Patents by Inventor Shizuka Kutsukake

Shizuka Kutsukake 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: 11456035
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of embodiments includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a control circuit controlling an operation of each of the memory cells and including a first capacitor. The first capacitor includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face facing the first face and including a first semiconductor region of p-type, a second semiconductor region of n-type provided between the first face and the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region of p-type provided between the first face and the second semiconductor region and electrically connected to the first semiconductor region; a first electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor region; and a first insulating film provided between the third semiconductor region and the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Shizuka Kutsukake
  • Publication number: 20220139458
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of embodiments includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a control circuit controlling an operation of each of the memory cells and including a first capacitor. The first capacitor includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face facing the first face and including a first semiconductor region of p-type, a second semiconductor region of n-type provided between the first face and the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region of p-type provided between the first face and the second semiconductor region and electrically connected to the first semiconductor region; a first electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor region; and a first insulating film provided between the third semiconductor region and the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Shizuka KUTSUKAKE
  • Patent number: 11127748
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer above the first insulating layer, a void space between the first and second insulating layers, and contact electrodes extending through the first insulating layer, the void space, and the second insulating layer. Each of the contact electrodes includes a first end facing the substrate, a second end opposite to the first end, and a first width portion between the first end and the second end. The first width portion has a width in a second direction parallel to the substrate that is greater than a width of the first end in the second direction and a width of the second end in the second direction. The first width portion is within the void space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuka Kutsukake, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Hiroto Saito
  • Publication number: 20200286904
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer above the first insulating layer, a void space between the first and second insulating layers, and contact electrodes extending through the first insulating layer, the void space, and the second insulating layer. Each of the contact electrodes includes a first end facing the substrate, a second end opposite to the first end, and a first width portion between the first end and the second end. The first width portion has a width in a second direction parallel to the substrate that is greater than a width of the first end in the second direction and a width of the second end in the second direction. The first width portion is within the void space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shizuka KUTSUKAKE, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Hiroto SAITO
  • Patent number: 9721966
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a third electrode layer, a fourth electrode layer, a first gate electrode layer, a second gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, a first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film. The first electrode layer is separated from the substrate in a first direction. The second electrode layer is separated from the first electrode layer in a second direction. The third electrode layer is provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The third electrode layer includes a first edge face. A second edge face of the first gate electrode layer at the second gate electrode layer side is along the first edge face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shizuka Kutsukake
  • Publication number: 20170077126
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a third electrode layer, a fourth electrode layer, a first gate electrode layer, a second gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, a first interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film. The first electrode layer is separated from the substrate in a first direction. The second electrode layer is separated from the first electrode layer in a second direction. The third electrode layer is provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The third electrode layer includes a first edge face. A second edge face of the first gate electrode layer at the second gate electrode layer side is along the first edge face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shizuka KUTSUKAKE
  • Patent number: 9524788
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a connecting portion having a first region between a memory cell array and a sense amplifier portion and including transistors in the first region, one of the transistors having a first terminal electrically connected to a certain memory cell and a second terminal electrically connected to the sense amplifier portion, the connecting portion including: a first transistor group configured from transistors aligned in a first direction, the first direction being as their channel width direction; and a second transistor group configured from transistors aligned in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second direction being as their channel width direction, and one of the first terminals of the transistors of the second transistor group being disposed more inside of the first region than one of the second terminals of the transistors of the second transistor group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Shizuka Kutsukake