Patents by Inventor Toshiakl Nishimoto

Toshiakl Nishimoto 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).

  • Non-volatile semiconductor memory and method of making same, and semiconductor device and method of making device
    Patent number: 7195976
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which ensures device reliability especially in fine regions and enables great capacitance and high-speed operations, has memory cells including, in a first region of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a floating gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, a control gate electrode, and source and drain regions of the second conduction type arranged in a matrix, with a shallow isolation structure for isolating the memory cells. When using a shallow structure buried with an insulating film for element isolation, the isolation withstand voltage in fine regions can be prevented from lowering and the variation in threshold level of selective transistor can be reduced. When the memory cells in a memory mat are divided by means of selective transistors, the disturb resistance of the memory cells can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Adachi, Masataka Kato, Toshiakl Nishimoto, Nozomu Matsuzaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshimi Sudou, Toshiyuki Mine
  • Non-volatile semiconductor memory and method of making same, and semiconductor device and method of making device
    Publication number: 20040253788
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which ensures device reliability especially in fine regions and enables great capacitance and high-speed operations, has memory cells including, in a first region of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a floating gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, a control gate electrode, and source and drain regions of the second conduction type arranged in a matrix, with a shallow isolation structure for isolating the memory cells. When using a shallow structure buried with an insulating film for element isolation, the isolation withstand voltage in fine regions can be prevented from lowering and the variation in threshold level of selective transistor can be reduced. When the memory cells in a memory mat are divided by means of selective transistors, the disturb resistance of the memory cells can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Tetsuo Adachi, Masataka Kato, Toshiakl Nishimoto, Nozomu Matsuzaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshimi Sudou, Toshiyuki Mine
  • Non-volatile semiconductor memory and method of making same, and semiconductor device and method of making device
    Publication number: 20020192887
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which ensures device reliability especially in fine regions and enables great capacitance and high-speed operations, has memory cells including, in a first region of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a floating gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, a control gate electrode, and source and drain regions of the second conduction type arranged in a matrix, with a shallow isolation structure for isolating the memory cells. When using a shallow structure buried with an insulating film for element isolation, the isolation withstand voltage in fine regions can be prevented from lowering and the variation in threshold level of selective transistors can be reduced. When the memory cells in a memory mat are divided by means of selective transistors, the disturb resistance of the memory cells can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuo Adachi, Masataka Kato, Toshiakl Nishimoto, Nozomu Matsuzaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshimi Sudou, Toshiyuki Mine
  • Non-volatile semiconductor memory and method of making same, and semiconductor device and method of making the device
    Patent number: 6461916
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which ensures device reliability especially in fine regions and enables great capacitance and high-speed operations, has memory cells including, in a first region of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a floating gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, a control gate electrode, and source and drain regions of the second conduction type arranged in a matrix, with a shallow isolation structure for isolating the memory cells. When using a shallow structure buried with an insulating film for element isolation, the isolation withstand voltage in fine regions can be prevented from lowering and the variation in threshold level of selective transistors can be reduced. When the memory cells in a memory mat are divided by means of selective transistors, the disturb resistance of the memory cells can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Adachi, Masataka Kato, Toshiakl Nishimoto, Nozomu Matsuzaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshimi Sudou, Toshiyuki Mine
  • Method of making a non-volatile memory and semiconductor device
    Patent number: 6444554
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which ensures device reliability especially in fine regions and enables great capacitance and high-speed operations, has memory cells including, in a first region of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a floating gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, a control gate electrode, and source and drain regions of the second conduction type arranged in a matrix, with a shallow isolation structure for isolating the memory cells. When using a shallow structure buried with an insulating film for element isolation, the isolation withstand voltage in fine regions can be prevented from lowering and the variation in threshold level of selective transistors can be reduced. When the memory cells in a memory mat are divided by means of selective transistors, the disturb resistance of the memory cells can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Adachi, Masataka Kato, Toshiakl Nishimoto, Nozomu Matsuzaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshimi Sudou, Toshiyuki Mine
  • Non-volatile semiconductor memory and method of making same, and semiconductor device and method of making device
    Publication number: 20020064898
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which ensures device reliability especially in fine regions and enables great capacitance and high-speed operations, has memory cells including, in a first region of a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a floating gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, a control gate electrode, and source and drain regions of the second conduction type arranged in a matrix, with a shallow isolation structure for isolating the memory cells. When using a shallow structure buried with an insulating film for element isolation, the isolation withstand voltage in fine regions can be prevented from lowering and the variation in threshold level of selective transistors can be reduced. When the memory cells in a memory mat are divided by means of selective transistors, the disturb resistance of the memory cells can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuo Adachi, Masataka Kato, Toshiakl Nishimoto, Nozomu Matsuzaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshimi Sudou, Toshiyuki Mine