Patents by Inventor Tatsunori Isogai

Tatsunori Isogai 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: 20240074172
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a lower electrode layer, a lower insulator, an upper electrode layer and an upper insulator along a first direction. The device further includes a first insulator provided on a side of a second direction of the upper electrode layer, and a second insulator provided between the upper electrode layer and the lower/upper/first insulator. The device further includes a charge storage layer, a third insulator and a semiconductor layer sequentially provided on a side of the second direction of the first insulator. A side face of the first insulator on a side of the upper electrode layer has a convex shape, the charge storage layer includes a first portion having a first thickness, and a second portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and the first portion is in contact with the first insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi SAWA, Tomoyuki TAKEMOTO, Yuta KAMIYA, Hiroyuki YAMASHITA, Yuta SAITO, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • 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: 20230413565
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a stacked body, a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film, a first charge storage film, a second charge storage film, and a second insulating film. The stacked body includes an electrode layer and an insulating layer alternately stacked in a first direction. The semiconductor layer is disposed in the stacked body in the first direction. The first insulating film is disposed between the stacked body and the semiconductor layer. The first charge storage film is disposed between the stacked body and the first insulating film. The second charge storage film protrudes from the first charge storage film toward the electrode layer in a second direction crossing the first direction. The sum of thicknesses of the first charge storage film and the second charge storage film in the second direction is greater than a thickness of the first charge storage film in the second direction. The second insulating film is disposed between the electrode layer and the second charge storage film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunori ISOGAI, Fumiki AISOU, Masaki NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11791279
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a stacked body having first films and second films that are alternately stacked, a light shielding film provided in a specific layer of the stacked body and having a higher optical absorptivity than that of the second films, and a channel film extending in the stacked body in the stacking direction. The channel film includes a first part located on an upper side than the light shielding film in the stacking direction and containing a monocrystalline semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunori Isogai, Masaki Noguchi, Tatsufumi Hamada, Shinichi Sotome
  • Patent number: 11769838
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer disposed on the surface of the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film, and an electrode layer disposed on the surface of the charge storage layer via a second insulating film. The charge storage layer includes a first layer containing elemental aluminum and elemental nitrogen, a second layer containing elemental silicon and elemental nitrogen, and a third layer containing elemental oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Noguchi, Akira Takashima, Tatsunori Isogai
  • Patent number: 11631694
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a stacked film that comprises alternating first insulating layers and second insulating layers. A first insulating film, an electric charge storage layer, a second insulating film, and a first semiconductor layer are then formed in a hole in the stacked film. The method further includes forming a first recess in the stacked film, then supplying a first gas and a deuterium gas to the first recess. The first gas comprises hydrogen and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Noguchi, Tatsunori Isogai
  • 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: 20230073505
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of conductive layers arranged in a first direction; a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and facing the plurality of conductive layers; a charge storage layer provided between the plurality of conductive layers and the semiconductor layer; a first structure disposed apart from the semiconductor layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction, extending in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, and facing the plurality of conductive layers; and a plurality of first nitride films containing nitrogen (N), and covering surfaces of the plurality of conductive layers facing the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi FUKUSHIMA, Yuji SAKAI, Hiroshi ITOKAWA, Tatsunori ISOGAI, Ryosuke SAWABE
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220302139
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked body with insulating layers and conductive layers alternately stacked along a first direction; a semiconductor layer disposed along the first direction in the stacked body; a first insulating film disposed along the first direction between the stacked body and the semiconductor layer; a second insulating film disposed along the first direction between the stacked body and the first insulating layer; a third insulating film disposed along the first direction between the stacked body and the second insulating film; and a fourth insulating film having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being disposed between the conductive layers and the third insulating film, and the second portion being disposed along a second direction that intersects the first direction between the conductive layer and the insulating layer and being connected to the first portion, and average concentrations of deuterium in the first portion of the fourth insulating film, the thi
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki NIGUCHI, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • Publication number: 20220254935
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer disposed on the surface of the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film, and an electrode layer disposed on the surface of the charge storage layer via a second insulating film. The charge storage layer includes a first layer containing elemental aluminum and elemental nitrogen, a second layer containing elemental silicon and elemental nitrogen, and a third layer containing elemental oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki NOGUCHI, Akira TAKASHIMA, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 11342468
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer disposed on the surface of the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film, and an electrode layer disposed on the surface of the charge storage layer via a second insulating film. The charge storage layer includes a first layer containing elemental aluminum and elemental nitrogen, a second layer containing elemental silicon and elemental nitrogen, and a third layer containing elemental oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Noguchi, Akira Takashima, Tatsunori Isogai
  • 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: 20220084953
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a stacked film including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers that are alternatively positioned. Furthermore, the device includes a first insulating film, a charge storage layer, a second insulating film, a semiconductor layer in successive positioning, and a third insulating film. The third insulating film is provided between the electrode layers and the insulating layers and between the electrode layers and the first insulating film, and contains an aluminum element and an oxygen element. A minimum thickness of the third insulating film between the electrode layers and the first insulating film is larger than a minimum thickness of the third insulating film between the electrode layers and the insulating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki NOGUCHI, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11139378
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer provided on the surface of the semiconductor layer via a first insulating film, and an electrode layer provided on the surface of the charge storage layer via a second insulating film. The first insulating film includes a first region where the compositional ratio of nitrogen to silicon, oxygen and nitrogen varies from a first value to a second value, which is lower than the first value, along a first direction from the semiconductor layer toward the charge storage layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Noguchi, Tatsunori Isogai, Tomonori Aoyama
  • 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: 20210287998
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises a stacked body comprising first films and second films that are alternately stacked, a light shielding film provided in a specific layer of the stacked body and having a higher optical absorptivity than that of the second films, and a channel film extending in the stacked body in the stacking direction. The channel film comprises a first part located on an upper side than the light shielding film in the stacking direction and containing a monocrystalline semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunori ISOGAI, Masaki NOGUCHI, Tatsufumi HAMADA, Shinichi SOTOME
  • Publication number: 20210272979
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a stacked film that comprises alternating first insulating layers and second insulating layers. A first insulating film, an electric charge storage layer, a second insulating film, and a first semiconductor layer are then formed in a hole in the stacked film. The method further includes forming a first recess in the stacked film, then supplying a first gas and a deuterium gas to the first recess. The first gas comprises hydrogen and oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Masaki NOGUCHI, Tatsunori ISOGAI
  • 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