Patents by Inventor Shinichirou YANAGI

Shinichirou YANAGI 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: 11710786
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a body layer, a source region, a drift layer, a drain region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor substrate has an active layer. An element region is included in the active layer and partitioned by a trench isolation portion. The body layer is disposed at a surface layer portion of the active layer. The source region is disposed at a surface layer portion of the body layer. The drift layer is disposed at the surface layer portion of the active layer. The drain region is disposed at a surface layer portion of the drift layer. The gate insulating film is disposed on a surface of the body layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating film. One of the source region and the drain region being a high potential region is surrounded by the other one being a low potential region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Ikeura, Yusuke Nonaka, Shinichirou Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11476187
    Abstract: On a substrate, a wiring layer is arranged by sequentially stacking a first insulation film, a lower electrode, a second insulation film, an intermediate electrode, a third insulation film, and an upper electrode in this order. A capacitor includes a first capacitor having the lower electrode and the intermediate electrode, and a second capacitor having the intermediate electrode and the upper electrode. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected in parallel to each other by electrically connecting the lower electrode and the upper electrode. Further, the intermediate electrode has a higher potential than the lower layer electrode and the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Takizawa, Seiji Noma, Yusuke Nonaka, Shinichirou Yanagi, Atsushi Kasahara, Shogo Ikeura
  • Patent number: 11322584
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper diffusion region and a lower diffusion region. The semiconductor substrate has a main surface. The upper diffusion region of a first conductivity type is disposed close to the main surface of the semiconductor device. The lower diffusion region of a second conductivity type is disposed up to a position deeper than the upper diffusion region in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate from the main surface as a reference, and has a higher impurity concentration than the semiconductor substrate. A diode device is provided by having a PN junction surface at an interface between the upper diffusion region and the lower diffusion region, and the PN junction surface has a curved surface disposed at a portion opposite to the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Takizawa, Yusuke Nonaka, Shinichirou Yanagi, Atsushi Kasahara, Shogo Ikeura
  • Patent number: 11114571
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a diode formation region; an upper diffusion region of a first conductivity type provided on a surface layer of a main surface of the semiconductor substrate in the diode formation region; and a lower diffusion region of a second conductivity type provided at a position deeper than the upper diffusion region with respect to the main surface in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate, the lower diffusion region having a higher impurity concentration as compared to the semiconductor substrate. The lower diffusion region provides a PN joint surface with the upper diffusion region at a position deeper than the main surface, and has a maximum point indicating a maximum concentration in an impurity concentration profile of the lower diffusion region in the diode formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichirou Yanagi, Yusuke Nonaka, Seiji Noma, Shinya Sakurai, Shogo Ikeura, Atsushi Kasahara, Shin Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20210074852
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a body layer, a source region, a drift layer, a drain region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor substrate has an active layer. An element region is included in the active layer and partitioned by a trench isolation portion. The body layer is disposed at a surface layer portion of the active layer. The source region is disposed at a surface layer portion of the body layer. The drift layer is disposed at the surface layer portion of the active layer. The drain region is disposed at a surface layer portion of the drift layer. The gate insulating film is disposed on a surface of the body layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating film. One of the source region and the drain region being a high potential region is surrounded by the other one being a low potential region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: SHOGO IKEURA, YUSUKE NONAKA, SHINICHIROU YANAGI
  • Publication number: 20210074631
    Abstract: On a substrate, a wiring layer is arranged by sequentially stacking a first insulation film, a lower electrode, a second insulation film, an intermediate electrode, a third insulation film, and an upper electrode in this order. A capacitor includes a first capacitor having the lower electrode and the intermediate electrode, and a second capacitor having the intermediate electrode and the upper electrode. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected in parallel to each other by electrically connecting the lower electrode and the upper electrode. Further, the intermediate electrode has a higher potential than the lower layer electrode and the upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shin TAKIZAWA, Seiji NOMA, Yusuke NONAKA, Shinichirou YANAGI, Atsushi KASAHARA, Shogo IKEURA
  • Publication number: 20210028277
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper diffusion region and a lower diffusion region. The semiconductor substrate has a main surface. The upper diffusion region of a first conductivity type is disposed close to the main surface of the semiconductor device. The lower diffusion region of a second conductivity type is disposed up to a position deeper than the upper diffusion region in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate from the main surface as a reference, and has a higher impurity concentration than the semiconductor substrate. A diode device is provided by having a PN junction surface at an interface between the upper diffusion region and the lower diffusion region, and the PN junction surface has a curved surface disposed at a portion opposite to the main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shin TAKIZAWA, Yusuke NONAKA, Shinichirou YANAGI, Atsushi KASAHARA, Shogo IKEURA
  • Patent number: 10615079
    Abstract: A buried n-type region is provided in a surface layer portion of an n-type body layer of a Pch MOSFET. This makes it possible to lower the threshold voltage Vt. In a portion of the n-type body layer other than the buried n-type region, since an n-type impurity concentration can be kept relatively high, the threshold voltage Vt can be lowered while securing an on-breakdown voltage. Furthermore, since an accumulation region is configured by an n-type active layer, a partial high concentration portion is not formed in a p-type drift layer. Therefore, as in the case where the partial high concentration portion is generated in the p-type drift layer, a reduction in a breakdown voltage caused by an electric field concentration can be restricted from occurring with a distribution in which equipotential lines are concentrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Ikeura, Yusuke Nonaka, Shinichirou Yanagi, Seiji Noma, Shinya Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20190279906
    Abstract: A buried n-type region is provided in a surface layer portion of an n-type body layer of a Pch MOSFET. This makes it possible to lower the threshold voltage Vt. In a portion of the n-type body layer other than the buried n-type region, since an n-type impurity concentration can be kept relatively high, the threshold voltage Vt can be lowered while securing an on-breakdown voltage. Furthermore, since an accumulation region is configured by an n-type active layer, a partial high concentration portion is not formed in a p-type drift layer. Therefore, as in the case where the partial high concentration portion is generated in the p-type drift layer, a reduction in a breakdown voltage caused by an electric field concentration can be restricted from occurring with a distribution in which equipotential lines are concentrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shogo IKEURA, Yusuke NONAKA, Shinichirou YANAGI, Seiji NOMA, Shinya SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190229219
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a diode formation region; an upper diffusion region of a first conductivity type provided on a surface layer of a main surface of the semiconductor substrate in the diode formation region; and a lower diffusion region of a second conductivity type provided at a position deeper than the upper diffusion region with respect to the main surface in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate, the lower diffusion region having a higher impurity concentration as compared to the semiconductor substrate. The lower diffusion region provides a PN joint surface with the upper diffusion region at a position deeper than the main surface, and has a maximum point indicating a maximum concentration in an impurity concentration profile of the lower diffusion region in the diode formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shinichirou YANAGI, Yusuke NONAKA, Seiji NOMA, Shinya SAKURAI, Shogo IKEURA, Atsushi KASAHARA, Shin TAKIZAWA