Patents Examined by Victor A. Mandala
  • Patent number: 11967546
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first interposer; a second interposer laterally adjacent to the first interposer, where the second interposer is spaced apart from the first interposer; and a first die attached to a first side of the first interposer and attached to a first side of the second interposer, where the first side of the first interposer and the first side of the second interposer face the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Yun Hou, Hsien-Pin Hu, Sao-Ling Chiu, Wen-Hsin Wei, Ping-Kang Huang, Chih-Ta Shen, Szu-Wei Lu, Ying-Ching Shih, Wen-Chih Chiou, Chi-Hsi Wu, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11967390
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate; circuit components disposed on the substrate; and a location identifier layer over the circuit, wherein the location identifier layer includes one or more section labels for representing physical locations of the circuit components within the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Itamar Lavy, Chunhao Wang, Wesley B. Butler
  • Patent number: 11968832
    Abstract: Methods and structures of a three-dimensional memory device are disclosed. In an example, the disclosed method comprises forming a plurality of dielectric stacks stacked on one another over a substrate to create a multiple-stack staircase structure. Each one of the plurality of dielectric stacks comprises a plurality of dielectric pairs arranged along a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The method further comprises forming a filling structure that surrounds the multiple-stack staircase structure, forming a semiconductor channel extending through the multiple-staircase structure, wherein the semiconductor channel comprises unaligned sidewall surfaces, and forming a supporting pillar extending through at least one of the multiple-staircase structure and the filling structure, wherein the supporting pillar comprises aligned sidewall surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Zongliang Huo, Li Hong Xiao, Zhenyu Lu, Qian Tao, Yushi Hu, Sizhe Li, Zhao Hui Tang, Yu Ting Zhou, Zhaosong Li
  • Patent number: 11967528
    Abstract: Systems that include integrated circuit dies and voltage regulator units are disclosed. Such systems may include a voltage regulator module and an integrated circuit mounted in a common system package. The voltage regulator module may include a voltage regulator circuit and one or more passive devices mounted to a common substrate, and the integrated circuit may include a System-on-a-chip. The system package may include an interconnect region that includes wires fabricated on multiple conductive layers within the interconnect region. At least one power supply terminal of the integrated circuit may be coupled to an output of the voltage regulator module via a wire included in the interconnect region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vidhya Ramachandran, Jun Zhai, Chonghua Zhong, Kunzhong Hu, Shawn Searles, Joseph T. DiBene, II, Mengzhi Pang
  • Patent number: 11967670
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to each other in a first direction, first voltage wires disposed in the first pixel and the second pixel in a second direction, a second wire disposed along a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel in the second direction, first electrodes disposed between the first voltage wires and the second wire in the first pixel an the second pixel, a second electrode disposed between and spaced apart from the first electrodes in the first pixel and the second pixel, and light-emitting elements disposed at each of the first pixel and the second pixel and disposed on the first electrodes and the second electrode, wherein the first voltage wires, the first electrodes, and the light-emitting elements are symmetric with respect to the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An Na Ryu, Sung Hoon Kim, Sang Ho Park
  • Patent number: 11961871
    Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. Manufacturing cost of a display device using a micro LED as a display element is reduced. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of transistors, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are provided in a matrix over the substrate. Each of the plurality of transistors are electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are positioned closer to the substrate than the plurality of transistors are. The plurality of light-emitting diodes emit light to the opposite side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Shingo Eguchi, Yosuke Tsukamoto, Kazunori Watanabe, Kouhei Toyotaka
  • Patent number: 11961893
    Abstract: Improved conductive contacts, methods for forming the same, and semiconductor devices including the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over a transistor structure; a first contact extending through the first ILD layer, the first contact being electrically coupled with a first source/drain region of the transistor structure, a top surface of the first contact being convex, and the top surface of the first contact being disposed below a top surface of the first ILD layer; a second ILD layer over the first ILD layer and the first contact; and a second contact extending through the second ILD layer, the second contact being electrically coupled with the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Te-Chih Hsiung, Jyun-De Wu, Yi-Chen Wang, Yi-Chun Chang, Yuan-Tien Tu
  • Patent number: 11963377
