Patents by Inventor Satoru Fukawa

Satoru Fukawa 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: 6475846
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory array is encased in a P-well, and the P-well encased in a deep N-well, the two wells separating the memory array from the integrated circuit substrate and from the other circuitry of the integrated circuit. At the same time the deep N-well is formed for the nonvolatile memory array, deep N-wells are formed for the high-voltage P-channel transistors of the logic circuitry. At the same time the P-well is formed for the nonvolatile memory array, P-wells are formed for the low-voltage N-channel transistors. The memory array contains nonvolatile cells of the type used in ultra-violet-erasable EPROMs. During erasure, the isolated-well formation allows the source, the drain and the channel of selected cells to be driven to a positive voltage. The isolated well is also driven to a positive voltage equal to, or slightly greater than, the positive voltage applied to the source and drain, thus eliminating the field-plate breakdown-voltage problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Giulio Marotta, Giovanni Santin, Michael C. Smayling, Misako A. Matsuoka, Satoru Fukawa
  • Patent number: 5907171
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory array is encased in a P-well, and the P-well encased in a deep N-well, the two wells separating the memory array from the integrated circuit substrate and from the other circuitry of the integrated circuit. At the same time the deep N-well is formed for the nonvolatile memory array, deep N-wells are formed for the high-voltage P-channel transistors of the logic circuitry. At the same time the P-well is formed for the nonvolatile memory array, P-wells are formed for the low-voltage N-channel transistors. The memory array contains nonvolatile cells of the type used in ultra-violet erasable EPROMs. During erasure, the isolated-well formation allows the source, the drain and the channel of selected cells to be driven to a positive voltage. The isolated well is also driven to a positive voltage equal to, or slightly greater than, the positive voltage applied to the source and drain, thus eliminating the field-plate breakdown-voltage problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Giovani Santin, Giulio Marotta, Michael C. Smayling, Misako A. Matsuoka, Satoru Fukawa
  • Patent number: 4944822
    Abstract: A method for press-bonding a laminated assembly of a sheet material and a plastic film, which comprises providing on at least the peripheral portion of the sheet material and/or the plastic film a primer layer capable of adhering the sheet material and the plastic film at room temperature, stacking the sheet material and the plastic film to form a laminated assembly, evacuating a first vacuum compartment defined by the sheet material and the plastic film to a vacuumed condition and at the same time, evacuating a second vacuum compartment enclosing at least the plastic film side of the first compartment, to a vacuumed condition, and then introducing atmospheric air into the second vacuum compartment to release it from the vacuumed condition and thereby to press-bond the plastic film to the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishikawa, Koji Kurita, Satoru Fukawa, Kenji Maeda
  • Patent number: 4910074
    Abstract: A prelaminate for safety glass comprising a plastic film and an intermediate layer laminated thereon, wherein the intermediate layer is made of a thermosetting or photosetting resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a heat curing agent or photosensitizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Fukawa, Koji Kurita, Masayuki Miwa
  • Patent number: RE39697
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory array is encased in a P-well, and the P-well encased in a deep N-well, the two wells separating the memory array from the integrated circuit substrate and from the other circuitry of the integrated circuit. At the same time the deep N-well is formed for the nonvolatile memory array, deep N-wells are formed for the high-voltage P-channel transistors of the logic circuitry. At the same time the P-well is formed for the nonvolatile memory array, P-wells are formed for the low-voltage N-channel transistors. The memory array contains nonvolatile cells of the type used in the ultra-violet-erasable EPROMs. During erasure, the isolated-well formation allows the source, the drain and the channel of selected cells to be driven to a positive voltage. The isolated well is also driven to a positive voltage equal to, or slightly greater than, the positive voltage applied to the source and drain, thus eliminating the field-plate breakdown-voltage problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Giulio-Giuseppe Marotta, Giovanni Santin, Michael C. Smayling, Misako A. Matsuoka, Satoru Fukawa