Patents by Inventor Katsumi Suzuki

Katsumi Suzuki 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: 20200168390
    Abstract: An electrical component includes a base that is electrically insulating and has a thermal conductivity of at least 1 W/mK; a core part mounted on the base; and a coil wound around part of the core part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Katsumi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10643851
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a ground layer of a first conductivity type made of a compound semiconductor, a first conductivity type region formed at a corner portion of a bottom of a deep trench formed to the ground layer, and a deep layer of a second conductivity type formed in the deep trench so as to cover the first conductivity type region. A cross section of the first conductivity type region is a triangular shape or a rounded triangular shape in which a portion of the first conductivity type region being in contact with the deep layer is recessed to have a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takeuchi, Atsuya Akiba, Katsumi Suzuki, Sachiko Aoi
  • Patent number: 10593750
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate including a foundation layer having a first conductivity type; forming a deep trench in the foundation layer; and forming a deep layer having a second conductivity type by introducing material gas of the compound semiconductor while introducing dopant gas into an epitaxial growth equipment to cause epitaxial growth of the deep layer in the deep trench. A period in which a temperature in the epitaxial growth equipment is increased to a temperature of the epitaxial growth of the deep layer is defined as a temperature increasing period. In the forming the deep layer, the deep layer is further formed in a bottom corner portion of the deep trench by starting the introducing of the dopant gas during the temperature increasing period and starting the introducing of the material gas after the temperature increasing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takeuchi, Atsuya Akiba, Katsumi Suzuki, Yusuke Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200083330
    Abstract: A method for producing a SiC epitaxial wafer according to the present embodiment includes: an epitaxial growth step of growing the epitaxial layer on the SiC single crystal substrate by feeding an Si-based raw material gas, a C-based raw material gas, and a gas including a Cl element to a surface of a SiC single crystal substrate, in which the epitaxial growth step is performed under growth conditions that a film deposition pressure is 30 torr or less, a Cl/Si ratio is in a range of 8 to 12, a C/Si ratio is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2, and a growth rate is 50 ?m/h or more from an initial growth stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke FUKADA, Naoto ISHIBASHI, Akira BANDO, Masahiko ITO, Isaho KAMATA, Hidekazu TSUCHIDA, Kazukuni HARA, Masami NAITO, Hideyuki UEHIGASHI, Hiroaki FUJIBAYASHI, Hirofumi AOKI, Toshikazu SUGIURA, Katsumi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10584417
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a film forming chamber configured to form a film on a substrate; a susceptor configured to place the substrate thereon; a rotating part configured to rotate the susceptor; a heater configured to heat the substrate; and a gas supplier configured to supply process gases into the film forming chamber, wherein the susceptor includes: a ring-shaped outer circumferential susceptor supported by the rotating part; a holder provided at an inner circumferential portion of the outer circumferential susceptor, the holder configured to hold the substrate; a ring-shaped plate provided over the outer circumferential susceptor; and a cover member configured to cover a top surface and an outer circumferential surface of the plate and an outer circumferential surface of the outer circumferential susceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Ito, Hidekazu Tsuchida, Isaho Kamata, Masahiko Ito, Masami Naito, Hiroaki Fujibayashi, Katsumi Suzuki, Koichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10580851
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate that includes a foundation layer; forming a deep trench in the foundation layer; and filling the deep trench with a deep layer having a second conductive type and a limiting layer having the first conductive type. In the filling the deep trench, growth of the deep layer from a bottom of the deep trench toward an opening inlet of the deep trench and growth of the limiting layer from a side face of the deep trench are achieved by: dominant epitaxial growth of a second conductive type layer over a first conductive type layer on the bottom of the deep trench; and dominant epitaxial growth of the first conductive type layer over the second conductive type layer on the side face of the deep trench, based on plane orientation dependency of the compound semiconductor during epitaxial growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takeuchi, Atsuya Akiba, Katsumi Suzuki, Yusuke Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190386131
    Abstract: All of intervals between adjacent p type guard rings are set to be equal to or less than an interval between p type deep layers. As a result, the interval between the p type guard rings becomes large, i.e., the trenches are formed sparsely, so that the p type layer is prevented from being formed thick at the guard ring portion when the p type layer is epitaxially grown. Therefore, by removing the p type layer in the cell portion at the time of the etch back process, it is possible to remove the p type layer without leaving any residue in the guard ring portion. Therefore, when forming the p type deep layer, the p type guard ring and the p type connection layer by etching back the p type layer, the residue of the p type layer is restricted from remaining in the guard ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yukihiko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190386094
