Patents by Inventor Shiqun Gu

Shiqun Gu 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).

  • Patent number: 10332911
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a glass substrate and a buried oxide layer. The IC additionally includes a first semiconductor device coupled to the glass substrate. The first semiconductor device includes a first gate and a first portion of a semiconductive layer coupled to the buried oxide layer. The first gate is located between the glass substrate and the first portion of the semiconductive layer and between the glass substrate and the buried oxide layer. The IC additionally includes a second semiconductor device coupled to the glass substrate. The second semiconductor device includes a second gate and a second portion of the semiconductive layer. The second gate is located between the glass substrate and the second portion of the semiconductive layer. The first portion is discontinuous from the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Daeik Daniel Kim, Matthew Michael Nowak, Jonghae Kim, Changhan Hobie Yun, Je-Hsiung Jeffrey Lan, David Francis Berdy
  • Patent number: 10312193
    Abstract: A package includes a redistribution portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the redistribution portion. The first portion includes a first switch comprising a plurality of switch interconnects, and a first encapsulation layer that at least partially encapsulates the first switch. The second portion is coupled to the first portion. The second portion includes a first plurality of filters. Each filter includes a plurality of filter interconnects. The second portion also includes a second encapsulation layer that at least partially encapsulates the first plurality of filters. The first portion includes a second switch positioned next to the first switch, where the first encapsulation layer at least partially encapsulates the second switch. The second portion includes a second plurality of filters positioned next to the first plurality of filters, where the secod encapsulation layer at least partially encapsulates the second plurality of filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Chengjie Zuo, Steve Fanelli, Husnu Ahmet Masaracioglu
  • Patent number: 10304792
    Abstract: A packaged Integrated Circuit (IC) includes an IC and a package. The package has a bottom dielectric layer and a plurality of redistribution layers (RDLs) formed on the bottom dielectric layer. Each the RDLs includes patterned conductors, a dielectric layer, and a plurality of vias that extend between the patterned conductors to a differing RDL or to external connections. The package includes a plurality of package pads that have a first lateral separation pitch. The IC includes a plurality of IC pads that electrically connect to the plurality of package pads that have a first lateral separation pitch. The package also includes a plurality of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) pads that extend through the bottom dielectric layer and contact the plurality of patterned conductors of the first RDL. Power PCB pads and ground PCB pads of the plurality of PCB pads have a second lateral separation pitch that exceeds the first lateral separation pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Hongying Zhang, HongLiang Cai
  • Publication number: 20190148323
    Abstract: A packaged Integrated Circuit (IC) includes an IC and a package. The package has a bottom dielectric layer and a plurality of redistribution layers (RDLs) formed on the bottom dielectric layer. Each the RDLs includes patterned conductors, a dielectric layer, and a plurality of vias that extend between the patterned conductors to a differing RDL or to external connections. The package includes a plurality of package pads that have a first lateral separation pitch. The IC includes a plurality of IC pads that electrically connect to the plurality of package pads that have a first lateral separation pitch. The package also includes a plurality of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) pads that extend through the bottom dielectric layer and contact the plurality of patterned conductors of the first RDL. Power PCB pads and ground PCB pads of the plurality of PCB pads have a second lateral separation pitch that exceeds the first lateral separation pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Hongying Zhang, HongLiang Cai
  • Patent number: 10290579
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure may include a capacitor having a semiconductor layer as a first plate and a gate layer as a second plate. A capacitor dielectric layer may separate the first plate and the second plate. A backside metallization may be coupled to the first plate of the capacitor. A front-side metallization may be coupled to the second plate of the capacitor. The front-side metallization may be arranged distal from the backside metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sinan Goktepeli, Plamen Vassilev Kolev, Michael Andrew Stuber, Richard Hammond, Shiqun Gu, Steve Fanelli
  • Patent number: 10271745
    Abstract: Examples of monolithic integrated emitter-detector array in a flexible substrate for biometric sensing and associated devices and methods are disclosed. One disclosed example device includes a flexible substrate; a first array of emitters embedded in the flexible substrate, the first array of emitters configured to emit first electromagnetic (EM) signals; a first array of detectors embedded in the flexible substrate, the first array of detectors configured to detect reflections of the first EM signals; a first scanning circuit coupled to the first array of emitters, the first scanning circuit configured to selectively activate individual emitters of the first array of emitters; and a first sensing circuit coupled to individual detectors of the first array of detectors, the first sensing circuit configured to receive a detection signal from at least one of the detectors of the first array of detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Matthew Michael Nowak, Kenneth Kaskoun, Eugene Dantsker, Russel Allyn Martin
  • Patent number: 10256863
    Abstract: An integrated radio frequency (RF) circuit structure may include a resistive substrate material and a switch. The switch may be arranged in a silicon on insulator (SOI) layer supported by the resistive substrate material. The integrated RF circuit structure may also include an isolation layer coupled to the SOI layer. The integrated RF circuit structure may further include a filter, composed of inductors and capacitors. The filter may be arranged on a surface of the integrated RF circuit structure, opposite the resistive substrate material. In addition, the switch may be arranged on a first surface of the isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Chengjie Zuo, Steve Fanelli, Thomas Gee, Young Kyu Song
