Patents by Inventor KENICHIROU KUSANO

KENICHIROU KUSANO 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).

  • Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9754876
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a fuse element; and a fuse window that is formed above a region including the fuse element, that includes a pair of first sidewalls extending in a first direction running along a direction that current flows in the fuse element and a pair of second sidewalls extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and that is formed with a projection projecting out from a sidewall side toward the inside at an inner wall of at least one out of the first sidewalls or the second sidewalls, the projection having a sidewall side width that is narrower than a projecting side width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichirou Kusano
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170117221
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a fuse element; and a fuse window that is formed above a region including the fuse element, that includes a pair of first sidewalls extending in a first direction running along a direction that current flows in the fuse element and a pair of second sidewalls extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and that is formed with a projection projecting out from a sidewall side toward the inside at an inner wall of at least one out of the first sidewalls or the second sidewalls, the projection having a sidewall side width that is narrower than a projecting side width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: KENICHIROU KUSANO