Patents by Inventor Norihiro Togawa

Norihiro Togawa 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: 20230290833
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes preparing a silicon carbide substrate, growing an epitaxial layer, and forming a structure. The silicon carbide substrate has an upper surface on which an alignment mark having a recessed shape is disposed, and a perpendicular line to the upper surface is inclined with respect to a [0001] direction toward a [11-20] direction. The epitaxial layer is grown on the upper surface and covers the alignment mark. The structure is formed on or above the upper surface at a position apart from the alignment mark by an interval P in the [11-20] direction along the upper surface. The interval P satisfies a relationship of D/tan ? < P < 10D/tan ?, where D is a depth of the alignment mark and ? is an inclination angle of the perpendicular line with respect to the [0001] direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hitoshi FUJIOKA, Takeshi KOSHIBA, Norihiro TOGAWA, Takuji ARAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10388527
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided with: implanting charged particles including oxygen into a surface of a SiC wafer; and forming a Schottky electrode that makes Schottky contact with the SiC wafer on the surface after the implantation of the charged particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro Togawa, Narumasa Soejima, Shoji Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20180144938
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided with: implanting charged particles including oxygen into a surface of a SiC wafer; and forming a Schottky electrode that makes Schottky contact with the SiC wafer on the surface after the implantation of the charged particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro TOGAWA, Narumasa SOEJIMA, Shoji MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 9437455
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device includes introducing an impurity into a SiC substrate, forming a mixed material layer, which is made from a resin and a fibrous carbon material, on a surface of the SiC material into which the impurity is introduced, performing heat treatment of the SiC substrate in which the mixed material layer is formed on the surface of the SiC substrate, and removing the mixed material layer after the heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiro Togawa
  • Publication number: 20140199826
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device includes introducing an impurity into a SiC substrate, forming a mixed material layer, which is made from a resin and a fibrous carbon material, on a surface of the SiC material into which the impurity is introduced, performing heat treatment of the SiC substrate in which the mixed material layer is formed on the surface of the SiC substrate, and removing the mixed material layer after the heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiro Togawa