Patents by Inventor Julio C. Costa
Julio C. Costa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11430871Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based module, which includes a module substrate, a thinned switch die residing over the module substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The thinned switch die includes an electrode region, a number of switch interconnects extending from a bottom surface of the electrode region to the module substrate, an aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier layer over a top surface of the electrode region, a GaN buffer layer over the AlGaN barrier layer, and a lateral two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer realized at a heterojunction of the AlGaN barrier layer and the GaN buffer layer. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned switch die, and extends above a top surface of the thinned switch die to form an opening over the top surface of the thinned switch die. The second mold compound fills the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11430715Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11417632Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11410904Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced package, which includes a carrier, a thinned die over the carrier, a mold compound, and a heat extractor. The thinned die includes a device layer over the carrier and a dielectric layer over the device layer. The mold compound resides over the carrier, surrounds the thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the thinned die to define an opening within the mold compound and over the thinned die. The top surface of the thinned die is at a bottom of the opening. At least a portion of the heat extractor is inserted into the opening and in thermal contact with the thinned die. Herein the heat extractor is formed of a metal or an alloy.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, George Maxim
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Patent number: 11387170Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11387215Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11387157Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, a barrier layer, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The barrier layer formed of silicon nitride resides over the active layer and top surfaces of the isolation sections. The first mold compound resides over the barrier layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: QORVO US, INC.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 11387206Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: QORVO US, INC.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11355405Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, a barrier layer, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The barrier layer formed of silicon nitride resides over the active layer and top surfaces of the isolation sections. The first mold compound resides over the barrier layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: QORVO US, INC.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 11355385Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11355422Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11348899Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11328983Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11329020Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: QORVO US, INC.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11328974Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced package, which includes a carrier, a thinned die over the carrier, a mold compound, and a heat extractor. The thinned die includes a device layer over the carrier and a dielectric layer over the device layer. The mold compound resides over the carrier, surrounds the thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the thinned die to define an opening within the mold compound and over the thinned die. The top surface of the thinned die is at a bottom of the opening. At least a portion of the heat extractor is inserted into the opening and in thermal contact with the thinned die. Herein the heat extractor is formed of a metal or an alloy.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, George Maxim
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Publication number: 20220139862Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11322389Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11322420Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, a barrier layer, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The barrier layer formed of silicon nitride resides over the active layer and top surfaces of the isolation sections. The first mold compound resides over the barrier layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: QORVO US, INC.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 11309390Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based module, which includes a module substrate, a thinned switch die residing over the module substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The thinned switch die includes an electrode region, a number of switch interconnects extending from a bottom surface of the electrode region to the module substrate, an aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier layer over a top surface of the electrode region, a GaN buffer layer over the AlGaN barrier layer, and a lateral two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer realized at a heterojunction of the AlGaN barrier layer and the GaN buffer layer. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned switch die, and extends above a top surface of the thinned switch die to form an opening over the top surface of the thinned switch die. The second mold compound fills the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
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Patent number: 11309287Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate including a porous silicon (PSi) region resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, the PSi region has a porosity between 1% and 80%. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll