Patents by Inventor Akira Tojo

Akira Tojo 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: 8008773
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip including a first electrode and a second electrode of a semiconductor element, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured on a first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor chip, an encapsulating material encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the surface portion being other than regions, each of the regions connecting with the first second electrodes, each of inner electrodes being connected with the first or the second electrodes, a thickness of the inner electrode from the first surface or the second surface being the same thickness as the encapsulating material from the first surface or the second surface, respectively, outer electrodes, each of the outer electrodes being formed on the encapsulating material and connected with the inner electrode, a width of the outer electrode being at least wider than a width of the semiconductor chip, and outer plating ma
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Tojo, Tomoyuki Kitani, Kazuhito Higuchi, Masako Fukumitsu, Tomohiro Iguchi, Hideo Nishiuchi, Kyoko Kato
  • Publication number: 20110186982
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a surface mount diode including a diode chip including a first main surface and a second main surface, a cathode electrode including a first internal electrode portion on the first main surface and a first external electrode portion on the first internal electrode portion, an anode electrode including a second internal electrode portion on the second main surface and a second external electrode portion on the second internal electrode portion, a thickness of the second external electrode portion being the same as a thickness of the first external electrode portion, a first covering member covering a periphery surface of one of the internal electrode portions and a periphery surface of the diode chip, and a second covering member covering a periphery surface of the other of the internal electrode portions, the second covering member being different in color from the first covering member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KITANI, Akira TOJO, Takao NOGI, Kazuhito HIGUCHI, Tomohiro IGUCHI, Masako FUKUMITSU, Susumu OBATA, Yusaku ASANO
  • Publication number: 20100233856
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus includes: forming a protrusion made of a conductor on each of the electrodes provided on a semiconductor wafer top face side of a plurality of semiconductor devices formed in a semiconductor wafer; making a trench in the top face between the plurality of semiconductor devices; filling an insulator into a gap between the protrusions and into the trench to form a sealing member; grinding a bottom face of the semiconductor wafer opposing the top face until the sealing member being exposed to divide the semiconductor wafer into each of the semiconductor devices; forming a first lead made of a conductor on each of the protrusions, the first lead forming a portion of a first external electrode; forming a conductive material layer directly to form a second lead on the bottom face of the plurality of semiconductor devices, the second lead forming the second external electrode; and cutting the sealing member between the plurality of semiconductor devices to separate
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takao NOGI, Tomoyuki Kitani, Akira Tojo, Kentaro Suga
  • Publication number: 20100052185
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor element, a first electrode of the semiconductor chip being configured on a first surface of the semiconductor element, a second electrode of the semiconductor element being configured on a second surface opposed to the first surface of the semiconductor chip, an encapsulating material encapsulating the semiconductor chip, a first hole and a second hole being configured in the encapsulating material, a portion of the first electrode and a portion of the second electrode being exposed, a first conductive material being connected to the first surface of the semiconductor chip via the first hole, a second conductive material being connected to the second surface of the semiconductor chip via the second hole, and a plating film covering five surfaces of the first conductive material other than one surface contacting with the encapsulating material and five surfaces of
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TOJO, Tomoyuki Kitani, Tomohiro Iguchi, Takahiro Aizawa, Hideo Nishiuchi, Masako Fukumitsu
  • Publication number: 20100052142
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip including a first electrode and a second electrode of a semiconductor element, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured on a first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor chip, an encapsulating material encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the surface portion being other than regions, each of the regions connecting with the first second electrodes, each of inner electrodes being connected with the first or the second electrodes, a thickness of the inner electrode from the first surface or the second surface being the same thickness as the encapsulating material from the first surface or the second surface, respectively, outer electrodes, each of the outer electrodes being formed on the encapsulating material and connected with the inner electrode, a width of the outer electrode being at least wider than a width of the semiconductor chip, and outer plating ma
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Tojo, Tomoyuki Kitani, Kazuhito Higuchi, Masako Fukumitsu, Tomohiro Iguchi, Hideo Nishiuchi, Kyoko Kato
  • Publication number: 20090209065
    Abstract: An example of the invention is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including, pressing a part of the connection conductor having a plate-like shape or a belt-like shape against a lead terminal which is formed on a lead frame, is formed into a thin and long plate-like shape, and is supported only at one end in a longitudinal direction of the terminal, in such a manner that the part of the conductor is brought into contact with the lead terminal, and applying ultrasonic vibration substantially in the longitudinal direction in a plane perpendicular to the pressing direction to the connection conductor in the state where the part of the connection conductor is pressed against the lead terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Hideo NISHIUCHI, Tomohiro Iguchi, Tomoyuki Kitani, Takahiro Aizawa, Masako Fukumitsu, Akira Tojo
  • Publication number: 20080217754
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip 5 having a first surface 5a on which a first pole 5a1 of a semiconductor element is arranged and a second surface 5b on which a second pole 5b1 is arranged and which is opposed to the first surface 5a, a first conductive member 6a connected to the first surface 5a, a second conductive member 6b connected to the second surface 5b, a first external electrode 2a connected to the first conductive member 6a and having a contact area larger than the member 6a, a second external electrode 2b connected to the second conductive member 6b and having a contact area larger than the conductive member 6b and a sealing member 3 sealing up the semiconductor chip 6 and the conductive members 6 between the first external electrode 2a and the second external electrode 2b. The sealing member 3 is provided as a result of heating a sealing material for melting and subsequent hardening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TOJO, Tomoyuki Kitani, Tomohiro Iguchi, Masako Hirahara, Hideo Nishiuchi
  • Publication number: 20080179751
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for semiconductor devices includes a process of forming a conductive layer 4 on the other principle surface of a semiconductor wafer 10 having circuit elements 2 formed in one principle surface of the semiconductor wafer, a process of forming a protecting layer 5 on at least a part of the conductive layer, the protecting layer 5 being made from material having hard-to-shave characteristics in comparison with the conductive layer and a process of cutting the semiconductor wafer 10 into pieces with respect to each of the semiconductor devices 1. By the manufacturing method, each semiconductor device 1 is provided with a semiconductor substrate 3 having the circuit elements 2 formed in one principle surface of the semiconductor substrate 3, the conductive layer 4 formed on the other principle surface of the semiconductor substrate 3 and the protecting layer 5 formed on the conductive layer 4 in lamination to have hard-to-shave characteristics in comparison with the conductive layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kitani, Tomohiro Iguchi, Masako Hirahara, Hideo Nishiuchi, Akira Tojo, Taizo Tomioka