Patents Examined by Hajar Kolahdouzan
  • Patent number: 11393771
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a die structure including a plurality of die regions and a plurality of first seal rings. Each of the plurality of first seal rings surrounds a corresponding die region of the plurality of die regions. The semiconductor device further includes a second seal ring surrounding the plurality of first seal rings and a plurality of connectors bonded to the die structure. Each of the plurality of connectors has an elongated plan-view shape. A long axis of the elongated plan-view shape of each of the plurality of connectors is oriented toward a center of the die structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Chun Liu, Ching-Wen Hsiao, Kuo-Ching Hsu, Mirng-Ji Lii
  • Patent number: 11387410
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base structure comprising a semiconductor substrate, a first conductive structure disposed on the base structure, and extending in a first direction, the first conductive structure including lower layers, and at least one among the lower layers including carbon, and a data storage pattern disposed on the first conductive structure. The semiconductor device further includes an intermediate conductive pattern disposed on the data storage pattern, and including intermediate layers, at least one among the intermediate layers including carbon, a switching pattern disposed on the intermediate conductive pattern, and a switching upper electrode pattern disposed on the switching pattern, and including carbon. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductive structure disposed on the switching upper electrode pattern, and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a hole spacer disposed on a side surface of the data storage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonghee Park, Kwangmin Park, Jiho Park, Gyuhwan Oh, Jungmoo Lee, Hideki Horii
  • Patent number: 11367731
    Abstract: A memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes: a first memory cell, including: a first transistor; a second transistor; and a first capacitor; a second memory cell, including: a third transistor; a fourth transistor; and a second capacitor; a third memory cell, including: a fifth transistor; a sixth transistor; and a third capacitor; and a fourth memory cell, including: a seventh transistor; an eighth transistor; and a fourth capacitor; wherein an electrode of the first capacitor, an electrode of the second capacitor, an electrode of the third capacitor, and an electrode of the fourth capacitor are electrically connected to a conductor. An associated manufacturing method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Hau-Yan Lu, Chun-Yao Ko, Felix Ying-Kit Tsui
  • Patent number: 11335797
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a channel layer disposed on a substrate, a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer, and a nitride layer disposed on the barrier layer. The semiconductor device also includes a compound semiconductor layer that includes an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion penetrates through the nitride layer and a portion of the barrier layer. The semiconductor device also includes a spacer layer conformally disposed on a portion of the barrier layer and extending onto the nitride layer. The semiconductor device further includes a gate electrode disposed on the compound semiconductor layer, and a pair of source/drain electrodes disposed on opposite sides of the gate electrode. The pair of source/drain electrodes extends through the spacer layer, the nitride layer, and at least a portion of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yen Chen, Chang-Xiang Hung
  • Patent number: 11336257
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, forming first and second through holes in the substrate, filling the first and second through holes with metals, forming a subassembly on the front surface of the substrate. The subassembly includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer insulated from the first metal layer, the first metal layer is electrically connected to the metal filled in the first through hole, the second metal layer is electrically connected to the metal filled in the second through hole, and a metal connection pad is on the substrate and surrounds the subassembly. The method also includes providing a cap assembly including a metal connection member, bonding the cap assembly to the subassembly, and thinning the back surface of the substrate to expose the first and second through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: Liang Liang Guo
  • Patent number: 11322684
    Abstract: An apparatus includes two or more electrically rotatable antennas providing a reconfigurable metasurface, each of the electrically rotatable antennas including a disk of optically tunable material. The apparatus also includes a control circuit including a plurality of switches each coupled to (i) one of a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes being arranged proximate different portions of at least one surface of each of the disks of optically tunable material and (ii) to at least one of a current source and a ground voltage. The control circuit is configured to modify states of portions of the optically tunable material in each of the disks of optically tunable material utilizing current supplied between at least two of the plurality of electrodes to adjust reflectivity of the portions of the optically tunable material to dynamically reconfigure respective antenna shape configurations of each of the electrically rotatable antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Abram L. Falk, Jessie Carrigan Rosenberg, Damon Brooks Farmer, Kafai Lai
  • Patent number: 11322536
