Patents by Inventor Kohei DATE

Kohei DATE 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: 20240276721
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei DATE, Kenji AOYAMA, Keisuke SUDA, Minami TANAKA, Satoshi NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240096416
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei DATE, Keisuke SUDA