Patents by Inventor Hiroki Yabe

Hiroki Yabe 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: 20240250007
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for a memory device with multiple dies bonded together. The memory device may be referred to herein as an integrated memory assembly. The integrated memory assembly has a control semiconductor die and two or more memory semiconductor dies. In one embodiment, each memory semiconductor die has a memory structure having blocks of memory cells. Bit lines extend over the respective memory structure. In one embodiment the integrated memory assembly has what is referred to herein as a “separate bit line architecture”. The separate bit line architecture allows the control semiconductor die to control a memory operation in parallel in the two memory semiconductor dies. Moreover, the separate bit line architecture allows for good scaling of a memory device with multiple dies bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Yabe
  • Patent number: 12040010
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for sensing memory cells while compensating for resistance along an electrical pathway between a voltage driver and a control line connected to the memory cells. A control circuit provides a voltage from the voltage driver over a first electrical pathway to a control line in a first block and a second electrical pathway to a control line in a second block. The control circuit senses first memory cells in the first block and the second memory cells in the second block while compensating for a difference in resistance of the first and second electrical pathways. In one aspect, the control circuit discharges a first sense node for a different period of time than a second sense node to compensate for the difference in resistance. Compensating for the difference in resistance compensates for a different IR drop of the electrical pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Yabe
  • Publication number: 20240234699
    Abstract: An electrode material has a solid concentration of 72% or more. It includes a composite particle, a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a solvent. The composite particle includes an active material and a fluoride solid electrolyte. The fluoride solid electrolyte covers at least part of a surface of the active material. The sulfide solid electrolyte is adhered to the composite particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Keita MIZUNO, Yusuke NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20240204188
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a porous silicon particle; a solid electrolyte; and a carbon material, wherein the porous silicon particle has a plurality of pores, the solid electrolyte and the carbon material cover at least a part of an inner surface of each of the pores, and the solid electrolyte is in contact with the carbon material inside the pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Masaki HIRASE, Takamasa OHTOMO
  • Publication number: 20240162482
    Abstract: There is provided a positive electrode material that can be used to manufacture a solid-state battery whose initial resistance is kept low and at which it is difficult for resistance to increase even if charging/discharging are repeated. The positive electrode material of the present disclosure contains a positive electrode active material complex and a sulfide solid electrolyte. The positive electrode active material complex contains: a positive electrode active material, a conductive additive covering at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material, and a solid electrolyte covering at least a portion of the conductive additive. The solid electrolyte contains Li, Ti, X and F. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, Al, Y and Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Masaki HIRASE, Hiroki YABE, Yusuke ITO
  • Publication number: 20240162427
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a porous silicon particle; and a solid electrolyte, wherein the porous silicon particle has a plurality of pores, the solid electrolyte has a shape of a thin film that covers at least a part of an inner surface of each of the pores, and the thin film has an average thickness of less than 30 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Masaki HIRASE, Yusuke ITO, Takamasa OHTOMO
  • Publication number: 20240154105
    Abstract: A battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in which the negative electrode includes a first negative electrode layer and a second negative electrode layer disposed between the first negative electrode layer and the solid electrolyte layer, the first negative electrode layer and the second negative electrode layer contain silicon, and the mole ratio of lithium to silicon in the second negative electrode layer is greater than the mole ratio of lithium to silicon in the first negative electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: MASAKI HIRASE, HIROKI YABE
  • Publication number: 20240154091
    Abstract: A negative electrode material according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of composite particles including an active material containing silicon, a first solid electrolyte, and a first conductive material and a second solid electrolyte, wherein the second solid electrolyte is present between the composite particle and the composite particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: MASAKI HIRASE, HIROKI YABE
  • Publication number: 20240154102
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a porous silicon particle; and a carbon material, wherein the porous silicon particle has a plurality of pores, the carbon material covers at least a part of an inner surface of each of the pores, and a ratio of a specific surface area of the negative electrode active material to a specific surface area of the porous silicon particle is 40% or more and 99% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Masaki HIRASE, Takamasa OHTOMO
  • Publication number: 20240154106
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of porous silicon particles; and a plurality of fibrous carbon particles, wherein the porous silicon particle has a plurality of pores, each of the plurality of fibrous carbon particles is bonded to an outer surface of the porous silicon particle, and a ratio of an average fiber diameter of the plurality of fibrous carbon particles to an average particle diameter of the plurality of porous silicon particles is 1/10 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Masaki HIRASE, Takamasa OHTOMO
  • Patent number: 11972807
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for a memory system that regulates charge pump current during a ramp up of the output voltage. The memory systems operates the charge pump in a current regulation mode while the charge pump output voltage ramps up. After the output voltage crosses a threshold voltage, the charge pump is operated in a voltage regulation mode in which the output voltage is regulated to a target output voltage. In one aspect, the memory system generates a random duty cycle clock in the current regulation mode. The memory system determines a target duty cycle for the random duty cycle clock that will regulate the input current of the charge pump to a target current, given the present output voltage. A clock based on the random duty cycle clock is provided to a clock input of the charge pump to regulate the charge pump current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Yabe
