Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Hitoshi Yamaguchi 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: 7037789
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench in a predetermined layer of a semiconductor substrate; heating the substrate having the trench in a non-oxidizing and non-nitridizing atmosphere containing a dopant or a compound that includes the dopant in order to smooth the surfaces defining the trench and to maintain the dopant concentration in the predetermined layer to be a predetermined concentration before the heating is treated; and forming an epitaxially grown film to fill the trench. The conductivity type of the dopant contained in the non-oxidizing and non-nitridizing atmosphere is the same as that of the dopant initially contained in the predetermined layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Yamauchi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060043478
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a center region; a periphery region; and a semiconductor layer including pairs of a first region having a first impurity amount and a second region having a second impurity amount. The first and the second regions are alternately aligned in a plane. The periphery region includes an utmost outer and an utmost inner periphery pairs. The utmost outer periphery pair has a difference between the second and the first impurity amounts, which is smaller than a maximum difference in the periphery region. The utmost inner periphery pair has a difference between the second and the first impurity amounts, which is larger than a difference in the center region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Tomoatsu Makino, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Kyoko Okada
  • Patent number: 6972458
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base P region, a source N+ region, and a drain N+ region formed in a surface layer portion on a principal surface in an N? silicon layer. In the surface layer portion on the principal surface, an N well region is formed deeper than the drain N+ region in a region including the drain N+ region and is in contact with the base P region. A trench is formed so as to penetrate the base P region in a direction toward the drain N+ region from the source N+ region as a planar structure. A gate electrode is formed via a gate insulating film in the inside of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Suzuki, Jun Sakakibara, Yoshitaka Noda, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050230747
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base P region, a source N+ region, and a drain N+ region formed in a surface layer portion on a principal surface in an N? silicon layer. In the surface layer portion on the principal surface, an N well region is formed deeper than the drain N+ region in a region including the drain N+ region and is in contact with the base P region. A trench is formed so as to penetrate the base P region in a direction toward the drain N+ region from the source N+ region as a planar structure. A gate electrode is formed via a gate insulating film in the inside of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Naohiro Suzuki, Jun Sakakibara, Yoshitaka Noda, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050221547
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate; and forming an epitaxial film on the substrate including a sidewall and a bottom of the trench so that the epitaxial film is filled in the trench. The step of forming the epitaxial film includes a final step before the trench is filled with the epitaxial film. The final step has a forming condition of the epitaxial film in such a manner that the epitaxial film to be formed on the sidewall of the trench has a growth rate at an opening of the trench smaller than a growth rate at a position of the trench, which is deeper than the opening of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Shoichi Yamauchi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Tomoatsu Makino, Syouji Nogami, Tomonori Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20050165836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an administration method for solid materials and, particularly, to an administration method for reusable building materials. In an administration server for administering solid materials affixed with specific serial numbers, the method comprises the steps of constructing a database storing the serial numbers and pieces of history information of the solid materials in one-to-one correspondence with the serial numbers for reusable solid materials, receiving information specifying a structure to be built by the solid materials from a user terminal accessible via a network, specifying all parts necessary to build the structure, and selecting the solid materials corresponding to the parts from the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050045996
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor substrate has a main surface that is an Si{100} surface. The substrate has a trench in the main surface. The semiconductor layer is located on surfaces defining the trench to have common crystallographic planes with the semiconductor substrate. The trench is defined by a bottom surface, two long sidewall surfaces that face each other, and two short sidewall surfaces that face each other. The bottom surface and the long sidewall surfaces are Si{100} surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Shoichi Yamauchi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Jun Sakakibara, Nobuhiro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20050035401
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an n+ type drain region; an n type drift region that connects with the n+ type drain region; a p type body region; a n+ type source region that connects with the p type body region; and a gate electrode that is provided, with being covered by a gate insulation film, in a gate trench that penetrates the p type body region. The semiconductor further includes: a p type silicon region that adjoins the n type drift region; and an n type silicon region provided in a region almost including a carrier passage that connects the n type drift region and the p type body region. Here, the p type silicon region and the p type body region directly connect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20050006717
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a body region, a drift region having a first part and a second part, and a trench gate electrode. The body region is disposed on the drift region. The first and second parts extend in an extending direction so that the second part is adjacent to the first part. The trench gate electrode penetrates the body region and reaches the drift region so that the trench gate electrode faces the body region and the drift region through an insulation layer. The trench gate electrode extends in a direction crossing with the extending direction of the first and second parts. The first part includes a portion near the trench gate electrode, which has an impurity concentration equal to or lower than that of the body region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Mikimasa Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Hattori
  • Patent number: 6836001
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor substrate has a main surface that is an Si{100} surface. The substrate has a trench in the main surface. The semiconductor layer is located on surfaces defining the trench to have common crystallographic planes with the semiconductor substrate. The trench is defined by a bottom surface, two long sidewall surfaces that face each other, and two short sidewall surfaces that face each other. The bottom surface and the long sidewall surfaces are Si{100} surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Yamauchi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Jun Sakakibara, Nobuhiro Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6781201