    Abstract: The width of the p type guard ring is set to match the interval between the adjacent p type guard rings, and the width of the p type guard ring is made larger as the interval between the p type guard rings becomes larger. The width of the frame portion is basically equal to the width of the p type deep layer so that the interval between the frame portions is equal to the interval between the p type deep layers. This makes it possible to reduce the difference in formation areas of the trenches per unit area in the cell portion, the connection portion and the guard ring portion. Therefore, when the p type layer is formed, the difference in the amount of the p type layer embedding into the trenches per unit area also decreases and the thickness of the p type layer is equalized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Shuhei MITANI, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yusuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20190386095
    Abstract: Intervals of the frame portion and the p type guard ring on a cell portion side are made narrower than other parts, and the narrowed part provides a dot line portion. By narrowing the intervals of the frame portion and the p type guard ring on the cell portion side, the electric field concentration is reduced on the cell portion side, and the equipotential line directs to more outer circumferential side. By providing the dot line portions, the difference in the formation areas of the trench per unit area in the cell portion, the connection portion and the guard ring portion is reduced, and the thicknesses of the p type layers formed on the cell portion, the connection portion and the guard ring portion are uniformed. Thereby, when etching-back the p type layer, the p type layer is prevented from remaining as a residue in the guard ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yukihiko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190386096
    Abstract: A top end of the p type connection layer is connected to the p type extension region. By forming such a p type extension region, it becomes possible to eliminate a region where an interval becomes large between the p type connection layer and the p type guard ring. Therefore, in the mesa portion, it is possible to prevent the equipotential line from excessively rising up, and it is possible to secure the withstand voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Shinichiro MIYAHARA, Atsuya AKIBA, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yukihiko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190376206
    Abstract: This SiC epitaxial wafer includes: a SiC single crystal substrate of which a main surface has an off-angle of 0.4° to 5° with respect to (0001) plane; and an epitaxial layer provided on the SiC single crystal substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer has a basal plane dislocation density of 0.1 pieces/cm2 or less that is a density of basal plane dislocations extending from the SiC single crystal substrate to an outer surface and an intrinsic 3C triangular defect density of 0.1 pieces/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke FUKADA, Naoto ISHIBASHI, Akira BANDO, Masahiko ITO, Isaho KAMATA, Hidekazu TSUCHIDA, Kazukuni HARA, Masami NAITO, Hideyuki UEHIGASHI, Hiroaki FUJIBAYASHI, Hirofumi AOKI, Toshikazu SUGIURA, Katsumi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190334030
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: a vertical semiconductor element, which includes: a semiconductor substrate made of silicon carbide and having a high impurity concentration layer on a back side and a drift layer on a front side; a base region made of silicon carbide on the drift layer; a source region arranged on the base region and made of silicon carbide; a deep layer disposed deeper than the base region; a trench gate structure including a gate insulation film arranged on an inner wall of a gate trench which is arranged deeper than the base region and shallower than the deep layer, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation film; a source electrode electrically connected to the base region, the source region, and the deep layer; and a drain electrode electrically connected to the high impurity concentration layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Atsuya AKIBA, Sachiko AOI, Katsumi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10439037
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device includes causing epitaxial growth of a p-type impurity layer containing a compound semiconductor on a foundation layer containing the compound semiconductor. The causing the epitaxial growth includes performing pre-doping to preliminarily introduce dopant gas before introducing material gas for the epitaxial growth of the compound semiconductor. The dopant gas contains an organic metal material providing dopant of p-type impurities. An impurity concentration profile of the p-type impurity layer is controlled by controlling a time of the pre-doping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takeuchi, Katsumi Suzuki, Yusuke Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10408976
