Patents by Inventor Keiji Hosotani

Keiji Hosotani 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: 20230309311
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a peripheral circuit. The peripheral circuit includes a plurality of first nodes disposed corresponding to a plurality of first via electrodes, a charging circuit that charges the plurality of first nodes, a discharging circuit that discharges the plurality of first nodes, an address select circuit that electrically conducts one of the plurality of first nodes with the charging circuit or the discharging circuit in response to an input address signal, a plurality of first transistors each disposed in a current path between two of the plurality of first nodes, and a plurality of amplifier circuits that are disposed corresponding to the plurality of first via electrodes and include input terminals connected to any of the plurality of first nodes and output terminals connected to any of the plurality of first via electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji HOSOTANI, Fumitaka ARAI, Hiroaki KOSAKO, Takayuki KAKEGAWA, Shinya NAITO, Ryo FUKUOKA, Kouji MATSUO
  • Patent number: 11646354
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second gate electrodes, a semiconductor layer between the first and second gate electrodes and extending along a first direction, a first gate insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer between the second gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer including a first region adjacent to the first gate electrode in the first direction and contacting the semiconductor layer, and a second insulating layer extending including a second region adjacent to the second gate electrode in the first direction and contacting the semiconductor layer. An interface between the first region and the semiconductor layer in a direction crossing the first direction is adjacent to the first gate electrode in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Naito, Keiji Hosotani
  • Patent number: 11647628
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor layer; first and second insulating layers in contact with the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer in contact with the first insulating layer; a third semiconductor layer in contact with the second insulating layer; a first conductor; a third insulating layer in contact with the first conductor; a fourth insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the third insulating layer; a first charge storage layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the fourth insulating layer; and a fifth insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first charge storage layer. The second semiconductor layer, the first conductor, the third to fifth insulating layers, and the first charge storage layer function as a first memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Saito, Shinji Mori, Keiji Hosotani, Daisuke Hagishima, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11610910
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second semiconductor layers and a first conductive layer. The first and second semiconductor layers extend in a first direction. The second semiconductor layer is stacked above the first semiconductor layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first conductive layer intersects the first and second semiconductor layers and extends in the second direction. The first conductive layer includes first and second portions intersecting the first and second semiconductor layers respectively. A width of the first portion in the first direction is smaller than a width of the second portion in the first direction. A thickness of the first semiconductor layer in the second direction is larger than a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hagishima, Fumitaka Arai, Keiji Hosotani, Masaki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20230014439
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes the following structure. First and second semiconductor layers extend in a first direction. The second semiconductor layer is stacked apart from the first semiconductor layer in a second direction. First, second and third conductive layers and a first insulating layer extend in the second direction and intersect the first and second semiconductor layers. The first insulating layer is provided at a first distance from the first conductive layer in the first direction. The second conductive layer is provided at the first distance from the first insulating layer in the first direction. The third conductive layer is provided at the first distance from the second conductive layer in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji HOSOTANI, Fumitaka ARAI
  • Publication number: 20220352188
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor layer, first conductive layers, electric charge accumulating portions, a first conductivity-typed second semiconductor layer, a first wiring, a second conductivity-typed third semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer. The first semiconductor layer extends in a first direction. First conductive layers are arranged in the first direction and extend in a second direction. Electric charge accumulating portions are disposed between the first semiconductor layer and first conductive layers. The second semiconductor layer is connected to one end of the first semiconductor layer. The first wiring is connected to the first semiconductor layer via the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is connected to a side surface in a third direction of the first semiconductor layer. The second conductive layer extends in the second direction and is connected to the first semiconductor layer via the third semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo FUKUOKA, Fumitaka ARAI, Kouji MATSUO, Hiroaki KOSAKO, Keiji HOSOTANI, Takayuki KAKEGAWA, Shinya NAITO, Shinji MORI
  • Publication number: 20220093764
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second gate electrodes, a semiconductor layer between the first and second gate electrodes and extending along a first direction, a first gate insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer between the second gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer including a first region adjacent to the first gate electrode in the first direction and contacting the semiconductor layer, and a second insulating layer extending including a second region adjacent to the second gate electrode in the first direction and contacting the semiconductor layer. An interface between the first region and the semiconductor layer in a direction crossing the first direction is adjacent to the first gate electrode in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya NAITO, Keiji HOSOTANI
  • Patent number: 11227832
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor layer including first to third portions which are arranged along a first direction and differ in position from one another in a second direction; a conductive layer including a fourth portion extending in the second direction and a fifth portion extending in the first direction; a first insulating layer between the fourth portion and the first semiconductor layer and between the fifth portion and the first semiconductor layer; a first contact plug coupled to the fourth portion; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region where the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the fifth portion in the first direction and storing information between the semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Hosotani, Fumitaka Arai, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Nobuyuki Momo, Motohiko Fujimatsu
  • Publication number: 20210296347
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor layer; first and second insulating layers in contact with the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer in contact with the first insulating layer; a third semiconductor layer in contact with the second insulating layer; a first conductor; a third insulating layer in contact with the first conductor; a fourth insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the third insulating layer; a first charge storage layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the fourth insulating layer; and a fifth insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first charge storage layer. The second semiconductor layer, the first conductor, the third to fifth insulating layers, and the first charge storage layer function as a first memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta SAITO, Shinji MORI, Keiji HOSOTANI, Daisuke HAGISHIMA, Atsushi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210296337
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second semiconductor layers and a first conductive layer. The first and second semiconductor layers extend in a first direction. The second semiconductor layer is stacked above the first semiconductor layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first conductive layer intersects the first and second semiconductor layers and extends in the second direction. The first conductive layer includes first and second portions intersecting the first and second semiconductor layers respectively. A width of the first portion in the first direction is smaller than a width of the second portion in the first direction. A thickness of the first semiconductor layer in the second direction is larger than a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke HAGISHIMA, Fumitaka ARAI, Keiji HOSOTANI, Masaki KONDO
  • Patent number: 11107508
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a conductive layer including a first portion and a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion; a first contact plug electrically coupled to the first portion; a first semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer between the second portion and the first semiconductor layer, and between the first portion and the first semiconductor layer; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region in which the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the second portion in the second direction and storing information between the first semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Hosotani, Fumitaka Arai, Keisuke Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11074944
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first to fifth interconnects; a semiconductor layer having one end located between the fourth interconnect and the fifth interconnect and other end connected to the first interconnect; a memory cell; a conductive layer having one end connected to the second interconnect and other end connected to the semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer provided to extend between the third and fourth interconnects and the semiconductor layer, and between the fifth interconnect and the conductive layer; an oxide semiconductor layer provided to extend between the fourth and fifth interconnects and the first insulating layer; and a second insulating layer provided to extend between the fourth and fifth interconnects and the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka Arai, Keiji Hosotani, Nobuyuki Momo
  • Patent number: 10868037
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first interconnecting layer; a first signal line; a first memory cell that stores first information between the first interconnecting layer and the first signal line; second to fourth interconnecting layers provided above the first interconnecting layer; fifth to seventh interconnecting layers disposed apart from the second to fourth interconnecting layers; a second signal line coupled to the first signal line; a third signal line coupled to the first and second signal lines and the sixth interconnecting layer; and, first to fifth transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka Arai, Masakazu Goto, Masaki Kondo, Keiji Hosotani, Nobuyuki Momo
  • Publication number: 20200303400
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first interconnecting layer; a first signal line; a first memory cell that stores first information between the first interconnecting layer and the first signal line; second to fourth interconnecting layers provided above the first interconnecting layer; fifth to seventh interconnecting layers disposed apart from the second to fourth interconnecting layers; a second signal line coupled to the first signal line; a third signal line coupled to the first and second signal lines and the sixth interconnecting layer; and, first to fifth transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka ARAI, Masakazu GOTO, Masaki KONDO, Keiji HOSOTANI, Nobuyuki MOMO
  • Publication number: 20200286828
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor layer including first to third portions which are arranged along a first direction and differ in position from one another in a second direction; a conductive layer including a fourth portion extending in the second direction and a fifth portion extending in the first direction; a first insulating layer between the fourth portion and the first semiconductor layer and between the fifth portion and the first semiconductor layer; a first contact plug coupled to the fourth portion; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region where the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the fifth portion in the first direction and storing information between the semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji HOSOTANI, Fumitaka ARAI, Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Nobuyuki MOMO, Motohiko FUJIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20200176033
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a conductive layer including a first portion and a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion; a first contact plug electrically coupled to the first portion; a first semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer between the second portion and the first semiconductor layer, and between the first portion and the first semiconductor layer; a second contact plug coupled to the first semiconductor layer in a region in which the first insulating layer is formed; a first interconnect; and a first memory cell apart from the second portion in the second direction and storing information between the first semiconductor layer and the first interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji HOSOTANI, Fumitaka ARAI, Keisuke NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200135242
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first to fifth interconnects; a semiconductor layer having one end located between the fourth interconnect and the fifth interconnect and other end connected to the first interconnect; a memory cell; a conductive layer having one end connected to the second interconnect and other end connected to the semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer provided to extend between the third and fourth interconnects and the semiconductor layer, and between the fifth interconnect and the conductive layer; an oxide semiconductor layer provided to extend between the fourth and fifth interconnects and the first insulating layer; and a second insulating layer provided to extend between the fourth and fifth interconnects and the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka ARAI, Keiji HOSOTANI, Nobuyuki MOMO
  • Patent number: 10622545
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a first non-magnetic layer provided on the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer provided on the first magnetic layer and having a fixed magnetization direction and provided on the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer includes a non-magnetic metal including at least one of Mo (molybdenum), Ta (tantalum), W (tungsten), Hf (hafnium), Nb (niobium) and Ti (titanium).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Toko, Keiji Hosotani, Hisanori Aikawa, Tatsuya Kishi
  • Patent number: 10410704
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory includes a first MTJ element having a first area along a first plane; and second MTJ elements each having a second area along the first plane. The second area is larger than or equal to twice the first area and smaller than or equal to five times the first area. Each of the second MTJ elements includes a first ferromagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a first nonmagnet. Respective magnetizations of respective first ferromagnets of the second MTJ elements are oriented along a first direction. Respective magnetizations of respective second ferromagnets of the second MTJ elements are oriented along a second direction. One of the second MTJ elements is coupled to another one of the second MTJ elements in series or in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Hosotani, Tatsuya Kishi, Akira Katayama
  • Patent number: 10311929
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a resistance change memory includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, the transistor provided on the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer covering the transistor, a first conductive line connected to the first terminal and provided on the insulating layer, a second conductive line provided on the insulating layer, and a resistance change element connected between the second terminal and the second conductive line. The first conductive line has a width greater than a width of the second conductive line in a direction in which the first and second conductive lines are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Hisanori Aikawa, Tatsuya Kishi, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Satoshi Inaba, Masaru Toko, Keiji Hosotani, Jae Yun Yi, Hong Ju Suh, Se Dong Kim