Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Tomino

Hirokazu Tomino 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: 10490438
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell transistor having a memory cell capable of writing and erasing data, and a peripheral circuit that drives the memory cell which includes a first p-channel MOS transistor including a gate electrode that is formed on a semiconductor layer with a first gate insulation film therebetween, a channel region that is formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer and has a first peak dopant concentration, a source region and a drain region that have a second peak dopant concentration higher than the first peak dopant concentration, and overlap regions that extend between the channel region and the source region and the drain region, and also below a portion of the gate electrode, that have a third peak dopant concentration higher than the first peak dopant concentration and lower than the second peak dopant concentration by one order of magnitude or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tomino, Mitsuhiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20160149009
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, and a gate dielectric film is provided on the semiconductor substrate. A first gate electrode is provided on the gate dielectric film. Lower end portions of side surfaces of the first gate electrode are inclined toward a center of a channel portion. A sidewall film covers the side surfaces of the first gate electrode. A void or a low dielectric material having a dielectric constant lower than that of the sidewall film is located between the lower end portions of the side surfaces of the first gate electrode and the sidewall film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hirokazu TOMINO
  • Publication number: 20150255475
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell transistor having a memory cell capable of writing and erasing data, and a peripheral circuit that drives the memory cell which includes a first p-channel MOS transistor including a gate electrode that is formed on a semiconductor layer with a first gate insulation film therebetween, a channel region that is formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer and has a first peak dopant concentration, a source region and a drain region that have a second peak dopant concentration higher than the first peak dopant concentration, and overlap regions that extend between the channel region and the source region and the drain region, and also below a portion of the gate electrode, that have a third peak dopant concentration higher than the first peak dopant concentration and lower than the second peak dopant concentration by one order of magnitude or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tomino, Mitsuhiro Noguchi