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Hiroyuki Nitta

Hiroyuki Nitta, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110038194SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of parallel first interconnects extending in a first direction, a plurality of parallel second interconnects which extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and which make a two-level crossing with respect to the first interconnects, and memory cell structures provided in regions where the first interconnects and the second interconnects make two-level crossings, the memory cell structures being connected on one end to the first interconnects and connected on the other end to the second interconnects, the memory cell structure including a variable resistive element and a non-ohmic element which are connected in series, wherein the endmost first interconnect is disconnected in at least one portion.02-17-2011
20110069524SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a control circuit. The control circuit applies a first voltage to a selected one of a upper interconnections, applies a second voltage to an unselected one of the upper interconnections, applies a third voltage to a first dummy upper interconnection and independently controls the first to third voltages to be set to different values.03-24-2011
20110204309SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first interconnect, a second interconnect, a first fringe and a second fringe. The first interconnect is connected to a first memory cell. The second interconnect is connected to a second memory cell and is arranged at a first interval from the first interconnect in a first direction. The first fringe is formed on one end of the first interconnect. The second fringe is formed on one end of the second interconnect. The first fringe and the second fringe are arranged at the first interval in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.08-25-2011

Hiroyuki Nitta, Yokohama-Shi JP

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20090173981NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device has a first laminated portion including first insulating layers and first conductive layers laminated alternately, and a second laminated portion provided on an upper surface of the first laminated portion and including a second conductive layer formed between second insulating layers. The first laminated portion has a first semiconductor layer formed so as to contact with a gate insulating film and extend in a laminated direction. The second laminated portion has a second semiconductor layer formed so as to contact with a third insulating layer and the first semiconductor layer and extend in the laminated direction. The first semiconductor layer is of a first conductive type, and a portion of the second semiconductor layer which contacts with the side surface of the second conductive layer is of a second conductive type.07-09-2009
20100052017SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device includes a first block having first memory cells and first select transistors, a second block having second memory cells and second select transistors, and arranged adjacent to the first block in a first direction, the second select transistor being arranged to face the first select transistor and commonly having a diffusion region with the first select transistor, a first interconnection layer provided on the diffusion region between the first and second blocks and extending in a second direction, and a second interconnection layer having a first portion provided in contact with an upper portion of the first interconnection layer and extending to a portion outside the first interconnection layer, and a second portion extending in the second direction and connected to the first portion in a portion outside a portion on the first interconnection layer.03-04-2010
20100052030NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory of an aspect of the present invention including a plurality of first active areas which are provided in the memory cell array side-by-side in a first direction and which have a dimension smaller than a fabrication limit dimension obtained by lithography, a second active area provided between the first active areas adjacent in the first direction, a memory cell unit which is provided in each of the plurality of first active areas and which has memory cells and select transistors, and a linear contact which is connected to one end of the memory cell unit and which extends in the first direction, wherein an area in which the linear contact is provided is one semiconductor area to which the plurality of first active areas are connected by the plurality of second active areas, and the bottom surface of the linear contact is planar.03-04-2010
20100155813SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING STACK GATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device includes select transistors, cell transistors, and cell units. The select transistors formed on a substrate and include first electrodes. The cell transistors include second electrodes with a charge storage layer and a control. The cell units including a plurality of the cell transistors connected together in series between the two select transistors. A distance between the first electrodes and a distance between the first electrodes which is adjacent to the second electrodes and adjacent second electrodes are each at least double a distance between second electrodes. A surface of the substrate between second electrodes is flush with the surface of the substrate between the first electrode and the adjacent second electrodes. The surface of the substrate between the first electrodes is positioned lower than the surface of the substrate between the first electrodes and the second electrodes.06-24-2010
20100202208SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING CONTACT PLUG HAVING AN ELLIPTICAL SECTIONAL SHAPE - A semiconductor device includes a first MOS transistor, second MOS transistors, first contact plugs, and a second contact plug. The first MOS transistor with a first conductivity is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The second MOS transistors with a second conductivity are formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first contact plugs has a circular planar shape. The second contact plug has an elliptical planar shape and is formed on a source or a drain in one of the second MOS transistors. The first contact plugs are formed on sources or drains in the remaining second MOS transistors and the first MOS transistor.08-12-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nitta, Yokohama-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Nitta, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090278869Display Device - A one-frame interval is divided into a light field interval and a dark field interval. In the light field interval, the display data of high tones is displayed, while in the dark field interval, the display data of low tones is displayed. This divisional display makes it possible to pseudoly display the tones of the input display data. Then, in a case that the tones of the input display data is on the lower tone side, the display data of the dark field is set to the corresponding minimum tone with the minimum luminance, while in a case that the tone of the input display data is on the higher tone side, the display data of the light field is set to the corresponding maximum tone with the maximum luminance.11-12-2009

Hiroyuki Nitta, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090267131NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To reduce capacitance between each adjacent two word lines in a semiconductor memory device, a first insulating film is formed, with a first gate insulating film thereunder, in an interstice between gates respectively of each adjacent two memory transistors, and in an interstice between a gate of a selective transistor and a gate of a memory transistor adjacent thereto. Additionally, a second insulating film is formed on the first insulating film, sides of the gate of each memory transistor, and a side, facing the memory transistor, of the gate of the selective transistor. A third insulating film is formed parallel to a semiconductor substrate so as to cover a metal silicide film, the first and second insulating films and fourth and fifth insulating films. A void part is provided in the interstice between each adjacent two gates of the memory transistors, and in the interstice between the gate of the selective transistor and the gate of the memory transistor adjacent thereto. A bottom and two sides of each void part are shielded by the second insulating film, and a top of each void part is shielded by the third insulating film.10-29-2009

Hiroyuki Nitta, Yokkaichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090215242SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first element isolation trench with a first opening width and a second element isolation trench with a second opening width larger than the first opening width, the first and second element isolation trenches having respective inner surfaces, the second element isolation trench having opposed sidewalls and bottom, a first element-isolating insulation film formed on the inner surfaces of the first and second element isolation trenches, a second element-isolating insulation film formed on the first element-isolating insulation film so as to fill the first element isolation trench and further formed on the first element-isolating insulation film formed on the sidewall of the second element isolation trench, and a third element-isolating insulation film provided on the second element-isolating insulation film and the first element-isolating insulation film formed on the bottom of the second element isolation trench, so as to fill the second element isolation trench.08-27-2009

Hiroyuki Nitta, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080293201NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND A FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes: a device region and a device isolating region, which have a pattern with a striped form that extends in a first direction, and are alternately and sequentially disposed at a first pitch in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; and a contact made of a first conductive material, which is connected to the device region and disposed at the first pitch in the second direction. On a cross section of the second direction, the bottom width of the contact is longer than the top width of the contact, and the bottom width is longer than the width of the device region.11-27-2008

Hiroyuki Nitta, Mie JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110233505NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to the nonvolatile memory device in one embodiment, contact plugs connect between second wires and third wires in a memory layer and a first wire connected to a control element. Drawn wire portions connect the second wires and the third wires with the contact plug. The drawn wire portion connected to the second wires and the third wires of the memory layer is formed of a wire with a critical dimension same as the second wires and the third wires and is in contact with the contact plug on an upper surface and both side surfaces of the drawn wire portion.09-29-2011