    Abstract: First and second trenches are formed on an n+ type substrate at a power MOSFET formation region and a peripheral device formation region, respectively. An n− type epitaxial film, a p type epitaxial film, and an n+ type epitaxial film are deposited on the substrate and in the trenches, and then flattening is performed. As a result, an n− type region is provided in the second trench of the peripheral device formation region. Then, a p type well layer is formed in the n− type region by ion-implantation. Accordingly, a power MOSFET and a peripheral device can been formed at the power MOSFET formation region and the peripheral device formation region easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20040119091
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base P region, a source N+ region, and a drain N+ region formed in a surface layer portion on a principal surface in an N− silicon layer. In the surface layer portion on the principal surface, an N well region is formed deeper than the drain N+ region in a region including the drain N+ region and is in contact with the base P region. A trench is formed so as to penetrate the base P region in a direction toward the drain N+ region from the source N+ region as a planar structure. A gate electrode is formed via a gate insulating film in the inside of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro Suzuki, Jun Sakakibara, Yoshitaka Noda, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6753379
    Abstract: The present invention provides thermally activated adhesive compositions comprising polymer and polyester wherein the adhesive polymer comprises a polymer having hydroxyl and phenyl groups and adhesive films made from the adhesive compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kohichiro Kawate, Yorinobo Takamatsu, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Akito Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20040099922
    Abstract: First and second trenches are formed on an n+ type substrate at a power MOSFET formation region and a peripheral device formation region, respectively. An n− type epitaxial film, a p type epitaxial film, and an n+ type epitaxial film are deposited on the substrate and in the trenches, and then flattening is performed. As a result, an n− type region is provided in the second trench of the peripheral device formation region. Then, a p type well layer is formed in the n− type region by ion-implantation. Accordingly, a power MOSFET and a peripheral device can been formed at the power MOSFET formation region and the peripheral device formation region easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20040053888
    Abstract: The present invention can provide the following which is a transparent aqueous solution of a sufficient amount of ebselen and usable as an injection. A water-based preparation or aqueous solution comprising ebselen and cyclodextrin. An injection comprising the aqueous solution. An intravenous drip infusion comprising the aqueous solution. A process for producing an aqueous solution containing ebselen and cyclodextrin, which comprises dissolving ebselen in a water-miscible organic solvent while separately dissolving a cyclodextrin in a water solvent, mixing both the solutions, then drying the mixture, and mixing the resulting dried product with a water solvent. A dried preparation comprising ebselen and cyclodextrin. A process for producing a solution containing ebselen and cyclodextrin, which comprises dissolving ebselen in a water-miscible organic solvent while separately dissolving cyclodextrin in a water solvent, and mixing both the solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Norio Suzuki, Yukihiko Nagase, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6696323
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a p-type base region is provided in an n−-type substrate to extend from a principal surface of the substrate in a perpendicular direction to the principal surface. An n+-type source region extends in the p-type base region from the principal surface in the perpendicular direction, and an n+-type drain region extends in the substrate separately from the p-type base region with a drift region interposed therebetween. A trench is formed to penetrate the p-type base region from the n+-type source region in a direction parallel to the principal surface. A gate electrode is formed in the trench through a gate insulating film. Accordingly, a channel region can be formed with a channel width in a depth direction of the trench when a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakakibara, Jun Sakakibara, Takumi Shibata, Toshiyuki Morishita
  • Publication number: 20040016959
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an n+ type drain region; an n type drift region that connects with the n+ type drain region; a p type body region; a n+ type source region that connects with the p type body region; and a gate electrode that is provided, with being covered by a gate insulation film, in a gate trench that penetrates the p type body region. The semiconductor further includes: a p type silicon region that adjoins the n type drift region; and an n type silicon region provided in a region almost including a carrier passage that connects the n type drift region and the p type body region. Here, the p type silicon region and the p type body region directly connect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20030224588
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench in a predetermined layer of a semiconductor substrate; heating the substrate having the trench in a non-oxidizing and non-nitridizing atmosphere containing a dopant or a compound that includes the dopant in order to smooth the surfaces defining the trench and to maintain the dopant concentration in the predetermined layer to be a predetermined concentration before the heating is treated; and forming an epitaxially grown film to fill the trench. The conductivity type of the dopant contained in the non-oxidizing and non-nitridizing atmosphere is the same as that of the dopant initially contained in the predetermined layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Shoichi Yamauchi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20030219933
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor substrate has a main surface that is an Si{100} surface. The substrate has a trench in the main surface. The semiconductor layer is located on surfaces defining the trench to have common crystallographic planes with the semiconductor substrate. The trench is defined by a bottom surface, two long sidewall surfaces that face each other, and two short sidewall surfaces that face each other. The bottom surface and the long sidewall surfaces are Si{100} surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Shoichi Yamauchi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Jun Sakakibara, Nobuhiro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20030141514
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a p-type base region is provided in an n−-type substrate to extend from a principal surface of the substrate in a perpendicular direction to the principal surface. An n+-type source region extends in the p-type base region from the principal surface in the perpendicular direction, and an n+-type drain region extends in the substrate separately from the p-type base region with a drift region interposed therebetween. A trench is formed to penetrate the p-type base region from the n+-type source region in a direction parallel to the principal surface. A gate electrode is formed in the trench through a gate insulating film. Accordingly, a channel region can be formed with a channel width in a depth direction of the trench when a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakakibara, Jun Sakakibara, Takumi Shibata, Toshiyuki Morishita