Patents Examined by Christina Sylvia
  • Patent number: 11710706
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a scribe lane defined therein. A plurality of semiconductor chips is formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. At least one conductive structure is arranged on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, within the scribe lane thereof. A fillet is arranged on at least one side surface of the conductive structure. The fillet is configured to induce a cut line which spreads along the scribe lane, through a central portion of the conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Su Sim, Yoon-Sung Kim, Yun-Hee Kim, Byung-Moon Bae, Jun-Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 11705410
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an integrated antenna is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base die having an integrated circuit formed at an active surface and a cap die bonded to the backside surface of the base die. A metal trace is formed over a top surface of the cap die. A cavity is formed under the metal trace. A conductive via is formed through the base die and the cap die interconnecting the metal trace and a conductive trace of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael B. Vincent, Vivek Gupta, Richard Te Gan, Kabir Mirpuri
  • Patent number: 11705401
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a substrate and a first passive device. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first passive device includes a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is closer to the first surface than to the second surface, and the second terminal is closer to the second surface than to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: You-Lung Yen, Bernd Karl Appelt, Kay Stefan Essig
  • Patent number: 11699598
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method that comprise a first dielectric layer over a encapsulant that encapsulates a via and a semiconductor die is provided. A redistribution layer is over the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer is over the redistribution layer, and the second dielectric layer comprises a low-temperature polyimide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Zi-Jheng Liu, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Jo-Lin Lan, Sih-Hao Liao, Chen-Cheng Kuo, Hung-Jui Kuo, Chung-Shi Liu, Chen-Hua Yu, Meng-Wei Chou
  • Patent number: 11695054
    Abstract: Methods for forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The methods may include forming a molybdenum nitride film on a substrate by atomic layer deposition by contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a molybdenum halide precursor, contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant comprise a nitrogen precursor, and contacting the substrate with a third vapor phase reactant comprising a reducing precursor. The methods provided may also include forming a gate electrode structure comprising the molybdenum nitride film, the gate electrode structure having an effective work function greater than approximately 5.0 eV. Semiconductor device structures including molybdenum nitride films are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Chiyu Zhu, Kiran Shrestha, Petri Raisanen, Michael Eugene Givens
  • Patent number: 11688693
    Abstract: A package includes an interposer structure free of any active devices. The interposer structure includes an interconnect device; a dielectric film surrounding the interconnect device; and first metallization pattern bonded to the interconnect device. The package further includes a first device die bonded to an opposing side of the first metallization pattern as the interconnect device and a second device die bonded to a same side of the first metallization pattern as the first device die. The interconnect device electrically connects the first device die to the second device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Chen, Chun-Chih Chuang, Kuan-Lin Ho, Yu-Min Liang, Jiun Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 11676927
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor package device including a lower redistribution substrate including a first redistribution pattern, the first redistribution pattern including a first interconnection portion and a first via portion provided on the first interconnection portion, a semiconductor chip disposed on the lower redistribution substrate, the semiconductor chip including a chip pad facing the lower redistribution substrate, an upper redistribution substrate vertically spaced apart from the lower redistribution substrate, the upper redistribution substrate including a second redistribution pattern, a vertical conductive structure disposed between the lower redistribution substrate and the upper redistribution substrate and disposed at a side of the semiconductor chip, a third redistribution pattern disposed between the lower redistribution substrate and the vertical conductive structure, and an encapsulant disposed on the semiconductor chip, the vertical conductive structure, and the third redistribution pat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Don Mun, Myungsam Kang
  • Patent number: 11670626
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a display integration scheme in which an array of pixel driver chips embedded front side up in an insulator layer. A front side redistribution layer (RDL) spans across and is in electrical connection with the front sides of the array of pixel driver chips, and an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is bonded to the front side RDL. The pixel driver chips may be located directly beneath the display area of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Hsin-Hua Hu
  • Patent number: 11658180
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, and multiple first bipolar transistors on the first primary surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The first bipolar transistors have a first height between an emitter layer and an emitter electrode in the direction perpendicular to the first primary surface. The semiconductor device further has at least one second bipolar transistor on the first primary surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The second bipolar transistor have a second height, greater than the first height, between an emitter layer and an emitter electrode in the direction perpendicular to the first primary surface. Also, the semiconductor has a first bump stretching over the multiple first bipolar transistors and the at least one second bipolar transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Obu, Shigeki Koya, Yasunari Umemoto, Takayuki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 11658269
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; one or multiple vias penetrating the active layer and the second semiconductor layer to expose the first semiconductor layer; a first contact layer covering the one or multiple vias; a third insulating layer including a first group of one or multiple third insulating openings on the second semiconductor layer to expose the first contact layer; a first pad on the semiconductor stack and covering the first group of one or multiple third insulating openings; and a second pad on the semiconductor stack and separated from the first pad with a distance, wherein the second pad is formed at a position other than positions of the one or multiple vias in a top view of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen, Jia-Kuen Wang, Tzu-Yao Tseng, Bo-Jiun Hu, Tsung-Hsun Chiang, Wen-Hung Chuang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Yu-Ling Lin, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko
  • Patent number: 11649539
    Abstract: A deposition mask group includes a first deposition mask having two or more first through holes arranged along two different directions, a second deposition mask having two or more second through holes arranged along two different directions and a third deposition mask having two or more third through holes. The first through hole and the second through hole or the third through hole partly overlap when the first deposition mask, the second deposition mask and the third deposition mask are overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Higuchi, Hiromitsu Ochiai, Hiroki Oka
