Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Satoshi Torii

46Patents
8h-index
45Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 11, 1987 → Jan 31, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6567312B1 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a charge storing insulation film and data holding method therefor Physics 106 Expired
US6559500B2 Non-volatile semiconductor memory and its driving method Physics 40 Expired
US7113431B1 Quad bit using hot-hole erase for CBD control Physics 24 Expired
US7067377B1 Recessed channel with separated ONO memory device Electricity 16 Expired
US7151293B1 SONOS memory with inversion bit-lines Physics 12 Expired
US6947326B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and method of operating the same Physics 11 Expired
US7505328B1 Method and architecture for fast flash memory programming Physics 10 Active
US7416940B1 Methods for fabricating flash memory devices Electricity 9 Active
US4807811A Accumulator fuel injector for diesel engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US7053445B1 Memory device with barrier layer Electricity 7 Expired
US7196008B1 Aluminum oxide as liner or cover layer to spacers in memory device Electricity 6 Expired
US7238569B2 Formation method of an array source line in NAND flash memory Electricity 5 Expired
US6735127B2 Method for driving a semiconductor memory Physics 4 Expired
US7501677B2 SONOS memory with inversion bit-lines Physics 4 Active
US6830978B2 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method for the same Electricity 4 Expired
US7423312B1 Apparatus and method for a memory array with shallow trench isolation regions between bit lines for increased process margins Electricity 4 Expired
US9224745B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Electricity 3 Active
US7675104B2 Integrated circuit memory system employing silicon rich layers Electricity 3 Active
US8014198B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device Electricity 3 Active
US7764546B2 Method and architecture for fast flash memory programming Physics 3 Active
US8259495B2 Semiconductor memory device and method for driving semiconductor memory device Electricity 2 Active
US8089808B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, and reading method, writing method and erasing method of nonvolatile semiconductor memory device Electricity 2 Active
US7692236B1 Multiple dual bit memory integrated circuit system Electricity 2 Expired
US8400828B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device Electricity 2 Active
US8014204B2 Semiconductor device Electricity 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.