  • Publication number: 20240136511
    Abstract: An electrode material has a solid concentration of 72% or more. It includes a composite particle, a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a solvent. The composite particle includes an active material and a fluoride solid electrolyte. The fluoride solid electrolyte covers at least part of a surface of the active material. The sulfide solid electrolyte is adhered to the composite particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Keita MIZUNO, Yusuke NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20240047656
    Abstract: An electrode includes an active material layer. The active material layer includes a composite particle and an imidazoline-based compound. The composite particle includes a core particle and a covering layer. The covering layer covers at least part of a surface of the core particle. The core particle includes an active material. The covering layer includes a first layer and a second layer. At least part of the first layer is interposed between the core particle and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte. The first solid electrolyte is a fluoride. The second solid electrolyte is a sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya HASHIMOTO, Hiroki YABE, Izuru SASAKI, Hiroki KAMITAKE, Yuta SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240038972
    Abstract: An electrode material comprises a composite particle. The composite particle includes a core particle and a covering layer. The covering layer covers at least part of a surface of the core particle. The core particle includes an active material. The covering layer includes a first layer and a second layer. At least part of the first layer is interposed between the core particle and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte. The first solid electrolyte is a fluoride. The second solid electrolyte is a sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Izuru Sasaki, Kazuya Hashimoto, Yuta Sugimoto, Yusuke Nishio
  • Patent number: 11869600
    Abstract: Memory cell sensing by charge sharing between two sense nodes is disclosed. A first sense node and a second sense node are pre-charged and the second node is discharged initiating charge sharing between the first sense node and the second sense node that results in an improved sense margin. Sensing circuitry disclosed herein may include one or more pre-charge circuits, sense enable circuits, and charge-sharing circuits. The increased sense margin achieved by sensing circuitry disclosed herein provides better noise immunity and more accurate sensing results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jiawei Xu, Anirudh Amarnath, Hiroki Yabe
  • Publication number: 20240006577
    Abstract: An active material, a solid electrolyte, and a solvent are hard-kneaded to prepare a first electrode material. A dispersion promotion component is added to the first electrode material to prepare a second electrode material. Slurry containing the second electrode material is prepared. An electrode is produced by applying the slurry to a surface of a base material. A composite body is formed by the solid electrolyte adhering to a surface of the active material. The dispersion promotion component promotes dispersion of the solid electrolyte in the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro OSE, Kazuki MURAISHI, Hiroki YABE, Izuru SASAKI, Hiroki KAMITAKE
  • Publication number: 20230402111
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sensing a data state of a memory cell. In an example implementation, systems and methods disclosed herein perform a method that includes connecting a first sensing node and a second sensing node to a bitline of a sensing amplifier to simultaneously discharge first and second capacitors connected to the first and second sensing nodes, respectively, through the memory cell. After a first sensing period, the second sensing node is disconnected from the bitline, which includes a first voltage level based on discharging the second capacitor. After a second sensing period, the first sensing node is disconnected from the bitline, which includes a second voltage level based on discharging the first capacitor. First and second sensing results are latched based on the first and second voltage levels, respectively, and a data state of the memory cell is based on the first and second voltage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: HIROKI YABE
  • Publication number: 20230368847
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for a memory system that regulates charge pump current during a ramp up of the output voltage. The memory systems operates the charge pump in a current regulation mode while the charge pump output voltage ramps up. After the output voltage crosses a threshold voltage, the charge pump is operated in a voltage regulation mode in which the output voltage is regulated to a target output voltage. In one aspect, the memory system generates a random duty cycle clock in the current regulation mode. The memory system determines a target duty cycle for the random duty cycle clock that will regulate the input current of the charge pump to a target current, given the present output voltage. A clock based on the random duty cycle clock is provided to a clock input of the charge pump to regulate the charge pump current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Yabe
  • Publication number: 20230343385
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for sensing memory cells while compensating for resistance along an electrical pathway between a voltage driver and a control line connected to the memory cells. A control circuit provides a voltage from the voltage driver over a first electrical pathway to a control line in a first block and a second electrical pathway to a control line in a second block. The control circuit senses first memory cells in the first block and the second memory cells in the second block while compensating for a difference in resistance of the first and second electrical pathways. In one aspect, the control circuit discharges a first sense node for a different period of time than a second sense node to compensate for the difference in resistance. Compensating for the difference in resistance compensates for a different IR drop of the electrical pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Yabe
  • Patent number: 11777143
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected mutually; and an electrolyte including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound and at least partially filling an interior of the plurality of pores. Inner surfaces of the plurality of pores of the porous dielectric are at least partially modified by a functional group containing a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xubin Chen, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Maarten Mees, Philippe M. Vereecken, Akihiko Sagara, Hiroki Yabe, Hidekazu Arase