MS

Michiaki Sano

ST Sandisk Technologies: 37 patents #65 of 2,224Top 3%
S3 Sandisk 3D: 2 patents #119 of 180Top 70%
TL Tokyo Electron Limited: 2 patents #2,602 of 5,567Top 50%
WT Western Digital Technologies: 1 patents #1,787 of 3,180Top 60%
TI Texas Instruments: 1 patents #7,357 of 12,488Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #69,731 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 25 most recent of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12416589 Systems and methods for non-destructive inspection of semiconductor devices using reflective X-ray microscope tomographic imaging Shogo Tomita, Tatsuya Hinoue 2025-09-16
12408335 Three-dimensional memory device containing word line contacts which extend through drain-select-level isolation structures and methods of making the same Koichi Ito, Takuya Mori 2025-09-02
12394668 Semiconductor device having edge seal and method of making thereof without metal hard mask arcing Tatsuya Hinoue 2025-08-19
12185540 Three dimensional memory device and method of making thereof by forming channel and memory film after word line replacement Yusuke Mukae, Naoki Takeguchi, Yujin Terasawa, Tatsuya Hinoue, Ramy Nashed Bassely Said 2024-12-31
11973026 Three-dimensional memory device including stairless word line contact structures and method of making the same Koichi Ito 2024-04-30
11778818 Three-dimensional memory device with punch-through-resistant word lines and methods for forming the same Ryo Mochizuki, Yasuo Kasagi, Junji Oh, Yujin Terasawa, Hiroaki Namba 2023-10-03
11569139 Electrical overlay measurement methods and structures for wafer-to-wafer bonding Ikue Yokomizo, Kazuto Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Takashi Yamaha, Koichi Ito +5 more 2023-01-31
11101289 Three-dimensional memory device with composite charge storage structures and methods for forming the same Yu Ueda 2021-08-24
10994239 Spiral gas adsorption apparatus and method of using the same Jo SATO 2021-05-04
10923496 Three-dimensional memory device containing a replacement buried source line and methods of making the same Mitsuteru Mushiga, Kenji Sugiura, Akio Nishida, Ryosuke Kaneko 2021-02-16
10797035 Bonded assembly containing side bonding structures and methods of manufacturing the same Takashi Yamaha, Koichi Ito, Ikue Yokomizo, Ryo Hiramatsu, Kazuto Watanabe +3 more 2020-10-06
10790296 Distortion-compensated wafer bonding method and apparatus using a temperature-controlled backside thermal expansion layer Takashi Yamaha, Katsuya Kato, Kazuto Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Koichi Ito +3 more 2020-09-29
10756106 Three-dimensional memory device with locally modulated threshold voltages at drain select levels and methods of making the same Masatoshi Nishikawa, Ken Oowada, Zhixin Cui 2020-08-25
10553599 Three-dimensional memory device containing drain select isolation structures and on-pitch channels and methods of making the same without an etch stop layer Zhen Chen, Mitsuteru Mushiga 2020-02-04
10468459 Multiple vertical TFT structures for a vertical bit line architecture Yusuke Oda 2019-11-05
10381322 Three-dimensional memory device containing self-aligned interlocking bonded structure and method of making the same Yasunobu Azuma 2019-08-13
10290803 Three-dimensional devices with wedge-shaped contact region and method of making thereof Zhen Chen, Tetsuya Yamada, Akira Nakada, Yasuke Oda, Manabu Hayashi +1 more 2019-05-14
10217746 Three-dimensional memory device having L-shaped word lines and a support structure and methods of making the same Tae Kyung Kim, Raghuveer S. Makala, Yanli Zhang, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Daxin Mao +5 more 2019-02-26
10211215 Three-dimensional memory device containing word lines having vertical protrusion regions and methods of making the same Yashushi Ishii, Kazuto Watanabe, Haruki Urata, Akira Takahashi, Tae Kyung Kim 2019-02-19
10209636 Exposure focus leveling method using region-differentiated focus scan patterns Tohru Toda, Keisuke Izumi 2019-02-19
10181442 Three-dimensional memory device having L-shaped word lines and methods of making the same Kazuto Watanabe, Haruki Urata, Akira Takahashi 2019-01-15
10115735 Semiconductor device containing multilayer titanium nitride diffusion barrier and method of making thereof Fumitaka Amano, Kensuke Ishikawa, Shinya Inoue 2018-10-30
10115770 Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional nonvolatile memory Jongsun Sel, Daewung Kang, Yohei Yamada, Mitsuteru Mushiga, Tuan Pham 2018-10-30
10083982 Three-dimensional memory device having select gate electrode that is thicker than word lines and method of making thereof Keisuke SHIGEMURA, Junichi Ariyoshi, Masanori Tsutsumi, Yanli Zhang, Raghuveer S. Makala 2018-09-25
10083877 Vertical field effect transistors including two-tier select gates and method of making the same Tetsuya Yamada 2018-09-25