Patents Examined by George Fourson, III
  • Patent number: 10115695
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device encompasses a detector substrate having a first main-surface, on which a plurality of first lands are arranged in a matrix, and a signal-circuit substrate having a second main-surface, on which plurality of second lands are arranged so as to face the arrangement of the first lands. A plurality of tubular bumps, each of which having a flattened plane pattern, and is provided between each of the first lands and each of the second lands. The tubular bumps respectively have major-axis directions to define inclined angles, and are arranged in the matrix such that the inclined angles differ depending on locations of the plurality of tubular bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TOHOKU-MICROTEC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Makoto Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 10115679
    Abstract: A trench structure includes a top metal layer, a silicon carbide (SiC) layer on the top metal layer, a first passivation layer overlying the SiC layer, and a second passivation layer overlying the first passivation layer. The trench structure also includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that, together with the top metal layer, form a trench. At least one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall includes a sidewall of the second passivation layer and a sidewall of the SiC layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Chiang Kuo, Shih-Chi Kuo, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Ying-Hsun Chen
  • Patent number: 10099917
    Abstract: After forming a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator within a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cover wafer is bonded to the SOI wafer via one or more eutectic solder bonds that implement respective paths of electrical conductivity between the two wafers and hermetically seal the MEMS resonator within a chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Partridge, Markus Lutz, Pavan Gupta
  • Patent number: 10096550
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure having a Group III-N semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate. A multi-layer, electrical contact structure in contact with the Group III-N semiconductor layer includes a gold-free contact layer in contact with the Group III-N semiconductor layer; and a gold-free electrically conductive etch stop layer electrically connected to the gold-free contact layer. An electrically conductive via passes through the substrate to the etch stop layer. The structure includes a plurality of electrode structures, each one providing a corresponding one of a source electrode structure, drain electrode structure and a gate electrode structure. The source electrode structure, drain electrode structure and gate electrode structure include: an electrical contact structure and an electrode contact. The electrode contacts have the same gold-free structure and have co-planar upper surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. LaRoche, Eduardo M. Chumbes, Kelly P. Ip, Thomas E. Kazior
  • Patent number: 10093785
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive film, and an organic electronic device (OED) encapsulation product using the same. Dimensional stability, lifespan, and durability may be enhanced even when a panel of an organic electronic device is large-sized and formed as a thin film by controlling dimensional tolerance and edge angular tolerance of the adhesive film, thereby ensuring long-term reliability, and process yields may be enhanced when the adhesive film is applied to an automation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Min Lee, Suk Ky Chang, Hyun Jee Yoo, Jung Sup Shim, Yoon Gyung Cho, Kyung Yul Bae
  • Patent number: 10083915
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a main chip region and a remaining scribe lane region surrounding the main chip region, a passivation layer on the main chip region, the passivation layer including a plurality of bridge patterns extending from the main chip region in a first direction across the remaining scribe lane region, a plurality of bump pads exposed by the passivation layer on the main chip region, a plurality of dam structures along edges of the main chip region on the remaining scribe lane region, the plurality of bridge patterns arranged on the plurality of dam structures at a first pitch in the first direction, a seed layer on the plurality of bump pads, and bumps on the seed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-hyuk Kim, Sang-hyun Lee, Sung-jin Kim, Yong-cheol Seo, Jin-kuk Bae
  • Patent number: 10084061
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; and a passive polysilicon device disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The passive polysilicon device further includes a polysilicon feature; and a plurality of electrodes embedded in the polysilicon feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Kong-Beng Thei, Sheng-Chen Chung, Chiung-Han Yeh, Lee-Wee Teo, Yu-Ying Hsu, Bao-Ru Young
  • Patent number: 10083873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to semiconductor structures with uniform gate heights and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: short channel devices in a first area of an integrated circuit die; and long channel devices in a second area of the integrated circuit die. The long channel devices have a same gate height as the short channel devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Xing Zhang, Xinyuan Dou, Hong Yu, Zhenyu Hu
  • Patent number: 10079361
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus using an organic light-emitting diode and a method of fabricating the same are characterized in that an organic emissive material and a conductive film used as a cathode are deposited on the entire surface of a substrate, and then an organic emissive layer in a lighting area and contact areas becomes separated (disconnected or cut) by laser ablation, simultaneously with the formation of a contact hole for contact with an anode. Next, cathode contact and encapsulation processes are performed using an adhesive containing conductive particles and a metal film. This simplifies the fabrication process of the lighting apparatus without using an open mask (metal mask), which is a complicated tool, thus making it useful especially in roll-to-roll manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejoon Song, Namkook Kim, Shinbok Lee, Soonsung Yoo, Hwankeon Lee
  • Patent number: 10079196
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors (FETs) with a back-gate feature. The thermally enhanced semiconductor package includes a non-silicon thermal conductive component, a silicon layer with a thickness between 100 ? and 10 ?m over the thermal conductive component, a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the silicon layer, an epitaxial layer over the BOX layer and having a source, a drain, and a channel between the source and the drain, a gate dielectric aligned over the channel, and a front-gate structure over the gate dielectric. Herein, a back-gate structure is formed in the silicon layer and has a back-gate region aligned below the channel. A FET is formed by the front-gate structure, the source, the drain, the channel, and the back-gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, George Maxim, Dirk Robert Walter Leipold, Baker Scott
  • Patent number: 10074566
    Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of semiconductor devices includes forming a plurality of trenches extending from a first lateral surface of a semiconductor wafer towards a second lateral surface of the semiconductor wafer. The method further includes filling a portion of the plurality of trenches with filler material. The method further includes thinning the semiconductor wafer from the second lateral surface of the semiconductor wafer to form a thinned semiconductor wafer. The method further includes forming a back side metallization layer structure on a plurality of semiconductor chip regions of the semiconductor wafer after thinning the semiconductor wafer. The method further includes removing a part of the filler material from the plurality of trenches after forming the back side metallization layer structure to obtain the plurality of semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johannes Baumgartl, Manfred Engelhardt, Oliver Hellmund, Iris Moder, Ingo Muri
  • Patent number: 10069036
    Abstract: Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices and method of producing such devices are disclosed. The device includes a substrate, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a reflector. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength, and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The reflector has a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum. Using a three-dimensional electromagnetic spatial and temporal simulator, it is determined if an emission output at an exit plane relative to the substrate meets a predetermined criterion. The light emitting region is placed at a final separation distance from the reflector, where the final separation distance results in the predetermined criterion being met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SILANNA UV TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD
    Inventor: Petar Atanackovic
  • Patent number: 10062787
    Abstract: A FinFET includes a fin structure, a gate, a source-drain region and an inter layer dielectric (ILD). The gate crosses over the fin structure. The source-drain region is in the fin structure. The ILD is laterally adjacent to the gate and includes a dopant, in which a dopant concentration of the ILD adjacent to the gate is lower than a dopant concentration of the ILD away from the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Ting Hsiao, Cheng-Ta Wu, Lun-Kuang Tan, Liang-Yu Yen, Ting-Chun Wang, Tsung-Han Wu, Wei-Ming You
  • Patent number: 10062712
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating both PD-SOI devices and FD-SOI devices on the same semiconductor substrate are provided. The methods begin with a SOI wafer having a top silicon layer with a thickness appropriate for the fabrication of PD-SOI devices. During the fabrication process, portions of the top silicon layer, to be used for the fabrication of FD-SOI devices, are selectively thinned, so that a portion of the wafer has a top silicon thickness appropriate for FD-SOI devices. FD-SOI devices (e.g., RF switch transistors) are fabricated in the thinned portions of the top silicon layer, and PD-SOI devices (e.g., control transistors for the RF switch transistors) are fabricated in the non-thinned portions of the top silicon layer. Thus, both PD-SOI and FD-SOI devices can be combined within the same integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Newport Fab, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. Moen, Paul D. Hurwitz
  • Patent number: 10062750
    Abstract: An active region through which current flows in a semiconductor device includes an n?-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer formed on a front surface of an n+-type silicon carbide semiconductor substrate; a p-type layer becoming a channel region; a trench formed so as to be in contact with a p-type layer and having an oxide film and a gate electrode embedded therein; a p+-type layer arranged beneath the trench and between trenches; an n?-type layer in contact with the p-type layer, a p+-type layer, and the trench, and arranged in contact with a p+-type layer or on a surface side of the semiconductor substrate; an n-type layer in contact with the n?-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer and the p+-type layer, and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the n?-type layer and that of the n?-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Hiromu Shiomi, Shinya Kyogoku, Shinsuke Harada, Akimasa Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10049922
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a material layer over a substrate and forming a first trench in the material layer, forming a conformal capping layer along sidewalls of the first trench, forming a second trench in the material layer while the capping layer is disposed along sidewalls of the first trench and forming a conductive feature within the first trench and the second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Che-Cheng Chang, Chih-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 10050089
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel may prevent current leakage to an adjacent sub-pixel through a common layer having high hole mobility via the arrangement of an auxiliary pattern. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a bank provided in a non-emission portion so as to overlap an edge of a first electrode, a first common layer located on the first electrode in an emission portion and the bank in the non-emission portion, and an auxiliary pattern in contact with the first common layer on the bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heui-Dong Lee, Sang-Gun Lee
  • Patent number: 10050181
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) structure and a fabrication method thereof effectively enhance external extraction efficiency of the LED, which includes: a light-emitting epitaxial laminated layer, a transparent dielectric layer, and a transparent conductive layer forming a reflectivity-enhancing system; and a metal reflective layer. The light-emitting epitaxial laminated layer has opposite first and second surfaces, and includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer. The transparent dielectric layer is on the second surface, inside which are conductive holes. The transparent conductive layer is located on one side surface of the transparent dielectric layer distal from the light-emitting epitaxial laminated layer. The metal reflective layer is located on one side surface of the transparent conductive layer distal from the transparent dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Meng, Chun-Yi Wu, Ching-Shan Tao, Duxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10050057
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes bit lines extending along a first direction, the bit lines being arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plurality of channel layers disposed under the bit lines, the plurality of channel layers extending in a third direction perpendicular to a plane extending along the first and second directions and spaced apart along the second direction, so that each channel layer is at least partially overlapped with at least two of the bit lines, and a contact plug extending, from the channel layer, toward one of the bit lines overlapped with the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10043826
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device generally includes a substrate, a first non-insulative region disposed above the substrate, and a second non-insulative region disposed above the first non-insulative region, wherein the first and second non-insulative regions have the same doping type and different doping concentrations. In certain aspects, the semiconductor device also includes a first dielectric layer, a channel region, the first dielectric layer being disposed adjacent to a first side of the channel region, a second dielectric layer disposed adjacent to a second side of the channel region, and a third non-insulative region disposed above the second dielectric layer. In certain aspects, the semiconductor device also includes a fourth non-insulative region disposed adjacent to a third side of the channel region, and a fifth non-insulative region disposed adjacent to a fourth side of the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xia Li, Bin Yang, Gengming Tao