Patents Examined by Thanh T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11973101
    Abstract: An image-sensor device is provided. The image-sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a radiation-sensing region in the semiconductor substrate. The image-sensor device also includes a doped isolation region in the semiconductor substrate and a dielectric film extending into the doped isolation region from a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A portion of the doped isolation region is between the dielectric film and the radiation-sensing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeng-Shyan Lin, Dun-Nian Yaung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Feng-Chi Hung
  • Patent number: 11968901
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a displaying substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel, and relates to the technical field of display. The displaying substrate comprises a first supporting base (1), plurality of vibrating element modules (2), and a display module (3). The display module (3) comprises display units (31), connecting units (32) and hollowed-out units (33). Each connecting unit (32) is located between two adjacent display units (31). Each hollowed-out unit (33) is located between two adjacent display units (31) except an area where the corresponding connecting unit (32) is located. The hollowed-out units (33) are provided with cavities (40) corresponding to the vibrating element modules (2). Orthographic projections of the hollowed-out units (33) on a reference plane cover orthographic projections of the vibrating element modules (2) on the reference plane. The vibrating element modules (2) and the cavities (40) form a transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhao Cui, Feng Zhang, Zhijun Lv, Wenqu Liu, Liwen Dong, Xiaoxin Song, Detian Meng, Libo Wang, Dongfei Hou, Qi Yao
  • Patent number: 11961799
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate structure and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate structure are provided. The semiconductor substrate structure includes a substrate, an electronic device, and a filling material. The substrate defines a cavity. The electronic device is disposed in the cavity and spaced apart from the substrate by a gap. The filling material is disposed in the gap and covers a first region of an upper surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Wen Hung Huang
  • Patent number: 11951571
    Abstract: A method of forming a package structure includes an etching step, a laser step, a plating step and a singulation step. In the etching step, a plurality of cutting streets of a leadframe are etched. In the laser step, a plastic package material covering on each of the cutting streets is removed via a laser beam. In the plating step, a plurality of plating surfaces are disposed on a plurality of areas of the leadframe without the plastic package material. In the singulation step, the cutting streets of the leadframe are cut to form the package structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Fu Yu, Kai-Jih Shih, Yi-Jung Liu
  • Patent number: 11955468
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting element according to embodiments which includes a body including a semiconductor layer and an active layer, and a ligand including a head portion bonded to a surface of the body, an end portion spaced apart from the body, and having a positive or a negative charge, and a chain portion connecting the head portion and the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunku Jung, Sungwoon Kim, Changhee Lee, Jaekook Ha, Yunhyuk Ko, Jaehoon Kim, Minki Nam, Hyunmi Doh, Myoungjin Park, Jae Hong Park, Junwoo Park
  • Patent number: 11935842
    Abstract: Warpage and breakage of integrated circuit substrates is reduced by compensating for the stress imposed on the substrate by thin films formed on a surface of the substrate. Particularly advantageous for substrates having a thickness substantially less than about 150 ?m, a stress-tuning layer is formed on a surface of the substrate to substantially offset or balance stress in the substrate which would otherwise cause the substrate to bend. The substrate includes a plurality of bonding pads on a first surface for electrical connection to other component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-Puu Jeng, Clinton Chao, Szu-Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 11935826
    Abstract: A method includes depositing a first passivation layer over a conductive feature, wherein the first passivation layer has a first dielectric constant, forming a capacitor over the first passivation layer, and depositing a second passivation layer over the capacitor, wherein the second passivation layer has a second dielectric constant greater than the first dielectric constant. The method further includes forming a redistribution line over and electrically connecting to the capacitor, depositing a third passivation layer over the redistribution line, and forming an Under-Bump-Metallurgy (UBM) penetrating through the third passivation layer to electrically connect to the redistribution line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Huang, Ming-Da Cheng, Songbor Lee, Jung-You Chen, Ching-Hua Kuan, Tzy-Kuang Lee
  • Patent number: 11935753
    Abstract: A method for forming a packaged integrated circuit device includes providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of integrated circuit devices, each integrated circuit device extending into the semiconductor wafer to a first depth, and grinding a backside of the silicon wafer to no more than the first depth. The method further includes forming a backside cut between the integrated circuit devices. The backside cut extends to within the first depth, but the backside cut does not extend completely through the semiconductor wafer. The backside cut exposes a plurality of edges of each of the integrated circuit devices. The method further includes depositing, on the backside of the wafer, a metallization layer on a bottom surface of the integrated circuit devices and on the edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V
    Inventors: Kuan-Hsiang Mao, Wen Hung Huang, Che Ming Fang, Yufu Liu
  • Patent number: 11929323
    Abstract: A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a microelectronic device structure comprising a base structure, a doped semiconductive material overlying the base structure, a stack structure overlying the doped semiconductive material, cell pillar structures vertically extending through the stack structure and the doped semiconductive material and into the base structure, and digit line structures vertically overlying the stack structure. An additional microelectronic device structure comprising control logic devices is formed. The microelectronic device structure is attached to the additional microelectronic device structure to form a microelectronic device structure assembly. The base structure and portions of the cell pillar structures vertically extending into the base structure are removed to expose the doped semiconductive material. The doped semiconductive material is then patterned to form at least one source structure over the stack structure and coupled to the cell pillar structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Kunal R. Parekh
  • Patent number: 11923247
    Abstract: There may be presented a method of manufacturing a semiconductor chip. A first layer stack in which first material layers and second material layers are alternately stacked is formed over a semiconductor substrate including a chip region and a scribe lane region, and first crack propagation guides are formed on the first layer stack. A second layer stack is formed on the first layer stack and the first crack propagation guides, and second crack propagation guides are formed. A semiconductor chip is separated from the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hyo Sub Yeom
  • Patent number: 11917842
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes forming, on a substrate, a first electrode, and forming a quantum dot layer. The forming the quantum dot layer includes performing first application involves applying a first solution on a position overlapping with the substrate; performing first light irradiation involves irradiating with light the position where the first solution is applied, to melt the ligand and vaporize the first solvent; performing second light irradiation involves irradiating the position with light to raise a temperature of the quantum dot; and performing third light irradiation involves irradiating the position with light to cause the first inorganic precursor to epitaxially grow around the first shell so as to form a second shell with which the first shell is coated. In the performing third light irradiation, at least one set of the quantum dots adjacent to each other is connected to each other via the second shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masumi Kubo
  • Patent number: 11915949
    Abstract: A hybrid panel method of (and apparatus for) manufacturing electronic devices, and electronic devices manufactured thereby. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide an apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device, where the apparatus is operable to, at least, receive a panel to which a subpanel is coupled, cut around a subpanel through a layer of material, and remove such subpanel from the panel. The apparatus may also, for example, be operable to couple to an upper side of the subpanel, and remove the subpanel from the panel by, at least in part, operating to rotate the subpanel relative to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD., AMKOR TECHNOLOGY PORTUGAL, S.A.
