Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Nansei

Hiroyuki Nansei 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: 20200105779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yukio HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Patent number: 10256246
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MONTEREY RESEARCH, LLC
    Inventors: Yukio Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Publication number: 20180108665
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yukio HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Patent number: 9748254
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines and an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove. First faces of the first bit lines are aligned on a first line and second faces of the first bit lines are aligned on a second line. A first face of the insulating layer is disposed at a third line that is a first distance from the first line in a first direction and a second face of the insulating layer is disposed at a fourth line that is a second distance from the second line in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MONTEREY RESEARCH, LLC
    Inventors: Yukio Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Publication number: 20160211270
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yukio Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Patent number: 9397144
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; and a plurality of non-volatile memory cells arranged at positions where the plurality of first lines intersect with the plurality of second lines, wherein each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes a resistance change element and a rectifying element connected in series to the resistance change element, and a resistance change film continuously extending over the plurality of second lines is arranged between the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, and the resistance change element includes a portion where the first line intersect with the second line in the resistance change film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Patent number: 9231112
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Patent number: 8987909
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lower wiring layer is formed by using a sidewall transfer process for forming a sidewall film having a closed loop along a sidewall of a sacrificed or dummy pattern and, after removing the sacrificed pattern to leave the sidewall film, selectively removing the base material with the sidewall film as a mask. One or more upper wiring layers are formed in an upper layer of the lower wiring layer via another layer using the sidewall transfer process. Etching for cutting each of the lower wiring layer and the upper wiring layers is collectively performed, whereby closed-loop cut is applied to the lower wiring layer and the upper wiring layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Patent number: 8952536
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device employs a SONOS type memory architecture and includes a bit line diffusion layer in a shallow trench groove in which a conductive film is buried. This makes it possible to decrease the resistivity of the bit line diffusion layer without enlarging the area on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and to fabricate the semiconductor memory device having stable electric characteristics without enlarging the cell area. The bit line is formed by implanting ions into the sidewall of Si3N4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Masahiko Higashi, Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Publication number: 20140374691
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; and a plurality of non-volatile memory cells arranged at positions where the plurality of first lines intersect with the plurality of second lines, wherein each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes a resistance change element and a rectifying element connected in series to the resistance change element, and a resistance change film continuously extending over the plurality of second lines is arranged between the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, and the resistance change element includes a portion where the first line intersect with the second line in the resistance change film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Patent number: 8896051
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a lower layer connection object, a stacked body, an insulating film, and a via. The stacked body has a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of electrode layers alternately stacked on the lower layer connection object. The stacked body has a staircase structure unit. The via connects uppermost electrode layer at each step of the staircase structure unit and the lower layer connection object through the via hole. The via has an upper part provided on and in contact with a top face of the uppermost electrode layer, and a penetrating part provided to be thinner than the upper part inside the insulating film in the via hole. The penetrating part connects the upper part and the lower layer connection object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Patent number: 8859327
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; and a plurality of non-volatile memory cells arranged at positions where the plurality of first lines intersect with the plurality of second lines, wherein each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes a resistance change element and a rectifying element connected in series to the resistance change element, and a resistance change film continuously extending over the plurality of second lines is arranged between the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, and the resistance change element includes a portion where the first line intersect with the second line in the resistance change film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Publication number: 20140209991
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines and in a groove in the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SPANSION LLC
    Inventors: Yukio HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Patent number: 8691645
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device that has a shorter distance between the bit lines and easily achieves higher storage capacity and density, and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: first bit lines formed on a substrate; an insulating layer that is provided between the first bit lines on the substrate, and has a higher upper face than the first bit lines; channel layers that are provided on both side faces of the insulating layer, and are coupled to the respective first bit lines; and charge storage layers that are provided on the opposite side faces of the channel layers from the side faces on which the insulating layers are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Yukio Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Publication number: 20130337627
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lower wiring layer is formed by using a sidewall transfer process for forming a sidewall film having a closed loop along a sidewall of a sacrificed or dummy pattern and, after removing the sacrificed pattern to leave the sidewall film, selectively removing the base material with the sidewall film as a mask. One or more upper wiring layers are formed in an upper layer of the lower wiring layer via another layer using the sidewall transfer process. Etching for cutting each of the lower wiring layer and the upper wiring layers is collectively performed, whereby closed-loop cut is applied to the lower wiring layer and the upper wiring layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Patent number: 8536048
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lower wiring layer is formed by using a sidewall transfer process for forming a sidewall film having a closed loop along a sidewall of a sacrificed or dummy pattern and, after removing the sacrificed pattern to leave the sidewall film, selectively removing the base material with the sidewall film as a mask. One or more upper wiring layers are formed in an upper layer of the lower wiring layer via another layer using the sidewall transfer process. Etching for cutting each of the lower wiring layer and the upper wiring layers is collectively performed, whereby closed-loop cut is applied to the lower wiring layer and the upper wiring layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Publication number: 20130237029
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; and a plurality of non-volatile memory cells arranged at positions where the plurality of first lines intersect with the plurality of second lines, wherein each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes a resistance change element and a rectifying element connected in series to the resistance change element, and a resistance change film continuously extending over the plurality of second lines is arranged between the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, and the resistance change element includes a portion where the first line intersect with the second line in the resistance change film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Publication number: 20130228848
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a lower layer connection object, a stacked body, an insulating film, and a via. The stacked body has a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of electrode layers alternately stacked on the lower layer connection object. The stacked body has a staircase structure unit. The via connects uppermost electrode layer at each step of the staircase structure unit and the lower layer connection object through the via hole. The via has an upper part provided on and in contact with a top face of the uppermost electrode layer, and a penetrating part provided to be thinner than the upper part inside the insulating film in the via hole. The penetrating part connects the upper part and the lower layer connection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NANSEI
  • Patent number: 8431919
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; and a plurality of non-volatile memory cells arranged at positions where the plurality of first lines intersect with the plurality of second lines, wherein each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes a resistance change element and a rectifying element connected in series to the resistance change element, and a resistance change film continuously extending over the plurality of second lines is arranged between the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, and the resistance change element includes a portion where the first line intersect with the second line in the resistance change film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei
  • Patent number: 8357965
    Abstract: One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a semiconductor device that includes: a groove that is formed in a semiconductor substrate; bottom oxide films that are formed on both side faces of the groove; two charge storage layers that are formed on side faces of the bottom oxide films; top oxide films that are formed on side faces of the two charge storage layers; and a silicon oxide layer that is formed on the bottom face of the groove, and has a smaller film thickness than the top oxide films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nansei