Patents by Inventor Kingo Kurotani

Kingo Kurotani 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: 11869957
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device comprises a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a plurality of unit transistors, a capacitor electrically connected between a RF input wire and a base wire for each unit transistor of the unit transistors, and a bump electrically connected to emitters of the unit transistors. The unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The transistors include first and second unit transistors, the respective emitters of the first and second unit transistors being disposed on first and second sides, respectively, of a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, with respect to a center line of the bump extending in the first direction. The capacitor is not covered by the bump, and respective lengths of the respective base wires connected respectively to the first and second unit transistors are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara, Shigeki Koya
  • Patent number: 11508834
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device comprises a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a plurality of unit transistors, a capacitor electrically connected between a RF input wire and a base wire for each unit transistor of the unit transistors, and a bump electrically connected to emitters of the unit transistors. The unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The transistors include first and second unit transistors, the respective emitters of the first and second unit transistors being disposed on first and second sides, respectively, of a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, with respect to a center line of the bump extending in the first direction. The capacitor is not covered by the bump, and respective lengths of the respective base wires connected respectively to the first and second unit transistors are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara, Shigeki Koya
  • Publication number: 20210367066
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device comprises a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a plurality of unit transistors, a capacitor electrically connected between a RF input wire and a base wire for each unit transistor of the unit transistors, and a bump electrically connected to emitters of the unit transistors. The unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The transistors include first and second unit transistors, the respective emitters of the first and second unit transistors being disposed on first and second sides, respectively, of a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, with respect to a center line of the bump extending in the first direction. The capacitor is not covered by the bump, and respective lengths of the respective base wires connected respectively to the first and second unit transistors are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA, Shigeki KOYA
  • Publication number: 20210066479
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device comprises a heterojunction bipolar transistor including a plurality of unit transistors, a capacitor electrically connected between a RF input wire and a base wire for each unit transistor of the unit transistors, and a bump electrically connected to emitters of the unit transistors. The unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The transistors include first and second unit transistors, the respective emitters of the first and second unit transistors being disposed on first and second sides, respectively, of a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, with respect to a center line of the bump extending in the first direction. The capacitor is not covered by the bump, and respective lengths of the respective base wires connected respectively to the first and second unit transistors are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA, Shigeki KOYA
  • Patent number: 10868155
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors through respective overlying conductor filled via openings that overlap in a plan view with a width portion of the bump. The semiconductor device reduces heat resistance in an HBT cell by satisfying two conditions, the first of which is related to specific sizing and positioning of a width portion of the overlying via opening relative to the width portion of the bump, and the second of which is related to positioning the base electrode entirely within a specific region of the width portion of the overlapping overlying via opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara, Shigeki Koya
  • Patent number: 10714602
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20200006536
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors through respective overlying conductor filled via openings that overlap in a plan view with a width portion of the bump. The semiconductor device reduces heat resistance in an HBT cell by satisfying two conditions, the first of which is related to specific sizing and positioning of a width portion of the overlying via opening relative to the width portion of the bump, and the second of which is related to positioning the base electrode entirely within a specific region of the width portion of the overlapping overlying via opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA, Shigeki KOYA
  • Publication number: 20190214489
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 10276701
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20180006144
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 9831329
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 9825156
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kingo Kurotani, Takashi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20160343837
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20160155830
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Kingo KUROTANI, Takashi KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 7388256
    Abstract: In a technique to improve the high-frequency power gain of an LDMOS, the distance from the surface of a passivation film covering electrode pads to the rear surface of a silicon substrate is set into 200 ?m or less, or a trench of 2 ?m or more in thickness, in which an insulating film or a conductor is embedded, is formed between a region where a p type impurity is diffused, when a p+ type source penetrating layer is formed, and the channel region of a third LDMOS, so as to extend from the front surface of a semiconductor layer toward a silicon substrate. This trench restrains the p+ type source penetrating layer from spreading to the channel region, thereby lowering the inductance or the resistance of the source and improving the high-frequency power gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kingo Kurotani, Takeshi Sakamoto, Michio Yano, Kenichi Nagura
  • Publication number: 20060237787
    Abstract: In a technique to improve the high-frequency power gain of an LDMOS, the distance from the surface of a passivation film covering electrode pads to the rear surface of a silicon substrate is set into 200 ?m or less, or a trench of 2 ?m or more in thickness, in which an insulating film or a conductor is embedded, is formed between a region where a p type impurity is diffused, when a p+ type source penetrating layer is formed, and the channel region of a third LDMOS, so as to extend from the front surface of a semiconductor layer toward a silicon substrate. This trench restrains the p+ type source penetrating layer from spreading to the channel region, thereby lowering the inductance or the resistance of the source and improving the high-frequency power gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Kingo Kurotani, Takeshi Sakamoto, Michio Yano, Kenichi Nagura
  • Patent number: 7078765
    Abstract: In a technique to improve the high-frequency power gain of an LDMOS, the distance from the surface of a passivation film covering electrode pads to the rear surface of a silicon substrate is set into 200 ?m or less, or a trench of 2 ?m or more in thickness, in which an insulating film or a conductor is embedded, is formed between a region where a p type impurity is diffused, when a p+ type source penetrating layer is formed, and the channel region of a third LDMOS, so as to extend from the front surface of a semiconductor layer toward a silicon substrate. This trench restrains the p+ type source penetrating layer from spreading to the channel region, thereby lowering the inductance or the resistance of the source and improving the high-frequency power gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kingo Kurotani, Takeshi Sakamoto, Michio Yano, Kenichi Nagura
  • Publication number: 20040188805
    Abstract: In a technique to improve the high-frequency power gain of an LDMOS, the distance from the surface of a passivation film covering electrode pads to the rear surface of a silicon substrate is set into 200 &mgr;m or less, or a trench of 2 &mgr;m or more in thickness, in which an insulating film or a conductor is embedded, is formed between a region where a p type impurity is diffused, when a p+ type source penetrating layer is formed, and the channel region of a third LDMOS, so as to extend from the front surface of a semiconductor layer toward a silicon substrate. This trench restrains the p+ type source penetrating layer from spreading to the channel region, thereby lowering the inductance or the resistance of the source and improving the high-frequency power gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kingo Kurotani, Takeshi Sakamoto, Michio Yano, Kenichi Nagura