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Masahiko Higashi

Masahiko Higashi, Kanagawa JP

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20100330794METHOD FOR CLEANING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a method for cleaning a semiconductor device capable of making compatible the inhibition of dissolution of a gate metal material and the acquisition of a favorable contact resistance. A method for cleaning a semiconductor device includes steps: a semiconductor substrate including silicon, and having a main surface is prepared; a multilayer gate including a metal layer and a silicon layer stacked sequentially from the bottom is formed over the main surface; a silicide layer is formed over the main surface and the silicon layer surface; an insulation layer is formed over the silicide layer in each of the main surface and the multilayer gate surface; a shared contact hole is formed in the insulation layer in such a manner that the silicide layer in the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and the surface of the multilayer gate is exposed from the insulation layer; and the shared contact hole is subjected to sulfuric acid cleaning, aqueous hydrogen peroxide cleaning, and APM cleaning separately, respectively, thereby to remove an altered layer formed in the shared contact hole.12-30-2010

Masahiko Higashi, Kagoshima JP

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20100151348Fuel Cell and Method for Manufacturing the Same - There are provided a fuel cell capable of preventing gas leakage through a gas channel, and a method for manufacturing a fuel cell that allows production of such a fuel cell in high volume with lower costs while preventing cracking at corners of the gas channel. In a fuel cell, on a support substrate (06-17-2010

Masahiko Higashi, Fukushima-Ken JP

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20090026570Methods and structures for discharging plasma formed during the fabrication of semiconuctor device - Methods and structures for discharging plasma formed during the fabrication of semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a wordline, a common ground line and a fuse structure for electrically coupling the wordline and the common ground line until a break signal is applied via the fuse structure.01-29-2009
20090184427FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH WORD LINES OF UNIFORM WIDTH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: forming a bit line in a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of word lines which intersect with the bit line at predetermined intervals on the semiconductor substrate; eliminating a portion of the plurality of word lines; forming an interlayer insulating film on the semiconductor substrate; and forming a metal plug which penetrates through the interlayer insulating film and is coupled to the bit line in a region where the portion of the plurality of word lines was eliminated.07-23-2009
20090209076METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SONOS FLASH MEMORY - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes steps of forming a dummy layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a groove 12 in the semiconductor substrate while using the dummy layer as a mask, forming a tunnel insulating film and a trap layer to cover an inner surface of the groove and the dummy layer, eliminating the trap layer formed above the upper surface and at the sides of the dummy layer, and forming a top insulating film to cover a remaining trap layer and the exposed tunnel insulating film.08-20-2009
20090237990SONOS DEVICE WITH INSULATING STORAGE LAYER AND P-N JUNCTION ISOLATION - The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing thereof. The semiconductor device includes bit lines disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a first ONO disposed between the bit lines on the semiconductor substrate, and a second ONO film disposed on each of the bit lines. The film thickness of a first silicon nitride film in the first ONO film is larger than the film thickness of a second silicon nitride film in the second ONO film.09-24-2009
20090325354SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor substrate (12-31-2009
20100109070FABRICATING METHOD OF MIRROR BIT MEMORY DEVICE HAVING SPLIT ONO FILM WITH TOP OXIDE FILM FORMED BY OXIDATION PROCESS - A device and method employing a polyoxide-based charge trapping component. A charge trapping component is patterned by etching a layered stack that includes a tunneling layer positioned on a substrate, a charge trapping layer positioned on the tunneling layer, and an amorphous silicon layer positioned on the charge trapping layer. An oxidation process grows a gate oxide layer from the substrate and converts the amorphous silicon layer into a polyoxide layer.05-06-2010
20110156127FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH WORD LINES OF UNIFORM WIDTH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: forming a bit line in a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of word lines which intersect with the bit line at predetermined intervals on the semiconductor substrate; eliminating a portion of the plurality of word lines; forming an interlayer insulating film on the semiconductor substrate; and forming a metal plug which penetrates through the interlayer insulating film and is coupled to the bit line in a region where the portion of the plurality of word lines was eliminated.06-30-2011

Patent applications by Masahiko Higashi, Fukushima-Ken JP

Masahiko Higashi, Kirishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090297917HEAT-RESISTANT ALLOY MEMBER, ALLOY MEMBER FOR FUEL CELL, COLLECTOR MEMBER FOR FUEL CELL, CELL STACK, AND FUEL CELL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a heat-resistant alloy member which hardly causes external diffusion of Cr, an alloy member for a fuel cell, a collector member for a fuel cell, a cell stack, and a fuel cell apparatus.12-03-2009

Masahiko Higashi, Aizuwakamatsu JP

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20080265309Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof - After an ONO film in which a silicon nitride film (10-30-2008

Patent applications by Masahiko Higashi, Aizuwakamatsu JP

Masahiko Higashi, Aizuwakamatsu-Shi JP

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20090085213SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A semiconductor memory device employs a SONOS type memory architecture and includes a bit line diffusion layer in a shallow trench groove in which a conductive film is buried. This makes it possible to decrease the resistivity of the bit line diffusion layer without enlarging the area on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and to fabricate the semiconductor memory device having stable electric characteristics without enlarging the cell area. The bit line is formed by implanting ions into the sidewall of Si04-02-2009

Patent applications by Masahiko Higashi, Aizuwakamatsu-Shi JP