Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Yoshikawa

Masatoshi Yoshikawa 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: 20240079039
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device includes first to third conductors and a 3-terminal type memory cell coupled to the first to third conductors. The memory cell includes: a fourth conductor and a magnetoresistance effect element provided between the fourth and third conductors. The magnetoresistance effect element includes: a first ferromagnet in contact with the fourth conductor; a second ferromagnet provided in an opposite side of the fourth conductor with respect to the first ferromagnet; a dielectric between the first and second ferromagnets; a third ferromagnet provided in an opposite side of the first ferromagnet with respect to the second ferromagnet; and a nonmagnet provided between the second and third ferromagnets. A concentration of a noble metal contained in the first ferromagnet is higher than a concentration of the noble metal contained in the second ferromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11923121
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core including an inner core portion and an outer core portion disposed outside the winding portion; a resin cover housing at least a portion of the magnetic core; and an adhesive portion filling a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a housing portion of the magnetic core and an inner circumferential surface of the resin cover bonding the housing portion with the resin cover. The resin cover includes: a flange portion having a surface that comes into contact with an end face of the winding portion and a through hole; an outer cover portion having housing portion housing the outer core portion and an abutting portion that contacts a portion of the flange portion; and a protruding portion that forms the gap between an outer circumferential surface of the outer core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Kohei Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Inaba, Masatoshi Koike, Yoshiki Numazawa
  • Publication number: 20240049475
    Abstract: A magnetic memory includes first conductive lines, a second conductive line, a third conductive line, a fourth conductive line, a conductive layer, magnetoresistive elements, first transistors, a second transistor, and a third transistor. Each magnetoresistive element is arranged between the conductive layer and the second conductive line and includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second conductive line, and a first non-magnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. Each first transistor is connected between the conductive layer and one of the magnetoresistive elements, and has a gate which is a part of one the first conductive lines. A second transistor is connected between a first end of the second conductive line and the third conductive line. A third transistor is connected between a second end of the second conductive line and the fourth conductive line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro UEDA, Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240038427
    Abstract: A superconducting coil device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: A superconducting coil device including: a bobbin having a tubular body; superconducting wires, a part of which constitutes a wound portion where the superconducting wires are wound on the bobbin; a bobbin-side guide portion holding the superconducting wires extending from the bobbin, the bobbin-side guide portion being provided to extend in a bobbin axial direction, which is an axial direction of the body of the bobbin; a first guide portion holding the superconducting wires extending from the bobbin-side guide portion, the first guide portion being arranged on an outer side of the bobbin-side guide portion in a direction intersecting the bobbin axial direction and provided to extend in the direction intersecting the bobbin axial direction; and a second guide portion capable of holding the superconducting wires extending from the first guide portion, the second guide portion being provided to extend in a direction in
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA, Yasuyuki MIYOSHI, Mamoru HAMADA, Kazuyoshi SAITO, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Renzhong PIAO, Kotaro OHKI, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI
  • Publication number: 20230298643
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes first to fifth interconnects, first to third memory cells, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to execute machine learning. Each of the first memory cells, the second memory cells, and the third memory cells includes a resistance changing element. In the machine learning, the control circuit is configured to: execute a write operation using a common write voltage to each of the second memory cells; and after the write operation, input input data to each of the first interconnects, and change a resistance value of at least one third memory cell of the third memory cells based on the input data and a signal output from each of the fifth interconnects based on the input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke OTA, Marina YAMAGUCHI, Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230189662
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device includes first, second, and third conductor layers, and a memory cell that is coupled to the first, second, and third conductor layers. The memory cell includes a fourth conductor layer and a magnetoresistance effect element. The fourth conductor layer includes first, second, and third portions coupled to the first, second, and third conductor layers, respectively. The third portion is between the first and second portions. The magnetoresistance effect element is coupled between a third conductor and the fourth conductor layer. The fourth conductor layer includes a magnetic layer and a non-magnetic layer that is between the magnetic layer and the magnetoresistance effect element. The magnetic layer has a first saturation magnetization during a standby state or a read state of the memory cell, and has a second saturation magnetization larger than the first saturation magnetization during a write state of the memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230082665
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device includes a three-terminal type memory cell. A first terminal is connected to a first conductor layer. A second terminal is connected to a second conductor layer. A third terminal is connected to a third conductor layer. The memory cell includes a fourth conductor connected to the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer. A magnetoresistance effect element of the memory cell is coupled between the third conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer. A first switching element is coupled to the second conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer. A second switching element coupled to the first conductor layer and the third conductor layer. The fourth conductor layer includes a first ferromagnetic layer and a first non-magnetic layer. The first non-magnetic layer comprises at least one of ruthenium, iridium, rhodium, or osmium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230069841
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes first to third conductor layers, and a three-terminal-type memory cell connected to the first to third conductor layers. The first memory cell includes a fourth conductor layer, a magnetoresistance effect element, a two-terminal-type first switching element, and a two-terminal-type second switching element. The fourth conductor layer includes a first portion connected to the first conductor layer, a second portion connected to the second conductor layer, and a third portion which is connected to the third conductor layer. The magnetoresistance effect element is connected between the third conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer. The first switching element is connected between the second conductor layer and the fourth conductor layer. The second switching element is connected between the first conductor layer and the third conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ASAO, Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11600772
