Patents by Inventor Shotaro BABA
Shotaro BABA 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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Publication number: 20250098298Abstract: The major element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first semiconductor layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first semiconductor layer forming a first Schottky junction with the second electrode, and a first gate electrode facing the first Schottky junction. The control element includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, a second semiconductor layer located between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, the second semiconductor layer forming a second Schottky junction with the fourth electrode, and a second gate electrode facing the second Schottky junction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Hiro GANGI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Tatsunori SAKANO, Tatsuo SHIMIZU, Shotaro BABA, Taichi FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20250098183Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a major element including a first semiconductor region, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first gate electrode, and a first insulating member being positioned between the first gate electrode and the first semiconductor region, and a recording element electrically connected with the first electrode. The recording element records, as analog data, a maximum value of a change amount dV/dt of a voltage of the first electrode over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Hiro GANGI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Shotaro BABA, Hiroki NEMOTO, Taichi FUKUDA, Tatsunori SAKANO
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Publication number: 20250098207Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive part, a second conductive part, a third conductive part, a first insulating part, and a semiconductor part of a first conductivity type. The second conductive part is separated from the first conductive part in a first direction. The third conductive part arranged with a portion of the second conductive part in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first insulating part includes a first insulating region located between the third conductive part and the portion of the second conductive part. The semiconductor part includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region is located between the first conductive part and the second conductive part. The second semiconductor region is located between the first insulating region and the portion of the second conductive part. The second semiconductor region has a Schottky junction with the second conductive part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Shotaro BABA, Hiro GANGI, Hiroki NEMOTO, Taichi FUKUDA, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI
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Publication number: 20250098289Abstract: An embodiment includes a transistor section, a gate electrode pad, a gate connection member, a gate circuit section, and a casing. The transistor section includes a drain electrode, a source electrode and a gate electrode. The transistor section and the gate electrode pad are provided on a semiconductor substrate. The gate connection member connects a gate terminal and the gate electrode pad. The gate circuit section connects the gate electrode pad and the gate electrode, and includes a parallel circuit with a capacitor and a resistive element, a first connection member electrically connecting the capacitor to the gate electrode pad and a second connection member electrically connecting the capacitor to the gate electrode. The casing accommodates the transistor section, the gate electrode pad and the gate circuit section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Tatsunori SAKANO, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Kento ADACHI, Hiro GANGI, Shotaro BABA, Taichi FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20250096129Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive part, a second conductive part, a third conductive part, a first insulating part, and a semiconductor part of a first conductivity type. The second conductive part is separated from the first conductive part in a first direction. The third conductive part arranged with a portion of the second conductive part in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first insulating part includes a first insulating region located between the third conductive part and the portion of the second conductive part. The semiconductor part includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region is located between the first conductive part and the second conductive part. The second semiconductor region is located between the first insulating region and the portion of the second conductive part. The second semiconductor region has a Schottky junction with the second conductive part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Shotaro BABA, Hiro GANGI, Hiroki NEMOTO, Taichi FUKUDA, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI
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Publication number: 20250098263Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a major element including a first semiconductor region, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first gate electrode, and a first insulating member being positioned between the first gate electrode and the first semiconductor region, a gate driver supplying the gate voltage to the first gate electrode, and a recording element electrically connected with the gate driver. The recording element records, as continuously changing analog data, a number of times that the gate voltage is supplied to the first gate electrode while being enough to switch the major element on.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Hiro GANGI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Shotaro BABA, Taichi FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20250048708Abstract: An insulating member includes a fixed charge. The insulating member includes a first insulating part. The first insulating part includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is positioned between a gate electrode and the second region in a first direction. The second region is positioned between the first region and the third region in the first direction. The third region is positioned between the second region and a second surface in the first direction. A density of the fixed charge is greater in the first region than in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Taichi FUKUDA, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Shotaro BABA, Hiro GANGI, Hiroki NEMOTO, Tomoaki INOKUCHI
