Patents by Inventor Keisuke SUDA
Keisuke SUDA 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).
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Publication number: 20260075848Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes: a second chip bonded to a first chip. The second chip includes layers arranged in a first direction; a semiconductor layer above the layers in the first direction; a first contact penetrating the layers and including a portion located in the semiconductor layer; a second contact penetrating the layers and including a portion located in the semiconductor layer; and a member separating the semiconductor layer in a second direction between the contacts. The member includes a first portion located along a surface on a first chip side of the semiconductor layer and a second portion located along a surface on a side opposite to the first chip of the semiconductor layer. A first dimension along the second direction of the second portion is larger than a second dimension along the second direction of the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masaru SUZUKI, Keisuke SUDA
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Patent number: 12490435Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes: a first semiconductor layer through first conductive layers; a gate insulating film between the first conductive layers and the first semiconductor layer; a first structure facing the first conductive layers; a second semiconductor layer connected to the first semiconductor layer and the first structure; a third semiconductor layer between the second semiconductor layer and the first conductive layers; a fourth semiconductor layer including a first portion along a bottom surface of the third semiconductor layer and a second portion along a top surface of the second semiconductor layer; and a first insulating layer, between the first and second portions, including a first region spaced from the first structure with a distance longer than a first distance that contains a nitride film, and a second region spaced from the first structure with a distance shorter than the first distance that does not contain nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hideto Takekida, Keisuke Suda, Naoyuki Iida, Kohei Nyui, Ryo Hikida
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Publication number: 20250359061Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor layer arranged above a substrate in a first direction; a first interconnect layer between the substrate and the semiconductor layer; a second interconnect layer arranged adjacent to the first interconnect layer in a second direction; a plurality of memory pillars; and a first member between the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer. The semiconductor layer has, on a side of a second surface facing a first surface in contact with the first member, a first projecting portion projecting in the first direction and overlapping a part of an area in the first direction, the area being provided with the first interconnect layer and the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2025Publication date: November 20, 2025Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Hisashi HARADA, Keisuke SUDA
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Patent number: 12439596Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked above a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a first film. The second semiconductor layer extends through the plurality of electrode layers in a stacking direction of the plurality of electrode layers. The second semiconductor layer includes an end portion inside the first semiconductor layer. The first film is positioned inside the first semiconductor layer and contacts the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first film is positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The third portion links the first portion and the second portion. The third portion is positioned between the first film and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a contact portion contacting the third portion of the first semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Maruyama, Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Yuki Sugiura, Shinya Arai, Fumie Kikushima, Keisuke Suda, Takashi Ishida
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Patent number: 12408344Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor layer arranged above a substrate in a first direction; a first interconnect layer between the substrate and the semiconductor layer; a second interconnect layer arranged adjacent to the first interconnect layer in a second direction; a plurality of memory pillars; and a first member between the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer. The semiconductor layer has, on a side of a second surface facing a first surface in contact with the first member, a first projecting portion projecting in the first direction and overlapping a part of an area in the first direction, the area being provided with the first interconnect layer and the first member.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Hisashi Harada, Keisuke Suda
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Patent number: 12317490Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked body having a stacked structure in which a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers are alternately stacked one by one, the stacked body including a memory region and a dummy region arranged in a first direction intersecting a stacking direction of the plurality of conductive layers, the dummy region including a first stepped portion in which at least a part of the plurality of conductive layers on an upper layer side is processed in a stepped shape and terminates at an end portion opposite to the memory region in the first direction; and first and second plate-like portions extending in the stacking direction and the first direction in the stacked body at positions in the memory region away from each other in a second direction intersecting the stacking direction and the first direction, the first and second plate-like portions being directly or indirectly connected to each other and terminating in the dType: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Akira Yotsumoto, Keisuke Suda, Kenji Tashiro, Tetsuya Yamashita, Daigo Ichinose
