Patents by Inventor Gou Fukano

Gou Fukano 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: 20110063889
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes memory cells including serially-connected variable-resistance layer and diode. A memory cell array includes the memory cells arranged on a plane including a first and second axes and has a first region lying along an edge of the array and a second region lying opposite to the edge with respect to the first region. A first wiring is continuous along the first axis between both ends of the array, partly lies in the second region, and is connected to the first ends of the memory cells. A second wiring lies along the first axis only in the first region, is connected to the first ends of the memory cells, and is divided between adjacent memory cells. A third wiring is continuous along the second axis between both ends of the array, and connected to the second ends of the memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Gou FUKANO
  • Patent number: 7907439
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of cell arrays, each cell array containing a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines crossing the word lines, and memory cells connected at intersections of the word lines and bit lines, the cell arrays arranged along the bit line; a plurality of bit line gates provided between the cell arrays and each operative to establish a connection between the bit lines in adjacent cell arrays; and a controlling circuit operative to form a data transfer path via the connection between the bit lines formed through the bit line gate when the controlling circuit accesses to the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiichi Kushida, Gou Fukano
  • Patent number: 7649799
    Abstract: This semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of sub-arrays with a plurality of memory cells arranged in matrix form. Each local bit line is connected to a plurality of memory cells that are arranged in column direction in the sub-arrays. In addition, a global bit line is connected to the plural local bit lines. A column decoder is connected to the global bit line. The global bit line extends from the column decoder toward the plurality of sub-arrays, and it is cut before the furthest sub-array formed in the furthest region from that column decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Gou Fukano, Tomoaki Yabe, Nobuaki Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20090168499
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of cell arrays, each cell array containing a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines crossing the word lines, and memory cells connected at intersections of the word lines and bit lines, the cell arrays arranged along the bit line; a plurality of bit line gates provided between the cell arrays and each operative to establish a connection between the bit lines in adjacent cell arrays; and a controlling circuit operative to form a data transfer path via the connection between the bit lines formed through the bit line gate when the controlling circuit accesses to the memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keiichi KUSHIDA, Gou Fukano
  • Publication number: 20080304313
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a cell array having a plurality of SRAM cells arranged in a bit line direction and a word line direction orthogonal to said bit line direction in a matrix; and a peripheral circuit arranged adjacent to the cell array in the bit line direction. The cell array includes first P-well regions and first N-well regions shaped in stripes extending in the bit line direction and arranged alternately in the word line direction. The SRAM cell is formed point-symmetrically in the first P-well region and the first N-well regions located on both sides thereof. The peripheral circuit includes second P-well regions and second N-well regions extending in the bit line direction and arranged alternately in the word line direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Gou Fukano
  • Publication number: 20080137393
    Abstract: This semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of sub-arrays with a plurality of memory cells arranged in matrix form. Each local bit line is connected to a plurality of memory cells that are arranged in column direction in the sub-arrays. In addition, a global bit line is connected to the plural local bit lines. A column decoder is connected to the global bit line. The global bit line extends from the column decoder toward the plurality of sub-arrays, and it is cut before the furthest sub-array formed in the furthest region from that column decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Gou FUKANO, Tomoaki YABE, Nobuaki OTSUKA