Patents by Inventor Muneaki Matsushige

Muneaki Matsushige 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: 8335116
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional data buses provided in correspondence with respective ones of the plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional buffer circuits, which are provided in correspondence with respective ones of the memory cell arrays, capable of connecting adjacent bidirectional data buses serially so as to relay data in the bidirectional data buses; and a control circuit for controlling activation of the bidirectional buffer circuits. The bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as to invert logic and the bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as not to invert logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Muneaki Matsushige, Atsunori Hirobe, Kazutaka Kikuchi, Tetsuo Fukushi
  • Publication number: 20120307543
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including multiple subarrays arrayed in a matrix in the row and column directions, and respectively containing multiple memory cells, bit lines coupled to the memory cells, and precharge circuits (to charge the bit lines; column select signal lines extending in the column direction for selecting subarray columns; main word lines for selecting subarray rows; and precharge signal lines for supplying precharge signals to the precharge circuits; and at least two of the subarrays formed in the row direction or the column direction are controlled by the same logic according to the precharge signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Muneaki MATSUSHIGE
  • Publication number: 20120241860
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a gate electrode of at least one of a P-channel MISFET (metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor) and an N-channel MISFET provided in a direction parallel to a direction of a well isolation boundary phase between the P-channel MISFET and the N-channel MISFET, a first diffusion layer having a same conductivity type as that of a drain diffusion layer of one of a plurality of ones of the MISFET provided in two regions with a drain diffusion layer of the MISFET therebetween through an isolation respectively in a direction orthogonal to the gate electrode, and a second diffusion layer having a conductivity type different from that of the drain diffusion layer of the one of the plurality of ones of the MISFET provided between the well isolation boundary phase and one of a source diffusion layer and the drain diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Furuta, Shouzou Uchida, Muneaki Matsushige, Junji Monden
  • Patent number: 8169037
    Abstract: A MISFET includes a drain diffusion layer of a first conductivity type, a source diffusion layer of the first conductivity type, a gate electrode, and a substrate/well of a second conductivity type. In the MISFET, first diffusion layers of the first conductivity type are provided at two or more positions at predetermined intervals with an isolation therebetween respectively. The two or more positions are facing at least two sides of the element isolation insulation around the drain diffusion layer. A second diffusion layer of the second conductivity type is provided so as to be close to or to come in contact with the source diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Furuta, Shouzou Uchida, Muneaki Matsushige, Junji Monden
  • Publication number: 20110188330
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional data buses provided in correspondence with respective ones of the plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional buffer circuits, which are provided in correspondence with respective ones of the memory cell arrays, capable of connecting adjacent bidirectional data buses serially so as to relay data in the bidirectional data buses; and a control circuit for controlling activation of the bidirectional buffer circuits. The bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as to invert logic and the bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as not to invert logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muneaki MATSUSHIGE, Atsunori Hirobe, Kazutaka Kikuchi, Tetsuo Fukushi
  • Patent number: 7808056
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first field-effect transistor and a second field-effect transistor, each of the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor having a gate electrode formed as a ring shape, a drain diffusion layer formed inside the gate electrode and a source diffusion layer formed outside the gate electrode and a substrate potential diffusion layer or a well potential diffusion layer disposed to contact each of the source diffusion layers of the first and the second field-effect transistors of the same conductivity type, the substrate potential diffusion layer or the well potential diffusion layer being formed with a semiconductor of a different conductivity type from the source diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Furuta, Junji Monden, Shouzou Uchida, Muneaki Matsushige
  • Patent number: 7719879
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a word line extending along a first direction, a first and a second N-well regions, a P-well region disposed between the first and the second N-well regions, a memory cell having a first, second, third, and fourth PMOS transistors, and a first and second NMOS transistors, the first and the second PMOS transistors disposed in the first N-well region along a second direction which is different from the first direction, the first and the second NMOS transistors disposed in the P-well region, and the third and the fourth PMOS transistors disposed in the second N-well region along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Muneaki Matsushige, Hiroyuki Satake, Hiroshi Furuta, Toshifumi Takahashi, Hideyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090289311
    Abstract: A MISFET includes a drain diffusion layer of a first conductivity type, a source diffusion layer of the first conductivity type, a gate electrode, and a substrate/well of a second conductivity type. In the MISFET, first diffusion layers of the first conductivity type are provided at two or more positions at predetermined intervals with an isolation therebetween respectively. The two or more positions are facing at least two sides of the element isolation insulation around the drain diffusion layer. A second diffusion layer of the second conductivity type is provided so as to be close to or to come in contact with the source diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Furuta, Shouzou Uchida, Muneaki Matsushige, Junji Monden
  • Patent number: 7622974
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus includes a periodic signal generation circuit connected with N logical circuits, wherein the N is a natural number, outputting a periodic signal. The periodic signal generation circuit includes a reset circuit outputting a reset signal initializing according to outputs from a first stage logic circuit to N?1th logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Muneaki Matsushige, Hiroyuki Satake
  • Publication number: 20080099857
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first and a second field-effect transistors having a gate electrode formed as a ring shape, a drain diffusion layer formed inside the gate electrode and a source diffusion layer formed outside the gate electrode and a substrate potential diffusion layer or a well potential diffusion layer disposed to contact each of the source diffusion layers of the first and the second field-effect transistors of the same conductivity type, the substrate potential diffusion layer or the well potential diffusion layer being formed with a semiconductor of a different conductivity type from the source diffusion layer. Different signals are input to each of the gate electrodes, the substrate potential diffusion layer or the well potential diffusion layer are formed between the source diffusion layer of the first field-effect transistor and the source diffusion layer of the second field-effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Furuta, Junji Monden, Shouzou Uchida, Muneaki Matsushige
  • Publication number: 20070208982
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus of the present invention includes a periodical signal generation circuit connected with N logical circuits, wherein the N is a natural number, outputting a periodical signal. The periodic signal generation circuit includes a reset circuit outputting a reset signal initializing according to outputs from a first stage logic circuit to N-1th logic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muneaki Matsushige, Hiroyuki Satake
  • Publication number: 20060215441
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a word line extending along a first direction, a first and a second N-well regions, a P-well region disposed between the first and the second N-well regions, a memory cell having a first, second, third, and fourth PMOS transistors, and a first and second NMOS transistors, the first and the second PMOS transistors disposed in the first N-well region along a second direction which is different from the first direction, the first and the second NMOS transistors disposed in the P-well region, and the third and the fourth PMOS transistors disposed in the second N-well region along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muneaki Matsushige, Hiroyuki Satake, Hiroshi Furuta, Toshifumi Takahashi, Hideyuki Nakamura