Patents Examined by Igwe U. Anya
  • Patent number: 11799023
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface opposing each other and a drift layer of a first conductivity type; a base layer of a second conductivity type; an emitter layer of the first conductivity type and a contact layer of the second conductivity type; an active trench; dummy trenches; a trench gate electrode formed in the active trench; a dummy trench gate electrode formed in each of the dummy trenches; an embedded insulating film formed on the trench gate electrode in the active trench, formed on the dummy trench gate electrode in the dummy trench, and having an upper end lower than the upper surface; and an emitter electrode contacting the emitter layer on the upper surface and an inner wall of the active trench, and contacting the contact layer on the upper surface and an inner wall of the dummy trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nishi, Shinya Soneda
  • Patent number: 11799057
    Abstract: Light emitting devices employing one or more Group III-Nitride polarization junctions. A III-N polarization junction may include two III-N material layers having opposite crystal polarities. The opposing polarities may induce a two-dimensional charge carrier sheet within each of the two III-N material layers. Opposing crystal polarities may be induced through introduction of an intervening material layer between two III-N material layers. Where a light emitting structure includes a quantum well (QW) structure between two Group III-Nitride polarization junctions, a 2D electron gas (2DEG) induced at a first polarization junction and/or a 2D hole gas (2DHG) induced at a second polarization junction on either side of the QW structure may supply carriers to the QW structure. An improvement in quantum efficiency may be achieved where the intervening material layer further functions as a barrier to carrier recombination outside of the QW structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Han Wui Then, Sansaptak Dasgupta, Marko Radosavljevic
  • Patent number: 11784292
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface, at least one light emitting source disposed on the front surface to emit light in a direction away from the printed circuit board, and a molding layer surrounding the light emitting source, in which the light emitting source includes a light emitting structure, a substrate disposed on the light emitting structure, and a plurality of bump electrodes disposed between the light emitting structure and the printed circuit board, the molding layer covers an upper surface of the substrate and a fine concavo-convex part is formed on a surface of the molding layer exposed to the outside, and the molding layer has a first thickness to transmit at least a fraction of light emitted from the light emitting source, and includes a filler to change a direction of emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Min Jang, Chang Youn Kim
  • Patent number: 11777027
    Abstract: A first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region are arranged in layers. Trenches penetrate through the second semiconductor region and reach the first semiconductor region. Each of the trenches may include a gate electrode, and an insulating film insulating the gate electrode from the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. An upper electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region. A fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type is arranged on an outer side of the trench of which the gate electrode is an outermost gate electrode in a plan view. An edge trench is arranged on an outer side of the fourth semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region is electrically connected to the upper electrode and a bottom of the fourth semiconductor may be arranged deeper than a bottom of the second semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventor: Bungo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11777020
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; an active portion provided on the semiconductor substrate; a first well region and a second well region arranged sandwiching the active portion in a top view, provided on the semiconductor substrate; an emitter electrode arranged above the active portion; and a pad arranged above the first well region, away from the emitter electrode, wherein the emitter electrode is provided above the second well region. The provided semiconductor device further includes a peripheral well region arranged enclosing the active portion in a top view, wherein the first well region and the second well region may protrude to the center side of the active portion rather than the peripheral well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shoji, Soichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11777021
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a carrier stored layer; an upper-stage active portion disposed on a first insulating film along an inner wall of an upper portion of a trench penetrating the carrier stored layer, the upper-stage active portion being upper-stage polysilicon connected to a gate electrode; and lower-stage polysilicon disposed on a second insulating film along an inner wall of a lower portion of the trench, the lower-stage polysilicon provided with a third insulating film disposed between the upper-stage active portion and the lower-stage polysilicon. The lower end of the upper-stage active portion is positioned below the lower end of the carrier stored layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Konishi, Koichi Nishi, Tetsuya Nitta
  • Patent number: 11769823
