Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hiraiwa
Atsushi Hiraiwa 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).
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Patent number: 8110878Abstract: There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Naozumi Morino, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Kazutoshi Oku, Toshiaki Ito, Motoshige Igarashi, Takayuki Sasaki, Masao Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yanagita, Shinichi Watarai
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Publication number: 20110266631Abstract: There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Naozumi MORINO, Atsushi HIRAIWA, Kazutoshi OKU, Toshiaki ITO, Motoshige IGARASHI, Takayuki SASAKI, Masao SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi YANAGITA, Shinichi WATARAI
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Patent number: 7982271Abstract: There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Naozumi Morino, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Kazutoshi Oku, Toshiaki Ito, Motoshige Igarashi, Takayuki Sasaki, Masao Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yanagita, Shinichi Watarai
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Patent number: 7897467Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Satoshi Sakai, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20110024847Abstract: There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: NAOZUMI MORINO, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Kazutoshi Oku, Toshiaki Ito, Motoshige Igarashi, Takayuki Sasaki, Masao Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yanagita, Shinichi Watarai
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Patent number: 7821076Abstract: There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Naozumi Morino, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Kazutoshi Oku, Toshiaki Ito, Motoshige Igarashi, Takayuki Sasaki, Masao Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yanagita, Shinichi Watarai
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Publication number: 20100227446Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Satoshi SAKAI, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7741677Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Sakai, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7662696Abstract: According to the present invention, an oxide film with the film quality almost equivalent to that of the thermal oxide can be formed by the low-temperature treatment. After removing an insulator on the active region of the substrate which constitutes a semiconductor wafer, an insulator made of, for example, silicon oxide is deposited on the main surface of the semiconductor wafer by the low pressure CVD method. This insulator is a film to form a gate insulator of MISFET in a later step. Subsequently, a plasma treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen (oxygen plasma treatment) to the insulator in the manner as schematically shown by the arrows. By so doing, the film quality of the insulator formed by the CVD method can be improved to the extent almost equivalent to that of the insulator formed of the thermal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Sakai, Dai Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20090278204Abstract: There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Naozumi MORINO, Atsushi HIRAIWA, Kazutoshi OKU, Toshiaki ITO, Motoshige IGARASHI, Takayuki SASAKI, Masao SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi YANAGITA, Shinichi WATARAI
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Publication number: 20090273037Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Satoshi SAKAI, Atsushi HIRAIWA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20090179247Abstract: A technique which can improve manufacturing yield and product reliability is provided in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. An inverter circuit which includes an n-channel type field effect transistor formed in a shallow p-type well and a p-channel type field effect transistor formed in a shallow n-type well, and does not contribute to circuit operations is provided in a deep n-type well formed in a p-type substrate; the shallow p-type well is connected to the substrate using a wiring of a first layer; and the gate electrode of the p-channel type field effect transistor and the gate electrode of the n-channel type field effect transistor are connected to the shallow n-type well using a wiring of an uppermost layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Masako FUJII, Shigeki Obayashi, Naozumi Morino, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Shinichi Watarai, Takeshi Yoshida, Kazutoshi Oku, Masao Sugiyama, Yoshinori Kondo, Yuichi Egawa, Yoshiyuki Kaneko
