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).

  • Patent number: 7378690
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of improving the properties of a bipolar transistor. Described specifically, upon formation of a collector electrode around a base mesa by the lift-off method, a resist film is formed over connection portions between the outer periphery of a region OA1 and a region in which the base mesa 4a is formed, followed by successive formation of gold germanium (AuGe), nickel (Ni) and Au in the order of mention over the entire surface of a substrate so that the stacked film of them will not become an isolated pattern. As a result, the stacked film over the base mesa 4a is connected to a stacked film at the outer periphery of the region OA1, facilitating peeling of the stacked film over the base mesa 4a. In addition, generation of side etching upon formation of a via hole extending from the back side of the substrate to a backside via electrode is reduced by forming the backside via electrode using a material such as WSi which hardly reacts with an n type GaAs layer or n type InGaAs layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroshi Inagawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 7361557
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Tobu Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Patent number: 7358141
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20070176207
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of improving the properties of a bipolar transistor. Described specifically, upon formation of a collector electrode around a base mesa by the lift-off method, a resist film is formed over connection portions between the outer periphery of a region OA1 and a region in which the base mesa 4a is formed, followed by successive formation of gold germanium (AuGe), nickel (Ni) and Au in the order of mention over the entire surface of a substrate so that the stacked film of them will not become an isolated pattern. As a result, the stacked film over the base mesa 4a is connected to a stacked film at the outer periphery of the region OA1, facilitating peeling of the stacked film over the base mesa 4a. In addition, generation of side etching upon formation of a via hole extending from the back side of the substrate to a backside via electrode is reduced by forming the backside via electrode using a material such as WSi which hardly reacts with an n type GaAs layer or n type InGaAs layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroshi Inagawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20070117329
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Patent number: 7214558
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of improving the properties of a bipolar transistor. Described specifically, upon formation of a collector electrode around a base mesa by the lift-off method, a resist film is formed over connection portions between the outer periphery of a region OA1 and a region in which the base mesa 4a is formed, followed by successive formation of gold germanium (AuGe), nickel (Ni) and Au in the order of mention over the entire surface of a substrate so that the stacked film of them will not become an isolated pattern. As a result, the stacked film over the base mesa 4a is connected to a stacked film at the outer periphery of the region OA1, facilitating peeling of the stacked film over the base mesa 4a. In addition, generation of side etching upon formation of a via hole extending from the back side of the substrate to a backside via electrode is reduced by forming the backside via electrode using a material such as WSi which hardly reacts with an n type GaAs layer or n type InGaAs layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroshi Inagawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20070059853
    Abstract: The present invention achieves the enhancement of a manufacturing yield factor and the reduction of manufacturing cost in a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a hetero junction bipolar transistor (HBT), a Schottky diode and a resistance element. The present invention is directed to the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which respective semiconductor layers which become a sub collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer, a wide gap emitter layer and an emitter layer are sequentially formed over one surface of a semiconductor substrate and, thereafter, respective semiconductor layers are processed to form the hetero junction bipolar transistor, the Schottky diode and the resistance element in a monolithic manner. An emitter electrode of the hetero junction bipolar transistor, a Schottky electrode of the Schottky diode and a resistance film of the resistance element are simultaneously formed using a same material (for example, WSiN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Atsushi KUROKAWA, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 7189621
    Abstract: 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 higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and the trench gate conductive layer and gate insulating film are formed in the trench and over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate at the periphery of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Patent number: 7172941
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Tobu Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20060252192
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Patent number: 7132320
