Patents by Inventor Manabu Sato
Manabu Sato 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).
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Publication number: 20250087263Abstract: A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes: a plurality of memory strings each including a plurality of memory cell transistors, the plurality of memory strings being connected in parallel to one another; and a control circuit configured to control a write operation on at least part of the plurality of memory cell transistors. The write operation is executed in response to reception of the write command and the address. The control circuit determines, based on the address, whether to perform a first voltage application operation before the write operation ends. The first voltage application operation applies a predetermined voltage to the plurality of word lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Manabu SATO, Yoshikazu HARADA, Naoya SHIMMYO
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Patent number: 12214458Abstract: A piston ring installation jig is to be used when installing a piston ring having a ring gap in a ring groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of a piston. The piston ring installation jig includes a main body including a groove. The main body has in a semi-cylindrical shape surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the piston. The groove has a substantially semicircular arc shape, and is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the main body in a region corresponding to the ring groove of the piston. A portion of the piston ring in a circumferential direction is inserted into the groove. The groove has a shape of an arc of a circle which has a circle center biased more to an outer peripheral side of the main body than a circle center of an inner peripheral surface of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Tanaka, Manabu Sato, Toshihiko Furukawa, Nanaka Hosoda, Ryuta Shinohara, Tomoki Kajikawa
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Publication number: 20250020962Abstract: To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Masatoshi YOKOYAMA, Shigeki KOMORI, Manabu SATO, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20250017043Abstract: An inexpensive display device with a narrow bezel is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a light-emitting device, a second pixel including a light-receiving device, and a reading circuit for reading data obtained by the second pixel. The reading circuit includes a first circuit included in a mounted IC chip and a second circuit monolithically formed over a substrate over which a pixel circuit is formed. With this structure, a circuit corresponding to the second circuit can be omitted from the IC chip, so that the IC chip can be downsized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Manabu SATO, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Masataka NAKADA
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Patent number: 12183389Abstract: A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes: a plurality of memory strings each including a plurality of memory cell transistors, the plurality of memory strings being connected in parallel to one another; and a control circuit configured to control a write operation on at least part of the plurality of memory cell transistors. The write operation is executed in response to reception of the write command and the address. The control circuit determines, based on the address, whether to perform a first voltage application operation before the write operation ends. The first voltage application operation applies a predetermined voltage to the plurality of word lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Manabu Sato, Yoshikazu Harada, Naoya Shimmyo
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Publication number: 20240428737Abstract: A highly reliable semiconductor device or display device is provided. The semiconductor device has a function of inhibiting hot-carrier degradation of a transistor and includes a switch which includes a plurality of transistors connected in series and a diode connected to a node between the transistors. An appropriate potential supplied from the diode to the node can lower a source-drain voltage before the transistor is turned on, so that hot-carrier degradation can be inhibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Manabu SATO, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Takayuki ABE, Junichi KOEZUKA
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Patent number: 12154790Abstract: An etching method includes (a) disposing a substrate having a silicon oxide film on a substrate support in a chamber. The substrate includes a plurality of etching stop layers arranged inside the silicon oxide film. The plurality of etching stop layers are arranged at different positions in a thickness direction of the silicon oxide film. Each of the plurality of etching stop layers is formed of at least one of tungsten and molybdenum. The etching method (b) supplying a processing gas into the chamber, the processing gas including a gas containing at least one of tungsten and molybdenum, a gas containing carbon and fluoride, and an oxygen-containing gas; and (c) generating plasma from the processing gas to etch the silicon oxide film, thereby forming a plurality of recesses that reach the plurality of etching stop layers, respectively, in the silicon oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Seiichi Watanabe, Manabu Sato, Masayuki Sawataishi, Hiroki Yamada, Shinji Orimo
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Publication number: 20240351168Abstract: There is provided a metal-bonded grinding stone including an abrasive grain layer in which a plurality of abrasive grains and a plurality of pores are dispersed in a metal bonding material, in which a porosity of the plurality of pores in the abrasive grain layer is 40% or more and 99% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Yoshinori NAKANE, Manabu SATO, Masanori NAKA, Ryuichi TAKANABE
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Patent number: 12117704Abstract: To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Yokoyama, Shigeki Komori, Manabu Sato, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20240321374Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array including a block including a first transistor connected to a first select gate line, a second transistor connected to a second select gate line, and a plurality of memory cells connected in series between the first and second transistors and each connected to one corresponding word line of a plurality of word lines, and a row control circuit that outputs a control signal for setting the block to be in a selected state or an unselected state based on a result of decoding an address, stores information indicating whether the block is a non-defective block, and controls an electrical state of the second select gate line independently of the first select gate line based on the control signal and the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Manabu SATO
