Patents by Inventor Hiro Sato

Hiro Sato 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).

  • Fuse element, semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
    Publication number: 20030062592
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in accordance with the present invention is equipped with a fuse element 13 that is formed on an interlayer dielectric film 14 and formed in the same layer as an Al alloy wiring in the uppermost layer, a silicon oxide film 16 formed over the fuse element 13 and the interlayer dielectric film 14, a silicon nitride film 17 formed on the silicon oxide film 16, and an window for fusing 17a formed in the silicon nitride film 17 and located above the fuse element 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Hisakatsu Sato, Hiro Sato, Masashi Miura, Yuriko Watanabe, Kenji Yokoyama