Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Uno

Tomoaki Uno 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: 20230275132
    Abstract: An insulating film is formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate constituting a semiconductor device so as to cover a field plate portion, a metal pattern thicker than the field plate portion is formed on the insulating film, and a protective film is formed on the insulating film so as to cover the metal pattern. The field plate portion is made of polycrystalline silicon, and the insulating film is composed of a stacked film of one or more silicon nitride films and one or more silicon oxide films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiaki IGARASHI, Sho NAKANISHI, Tomoaki UNO, Koshiro YANAI, Masanari MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10396029
    Abstract: A plurality of unit MISFET elements connected in parallel with each other to make up a power MISFET are formed in an LDMOSFET forming region on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A control circuit that controls a gate voltage of the power MISFET is formed in a driver circuit region on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A wiring structure having a plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrodes of the plurality of unit MISFET elements formed in the LDMOSFET forming region are electrically connected to each other via gate wirings formed in all of the plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koujirou Matsui, Takehiko Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Umezu, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 10263522
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Koji Tateno, Yumi Kishita, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 10204899
    Abstract: In a non-insulated DC-DC converter having a circuit in which a power MOS?FET high-side switch and a power MOS?FET low-side switch are connected in series, the power MOS?FET low-side switch and a Schottky barrier diode to be connected in parallel with the power MOS?FET low-side switch are formed within one semiconductor chip. The formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode is disposed in the center in the shorter direction of the semiconductor chip, and on both sides thereof, the formation regions of the power MOS?FET low-side switch are disposed. From the gate finger in the vicinity of both long sides on the main surface of the semiconductor chip toward the formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode, a plurality of gate fingers are disposed so as to interpose the formation region SDR between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shiraishi, Tomoaki Uno, Nobuyoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20180375432
    Abstract: A trench MOSFET is disclosed that includes a semiconductor substrate having a vertically oriented trench containing a gate. The trench MOSFET further includes a source, a drain, and a conductive element. The conductive element, like the gate is contained in the trench, and extends between the gate and a bottom of the trench. The conductive element is electrically isolated from the source, the gate, and the drain. When employed in a device such as a DC-DC converter, the trench MOSFET may reduce power losses and electrical and electromagnetic noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuo SATO, Tomoaki UNO, Hirokazu KATO, Nobuyoshi MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20180294220
    Abstract: A plurality of unit MISFET elements connected in parallel with each other to make up a power MISFET are formed in an LDMOSFET forming region on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A control circuit that controls a gate voltage of the power MISFET is formed in a driver circuit region on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A wiring structure having a plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrodes of the plurality of unit MISFET elements formed in the LDMOSFET forming region are electrically connected to each other via gate wirings formed in all of the plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Koujirou MATSUI, Takehiko SAKAMOTO, Kazuyuki UMEZU, Tomoaki UNO
  • Publication number: 20180269789
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Koji Tateno, Yumi Kishita, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 10074744
    Abstract: A control electrode GE1 is formed in a lower portion of a trench TR1 formed in a semiconductor substrate SUB, and a gate electrode GE2 is formed in an upper portion inside the trench TR1. An insulating film G1 is formed between the control electrode GE1 and a side wall and a bottom surface of the trench TR1, an insulating film G2 is formed between the side wall of the trench TR1 and the gate electrode GE2, and an insulating film G3 is formed between the control electrode GE1 and the gate electrode GE2. A region adjacent to the trench TR1 includes an n+-type semiconductor region NR for a source, a p-type semiconductor region PR for a channel formation, and a semiconductor region for a drain. A wiring connected to the control electrode GE1 is not connected to a wiring connected to the gate electrode GE2, and is not connected to a wiring connected to the n+-type semiconductor region NR for a source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Numabe, Nobuyuki Shirai, Hirokazu Kato, Tomoaki Uno, Kazuyuki Umezu
  • Patent number: 10068849
    Abstract: A plurality of unit MISFET elements connected in parallel with each other to make up a power MISFET are formed in an LDMOSFET forming region on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A control circuit that controls a gate voltage of the power MISFET is formed in a driver circuit region on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A wiring structure having a plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrodes of the plurality of unit MISFET elements formed in the LDMOSFET forming region are electrically connected to each other via gate wirings formed in all of the plurality of wiring layers made of the same metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koujirou Matsui, Takehiko Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Umezu, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 10069415
    Abstract: A trench MOSFET is disclosed that includes a semiconductor substrate having a vertically oriented trench containing a gate. The trench MOSFET further includes a source, a drain, and a conductive element. The conductive element, like the gate is contained in the trench, and extends between the gate and a bottom of the trench. The conductive element is electrically isolated from the source, the gate, and the drain. When employed in a device such as a DC-DC converter, the trench MOSFET may reduce power losses and electrical and electromagnetic noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Sato, Tomoaki Uno, Hirokazu Kato, Nobuyoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10003262
