Patents by Inventor Akio YAMANO

Akio YAMANO 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: 20240105637
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that includes one or more transistor portions and one or more diode portions provided at different positions in a top view, a semiconductor substrate provided with the one or more transistor portions and the one or more diode portions, an upper surface electrode arranged above the semiconductor substrate, and one or more first mark portions arranged upper than the upper surface electrode, each of the one or more first mark portions being arranged so as to overlap both one of the one or more transistor portions and one of the one or more diode portions in the top view, in which each of the one or more first mark portions has a concave shape or a convex shape in the top view or in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta EBUKURO, Akio YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230307348
    Abstract: A first conductive pattern includes a first input region overlapping a first semiconductor device and a second input region overlapping a second semiconductor device. An output electrode of the first semiconductor device and an output electrode of the second semiconductor device are connected with each other by a first wiring member. The output electrode of the second semiconductor device and a second conductive pattern are connected with each other by a second wiring member. A ratio of a current flowing from the second input region to the second conductive pattern via the second semiconductor device, relative to a current flowing from the first input region to the second conductive pattern via the first semiconductor device, is equal to or greater than 0.90 and equal to or less than 1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20230260991
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device in which one mesa portion of two mesa portions in contact with a gate trench portion is an active mesa portion in which an emitter region of a first conductivity type having a doping concentration higher than that of a drift region is arranged in contact with the gate trench portion, the other mesa portion of two mesa portions in contact with the gate trench portion is a dummy mesa portion having no emitter region, and a dummy contact resistance which is a resistance of the dummy mesa portion and an emitter electrode is 1000 times or more as high as an active contact resistance which is a resistance of the active mesa portion and the emitter electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Yosuke SAKURAI, Akio YAMANO, Seiji NOGUCHI, Ryutaro HAMASAKI, Takuya YAMADA, Daisuke OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220336403
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a laminated substrate including an insulating board and a plurality of circuit boards that are arranged on an upper face of the insulating board, the plurality of circuit boards including first and second circuit boards, a semiconductor element disposed on the first circuit board and including, on an upper face of the semiconductor element, a main electrode, a gate pad, and a gate runner electrically connected to the gate pad, and a first wiring member electrically connecting the main electrode to the second circuit board. The gate runner extends so as to divide the main electrode into a plurality of electrodes including a first main electrode at a first side and a second main electrode at a second side, and the first wiring member is arranged to cross over the gate runner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20220328444
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including a plurality of first control electrodes, each of which is disposed at a respective one of corner portions on a first front surface thereof, a first output electrode disposed on the first front surface, and a first input electrode disposed on a first rear surface thereof, a second semiconductor chip including a plurality of second control electrodes, each of which is disposed at a respective one of corner portions on a second front surface thereof, a second output electrode disposed on the second front surface, and a second input electrode disposed on a second rear surface thereof, the second semiconductor chip being disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor chip, and a first connection wire which connects one of the first control electrodes and one of the second control electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio YAMANO
  • Patent number: 11335772
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate doped with impurities, a front surface-side electrode provided on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a back surface-side electrode provided on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a peak region arranged on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of impurity concentration, a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having a gentler impurity concentration than the one or more peaks, and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tamura, Yuichi Onozawa, Takashi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Takishita, Akio Yamano
  • Patent number: 10950446
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate doped with an impurity; a front-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a back-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate includes: a peak region arranged at the side of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of an impurity concentration; a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having an impurity concentration more gently sloped than the one or more peaks; and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration of the high concentration region and a substrate concentration of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takishita, Takashi Yoshimura, Takahiro Tamura, Yuichi Onozawa, Akio Yamano
  • Publication number: 20200381515
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate doped with impurities, a front surface-side electrode provided on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a back surface-side electrode provided on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a peak region arranged on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of impurity concentration, a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having a gentler impurity concentration than the one or more peaks, and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro TAMURA, Yuichi ONOZAWA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKISHITA, Akio YAMANO
  • Patent number: 10763252
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of trench structures formed on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a first element region for forming an insulated gate bipolar transistor therein, and a second element region for forming a diode therein, the semiconductor substrate constituting a drift layer. The plurality of trench structures includes a plurality of gate trench structures provided on a front surface side of the first element region, each gate trench structure having an electrode provided therein that is based on a gate potential, and a plurality of floating trench structures provided on a front surface side of the second element region, each floating trench structure having an electrode provided therein that has a floating potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Yamano, Misaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10756182
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate doped with impurities, a front surface-side electrode provided on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a back surface-side electrode provided on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a peak region arranged on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of impurity concentration, a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having a gentler impurity concentration than the one or more peaks, and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tamura, Yuichi Onozawa, Takashi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Takishita, Akio Yamano
