Patents by Inventor Hikari TAJIMA

Hikari TAJIMA 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: 9450026
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes at least two control electrodes, a plurality of semiconductor layers and an insulating film. Each control electrode extends in a first direction. The semiconductor layers are provided between the control electrodes, and arranged in the first direction. Each semiconductor layer extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The insulating film covers side surfaces of the semiconductor layers, and is disposed between the control electrodes. Each semiconductor layer has a side surface that includes at least one curved surface swelling in a direction from a center of the semiconductor layer to the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hikari Tajima, Masaki Kondo, Tsukasa Nakai, Takashi Izumida, Nobuaki Yasutake
  • Patent number: 9379164
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor member and a second semiconductor member provided on the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member, and a second electrode disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the first electrode. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member extend in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member are separated in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first electrode extends in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction. The second electrode extends in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nakai, Masaki Kondo, Hikari Tajima, Hiroki Tokuhira, Takashi Izumida, Takashi Kurusu, Nobutoshi Aoki, Takahisa Kanemura, Tadayoshi Uechi
  • Patent number: 9287499
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes an electrode extending in a first direction, two semiconductor members spaced from each other in the first direction and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, an insulating film placed between each of the two semiconductor members and the electrode and made of a first insulating material, and a first dielectric member placed between the two semiconductor members and made of a second insulating material having a higher permittivity than the first insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hikari Tajima, Masaki Kondo, Tsukasa Nakai, Takashi Izumida, Nobuaki Yasutake
  • Publication number: 20160064452
    Abstract: A memory device according to an embodiment includes a memory element; and a transistor including a semiconductor layer and a plurality of gates, wherein the plurality of gates include: a first set of gates, the gates being disposed in a manner to sandwich the semiconductor layer, and a second set of gates, the gates being disposed in a manner to sandwich the semiconductor layer, the gates included in the first set is disposed in a manner to separate from the gates included in the second set in a direction along a side surface of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro UEDA, Tsukasa NAKAI, Masaki KONDO, Hikari TAJIMA, Hiroki TOKUHIRA, Takashi IZUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20160035741
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a non-volatile memory device includes first electrodes arranged in a first direction, a second electrode disposed on a side of the first electrodes in the first direction, a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction through the first electrodes and the second electrode, and a memory film provided between the semiconductor layer and each of the first electrodes. The semiconductor layer includes crystal grains and has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being adjacent to the first electrodes, and the second portion being adjacent to at least a part of the second electrode, wherein the first portion includes a larger crystal grain than a crystal grain in the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hikari TAJIMA, Masaki KONDO, Tsukasa NAKAI, Takashi IZUMIDA, Hiroki TOKUHIRA
  • Publication number: 20150357379
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes two electrodes extending in a first direction, a semiconductor layer provided between the two electrodes, an insulating film disposed between the two electrodes. The two electrodes are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The semiconductor layer extends in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. The insulating film covers a side surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to one of the two electrodes. The semiconductor layer has a shape in a cross section perpendicular to the third direction such that a width in the first direction at a center of the cross section is narrower than a width, in the first direction, of the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hikari TAJIMA, Masaki Kondo, Tsukasa Nakai, Takashi Izumida, Nobuaki Yasutake
  • Publication number: 20150349252
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes an electrode extending in a first direction, two semiconductor members spaced from each other in the first direction and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, an insulating film placed between each of the two semiconductor members and the electrode and made of a first insulating material, and a first dielectric member placed between the two semiconductor members and made of a second insulating material having a higher permittivity than the first insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hikari TAJIMA, Masaki KONDO, Tsukasa NAKAI, Takashi IZUMIDA, Nobuaki YASUTAKE
  • Publication number: 20150340605
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes two electrodes and two semiconductor layers. The two electrodes extend in a first direction. The two semiconductor layers are placed between the two electrodes, are spaced from each other in the first direction, and extend in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The two electrodes include extending parts extending out so as to come close to each other. In a cross section orthogonal to the second direction, the extending parts extend into a region interposed between a pair of tangent lines. The pair of tangent lines tangent to both the two semiconductor layers and do not cross each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hikari TAJIMA, Masaki KONDO, Tsukasa NAKAI, Takashi IZUMIDA, Nobuaki YASUTAKE
  • Publication number: 20150270312
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes at least two control electrodes, a plurality of semiconductor layers and an insulating film. Each control electrode extends in a first direction. The semiconductor layers are provided between the control electrodes, and arranged in the first direction. Each semiconductor layer extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The insulating film covers side surfaces of the semiconductor layers, and is disposed between the control electrodes. Each semiconductor layer has a side surface that includes at least one curved surface swelling in a direction from a center of the semiconductor layer to the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hikari TAJIMA, Masaki Kondo, Tsukasa Nakai, Takashi Izumida, Nobuaki Yasutake
  • Publication number: 20150255515
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment, includes a semiconductor member, a first electrode and a second electrode. The semiconductor member includes a first portion of a first conductivity type, a second portion of a second conductivity type, and a third portion of the first conductivity type disposed in this order along a first direction. The first electrode is disposed on a second direction side as viewed from the semiconductor member. The second electrode is disposed on an opposite side of the second direction as viewed from the semiconductor member. An end portion of the second electrode on a first direction side is located in the first direction side rather than that of the first electrode. An end portion of the second electrode on an opposite side of the first direction is located in the first direction side rather than that of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsukasa NAKAI, Masaki KONDO, Hikari TAJIMA, Hiroki TOKUHIRA, Takashi IZUMIDA, Takashi KURUSU, Nobutoshi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150255514
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor member and a second semiconductor member provided on the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member, and a second electrode disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the first electrode. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member extend in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member are separated in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first electrode extends in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction. The second electrode extends in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsukasa NAKAI, Masaki KONDO, Hikari TAJIMA, Hiroki TOKUHIRA, Takashi IZUMIDA, Takashi KURUSU, Nobutoshi AOKI, Takahisa KANEMURA, Tadayoshi UECHI