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Patent number: 7560772Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Sakai, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20080105923Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Satoshi SAKAI, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7335561Abstract: After silicon oxide film (9) is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), the silicon oxide film (9) in a region in which a gate insulation film having a small effective thickness is formed is removed using diluted HF and after that, high dielectric constant insulation film (10) is formed on the semiconductor substrate (1). Consequently, two kinds of gate insulation films, namely, a gate insulation film (12) comprised of stacked film of high dielectric constant insulation film (10) and silicon oxide film (9) and gate insulation film (11) comprised of the high dielectric constant insulation film (10) are formed on the semiconductor substrate (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Sakai, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7262101Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising forming a silicon oxide film as thin as 5 nm or less on the surfaces of p type wells and n type wells by wet oxidizing a substrate, heating the substrate in an atmosphere containing about 5% of an NO gas to introduce nitrogen into the silicon oxide film so as to form a silicon oxynitride film, exposing the substrate to a nitrogen plasma atmosphere to further introduce nitrogen into the silicon oxynitride film in order to form a silicon oxynitride gate insulating film having a first peak concentration near the interface with the substrate and a second peak concentration near the surface thereof. Thereby, the concentration of nitrogen in the gate insulating film is increased without raising the concentration of nitrogen near the interface between the substrate and the gate insulating film to a higher level than required.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Dai Ishikawa, Satoshi Sakai, Atsushi Hiraiwa
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Publication number: 20070190744Abstract: According to the present invention, an oxide film with the film quality almost equivalent to that of the thermal oxide can be formed by the low-temperature treatment. After removing an insulator on the active region of the substrate which constitutes a semiconductor wafer, an insulator made of, for example, silicon oxide is deposited on the main surface of the semiconductor wafer by the low pressure CVD method. This insulator is a film to form a gate insulator of MISFET in a later step. Subsequently, a plasma treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen (oxygen plasma treatment) to the insulator in the manner as schematically shown by the arrows. By so doing, the film quality of the insulator formed by the CVD method can be improved to the extent almost equivalent to that of the insulator formed of the thermal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Sakai, Dai Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Ikeda
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Patent number: 7211497Abstract: According to the present invention, an oxide film with the film quality almost equivalent to that of the thermal oxide can be formed by the low-temperature treatment. After removing an insulator on the active region of the substrate which constitutes a semiconductor wafer, an insulator made of, for example, silicon oxide is deposited on the main surface of the semiconductor wafer by the low pressure CVD method. This insulator is a film to form a gate insulator of MISFET in a later step. Subsequently, a plasma treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen (oxygen plasma treatment) to the insulator in the manner as schematically shown by the arrows. By so doing, the film quality of the insulator formed by the CVD method can be improved to the extent almost equivalent to that of the insulator formed of the thermal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Atsushi Hiraiwa, Satoshi Sakai, Dai Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Ikeda
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Patent number: 7186604Abstract: After forming a silicon oxide film 9 on the surface of a region A of a semiconductor substrate 1, a high dielectric constant insulating film 10, a silicon film, a silicon oxide film 14 are successively deposited over the semiconductor substrate 1, and they are patterned to leave the silicon oxide film 14 in regions for forming gate electrodes. Then, after fabricating silicon films 13n and 13p by using the patterned silicon oxide film 14 as a mask, when removing the silicon oxide film 14, etching is performed under the condition where the etching selectivity of the silicon oxide film 14 to the high dielectric constant insulating film 10 becomes large, thereby leaving the high dielectric constant insulating film 10 also to portions below the end of the gate electrodes (13n, 13p). Thus, it is possible to ensure the voltage withstanding thereof and improve the characteristics of MISFET.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2002Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Sakai, Satoshi Yamamoto, Atsushi Hiraiwa, Ryoichi Furukawa
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Publication number: 20060275991Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising forming a silicon oxide film as thin as 5 nm or less on the surfaces of p type wells and n type wells by wet oxidizing a substrate, heating the substrate in an atmosphere containing about 5% of an NO gas to introduce nitrogen into the silicon oxide film so as to form a silicon oxynitride film, exposing the substrate to a nitrogen plasma atmosphere to further introduce nitrogen into the silicon oxynitride film in order to form a silicon oxynitride gate insulating film having a first peak concentration near the interface with the substrate and a second peak concentration near the surface thereof. Thereby, the concentration of nitrogen in the gate insulating film is increased without raising the concentration of nitrogen near the interface between the substrate and the gate insulating film to a higher level than required.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Dai Ishikawa, Satoshi Sakai, Atsushi Hiraiwa