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode display including a substrate having a driving circuitry and a plurality of light emitting diode structures disposed on the substrate. Each light-emitting diode structure has a light emitting diode with a light emission zone having a planar portion, and a pigmentless light extraction layer of a UV-cured ink disposed over the light-emitting diode. The light extraction layer has a gradient in index of refraction along an axis normal to the planar portion, and the index of refraction of the light extraction layer decreases with distance from the planar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Yu, Chung-Chia Chen, Wan-Yu Lin, Hyunsung Bang, Lisong Xu, Byung Sung Kwak, Robert Jan Visser
  • Patent number: 11961867
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, for example comprising a finger print sensor, and a method for manufacturing thereof. Various aspects of the present disclosure may, for example, provide an ultra-slim finger print sensor having a thickness of 500 ?m or less that does not include a separate printed circuit board (PCB), and a method for manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Kim, No Sun Park, Yoon Joo Kim, Seung Jae Lee, Se Woong Cha, Sung Kyu Kim, Ju Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11955383
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: providing a semiconductor base; patterning the first medium layer to form a groove extending along the base in the base; forming a first auxiliary layer and a first metal layer sequentially in the groove, where the first metal layer is located on the side of the first auxiliary layer towards the first medium layer; thinning the base on the second surface of the base to expose the first auxiliary layer; removing the first auxiliary layer to form a first opening; and forming a second metal layer on the second surface of the base, where the second metal layer fills the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Bin Yang, Zhan Ying
  • Patent number: 11949021
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a structure which can prevent a decrease in electrical characteristics due to miniaturization is provided. The semiconductor device includes, over an insulating surface, a stack in which a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer are sequentially formed, and a third oxide semiconductor layer covering part of a surface of the stack. The third oxide semiconductor layer includes a first layer in contact with the stack and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer includes a microcrystalline layer, and the second layer includes a crystalline layer in which c-axes are aligned in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masayuki Sakakura, Hideomi Suzawa
  • Patent number: 11949056
    Abstract: The light emitting diode packaging structure includes a flexible substrate, a first adhesive layer, micro light emitting elements, a conductive pad, a redistribution layer, and an electrode pad. The first adhesive layer is disposed on the flexible substrate. The micro light emitting elements are disposed on the first adhesive layer and have a first surface facing to the first adhesive layer and an opposing second surface. The micro light emitting elements include a red micro light emitting element, a blue micro light emitting element, and a green micro light emitting element. The conductive pad is disposed on the second surface of the micro light emitting element. The redistribution layer covers the micro light emitting elements and the conductive pad. The electrode pad is disposed on the redistribution layer and is electrically connected to the circuit layer. A thickness of the flexible substrate is less than 100 um.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Lin, Jo-Hsiang Chen, Shih-Lun Lai, Min-Che Tsai, Jian-Chin Liang
  • Patent number: 11942454
    Abstract: A package includes a first die, a second die, and an encapsulant. The first die has a first interconnection structure, and the first interconnection structure includes a first capacitor embedded therein. The second die has a second interconnection structure, and the second interconnection structure includes a second capacitor embedded therein. The first interconnection structure faces the second interconnection structure. The second die is stacked on the first die. The first capacitor is electrically connected to the second capacitor. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsien-Wei Chen, Jie Chen, Ming-Fa Chen
  • Patent number: 11942396
    Abstract: A heterogeneous integration semiconductor package structure including a heat dissipation assembly, multiple chips, a package assembly, multiple connectors and a circuit substrate is provided. The heat dissipation assembly has a connection surface and includes a two-phase flow heat dissipation device and a first redistribution structure layer embedded in the connection surface. The chips are disposed on the connection surface of the heat dissipation assembly and electrically connected to the first redistribution structure layer. The package assembly surrounds the chips and includes a second redistribution structure layer disposed on a lower surface and multiple conductive vias electrically connected to the first redistribution structure layer and the second redistribution structure layer. The connectors are disposed on the package assembly and electrically connected to the second redistribution structure layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Heng-Chieh Chien, Shu-Jung Yang, Yu-Min Lin, Chih-Yao Wang, Yu-Lin Chao
  • Patent number: 11942543
