Patents Examined by Jami Valentine Miller
  • Patent number: 11699840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antenna package structure and an antenna packaging method. The package structure includes an antenna circuit chip, a first packaging layer, a first rewiring layer, an antenna structure, a second metal connecting column, a third packaging layer, a second antenna metal layer, and a second metal bump. The antenna circuit chip, the antenna structure, and the second antenna metal layer are interconnected by using the rewiring layer and the metal connecting column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SJ SEMICONDUCTOR (JIANGYIN) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yenheng Chen, Chengchung Lin, Chengtar Wu, Jangshen Lin
  • Patent number: 11698423
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a magnetoresistive random access memory cell including: a bottom electrode; a reference layer over the bottom electrode; a tunnel barrier layer over the reference layer, the tunnel barrier layer including a first composition of magnesium and oxygen; a free layer over the tunnel barrier layer, the free layer having a lesser coercivity than the reference layer; a cap layer over the free layer, the cap layer including a second composition of magnesium and oxygen, the second composition of magnesium and oxygen having a greater atomic concentration of oxygen and a lesser atomic concentration of magnesium than the first composition of magnesium and oxygen; and a top electrode over the cap layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jui-Fen Chien, Wei-Gang Chiu, Tsann Lin
  • Patent number: 11700728
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile memory device includes electrodes, an interlayer insulating film, at least one semiconductor layer, conductive layers, first and second insulating films. The electrodes are arranged in a first direction. The interlayer insulating film is provided between the electrodes. The semiconductor layer extends in the first direction in the electrodes and the interlayer insulating film. The conductive layers are provided between each of the electrodes and the semiconductor layer, and separated from each other in the first direction. The first insulating film is provided between the conductive layers and the semiconductor layer. The second insulating film is provided between each of the electrodes and the conductive layers, and extends between each of the electrodes and the interlayer insulating film adjacent to the each of the electrodes. A width of the conductive layers in the first direction is narrower than that of the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11695078
    Abstract: The reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor can be improved by suppressing a change in electrical characteristics. A transistor included in a semiconductor device includes a first oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film, a gate insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film includes a channel region in contact with the gate insulating film, a source region in contact with the second insulating film, and a drain region in contact with the second insulating film. The second oxide semiconductor film has a higher carrier density than the first oxide semiconductor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Koezuka, Masami Jintyou, Yukinori Shima
  • Patent number: 11690231
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device including providing a substrate; forming first and second lower conductive patterns, the and second lower conductive patterns being buried in an interlayer dielectric layer; forming a capping layer on the interlayer dielectric layer and a dummy layer on the capping layer; etching an exposed upper portion of the first lower conductive pattern to form a trench; forming a metal layer that covers the interlayer dielectric layer and the dummy layer such that the metal layer fills the trench; forming a magnetic tunnel junction layer on the metal layer; performing a patterning process to form a memory cell; and forming a first protective layer that covers a lateral surface of the memory cell, wherein, in the patterning process, the metal layer on the top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer is etched to form a first bottom electrode in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Seung Pil Ko, Yongjae Kim
  • Patent number: 11682514
    Abstract: An illustrative memory cell disclosed herein includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode positioned above the bottom electrode and an MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) structure positioned above the bottom electrode and below the top electrode. In this example, the MTJ structure includes a first ferromagnetic material layer positioned above the bottom electrode, a non-magnetic insulation layer positioned above the first ferromagnetic material layer and a second ferromagnetic material layer positioned on the non-magnetic insulation layer, wherein there is a curved, non-planar interface between the non-magnetic insulation layer and the ferromagnetic material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Hemant Dixit, Vinayak Bharat Naik, Kazutaka Yamane
  • Patent number: 11678487
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes forming a first source layer including a trench, forming a first sacrificial layer in the trench, forming a first structure over the first source layer, wherein the first structure includes first material layers and second material layers which are alternately stacked over the each other, forming first openings passing through the first structure and extending to the first sacrificial layer, forming first channel layers in the first openings, forming a slit passing through the first structure and extending to the first sacrificial layer, forming a second opening by removing the first sacrificial layer through the slit, and forming a second source layer in the second opening, wherein the second source layer is coupled to the first channel layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hong Lee, Ji Yeon Baek, Seung Ho Pyi
  • Patent number: 11676986
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including pixels arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, in which the pixels in the m-th column are shielded from light, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11672183
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device includes a reference magnetic structure, a free magnetic structure, and a tunnel barrier pattern therebetween. The reference magnetic structure includes a first pinned pattern, a second pinned pattern between the first pinned pattern and the tunnel barrier pattern, and an exchange coupling pattern between the first pinned pattern and the second pinned pattern. The second pinned pattern includes magnetic patterns and non-magnetic patterns, which are alternately stacked. The first pinned pattern is a ferromagnetic pattern consisted of a ferromagnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hwan Park, Jae Hoon Kim, Younghyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11672182
