Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Okada

Shunsuke Okada 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).

  • Publication number: 20240206173
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device has a stack of first films and first insulating films stacked in a first direction. The first films include an electrode layer and a second insulating film on an upper face, a lower face, and a side face of the electrode layer. A semiconductor layer extends in the first direction. A charge accumulating layer is between the semiconductor layer and the film stack in a second direction and has first portions between the first films and the semiconductor layer and second portions between the first insulating films and the semiconductor layer. The first portions each have a first thickness in the second direction, and the second portions each have a second thickness less than the first in the second direction. First portions have a first width, and first films have a second width that is less than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Shunsuke OKADA, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 11985034
    Abstract: A management device comprises an extracting means that extracts, from a database storing configuration information, the client terminals belonging to a specified group, network devices directly serving the client terminals, network devices between the serving network devices, and MEC devices to be treated as candidates for selection, and a selecting means that selects the MEC device to be accessed by the plurality of client terminals forming the group by using first and second amounts of latency, the first amount of latency being the amount of latency between each network device directly serving the client terminals belonging to the group and each MEC device, and the second amount of latency being the amount of latency between each network device directly serving the client terminals belonging to the group and each client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Sato, Tomohiro Okada, Takayuki Nakamura, Shunsuke Homma, Mitsuo Amasaka
  • Patent number: 11971633
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sakairi, Tomoaki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Keiichi Maeda, Chiho Araki, Katsunori Dai, Shunsuke Narui, Kunihiko Hikichi, Kouta Fukumoto, Toshiaki Okada, Takuma Matsuno, Yuu Kawaguchi, Yuuji Adachi, Koichi Amari, Hideki Kawaguchi, Seiya Haraguchi, Takayoshi Masaki, Takuya Fujino, Tadayuki Dofuku, Yosuke Takita, Kazuhiro Tamura, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240117250
    Abstract: A photo-alignment thermosetting liquid crystal composition including: a side-chain liquid crystal polymer which contains a liquid crystal constitutional unit containing a liquid crystal moiety in a side chain and a non-liquid crystal constitutional unit containing an alkylene group in a side chain, a copolymer which contains a photo-alignment constitutional unit containing a photo-alignment group in a side chain and a thermally crosslinkable constitutional unit containing a thermally crosslinkable group in a side chain, and in which the photo-alignment constitutional unit does not contain a linear alkylene group between the photo-alignment group and a monomer unit, and a thermal crosslinking agent for bonding to the thermally crosslinkable group of the thermally crosslinkable constitutional unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke IRIE, Ken-ichi OKUYAMA, Kazuyuki OKADA, Terutaka TAKAHASHI, Kei AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11862696
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device relating to one embodiment includes: a stacked body in which electrode films and insulating films are alternately stacked in a first direction; a first and a second charge storage films that are arranged away from each other in the first direction inside the stacked body and each face one of the electrode films; and a tunnel insulating film that extends in the first direction inside the stacked body and is in contact with the first and the second charge storage films. The first and the second charge storage films each include a first film that is in contact with the electrode film and contains a High-k material, and a second film that is provided between the first film and the tunnel insulating film and contains silicon nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Okada, Tomonori Aoyama, Tatsunori Isogai, Masaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230096632
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a first film containing a first device on a first substrate, forming a second film containing a semiconductor layer on a second substrate, and changing the semiconductor layer into a porous layer. The method further includes forming a third film containing a second device on the second film, and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to sandwich the first film, the third film, and the second film therebetween. The method further includes separating the first substrate and the second substrate from each other at a position of the second film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke OKADA, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • Publication number: 20230075993
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer arranged in this order in a first direction and separated from each other, a first semiconductor film extending in the first direction, intersecting the first conductive layer, and being in contact with the second conductive layer, and a first charge storage film arranged between the first semiconductor film and the first conductive layer, and being in contact with the second conductive layer, wherein the first semiconductor film includes a first portion formed of an n-type semiconductor at approximately a same height as the first conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi SAKATA, Shinya ARAI, Susumu HASHIMOTO, Akira MINO, Shunsuke OKADA, Keisuke NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220302165
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes: a laminated body including electrode layers and insulating layers alternately stacked in a first direction; a semiconductor layer disposed in the laminated body; a first insulating film disposed between the laminated body and the semiconductor layer; a charge storage film disposed between the laminated body and the first insulating film, thicknesses of the charge storage film in a second direction crossing the first direction in the regions corresponding to the electrode layers being different from that in the regions corresponding to the insulating layers, the charge storage film comprising: a second insulating film disposed between the laminated body and the first insulating film, and a third insulating film disposed between the second insulating film and the regions corresponding to the electrode layers, the third insulating film having a density different from that of the second insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke OKADA, Tatsunori ISOGAI, Masaki NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11390305
    Abstract: Locking members disposed on a casing of an underfloor device for railway vehicles engage hanging tools disposed on the vehicle, whereby the underfloor device for railway vehicles is attached to the vehicle. The locking member is a hollow locking member that includes a locking part to contact and engage a vertically upper face of part of the hanging tool, a mount part attached to the casing, and a connection part connecting the locking part and the mount part. The locking part is disposed at a position spaced apart from the casing horizontally and vertically upward. The locking part contacts and engages the vertically upper face of part of the hanging tool inserted into a space surrounded by the locking part, the mount part, and the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Watanabe, Shunsuke Okada, Takayuki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11282932