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Publication number: 20240413241Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, first to third electrodes, and a control electrode. The first electrode is provided on a back surface of the semiconductor part. The second electrode is provided at a front surface side of the semiconductor part. The third electrode and the control electrode are provided inside a trench of the semiconductor part. The control electrode includes first and second control portions. The semiconductor device further includes first to third insulating films. The first insulating film is between the control electrode and the semiconductor part. The second insulating film covers the first and second control portions. The third insulating film is between the second electrode and the second insulating film. The third insulating film includes a portion extending between the first and second control portions. The third electrode is between the first electrode and the extension portion of the third insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Hiroaki KATOU, Saya SHIMOMURA, Shotaro BABA, Atsuro INADA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro KAWAI
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Patent number: 12094968Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, first to third electrodes, and a control electrode. The first electrode is provided on a back surface of the semiconductor part. The second electrode is provided at a front surface side of the semiconductor part. The third electrode and the control electrode are provided inside a trench of the semiconductor part. The control electrode includes first and second control portions. The semiconductor device further includes first to third insulating films. The first insulating film is between the control electrode and the semiconductor part. The second insulating film covers the first and second control portions. The third insulating film is between the second electrode and the second insulating film. The third insulating film includes a portion extending between the first and second control portions. The third electrode is between the first electrode and the extension portion of the third insulating film.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Katou, Saya Shimomura, Shotaro Baba, Atsuro Inada, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yasuhiro Kawai
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Publication number: 20240274680Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first to third conductive portions, a first insulating portion, and a semiconductor portion. The semiconductor portion includes a first semiconductor region provided between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, and a second semiconductor region provided between the second conductive portion and the first insulating region. The second conductive portion includes a first conductive region in Schottky junction with the first semiconductor region, and a second conductive region in Schottky junction with the second semiconductor region. When the first conductivity-type is an n-type, a work function of the first conductive region is smaller than a work function of the second conductive region. When the first conductivity-type is a p-type, the work function of the first conductive region is larger than the work function of the second conductive region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Shotaro BABA, Hiroki NEMOTO, Taichi FUKUDA, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20240194739Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device include first to third electrode, a semiconductor member, a first conductive member, and a first insulating member. A second insulating region of the first insulating member includes a first face facing the third partial region of the first semiconductor region. The third insulating region of the first insulating member includes a second face facing the third partial region of the first semiconductor region. The first face includes a first end on a side of the first electrode in the first direction. The second face includes a second end on a side of the second electrode in the first direction. A second position of the second end in the second direction is different from a first position of the first end in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro BABA, Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI
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Patent number: 11942539Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a polycrystalline silicon part buried in a termination region of a silicon layer. The polycrystalline silicon part contacts the silicon layer, has a higher crystal grain density than the silicon layer, and includes a heavy metal. The silicon layer includes a drift layer located in a cell region and the termination region. The drift layer has a lower first-conductivity-type impurity concentration than a silicon substrate. The drift layer includes a same element of heavy metal as the heavy metal included in the polycrystalline silicon part.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Shotaro Baba, Hiroaki Katou, Yuhki Fujino, Kouta Tomita
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Publication number: 20240079459Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode; a fourth electrode, a semiconductor member, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, and an insulating member. The semiconductor member includes first, second and third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes a first outer edge region, a first partial region, a second partial region, a third partial region, and a fourth partial region. The first, third and fourth partial regions are of a first conductivity type. The second semiconductor region is of a second conductivity type. The third semiconductor region is of the first conductivity type. The second conductive member includes a first conductive portion. The insulating member includes a first insulating region and a second insulating region. An electrical resistivity of the second partial region is higher than an electrical resistivity of the first partial region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Hiro GANGI, Shotaro BABA
