Patents by Inventor Yasushi Haga

Yasushi Haga 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: 20080061380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for efficiently forming a high-breakdown voltage transistor and a low-breakdown voltage transistor on the same substrate while reducing the deterioration of each transistors' characteristics. At first, an insulating film is formed. The insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor are thicker than those for the low-breakdown voltage transistor. Next, gates are formed on the insulating film. Then sidewalls are formed on the sides of the low-breakdown voltage transistor gate, and apertures are made in the insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for each transistor. When apertures are made in the relatively thick insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor, etching is performed not to narrow widths of the sidewalls formed on the sides of the gate for the low-breakdown voltage transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20080064169
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for efficiently forming a high-breakdown voltage transistor and a low-breakdown voltage transistor on the same substrate while reducing the deterioration of each transistors' characteristics. At first, an insulating film is formed. The insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor are thicker than those for the low-breakdown voltage transistor. Next, gates are formed on the insulating film. Then sidewalls are formed on the sides of the low-breakdown voltage transistor gate, and apertures are made in the insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for each transistor. When apertures are made in the relatively thick insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor, etching is performed not to narrow widths of the sidewalls formed on the sides of the gate for the low-breakdown voltage transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Patent number: 6916714
    Abstract: A procedure of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention first creates a gate electrode on a center portion of a gate oxide film formed on a substrate, forms a silicon oxide film over the whole surface of the substrate including the gate electrode, and etches the whole face of the silicon oxide film, so as to form a side wall of the silicon oxide film on a side face of the gate electrode. The procedure then implants an impurity ion according to a channel of a target MOS transistor, so as to specify a drain area and a source area. In the process of specifying the drain area and the source area, a resist is formed in advance on at least a peripheral portion of the gate oxide film in a high-breakdown-voltage MOS transistor, so as to prevent implantation of the impurity ion in an under-layer region below the peripheral portion of the gate oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20040256677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for efficiently forming a high-breakdown voltage transistor and a low-breakdown voltage transistor on the same substrate while reducing the deterioration of each transistors' characteristics. At first, an insulating film is formed. The insulating film protions above the drain and source formation regions fo rhte high-breakdown voltage transistor are thicker than those for the low-breakdown voltage transistor. Next, gates are formed on the insulating film. Then sidewalls are formed on the sides of the low-breakdown voltage transistor gate, and apertures are made in the insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for each transistor. When apertures are made in the relatively thick insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor, etching is performed not to narrow widths of the sidewalls formed on the sides of the gate for the low-breakdown voltage transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20040238858
    Abstract: [Problem]To reduce a leakage current by suppressing the generation of a junction leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Yasushi Haga, Muneyoshi Hama
  • Patent number: 6780701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for efficiently forming a high-breakdown voltage transistor and a low-breakdown voltage transistor on the same substrate while reducing the deterioration of each transistor's characteristics. At first, an insulating film is formed. The insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor are thicker than those for the low-breakdown voltage transistor. Next, gates are formed on the insulating film. Then sidewalls are formed on the sides of the low-breakdown voltage transistor gate, and apertures are made in the insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for each transistor. When apertures are made in the relatively thick insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor, etching is performed not to narrow widths of the sidewalls formed on the sides of the gate for the low-breakdown voltage transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Patent number: 6720222
    Abstract: Among first and second oxide films 110 and 112 formed on a substrate 100, the oxide film in a low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV is all etched off, while the whole surface of the oxide film in a high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV is left intact. A sixth oxide film 119 for defining side walls is subsequently formed on the whole surface of the substrate 100 in a greater thickness of approximately 2000 angstrom than a standard thickness. Over-etching of the sixth oxide film 119 defines side walls 119SW. Non-required portions of the oxide film 112 are then etched off with a resist R15A. This causes a drain-source forming region, which is expected to form a drain area and a source area, to be open in an element forming region in a high-breakdown-voltage nMOS area HVn. The resist R15A is not removed but is used continuously, and an n-type impurity ion is implanted into the open drain-source forming region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Patent number: 6638804
    Abstract: Among first and second oxide films 110 and 112 formed on a substrate 100, the oxide film in a low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV is all etched off, while the whole surface of the oxide film in a high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV is left intact. A sixth oxide film 119 to define a side wall is subsequently formed on the whole surface of the substrate 100, and a resist R17 is formed over the whole high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV. Over-etching of the low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV is carried out to make the surface of the substrate 100 exposed and to define the side wall only in the low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV. The oxide film 119 is made to remain in the high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV. Non-required portions of the oxide films 119 and 112 are then etched off with a resist R15B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20030082866
    Abstract: Among first and second oxide films 110 and 112 formed on a substrate 100, the oxide film in a low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV is all etched off, while the whole surface of the oxide film in a high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV is left intact. A sixth oxide film 119 for defining side walls is subsequently formed on the whole surface of the substrate 100 in a greater thickness of approximately 2000 angstrom than a standard thickness. Over-etching of the sixth oxide film 119 defines side walls 119SW. Non-required portions of the oxide film 112 are then etched off with a resist R15A. This causes a drain-source forming region, which is expected to form a drain area and a source area, to be open in an element forming region in a high-breakdown-voltage nMOS area HVn. The resist R15A is not removed but is used continuously, and an n-type impurity ion is implanted into the open drain-source forming region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20030080354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for efficiently forming a high-breakdown voltage transistor and a low-breakdown voltage transistor on the same substrate while reducing the deterioration of each transistor's characteristics. At first, an insulating film is formed. The insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor are thicker than those for the low-breakdown voltage transistor. Next, gates are formed on the insulating film. Then sidewalls are formed on the sides of the low-breakdown voltage transistor gate, and apertures are made in the insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for each transistor. When apertures are made in the relatively thick insulating film portions above the drain and source formation regions for the high-breakdown voltage transistor, etching is performed not to narrow widths of the sidewalls formed on the sides of the gate for the low-breakdown voltage transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20030077865
    Abstract: Among first and second oxide films 110 and 112 formed on a substrate 100, the oxide film in a low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV is all etched off, while the whole surface of the oxide film in a high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV is left intact. A sixth oxide film 119 to define a side wall is subsequently formed on the whole surface of the substrate 100, and a resist R17 is formed over the whole high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV. Over-etching of the low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV is carried out to make the surface of the substrate 100 exposed and to define the side wall only in the low-breakdown-voltage transistor area LV. The oxide film 119 is made to remain in the high-breakdown-voltage transistor area HV. Non-required portions of the oxide films 119 and 112 are then etched off with a resist R15B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga
  • Publication number: 20030034531
    Abstract: A procedure of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention first creates a gate electrode on a center portion of a gate oxide film formed on a substrate, forms a silicon oxide film over the whole surface of the substrate including the gate electrode, and etches the whole face of the silicon oxide film, so as to form a side wall of the silicon oxide film on a side face of the gate electrode. The procedure then implants an impurity ion according to a channel of a target MOS transistor, so as to specify a drain area and a source area. In the process of specifying the drain area and the source area, a resist is formed in advance on at least a peripheral portion of the gate oxide film in a high-breakdown-voltage MOS transistor, so as to prevent implantation of the impurity ion in an under-layer region below the peripheral portion of the gate oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanda, Yasushi Haga