Patents by Inventor Yusuke YAMASHIRO

Yusuke YAMASHIRO 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: 11282948
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of obtaining sufficient latch-up tolerance and enabling integration. The wide band gap semiconductor device includes: a collector region, a charge storage region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the drift region, a base region, a charge extraction region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the base region, an emitter region, a Schottky electrode, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, an emitter electrode, and a collector electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamashiro, Kenji Hamada, Kazuya Konishi
  • Publication number: 20210273083
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of obtaining sufficient latch-up tolerance and enabling integration. The wide band gap semiconductor device includes: a collector region, a charge storage region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the drift region, a base region, a charge extraction region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the base region, an emitter region, a Schottky electrode, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, an emitter electrode, and a collector electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMASHIRO, Kenji HAMADA, Kazuya KONISHI
  • Patent number: 11063122
    Abstract: In a termination region of a SiC-MOSFET, suppressing operation of a p-n diode between a well and a drift layer sometimes decreases reliability during high-speed switching. In a termination region of a SiC-MOSFET with a built-in SBD are provided second well region having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration in a well region in an active region, and a high-concentration region that is formed on a surface layer of the second well region, has an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration in the well region in the active region, and is ohmic-connected to a source electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamashiro, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kohei Ebihara
  • Patent number: 10665679
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: an n-type drift layer 2 provided within an SiC layer 30; a plurality of p-type well regions 3; a JFET region JR serving as a part of the drift layer 2 sandwiched between the well regions 3; and a gate insulating film 6 and a gate electrode 7 at least covering the JFET region JR. The gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 include a different-element-containing region 10 containing an element that is different from elements constituting the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokatsu Watanabe, Shiro Hino, Yusuke Yamashiro, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20200127098
    Abstract: In a termination region of a SiC-MOSFET, suppressing operation of a p-n diode between a well and a drift layer sometimes decreases reliability during high-speed switching. In a termination region of a SiC-MOSFET with a built-in SBD are provided second well region having an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentration in a well region in an active region, and a high-concentration region that is formed on a surface layer of the outer periphery second well region, has an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration in the well region in the active region, and is ohmic-connected to a source electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMASHIRO, Kazuyuki SUGAHARA, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kohei EBIHARA
  • Patent number: 10559653
    Abstract: The technique disclosed in the Description relates to a technique preventing dielectric breakdown while a silicon carbide semiconductor device is OFF, without degrading process throughput or yield. The silicon carbide semiconductor device relating to the technique disclosed in the Description includes a drift layer of a first conductivity type, a threading dislocation provided to penetrate the drift layer, and an electric-field reduction region of a second conductivity type disposed in a position in the surface layer of the drift layer, the position corresponding to the threading dislocation. The electric-field reduction region is an epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokatsu Watanabe, Shiro Hino, Yusuke Yamashiro, Toshiaki Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20190131388
    Abstract: The technique disclosed in the Description relates to a technique preventing dielectric breakdown while a silicon carbide semiconductor device is OFF, without degrading process throughput or yield. The silicon carbide semiconductor device relating to the technique disclosed in the Description includes a drift layer of a first conductivity type, a threading dislocation provided to penetrate the drift layer, and an electric-field reduction region of a second conductivity type disposed in a position in the surface layer of the drift layer, the position corresponding to the threading dislocation. The electric-field reduction region is an epitaxial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokatsu WATANABE, Shiro HINO, Yusuke YAMASHIRO, Toshiaki IWAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190006471
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: an n-type drift layer 2 provided within an SiC layer 30; a plurality of p-type well regions 3; a JFET region JR serving as a part of the drift layer 2 sandwiched between the well regions 3; and a gate insulating film 6 and a gate electrode 7 at least covering the JFET region JR. The gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 include a different-element-containing region 10 containing an element that is different from elements constituting the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokatsu WATANABE, Shiro HINO, Yusuke YAMASHIRO, Toshiaki IWAMATSU