Patents by Inventor Hirosyoshi Tanimoto

Hirosyoshi Tanimoto 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: 7956408
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device relating to one embodiment of this invention includes a substrate, a plurality of memory strings formed on said substrate, said memory string having a first select gate transistor, a plurality of memory cells and a second select gate transistor, said first select gate transistor having a first pillar semiconductor, a first gate insulation layer formed around said first pillar semiconductor and a first gate electrode being formed around said first gate insulation layer; said memory cell having a second pillar semiconductor, a first insulation layer formed around said second pillar semiconductor, a storage layer formed around said first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed around said storage layer and first to nth electrodes (n is a natural number 2 or more) being formed around said second insulation layer, said first to nth electrodes being spread in two dimensions respectively, said second select gate transistor having a third pillar semiconductor, a se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Enda, Hirosyoshi Tanimoto, Takashi Izumida