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second trenches, and a first layer provided therebetween, in a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate, a second layer in contact with and sandwiching the first trench with the first layer, a third layer provided under the second layer and in contact with the second layer and the first trench, a fourth layer provided under and in contact with the third layer but separated from the first trench, and a fifth layer provided in the principal surface and sandwiching the second trench with the first layer. The second and fourth layers are semiconductors of a first conductivity type, and the first, third, and fifth layers are semiconductors of a second conductivity type. A gate trench electrode is provided inside the first trench via the insulating film, and an emitter trench electrode is provided inside the second trench via the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yatago, Naohiro Shiraishi, Katsunori Kondo, Noriyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11769828
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer structure comprising a drift region that comprises a wide band-gap semiconductor material and has a first conductivity type, a first gate structure and an adjacent second gate structure in an upper portion of the semiconductor layer structure, a deep shielding region in the drift region, and a connection region protruding upwardly from the deep shielding region and separating the first gate structure and the second gate structure from each other. The deep shielding region extends from underneath the first gate structure to underneath the second gate structure, and the deep shielding region has a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Harrington, III, Sei-Hyung Ryu
  • Patent number: 11769829
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer in a rectangular shape in a plan view; a transistor provided in a first region; and a drain lead-out region provided in a second region. A border line is a straight line parallel to longer sides of the semiconductor layer. The first region includes a plurality of source pads and gate pads. The second region includes a plurality of drain pads. One gate pad among the gate pads is disposed to dispose none of the plurality of source pads between (i) the one gate pad and (ii) one longer side and one shorter side. One drain pad among the plurality of drain pads is in the same shape as the one gate pad and is disposed close to a second vertex. The plurality of source pads include a source pad that is in a rectangular shape or an obround shape having a longitudinal direction parallel to the longer sides of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
    Inventors: Masahide Taguchi, Eiji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11770981
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetoresistance effect element and a magnetic memory having a shape magnetic anisotropy and using a recording layer having an anti-parallel coupling. A first magnetic layer (3) and a second magnetic layer (5) of the magnetoresistance effect element include a ferromagnetic substance, have a magnetization direction variable to the direction perpendicular to a film surface and are magnetically coupled in an anti-parallel direction, and a junction size D (nm), which is a length of the longest straight line on an end face perpendicular to the thickness direction of the first magnetic layer (3) and the second magnetic layer (5), a film thickness t1 (nm) of the first magnetic layer (3), and a film thickness t2 (nm) of the second magnetic layer (5) satisfy relationships D<t1 and D?t1 or D?t1 and D<t2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroaki Honjo, Tetsuo Endoh, Shoji Ikeda, Hideo Sato, Koichi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 11764270
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a silicon carbide layer; a silicon oxide layer; and a region disposed between the silicon carbide layer and the silicon oxide layer and having a nitrogen concentration equal to or more than 1×1021 cm?3. Nitrogen concentration distribution in the silicon carbide layer, the silicon oxide layer, and the region have a peak in the region, a nitrogen concentration at a position 1 nm away from the peak to the side of the silicon oxide layer is equal to or less than 1×1018 cm?3, and a carbon concentration at the position is equal to or less than 1×1018 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuo Shimizu, Yukio Nakabayashi, Johji Nishio, Chiharu Ota, Toshihide Ito
  • Patent number: 11764272
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device having a first active region, a plurality of elongated gate regions having an elongated extension in a first lateral direction, respectively, a plurality of elongated field plate regions having an elongated extension in the first lateral direction, respectively, and a first additional gate region, wherein a first one of the elongated gate regions is arranged in a first elongated gate trench at a first side of the first active region, and a second one of the elongated gate regions is arranged in a second elongated gate trench at a second side of the first active region, the second side lying opposite to the first side with respect to a second lateral direction, and wherein the first additional gate region is arranged in a first additional gate trench which extends at least proportionately in the second lateral direction through the first active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: David Laforet, Cesar Augusto Braz, Alessandro Ferrara, Cédric Ouvrard, Li Juin Yip
  • Patent number: 11756971
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging element of a pixel sharing type with improved driving of transistors is disclosed. A first electric charge accumulating section and a second electric charge accumulating section are arranged in a predetermined direction. A first transfer section transfers electric charge from first photoelectric conversion elements to the first electric charge accumulating section, causing it to accumulate the electric charge. A second transfer section transfers electric charge from second photoelectric conversion elements to the second electric charge accumulating section, causing it to accumulate the electric charge. A first transistor is configured to output a signal corresponding to an amount of the electric charge accumulated in each of the first electric charge accumulating section and the second electric charge accumulating section. A second transistor is arranged with the first transistor in the predetermined direction and connected in parallel to the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakadate, Toshifumi Wakano, Masahiko Nakamizo
