Patents by Inventor Erika KODAMA

Erika KODAMA 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: 11925024
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region arranged in a first direction. The first region includes word line layers and interlayer insulating layers laminated in a second direction, a first semiconductor layer opposed to the word line layers, and an electric charge accumulating film disposed between them. The second region includes a part of the word line layers and the interlayer insulating layers, first insulating layers and a part of the interlayer insulating layers that separate from the word line layers, a contact that has an outer peripheral surface connected to the first insulating layers, and a second insulating layer disposed between the word line layers and the first insulating layers. The first insulating layers have side surfaces connected to the word line layers and side surfaces connected to the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kubota, Erika Kodama
  • Publication number: 20220375961
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region arranged in a first direction. The first region includes word line layers and interlayer insulating layers laminated in a second direction, a first semiconductor layer opposed to the word line layers, and an electric charge accumulating film disposed between them. The second region includes a part of the word line layers and the interlayer insulating layers, first insulating layers and a part of the interlayer insulating layers that separate from the word line layers, a contact that has an outer peripheral surface connected to the first insulating layers, and a second insulating layer disposed between the word line layers and the first insulating layers. The first insulating layers have side surfaces connected to the word line layers and side surfaces connected to the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KUBOTA, Erika KODAMA
  • Patent number: 11450683
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region arranged in a first direction. The first region includes word line layers and interlayer insulating layers laminated in a second direction, a first semiconductor layer opposed to the word line layers, and an electric charge accumulating film disposed between them. The second region includes a part of the word line layers and the interlayer insulating layers, first insulating layers and a part of the interlayer insulating layers that separate from the word line layers, a contact that has an outer peripheral surface connected to the first insulating layers, and a second insulating layer disposed between the word line layers and the first insulating layers. The first insulating layers have side surfaces connected to the word line layers and side surfaces connected to the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kubota, Erika Kodama
  • Publication number: 20210082948
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region arranged in a first direction. The first region includes word line layers and interlayer insulating layers laminated in a second direction, a first semiconductor layer opposed to the word line layers, and an electric charge accumulating film disposed between them. The second region includes a part of the word line layers and the interlayer insulating layers, first insulating layers and a part of the interlayer insulating layers that separate from the word line layers, a contact that has an outer peripheral surface connected to the first insulating layers, and a second insulating layer disposed between the word line layers and the first insulating layers. The first insulating layers have side surfaces connected to the word line layers and side surfaces connected to the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kubota, Erika Kodama
  • Patent number: 10490640
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrodes, extending in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction are stacked one over the other, and include opposed sides extending in the second direction, a plurality of protrusion portions extending from the first side of the electrodes and spaced from one another in the second direction, and an extraction portion extending from the second side of the electrode. First and second contact plugs extend in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, one of each contacting one of the extraction portions, wherein the extraction portion extending from the uppermost of the electrodes is located closer to the center of the second side in the second direction, than the location of the extraction portion extending from the lowermost of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sonehara, Erika Kodama, Nobutaka Nakamura, Tsuneo Inaba, Koichi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190109196
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrodes, extending in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction are stacked one over the other, and include opposed sides extending in the second direction, a plurality of protrusion portions extending from the first side of the electrodes and spaced from one another in the second direction, and an extraction portion extending from the second side of the electrode. First and second contact plugs extend in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, one of each contacting one of the extraction portions, wherein the extraction portion extending from the uppermost of the electrodes is located closer to the center of the second side in the second direction, than the location of the extraction portion extending from the lowermost of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi SONEHARA, Erika KODAMA, Nobutaka NAKAMURA, Tsuneo INABA, Koichi NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10170570
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrodes, extending in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction are stacked one over the other, and include opposed sides extending in the second direction, a plurality of protrusion portions extending from the first side of the electrodes and spaced from one another in the second direction, and an extraction portion extending from the second side of the electrode. First and second contact plugs extend in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, one of each contacting one of the extraction portions, wherein the extraction portion extending from the uppermost of the electrodes is located closer to the center of the second side in the second direction, than the location of the extraction portion extending from the lowermost of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sonehara, Erika Kodama, Nobutaka Nakamura, Tsuneo Inaba, Koichi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170069372
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell transistor and a word line connected a gate of the memory cell transistor. A first erase voltage is applied to the memory cell transistor when an erasing operation of a first type is performed on the memory cell transistor, and a second erase voltage, lower than the first erase voltage, is applied to the memory cell transistor when an erasing operation of a second type is performed on the memory cell transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Erika KODAMA, Hitoshi IWAI