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Koji Tateno, Yumi Kishita, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 9966093
    Abstract: A heat assisted magnetic recording head gimbal assembly comprises a light source unit, a heat assisted magnetic recording head, a suspension, an actuator, and a slider. The light source unit comprises a light emitting element and a submount. The suspension comprises a load beam and a flexure movably coupled with the load beam. The actuator is deformably coupled to the flexure. The slider is supported by the suspension and coupled to the flexure and the light source unit. The slider includes the heat assisted magnetic recording head. First and second solders or conductive adhesives are positioned on opposite longitudinal sides of the light source unit, so that the first solder or conductive adhesive electrically and mechanically connects the submount to a wiring supplying power, while the second solder or conductive adhesive electrically and mechanically connects the light emitting element to the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Irizo Naniwa, Shigeo Nakamura, Tomoaki Uno
  • Publication number: 20170373055
    Abstract: In a non-insulated DC-DC converter having a circuit in which a power MOS•FET high-side switch and a power MOS•FET low-side switch are connected in series, the power MOS•FET low-side switch and a Schottky barrier diode to be connected in parallel with the power MOS•FET low-side switch are formed within one semiconductor chip. The formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode is disposed in the center in the shorter direction of the semiconductor chip, and on both sides thereof, the formation regions of the power MOS•FET low-side switch are disposed. From the gate finger in the vicinity of both long sides on the main surface of the semiconductor chip toward the formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode, a plurality of gate fingers are disposed so as to interpose the formation region SDR between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masaki SHIRAISHI, Tomoaki UNO, Nobuyoshi MATSUURA
  • Patent number: 9793265
    Abstract: In a non-insulated DC-DC converter having a circuit in which a power MOS•FET high-side switch and a power MOS•FET low-side switch are connected in series, the power MOS•FET low-side switch and a Schottky barrier diode to be connected in parallel with the power MOS•FET low-side switch are formed within one semiconductor chip. The formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode is disposed in the center in the shorter direction of the semiconductor chip, and on both sides thereof, the formation regions of the power MOS•FET low-side switch are disposed. From the gate finger in the vicinity of both long sides on the main surface of the semiconductor chip toward the formation region SDR of the Schottky barrier diode, a plurality of gate fingers are disposed so as to interpose the formation region SDR between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Shiraishi, Tomoaki Uno, Nobuyoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20170288053
    Abstract: A control electrode GE1 is formed in a lower portion of a trench TR1 formed in a semiconductor substrate SUB, and a gate electrode GE2 is formed in an upper portion inside the trench TR1. An insulating film G1 is formed between the control electrode GE1 and a side wall and a bottom surface of the trench TR1, an insulating film G2 is formed between the side wall of the trench TR1 and the gate electrode GE2, and an insulating film G3 is formed between the control electrode GE1 and the gate electrode GE2. A region adjacent to the trench TR1 includes an n+-type semiconductor region NR for a source, a p-type semiconductor region PR for a channel formation, and a semiconductor region for a drain. A wiring connected to the control electrode GE1 is not connected to a wiring connected to the gate electrode GE2, and is not connected to a wiring connected to the n+-type semiconductor region NR for a source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo Numabe, Nobuyuki Shirai, Hirokazu Kato, Tomoaki Uno, Kazuyuki Umezu
  • Publication number: 20170288549
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Koji Tateno, Yumi Kishita, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 9722592
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Koji Tateno, Yumi Kishita, Tomoaki Uno
  • Patent number: 9711637
    Abstract: A control electrode GE1 is formed in a lower portion of a trench TR1 formed in a semiconductor substrate SUB, and a gate electrode GE2 is formed in an upper portion inside the trench TR1. An insulating film G1 is formed between the control electrode GE1 and a side wall and a bottom surface of the trench TR1, an insulating film G2 is formed between the side wall of the trench TR1 and the gate electrode GE2, and an insulating film G3 is formed between the control electrode GE1 and the gate electrode GE2. A region adjacent to the trench TR1 includes an n+-type semiconductor region NR for a source, a p-type semiconductor region PR for a channel formation, and a semiconductor region for a drain. A wiring connected to the control electrode GE1 is not connected to a wiring connected to the gate electrode GE2, and is not connected to a wiring connected to the n+-type semiconductor region NR for a source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Numabe, Nobuyuki Shirai, Hirokazu Kato, Tomoaki Uno, Kazuyuki Umezu
  • Patent number: 9704844
    Abstract: To improve the reliability in applying a tape to the rear surface of a substrate while securing the heat resistance of the tape applied to the rear surface of the substrate. There is a gap between a bottom surface of a ditch provided in a support member and an upper surface of a driver IC chip. On the other hand, the upper surface side of a lead frame is supported by the support member so that the bottom surface of the ditch contacts the upper surface of a Low-MOS clip mounted over a Low-MOS chip. Thus, even in a state where the driver IC chip and the Low-MOS chip are mounted on the upper surface side of the lead frame, the tape can be reliably applied to the rear surface of the lead frame (in particular, to the rear surface of the product region).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Funatsu, Tomoaki Uno, Toru Ueguri, Yukihiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20170005649
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Koji Tateno, Yumi Kishita, Tomoaki Uno