    Abstract: A resistance variable device of an embodiment includes a stack arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode and including a resistance variable layer and a chalcogen-containing layer. The chalcogen-containing layer contains a material having a composition represented by a general formula: C1xC2yAz, where C1 is at least one element selected from Sc, Y, Zr, and Hf, C2 is at least one element selected from C, Si, Ge, B, Al, Ga, and In, A is at least one element selected from S, Se, and Te, and x, y, and z are numbers representing atomic ratios satisfying 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1, and x+y+z=1, and when an oxidation number of the element C1 is set to a, and an oxidation number of the element C2 is set to b, the atomic ratio x of the element C1 satisfies x?(3?(3+b)×y?z)/(3+a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawai, Katsuyoshi Komatsu, Tadaomi Daibou, Hiroki Tokuhira, Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Yuichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20220302383
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a selector device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a selector layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode or the second electrode includes a stacked film. The stacked film includes a first layer including a first material with a first Debye temperature, and a second layer in contact with the first layer and including a second material with a second Debye temperature lower than the first Debye temperature. A ratio of the first Debye temperature to the second Debye temperature is equal to or greater than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Jieqiong ZHANG, Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tadaomi DAIBOU
  • Patent number: 11322189
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer includes a first sub-magnetic layer, a second sub-magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer between the first sub-magnetic layer and the second sub-magnetic layer, and the first sub-magnetic layer is provided between the nonmagnetic layer and the second sub-magnetic layer and has a magnetization direction antiparallel to a magnetization direction of the second sub-magnetic layer and has a magnetization amount smaller than that of the second sub-magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20210202838
    Abstract: A resistance variable device of an embodiment includes a stack arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode and including a resistance variable layer and a chalcogen-containing layer. The chalcogen-containing layer contains a material having a composition represented by a general formula: C1xC2yAz, where C1 is at least one element selected from Sc, Y, Zr, and Hf, C2 is at least one element selected from C, Si, Ge, B, Al, Ga, and In, A is at least one element selected from S, Se, and Te, and x, y, and z are numbers representing atomic ratios satisfying 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1, and x+y+z=1, and when an oxidation number of the element C1 is set to a, and an oxidation number of the element C2 is set to b, the atomic ratio x of the element C2 satisfies x?(3?(3+b)×y?z)/(3+a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAI, Katsuyoshi KOMATSU, Tadaomi DAIBOU, Hiroki TOKUHIRA, Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi ITO
  • Patent number: 11018187
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer includes a first sub-magnetic layer in a polycrystalline state and a second sub-magnetic layer in an amorphous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10937947
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first interconnect and a magnetoresistive effect element. The first interconnect includes a first nonmagnet including a light metal and a second nonmagnet including a heavy metal on the first nonmagnet. The magnetoresistive effect element includes a third nonmagnet on the second nonmagnet, a first ferromagnet on the third nonmagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a fourth nonmagnet between the first ferromagnet and the second ferromagnet. The third nonmagnet has a film thickness of 2 nanometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Tatsuya Kishi
  • Publication number: 20200321040
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer includes a first sub-magnetic layer, a second sub-magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer between the first sub-magnetic layer and the second sub-magnetic layer, and the first sub-magnetic layer is provided between the nonmagnetic layer and the second sub-magnetic layer and has a magnetization direction antiparallel to a magnetization direction of the second sub-magnetic layer and has a magnetization amount smaller than that of the second sub-magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200303625
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first interconnect and a magnetoresistive effect element. The first interconnect includes a first nonmagnet including a light metal and a second nonmagnet including a heavy metal on the first nonmagnet. The magnetoresistive effect element includes a third nonmagnet on the second nonmagnet, a first ferromagnet on the third nonmagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a fourth nonmagnet between the first ferromagnet and the second ferromagnet. The third nonmagnet has a film thickness of 2 nanometers or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tatsuya KISHI
  • Publication number: 20200083291
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer includes a first sub-magnetic layer in a polycrystalline state and a second sub-magnetic layer in an amorphous state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10490732
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a stacked structure including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a sidewall insulating layer provided on a side surface of the stacked structure and containing boron (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Sonoda, Daisuke Watanabe, Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Youngmin Eeh, Shuichi Tsubata, Toshihiko Nagase, Yutaka Hashimoto, Kazuya Sawada, Kazuhiro Tomioka, Kenichi Yoshino, Tadaaki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10461245
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic memory device, includes forming a stack film including a magnetic layer on an underlying area, forming a hard mask on the stack film, forming a stack structure by etching the stack film using the hard mask as a mask, forming a first protective insulating film on a side surface of the stack structure, and performing an oxidation treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Tsubata, Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Satoshi Seto, Kazuhiro Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20190287590
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer includes a first sub-magnetic layer, a second sub-magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer between the first sub-magnetic layer and the second sub-magnetic layer, and the first sub-magnetic layer is provided between the nonmagnetic layer and the second sub-magnetic layer and has a magnetization direction antiparallel to a magnetization direction of the second sub-magnetic layer and has a magnetization amount smaller than that of the second sub-magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA