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: 6867079
    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: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 6861703
    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: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Patent number: 6858896
    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, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Tobu Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Patent number: 6818949
    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: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20040193507
    Abstract: A business transaction program that enables a user to easily learn learning content he/she wants to. A transaction screen display section in a computer displays a transaction screen for conducting transaction on a terminal unit used by a user for conducting and learning the transaction in response to a request from the terminal unit. When a learning request for the transaction is made from the terminal unit, a content display section obtains learning content corresponding to the transaction on the transaction screen displayed on the terminal unit from a learning content database and displays it on the terminal unit. When a search by a keyword is performed from the terminal unit, learning content which matches the keyword may not reside in the learning content database. In this case, a content search section searches a server for such learning content via a network. The server stores various types of learning content to be provided to companies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kosei Takano, Hiroshi Kuzumaki, Tomotaka Ono, Kazuaki Honda, Hiroshi Inagawa
  • Publication number: 20040191745
    Abstract: A learning program whereby the degree of improvement in transaction work as a result of transaction learning can be confirmed. A work amount storage section receives an amount of transaction work which an employee has performed using a terminal, and stores the work amount in a work amount storage database (DB). In response to a request for transaction learning from the employee, a transaction learning display section displays a learning screen for the transaction learning on the terminal. A learning information storage section receives start and end times of the employee's transaction learning from the terminal, and stores the received times in a learning information storage DB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosei Takano, Hiroshi Kuzumaki, Tomotaka Ono, Kazuaki Honda, Hiroshi Inagawa
  • Publication number: 20040188707
    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, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroshi Inagawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20040140503
    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: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20040063292
    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: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Publication number: 20040063259
    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: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 6706604
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an FET of a trench-gate structure is obtained by disposing a conductive layer, which will be a gate, in a trench extended in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The trench is formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate with the insulating film formed thereon with a mask; and the side surface of the insulating film is caused to retreat from the upper end of the trench by isotropic etching, whereby a gate insulating film and a conductive layer to be the trench gate are formed in the trench and over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate at the periphery of the trench. Thus, the occurrence of a source offset and damage to the gate insulating film is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20040046190
    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: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Patent number: 6649458
    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: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 6638850
    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: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi
  • Publication number: 20030186210
    Abstract: Disclosed is a learning support method with a server computer. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before attending a learning course and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by attending the learning course are defined for the learning course. The learning material is developed in module basis. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before learning the module and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by learning the module are defined for each module. The server computer selects a module whose learning keywords match the learning keywords of the learning course attended by a leaner and whose presupposed keywords match the keywords corresponding to subjects that have been learned by the learner, supplying the module to the learner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akio Fujino, Hiroshi Inagawa, Tomohisa Misawa
  • Publication number: 20030187678
    Abstract: A personnel skill enhancement plan supporting apparatus includes a necessary skill input section that inputs a necessary skill, a difference keyword extracting section that extracts a difference keyword indicating a not-yet-mastered skill between learning keywords of the input skill and keywords mastered by a target member, a target member extracting section that extracts a target member having a smallest number of extracted difference keywords, a module extracting section that extracts a teaching material module, an essential keyword extracting section that extracts essential keywords of the extracted module, a lacked essential keyword extracting section that extracts a lacked essential keyword, and a learnable module extracting section that extracts a module in which the number of lacked essential keywords is zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Akio Fujino, Hiroshi Hatakama
  • Publication number: 20030157775
    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: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kurokawa, Toshiaki Kitahara, Hiroshi Inagawa, Yoshinori Imamura
  • Patent number: 6455378
    Abstract: There are formed a gate insulator 8 and a gate 3 of a power transistor Q having a trench-gate structure. There are then formed a channel region 5 and a source region 6 of the power transistor Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20020115257
    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, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20020096710
    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: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inagawa, Nobuo Machida, Kentaro Ooishi