    Abstract: A magnetic element is disclosed wherein a composite seed layer such as TaN/Mg enhances perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying magnetic layer that may be a reference layer, free layer, or dipole layer. The first seed layer is selected from one or more of Ta, Zr, Nb, TaN, ZrN, NbN, and Ru. The second seed layer is selected from one or more of Mg, Sr, Ti, Al, V, Hf, B, and Si. A growth promoting layer made of NiCr or an alloy thereof is inserted between the seed layer and magnetic layer. In some embodiments, a first composite seed layer/NiCr stack is formed below the reference layer, and a second composite seed layer/NiCr stack is formed between the free layer and a dipole layer. The magnetic element has thermal stability to at least 400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Guenole Jan, Ru-Ying Tong
  • Patent number: 11665979
    Abstract: A method for providing a magnetic device and the magnetic device so provided are described. The magnetic device includes a magnetic layer having a surface. In some aspects, the magnetic layer is a free layer, a reference layer, or a top layer thereof. A tunneling barrier layer is deposited on the magnetic layer. At least a portion of the tunneling barrier layer adjacent to the magnetic layer is deposited at a deposition angle of at least thirty degrees from a normal to the surface of the magnetic layer. In some aspects, the deposition angle is at least fifty degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaewoo Jeong, Mahesh G. Samant, Yari Ferrante, Panagiotis Charilaos Filippou, Chirag Garg, Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin
  • Patent number: 11665975
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a bit-line; a first word-line; a second word-line; and a source-line; a magnetic junction comprising a free magnet; an interconnect comprising spin orbit material, wherein the interconnect is adjacent to the free magnet of the magnetic junction; and a first device (e.g., a selector device) coupled at one end of the interconnect and to the second word-line; and a second device coupled to the magnetic junction, the first word-line and the source-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tanay Gosavi, Chia-Ching Lin, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Ian Young
  • Patent number: 11658068
    Abstract: Methods are provided for selective film deposition. One method includes providing a substrate containing a dielectric material and a metal layer, the metal layer having an oxidized metal layer thereon, coating the substrate with a metal-containing catalyst layer, treating the substrate with an alcohol solution that removes the oxidized metal layer from the metal layer along with the metal-containing catalyst layer on the oxidized metal layer, and exposing the substrate to a process gas containing a silanol gas for a time period that selectively deposits a SiO2 film on the metal-containing catalyst layer on the dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Kandabara Tapily
  • Patent number: 11659770
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an MRAM device, first and second lower electrodes may be formed on first and second regions, respectively, of a substrate. First and second MTJ structures having different switching current densities from each other may be formed on the first and second lower electrodes, respectively. First and second upper electrodes may be formed on the first and second MTJ structures, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Shik Kim, Jeong-Heon Park, Gwan-Hyeob Koh
  • Patent number: 11658171
    Abstract: Described implementations provide wireless, surface mounting of at least two semiconductor die on die attach pads (DAPs) of the semiconductor package, where the at least two semiconductor die are electrically connected by a clip. A stress buffer layer may be provided on the clip, and a heatsink may be provided on the stress buffer layer. The heatsink may be secured with an external mold material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jonghwan Baek, JeongHyuk Park, Seungwon Im, Keunhyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11659774
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided that include a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element. A first spacer layer abuts sidewalls of the MTJ element. The first spacer layer has a low-dielectric constant (low-k) oxide composition. A second spacer layer is disposed on the first spacer layer and has a low-k nitride composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Ku Shen, Dian-Hau Chen
  • Patent number: 11653536
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area; a pad disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area; a first conductive pattern disposed on one side of the display area in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the pad; a second conductive pattern disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area and disposed on an opposite side of the first conductive pattern; a first connection electrode disposed on the first conductive pattern in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern; and a second connection electrode disposed on the second conductive pattern in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the second conductive pattern. A cathode electrode of a light emitting diode is disposed on the first and second connection electrodes and electrically connected to the first and second connection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Moo Choi, Mi Hae Kim, Sang Won Seok, Hwan Soo Jang, Su Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11652029
    Abstract: A 3-D package structure for isolated power module is discussed. The package structure has metal trace in a support layer (e.g. a substrate board), which is covered by two magnetic films from both sides, thus an effective transformer is formed. An IC die which contains a voltage regulator is stacked above the support layer, which significantly reduces the package size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hunt Jiang, Jian Jiang, Di Han
  • Patent number: 11651972
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an underlying structure is formed over a substrate. A film is formed over the underlying structure. Surface topography of the film is measured and the surface topography is stored as topography data. A local etching is performed by using directional etching and scanning the substrate so that an entire surface of the film is subjected to the directional etching. A plasma beam intensity of the directional etching is adjusted according to the topography data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Wen Yeh, Yu-Tien Shen, Shih-Chun Huang, Po-Chin Chang, Wei-Liang Lin, Yung-Sung Yen, Wei-Hao Wu, Li-Te Lin, Pinyen Lin, Ru-Gun Liu
  • Patent number: 11641782
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spin-orbit torque-based switching device and a method of fabricating the same. The spin-orbit torque-based switching device of the present disclosure includes a spin torque generating layer provided with a tungsten-vanadium alloy thin film exhibiting perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) characteristics and a magnetization free layer formed on the spin torque generating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young Keun Kim, Gyu Won Kim