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Patent number: 12101966Abstract: An inexpensive display device with a narrow bezel is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a light-emitting device, a second pixel including a light-receiving device, and a reading circuit for reading data obtained by the second pixel. The reading circuit includes a first circuit included in a mounted IC chip and a second circuit monolithically formed over a substrate over which a pixel circuit is formed. With this structure, a circuit corresponding to the second circuit can be omitted from the IC chip, so that the IC chip can be downsized.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Sato, Hironori Matsumoto, Masataka Nakada
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Publication number: 20240192558Abstract: To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Masatoshi YOKOYAMA, Shigeki KOMORI, Manabu SATO, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20240082965Abstract: A piston ring installation jig is to be used when installing a piston ring having a ring gap in a ring groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of a piston. The piston ring installation jig includes a main body including a groove. The main body has in a semi-cylindrical shape surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the piston. The groove has a substantially semicircular arc shape, and is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the main body in a region corresponding to the ring groove of the piston. A portion of the piston ring in a circumferential direction is inserted into the groove. The groove has a shape of an arc of a circle which has a circle center biased more to an outer peripheral side of the main body than a circle center of an inner peripheral surface of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi TANAKA, Manabu SATO, Toshihiko FURUKAWA, Nanaka HOSODA, Ryuta SHINOHARA, Tomoki KAJIKAWA
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Patent number: 11841595Abstract: To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Yokoyama, Shigeki Komori, Manabu Sato, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20230354643Abstract: An inexpensive display device with a narrow bezel is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a light-emitting device, a second pixel including a light-receiving device, and a reading circuit for reading data obtained by the second pixel. The reading circuit includes a first circuit included in a mounted IC chip and a second circuit monolithically formed over a substrate over which a pixel circuit is formed. With this structure, a circuit corresponding to the second circuit can be omitted from the IC chip, so that the IC chip can be downsized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Manabu SATO, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Masataka NAKADA
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Publication number: 20230125324Abstract: A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor, and first to fourth wirings. The first transistor includes a first gate and a second gate, and one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is connected to the first wiring and the second gate, and the other of the source and the drain is connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor and one electrode of the capacitor. A gate of the second transistor is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor, and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring. The first wiring is supplied with a first potential, and the second wiring is supplied with a second potential and a third potential alternately. The third wiring is connected to the first gate and supplied with a first signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Manabu SATO, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO, Daisuke KUROSAKI, Masami JINTYOU, Masataka NAKADA
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Publication number: 20230129465Abstract: To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Masatoshi YOKOYAMA, Shigeki KOMORI, Manabu SATO, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230092551Abstract: A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes: a plurality of memory strings each including a plurality of memory cell transistors, the plurality of memory strings being connected in parallel to one another; and a control circuit configured to control a write operation on at least part of the plurality of memory cell transistors. The write operation is executed in response to reception of the write command and the address. The control circuit determines, based on the address, whether to perform a first voltage application operation before the write operation ends. The first voltage application operation applies a predetermined voltage to the plurality of word lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Manabu SATO, Yoshikazu HARADA, Naoya SHIMMYO
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Patent number: 11543718Abstract: To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Yokoyama, Shigeki Komori, Manabu Sato, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20220406818Abstract: A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes first to third transistors and a capacitor. In the first transistor, one of a source and a drain is supplied with a first signal, the other of the source and the drain is connected to a gate of the second transistor and one electrode of the capacitor, and a gate is supplied with a second pulse signal. In the second transistor, one of a source and a drain is supplied with a first pulse signal, and the other of the source and the drain is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor and one of a source and a drain of the third transistor. In the third transistor, the other of the source and the drain is supplied with the first potential, and a gate is supplied with a second signal that is an inverted signal of the first signal. The first pulse signal is a clock signal, and the second pulse signal has a duty ratio of 55% or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Manabu SATO, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hidenori MORI, Hironori MATSUMOTO