Patents by Inventor Youhei Ohno

Youhei Ohno 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: 10297557
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate and a protective film covering at least partly a main surface of the silicon carbide substrate and one or more side surfaces of the silicon carbide substrate. Therefore, contact of the side surface of the silicon carbide substrate with the moisture gathering material may be avoided, and the breakdown behavior and the long-term reliability of the semiconductor device may be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shikauchi, Satoru Washiya, Youhei Ohno, Tomonori Hotate, Hiromichi Kumakura
  • Publication number: 20190006292
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate and a protective film covering at least partly a main surface of the silicon carbide substrate and one or more side surfaces of the silicon carbide substrate. Therefore, contact of the side surface of the silicon carbide substrate with the moisture gathering material may be avoided, and the breakdown behavior and the long-term reliability of the semiconductor device may be further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIKAUCHI, Satoru WASHIYA, Youhei OHNO, Tomonori HOTATE, Hiromichi KUMAKURA
  • Patent number: 10158013
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide drift layer, a buried silicon carbide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer; the buried silicon carbide layer is located within the silicon carbide drift layer and the buried silicon carbide layer is covered by the oxide semiconductor layer. Therefore, breakdown behavior and/or long-time reliability of the semiconductor device may be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shikauchi, Satoru Washiya, Youhei Ohno, Tomonori Hotate, Hiromichi Kumakura
  • Publication number: 20180350982
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide drift layer, a buried silicon carbide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer; the buried silicon carbide layer is located within the silicon carbide drift layer and the buried silicon carbide layer is covered by the oxide semiconductor layer. Therefore, breakdown behavior and/or long-time reliability of the semiconductor device may be further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIKAUCHI, Satoru WASHIYA, Youhei OHNO, Tomonori HOTATE, Hiromichi KUMAKURA
  • Patent number: 9991379
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, which includes: a drift region that has a first conductivity type; a body region that has a second conductivity type and is formed on the drift region; and an impurity region that has the first conductivity type and is formed inward from a surface of the body region. The semiconductor device further includes a trench, which is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate and reaches the drift region; a control electrode, which is formed in the trench; an oxide film, which is formed between an inner wall of the trench and the control electrode; an electrode, which is connected to the impurity region; and a transistor, which includes a nitride film formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate excluding an upper side of the control electrode and a formation position of the electrode, in the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Baba, Tomonori Hotate, Satoru Washiya, Hiroshi Shikauchi, Youhei Ohno
  • Publication number: 20180138300
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including: a drift region that has a first conductivity type; a body region that has a second conductivity type and is formed on the drift region; and an impurity region that has the first conductivity type and is formed in a surface of the body region; a trench, which reaches the drift region; an electric-field relaxation layer, which is formed on at least a portion of a bottom surface out of inner walls of the trench and is electrically connected to the impurity region; a control electrode, which is formed in the trench; an insulating film, which is formed between the control electrode and both the inner walls of the trench and the electric-field relaxation layer; and an electrode, which is connected to the impurity region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ryohei BABA, Tomonori HOTATE, Satoru WASHIYA, Hiroshi SHIKAUCHI, Youhei OHNO
  • Publication number: 20180138310
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, which includes: a drift region that has a first conductivity type; a body region that has a second conductivity type and is formed on the drift region; and an impurity region that has the first conductivity type and is formed inward from a surface of the body region. The semiconductor device further includes a trench, which is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate and reaches the drift region; a control electrode, which is formed in the trench; an oxide film, which is formed between an inner wall of the trench and the control electrode; an electrode, which is connected to the impurity region; and a transistor, which includes a nitride film formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate excluding an upper side of the control electrode and a formation position of the electrode, in the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ryohei BABA, Tomonori HOTATE, Satoru WASHIYA, Hiroshi SHIKAUCHI, Youhei OHNO
  • Patent number: 8841051
    Abstract: Provided is a full color image forming method wherein high color reproducibility especially on a blue system and a green system can be obtained and an excellent gradation property can be obtained in a full color image to be obtained. The full color image forming method for forming a full color image by using at least yellow toner, magenta toner, and two kinds of cyan toners (1, 2) is characterized in that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (1) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C*) of not less than 50 and the value of lightness (L*) in a color space represented by an L*a*b* colorimetric system of not less than 30 and not more than 52, and that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (2) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C*) of not less than 50 and the value of the lightness (L*) in the color space represented by the L*a*b* colorimetric system of not less than 58 and not more than 75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiro Hirano, Naohiro Hirose, Kaori Soeda, Miyuki Murakami, Youhei Ohno
  • Publication number: 20110008071
    Abstract: Provided is a full color image forming method wherein high color reproducibility especially on a blue system and a green system can be obtained and an excellent gradation property can be obtained in a full color image to be obtained. The full color image forming method for forming a full color image by using at least yellow toner, magenta toner, and two kinds of cyan toners (1, 2) is characterized in that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (1) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C*) of not less than 50 and the value of lightness (L*) in a color space represented by an L*a*b* colorimetric system of not less than 30 and not more than 52, and that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (2) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C*) of not less than 50 and the value of the lightness (L*) in the color space represented by the L*a*b* calorimetric system of not less than 58 and not more than 75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shiro Hirano, Naohiro Hirose, Kaori Soeda, Miyuki Murakami, Youhei Ohno