Patents by Inventor Akiko Nara

Akiko Nara 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: 8258496
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including: a semiconductor substrate on which a circuit is formed; a plurality of functional device arrays stacked on the semiconductor substrate; and vertical wirings so disposed outside of the functional device arrays as to couple the signal lines of the functional device arrays to the circuit, wherein the vertical wirings include multi-layered metal pieces, each layer of which has a plurality of the metal pieces dispersedly arranged in a stripe-shaped contact trench formed on an interlayer insulating film in the elongated direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Haruki Toda, Akiko Nara
  • Publication number: 20090261315
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including: a semiconductor substrate on which a circuit is formed; a plurality of functional device arrays stacked on the semiconductor substrate; and vertical wirings so disposed outside of the functional device arrays as to couple the signal lines of the functional device arrays to the circuit, wherein the vertical wirings include multi-layered metal pieces, each layer of which has a plurality of the metal pieces dispersedly arranged in a stripe-shaped contact trench formed on an interlayer insulating film in the elongated direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruki TODA, Akiko Nara
  • Publication number: 20080087939
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising: a gate electrode portion comprising: a floating gate electrode formed above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, separated from the substrate by a tunnel insulating film; an inter-electrode insulating film formed on the floating gate electrode and formed of a stacked structure film of at least one type of high dielectric permittivity material; and a control gate electrode formed above the inter-electrode insulating film; and at least one interface layer between the inter-electrode insulating film and the floating gate electrode or the inter-electrode insulating film and the control gate electrode; source and drain regions of a second conductivity type which are formed on the main surface of the substrate with the gate electrode portion being arranged between the source and drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akiko Nara
  • Patent number: 7279737
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a gate electrode portion composed of a floating gate electrode formed above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type via a tunnel insulating film, an inter-electrode insulating film formed on the floating gate electrode and formed of a stacked structure film of three or more layers formed of two or more types of high-dielectric material, and a control gate electrode formed above the floating gate electrode via the inter-electrode insulating film, and source and drain regions of a second conductivity type which are formed on the main surface of the substrate with the gate electrode portion being arranged between the source and drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akiko Nara, Masahiro Koike, Yuichiro Mitani
  • Publication number: 20060255396
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising: a gate electrode portion comprising: a floating gate electrode formed above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, separated from the substrate by a tunnel insulating film; an inter-electrode insulating film formed on the floating gate electrode and formed of a stacked structure film of at least one type of high dielectric permittivity material; and a control gate electrode formed above the inter-electrode insulating film; and at least one interface layer between the inter-electrode insulating film and the floating gate electrode or the inter-electrode insulating film and the control gate electrode; source and drain regions of a second conductivity type which are formed on the main surface of the substrate with the gate electrode portion being arranged between the source and drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akiko Nara
  • Publication number: 20050275012
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a gate electrode portion composed of a floating gate electrode formed above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type via a tunnel insulating film, an inter-electrode insulating film formed on the floating gate electrode and formed of a stacked structure film of three or more layers formed of two or more types of high-dielectric material, and a control gate electrode formed above the floating gate electrode via the inter-electrode insulating film, and source and drain regions of a second conductivity type which are formed on the main surface of the substrate with the gate electrode portion being arranged between the source and drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Akiko Nara, Masahiro Koike, Yuichiro Mitani