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure and a memory pillar. The stacked structure includes electrode layers and insulating layers alternately provided on a substrate. The memory pillar extends through the stacked structure in a thickness direction. The memory pillar includes a semiconductor layer extending along the thickness direction, and a first insulating film, a charge storage layer, and a second insulating film provided around the semiconductor layer. The charge storage layer contains fluorine, and a fluorine concentration in the charge storage layer has a gradient along a plane direction of the substrate with a peak. A first distance from an inner end of the charge storage layer to the peak in the plane direction is shorter than a second distance from an outer end of the charge storage layer to the peak in the plane direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Okada, Tatsunori Isogai, Masaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20220013539
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a stacked film including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers alternately stacked in a first direction. The device further includes a columnar portion including a charge storage layer and a first semiconductor layer extending through the stacked film in the first direction, the first semiconductor layer including an impurity element. The device further includes a second semiconductor layer or a first insulator provided on the stacked film and the columnar portion, the second semiconductor layer or the first insulator including the impurity element and having a concentration gradient of the impurity element in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunori ISOGAI, Shunsuke OKADA, Tomonori AOYAMA, Masaki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210296458
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device relating to one embodiment includes: a stacked body in which electrode films and insulating films are alternately stacked in a first direction; a first and a second charge storage films that are arranged away from each other in the first direction inside the stacked body and each face one of the electrode films; and a tunnel insulating film that extends in the first direction inside the stacked body and is in contact with the first and the second charge storage films. The first and the second charge storage films each include a first film that is in contact with the electrode film and contains a High-k material, and a second film that is provided between the first film and the tunnel insulating film and contains silicon nitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke OKADA, Tomonori AOYAMA, Tatsunori ISOGAI, Masaki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210083064
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure and a memory pillar. The stacked structure includes electrode layers and insulating layers alternately provided on a substrate. The memory pillar extends through the stacked structure in a thickness direction. The memory pillar includes a semiconductor layer extending along the thickness direction, and a first insulating film, a charge storage layer, and a second insulating film provided around the semiconductor layer. The charge storage layer contains fluorine, and a fluorine concentration in the charge storage layer has a gradient along a plane direction of the substrate with a peak. A first distance from an inner end of the charge storage layer to the peak in the plane direction is shorter than a second distance from an outer end of the charge storage layer to the peak in the plane direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsuke OKADA, Tatsunori ISOGAI, Masaki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210083128
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stacked body including a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films that are alternately stacked, next forming, in the stacked body, an opening that extends in a thickness direction, then forming a first insulating film, a charge storage layer, a second insulating film, and a semiconductor layer on a side wall of the stacked body in the opening. The charge storage layer includes a silicon nitride film. The second insulating film includes a silicon oxynitride film. At least one of the silicon nitride film and the silicon oxynitride film is formed by using first gas containing silicon and second gas containing nitrogen and deuterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Masaki NOGUCHI, Tatsunori ISOGAI, Shunsuke OKADA
  • Publication number: 20190382036
    Abstract: Locking members disposed on a casing of an underfloor device for railway vehicles engage hanging tools disposed on the vehicle, whereby the underfloor device for railway vehicles is attached to the vehicle. The locking member is a hollow locking member that includes a locking part to contact and engage a vertically upper face of part of the hanging tool, a mount part attached to the casing, and a connection part connecting the locking part and the mount part. The locking part is disposed at a position spaced apart from the casing horizontally and vertically upward. The locking part contacts and engages the vertically upper face of part of the hanging tool inserted into a space surrounded by the locking part, the mount part, and the connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki WATANABE, Shunsuke OKADA, Takayuki KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8772733
    Abstract: The objective is to obtain a charged particle accelerator where the amount of pattern data for operating an acceleration cavity and electromagnets based on time clocks is reduced and the pattern data communication time is shortened. An accelerator control apparatus provided in a charged particle accelerator of the present invention is characterized by including a clock generation unit that generates an acceleration cavity clock and an electromagnet clock that is synchronized with the acceleration cavity clock and has a frequency lower than that of the acceleration cavity clock; a high-frequency control unit that controls an acceleration cavity, based on an acceleration cavity pattern stored in a first pattern memory and the acceleration cavity clock; and a deflection electromagnet control unit that controls a deflection electromagnet, based on a deflection electromagnet pattern stored in a second pattern memory and the electromagnet clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Yuko Kijima, Shunsuke Okada
  • Publication number: 20130193353
    Abstract: The objective is to obtain a charged particle accelerator where the amount of pattern data for operating an acceleration cavity and electromagnets based on time clocks is reduced and the pattern data communication time is shortened. An accelerator control apparatus provided in a charged particle accelerator of the present invention is characterized by including a clock generation unit that generates an acceleration cavity clock and an electromagnet clock that is synchronized with the acceleration cavity clock and has a frequency lower than that of the acceleration cavity clock; a high-frequency control unit that controls an acceleration cavity, based on an acceleration cavity pattern stored in a first pattern memory and the acceleration cavity clock; and a deflection electromagnet control unit that controls a deflection electromagnet, based on a deflection electromagnet pattern stored in a second pattern memory and the electromagnet clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Yuko Kijima, Shunsuke Okada