Patents by Inventor Kousuke Okuyama

Kousuke Okuyama 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: 8652895
    Abstract: A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Moniwa, Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Yasuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8576634
    Abstract: The degree of integration and the number of rewriting of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory element are improved. A first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element and a second MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element having a large gate width compared with the first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element are mounted together on the same substrate, and the first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element is used for storing program data which is scarcely rewritten, and the second MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element is used for storing processed data which is frequently rewritten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Ito, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Takeshi Sakai, Yasushi Ishii, Yasuhiro Kanamaru, Takashi Hashimoto, Makoto Mizuno, Kousuke Okuyama, Yukiko Manabe
  • Patent number: 8476138
    Abstract: Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Masahiro Moniwa, Makoto Mizuno, Keiji Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Noguchi, Tadanori Yoshida, Yasuhiko Takahshi, Akio Nishida
  • Patent number: 8093723
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, it is intended to prevent the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 ?m and is smaller than about 1.44 ?m, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 ?m, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takako Funakoshi, Eiichi Murakami, Kazumasa Yanagisawa, Kan Takeuchi, Hideo Aoki, Hizuru Yamaguchi, Takayuki Oshima, Kazuyuki Tsunokuni, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20110275207
    Abstract: A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro MONIWA, Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Yasuhiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110230041
    Abstract: Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Hiraku CHAKIHARA, Kousuke Okuyama, Masahiro Moniwa, Makoto Mizuno, Keiji Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Noguchi, Tadanori Yoshida, Yasuhiko Takahshi, Akio Nishida
  • Publication number: 20110204486
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, it is intended to prevent the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 ?m and is smaller than about 1.44 ?m, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 ?m, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Takako FUNAKOSHI, Eiichi MURAKAMI, Kazumasa YANAGISAWA, Kan TAKEUCHI, Hideo AOKI, Hizuru YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki OSHIMA, Kazuyuki TSUNOKUNI, Kousuke OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 7981738
    Abstract: A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Moniwa, Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Yasuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7977238
    Abstract: A manufacturing technique is disclosed for producing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, and such that there is prevented the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 ?m and is smaller than about 1.44 ?m, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 ?m, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takako Funakoshi, Eiichi Murakami, Kazumasa Yanagisawa, Kan Takeuchi, Hideo Aoki, Hizuru Yamaguchi, Takayuki Oshima, Kazuyuki Tsunokuni, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7972920
    Abstract: Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Renesas Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Masahiro Moniwa, Makoto Mizuno, Keiji Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Noguchi, Tadanori Yoshida, Yasuhiko Takahshi, Akio Nishida
  • Publication number: 20110034017
    Abstract: A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro MONIWA, Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Yasuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7829952
    Abstract: A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Moniwa, Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Yasuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7786585
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, it is intended to prevent the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 ?m and is smaller than about 1.44 ?m, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 ?m, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Takako Funakoshi, Eiichi Murakami, Kazumasa Yanagisawa, Kan Takeuchi, Hideo Aoki, Hizuru Yamaguchi, Takayuki Oshima, Kazuyuki Tsunokuni, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20100203724
    Abstract: A manufacturing technique is disclosed for producing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, and such that there is prevented the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 ?m and is smaller than about 1.44 ?m, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 ?m, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Takako FUNAKOSHI, Eiichi Murakami, Kazumasa Yanagisawa, Kan Takeuchi, Hideo Aoki, Hizuru Yamaguchi, Takayuki Oshima, Kazuyuki Tsunokuni, Kousuke Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20100202205
    Abstract: The degree of integration and the number of rewriting of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory element are improved. A first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element and a second MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element having a large gate width compared with the first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element are mounted together on the same substrate, and the first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element is used for storing program data which is scarcely rewritten, and the second MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element is used for storing processed data which is frequently rewritten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Ito, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Takeshi Sakai, Yasushi Ishii, Yasuhiro Kanamaru, Takashi Hashimoto, Makoto Mizuno, Kousuke Okuyama, Yukiko Manabe
  • Publication number: 20100136778
    Abstract: Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Masahiro Moniwa, Makoto Mizuno, Keiji Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Noguchi, Tadanori Yoshida, Yasuhiko Takahshi, Akio Nishida
  • Patent number: 7719052
    Abstract: The degree of integration and the number of rewriting of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory element are improved. A first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element and a second MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element having a large gate width compared with the first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element are mounted together on the same substrate, and the first MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element is used for storing program data which is scarcely rewritten, and the second MONOS nonvolatile-memory-element is used for storing processed data which is frequently rewritten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Ito, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Takeshi Sakai, Yasushi Ishii, Yasuhiro Kanamaru, Takashi Hashimoto, Makoto Mizuno, Kousuke Okuyama, Yukiko Manabe
  • Patent number: 7701020
    Abstract: Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku Chakihara, Kousuke Okuyama, Masahiro Moniwa, Makoto Mizuno, Keiji Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Noguchi, Tadanori Yoshida, Yasuhiko Takahshi, Akio Nishida
  • Patent number: 7687849
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for reducing the leak current by reducing contamination of metal composing a polymetal gate of a MISFET. Of a polycrystalline silicon film, a WN film, a W film, and a cap insulating film formed on a gate insulating film on a p-type well (semiconductor substrate), the cap insulating film, the W film, and the WN film are etched and the over-etching of the polycrystalline silicon film below them is performed. Then, a sidewall film is formed on sidewalls of these films. Thereafter, after etching the polycrystalline silicon film with using the sidewall film as a mask, a thermal treatment is performed in an oxidation atmosphere, by which a light oxide film is formed on the sidewall of the polycrystalline silicon film. As a result, the contamination on the gate insulating film due to the W and the W oxide can be reduced, and also, the diffusion of these materials into the semiconductor substrate (p-type well) and the resultant increase of the leak current can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kujirai, Kousuke Okuyama, Kazuhiro Hata, Kiyonori Oyu, Ryo Nagai, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Takahiro Kumauchi, Teruhisa Ichise
  • Publication number: 20090261390
    Abstract: A memory cell of an SRAM has two drive MISFETs and two vertical MISFETs. The p channel vertical MISFETs are formed above the n channel drive MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs respectively mainly include a laminate formed of a lower semiconductor layer, intermediate semiconductor layer and upper semiconductor layer laminated in this sequence, a gate insulating film of silicon oxide formed on the surface of the side wall of the laminate, and a gate electrode formed so as to cover the side wall of the laminate. The vertical MISFETs are perfect depletion type MISFETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Masahiro MONIWA, Hiraku CHAKIHARA, Kousuke OKUYAMA, Yasuhiko TAKAHASHI