    Abstract: A high-voltage semiconductor device structure is provided. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a source ring in the semiconductor substrate, and a drain region in the semiconductor substrate. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure also includes a doped ring surrounding sides and a bottom of the source ring and a well region surrounding sides and bottoms of the drain region and the doped ring. The well region has a conductivity type opposite to that of the doped ring. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure further includes a conductor electrically connected to the drain region and extending over and across a periphery of the well region. In addition, the high-voltage semiconductor device structure includes a shielding element ring between the conductor and the semiconductor substrate. The shielding element ring extends over and across the periphery of the well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chou Lin, Yi-Cheng Chiu, Karthick Murukesan, Yi-Min Chen, Shiuan-Jeng Lin, Wen-Chih Chiang, Chen-Chien Chang, Chih-Yuan Chan, Kuo-Ming Wu, Chun-Lin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11937438
    Abstract: An organic field-effect transistor and a fabrication method therefor, including: providing a gate; depositing polymer material onto the gate to form a dielectric layer; performing supercritical fluids treatment on the gate having the dielectric layer deposited; depositing organic semiconductor layer material on the dielectric layer having been processed, to form an organic semiconductor layer; depositing electrode layer material on the organic semiconductor layer and forming an electrode layer. The dielectric properties of the dielectric layer after adopting the supercritical fluids treatment have been significantly improved. While the hysteresis effect of the dielectric layers in the OFET devices has been basically eliminated, the sub-threshold slope of the OFET is also significantly reduced, the carrier mobility is effectively improved. Additionally, an OFET switching rate after being processed is improved, and, by connecting the LEDs in series, the switching rate of the LED is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN GRADUATE SCHOOL
    Inventors: Hong Meng, Yuhao Shi, Xinwei Wang, Lin Ai
  • Patent number: 11935911
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a double color micro LED display panel including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer configured on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer configured on the first semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer configured between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are P type, and the third semiconductor layer is N type. The first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer form a first light emitting diode to emit a first light, and the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer form a second light emitting diode to emit a second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) Limited
    Inventors: Quchao Xu, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 11935992
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first electronic component and a second electronic. Each electronic component includes a carrier substrate having a back side and a front side, an electronic chip including an integrated optical element, an overmolded transparent block encapsulating the electronic chip above the carrier substrate, and electrical connections between the electronic chip and electrical contacts of the carrier substrate. An overmolded grid encapsulates and holds the first and second electronic components. The grid is configured so that sides of the first and second electronic components are at least partially exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Romain Coffy, Remi Brechignac, Jean-Michel Riviere
  • Patent number: 11937475
    Abstract: An object is to provide a display device with a high aperture ratio or a semiconductor device in which the area of an element is large. A channel formation region of a TFT with a multi-gate structure is provided under a wiring that is provided between adjacent pixel electrodes (or electrodes of an element). In addition, a channel width direction of each of a plurality of channel formation regions is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the pixel electrode. In addition, when a channel width is longer than a channel length, the area of the channel formation region can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mizuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11929450
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display panel and a display device are provided. In the embodiments of the disclosure, a photosensitive component is arranged in the photosensitive component arranging region. The extending line of at least one line is arranged in the photosensitive component arranging region so that the orthographic projection of the extending line on the light-emitting surface of the electroluminescent display panel overlaps with the first pixels in the first and second specific pixel groups in the photosensitive component arranging area; the first and second specific pixel groups include respective first pixels located in first straight lines of the second pixels correspondingly connected to two adjacent signal lines, the first and second specific pixel groups are adjacent in the second direction, and the first straight lines extend in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WuHan TianMa Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangzhao Ma, Yuejun Tang, Ruiyuan Zhou