    Abstract: The present invention achieves the enhancement of a manufacturing yield factor and the reduction of manufacturing cost in a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a hetero junction bipolar transistor (HBT), a Schottky diode and a resistance element. The present invention is directed to the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which respective semiconductor layers which become a sub collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer, a wide gap emitter layer and an emitter layer are sequentially formed over one surface of a semiconductor substrate and, thereafter, respective semiconductor layers are processed to form the hetero junction bipolar transistor, the Schottky diode and the resistance element in a monolithic manner. An emitter electrode of the hetero junction bipolar transistor, a Schottky electrode of the Schottky diode and a resistance film of the resistance element are simultaneously formed using a same material (for example, WSiN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 7098506
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Patent number: 7029938
    Abstract: Upon formation of a collector electrode around a base mesa by the lift-off method, a resist film is formed over connection portions between the outer periphery of a region OA1 and a region in which the base mesa is formed, followed by successive formation of gold germanium, nickel and Au in this order over the entire surface of a substrate, so that the resulting stacked film will not become an isolated pattern. Thus, the stacked film over the base mesa is connected to a stacked film at the outer periphery of the region OA1, facilitating peeling of the stacked film over the base mesa. Generation of side etching upon formation of a via hole extending from the back side of the substrate to a backside via electrode is reduced by forming the backside via electrode using a material which hardly reacts with an n-type GaAs layer or n-type InGaAs layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroshi Inagawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20060057789
    Abstract: The present invention achieves the enhancement of a manufacturing yield factor and the reduction of manufacturing cost in a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a hetero junction bipolar transistor (HBT), a Schottky diode and a resistance element. The present invention is directed to the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which respective semiconductor layers which become a sub collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer, a wide gap emitter layer and an emitter layer are sequentially formed over one surface of a semiconductor substrate and, thereafter, respective semiconductor layers are processed to form the hetero junction bipolar transistor, the Schottky diode and the resistance element in a monolithic manner. An emitter electrode of the hetero junction bipolar transistor, a Schottky electrode of the Schottky diode and a resistance film of the resistance element are simultaneously formed using a same material (for example, WSiN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20060032762
    Abstract: Provided is a technique of improving the properties of a bipolar transistor. Described specifically, upon formation of a collector electrode around a base mesa by the lift-off method, a resist film is formed over connection portions between the outer periphery of a region OA1 and a region in which the base mesa 4a is formed, followed by successive formation of gold germanium (AuGe), nickel (Ni) and Au in the order of mention over the entire surface of a substrate so that the stacked film of them will not become an isolated pattern. As a result, the stacked film over the base mesa 4a is connected to a stacked film at the outer periphery of the region OA1, facilitating peeling of the stacked film over the base mesa 4a. In addition, generation of side etching upon formation of a via hole extending from the back side of the substrate to a backside via electrode is reduced by forming the backside via electrode using a material such as WSi which hardly reacts with an n type GaAs layer or n type InGaAs layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroshi Inagawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 6989301
    Abstract: The present invention achieves the enhancement of a manufacturing yield factor and the reduction of manufacturing cost in a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a hetero junction bipolar transistor (HBT), a Schottky diode and a resistance element. The present invention is directed to the manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which respective semiconductor layers which become a sub collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer, a wide gap emitter layer and an emitter layer are sequentially formed over one surface of a semiconductor substrate and, thereafter, respective semiconductor layers are processed to form the hetero junction bipolar transistor, the Schottky diode and the resistance element in a monolithic manner. An emitter electrode of the hetero junction bipolar transistor, a Schottky electrode of the Schottky diode and a resistance film of the resistance element are simultaneously formed using a same material (for example, WSiN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20050182640
    Abstract: A safety-related information delivering apparatus comprises a unit determining whether a person who desires the delivery of safety-related information desires schedule-delivery of information according to his or her schedule or the zone-delivery of information according to his or her current location, and a unit delivering the safety-related information in correspondence with a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosei Takano, Takashi Tsuchida, Akio Fujino, Hiroshi Inagawa, Tomohisa Misawa, Daiji Yamano
  • Publication number: 20050127437
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20050082609
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20050082608
    Abstract: 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 higher than the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and the trench gate conductive layer and gate insulating film are formed in the trench and over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate at the periphery of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi