Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kawanaka

Shigeru Kawanaka 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: 11948636
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked to be apart from each other in a first direction, and a pillar structure including a resistance change portion extending in the first direction in the stacked structure, and a semiconductor portion which extends in the first direction in the stacked structure and which includes a first portion provided along the resistance change portion and a second portion extending from the first portion in at least one direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kamata, Yoshiaki Asao, Yukihiro Nomura, Misako Morota, Daisaburo Takashima, Takahiko Iizuka, Shigeru Kawanaka
  • Publication number: 20230102229
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked to be apart from each other in a first direction, and a pillar structure including a resistance change portion extending in the first direction in the stacked structure, and a semiconductor portion which extends in the first direction in the stacked structure and which includes a first portion provided along the resistance change portion and a second portion extending from the first portion in at least one direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki KAMATA, Yoshiaki ASAO, Yukihiro NOMURA, Misako MOROTA, Daisaburo TAKASHIMA, Takahiko IIZUKA, Shigeru KAWANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170077105
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device, includes: a first region of an n-type conductive layer; a second region of a p-type conductive layer on the first region; a first TFET having an n-type drain region formed in the second region; a second TFET provided adjacent to the first TFET and of a TFET having an n-type drain region formed in the second region; and an insulating film formed between the drain region of the first TFET and the drain region of the second TFET, and reaching the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira HOKAZONO, Shigeru KAWANAKA
  • Patent number: 9224850
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first main terminal region of a first conductivity type and a second main terminal region of a second conductivity type, which is an opposite conductivity type of the first conductivity type, formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to sandwich a gate electrode, a diffusion layer of the second conductivity type coming in contact with the first and second element isolation insulator films and having an upper surface in a position deeper than lower surfaces of the first and second main terminal regions, a first well region of the first conductivity type formed between the first main terminal region and the diffusion layer, and a second well region of the first conductivity type formed between the second main terminal region and the diffusion layer. The second well region has a impurity concentration higher than that of the first well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masakazu Goto, Shigeru Kawanaka, Akira Hokazono, Tatsuya Ohguro, Yoshiyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 9082640
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes an SRAM cell. The SRAM cell includes first and second transfer gates each comprising a pass gate. The pass gate includes first and second tunnel transistors. The first tunnel transistor includes a first conductivity type first diffusion region as a source or drain region, a second conductivity type second diffusion region as a drain or source region, and a gate electrode supplied with a control voltage. The second tunnel transistor includes a first conductivity type first diffusion region as a source or drain region, a second conductivity type second diffusion region as a drain or source region electrically connected to the second diffusion region of the first tunnel transistor, and a gate electrode electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first tunnel transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakatsuka, Shigeru Kawanaka
  • Patent number: 9059235
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate including a trench, and a gate electrode disposed at a position adjacent to the trench on the substrate, the gate electrode having a first side surface located on an opposite side of the trench, and a second side surface located on the same side as the trench. The device further includes a first sidewall insulator disposed on the first side surface, and a second sidewall insulator disposed on the second side surface and a side surface of the trench. The device further includes a source region of a first conductivity type disposed in the substrate on the same side as the first sidewall insulator with respect to the first side surface, and a drain region of a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate on the same side as the second sidewall insulator with respect to the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Shigeru Kawanaka
  • Patent number: 9048267
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor layer. A gate dielectric film is provided on a surface of the semiconductor layer. A gate electrode is provided on the semiconductor layer via the gate dielectric film. A drain layer of a first conductivity type is provided in a part of the semiconductor layer on a side of a first end of the gate electrode. A source layer of a second conductivity type is provided in a part of the semiconductor layer on a side of a second end of the gate electrode and below the gate electrode. The source layer has a substantially uniform impurity concentration at the part of the semiconductor layer below the gate electrode. Voltages of a same polarity are applied to the gate electrode and the drain layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Masakazu Goto, Shigeru Kawanaka, Toshitaka Miyata
  • Patent number: 9041104
    Abstract: A memory includes a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. A first channel region of a first conductivity type is provided on a surface of the semiconductor layer below the gate insulating film. A diffusion layer of a second conductivity type is provided below the first channel region in the semiconductor layer. The diffusion layer contacts a bottom of the first channel region in a direction substantially vertical to a surface of the semiconductor layer. The diffusion layer forms a PN junction with the bottom of the first channel region. A drain of a first conductivity type and a source of a second conductivity type are provided on a side and another side of the first channel region. A sidewall film covers a side surface of the first channel region on a side of the diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Emiko Sugizaki, Shigeru Kawanaka, Kanna Adachi
  • Patent number: 9041056
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device including: a substrate; a gate electrode formed above the substrate; a gate insulating film formed under the gate electrode; a channel layer formed under the gate insulating film by using a channel layer material; a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate so as to interpose the channel layer therebetween in a channel direction; and a source extension layer formed in the substrate between the channel layer and the source region so as to overlap a source-side end portion of the channel layer. The source extension layer forms a heterointerface with the channel layer. The heterointerface is a tunnel channel for carries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshitaka Miyata, Kanna Adachi, Shigeru Kawanaka
  • Publication number: 20150076553
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor layer. A gate dielectric film is provided on a surface of the semiconductor layer. A gate electrode is provided on the semiconductor layer via the gate dielectric film. A drain layer of a first conductivity type is provided in a part of the semiconductor layer on a side of a first end of the gate electrode. A source layer of a second conductivity type is provided in a part of the semiconductor layer on a side of a second end of the gate electrode and below the gate electrode. The source layer has a substantially uniform impurity concentration at the part of the semiconductor layer below the gate electrode. Voltages of a same polarity are applied to the gate electrode and the drain layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KONDO, Masakazu GOTO, Shigeru KAWANAKA, Toshitaka MIYATA
  • Patent number: 8921920
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor element having an FET on the semiconductor substrate and comprises a different threshold voltage depending on an OFF state and an ON state. The semiconductor element has an insulating film disposed above a part where a channel of the semiconductor substrate is formed, a gate electrode disposed above the insulating film, and a charge trap film disposed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, and to exchange more electrons with the gate electrode than with the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigeru Kawanaka, Kosuke Tatsumura, Naoki Yasuda, Jun Fujiki, Atsushi Kawasumi
  • Publication number: 20140291736
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first main terminal region of a first conductivity type and a second main terminal region of a second conductivity type, which is an opposite conductivity type of the first conductivity type, formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to sandwich a gate electrode, a diffusion layer of the second conductivity type coming in contact with the first and second element isolation insulator films and having an upper surface in a position deeper than lower surfaces of the first and second main terminal regions, a first well region of the first conductivity type formed between the first main terminal region and the diffusion layer, and a second well region of the first conductivity type formed between the second main terminal region and the diffusion layer. The second well region has a impurity concentration higher than that of the first well region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masakazu GOTO, Shigeru KAWANAKA, Akira HOKAZONO, Tatsuya OHGURO, Yoshiyuki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20140061808
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes an SRAM cell. The SRAM cell includes first and second transfer gates each comprising a pass gate. The pass gate includes first and second tunnel transistors. The first tunnel transistor includes a first conductivity type first diffusion region as a source or drain region, a second conductivity type second diffusion region as a drain or source region, and a gate electrode supplied with a control voltage. The second tunnel transistor includes a first conductivity type first diffusion region as a source or drain region, a second conductivity type second diffusion region as a drain or source region electrically connected to the second diffusion region of the first tunnel transistor, and a gate electrode electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first tunnel transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keisuke NAKATSUKA, Shigeru KAWANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130134504
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate including a trench, and a gate electrode disposed at a position adjacent to the trench on the substrate, the gate electrode having a first side surface located on an opposite side of the trench, and a second side surface located on the same side as the trench. The device further includes a first sidewall insulator disposed on the first side surface, and a second sidewall insulator disposed on the second side surface and a side surface of the trench. The device further includes a source region of a first conductivity type disposed in the substrate on the same side as the first sidewall insulator with respect to the first side surface, and a drain region of a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate on the same side as the second sidewall insulator with respect to the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Shigeru Kawanaka
  • Patent number: 8405159
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an SRAM cell on a substrate. The SRAM cell includes: first and second load transistors each having an n-type source region and a p-type drain region, first and second driver transistors each having a p-type source region and an n-type drain region, and first and second transfer transistors each having an n-type source region and a n-type drain region. The n-type source regions of the first and second load transistors, the n-type drain regions of the first and second driver transistors, and the n-type source regions and the n-type drain regions of the first and second transfer transistors are located in a region other than a region present between any two of the p-type drain regions of the first and second load transistors and the p-type source regions of the first and second driver transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kanna Adachi, Shigeru Kawanaka, Satoshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20120326224
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor element having an FET on the semiconductor substrate and comprises a different threshold voltage depending on an OFF state and an ON state. The semiconductor element has an insulating film disposed above a part where a channel of the semiconductor substrate is formed, a gate electrode disposed above the insulating film, and a charge trap film disposed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, and to exchange more electrons with the gate electrode than with the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigeru KAWANAKA, Kosuke Tatsumura, Naoki Yasuda, Jun Fujiki, Atsushi Kawasumi
  • Publication number: 20120228706
    Abstract: A memory includes a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. A first channel region of a first conductivity type is provided on a surface of the semiconductor layer below the gate insulating film. A diffusion layer of a second conductivity type is provided below the first channel region in the semiconductor layer. The diffusion layer contacts a bottom of the first channel region in a direction substantially vertical to a surface of the semiconductor layer. The diffusion layer forms a PN junction with the bottom of the first channel region. A drain of a first conductivity type and a source of a second conductivity type are provided on a side and another side of the first channel region. A sidewall film covers a side surface of the first channel region on a side of the diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Emiko Sugizaki, Shigeru Kawanaka, Kanna Adachi
  • Publication number: 20120175637
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device including: a substrate; a gate electrode formed above the substrate; a gate insulating film formed under the gate electrode; a channel layer formed under the gate insulating film by using a channel layer material; a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate so as to interpose the channel layer therebetween in a channel direction; and a source extension layer formed in the substrate between the channel layer and the source region so as to overlap a source-side end portion of the channel layer. The source extension layer forms a heterointerface with the channel layer. The heterointerface is a tunnel channel for carries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshitaka MIYATA, Kanna Adachi, Shigeru Kawanaka
  • Publication number: 20120091537
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an SRAM cell on a substrate. The SRAM cell includes: first and second load transistors each having an n-type source region and a p-type drain region, first and second driver transistors each having a p-type source region and an n-type drain region, and first and second transfer transistors each having an n-type source region and a n-type drain region. The n-type source regions of the first and second load transistors, the n-type drain regions of the first and second driver transistors, and the n-type source regions and the n-type drain regions of the first and second transfer transistors are located in a region other than a region present between any two of the p-type drain regions of the first and second load transistors and the p-type source regions of the first and second driver transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kanna Adachi, Shigeru Kawanaka, Satoshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20120074476
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a circuit in which first and second spin transistors are connected in series. The first spin transistor has a first node and a second node that are equal to each other in magnetization direction. The second spin transistor has a third node and a fourth node that are opposite to each other in magnetization direction. The second node and the fourth node are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Shigeru Kawanaka