Patents by Inventor Tomoka TANABE

Tomoka TANABE 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: 11069707
    Abstract: A semiconductor die includes alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers that are laterally separated from each other by first backside trenches that laterally extend along a first horizontal direction, an array of memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating sacks, an inner edge seal structure that continuously laterally surrounds the alternating stacks, an outer edge seal structure that continuously laterally surrounds the inner edge seal structure, and additional alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located between the inner edge seal structure and the outer edge seal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Tomoka Tanabe, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Kiyokazu Shishido, Takahito Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210126008
    Abstract: A semiconductor die includes alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers that are laterally separated from each other by first backside trenches that laterally extend along a first horizontal direction, an array of memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating sacks, an inner edge seal structure that continuously laterally surrounds the alternating stacks, an outer edge seal structure that continuously laterally surrounds the inner edge seal structure, and additional alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located between the inner edge seal structure and the outer edge seal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoka TANABE, Hiroyuki OGAWA, Kiyokazu SHISHIDO, Takahito FUJITA