Patents by Inventor Kentaro MURAKAWA

Kentaro MURAKAWA 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: 20220416015
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor element containing gallium nitride. The semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer including a first surface having a first region and a second region that is a projecting portion having a strip shape and projecting relative to the first region or a recessed portion having a strip shape and being recessed relative to the first region. Of the first surface, at least one of surfaces of the first region and the second region includes a crystal plane having a plane orientation different from a (000-1) plane orientation and a (1-100) plane orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro MURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220415714
    Abstract: Included are: an underlying substrate including a first surface; a semiconductor element layer dividable into a plurality of element portions, the semiconductor element layer being located on the first surface of the underlying substrate; and a support substrate including a second surface on which the semiconductor element layer is located, the second surface facing the first surface, the semiconductor element layer being located on the second surface. The support substrate and the semiconductor element layer include a weak portion used to divide the semiconductor element layer into the plurality of element portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro MURAKAWA, Katsuaki MASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220376132
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor element of the present disclosure includes: a step of preparing a substrate; a first element forming step of forming a first semiconductor layer in a first region on a surface of the substrate; a first element separating step of separating the first semiconductor layer from the substrate; and a second element forming step of forming a second semiconductor layer in a second region on the surface of the substrate from which the first semiconductor layer is separated. Additionally, in the method for manufacturing a semiconductor element of the present disclosure, at least a portion of the second region overlaps the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro NISHIMURA, Yutaka KUBA, Katsuaki MASAKI, Kentaro MURAKAWA, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220271169
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a high on-state current is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor provided over the first oxide to be separated from each other; and a second oxide provided over the first oxide and between the first conductor and the second conductor. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide has crystallinity, the first oxide includes a region where a c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to a top surface of the first oxide, and the second oxide includes a region where the c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to the top surface of the first oxide, a region where the c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to a side surface of the first conductor, and a region where the c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to a side surface of the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Hiroki KOMAGATA, Katsuaki TOCHIBAYASHI, Kentaro SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20220140179
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor element according to the present disclosure includes an element forming step (S1) of forming, on an underlying substrate (11), a semiconductor element (15) connected to the underlying substrate (11) via a connecting portion (13b) and including an upper surface (15a) inclined with respect to a growth surface of the underlying substrate (11), a preparing step (S2) of preparing a support substrate (16) including an opposing surface (16c) facing the underlying substrate (11), a bonding step (S3) of pressing the upper surface (15a) of the semiconductor element (15) against the opposing surface (16c) of the support substrate (16) and heating the upper surface (15a) to bond the upper surface (15a) of the semiconductor element (15) to the support substrate (16), and a peeling step (S4) of peeling the semiconductor element (15) from the underlying substrate (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Katsuaki MASAKI, Kentaro MURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220069185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic component joining method and a joined structure. A solder layer made of a gold-tin alloy including 20 mass % or greater of tin is formed on a light-emitting element side, and a layer including gold as a main component is formed, as a joining layer for joining to the solder layer, on a submount side. The solder layer and the joining layer are heated at a temperature below the melting point of the gold-tin alloy of the solder layer to join the light-emitting element and the submount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kentaro MURAKAWA, Katsuaki MASAKI