Patents by Inventor Toshihide Kikkawa

Toshihide Kikkawa 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: 11322599
    Abstract: A transistor includes a III-N channel layer; a III-N barrier layer on the III-N channel layer; a source contact and a drain contact, the source and drain contacts electrically coupled to the III-N channel layer; an insulator layer on the III-N barrier layer; a gate insulator partially on the insulator layer and partially on the III-N channel layer, the gate insulator including an amorphous Al1-xSixO layer with 0.2<x<0.8; and a gate electrode over the gate insulator, the gate electrode being positioned between the source and drain contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Transphorm Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Joseph Neufeld, Mo Wu, Toshihide Kikkawa, Umesh Mishra, Xiang Liu, David Michael Rhodes, John Kirk Gritters, Rakesh K. Lal
  • Publication number: 20210043750
    Abstract: A transistor includes a III-N channel layer; a III-N barrier layer on the III-N channel layer; a source contact and a drain contact, the source and drain contacts electrically coupled to the III-N channel layer; an insulator layer on the III-N barrier layer; a gate insulator partially on the insulator layer and partially on the III-N channel layer, the gate insulator including an amorphous Al1-xSixO layer with 0.2<x<0.8; and a gate electrode over the gate insulator, the gate electrode being positioned between the source and drain contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Carl Joseph Neufeld, Mo Wu, Toshihide Kikkawa, Umesh Mishra, Xiang Liu, David Michael Rhodes, John Kirk Gritters, Rakesh K. Lal
  • Patent number: 9818840
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer formed on the third semiconductor layer; a gate electrode formed on the fourth semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer are formed in an area immediately below the gate electrode, the fourth semiconductor layer is formed with a p-type semiconductor material, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are formed with AlGaN, and the third semiconductor layer has a lower composition ratio of Al than that of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Transphorm Japan, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20170207319
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer formed on the third semiconductor layer; a gate electrode formed on the fourth semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer are formed in an area immediately below the gate electrode, the fourth semiconductor layer is formed with a p-type semiconductor material, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are formed with AlGaN, and the third semiconductor layer has a lower composition ratio of Al than that of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9640648
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer formed on the third semiconductor layer; a gate electrode formed on the fourth semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer are formed in an area immediately below the gate electrode, the fourth semiconductor layer is formed with a p-type semiconductor material, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are formed with AlGaN, and the third semiconductor layer has a lower composition ratio of Al than that of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Transphorm Japan, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9608083
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed over a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed over the first semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the second semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed over the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed over the insulating film, and a protection film covering the insulating film, the protection film being formed by thermal CVD, thermal ALD, or vacuum vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shirou Ozaki, Masahito Kanamura, Norikazu Nakamura, Toyoo Miyajima, Masayuki Takeda, Keiji Watanabe, Toshihide Kikkawa, Kenji Imanishi, Toshihiro Ohki, Tadahiro Imada
  • Patent number: 9536967
    Abstract: A device includes a III-N layer having an upper side and a lower side, the lower side being opposite the upper side, and at least one conductive contact on the upper side of the III-N layer, the conductive contact extending into the III-N layer. The conductive contact comprises a top side facing away from the lower side of the III-N layer, and a bottom side facing towards the lower side of the III-N layer. The bottom side includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first side rising from the first end to an intermediate point closer to the top side than the first end, and a second side falling from the intermediate point to the second end further from the top side than the intermediate point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Transphorm Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihide Kikkawa, Kenji Kiuchi, Tsutomu Hosoda, Masahito Kanamura, Akitoshi Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20160343843
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an electron transit layer configured to be formed on a substrate; an electron supply layer configured to be formed on the electron transit layer; an upper surface layer configured to be formed on the electron supply layer; a gate electrode configured to be formed on the electron supply layer or the upper surface layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode configured to be formed on the upper surface layer; and first conductivity-type regions configured to be formed in the upper surface layer and the electron supply layer immediately below regions where the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed. The electron supply layer is formed of a nitride semiconductor including In. The upper surface layer is formed of a material including a nitride of one or more elements selected among B, Al, and Ga.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Nishimori, Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9496380
    Abstract: At least one kind of impurity selected from, for example, Fe, C, B, Ti, Cr is introduced into at least a buffer layer of a compound semiconductor layered structure from a rear surface of the compound semiconductor layered structure to make a resistance value of the buffer layer high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichi Minoura, Toshihide Kikkawa, Toshihiro Ohki
  • Patent number: 9478539
    Abstract: An AlGaN/GaN HEMT includes a compound semiconductor stack structure; an element isolation structure which demarcates an element region on the compound semiconductor stack structure; a first insulating film which is formed on the element region and is not formed on the element isolation structure; a second insulating film which is formed on at least the element isolation structure and is higher in hydrogen content than the first insulating film; and a gate electrode which is formed on the element region of the compound semiconductor stack structure via the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20160307998