  • Patent number: 11749675
    Abstract: Between a source electrode (25) of a main device (24) and a current sensing electrode (22) of a current detection device (21), a resistor for detecting current is connected. Dielectric withstand voltage of gate insulator (36) is larger than a product of the resistor and maximal current flowing through the current detection device (21) with reverse bias. A diffusion length of a p-body region (32) of the main device (24) is shorter than that of a p-body (31) of the current detection device (21). A curvature radius at an end portion of the p-body region (32) of the main device (24) is smaller than that of the p-body (31) of the current detection device (21). As a result, at the inverse bias, electric field at the end portion of the p-body region (32) of the main device (24) becomes stronger than that of the p-body region (31) of the current detection device (21). Consequently, avalanche breakdown tends to occur earlier in the main device 24 than the current detection device (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Momota, Hitoshi Abe, Takashi Shiigi, Takeshi Fujii, Koh Yoshikawa, Tetsutaro Imagawa, Masaki Koyama, Makoto Asai
  • Patent number: 11749617
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a package structure, including a mounting pad having a mounting surface, a semiconductor chip disposed on the mounting surface of the mounting pad, wherein the semiconductor chip includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and facing the mounting surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, a first magnetic field shielding, including a first portion proximal to the third surface of the semiconductor chip, wherein the first portion has a first height calculated from the mounting surface to a top surface, and a second portion distal to the semiconductor chip, has a second height calculated from the mounting surface to a position at a surface facing away from the mounting surface, wherein the second height is less than the first height, wherein the second portion has an inclined sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Chia-Hsiang Chen, Meng-Chun Shih, Ching-Huang Wang, Tien-Wei Chiang
  • Patent number: 11742352
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second source/drain structures, a channel layer, a gate structure, and an epitaxial layer. The channel layer is above the first source/drain structure. The second source/drain structure is above the channel layer. The gate structure is on a first side surface of the channel layer. The epitaxial layer forms a P-N junction with a second side surface of the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Szu-Wei Huang, Chih-Chieh Yeh, Yee-Chia Yeo
  • Patent number: 11742238
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a trench in a substrate. A liner layer is formed along sidewalls and a bottom of the trench. A silicon-rich layer is formed over the liner layer. Forming the silicon-rich layer includes flowing a first silicon precursor into a process chamber for a first time interval, and flowing a second silicon precursor and a first oxygen precursor into the process chamber for a second time interval. The second time interval is different from the first time interval. The method further includes forming a dielectric layer over the silicon-rich layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-I Lin, Bang-Tai Tang
  • Patent number: 11742417
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device first trench structures extending from a first main surface into a semiconductor body up to a first depth. The first trench structures extend in parallel along a first lateral direction. Each first trench structure includes a first dielectric and a first electrode. The power semiconductor device further includes second trench structures extending from the first main surface into the semiconductor body up to a second depth that is smaller than the first depth. The second trench structures extend in parallel along a second lateral direction and intersect the first trenches at intersection positions. Each second trench structure includes a second dielectric and a second electrode. The second dielectric is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode at the intersection positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Arnold, Roman Baburske, Ilaria Imperiale, Alexander Philippou, Hans-Juergen Thees
  • Patent number: 11742427
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, having a plurality of fins on a surface of the substrate; a gate structure across the plurality of fins. The gate structure is located on a portion of a top surface and sidewall surfaces of the plurality of fins. The gate structure includes a first region and a second region on the first region. A bottom boundary of the second region is higher than the top surface of the plurality of fins. A size of the first region in an extending direction of the plurality of fins is smaller than a size of the second region in the extending direction of the plurality of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventors: Haiyang Zhang, Bo Su
  • Patent number: 11735655
    Abstract: In a first vertical field-effect transistor in which first source regions and first connectors each of which electrically connects a first body region and a first source electrode are alternately and periodically disposed in a first direction (Y direction) in which a first trench extends, a ratio of LS [?m] to LB [?m] is at least 1/7 and at most 1/3, where LS denotes a length of one of the first source regions in the first direction, and LB denotes a length of one of the first connectors in the first direction, and LB??0.024×(VGS)2+0.633×VGS?0.721 is satisfied for a voltage VGS [V] of a specification value of a semiconductor device, the voltage VGS being applied to a first gate conductor with reference to an electric potential of the first source electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
    Inventors: Tomonari Oota, Masahide Taguchi, Yusuke Nakayama, Hironao Nakamura