    Inventors: Bora Baloglu, Suresh Jayaraman, Ronald Huemoeller, Andre Cardoso, Eoin O'Toole, Marta Sa Santos, Luis Alves, Jose Moreira da Silva, Fernando Teixeira, Jose Luis Silva
  • Patent number: 11908941
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having isolation regions formed therein and a fin-shaped semiconductor structure protruding vertically above the isolation regions and extending laterally in a first direction. The device additionally includes a gate dielectric wrapping a channel region of the fin-shaped semiconductor structure and a gate electrode wrapping the gate dielectric. The channel region is interposed in the first direction between a source region and a drain region and has sloped sidewalls and a width that continuously decreases from a base towards a peak of the channel region. The channel region comprises a volume inversion region having a height greater than about 25% of a total height of the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang U. Kim, Kuhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11908831
    Abstract: Trenches are opened from a top surface of a production wafer that extend down through scribe areas to a depth that is only partially through a semiconductor substrate. Prior to performing a bumping process, a first handle is attached to the top surface of the production wafer. A back surface of the semiconductor substrate is then thinned to reach the trenches and form a wafer level chip scale package at each integrated circuit location delimited by the trenches. A second handle is then attached to a bottom surface of the thinned semiconductor substrate, and the first handle is removed to expose underbump metallization pads at the top surface. The bumping process is then performed to form a solder ball at each of the exposed underbump metallization pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics PTE LTD
    Inventors: Chun Yi Teng, David Gani
  • Patent number: 11908820
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising an integrated circuit (IC) package having at least one solder bond pad, a die having at least one solder bond pad, wherein the die is bonded to the IC package by at least one solder joint between the at least one solder bond pad of the die, and the at least one solder bond pad of the IC package, and an underfill material between the IC package and the die, wherein the at least one solder joint is embedded in the underfill material, and wherein the at least one solder joint comprises a first metallurgy and a second metallurgy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Chandramouleeswaran Subramani
  • Patent number: 11901183
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming source/drain regions on opposing sides of a gate structure, where the gate structure is over a fin and surrounded by a first dielectric layer; forming openings in the first dielectric layer to expose the source/drain regions; selectively forming silicide regions in the openings on the source/drain regions using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process; and filling the openings with an electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Hsiu Hung, Chien Chang, Yi-Hsiang Chao, Hung-Yi Huang, Chih-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11894507
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes steps of providing a first substrate with a plurality of first light-emitting elements and adhesive units arranged thereon, providing a second substrate with a first group of second light-emitting elements and a second group of second light-emitting elements arranged thereon, and connecting the a second group of second light-emitting elements and the adhesive units. The first light-emitting elements and the first group of second light-emitting elements are partially or wholly overlapped with each other during connecting the second group of second light-emitting elements and the adhesive units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Min-Hsun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11895819
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first transistor including forming a first gate stack, epitaxially growing a first source/drain region on a side of the first gate stack, and performing a first implantation to implant the first source/drain region. The method further includes forming a second transistor including forming a second gate stack, forming a second gate spacer on a sidewall of the second gate stack, epitaxially growing a second source/drain region on a side of the second gate stack, and performing a second implantation to implant the second source/drain region. An inter-layer dielectric is formed to cover the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The first implantation is performed before the inter-layer dielectric is formed, and the second implantation is performed after the inter-layer dielectric is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Dian-Sheg Yu, Ren-Fen Tsui, Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11894313
    Abstract: An example ceramic panel has a first surface and a second surface. The ceramic panel has a bond finger well on the first surface of the ceramic panel a scribe line well on the second surface of the ceramic panel. The ceramic panel also has a scribe line along the scribe line well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jane Qian Liu, Bradley Morgan Haskett
  • Patent number: 11887894
    Abstract: A method for processing a wide band gap semiconductor wafer includes: depositing a support layer including semiconductor material at a back side of a wide band gap semiconductor wafer, the wide band gap semiconductor wafer having a band gap larger than the band gap of silicon; depositing an epitaxial layer at a front side of the wide band gap semiconductor wafer; and splitting the wide band gap semiconductor wafer along a splitting region to obtain a device wafer comprising at least a part of the epitaxial layer, and a remaining wafer comprising the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Santos Rodriguez, Günter Denifl, Tobias Hoechbauer, Martin Huber, Wolfgang Lehnert, Roland Rupp, Hans-Joachim Schulze