Patents by Inventor Satoko Kamakura
Satoko Kamakura 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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Patent number: 7742337Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Publication number: 20090059665Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Patent number: 7486556Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Publication number: 20080175051Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Patent number: 7400530Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Publication number: 20070285991Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Patent number: 7307889Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Publication number: 20050226053Abstract: A semiconductor memory is achieved which allows a reduction in the area of a memory array block without reducing the gate widths of floating gates. A plurality of select gates extend in straight lines in the X direction. Between the upper- and lower-side select gates, two rows' worth of floating gates are arranged. The plurality of floating gates are placed in a staggered arrangement (in other words, in a zigzag pattern). That is, looking at one floating gate in a specific column and another floating gate in a column adjacent to that specific column, those floating gates deviate from each other in the Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: October 13, 2005Applicant: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Takikawa, Koichi Kawauchi, Satoko Kamakura, Kazuo Nomura, Kazuyuki Kawamoto, Nobutaka Imanishi
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Patent number: 5047970Abstract: A result of simulation for an object circuit is displayed as a circuit diagram in which respective elements in the object circuit are colored according to the simulation result so that the simulation result can be easily understood. The elements displayed in colors include not only active and passive elements but also signal lines interconnecting them and the branches of the signal lines, so that the result of the simulation can be displayed in detail in color.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1989Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoko Kamakura