    Abstract: An AlGaN/GaN HEMT includes a compound semiconductor stack structure; an element isolation structure which demarcates an element region on the compound semiconductor stack structure; a first insulating film which is formed on the element region and is not formed on the element isolation structure; a second insulating film which is formed on at least the element isolation structure and is higher in hydrogen content than the first insulating film; and a gate electrode which is formed on the element region of the compound semiconductor stack structure via the second insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshihide KIKKAWA
  • Patent number: 9437723
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an electron transit layer configured to be formed on a substrate; an electron supply layer configured to be formed on the electron transit layer; an upper surface layer configured to be formed on the electron supply layer; a gate electrode configured to be formed on the electron supply layer or the upper surface layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode configured to be formed on the upper surface layer; and first conductivity-type regions configured to be formed in the upper surface layer and the electron supply layer immediately below regions where the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed. The electron supply layer is formed of a nitride semiconductor including In. The upper surface layer is formed of a material including a nitride of one or more elements selected among B, Al, and Ga.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Nishimori, Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9412812
    Abstract: An AlGaN/GaN HEMT includes a compound semiconductor stack structure; an element isolation structure which demarcates an element region on the compound semiconductor stack structure; a first insulating film which is formed on the element region and is not formed on the element isolation structure; a second insulating film which is formed on at least the element isolation structure and is higher in hydrogen content than the first insulating film; and a gate electrode which is formed on the element region of the compound semiconductor stack structure via the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20160172476
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer formed on the third semiconductor layer; a gate electrode formed on the fourth semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer are formed in an area immediately below the gate electrode, the fourth semiconductor layer is formed with a p-type semiconductor material, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are formed with AlGaN, and the third semiconductor layer has a lower composition ratio of Al than that of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20160172455
    Abstract: A device includes a III-N layer having an upper side and a lower side, the lower side being opposite the upper side, and at least one conductive contact on the upper side of the III-N layer, the conductive contact extending into the III-N layer. The conductive contact comprises a top side facing away from the lower side of the III-N layer, and a bottom side facing towards the lower side of the III-N layer. The bottom side includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first side rising from the first end to an intermediate point closer to the top side than the first end, and a second side falling from the intermediate point to the second end further from the top side than the intermediate point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Toshihide Kikkawa, Kenji Kiuchi, Tsutomu Hosoda, Masahito Kanamura, Akitoshi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9368359
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor layer; a protective insulating film that covers a top of the compound semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed on the protective insulating film, wherein the protective insulating film has a first trench and a second trench which is formed side by side with the first trench and in which the protective insulating film remains with only a predetermined thickness on the compound semiconductor layer, and wherein the gate electrode fills the first trench, and one end of the gate electrode is away from the first trench and located at least in the second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kozo Makiyama, Naoya Okamoto, Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9331190
    Abstract: An intermediate layer composed of i-AlN is formed between a channel layer and an electron donor layer, a first opening is formed in an electron donor layer, at a position where a gate electrode will be formed later, while using an intermediate layer as an etching stopper, a second opening is formed in the intermediate layer so as to be positionally aligned with the first opening, by wet etching using a hot phosphoric acid solution, and a gate electrode is formed so that the lower portion thereof fill the first and second openings while placing a gate insulating film in between, and so that the head portion thereof projects above the cap structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahito Kanamura, Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9299822
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer formed on the third semiconductor layer; a gate electrode formed on the fourth semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer are formed in an area immediately below the gate electrode, the fourth semiconductor layer is formed with a p-type semiconductor material, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are formed with AlGaN, and the third semiconductor layer has a lower composition ratio of Al than that of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Transphorm Japan, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9276100
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer disposed over a substrate, a second semiconductor layer disposed over the first semiconductor layer, a gate recess disposed, through removal of a part of or all the second semiconductor layer, in a predetermined region over the first semiconductor layer, an insulating film disposed over the gate recess and the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode disposed over the gate recess with the insulating film therebetween, and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed over the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer, whereby a central portion of the gate recess is higher than a peripheral portion of the gate recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Endo, Toshihiro Ohki, Toshihide Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 9276072
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first nitride semiconductor layer formed over a substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer formed over the first nitride semiconductor layer; element isolation regions formed in a part of the second nitride semiconductor layer and the first nitride semiconductor layer; a gate electrode, source electrodes, and a drain electrode formed over the second semiconductor layer and the element isolation regions; and a drain field plate formed in such a manner as to project from upper portions of side surfaces of the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Nishimori, Toshihide Kikkawa