Patents Examined by Syed I Gheyas
  • Patent number: 11798953
    Abstract: The present application provides an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate includes fan-out regions and an inverted region formed between two adjacent fan-out regions. The array substrate includes metal lines and floating metal lines. The metal lines include first metal lines in the fan-out region and second metal lines in the inverted triangle region. The floating metal lines include a first floating metal line arranged between the first metal lines and the second metal lines. The array substrate includes an alignment film arranged on the metal lines and the floating metal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhida Xu
  • Patent number: 11799011
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor epitaxial wafer, including a substrate, a first epitaxial structure, a first ohmic contact layer and a second epitaxial stack structure. It is characterized in that the ohmic contact layer includes a compound with low nitrogen content, and the ohmic contact layer does not induce significant stress during the crystal growth process. Accordingly, the second epitaxial stack structure formed on the ohmic contact layer can have good epitaxial quality, thereby providing a high-quality semiconductor epitaxial wafer for fabricating a GaAs integrated circuit or a InP integrated circuit. At the same time, the ohmic contact properties of ohmic contact layers are not affected, and the reactants generated during each dry etching process are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: VISUAL PHOTONICS EPITAXY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Huang, Yu-Chung Chin, Van-Truong Dai
  • Patent number: 11798995
    Abstract: A first collector layer is composed of n-type InP (n-InP) doped with Si at a low concentration. A second collector layer is composed of non-doped InGaAs. A base layer is composed of p-type GaAsSb (p+-GaAsSb) doped with C at a high concentration. An emitter layer is composed of a compound semiconductor different from that of the base layer, and has an area smaller than the base layer in a plan view. An emitter layer can be composed of, for example, n-type InP (n-InP) doped with Si at a low concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Shiratori, Takuya Hoshi, Minoru Ida
  • Patent number: 11791423
    Abstract: A semiconductor having a n-doped cathode layer, a p-doped anode layer, and a drift region, arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer, with a dopant concentration of at most 8·1015 cm?3. The drift region has a lightly n-doped drift layer and a lightly p-doped drift layer, arranged between the n-doped drift layer and the anode layer, both drift layers each have a layer thickness of at least 5 ?m. The cathode layer has a first section with a dopant concentration of at least 1·1017 cm?3 and a second section, arranged between the first section and the drift region, the second section has a layer thickness of at least 1 ?m and a dopant concentration gradient that increases in the direction of the first section up to a dopant concentration maximum. The dopant concentration maximum is smaller or equal to the dopant concentration of the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: 3-5 Power Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Kowalsky, Riteshkumar Bhojani, Volker Dudek
  • Patent number: 11791404
    Abstract: A bipolar transistor includes a substrate, a sub-collector layer, a collector layer, a base layer, an emitter layer, a passivation layer, and a collector electrode. The sub-collector layer is formed over the substrate. The collector layer is formed over the sub-collector layer. The base layer is formed over the collector layer. The emitter layer is formed over the base layer. The passivation layer is formed over the substrate and covering a sidewall of the collector layer. The collector electrode is connected to the sub-collector layer through an opening in the passivation layer. The opening exposes at least a portion of the sub-collector layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: WIN SEMICONDUCTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Rong Yu, Shu-Hsiao Tsai, Jui-Pin Chiu
  • Patent number: 11784245
    Abstract: An electrically conductive sub-collector layer is provided in a surface layer portion of a substrate. A collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer are located within the sub-collector layer when viewed in plan. The collector layer is connected to the sub-collector layer. An emitter electrode and a base electrode are long in a first direction when viewed in plan. The emitter electrode overlaps the emitter layer. The base electrode and the emitter electrode are discretely located away from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A collector electrode is located on one side in the second direction with respect to the emitter electrode and is not located on the other side when viewed in plan. A base line is connected to the base electrode in a manner so as to adjoin a portion other than longitudinal ends of the base electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Yasunari Umemoto, Shigeki Koya, Shinnosuke Takahashi, Masao Kondo
  • Patent number: 11784224
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a lateral bipolar transistor structure with a base layer over a semiconductor buffer, and related methods. A lateral bipolar transistor structure may include an emitter/collector (E/C) layer over an insulator. The E/C layer has a first doping type. A semiconductor buffer is adjacent the insulator. A base layer is on the semiconductor buffer and adjacent the E/C layer, the base layer including a lower surface below the E/C layer and an upper surface above the E/C layer. The base layer has a second doping type opposite the first doping type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Yu, Jagar Singh, Zhenyu Hu, John J. Pekarik
  • Patent number: 11777019
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a device, such as a lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT), made up of a combination of at least three different semiconductor materials with different bandgap sizes for improved performance. In the device, a base layer of the base region can be positioned laterally between a collector layer of a collector region and an emitter layer of an emitter region and can be physically separated therefrom by buffer layers. The base layer can be made of a narrow bandgap semiconductor material, the collector layer and, optionally, the emitter layer can be made of a wide bandgap semiconductor material, and the buffer layers can be made of a semiconductor material with a bandgap between that of the narrow bandgap semiconductor material and the wide bandgap semiconductor material. Also disclosed herein is a method of forming the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Yu, Vibhor Jain, Judson R. Holt
  • Patent number: 11776995
    Abstract: A transistor is produced by forming a first part of a first region of the transistor in a semiconductor substrate by implanting dopants through an opening in an isolating trench formed at an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second region of the transistor in the opening by epitaxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Alexis Gauthier, Pascal Chevalier, Gregory Avenier
  • Patent number: 11769803
