Patents Examined by William Henry Anderson
  • Patent number: 11398454
    Abstract: A system-in-package module includes a substrate, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip on the substrate, first wafer level package (WLP) memories on the substrate spaced apart from the ASIC chip in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, and second WLP memories on the substrate spaced apart from the ASIC chip in a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ae-Nee Jang, Kyung Suk Oh, Eunseok Song, Seung-Yong Cha
  • Patent number: 11380651
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a base substrate; a printed circuit board disposed on the base substrate; a first chip stack disposed on the base substrate on one side of the printed circuit board, and including first semiconductor chips offset-stacked in a first offset direction facing the printed circuit board; a second chip stack disposed on the first chip stack, and including second semiconductor chips offset-stacked in a second offset direction facing away from the printed circuit board; a third chip stack disposed on the base substrate on the other side of the printed circuit board, and including third semiconductor chips offset-stacked in the second offset direction; and a fourth chip stack disposed on the third chip stack, and including fourth semiconductor chips offset-stacked in the first offset direction, wherein the second and fourth chip stacks are electrically connected with the base substrate through the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-Bum Park, Jeong-Hyun Park, Suk-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11367718
    Abstract: A layout for measuring an overlapping state includes a layout region, a first dummy active area region, and dummy component regions. The first dummy active area region is located in the layout region. The dummy component regions are stacked in the layout region. At the moment when one of the dummy component regions is formed on the first dummy active area region, the one of the dummy component regions and the first dummy active area region have a first overlapping region, and the first overlapping region does not include other dummy component regions among the dummy component regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Chan, Chun-Chiao Tseng, Hung-Ming Su
  • Patent number: 11315886
    Abstract: A semiconductor package having a stiffening structure is disclosed. The semiconductor package includes a substrate, an interposer on the substrate, and a first logic chip, a second logic chip, memory stacks and stiffening chips, all of which are on the interposer. The first logic chip and the second logic chip are adjacent to each other. Each memory stack is adjacent to a corresponding one of the first logic chip and the second logic chip. Each memory stack includes a plurality of stacked memory chips. Each stiffening chip is disposed between corresponding ones of the memory stacks, to be aligned and overlap with a boundary area between the first logic chip and the second logic chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunkyoung Choi, Suchang Lee, Yunseok Choi
  • Patent number: 11295977
    Abstract: A method of forming an interconnect structure for a standard cell semiconductor device is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming metal lines along respective routing tracks, wherein forming the metal lines includes depositing, on a first dielectric layer covering the active regions of the cell, a metal layer and a capping layer on the metal layer; patterning the capping layer and the metal layer to form first and second capped off-center metal lines extending along first and second off-center tracks, respectively; forming spacer lines on sidewalls of the capped off-center metal lines; and embedding the spacer-provided capped off-center metal lines in a second dielectric layer. The method further includes patterning a set of trenches in the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Juergen Boemmels, Julien Ryckaert
  • Patent number: 11296089
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include active pattern, a silicon liner, an insulation layer, an isolation pattern and a transistor. The active pattern may protrude from a substrate. The silicon liner having a crystalline structure may be formed conformally on surfaces of the active pattern and the substrate. The insulation layer may be formed on the silicon liner. The isolation pattern may be formed on the insulation layer to fill a trench adjacent to the active pattern. The transistor may include a gate structure and impurity regions. The gate structure may be disposed on the silicon liner, and the impurity regions may be formed at the silicon liner and the active pattern adjacent to both sides of the gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungmi Yoon, Donghyun Im, Jooyub Kim, Juhyung We, Namhoon Lee, Chunhyung Chung
  • Patent number: 11257816
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes active gate structures and dummy gate electrodes. The active gate structures are above an active region of a substrate. The dummy gate electrodes are above the active region of the substrate. A number of the dummy gate electrodes is less than a number of the active gate structures. The active gate structures and the dummy gate electrodes have different materials, and a distance between adjacent one of the dummy gate electrodes and one of the active gate structures is substantially the same as a gate pitch of the active gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Wei-Cheng Wu, Ya-Chen Kao
  • Patent number: 11233033
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a base module disposed on the package substrate and configured to include an intermediate chip, bonding wires connecting the intermediate chip to the package substrate, a lower-left chip disposed between the base module and the package substrate, and an upper-left chip disposed on the base module. The base module further includes an encapsulant encapsulating the intermediate chip, through vias electrically connected to the upper-left chip, and redistributed lines (RDLs) connecting the intermediate chip to the through vias and extending to provide connection parts which are spaced apart from the through vias and are connected to the lower-left chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Won Duck Jung
  • Patent number: 11211466
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device for improving a gate induced drain leakage and a method for fabricating the same, and the method may include forming a trench in a substrate, lining a surface of the trench with an initial gate dielectric layer, forming a gate electrode to partially fill the lined trench, forming a sacrificial material spaced apart from a top surface of the gate electrode and to selectively cover a top corner of the lined trench, removing a part of the initial gate dielectric layer of the lined trench which is exposed by the sacrificial material in order to form an air gap, and forming a capping layer to cap a side surface of the air gap, over the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Se-Han Kwon, Dong-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11177213
    Abstract: An anti-fuse device having enhanced programming efficiency is provided. The anti-fuse device includes via contact structures that have different critical dimensions located between a first electrode and a second electrode. Notably, a first via contact structure having a first critical dimension is provided between a pair of second via contact structures having a second critical dimension that is greater than the first critical dimension. When a voltage is applied to the device, dielectric breakdown will occur first through the first via contact structure having the first critical dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Chao Yang, Baozhen Li, Tianji Zhou, Ashim Dutta, Saumya Sharma