Patents by Inventor Kanako SHIGA

Kanako SHIGA 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: 20230090711
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device incudes: a stacked body in which a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of first insulating layers are alternately stacked one by one; and a contact that extends in the stacked body in the stacking direction, and is connected to a structure arranged on in the stacked body or below the stacked body. The contact includes: a second conductive layer that extends in the stacked body LM in the stacking direction, and serves as a core of the contact; and a second insulating layer that covers a sidewall of the second conductive layer, and serves as a liner of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako KAWANISHI, Kanako SHIGA, Takeo MORI
  • Publication number: 20220262744
    Abstract: Semiconductor memory device includes: a first and second member each extending in a first direction in a boundary part between a first and second block region and arranged in the first direction; a support pillar arranged between the first and second member at the boundary part; conductive layers separated from one another and arranged in a third direction and split by the first and second member, and the support pillar into a first and second portion; and a memory pillar penetrating through the conductive layers. The support pillar includes a lower and upper pillar. A side face of the lower pillar and an extension of a side face of the upper pillar are displaced from each other in a plane based on a second and the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori MASAKI, Hisashi KATO, Kazuhiro NOJIMA, Shoichi MIYAZAKI, Akira YOTSUMOTO, Kanako SHIGA, Yu HIROTSU, Osamu MATSUURA