Patents Examined by Thao P. Le
  • Patent number: 11581251
    Abstract: A device comprising a first package and a second package coupled to the first package. The first package includes a first substrate, at least one gradient interconnect structure coupled to the first substrate, and a first integrated device coupled to the first substrate. The second package includes a second substrate and a second integrated device coupled to the second substrate. The second substrate is coupled to the at least one gradient interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Aniket Patil, Zhijie Wang, Joan Rey Villarba Buot, Hong Bok We
  • Patent number: 11574894
    Abstract: We disclose herein a semiconductor device sub-assembly comprising a plurality of semiconductor units of a first type, a plurality of semiconductor units of a second type; a plurality of conductive blocks operatively coupled with the plurality of semiconductor units, a conductive malleable layer operatively coupled with the plurality of conductive blocks, wherein the plurality of conductive blocks are located between the conductive malleable layer and the plurality of semiconductor units. In use, at least some of the plurality of conductive blocks are configured to apply a pressure on the conductive malleable layer, when a predetermined pressure is applied to the semiconductor device sub-assembly. At least one semiconductor unit of a second type is configured to withstand an applied pressure greater than a threshold pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: DYNEX SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, ZHUZHOU CRRC TIMES ELECTRIC CO. LTD
    Inventor: Robin Adam Simpson
  • Patent number: 11574891
    Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor device with a heat dissipation unit and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a die stack, an intervening bonding layer positioned on the die stack, and a carrier structure including a carrier substrate positioned on the intervening bonding layer, and through semiconductor vias positioned in the carrier substrate and on the intervening bonding layer for thermally conducting heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shing-Yih Shih
  • Patent number: 11574892
    Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, and a third semiconductor chip disposed on the second semiconductor chip. A first pad is disposed on a top surface of the second semiconductor chip, and includes a first portion and a second portion protruding in a vertical direction from the first portion. A width of the first portion in a first horizontal direction is greater than a width of the second portion in the first horizontal direction. A second pad is disposed on a bottom surface of the third semiconductor chip facing the top surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a solder ball is disposed as surrounding a sidewall of the second portion of the first pad between the first pad and the second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Kee Chung, Hyun Soo Chung, Tae Won Yoo
  • Patent number: 11569216
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a second semiconductor chip including a second through electrode that penetrates a second body portion and a second connection electrode that is connected to one end of the second through electrode; a first semiconductor chip stack disposed over the second semiconductor chip and including a plurality of first semiconductor chips, each of the plurality of first semiconductor chips includes a first through electrode and a first connection electrode connected to one end of the first through electrode; a molding layer; a third semiconductor chip disposed over the molding layer and the first semiconductor chip stack; and an external connection electrode electrically connected to an other end of the second through electrode, wherein, the second semiconductor chip and the plurality of first semiconductor chips are electrically connected through the second through electrode, the second connection electrode, the first through electrodes, and the first connection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Wan Choon Park, Gyu Jei Lee, Jong Hoon Kim, Tae Hun Yi
  • Patent number: 11557573
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor base substrate, a second semiconductor base substrate that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first semiconductor base substrate, a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first semiconductor base substrate to a wiring layer on the second semiconductor base substrate, and an insulation layer that surrounds a circumference of the through electrode formed inside the first semiconductor base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Wakiyama, Masaki Okamoto, Yutaka Ooka, Reijiroh Shohji, Yoshifumi Zaizen, Kazunori Nagahata, Masaki Haneda
  • Patent number: 11557522
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a power semiconductor module that includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor body, a connecting element and a contact element. The method includes: arranging the substrate in a housing having walls; at least partly filling a capacity formed by the walls of the housing and the substrate with an encapsulation material; hardening the encapsulation material to form a hard encapsulation; and closing the housing, wherein the contact element extends from the connecting element through an interior of the housing and through an opening in a cover of the housing to an outside of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a first surface of a first metallization layer of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Roth, Olaf Hohlfeld
  • Patent number: 11552029
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices having reinforcement structures configured to mitigate thermomechanical stresses, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die and a substrate coupled to the semiconductor die. The substrate can include a base structure and a reinforcement structure at least partially within a die shadow region of the substrate. The reinforcement structure can be at least partially surrounded by the base structure. The reinforcement structure has a higher stiffness than the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Koustav Sinha, Shams U. Arifeen, Christopher Glancey
  • Patent number: 11552047
    Abstract: A semiconductor package manufacturing method of the disclosure includes providing a multilayer adhesive film, forming a notch and a plurality of openings extending through the multilayer adhesive film, attaching the multilayer adhesive film to a back side of a wafer to form a stack, separating the stack into a plurality of individual stacks, separating each of the plurality of individual stacks into an upper stack and a lower stack, providing a substrate on which a first semiconductor chip is mounted, and stacking the upper stack on the first semiconductor chip. The upper stack includes a second semiconductor chip and a die attach pattern covering a portion of a back surface of the second semiconductor chip. A first side surface of the die attach pattern is aligned with a first side surface of the first semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Hakmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11552151
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; signal lines including a gate line, a data line, and a driving voltage line that collectively define an outer boundary of a pixel area; a transistor connected to the signal line; a first electrode extending across the pixel area and formed on the signal line and the transistor, and connected to the transistor, the first electrode having a first portion overlying only the signal line and the transistor, and a second portion including all of the first electrode not included in the first portion; a pixel defining layer formed on only the first portion of the first electrode; an organic emission layer formed on substantially the entire second portion but not on the first portion; and a second electrode formed on the pixel defining layer and the organic emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Joung-Keun Park, Ki Wan Ahn, Joo Sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11551996
