Patents by Inventor Akira Takashima

Akira Takashima 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: 9230625
    Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a multilayer structure including a semiconductor layer and a first ferromagnetic layer; a first wiring line electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; a second wiring line electrically connected to the first ferromagnetic layer; and a voltage applying unit electrically connected between the first wiring line and the second wiring line to apply a first voltage between the semiconductor layer and the first ferromagnetic layer during a write operation, a magnetization direction of the first ferromagnetic layer being switchable by applying the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Inokuchi, Mizue Ishikawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Tetsufumi Tanamoto, Akira Takashima, Yoshiaki Saito
  • Patent number: 9147469
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array include the memory cells each including a variable resistance element in which a reset current flowing in a reset operation is smaller than a set current flowing in a set operation by not less than one order of magnitude. The control circuit performs the reset operation and the set operation for the memory cells. The control circuit performs the reset operation for all memory cells being in the low resistance state and connected to selected first interconnections and selected second interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Hidenori Miyagawa, Shosuke Fujii, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9084311
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first light source having a first S/P ratio, a second light source having a second S/P ratio that is higher than the first S/P ratio, and a controller configured to performing dimming control of light output from the first and second light sources. The controller performs the dimming control separately on the first and second light sources at least under a snow covered condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Toshihide Mori, Ayako Tsukitani, Hiroshi Hamano, Akira Takashima, Kensuke Yamazoe, Kouichi Wada, Yoshinori Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20150131363
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array include the memory cells each including a variable resistance element in which a reset current flowing in a reset operation is smaller than a set current flowing in a set operation by not less than one order of magnitude. The control circuit performs the reset operation and the set operation for the memory cells. The control circuit performs the reset operation for all memory cells being in the low resistance state and connected to selected first interconnections and selected second interconnections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TAKASHIMA, Hidenori MIYAGAWA, Shosuke FUJII, Daisuke MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20150126398
    Abstract: Dendritic cell precursor populations, dendritic cell populations derived therefrom, methods for isolating, expanding and using are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Hironori Matsushima, Shuo Geng
  • Patent number: 8992744
    Abstract: A method of fabricating by co-sputtering deposition a lanthanoid aluminate film with enhanced electrical insulativity owing to suppression of deviation in composition of the film is disclosed. Firstly within a vacuum chamber, hold two separate targets, one of which is made of lanthanoid aluminate (LnAlO3) and the other of which is made of aluminum oxide (Al2O3). Then, transport and load a substrate into the vacuum chamber. Next, introduce a chosen sputtering gas into this chamber. Thereafter, perform sputtering of both the targets at a time to thereby form a lanthanoid aluminate film on the substrate surface. This film is well adaptable for use as ultra-thin high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectrics in highly miniaturized metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Ino, Akira Takashima
  • Patent number: 8971106
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array include the memory cells each including a variable resistance element in which a reset current flowing in a reset operation is smaller than a set current flowing in a set operation by not less than one order of magnitude. The control circuit performs the reset operation and the set operation for the memory cells. The control circuit performs the reset operation for all memory cells being in the low resistance state and connected to selected first interconnections and selected second interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Hidenori Miyagawa, Shosuke Fujii, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140376303
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array include the memory cells each including a variable resistance element in which a reset current flowing in a reset operation is smaller than a set current flowing in a set operation by not less than one order of magnitude. The control circuit performs the reset operation and the set operation for the memory cells. The control circuit performs the reset operation for all memory cells being in the low resistance state and connected to selected first interconnections and selected second interconnections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TAKASHIMA, Hidenori Miyagawa, Shosuke Fujii, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140346434
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile variable resistance element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a variable resistance layer, and a dielectric layer. The second electrode includes a metal element. The variable resistance layer is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A resistance change is reversibly possible in the variable resistance layer according to move the metal element in and out. The dielectric layer is inserted between the second electrode and the variable resistance layer and has a diffusion coefficient of the metal element smaller than that of the variable resistance layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidenori MIYAGAWA, Shosuke FUJII, Akira TAKASHIMA, Daisuke MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20140301136
    Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a multilayer structure including a semiconductor layer and a first ferromagnetic layer; a first wiring line electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; a second wiring line electrically connected to the first ferromagnetic layer; and a voltage applying unit electrically connected between the first wiring line and the second wiring line to apply a first voltage between the semiconductor layer and the first ferromagnetic layer during a write operation, a magnetization direction of the first ferromagnetic layer being switchable by applying the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Mizue ISHIKAWA, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Tetsufumi TANAMOTO, Akira TAKASHIMA, Yoshiaki SAITO