    Abstract: An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor may include a plurality of unit pixels, a color filter array provided on the plurality unit pixels, the color filter array including color filters, an anti-reflection layer disposed between the plurality of unit pixels and the color filter array, and a fence pattern including a lower portion buried in the anti-reflection layer and an upper portion separating the color filters from each other. A width of the upper portion of the fence pattern may be greater than a width of the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongki Kim, Donghyun Kim, Minkyung Kim, Minkwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11315964
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes pixels disposed in a substrate. A light collimating layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a transparent layer, a light-shielding layer, and transparent pillars. The transparent layer blanketly disposed on the substrate covers the pixels and the region between the pixels. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the transparent layer and between the transparent pillars. The transparent pillars penetrating through the light-shielding layer are correspondingly disposed on the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Hui Lee, Han-Liang Tseng, Jiunn-Liang Yu, Kwang-Ming Lin, Yin Chen, Si-Twan Chen, Hsueh-Jung Lin, Wen-Chih Lu, Ting-Jung Lu
  • Patent number: 11309286
    Abstract: A stack package includes first and second sub-chip stacks stacked on a package substrate and bonding wires. The first sub-chip stack includes first and second sub-chips. The first sub-chip has a first surface on which a first common pad is disposed. The second sub-chip has a third surface on which a second common pad is disposed. The third surface is bonded to the first surface such that the second common pad is bonded to the first common pad. The second sub-chip includes a fourth surface opposite to the second common pad and a through hole extending from the fourth surface to reveal the second common pad. The bonding wire is connected to the second common pad via the through hole and electrically connects both of the first and second common pads to the package substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11296284
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a flexible substrate having a groove that is undercut; a common layer disposed on the flexible substrate, including an organic light emitting layer, and disconnected by the groove; and a sealing member disposed on the common layer and covering the common layer. The flexible substrate includes a first substrate layer and a first barrier layer disposed on the first substrate layer. The first barrier layer protrudes with respect to the first substrate layer at the groove. The first barrier layer that protrudes has a waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Junghan Seo, Wooyong Sung
  • Patent number: 11264313
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a molded body and an interconnection layer. The molded body includes a semiconductor chip, at least one terminal body disposed around the semiconductor chip and a resin member provided between the semiconductor chip and the terminal body. The molded body has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a side surface connected to the first and second surfaces. The interconnection layer is provided on the first surface of the molded body. The interconnection layer includes an interconnect electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the terminal body. The terminal body has first and second contact surfaces. The first contact surface is exposed at the first or second surface of the molded body. The second contact surface is connected to the first contact surface and exposed at the side surface of the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito Shimizu, Yasuhisa Shintoku, Yoshihisa Imori, Hiroaki Kishi, Atsushi Hosokawa, Tomohiko Imada, Shinya Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11251170
    Abstract: A package structure including a frame structure, a die, an encapsulant, a redistribution structure, and a passive component is provided. The frame structure has a cavity. The die is disposed in the cavity. The encapsulant fills the cavity to encapsulate the die. The redistribution structure is disposed on the encapsulant, the die, and the frame structure. The redistribution structure is electrically coupled to the die. The passive component is disposed on the frame structure and electrically coupled to the redistribution structure through the frame structure. A manufacturing method of a package structure is also provided. The frame structure may provide support, reduce warpage, dissipate heat from the die, act as a shield against electromagnetic interference, and/or provide electrical connection for grounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Powertech Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Chang Chien, Hung-Hsin Hsu, Nan-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 11251072
    Abstract: Approaches based on differential hardmasks for modulation of electrobucket sensitivity for semiconductor structure fabrication, and the resulting structures, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating an interconnect structure for an integrated circuit includes forming a hardmask layer above an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer formed above a substrate. A plurality of dielectric spacers is formed on the hardmask layer. The hardmask layer is patterned to form a plurality of first hardmask portions. A plurality of second hardmask portions is formed alternating with the first hardmask portions. A plurality of electrobuckets is formed on the alternating first and second hardmask portions and in openings between the plurality of dielectric spacers. Select ones of the plurality of electrobuckets are exposed to a lithographic exposure and removed to define a set of via locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin L. Lin, Robert L. Bristol, James M. Blackwell, Rami Hourani, Marie Krysak