    Abstract: Semiconductor chips may include a substrate; a protective layer on a first surface of the substrate, through electrodes extending through the substrate and the protective layer, and a Peltier structure including first through structures including first conductivity type impurities, and second through structures including second conductivity type impurities, which may extend through the substrate and the protective layer; pads on the protective layer and connected to the through electrodes, respectively, first connection wires connecting respective first ends of the first through structures to respective first ends of the second through structures, and second connection wires connecting respective second ends of the first through structures to respective second ends of one of the second through structures. The first through structures and the second through structures may be alternately connected to each other in series by the first connection wires and the second connection wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongjoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11545468
    Abstract: A wafer stacking method and structure are provided. The wafer stacking method includes: providing a first wafer, wherein an upper surface of the first wafer includes a first bonding pad configured to connect to a first signal; fabricating a first redistribution layer (RDL) on the first wafer, comprising a first wiring electrically connected to the first bonding pad, and the first wiring includes a first landing pad; bonding a second wafer on the first RDL, wherein the second wafer includes a second bonding pad configured to connect the first signal and located corresponding to the first bonding pad; fabricating a first through silicon via (TSV) with a bottom connected to the first landing pad at a position corresponding to the first landing pad; and fabricating a second RDL on the second wafer to connect the second bonding pad and the first TSV. This wafer stacking method improves the manufacturing yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling-Yi Chuang, Shu-Liang Ning
  • Patent number: 11545479
    Abstract: A semiconductor device module. The semiconductor device module may include a first substrate; and a semiconductor die assembly, disposed on the first substrate. The semiconductor die assembly may include a first semiconductor die, bonded to the first substrate; a second semiconductor die, disposed over the first semiconductor die; and an electrical connector, disposed between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die assembly comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) die and a freewheeling diode die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Elmar Wisotzki
  • Patent number: 11545421
    Abstract: In a general aspect, an apparatus can include an inner package including a first silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor coupled to a common gate conductor, and a second silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor coupled to the common gate conductor. The apparatus can include an outer package including a substrate coupled to the common gate conductor, and a clip coupled to the inner package and coupled to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Teysseyre, Maria Cristina Estacio, Seungwon Im
  • Patent number: 11538843
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging unit more efficiently manufacturable with high dimensional precision. The imaging unit includes: a sensor board including an imaging device, in which the imaging device has a plurality of pixels and allows generation of a pixel signal by receiving outside light in each of the plurality of pixels; a bonding layer including an inorganic insulating material; and a circuit board including a circuit chip and an organic insulating layer, in which a circuit chip has a signal processing circuit that performs signal processing for the pixel signal and is bonded to the sensor board through the bonding layer, and the organic insulating layer covers a vicinity of the circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Nishio, Suguru Saito
  • Patent number: 11538694
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a module is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises providing at least one solder body with a base portion and an elevated edge extending along at least part of a circumference of the base portion. At least one carrier, on which at least one electronic component is mounted, is placed in the at least one solder body so that the at least one carrier is positioned on the base portion and is spatially confined by the elevated edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Achim Muecke, Arthur Unrau
  • Patent number: 11532599
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer disposed over the first silicon layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a third metal layer disposed over the second metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors, the second level disposed over the third metal layer; a fourth metal layer disposed over the second level; a fifth metal layer disposed over the fourth metal layer, a connection path from the fifth metal layer to the second metal layer, where the connection path includes a via disposed through the second level, where the via has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the fifth metal layer includes a global power distribution grid, and where a typical thickness of the fifth metal layer is greater than a typical thickness of the second metal layer by at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Monolitic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11532565
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and methods of forming are provided. The device includes a second die bonded to a first die and a third die bonded to the first die. An isolation material extends along sidewalls of the second die and the third die. A through via extends from the first die into the isolation material. A first passive device disposed in the isolation material, the first passive device being electrically connected to the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chuei-Tang Wang
  • Patent number: 11527457
    Abstract: Provided is a package structure including a substrate, a stiffener ring, an eccentric die, a lid layer, and a buffer layer. The stiffener ring is disposed on the substrate. The stiffener ring has an inner perimeter to enclose an accommodation area. The eccentric die is disposed within the accommodation area on the substrate. The eccentric die is offset from a center of the accommodation area to close to a first side of the stiffener ring. The lid layer is disposed on the stiffener ring and overlays the eccentric die. The buffer layer is embedded in the lid layer between the first side of the stiffener ring and the eccentric die. The buffer layer has a thickness less than a thickness of the lid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Yu-Sheng Lin, Ming-Chih Yew, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11515276
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, contact pads, testing pads, conductive posts, and dummy posts. The contact pads and the testing pads are distributed over the semiconductor substrate. The conductive posts are disposed on the contact pads. The dummy posts are disposed on the testing pads. A height of the conductive posts is greater than a height of the dummy posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, Hui-Jung Tsai, Tai-Min Chang, Chia-Wei Wang