Patents by Inventor Sachiko Shibuya

Sachiko Shibuya 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: 5608241
    Abstract: In the memory cell matrix of a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a non-volatile semiconductor memory cell portion and a logic portion, a second-layered Al wires are formed on the first-layered Al wires, with an interlayer insulating film interposed therebetween. The pattern of the second-layered Al wires is the same as that of the first-layered Al wires. This structure reduces the labor for designing mask data, and increases the coating ratio of a resist to an Al layer while minimizing a reduction in the transmittance of ultraviolet ray. As a result, the amount of a reaction compound supplied from the resist into the Al layer for forming the second-layered Al wires increases, which prevents the second-layered Al wires from being undercut. Thus, the second and subsequent-layered Al wires of the logic portion can be effectively prevented from being thinned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sachiko Shibuya, Masayuki Yoshida, Nobuyoshi Chida, Osamu Matsumoto