  • Patent number: 11232980
    Abstract: Bottom-up fill dielectric materials for semiconductor structure fabrication, and methods of fabricating bottom-up fill dielectric materials for semiconductor structure fabrication, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating a dielectric material for semiconductor structure fabrication includes forming a trench in a material layer above a substrate. A blocking layer is formed partially into the trench along upper portions of sidewalls of the trench. A dielectric layer is formed filling a bottom portion of the trench with a dielectric material up to the blocking layer. The blocking layer is removed. The forming the blocking layer, the forming the dielectric layer, and the removing the blocking layer are repeated until the trench is completely filled with the dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Gstrein, Rami Hourani, Gopinath Bhimarasetti, James M. Blackwell
  • Patent number: 11217722
    Abstract: A hybrid growth method for III-nitride tunnel junction devices uses metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to grow one or more light-emitting or light-absorbing structures and ammonia-assisted or plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to grow one or more tunnel junctions. Unlike p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN) grown by MOCVD, p-GaN grown by MBE is conductive as grown, which allows for its use in a tunnel junction. Moreover, the doping limits of MBE materials are higher than MOCVD materials. The tunnel junctions can be used to incorporate multiple active regions into a single device. In addition, n-type GaN (n-GaN) can be used as a current spreading layer on both sides of the device, eliminating the need for a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer or a silver (Au) mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Erin C. Young, Benjamin P. Yonkee, John T. Leonard, Tal Margalith, James S. Speck, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11171237
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to middle of line gate structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a plurality of adjacent gate structures; a bridged gate structure composed of a plurality of the adjacent gate structures; source and drain regions adjacent to the bridged gate structure and comprising source and drain metallization features; and contacts to the bridged gate structure and the source and drain metallization features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Yanping Shen, Halting Wang, Hui Zang, Jiehui Shu
  • Patent number: 11171316
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a method for preparing the same, and a display device. The method includes: providing a base substrate including a display region and at least one inner non-display region located inside the display region, with the inner non-display region including an opening region located in the middle of the inner non-display region and a reserved region located around the opening region; forming a mask pattern in the inner non-display region; forming at least one evaporation material layer on the base substrate, with the evaporation material layer being divided by the mask pattern into a first portion of the evaporation material layer formed on the mask pattern and a second portion of the evaporation material formed on other regions; processing the mask pattern; and forming a thin-film encapsulation layer on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ziyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11152247
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided in which a zener diode having a desired breakdown voltage and a capacitor in which voltage dependence of capacitance is reduced are mounted together, and various circuits are realized. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a first conductivity type well that is arranged in a first region of the semiconductor layer; a first conductivity type first impurity diffusion region that is arranged in the well; a first conductivity type second impurity diffusion region that is arranged in a second region of the semiconductor layer; an insulating film that is arranged on the second impurity diffusion region; an electrode that is arranged on the insulating film; and a second conductivity type third impurity diffusion region that is arranged at least on the first impurity diffusion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunobu Kuwazawa, Shigeyuki Sakuma, Hiroaki Nitta, Mitsuo Sekisawa, Takehiro Endo
  • Patent number: 11145751
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a gate structure, a source/drain structure, a dielectric layer, a contact plug. The gate structure is positioned over a fin structure. The source/drain structure is positioned in the fin structure and adjacent to the gate structure. The dielectric layer is positioned over the gate structure and the source/drain structure. The contact plug is positioned passing through the dielectric layer. The contact plug includes a first metal compound including one of group III elements, group IV elements, group V elements or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Ju Chen, Su-Hao Liu, Chun-Hao Kung, Liang-Yin Chen, Huicheng Chang, Kei-Wei Chen, Hui-Chi Huang, Kao-Feng Liao, Chih-Hung Chen, Jie-Huang Huang, Lun-Kuang Tan, Wei-Ming You
  • Patent number: 11133243
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a semiconductor device including plural terminals input with voltages having a same potential; and a wiring board including a mounting region at which the semiconductor device is mounted, wherein the wiring board includes a board wiring line formed on the wiring board from a connection portion at which one terminal of the plural terminals is connected, via an inside of the mounting region, to a connection portion at which another terminal of the plural terminals is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koya Shimazaki