Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yoshitake

Kazuhiro Yoshitake 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: 7964915
    Abstract: The invention provides a high voltage MOS transistor having a high source/drain breakdown voltage of about 300V and a low on-resistance. An N-type body layer is formed extending from a source layer side to under a gate electrode. A P-type second drift layer is formed in an epitaxial semiconductor layer by being diffused deeper than a first drift layer, extending from under the first drift layer to under the gate electrode and forming a PN junction with the body layer under the gate electrode. A surface of the body layer between this second drift layer and the source layer serves as a channel region. The first drift layer is formed at a distance from a left end of the gate electrode where electric field concentration easily occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Tanaka, Shuichi Kikuchi, Kiyofumi Nakaya, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 7741694
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the present invention includes an N-type embedded diffusion region between a substrate and an epitaxial layer in first and second island regions serving as small signal section. The N-type embedded diffusion region connects to N-type diffusion regions having supply potential. The substrate and the epitaxial layer are thus partitioned by the N-type embedded diffusion region having supply potential in the island regions serving as small signal section. This structure prevents the inflow of free carriers (electrons) generated from a power NPN transistor due to the back electromotive force of the motor into the small signal section, thus preventing the malfunction of the small signal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kanda, Shigeaki Okawa, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 7439578
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a trench formed in a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A conductor is embedded in the trench. A conductive layer is arranged adjacent to the trench on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. Semiconductor elements, which include sources provided by one of the conductor and the conductive layer and drains provided by the other one of the conductor and the conductive layer, are formed in a semiconductor element formation region. A planar wiring layer is embedded in the semiconductor substrate under the entire semiconductor element formation region and connected to the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takeda, Mitsuaki Morigami, Satoru Shimada, Kazuhiro Yoshitake, Shuichi Kikuchi, Seiji Otake, Toshiyuki Ohkoda
  • Patent number: 7381998
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the present invention includes a diode in a second island region. The anode region of the diode and the dividing region in a first island region having a horizontal PNP transistor are electrically connected to each other; the cathode region of the diode and the collector region of a power NPN transistor are electrically connected to each other. Accordingly, the dividing region in the first island region having a horizontal PNP transistor becomes lower in potential than the dividing regions in the other island regions, so that the inflow of free carriers (electrons) to the horizontal PNP transistor can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kanda, Shigeaki Okawa, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Publication number: 20070200195
    Abstract: The invention provides a high voltage MOS transistor having a high source/drain breakdown voltage of about 300V and a low on-resistance. An N-type body layer is formed extending from a source layer side to under a gate electrode. A P-type second drift layer is formed in an epitaxial semiconductor layer by being diffused deeper than a first drift layer, extending from under the first drift layer to under the gate electrode and forming a PN junction with the body layer under the gate electrode. A surface of the body layer between this second drift layer and the source layer serves as a channel region. The first drift layer is formed at a distance from a left end of the gate electrode where electric field concentration easily occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Tanaka, Shuichi Kikuchi, Kiyofumi Nakaya, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Publication number: 20070166925
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a trench formed in a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A conductor is embedded in the trench. A conductive layer is arranged adjacent to the trench on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. Semiconductor elements, which include sources provided by one of the conductor and the conductive layer and drains provided by the other one of the conductor and the conductive layer, are formed in a semiconductor element formation region. A planar wiring layer is embedded in the semiconductor substrate under the entire semiconductor element formation region and connected to the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takeda, Mitsuaki Morigami, Satoru Shimada, Kazuhiro Yoshitake, Shuichi Kikuchi, Seiji Otake, Toshiyuki Ohkoda
  • Patent number: 7067899
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the invention includes an N-type embedded diffusion region between a substrate and a first epitaxial layer in island regions serving as small signal section. The substrate and the first epitaxial layer are thus partitioned by the N-type embedded diffusion region having supply potential in the island regions serving as small signal section. This structure prevents the inflow of free carriers (electrons) generated from a power NPN transistor due to the back electromotive force of the motor into the small signal section, thus preventing the malfunction of the small signal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Kanda, Shigeaki Okawa, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Publication number: 20050087771
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the present invention includes a diode in a second island region. The anode region of the diode and the dividing region in a first island region having a horizontal PNP transistor are electrically connected to each other; the cathode region of the diode and the collector region of a power NPN transistor are electrically connected to each other. Accordingly, the dividing region in the first island region having a horizontal PNP transistor becomes lower in potential than the dividing regions in the other island regions, so that the inflow of free carriers (electrons) to the horizontal PNP transistor can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Ryo Kanda, Shigeaki Okawa, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Publication number: 20050077571
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the invention includes an N-type embedded diffusion region between a substrate and a first epitaxial layer in island regions serving as small signal section. The substrate and the first epitaxial layer are thus partitioned by the N-type embedded diffusion region having supply potential in the island regions serving as small signal section. This structure prevents the inflow of free carriers (electrons) generated from a power NPN transistor due to the back electromotive force of the motor into the small signal section, thus preventing the malfunction of the small signal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Ryo Kanda, Shigeaki Okawa, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 6784059
    Abstract: This invention is characterized in that, a gate electrode 27F formed on a P-type well 3 via a gate oxide film 9, a high-concentration N-type source layer and a high-concentration N-type drain layer 15 respectively formed apart from the gate electrode and a low-concentration N-type source layer and a low-concentration H-type drain layer respectively formed so that they respectively surround the N-type source layer and the N-type drain layer 10 and respectively parted by a P-type body layer formed under the gate electrode 27F are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Taniguchi, Takashi Arai, Masashige Aoyama, Kazuhiro Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 5940708
    Abstract: A method for the production of a semiconductor integrated circuit device is disclosed, wherein the formation of lateral wall spacers for high voltage MOS transistor is implemented by forming a resist film for covering at least an insulating film formed on a drain region of low impurity concentration in the proximity of a gate electrode, masking the resist film, and etching the parts of the insulating film destined to give rise to the lateral wall spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashige Aoyama, Kazuhiro Yoshitake