aspect of the present invention, the impurity concentration of the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected is less than the impurity concentration of semiconductor regions of MISFETs of peripheral circuitry. In a second aspect, the Y-select signal line overlaps the lower electrode layer of the capacitor element. In a third aspect, a potential barrier layer, provided at least under the semiconductor region of the switching MISFET to which the capacitor element is connected, is formed by diffusion of an impurity for a channel stopper region. In a fourth aspect, the dielectric film of the capacitor element is co-extensive with the capacitor electrode layer over it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Murata, Yoshitaka Tadaki, Isamu Asano, Mitsuaki Horiuchi, Jun Sugiura, Hiroko Kaneko, Shinji Shimizu, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Hidetsugu Ogishi, Masakazu Sagawa, Masami Ozawa, Toshihiro Sekiguchi