Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Inagawa
Hiroshi Inagawa 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).
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Publication number: 20230387219Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a silicon oxide film covering each of a first main surface and a second main surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a redistribution wiring on the first main surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and grinding the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate. This grinding step is performed in a state in which a thickness of the silicon oxide film positioned on the second main surface is equal to or larger than 10 nm and equal to or smaller than 30 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Futoshi KOMATSU, Tomoo NAKAYAMA, Katsuhiro UCHIMURA, Hiroshi INAGAWA
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Patent number: 11652072Abstract: To improve reliability of a semiconductor device. There are provided the semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, the semiconductor including a pad electrode that is formed over a semiconductor substrate and includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film formed over the first conductive film, and a plating film that is formed over the second conductive film and used to be coupled to an external connection terminal (TR). The first conductive film and the second conductive film contains mainly aluminum. The crystal surface on the surface of the first conductive film is different from the crystal surface on the surface of the second conductive film.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Tonegawa, Hiroshi Inagawa
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Publication number: 20210225789Abstract: To improve reliability of a semiconductor device. There are provided the semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, the semiconductor including a pad electrode that is formed over a semiconductor substrate and includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film formed over the first conductive film, and a plating film that is formed over the second conductive film and used to be coupled to an external connection terminal (TR). The first conductive film and the second conductive film contains mainly aluminum. The crystal surface on the surface of the first conductive film is different from the crystal surface on the surface of the second conductive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Takashi TONEGAWA, Hiroshi INAGAWA
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Publication number: 20190067225Abstract: To improve reliability of a semiconductor device. There are provided the semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, the semiconductor including a pad electrode that is formed over a semiconductor substrate and includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film formed over the first conductive film, and a plating film that is formed over the second conductive film and used to be coupled to an external connection terminal (TR). The first conductive film and the second conductive film contains mainly aluminum. The crystal surface on the surface of the first conductive film is different from the crystal surface on the surface of the second conductive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Takashi Tonegawa, Hiroshi Inagawa
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Patent number: 9793342Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Renesas Semiconductor Package & Test Solutions Co., LtdInventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
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Patent number: 9614055Abstract: A semiconductor device has an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. After etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation so that the semiconductor device is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
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Publication number: 20160111490Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi INAGAWA, Nobuo MACHIDA, Kentaro OISHI
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Patent number: 9246000Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
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Publication number: 20160005819Abstract: Contact resistance between a SiC substrate and an electrode is decreased. When a silicide layer is analyzed by Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) sputter in a direction from a titanium layer side to a SiC substrate side, sputtering time corresponding to a depth profile of the silicide layer is defined as ts. In this case, a depth profile of the silicide layer from the titanium layer side in a range of sputtering time from 0.4ts to ts contains a region where titanium atoms determined by the AES sputter accounts for 5 at % or more of all atoms determined by the AES sputter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Takahiro Kainuma, Takashi Igarashi, Hiroshi Inagawa, Takeshi Arai, Yuji Fujii, Takahiro Okamura, Hisashi Toyoda
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Publication number: 20150179763Abstract: A semiconductor device has an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. After etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation so that the semiconductor device is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi INAGAWA, Nobuo MACHIDA, Kentaro OOISHI
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Patent number: 8987810Abstract: A semiconductor device has an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. After etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation so that the semiconductor device is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
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Publication number: 20140145259Abstract: A semiconductor device has an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. After etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation so that the semiconductor device is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicants: HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi INAGAWA, Nobuo MACHIDA, Kentaro OOISHI
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Publication number: 20140110780Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicants: Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hiroshi INAGAWA, Nobuo MACHIDA, Kentaro OISHI
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Patent number: 8704291Abstract: A semiconductor device has an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. After etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation so that the semiconductor device is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
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Patent number: 8642401Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
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Patent number: 8377775Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Tobu Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
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Patent number: 8378413Abstract: Described is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. In addition, the conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. Moreover, after etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation. The semiconductor device thus fabricated according to the present invention is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
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Publication number: 20120289013Abstract: A semiconductor device has an FET of a trench-gate structure obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the upper surface of the trench-gate conductive layer is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer of the trench gate is formed to have a substantially flat or concave upper surface and the upper surface is formed equal to or higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. After etching of the semiconductor substrate to form the upper surface of the conductive layer of the trench gate, a channel region and a source region are formed by ion implantation so that the semiconductor device is free from occurrence of a source offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi INAGAWA, Nobuo MACHIDA, Kentaro OOISHI
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Patent number: 8299495Abstract: In a reverse conducting IGBT, diode cathode regions are formed dispersedly on the back side of a device chip. When the distribution density of the diode cathode region becomes low, VF of a fly-back diode, that is, a forward voltage drop becomes large. On the other hand, when the distribution density of the diode cathode region becomes high, it becomes hard for a PN junction at a collector part to turn ON and a snap back occurs. In contrast to this, there is a method of providing about one to several diode cathode absent regions having a macro area, however, the arrangement of the regions itself directly affects the device characteristics, and therefore, it is difficult to control the device characteristics and variations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Inagawa
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Patent number: 8278708Abstract: In an insulated-gate type semiconductor device in which a gate-purpose conductive layer is embedded into a trench which is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a source-purpose conductive layer is provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, a portion of a gate pillar which is constituted by both the gate-purpose conductive layer and a cap insulating film for capping an upper surface of the gate-purpose conductive layer is projected from the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; a side wall spacer is provided on a side wall of the projected portion of the gate pillar; and the source-purpose conductive layer is connected to a contact region of the major surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is defined by the side wall spacer.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Tobu Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi