Patents by Inventor Keisuke Nakatsuka

Keisuke Nakatsuka 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: 11574663
    Abstract: A data latch circuit includes a first n-channel transistor and a first p-channel transistor. A gate of the first n-channel transistor and a gate of the first p-channel transistor are a common gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakatsuka, Tomoya Sanuki, Takashi Maeda, Go Shikata, Hideaki Aochi
  • Publication number: 20230017909
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory strings, a plurality of word lines, each of which is connected to the memory strings, and a plurality of bit lines connected to the memory strings, respectively. The plurality of bit lines are grouped into a plurality of bit line groups. The control circuit is configured to receive a read command and first address information specifying one or more of the bit line groups. The control circuit is configured to, in response to the read command, read data selectively from each memory string connected to each bit line in the one or more bit line groups specified by the first address information, and output the read data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoya SANUKI, Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Daisuke FUJIWARA, Toshio FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20230005938
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes first to ninth conductive layers, first and second insulating members, and first to fourth pillars. A distance between the first and second pillars in a cross section including the second conductive layer and the sixth conductive layer is smaller than a distance between the first and second pillars in a cross section including the third conductive layer and the seventh conductive layer. A distance between the third and fourth pillars in a cross section including the fourth conductive layer and the eighth conductive layer is greater than a distance between the third and fourth pillars in a cross section including the fifth conductive layer and the ninth conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230005957
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first conductor layer, second conductor layers, a first semiconductor layer, a pillar, and a contact. The pillar has a portion provided to penetrate the second conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer. The contact is electrically connected to the pillar and the first conductor layer. The pillar includes a second semiconductor layer, a first insulator layer provided at least between the second semiconductor layer and the second conductor layers, and a third semiconductor layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer and in contact with each of the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220406742
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory cell arrays. The first array includes a first semiconductor portion, extending in a first direction, on which a first memory cell and a first select transistor are formed, a first word line connected to the first cell, a first select gate line connected to the first transistor, and a first bit line connected to the first semiconductor portion. The second array includes a second semiconductor portion, extending along the first direction, on which a second memory cell and a second select transistor are formed, a second word line connected to the second cell, a second select gate line connected to the second transistor, and a second bit line connected to the second semiconductor portion. The first and second word lines are electrically connected, but the first and second select gate lines are not electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Keisuke NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220367371
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first metal pad and a second metal pad; and a second semiconductor chip including a third metal pad and a fourth metal pad, the third metal pad joined to the first metal pad, the fourth metal pad coupled to the second metal pad via a dielectric layer, wherein the second semiconductor chip is coupled to the first semiconductor chip via the first metal pad and the third metal pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MOMO, Keisuke NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220301625
    Abstract: A memory system has a memory cell array having a plurality of strings, the plurality of strings each having a plurality of memory cells connected in series, and a controller configured to perform control of transferring charges to be stored in the plurality of memory cells in the string or transferring charges according to stored data, between potential wells of channels in the plurality of memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya SANUKI, Yasuhito YOSHIMIZU, Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Hideto HORII, Takashi MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11450611
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate including two element regions that extend in a first direction parallel to a surface of the substrate and are adjacent to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. The device further includes an interconnection layer provided above the substrate. The device further includes an insulator provided between the substrate and the interconnection layer. The device further includes a plug extending in the second direction and in a third direction crossing the first and second directions in the insulator, provided on each of the element regions, and electrically connected to the element regions and the interconnection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Sanuki, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Yasuhito Yoshimizu
  • Patent number: 11437324
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first metal pad and a second metal pad; and a second semiconductor chip including a third metal pad and a fourth metal pad, the third metal pad joined to the first metal pad, the fourth metal pad coupled to the second metal pad via a dielectric layer, wherein the second semiconductor chip is coupled to the first semiconductor chip via the first metal pad and the third metal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Momo, Keisuke Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11422712
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a stage on which a semiconductor wafer can be mounted, wherein data is capable of being read from the semiconductor wafer or data is capable of being written to the semiconductor wafer. The storage device further includes a plurality of probe pins for reading or writing data, and a controller connected the probe pins. The semiconductor wafer includes electrodes connectable to the probe pins, a first memory area that can store user data, and a second memory area that can store identification information for identification of the semiconductor wafer and a check code for checking integrity of the identification information. The controller is capable of reading the identification information and the check code from the second memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Takashi Fukushima, Tatsuro Hitomi, Arata Inoue, Masayuki Miura, Shinichi Kanno, Toshio Fujisawa, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Tomoya Sanuki
  • Patent number: 11411016
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first chip and a second chip overlaid on the first chip. The second chip includes a memory cell array provided between a second semiconductor substrate and the first chip in a first direction, and first and second wires between the memory cell array and the first chip. The memory cell array includes three or more stacked bodies regularly arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and semiconductor layers extending in the stacked bodies in the first direction. Each of the stacked bodies includes gate electrodes stacked in the first direction. The first and second wires are aligned in the second direction with a gap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Sanuki, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Hiroshi Maejima, Kenichiro Yoshii, Takashi Maeda, Hideo Wada
  • Publication number: 20220223552
    Abstract: A memory chip unit includes a pad electrode including first and second portions, and a memory cell array. A prober includes a probe card and a movement mechanism. The probe card includes a probe electrode to be in contact with the pad electrode, and a memory controller electrically coupled to the probe electrode and executes reading and writing on the memory cell array. The movement mechanism executes a first operation that brings the probe electrode into contact with the first portion and does not bring the probe electrode into contact with the second portion, and a second operation that does not bring the probe electrode into contact with the first portion and brings the probe electrode into contact with the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhito YOSHIMIZU, Takashi FUKUSHIMA, Tatsuro HITOMI, Arata INOUE, Masayuki MIURA, Shinichi KANNO, Toshio FUJISAWA, Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Tomoya SANUKI
  • Publication number: 20220204270
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a control apparatus and a stocker. The control apparatus writes data to or reads data from a storage medium that includes a plurality of non-volatile memory chips. The stocker stores a plurality of the storage media that are detached from the control apparatus. The control apparatus includes a first temperature control system. The first temperature control system raises temperature of the storage medium to a first temperature or higher. The stocker includes a second temperature control system. The second temperature control system cools the storage medium to a second temperature or lower. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhito YOSHIMIZU, Takashi FUKUSHIMA, Tatsuro HITOMI, Arata INOUE, Masayuki MIURA, Shinichi KANNO, Toshio FUJISAWA, Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Tomoya SANUKI
  • Patent number: 11326817
    Abstract: An ice making system includes: a refrigerant circuit that performs a vapor compression refrigeration cycle and that includes a compressor, a condenser that condenses refrigerant discharged from the compressor, a first expansion valve with an adjustable opening degree that decompresses the refrigerant from the condenser, a flooded evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the first expansion valve, and a superheater that imparts a degree of superheating to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator; a circulation circuit that circulates a medium that is cooled by the flooded evaporator; and a control device that controls the adjustable opening degree of the first expansion valve such that the superheater imparts to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator a degree of superheating at which dryness of the refrigerant is kept within a predetermined range of less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kita, Azuma Kondou, Shouhei Yasuda, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Kazuyoshi Nomura, Takeo Ueno
  • Publication number: 20220130754
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including: plural first conductive layers stacked on a substrate; plural second conductive layers each stacked between the first conductive layers; a pillar that extends in a stacking direction of the first and second conductive layers and forms plural memory cells at intersections of the first and second conductive layers in a region where first and second conductive layers are arranged; a first contact plug that extends in the stacking direction of the first and second conductive layers and is connected to the first conductive layers in the region where the first and second conductive layers are arranged; and a second contact plug that extends in the stacking direction of the first and second conductive layers and is connected to the second conductive layers in the region where the first conductive layers and second conductive layers are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Yasuhito YOSHIMIZU, Tomoya SANUKI, Fumitaka ARAI
  • Patent number: 11306956
    Abstract: A double pipe icemaker includes an inner pipe, and an outer pipe provided radially outside the inner pipe and coaxially with the inner pipe. The outer pipe allows a cooling target to flow in the inner pipe and a refrigerant to flow in a space between the inner and outer pipes. The outer pipe has a wall provided with at least one nozzle to jet the refrigerant into the space. The nozzle has a jet port. The jet port may allow the refrigerant to jet in a radial direction including at least an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the inner pipe. A shielding plate may be provided ahead of the jet port in a jetting direction such that the refrigerant hitting the shielding plate expands along a surface of the shielding plate in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahito Nakayama, Ryouji Matsue, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Satoru Ohkura, Takeo Ueno
  • Patent number: 11289505
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, first to eleventh conductive layers, first and second pillars, and first to fourth insulating regions. The first insulating regions are provided between the third and fifth conductive layers and between the fourth and sixth conductive layers. The second insulating regions are provided between the eighth and tenth conductive layers and between the ninth and eleventh conductive layers. The third insulating region is provided between the third to sixth conductive layers and the eighth to eleventh conductive layers. The fourth insulating region is provided between the second and seventh conductive layers. The fourth insulating region is separated from the third insulating region in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Yoshimura, Keisuke Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20220085003
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first chip, and a second chip bonded to the first chip. The first chip includes: a substrate; a transistor provided on the substrate; a plurality of first wirings provided above the transistor; and a plurality of first pads provided above the first wirings. The second chip includes: a plurality of second pads coupled to the plurality of first pads, respectively; a plurality of second wirings provided above the second pads; and a memory cell array provided above the second wirings. The first wiring, the first pad, the second pad, and the second wiring are coupled to one another in series to form a first pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori IWASHITA, Shinya ARAI, Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Takahiro TOMIMATSU, Ryo TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11276700
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first conductive layers stacked on a substrate; second conductive layers stacked on the substrate and apart from the first conductive layer in a direction; third conductive layers stacked on the substrate and electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers; first insulating layers arranged in the direction to sandwich the first conductive layers; second insulating layers arranged in the direction to sandwich the second conductive layers; slit regions that sandwich the third conductive layers; and memory pillars disposed on the first and second insulating layers. The slit region is disposed between an end portion of one of the first insulating layers and an end portion of one of the second insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Nakatsuka
  • 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