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Patent number: 12230326Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes memory blocks arranged in a first direction and bit lines that are arranged in a second direction, and are arranged with the memory blocks in a third direction. The memory block includes first conductive layers arranged in the third direction, a second conductive layer disposed on a side opposite to the bit lines in the third direction with respect to the first conductive layers, semiconductor layers that extend in the third direction, are opposed to the first conductive layers, have one ends in the third direction electrically connected to the second conductive layer, and have the other ends in the third direction electrically connected to the bit lines, and electric charge accumulating films disposed between the first conductive layers and the semiconductor layers. The first conductive layers and the second conductive layer are separated between the memory blocks.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Keisuke Suda, Ryota Suzuki, Kenta Yamada
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Publication number: 20240389328Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a plurality of first conductor layers arranged apart from each other in a first direction; a memory pillar extending in the first direction and including a portion crossing a respective one of the first conductor layers, the portion functioning as a memory cell; and a first conductor member surrounding, in a first direction perspective, the first conductor layers and the memory pillar, the first conductor member crossing an extension of at least one of the first conductor layers. The first conductor member includes a first direction first end having, in the first direction perspective, a dent and rise profile in a longitudinal direction of the first conductor member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Kazuma HAYASHI, Shinya ARAI, Keisuke SUDA, Masakazu SAWANO
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Patent number: 12069855Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a substrate, a source line layer above the substrate in a memory region and a peripheral region of the substrate, a first insulating layer above the source line layer, a first conductive layer on the first insulating layer in the memory and peripheral regions, an alternating stack of a plurality of second insulating layers and a plurality of second conductive layers on the first conductive layer in the memory region, and a plurality of pillars extending through the alternating stack of the second insulating layers and the second conductive layers, the first conductive layer, and the first insulating layer in the memory region. A bottom end of each of the pillars is in the source line layer in a thickness direction. A carrier density of the source line layer is higher in the memory region than in the peripheral region.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Keisuke Suda, Fumiki Aiso, Atsushi Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20240276721Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of conductor layers including a first conductor layer as an uppermost layer; a plurality of memory pillars penetrating the conductor layers; and a member that includes a first portion extending in the conductor layers and a plurality of second portions RT provided apart from each other on the uppermost layer side of the conductor layers, and divides the conductor layers in a direction in a substrate surface; wherein a lower surface of the second portion is located below an upper surface of the first conductor layer, and an upper surface of the second portion is wider in a width in the direction, than the lower surface of the second portion and than the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Kohei DATE, Kenji AOYAMA, Keisuke SUDA, Minami TANAKA, Satoshi NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20240096416Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: stacked interconnects including a first interconnect layer and a second interconnect layer, the first interconnect layer including a first area and a second area arranged in a first direction, the second interconnect layer being arranged above the first interconnect layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second interconnect layer not including the first area and including the second area; a first memory pillar arranged in the first area and passing through the first interconnect layer in the second direction; and a second memory pillar arranged in the second area and passing through the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Kohei DATE, Keisuke SUDA
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Publication number: 20230307050Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes memory blocks arranged in a first direction and bit lines that are arranged in a second direction, and are arranged with the memory blocks in a third direction. The memory block includes first conductive layers arranged in the third direction, a second conductive layer disposed on a side opposite to the bit lines in the third direction with respect to the first conductive layers, semiconductor layers that extend in the third direction, are opposed to the first conductive layers, have one ends in the third direction electrically connected to the second conductive layer, and have the other ends in the third direction electrically connected to the bit lines, and electric charge accumulating films disposed between the first conductive layers and the semiconductor layers. The first conductive layers and the second conductive layer are separated between the memory blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Keisuke SUDA, Ryota SUZUKI, Kenta YAMADA
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Publication number: 20230276626Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes: a first semiconductor layer through first conductive layers; a gate insulating film between the first conductive layers and the first semiconductor layer; a first structure facing the first conductive layers; a second semiconductor layer connected to the first semiconductor layer and the first structure; a third semiconductor layer between the second semiconductor layer and the first conductive layers; a fourth semiconductor layer including a first portion along a bottom surface of the third semiconductor layer and a second portion along a top surface of the second semiconductor layer; and a first insulating layer, between the first and second portions, including a first region spaced from the first structure with a distance longer than a first distance that contains a nitride film, and a second region spaced from the first structure with a distance shorter than the first distance that does not contain nitrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Hideto TAKEKIDA, Keisuke SUDA, Naoyuki IIDA, Kohei NYUI, Ryo HIKIDA
