Patents by Inventor Toshio Hino

Toshio Hino 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: 20240113124
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Patent number: 11881484
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20230411396
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Patent number: 11784188
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20230290785
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a cell having no logical function placed in an end row of a plurality of cell rows includes: a third transistor opposed to a transistor of a cell adjacent in the Y direction; a third buried power line supplying VSS placed on the same side of the third transistor as the transistor of the adjacent cell; and a fourth buried power line supplying VDD placed on the opposite side of the third transistor from the transistor of the adjacent cell. The fourth buried power line is greater in size in the Y direction than the third buried power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Toshio HINO
  • Patent number: 11574930
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20230027616
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a clock buffer cell that is a standard cell transmitting a clock signal. The clock buffer cell has an input terminal and an output terminal. A first metal interconnect including the output terminal is located in a layer above a second metal interconnect including the input terminal and greater in width than the second metal interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Toshio HINO
  • Publication number: 20220336499
    Abstract: In a power line structure for supplying power to standard cells, buried power lines extending in the X direction are placed at a given spacing in the Y direction. A local power line extending in the Y direction is connected with the buried power lines. Metal power lines extending in the X direction are formed in an upper-layer metal interconnect layer and connected with the local power line. The spacing of placement of the metal power lines in the Y direction is greater than the spacing of placement of the buried power lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hideyuki KOMURO, Toshio HINO, Tomoya TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20220310658
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Publication number: 20220231053
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second power supply lines formed in a first wiring layer and extending in a first direction; third and fourth power supply lines formed in a second wiring layer, extending in a second direction, and connected to the first and second power supply lines, respectively; a fifth power supply line formed in the first wiring layer; and a first power switch circuit including a transistor provided between the first and fifth power supply lines. The transistor overlaps at least one of the third and fourth power supply lines. The first power switch circuit includes first and second wirings formed in the second wiring layer, extending in the second direction, not overlapping the third and fourth power supply lines, and connected to a source of the transistor and the fifth power supply line, and to a drain and the third power supply line, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Hirotaka TAKENO, Atsushi OKAMOTO, Toshio HINO
  • Patent number: 11387256
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20210242242
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Patent number: 11011546
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20210028191
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Patent number: 10840263
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20200286918
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Patent number: 10700095
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Hino, Junji Iwahori
  • Publication number: 20190198530
    Abstract: The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Publication number: 20190123063
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including standard cells including fin transistors includes, at a cell row end, a cell-row-terminating cell that does not contribute to a logical function of a circuit block. The cell-row-terminating cell includes a plurality of fins extending in an X direction. Ends of the plurality of fins on the inner side of the circuit block are near a gate structure placed at a cell end and do not overlap with the gate structure in a plan view, and ends of the plurality of fins on an outer side of the circuit block overlap with any one of a gate structure in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Toshio HINO, Junji IWAHORI
  • Patent number: 9021405
    Abstract: A plurality of gate electrode patterns to be laid out in parallel are alternately set as first patterns to be formed in a first exposure step of double patterning and as second patterns to be formed in a second exposure step. Subsequently, a circuit that includes transistor pairs each formed by connecting one of the first patterns and one of the second patterns in parallel is laid out. This reduces the risk of variations in characteristics of transistors caused by double patterning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Takanori Hiramoto, Toshio Hino, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Yutaka Mizuno, Katsuya Ogata