  • Patent number: 8854874
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array include the memory cells each including a variable resistance element in which a reset current flowing in a reset operation is smaller than a set current flowing in a set operation by not less than one order of magnitude. The control circuit performs the reset operation and the set operation for the memory cells. The control circuit performs the reset operation for all memory cells being in the low resistance state and connected to selected first interconnections and selected second interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Hidenori Miyagawa, Shosuke Fujii, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8835896
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile variable resistance element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a variable resistance layer, and a dielectric layer. The second electrode includes a metal element. The variable resistance layer is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A resistance change is reversibly possible in the variable resistance layer according to move the metal element in and out. The dielectric layer is inserted between the second electrode and the variable resistance layer and has a diffusion coefficient of the metal element smaller than that of the variable resistance layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidenori Miyagawa, Shosuke Fujii, Akira Takashima, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8810043
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a main surface where an outside connection terminal pad is provided. The semiconductor element is connected to a conductive layer on a supporting board via a plurality of convex-shaped outside connection terminals provided on the outside connection terminal pad and a connection member; and the connection member commonly covers the convex-shaped outside connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Takao Nishimura, Yoshikazu Kumagaya, Akira Takashima, Kouichi Nakamura, Kazuyuki Aiba
  • Patent number: 8779498
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first gate insulating film, a charge storage layer, a second gate insulating film, and a control gate electrode. The first gate insulating film is arranged on the semiconductor substrate. The charge storage layer is arranged on the first gate insulating film, and includes aluminum and silicon. The second gate insulating film is arranged on the charge storage layer, and includes aluminum, silicon, and lanthanum. The control gate electrode is arranged on the second gate insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8779503
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode on the second insulating layer. The second insulating layer comprises a stacked structure provided in order of a first lanthanum aluminate layer, a lanthanum aluminum silicate layer and a second lanthanum aluminate layer from the charge storage layer side to the control gate electrode side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsushita, Akira Takashima
  • Patent number: 8772751
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first electrode including a crystallized SixGe1-x layer (0?x<1), a second electrode including a metal element, a variable resistance part between the first and second electrode, the part including an amorphous Si layer, and a control circuit controlling a filament in the amorphous Si layer, the filament including the metal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Daisuke Matsushita, Takashi Yamauchi, Yuuichi Kamimuta, Hidenori Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 8764223
    Abstract: A lighting device includes first and second light emission units. The first light emission unit emits light having a relatively low color temperature and a high feeling of contrast index. The second light emission unit emits light having a relatively high S/P ratio, which is the ratio of scotopic luminance to photopic luminance. The first light emission unit illuminates a region located at a vertical upper side of a region illuminated by the second light emission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Tsukitani, Takashi Saito, Akira Takashima, Kouichi Wada, Yoshinori Karasawa, Toshihide Mori, Hiroshi Hamano, Kensuke Yamazoe
  • Publication number: 20140170814
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: stacked semiconductor chips having respective input/output pads on surfaces thereof; a lower resin body molding the lower semiconductor chip and having a surface coplanar with the lower chip; an upper resin body molding the upper chip and coupled with the first resin body; wirings connected to input/output pads of the lower or upper chip and extending horizontally; external connection metal posts formed on the wirings and having tops exposed from the second resin body; and ball-shaped external connection terminals connected to the tops of the external connection metal posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Hayato OKUDA, Yasunori KAWAOKA, Akira TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140167133
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor region; a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor region; a charge storage film formed on the first insulating film; a hydrogen diffusion preventing film formed on the charge storage film; a second insulating film formed on the hydrogen diffusion preventing film; a control gate electrode formed on the second insulating film; a hydrogen discharge film formed on the control gate electrode; and a sidewall formed on a side surface of a multilayer structure including the first insulating film, the charge storage film, the hydrogen diffusion preventing film, the second insulating film, and the control gate electrode, the sidewall containing a material for preventing hydrogen from diffusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Izumi HIRANO, Yuichiro Mitani, Masayasu Miyata, Yasushi Nakasaki, Koichi Kato, Daisuke Matsushita, Akira Takashima, Misako Morota
  • Patent number: 8754467
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor region; a plurality of stacked structures each of which is disposed on the semiconductor region and has a tunnel insulating film, a charge storage layer, an upper insulating layer, and a control electrode stacked sequentially; an element isolation insulating layer disposed on side faces of the plurality of stacked structures; and a source-drain region disposed on the semiconductor region and among the plurality of stacked structures. The element isolation insulating layer includes at least one of SiO2, SiN, and SiON, the upper insulating layer is an oxide containing at least one metal M selected from the group consisting of a rare earth metal, Y, Zr, and Hf, and Si, and respective lengths Lcharge, Ltop, and Lgate of the charge storage layer, the upper insulating layer, and the control electrode in a channel length direction satisfy the relation “Lcharge<Ltop and Lgate<Ltop”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masao Shingu, Akira Takashima, Koichi Muraoka