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Publication number: 20230262983Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor layer arranged above a substrate in a first direction; a first interconnect layer between the substrate and the semiconductor layer; a second interconnect layer arranged adjacent to the first interconnect layer in a second direction; a plurality of memory pillars; and a first member between the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer. The semiconductor layer has, on a side of a second surface facing a first surface in contact with the first member, a first projecting portion projecting in the first direction and overlapping a part of an area in the first direction, the area being provided with the first interconnect layer and the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Hisashi HARADA, Keisuke SUDA
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Patent number: 11637123Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment is provided with: a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate; and a pillar portion penetrating the stacked body. The pillar portion has a first film including a first material and a second material, and a second film provided on an inner side of the first film. The second material is a material that increases an etching rate of the first material as a composition rate relative to the first material is higher, and the composition rate gradually decreases from an upper part to a lower part of the first film.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Atsushi Fukumoto, Keisuke Suda, Takayuki Ito
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Publication number: 20230086773Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked body having a stacked structure in which a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers are alternately stacked one by one, the stacked body including a memory region and a dummy region arranged in a first direction intersecting a stacking direction of the plurality of conductive layers, the dummy region including a first stepped portion in which at least a part of the plurality of conductive layers on an upper layer side is processed in a stepped shape and terminates at an end portion opposite to the memory region in the first direction; and first and second plate-like portions extending in the stacking direction and the first direction in the stacked body at positions in the memory region away from each other in a second direction intersecting the stacking direction and the first direction, the first and second plate-like portions being directly or indirectly connected to each other and terminating in the dType: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Akira YOTSUMOTO, Keisuke SUDA, Kenji TASHIRO, Tetsuya YAMASHITA, Daigo ICHINOSE
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Publication number: 20220115403Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked above a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a first film. The second semiconductor layer extends through the plurality of electrode layers in a stacking direction of the plurality of electrode layers. The second semiconductor layer includes an end portion inside the first semiconductor layer. The first film is positioned inside the first semiconductor layer and contacts the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first film is positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The third portion links the first portion and the second portion. The third portion is positioned between the first film and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a contact portion contacting the third portion of the first semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MARUYAMA, Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Yuki SUGIURA, Shinya ARAI, Fumie KIKUSHIMA, Keisuke SUDA, Takashi ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20220077170Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a substrate, a source line layer above the substrate in a memory region and a peripheral region of the substrate, a first insulating layer above the source line layer, a first conductive layer on the first insulating layer in the memory and peripheral regions, an alternating stack of a plurality of second insulating layers and a plurality of second conductive layers on the first conductive layer in the memory region, and a plurality of pillars extending through the alternating stack of the second insulating layers and the second conductive layers, the first conductive layer, and the first insulating layer in the memory region. A bottom end of each of the pillars is in the source line layer in a thickness direction. A carrier density of the source line layer is higher in the memory region than in the peripheral region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Keisuke SUDA, Fumiki AISO, Atsushi FUKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210082952Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment is provided with: a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate; and a pillar portion penetrating the stacked body. The pillar portion has a first film including a first material and a second material, and a second film provided on an inner side of the first film. The second material is a material that increases an etching rate of the first material as a composition rate relative to the first material is higher, and the composition rate gradually decreases from an upper part to a lower part of the first film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Atsushi Fukumoto, Keisuke Suda, Takayuki Ito
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Publication number: 20200391534Abstract: A pseudo etching decoration method and a pseudo etching decoration product in which decoration that appears as if a decoration target is etched can be provided to the decoration target without actually performing etching are provided. The pseudo etching decoration method includes: a process (S51) of providing a matte-tone coating to the decoration target; and a process (S52) of forming a gloss-tone film of clear ink on part of the surface of the decoration target by providing gloss-tone printing with the clear ink by UV ink-jet printing on part of the matte-tone coating provided to the decoration target in the process at S51.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Keisuke Suda