  • Patent number: 10672762
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided to reduce thermal fatigue in a junction portion of an external wiring to enhance long-term reliability, where the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor portion and a diode portion that are alternately arranged along a first direction parallel to a front surface of the semiconductor substrate inside the semiconductor substrate, a surface electrode that is provided above the transistor portion and the diode portion and that is electrically connected to the transistor portion and the diode portion, an external wiring that is joined to the surface electrode and that has a contact width with the surface electrode in the first direction, the contact width being larger than at least one of a width of the transistor portion in the first direction and a width of the diode portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Yamano, Aiko Takasaki, Hiroaki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20200051820
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate doped with an impurity; a front-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a back-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate includes: a peak region arranged at the side of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of an impurity concentration; a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having an impurity concentration more gently sloped than the one or more peaks; and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration of the high concentration region and a substrate concentration of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKISHITA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takahiro TAMURA, Yuichi ONOZAWA, Akio YAMANO
  • Patent number: 10468254
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate doped with an impurity; a front-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a back-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate includes: a peak region arranged at the side of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of an impurity concentration; a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having an impurity concentration more gently sloped than the one or more peaks; and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration of the high concentration region and a substrate concentration of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takishita, Takashi Yoshimura, Takahiro Tamura, Yuichi Onozawa, Akio Yamano
  • Publication number: 20190287964
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided to reduce thermal fatigue in a junction portion of an external wiring to enhance long-term reliability, where the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor portion and a diode portion that are alternately arranged along a first direction parallel to a front surface of the semiconductor substrate inside the semiconductor substrate, a surface electrode that is provided above the transistor portion and the diode portion and that is electrically connected to the transistor portion and the diode portion, an external wiring that is joined to the surface electrode and that has a contact width with the surface electrode in the first direction, the contact width being larger than at least one of a width of the transistor portion in the first direction and a width of the diode portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Akio YAMANO, Aiko TAKASAKI, Hiroaki ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190214462
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate doped with impurities, a front surface-side electrode provided on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a back surface-side electrode provided on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a peak region arranged on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of impurity concentration, a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having a gentler impurity concentration than the one or more peaks, and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro TAMURA, Yuichi ONOZAWA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKISHITA, Akio YAMANO
  • Patent number: 10304928
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate doped with impurities, a front surface-side electrode provided on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a back surface-side electrode provided on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate has a peak region arranged on the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of impurity concentration, a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having a gentler impurity concentration than the one or more peaks, and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tamura, Yuichi Onozawa, Takashi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Takishita, Akio Yamano
  • Publication number: 20180269202
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of trench structures formed on the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a first element region for forming an insulated gate bipolar transistor therein, and a second element region for forming a diode therein, the semiconductor substrate constituting a drift layer. The plurality of trench structures includes a plurality of gate trench structures provided on a front surface side of the first element region, each gate trench structure having an electrode provided therein that is based on a gate potential, and a plurality of floating trench structures provided on a front surface side of the second element region, each floating trench structure having an electrode provided therein that has a floating potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio YAMANO, Misaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180261594
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an IGBT region and a FWD region. The IGBT region includes a plurality of trench structures, p-type base regions provided between the trench structures, n+ emitter regions provided on the p-type base regions, an interlayer insulating film provided on the n+ emitter regions and containing contact holes therein, and an emitter electrode connected to the n+ emitter regions through the contact holes. In a portion of the IGBT region that abuts the FWD region, the interlayer insulating film covers and insulates the trench structures without having the contact holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio YAMANO, Misaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180005829
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate doped with an impurity; a front-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a back-surface-side electrode provided at a side of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate includes: a peak region arranged at the side of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having one or more peaks of an impurity concentration; a high concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the peak region and having an impurity concentration more gently sloped than the one or more peaks; and a low concentration region arranged closer to the front surface than the high concentration region and having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration of the high concentration region and a substrate concentration of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKISHITA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takahiro TAMURA, Yuichi ONOZAWA, Akio YAMANO
  • Patent number: D884662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Itoh, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Mitsuhiro Kakefu, Akio Yamano, Takuya Yamamoto