  • Patent number: 11653540
    Abstract: A display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a substrate, a first anode disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of opaque conductive layers disposed between the substrate and the first anode, in which the pixels include an opening pixel including a first anode arrangement region, a pinhole region located around the first anode arrangement region and surrounded by the first anode, and a first anode non-arrangement region including an exposed region located outside the first anode, and in a plan view, the opaque conductive layers completely cover the exposed region and at least partially expose the pinhole region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hun Ryu, Yun Ho Kim, Il Nam Kim, Eun Jin Sung
  • Patent number: 11646288
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there is a method of integrating and accessing passive components in three-dimensional fan-out wafer-level packages. One example is a microelectronic die package that includes a die, a package substrate attached to the die on one side of the die and configured to be connected to a system board, a plurality of passive devices over a second side of the die, and a plurality of passive device contacts over a respective passive die, the contacts being configured to be coupled to a second die mounted over the passive devices and over the second side of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gianni Signorini, Veronica Sciriha, Thomas Wagner
  • Patent number: 11637070
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a redistribution layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the redistribution layer including a plurality of first redistribution pads on the first surface, a semiconductor chip on the second surface of the redistribution layer, an active surface of the semiconductor chip facing the redistribution layer, a plurality of conductive structures on the second surface of the redistribution layer, the plurality of conductive structures being spaced apart from the semiconductor chip, and a plurality of external connection terminals on and coupled to the conductive structures, the plurality of first redistribution pads have a pitch smaller than a pitch of the plurality of external connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Jung Yu, Kyung Suk Oh
  • Patent number: 11637079
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a supporting wiring structure including a first redistribution dielectric layer and a first redistribution conductive structure; a frame on the supporting wiring structure, having a mounting space and a through hole, and including a conductive material; a semiconductor chip in the mounting space and electrically connected to the first redistribution conductive structure; a cover wiring structure on the frame and the semiconductor chip and including a second redistribution dielectric layer and a second redistribution conductive structure; an antenna structure on the cover wiring structure; a connection structure extending in the through hole and electrically connecting the first redistribution conductive structure to the second redistribution conductive structure; and a dielectric filling member between the connection structure in the through hole and the frame and surrounding the semiconductor chip, the frame, and the connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongkoon Lee, Jingu Kim, Sangkyu Lee, Seokkyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11621229
    Abstract: A wiring structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The wiring structure includes a substrate structure, a redistribution structure, an adhesive layer and at least one conductive pillar. The redistribution structure includes at least one dielectric layer. The at least one dielectric layer defines at least one through hole extending through the dielectric layer. The adhesive layer is disposed between the redistribution structure and the substrate structure and bonds the redistribution structure and the substrate structure together. The at least one conductive pillar extends through the redistribution structure and the adhesive layer and is electrically connected to the substrate structure. A portion of the at least one conductive pillar is disposed in the through hole of the at least one dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Syu-Tang Liu, Huang-Hsien Chang
  • Patent number: 11616051
    Abstract: A semiconductor package device includes a first semiconductor package, a second semiconductor package, and first connection terminals between the first and second semiconductor packages. The first semiconductor package includes a lower redistribution substrate, a semiconductor chip, and an upper redistribution substrate vertically spaced apart from the lower redistribution substrate across the semiconductor chip. The upper redistribution substrate includes a dielectric layer, redistribution patterns vertically stacked in the dielectric layer and each including line and via parts, and bonding pads on uppermost redistribution patterns. The bonding pads are exposed from the dielectric layer and in contact with the first connection terminals. A diameter of each bonding pad decreases in a first direction from a central portion at a top surface of the upper redistribution substrate to an outer portion at the top surface thereof. A thickness of each bonding pad increases in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Kim, Seokhyun Lee, Yeonho Jang, Jaegwon Jang
  • Patent number: 11616034
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a die that contains a substrate, an interconnection structure, active connectors and dummy connectors. The interconnection structure is disposed over the substrate. The active connectors and the dummy connectors are disposed over the interconnection structure. The active connectors are electrically connected to the interconnection structure, and the dummy connectors are electrically insulated from the interconnection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Chao Mao, Chin-Chuan Chang, Szu-Wei Lu, Kun-Tong Tsai, Hung-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 11605612
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package assembly. The method includes steps of providing a plurality of first dies arranged horizontally; forming a redistribution layer on the first dies and the first insulative material, wherein the redistribution layer is divided into a first segment and a second segment electrically isolated from the first segment; mounting a plurality of second dies on the first segment of the redistribution layer; depositing a second insulative layer on the second dies and the redistribution layer; and forming a plurality of conductive plugs penetrating through the second insulative material and contacting the second segment of the redistribution layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shing-Yih Shih
  • Patent number: 11598742
    Abstract: Described examples include a sensor device having at least one conductive elongated first pillar positioned on a central pad of a first conductor layer over a semiconductor substrate, the first pillar extending in a first direction normal to a plane of a surface of the first conductor layer. Conductive elongated second pillars are positioned in normal orientation on a second conductor layer over the semiconductor substrate, the conductive elongated second pillars at locations coincident to via openings in the first conductor layer. The second conductor layer is parallel to and spaced from the first conductor layer by at least an insulator layer, the conductive elongated second pillars extending in the first direction through a respective one of the via openings. The at least one conductive elongated first pillar is spaced from surrounding conductive elongated second pillars by gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Enis Tuncer, Vikas Gupta