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Toru Tanzawa
Also filed as: TANZAWA TORU
302 granted patents·7 pending applications·6,043 citations·filing 1994–2025
99Inventor score
Files withMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC143TOSHIBA KK108TANZAWA TORU37INTEL CORP7UNIV SHIZUOKA NAT UNIV CORP5
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309 records- 0199US6525964B2Semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 25, 2003·187 cites·11 claims
- 0299US5774397ANon-volatile semiconductor memory device and method of programming a non-volatile memory cell to a predetermined stateTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 30, 1998·1.1k cites·54 claims
- 0398US7277355B2Method and apparatus for generating temperature-compensated read and verify operations in flash memoriesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 2, 2007·110 cites·44 claims
- 0498US6545909B2Nonvolatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 8, 2003·119 cites·22 claims
- 0598US6363010B2Nonvolatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 26, 2002·134 cites·5 claims
- 0698US5555204ANon-volatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 10, 1996·203 cites·34 claims
- 0797US9910594B2Apparatuses and methods for concurrently accessing multiple memory planes of a memory during a memory access operationMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·24 cites·34 claims
- 0897US9064577B2Apparatuses and methods to control body potential in memory operationsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 23, 2015·22 cites·19 claims
- 0997US8860117B2Semiconductor apparatus with multiple tiers of memory cells with peripheral transistors, and methodsTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 14, 2014·21 cites·30 claims
- 1097US8619471B2Apparatuses and methods including memory array data line selectionTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·30 cites·46 claims
- 1197US6282117B1Nonvolatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 28, 2001·106 cites·6 claims
- 1297US6014330ANon-volatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 11, 2000·120 cites·56 claims
- 1397US5946231ANon-volatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 31, 1999·129 cites·56 claims
- 1496US9905514B2Semiconductor device structures including staircase structures, and related methods and electronic systemsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 27, 2018·12 cites·14 claims
- 1596US9780110B2Memory having memory cell string and coupling componentsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 3, 2017·12 cites·14 claims
- 1696US9711228B1Apparatus and methods of operating memory with erase de-biasMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 18, 2017·17 cites·26 claims
- 1796US9536618B2Apparatuses and methods to control body potential in memory operationsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 3, 2017·22 cites·20 claims
- 1896US9111620B2Memory having memory cell string and coupling componentsTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 18, 2015·17 cites·25 claims
- 1996US8976594B2Memory read apparatus and methodsTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 10, 2015·19 cites·23 claims
- 2096US7489556B2Method and apparatus for generating read and verify operations in non-volatile memoriesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 10, 2009·44 cites·29 claims
- 2196US5621682AMemory systemTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 15, 1997·118 cites·41 claims
- 2295US9343479B2Three-dimensional devices having reduced contact lengthMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 17, 2016·10 cites·20 claims
- 2395US8811084B2Memory array with power-efficient read architectureTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 19, 2014·15 cites·32 claims
- 2495US7180796B2Boosted voltage generating circuit and semiconductor memory device having the sameTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 20, 2007·31 cites·2 claims
- 2595US6320220B1Quantum tunneling effect device and semiconductor composite substrateTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 20, 2001·97 cites·15 claims
- 2695US6252798B1Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device capable of controlling mutual timing of write voltage pulse and transfer voltage pulseTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 26, 2001·140 cites·10 claims
- 2795US5969985ANonvolatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 19, 1999·100 cites·18 claims
- 2894US10580790B2Semiconductor apparatus with multiple tiers, and methodsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 3, 2020·6 cites·13 claims
- 2994US10379738B2Apparatuses and methods for concurrently accessing multiple memory planes of a memory during a memory access operationMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 13, 2019·11 cites·14 claims
- 3094US9779819B1Connecting memory cells to a data line sequentially while applying a program voltage to the memory cellsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 3, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 3194US9711224B2Devices including memory arrays, row decoder circuitries and column decoder circuitriesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 18, 2017·13 cites·21 claims
- 3294US9704876B2Semiconductor apparatus with multiple tiers, and methodsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 11, 2017·10 cites·12 claims
- 3394US9607705B1Apparatuses and methods for charging a global access line prior to accessing a memoryMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 28, 2017·11 cites·26 claims
- 3494US9349470B2Memory read apparatus and methodsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 24, 2016·11 cites·20 claims
- 3594US9111591B2Interconnections for 3D memoryMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 18, 2015·11 cites·26 claims
- 3694US9064576B2Apparatuses and methods for transposing select gatesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 23, 2015·14 cites·20 claims
- 3794US8837222B2Methods and apparatuses including a select transistor having a body region including monocrystalline semiconductor material and/or at least a portion of its gate located in a substrateTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·11 cites·20 claims
- 3894US6842377B2Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with first and second read modesTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 11, 2005·86 cites·13 claims
- 3994US6650570B2Non-volatile semiconductor memoryTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 18, 2003·68 cites·11 claims
- 4094US6639837B2Non-volatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 28, 2003·77 cites·27 claims
- 4194US6188611B1Non-volatile semiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 13, 2001·79 cites·6 claims
- 4294US5864504ANonvolatile semiconductor memory with temperature compensation for read/verify referencing schemeTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 26, 1999·112 cites·23 claims
- 4393US9892797B2Apparatuses and methods for charging a global access line prior to accessing a memoryMICRON TECHNOLOY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 13, 2018·11 cites·20 claims
- 4493US9773553B1Segmented memory and operationMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 26, 2017·10 cites·27 claims
- 4593US9697907B2Apparatuses and methods using dummy cells programmed to different statesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 4, 2017·9 cites·27 claims
- 4693US9263461B2Apparatuses including memory arrays with source contacts adjacent edges of sourcesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 16, 2016·7 cites·26 claims
- 4793US8593869B2Apparatuses and methods including memory array and data line architectureTANZAWA TORU·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 26, 2013·15 cites·48 claims
- 4893US6064611ASemiconductor memory deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 1998·Granted May 16, 2000·63 cites·6 claims
- 4992US11145673B2Semiconductor apparatus with multiple tiers, and methodsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 12, 2021·2 cites·21 claims
- 5092US10770470B2Memory array having connections going through control gatesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 8, 2020·10 cites·14 claims
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