Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Nakashiba

Yasutaka Nakashiba 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: 20250054884
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating layer, a first inductor, a second insulating layer, a second inductor, a pad and an annular wiring. The first insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first inductor is directly formed on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer such that the second insulating layer covers the first inductor. The second inductor is directly formed on the second insulating layer such that the second inductor faces the first inductor. The pad is directly formed on the second insulating layer. The pad is electrically connected with the second inductor. The annular wiring is electrically connected with the pad. The annular wiring is spaced apart from the second inductor. The annular wiring surrounds the second inductor without forming a vertex in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Tohru KAWAI, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20250022794
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, and a fourth coil, an insulating layer, and a first shield. The semiconductor substrate has a device region and a peripheral region. The peripheral region is present around the device region in a plan view. The first coil and the second coil are arranged on the device region and are arranged in a first direction in a plan view. The third coil and the fourth coil are respectively opposed to the first coil and the second coil via the insulating layer. The first shield is arranged between the semiconductor substrate and the first and second coils and overlaps with the first coil and the second coil in a plan view. A width of the first shield in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is larger than a width of the first coil in the second direction and a width of the second coil in the second direction. The first shield is electrically connected to a reference potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Takayuki IGARASHI, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240429159
    Abstract: Providing a semiconductor device that can suppress the heat generation in a transformer. The semiconductor device comprises first, second, third and fourth coils, a lead wire, and an insulating layer. The lead wire is formed on the same layer as the first and second coils. The first and second coils are adjacent to each other through the lead wire in a plan view and are electrically connected in series through the lead wire. The insulating layer covers the first and second coils, and the lead wire. The third coil is formed on the first coil so as to face the first coil through the insulating layer. The fourth coil is formed on the second coil so as to face the second coil through the insulating layer. The third and fourth coils are adjacent to each other in a plan view and are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Takayuki IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 12165993
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating layer, a first inductor, a second insulating layer, a second inductor, a pad and an annular wiring. The first insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first inductor is directly formed on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer such that the second insulating layer covers the first inductor. The second inductor is directly formed on the second insulating layer such that the second inductor faces the first inductor. The pad is directly formed on the second insulating layer. The pad is electrically connected with the second inductor. The annular wiring is electrically connected with the pad. The annular wiring is spaced apart from the second inductor. The annular wiring surrounds the second inductor without forming a vertex in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tohru Kawai, Yasutaka Nakashiba
  • Patent number: 12142679
    Abstract: In semiconductor device, a field plate portion having a high concentration p-type semiconductor region, a low concentration p-type semiconductor region having a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration p-type semiconductor region and a high concentration n-type semiconductor region is provided. Then, the high concentration p-type semiconductor region is electrically connected to the source region while the high concentration n-type semiconductor region is electrically connected to the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Koshimizu, Yasutaka Nakashiba
  • Publication number: 20240371817
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip mounted on a chip mounting portion via a first bonding material; and a second semiconductor chip mounted on the first semiconductor chip via a second bonding material. The first semiconductor chip includes: a protective film; and a first pad electrode exposed from the protective film in a first opening portion of the protective film. The second semiconductor chip is mounted on the first pad electrode of the first semiconductor chip via the second bonding material. The second bonding material includes: a first member being in contact with the first pad electrode; and a second member interposed between the first member and the second semiconductor chip. The first member is a conductive bonding material of a film shape, and the second member is an insulating bonding material of a film shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Toshiyuki HATA
  • Publication number: 20240312969
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate and a multilayer wiring layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and at least one layer of the multilayer wiring layer is formed with a conductive pattern. The conductive pattern is formed so as to continuously surround a lower inductor and an upper inductor in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki IGARASHI, Tatsuo KASAOKA, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240304524
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating film, a first conductive film, an insulating layer, a first contact and a second contact. The semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor region having a first conductive type and a second semiconductor region having a second conductive type. The buried insulating film surrounds the second semiconductor region in plan view. The first conductive film directly contacts with the first and second semiconductor regions. The first and second contacts overlap with the second semiconductor region in plan view and reach the first conductive film. The first contact is adjacent to the second contact along a first side of the second semiconductor region in plan view. In a direction along the first side, a first distance between the second semiconductor region and the buried insulating film is greater than a second distance between the first contact and the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Tohru KAWAI, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240243198
    Abstract: According to this present application, a reliability of a semiconductor device can be improved. The semiconductor device has a first region where a MOSFET is formed, and a second region where a temperature sensor transistor is formed. A body region is formed in a semiconductor substrate of the first region, and a base region is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the second region. A source region is formed in the body region and an emitter region is formed in the base region. A first column region is formed in the semiconductor substrate located below the body region, and a second column region is formed in the semiconductor substrate located below the base region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi YANAGIGAWA, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Kazuhisa MORI, Koichi HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 12015053
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film, a field plate portion which is integrally formed with the gate electrode, a step insulating film in contact with the field plate portion, a high dielectric constant film in contact with the step insulating film and having a higher dielectric constant than silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Koshimizu, Yasutaka Nakashiba