    Abstract: A light transmissive member includes a substrate having a light transmission property, wherein on one surface of the substrate, an antireflection layer in which a low-refractive index layer composed mainly of silicon oxide (SiO2) and a high-refractive index layer composed mainly of silicon nitride (SiN) are alternately stacked is formed, and on the other surface of the substrate, an antistatic layer including at least a transparent electrically conductive film layer is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Furusato, Katsumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190214264
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a silicon carbide semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate made of silicon carbide and on which a base layer is formed is prepared, a trench is provided in the base layer, a silicon carbide layer is epitaxially formed on a surface of the base layer while filling the trench with the silicon carbide layer, the sacrificial layer is planarized by reflow after forming the sacrificial layer, and the silicon carbide layer is etched back together with the planarized sacrificial layer by dry etching under an etching condition in which an etching selectivity of the silicon carbide layer to the sacrificial layer is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeyuki TAKAGI, Masaki SHIMOMURA, Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Katsumi SUZUKI, Sachiko AOI
  • Publication number: 20190181239
    Abstract: When a film thickness of a second epitaxial film is measured, an infrared light is irradiated from a surface side of the second epitaxial film onto a base layer on which a first epitaxial film and the second epitaxial film are formed. A reflected light from an interface between the first epitaxial film and the base layer and a reflected light from a surface of the second epitaxial film are measured to obtain a two-layer film thickness, which is a total film thickness of the first epitaxial film and the second epitaxial film. The film thickness of the second epitaxial film is calculated by subtracting a one-layer film thickness, which is a film thickness of the first epitaxial film, from the two-layer film thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Akira AMANO, Takayuki SATOMURA, Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Katsumi SUZUKI, Sachiko AOI
  • Publication number: 20190035882
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate including a foundation layer having a first conductivity type; forming a deep trench in the foundation layer; and forming a deep layer having a second conductivity type by introducing material gas of the compound semiconductor while introducing dopant gas into an epitaxial growth equipment to cause epitaxial growth of the deep layer in the deep trench. A period in which a temperature in the epitaxial growth equipment is increased to a temperature of the epitaxial growth of the deep layer is defined as a temperature increasing period. In the forming the deep layer, the deep layer is further formed in a bottom corner portion of the deep trench by starting the introducing of the dopant gas during the temperature increasing period and starting the introducing of the material gas after the temperature increasing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Atsuya AKIBA, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yusuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20190035883
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate that includes a foundation layer; forming a deep trench in the foundation layer; and filling the deep trench with a deep layer having a second conductive type and a limiting layer having the first conductive type. In the filling the deep trench, growth of the deep layer from a bottom of the deep trench toward an opening inlet of the deep trench and growth of the limiting layer from a side face of the deep trench are achieved by: dominant epitaxial growth of a second conductive type layer over a first conductive type layer on the bottom of the deep trench; and dominant epitaxial growth of the first conductive type layer over the second conductive type layer on the side face of the deep trench, based on plane orientation dependency of the compound semiconductor during epitaxial growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Atsuya AKIBA, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yusuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20190019680
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a ground layer of a first conductivity type made of a compound semiconductor, a first conductivity type region formed at a corner portion of a bottom of a deep trench formed to the ground layer, and a deep layer of a second conductivity type formed in the deep trench so as to cover the first conductivity type region. A cross section of the first conductivity type region is a triangular shape or a rounded triangular shape in which a portion of the first conductivity type region being in contact with the deep layer is recessed to have a curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Atsuya AKIBA, Katsumi SUZUKI, Sachiko AOI
  • Publication number: 20190013392
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compound semiconductor device includes causing epitaxial growth of a p-type impurity layer containing a compound semiconductor on a foundation layer containing the compound semiconductor. The causing the epitaxial growth includes performing pre-doping to preliminarily introduce dopant gas before introducing material gas for the epitaxial growth of the compound semiconductor. The dopant gas contains an organic metal material providing dopant of p-type impurities. An impurity concentration profile of the p-type impurity layer is controlled by controlling a time of the pre-doping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKEUCHI, Katsumi SUZUKI, Yusuke YAMASHITA