Patents by Inventor Wataru UNNO

Wataru UNNO 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: 20220085062
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a pair of first plate-shaped portions that extends in a stacking direction of respective layers of a first stacked body and a first direction crossing the stacking direction, and is in contact with a second stacked body on both sides of the second stacked body in a second direction crossing the stacking direction and the first direction, a pair of second plate-shaped portions of which longitudinal direction is in the first direction, the pair of second plate-shaped portions extending through the first stacked body in the stacking direction on both sides of the pair of first plate-shaped portions in the second direction in positions apart from the pair of first plate-shaped portions, and a columnar portion that extends through the first stacked body in the stacking direction in a position between one of the first plate-shaped portions out of the pair of first plate-shaped portions and one of the second plate-shaped portions, that faces the one
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru UNNO, Takuya NISHIKAWA, Jun TAKEKIDA, Kazuhiro NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20210082949
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first stacked body disposed between the belt-like portions and stacked a plurality of first conductive layers via a first insulating layer, a second stacked body disposed in a region in the first stacked body and stacked a plurality of second insulating layers via the first insulating layer, a first pillar extending in the first stacked body in a stacking direction of the first stacked body, and a plurality of second pillars extending in the stacking direction on both sides of the second stacked body facing the belt-like portions and arranged in the first direction, in which the second pillars each include a plate-like portion disposed at a height position of each of the first conductive layers, and the adjacent second pillars are connected to each other by the plate-like portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi HARADA, Ayaha HACHISUGA, Jun NISHIMURA, Wataru UNNO