Abstract: A vehicle side structure includes a door, a protruding member, an engagement portion, and a connection member. The door is configured to open and close a side surface opening of a vehicle body of a vehicle. The protruding member is provided on the door and protrudes outward from an outer plate member of the door. The engagement portion is provided in the vehicle body and is engaged with the protruding member is configured to move inward in a vehicle width direction at a time of side collision of the vehicle. The connection member connects the outer plate member of the door with another member and extends in the vehicle width direction. The connection member has a bend starting point portion serving as a starting point of bending of the connection member at the time of side collision of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes a weather strip part including hard member and soft members that are integrally molded, and includes: a base; a first seal portion in close contact with a protrusion in a fitting portion from a vehicle upper side; a second seal portion in close contact with the fitting portion's vehicle upper side surface; a third seal portion in close contact with a vehicle body; and a fixing portion sandwiching and fixing the protrusion between the first seal portion and the fixing portion. The hard member is continuously provided to pass the second seal portion's vehicle upper side from the base's inner end in the vehicle width direction, have a bent portion towards upward from the vehicle upper side, and further pass the first seal portion and an inside of the fixing portion in the vehicle width direction up to the third seal portion's vehicle upper end.

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.

Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes a weather strip part including hard member and soft members that are integrally molded, and includes: a base; a first seal portion in close contact with a protrusion in a fitting portion from a vehicle upper side; a second seal portion in close contact with the fitting portion's vehicle upper side surface; a third seal portion in close contact with a vehicle body; and a fixing portion sandwiching and fixing the protrusion between the first seal portion and the fixing portion. The hard member is continuously provided to pass the second seal portion's vehicle upper side from the base's inner end in the vehicle width direction, have a bent portion towards upward from the vehicle upper side, and further pass the first seal portion and an inside of the fixing portion in the vehicle width direction up to the third seal portion's vehicle upper end.

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.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a circuitry layer, first conductive layers, a pillar layer, and a second conductive layer. The circuitry layer is provided on a substrate and includes a CMOS circuit. The first conductive layers are provided above the circuitry layer, and are stacked with an insulation layer interposed therebetween. The pillar layer crosses the first conductive layers, and includes silicon single crystal. The second conductive layer is provided on the pillar layer and includes silicon single crystal containing impurities. The first conductive layers are provided between the circuitry layer and the second conductive layer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes alternately forming a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films on a substrate, and forming an opening in the first and second films. The method further includes sequentially forming a first insulator, a charge storage layer, a second insulator and a semiconductor layer on surfaces of the first and second films in the opening. The second insulator includes a silicon oxynitride film, and the silicon oxynitride film is formed using a first gas that includes silicon and a first element, a second gas that includes oxygen and nitrogen, and a third gas that includes a second element that reacts with the first element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a circuitry layer, first conductive layers, a pillar layer, and a second conductive layer. The circuitry layer is provided on a substrate and includes a CMOS circuit. The first conductive layers are provided above the circuitry layer, and are stacked with an insulation layer interposed therebetween. The pillar layer crosses the first conductive layers, and includes silicon single crystal. The second conductive layer is provided on the pillar layer and includes silicon single crystal containing impurities. The first conductive layers are provided between the circuitry layer and the second conductive layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer, a tunneling insulating film, and a charge trapping film. The tunneling insulating film is provided between the semiconductor layer and the first conductive layer. The charge trapping film is provided between the first conductive layer and the tunneling insulating film. The charge trapping film includes a first separation layer, a first trapping layer, and a second trapping layer. The first trapping layer is positioned between the tunneling insulating film and the first separation layer. The second trapping layer is positioned between the first conductive layer and the first separation layer. A trapping efficiency of charge in the first trapping layer is higher than a trapping efficiency of charge in the second trapping layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes alternately forming a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films on a substrate, and forming an opening in the first and second films. The method further includes sequentially forming a first insulator, a charge storage layer, a second insulator and a semiconductor layer on surfaces of the first and second films in the opening. The second insulator includes a silicon oxynitride film, and the silicon oxynitride film is formed using a first gas that includes silicon and a first element, a second gas that includes oxygen and nitrogen, and a third gas that includes a second element that reacts with the first element.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer, a tunneling insulating film, and a charge trapping film. The tunneling insulating film is provided between the semiconductor layer and the first conductive layer. The charge trapping film is provided between the first conductive layer and the tunneling insulating film. The charge trapping film includes a first separation layer, a first trapping layer, and a second trapping layer. The first trapping layer is positioned between the tunneling insulating film and the first separation layer. The second trapping layer is positioned between the first conductive layer and the first separation layer. A trapping efficiency of charge in the first trapping layer is higher than a trapping efficiency of charge in the second trapping layer.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a microwave irradiation apparatus includes a chamber and a polarizing plate. The chamber is configured to accommodate a substrate and is provided with an introduction port to introduce the microwave applied to the substrate from a direction at an angle within a range of ±45 degrees to a direction horizontal to a surface of the substrate. The polarizing plate is installed between the introduction port and the substrate, and selectively transmits a microwave where an amplitude direction of a magnetic field or an electric field is vertical to the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on an inner wall of a hole in a stack on a substrate, forming a polycrystalline silicon film on the first film, and conducting a thermal annealing treatment in an atmosphere of ozone or oxygen radical to reduce defects in an interface between the first film and the polycrystalline silicon film. In the stack second films and third films are repeatedly stacked on the substrate in this order more than once.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a microwave annealing apparatus is provided, including a housing shielding electromagnetic waves, a first electromagnetic wave source configured to apply a first electromagnetic wave into the housing, a second electromagnetic wave source configured to apply, into the housing, a second electromagnetic wave having a higher frequency than the first electromagnetic wave, a susceptor configured to hold a semiconductor substrate, made of a material transparent to the first electromagnetic wave and provided in the housing, a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the semiconductor substrate, and a control unit configured to control the power of each of the first and second electromagnetic wave sources in accordance with the temperature measured by the temperature measuring device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the manufacturing method for the semiconductor device according to the embodiment includes carrying out ion implantation to the semiconductor layer and forming an amorphous layer on the surface of the semiconductor layer, and a heat treatment process using microwave annealing at a temperature higher than or equal to 200° C. and lower than or equal to 700° C. and single crystallizes the amorphous layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers; a first electrode layer included in the plurality of electrode layers; a second electrode layer included in the plurality of electrode layers; a first insulating layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and provided in contact with the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a semiconductor portion; a charge storage film; a first conductive film; and second conductive film. The first conductive film is provided between the first electrode layer and the charge storage film, and provided in contact with the first insulating layer. The second conductive film is provided between the second electrode layer and the charge storage film, and provided in contact with the first insulating layer.