Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Matsuura

Hitoshi Matsuura 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: 20110233665
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: HITOSHI MATSUURA, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Publication number: 20110215399
    Abstract: In characteristic test measurements of double-gate-in-trench p-channel power MOSFETs each having a p+ polysilicon gate electrode and a p+ field plate electrode in a trench, which were fabricated according to common design techniques, it has been found that, under conditions where a negative gate bias is applied continuously at high temperature with respect to the substrate, an absolute value of threshold voltage tends to increase steeply after the lapse of a certain period of stress application time. To solve this problem, the present invention provides a p-channel power MOSFET having an n-type polysilicon linear field plate electrode and an n-type polysilicon linear gate electrode in each trench part thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Hitoshi MATSUURA, Yoshito Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 7999345
    Abstract: Provided is a technology, in a semiconductor device having a power MISFET and a Schottky barrier diode on one semiconductor substrate, capable of suppressing a drastic increase in the on-resistance of the power MISFET while making the avalanche breakdown voltage of the Schottky barrier diode greater than that of the power MISFET. In the present invention, two epitaxial layers, one having a high doping concentration and the other having a low doping concentration, are formed over a semiconductor substrate and the boundary between these two epitaxial layers is located in a region equal in depth to or shallower than the bottom portion of a trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshito Nakazawa, Hitoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7968939
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Publication number: 20110086480
    Abstract: A trench is formed so as to reach a p?-type epitaxial layer from an upper surface of a source region. A gate electrode is formed so as to bury the trench. Each of body contact trenches is formed away from the gate electrode. A body contact region is formed at the bottom of the body contact trench. An n-type semiconductor region that is a feature of the present invention is formed in a layer below each body contact region. The impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor region is higher than a channel forming area and lower than the body contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: HITOSHI MATSUURA, YOSHITO NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20110068392
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: HITOSHI MATSUURA, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Patent number: 7880225
    Abstract: A trench is formed so as to reach a p?-type epitaxial layer from an upper surface of a source region. A gate electrode is formed so as to bury the trench. Each of body contact trenches is formed away from the gate electrode. A body contact region is formed at the bottom of the body contact trench. An n-type semiconductor region that is a feature of the present invention is formed in a layer below each body contact region. The impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor region is higher than a channel forming area and lower than the body contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 7847347
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Patent number: 7759730
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Publication number: 20100171174
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: HITOSHI MATSUURA, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Patent number: 7659575
    Abstract: The technology of preventing lowering of the element breakdown voltage of a trench gate control type semiconductor element is offered. n? type epitaxial layer (drift region) formed in the main surface side of the substrate, p type semiconductor layer (channel region) formed in n? type epitaxial layer, and p? type well (electric field relaxation layer) which was formed in n? type epitaxial layer in contact with the p type semiconductor layer and whose depth is deeper than the p type semiconductor layer are included. The trench whose depth is deeper than p? type well is patterned in the substrate, and the second gate electrode is formed in the inside of the trench via the insulation film. Among the trenches in the cell area in which power MISFET is formed, one end of p? type well is formed between a plurality of cell trenches in which a second gate electrode is formed, and the other end of p? type well is formed in the peripheral region contiguous to the cell area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20090256197
    Abstract: Provided is a technology, in a semiconductor device having a power MISFET and a Schottky barrier diode on one semiconductor substrate, capable of suppressing a drastic increase in the on-resistance of the power MISFET while making the avalanche breakdown voltage of the Schottky barrier diode greater than that of the power MISFET. In the present invention, two epitaxial layers, one having a high doping concentration and the other having a low doping concentration, are formed over a semiconductor substrate and the boundary between these two epitaxial layers is located in a region equal in depth to or shallower than the bottom portion of a trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshito NAKAZAWA, Hitoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7595242
    Abstract: A trench gate type power transistor of high performance is provided. A trench gate as a gate electrode is formed in a super junction structure comprising a drain layer and an epitaxial layer. In this case, the gate electrode is formed in such a manner that an upper surface of the epitaxial layer becomes higher than that of a channel layer formed over the drain layer. Then, an insulating film is formed over each of the channel layer and the epitaxial layer and thereafter a part of the insulating film is removed to form side wall spacers over side walls of the epitaxial layer. Subsequently, with the side wall spacers as masks, a part of the channel layer and that of the drain layer are removed to form a trench for a trench gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshito Nakazawa, Hitoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20090224315
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Publication number: 20090215239
    Abstract: A trench gate type power transistor of high performance is provided. A trench gate as a gate electrode is formed in a super junction structure comprising a drain layer and an epitaxial layer. In this case, the gate electrode is formed in such a manner that an upper surface of the epitaxial layer becomes higher than that of a channel layer formed over the drain layer. Then, an insulating film is formed over each of the channel layer and the epitaxial layer and thereafter a part of the insulating film is removed to form side wall spacers over side walls of the epitaxial layer. Subsequently, with the side wall spacers as masks, a part of the channel layer and that of the drain layer are removed to form a trench for a trench gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshito Nakazawa, Hitoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7544568
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda
  • Publication number: 20090026535
    Abstract: The technology of preventing lowering of the element breakdown voltage of a trench gate control type semiconductor element is offered. n? type epitaxial layer (drift region) formed in the main surface side of the substrate, p type semiconductor layer (channel region) formed in n? type epitaxial layer, and p? type well (electric field relaxation layer) which was formed in n? type epitaxial layer in contact with the p type semiconductor layer and whose depth is deeper than the p type semiconductor layer are included. The trench whose depth is deeper than p? type well is patterned in the substrate, and the second gate electrode is formed in the inside of the trench via the insulation film. Among the trenches in the cell area in which power MISFET is formed, one end of p? type well is formed between a plurality of cell trenches in which a second gate electrode is formed, and the other end of p? type well is formed in the peripheral region contiguous to the cell area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hitoshi MATSUURA, Yoshito NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20080160702
    Abstract: A trench gate type power transistor of high performance is provided. A trench gate as a gate electrode is formed in a super junction structure comprising a drain layer and an epitaxial layer. In this case, the gate electrode is formed in such a manner that an upper surface of the epitaxial layer becomes higher than that of a channel layer formed over the drain layer. Then, an insulating film is formed over each of the channel layer and the epitaxial layer and thereafter a part of the insulating film is removed to form side wall spacers over side walls of the epitaxial layer. Subsequently, with the side wall spacers as masks, a part of the channel layer and that of the drain layer are removed to form a trench for a trench gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshito NAKAZAWA, Hitoshi MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20080099836
    Abstract: A trench is formed so as to reach a p?-type epitaxial layer from an upper surface of a source region. A gate electrode is formed so as to bury the trench. Each of body contact trenches is formed away from the gate electrode. A body contact region is formed at the bottom of the body contact trench. An n-type semiconductor region that is a feature of the present invention is formed in a layer below each body contact region. The impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor region is higher than a channel forming area and lower than the body contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Hitoshi MATSUURA, Yoshito NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20080035990
    Abstract: A gate trench 13 is formed in a semiconductor substrate 10. The gate trench 13 is provided with a gate electrode 16 formed over a gate insulating film 14. A portion of the gate electrode 16 protrudes from the semiconductor substrate 10, and a sidewall 24 is formed over a side wall portion of the protruding portion. A body trench 25 is formed in alignment with an adjacent gate electrode 16. A cobalt silicide film 28 is formed over a surface of the gate electrode 16 and over a surface of the body trench 25. A plug 34 is formed using an SAC technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Yoshito Nakazawa, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Yuji Yatsuda