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Publication number: 20240038713Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor chip includes a first electrode, a semiconductor layer, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a metallic layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that is located between the first portion and the second portion. The semiconductor layer is provided on a first side of the first electrode in a first direction. The second electrode is over the first portion in the first direction. The third electrode is over the second portion in the first direction. The metallic layer is provided on a second side of the first electrode and is under the third portion in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Shotaro Baba, Masatoshi Arai, Katsura Miyashita, Tsuyoshi Kachi
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Publication number: 20240030344Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first element. The first element includes a first conductive member, a second conductive member, a first semiconductor member, a third conductive member, and a third conductive member wiring. The first conductive member includes a first conductive portion including a first face and a second conductive portion including a second face. The second conductive member includes a third conductive portion including a third face and a fourth conductive portion including a fourth face. The fourth conductive portion includes a facing conductive portion. The first semiconductor member is of a first conductive type. The first semiconductor member includes a first partial region, a second partial region and a third partial region. The third partial region includes a facing face facing the facing conductive portion. The third conductive member wiring is electrically connected to the third conductive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki INOKUCHI, Hiro GANGI, Yusuke KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI, Shotaro BABA, Hiroki NEMOTO, Tatsunori SAKANO
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Publication number: 20230378340Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes, first to third semiconductor regions, and a gate electrode. The first semiconductor region is located on the first electrode. The second semiconductor region is located on the first semiconductor region, and includes a first contact region. The third semiconductor region is located on a portion of the second semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region includes a second contact region. A concentration of a first element in the second contact region is less than a concentration of the first element in the first contact region. The first element is at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum group elements and gold. The gate electrode faces the second semiconductor region via a gate insulating layer. The second electrode is located on the second and third semiconductor regions and contacts the first and second contact regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Kenji KIKUCHI, Tsuyoshi KACHI, Shotaro BABA
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Patent number: 11777028Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a first conductive member, a semiconductor member, and a first insulating member. The third electrode includes a third electrode end portion and a third electrode other-end portion. The first conductive member includes a first conductive member end portion and a first conductive member other-end portion. The first conductive member is electrically connected with one of the second electrode or the third electrode. The semiconductor member includes first to fourth semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first and second partial regions. The third semiconductor region is electrically connected with the second electrode. The fourth semiconductor region is electrically connected with the first electrode. At least a portion of the first insulating member is between the semiconductor member and the third electrode and between the semiconductor member and the first conductive member.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Akihiro Goryu, Ryohei Gejo, Hiro Gangi, Tomoaki Inokuchi, Shotaro Baba, Tatsuya Nishiwaki, Tsuyoshi Kachi
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Publication number: 20230197810Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a semiconductor member, a first conductive member, a connecting member, a first member, and an insulating member. The semiconductor member includes first to third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region is between the first electrode and the third semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region includes first to third partial regions. The second semiconductor region is between the first and third semiconductor regions. The second semiconductor region includes third and fourth semiconductor portions. The third semiconductor region includes first and second semiconductor portions. The second electrode is electrically connected with the third semiconductor region. The third electrode includes a first electrode portion. The first conductive member includes first to third conductive regions. The connecting member is electrically connected with the first conductive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro BABA, Hiro GANGI, Hiroaki KATOU, Saya SHIMOMURA, Shingo SATO
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Publication number: 20230073420Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. A third electrode is in the semiconductor layer. The third electrode extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A plurality of fourth electrodes are connected to the second electrode and extend in the first direction into the semiconductor layer. The fourth electrodes are spaced from one another along the second direction. A fifth electrode that is electrically isolated from the first electrode and between the first electrode and the plurality of fourth electrodes. The fifth electrode extends in the second direction and contacts the lower ends of the plurality of fourth electrodes in the trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Shotaro BABA, Hiroaki KATOU, Saya SHIMOMURA, Tatsuya NISHIWAKI
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Publication number: 20220360702Abstract: An image processing device includes an image generation unit (212) that generates, in an IR image frame, a first IR image captured in a state in which a pulse wave is on and a second IR image captured in a state in which the pulse wave is off, and an image correction unit (213) that corrects the first IR image on the basis of the second IR image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: SHOTARO BABA, TAKASHI KUSAKARI