  • Publication number: 20240170463
    Abstract: A second distance between a second lower inductor and a second upper inductor, which are components of a second transformer is smaller than a first distance between a first lower inductor and a first upper inductor which are components of a first transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki IGARASHI, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240162144
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a multilayer wiring layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first wiring formed on the multilayer wiring layer and configured to be applied with a first potential, an upper inductor formed on the multilayer wiring layer and configured to be applied with a second potential different from the first potential, an inorganic insulating film formed on the multilayer wiring layer, the first wiring, and the upper inductor, and an organic insulating film formed on the inorganic insulating film and disposed so as to cover the inorganic insulating film located between the first wiring and the upper inductor in plan view. Here, between the first wiring and the upper inductor, an opening portion exposing a part of the upper surface of the inorganic insulating film is formed in the organic insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki IGARASHI, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Tatsuo KASAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240145553
    Abstract: LDMOS having an n-type source region and a drain region formed on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate dielectric film, and a field plate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate between the gate electrode and the drain region via a dielectric film having a larger film thickness than the gate dielectric film, is formed. Here, the field plate electrode has a larger work function than an n-type semiconductor region formed in the semiconductor substrate directly below the field plate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto KOSHIMIZU, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Tohru KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240128248
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate and an upper inductor that is formed on the insulating substrate and is a component of a transformer that performs contactless communication between different potentials. Here, the upper inductor is configured to be applied with a first potential. The upper inductor is formed so as to be magnetically coupled to a lower inductor that is configured to be applied with a second potential different from the first potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Hiroshi MIYAKI, Takayuki IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20240105761
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a transformer that performs contactless communication between different potentials. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor region formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the transformer formed over the semiconductor substrate. Here, the transformer includes a lower inductor, a lead wiring portion electrically connected to the lower inductor, and an upper inductor 100 magnetically coupled to the lower inductor, and the lead wiring portion has a wiring facing the semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki IGARASHI, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240096788
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a lower wiring layer, a multilayer wiring layer formed on the lower wiring layer, and an upper wiring layer formed on the multilayer wiring layer. Here, a thickness of a wiring provided in the lower wiring layer is larger than a thickness of each of a plurality of wirings provided in the multilayer wiring layer, and a thickness of a wiring provided in the upper wiring layer is larger than the thickness of each of the plurality of wirings provided in the multilayer wiring layer. A lower inductor which is a component of a transformer is provided in the lower wiring layer, and an upper inductor which is a component of the transformer is provided in the upper wiring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki IGARASHI, Tatsuo KASAOKA, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Patent number: 11901288
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element, and a multilayer wiring. The semiconductor element is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The multilayer wiring includes a wiring electrically connected with the semiconductor element, and a first inductor. The multilayer wiring is formed on the semiconductor substrate such that the multilayer wiring covers the semiconductor element. The first inductor is formed such that the first inductor electrically isolated from the wiring and is magnetically connected with the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iida, Yasutaka Nakashiba, Shinichi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20240047576
    Abstract: The source region, drain region, buried insulating film, gate insulating film, and gate electrode of the semiconductor device are formed in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The buried insulating film is buried in a first trench formed between the source and drain regions. The first trench has a first side surface and a first bottom surface. The first side surface faces the source region in a first direction extending from one of the source and drain regions to the other. The first bottom surface is connected to the first side surface and is along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate. A crystal plane of a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the first side surface of the first trench, is (111) plane. A crystal plane of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is the bottom surface of the first trench, is (100) plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto KOSHIMIZU, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20240038888
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes an n-type substrate region, an n-type first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region disposed at different positions on the n-type substrate region, an n-type buried layer formed on the n-type first semiconductor region and on the second semiconductor region, a p-type third semiconductor region and a p-type fourth semiconductor region formed on the n-type buried layer and spaced apart from each other, and an n-type fifth semiconductor region that reaches an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate from the n-type buried layer. The n-type buried layer, the n-type first semiconductor region, and the n-type substrate region are present under the p-type third semiconductor region and the n-type fifth semiconductor region. A first transistor is formed in an upper portion of the p-type third semiconductor region, and a second transistor is formed in an upper portion of the p-type fourth semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto KOSHIMIZU, Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Tohru KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240006344
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip mounting portion and a semiconductor chip provided on the chip mounting portion via a conductive adhesive material. Here, a planar shape of the semiconductor chip is a quadrangular shape. Also, in plan view, a plurality of thin portions is formed at a plurality of corner portions of the semiconductor chip, respectively. Also, the plurality of thin portions respectively formed at the plurality of corner portions of the semiconductor chip is spaced apart from each other. Further, thickness of each of the plurality of thin portions is smaller than a thickness of the semiconductor chip other than the plurality of the thin portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka NAKASHIBA, Toshiyuki HATA, Hiroshi YANAGIGAWA, Tomohisa SEKIGUCHI