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; and a fin protruding from the substrate. The fin includes a first material and a second material. The fin includes a lower section, a middle section, and an upper section. The middle section has a smaller width at a middle portion than a width at lower and upper portions of the middle section. A concentration of the second material gradually decreases from the middle portion in upward and downward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11749727
    Abstract: Structures for a bipolar junction transistor and methods of fabricating a structure for a bipolar junction transistor. The structure includes a first base layer, a second base layer, a first terminal positioned between the first base layer and the second base layer, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The first base layer, the second base layer, and the first terminal are positioned between the second terminal and the third terminal. For example, the first terminal may be positioned in a vertical direction between the first and second base layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Shesh Mani Pandey, Hong Yu, Alexander Derrickson
  • Patent number: 11749747
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a bipolar transistor structure with a collector on a polycrystalline isolation layer. A polycrystalline isolation layer may be on a substrate, and a collector layer may be on the polycrystalline isolation layer. The collector layer has a first doping type and includes a polycrystalline semiconductor. A base layer is on the collector layer and has a second doping type opposite the first doping type. An emitter layer is on the base layer and has the first doping type. A material composition of the doped collector region is different from a material composition of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Judson R. Holt, Vibhor Jain, Jeffrey B. Johnson, John J. Pekarik
  • Patent number: 11749746
    Abstract: In an aspect, a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) includes a sub-collector disposed on a collector. The collector has a collector contact disposed on the sub-collector and located on a first side of the heterojunction bipolar transistor. The HBT includes an emitter disposed on an emitter cap. The emitter has an emitter contact disposed on the emitter cap and located on a second side of the heterojunction bipolar transistor. The HBT includes a base having a base contact located on the second side of the heterojunction bipolar transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ranadeep Dutta, Jonghae Kim, Je-Hsiung Lan
  • Patent number: 11728190
    Abstract: A system for thinning a substrate includes a chuck and a first liquid supply unit. The chuck includes a base portion and a frame portion disposed on the base portion, where the substrate is configured to be placed on a carrying surface of the chuck. The first liquid supply unit extends along sidewalls the frame portion and the base portion, an outlet of the first liquid supply unit is disposed next to the carrying surface of the chuck, the first liquid supply unit delivers a first liquid from a bottom of the chuck to the outlet, and the first liquid discharges from the outlet to cover a sidewall of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Chao Mao, Chin-Chuan Chang, Szu-Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 11726387
    Abstract: A trapped-ion quantum logic gate and a method of operating the trapped-ion quantum logic gate are provided. The trapped-ion quantum logic gate includes at least one ion having two internal states and forming a qubit having a qubit transition frequency ?0, a magnetic field gradient, and two microwave fields. Each of the two microwave fields has a respective frequency that is detuned from the qubit transition frequency ?0 by frequency difference ?. The at least one ion has a Rabi frequency ?? due to the two microwave fields and a Rabi frequency ?g due to the magnetic field gradient. The method includes applying the magnetic field gradient and the two microwave fields to the at least one ion such that a quantity ?g/? is in a range between zero and 5×10?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Tyler Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11721722
    Abstract: Structures for a bipolar junction transistor and methods of forming a structure for a bipolar junction transistor. The structure includes a collector having a raised portion, an emitter having a raised portion, and a base laterally arranged between the raised portion of the emitter and the raised portion of the collector. The base includes an intrinsic base layer and an extrinsic base layer stacked with the intrinsic base layer. The structure further includes a stress liner positioned to overlap with the raised portion of the collector, the raised portion of the emitter, and the extrinsic base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Man Gu, Jagar Singh, Haiting Wang, Jeffrey Johnson
  • Patent number: 11721726
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a Horizontal Current Bipolar Transistor (HCBT) and methods of manufacture. The device has a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type defining a wafer plane parallel to the semiconductor substrate and has a base region and a collector region forming a first metallurgical junction. The device also has an emitter region forming a second metallurgical junction with the base region. A flat portion of the first metallurgical junction and a flat portion of the second metallurgical junction are substantially parallel to each other and close an acute angle with the wafer plane. At least a portion of the base region comprises silicon-germanium alloy or silicon-germanium-carbon alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
    Inventors: Tomislav Suligoj, Marko Koricic, Josip Zilak, Zeljko Osrecki
  • Patent number: 11721724
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack including a quantum well layer, wherein the quantum well layer includes an isotopically purified material; a gate dielectric above the quantum well stack; and a gate metal above the gate dielectric, wherein the gate dielectric is between the quantum well layer and the gate metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole K. Thomas, James S. Clarke, Jessica M. Torres, Ravi Pillarisetty, Kanwaljit Singh, Payam Amin, Hubert C. George, Jeanette M. Roberts, Roman Caudillo, David J. Michalak, Zachary R. Yoscovits, Lester Lampert
  • Patent number: 11715788
    Abstract: At least one transistor is arranged on a substrate. A collector layer and a base layer of the transistor compose a collector mesa having a substantially mesa shape and the collector mesa has side faces tilting with respect to the substrate so that the dimension of a top face in a first direction of a plane of the substrate is smaller than the dimension of a bottom face therein. A first insulating film covering the transistor is arranged on the substrate. A first-layer emitter line that extends from an area overlapped with the top face of the collector mesa to areas overlapped with at least part of the tilting side faces of the collector mesa in a plan view is arranged on the first insulating film. A second-layer emitter line and an emitter bump are arranged on the first-layer emitter line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11716860
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the MTJ; forming a first metal interconnection adjacent to the MTJ; forming a stop layer on the first IMD layer; removing the stop layer to form an opening; and forming a channel layer in the opening to electrically connect the MTJ and the first metal interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Wang, Po-Kai Hsu, Jing-Yin Jhang, Yu-Ping Wang, Hung-Yueh Chen, Wei Chen