  • Publication number: 20190081607
    Abstract: An integrated device that includes a substrate, a first interconnect over the substrate and a second interconnect comprising a first portion and a second portion. The integrated device further comprising a first dielectric layer between the first interconnect and the first portion of the second interconnect such that the first interconnect vertically overlaps with the first dielectric layer and the first portion of the second interconnect. The integrated device also includes a second dielectric layer formed over the substrate. The first interconnect, the first dielectric layer and the first portion of the second interconnect are configured to operate as a capacitor. The first portion and the second portion of the second interconnect are configured to operate as an inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Mario Francisco VELEZ, Niranjan Sunil MUDAKATTE, Jonghae KIM, Changhan Hobie YUN, David Francis BERDY, Shiqun GU, Chengjie ZUO
  • Patent number: 10182728
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory processor-readable storage media are disclosed for determining one or more biometric properties of a subject using multiple sensors positioned along a flexible backing. At least one processor of the multi-sensor device may be configured to receive output signals from the multiple sensors, identify at least one output signal from the received output signals that exhibit measurements of a targeted biological structure, determine the one or more biometric properties of the subject based on the identified at least one output signal received from at least one of the multiple sensors, and provide the determined one or more biometric properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, David Boettcher Baek, Eugene Dantsker
  • Patent number: 10163771
    Abstract: In a particular aspect, a device includes a substrate including at least one through-substrate via. A metal structure is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The device further includes a semiconductor layer bonded to the substrate. The semiconductor layer includes at least one complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistor and a metal disposed within a second via. The metal is in direct contact with the metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chengjie Zuo, Changhan Hobie Yun, David Francis Berdy, Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, Mario Francisco Velez, Shiqun Gu, Jonghae Kim
  • Publication number: 20180366442
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package and a system including the integrated circuit package as well as a process for assembling the integrated circuit package are provided. The integrated circuit package includes a first die manufactured on a first wafer utilizing a first node size, a second die manufactured on a second wafer utilizing a second node size, and a substrate coupled to the second die at a plurality of bump sites on a bottom surface of the second die. The first die may be mounted on a top surface of the second die utilizing a hybrid wafer bonding technique, micro bumps, or electrode-less plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Yu Lin, Jinghua Zhu, Guofang Jiao
  • Patent number: 10158030
    Abstract: A tunable capacitor may include a first terminal having a first semiconductor component with a first polarity. The tunable capacitor may also include a second terminal having a second semiconductor component with a second polarity. The second component may be adjacent to the first semiconductor component. The tunable capacitor may further include a first conductive material electrically coupled to a first depletion region at a first sidewall of the first semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Gengming Tao, Richard Hammond, Ranadeep Dutta, Matthew Michael Nowak, Francesco Carobolante
  • Patent number: 10157823
    Abstract: A high density fan out package structure may include a contact layer. The contact layer includes a conductive interconnect layer having a first surface facing an active die and a second surface facing a redistribution layer. The high density fan out package structure has a barrier layer on the first surface of the conductive interconnect layer. The high density fan out package structure may also include the redistribution layer, which has conductive routing layers. The conductive routing layers may be configured to couple a first conductive interconnect to the conductive interconnect layer. The high density fan out package structure may further include a first via coupled to the barrier liner and configured to couple with a second conductive interconnect to the active die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dong Wook Kim, Hong Bok We, Jae Sik Lee, Shiqun Gu
  • Publication number: 20180358303
    Abstract: Techniques and structures for improving shielding of an integrated circuit package are provided. The integrated circuit package includes a die including a plurality of bump sites and a substrate connected to the die at the plurality of bump sites. The substrate includes at least one layer that implements one or more signal traces and a plurality of shield traces. Each shield trace in the plurality of shield traces is coupled to a ground plane by a plurality of slot vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Tiejun Liu, Zhao Chen
  • Publication number: 20180350762
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package and a system including the integrated circuit package as well as a process for assembling the integrated circuit package are provided to improve integrated circuit power delivery. The integrated circuit package includes a first die having a plurality of pads formed in the first die and exposed on a top surface of the first die, at least one post on the first die, and a substrate including one or more redistribution layers. Each post in the at least one post spans at least two pads on the first die utilized for power distribution, and the first die is connected to the substrate via the at least one post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, Jinghua Zhu, Hongying Zhang, Jun Xia, Wangsheng Xie, Shuangfu Wang, Hong Liu, Liming Zhao, Hongquan Sun
  • Patent number: 10141908
    Abstract: A passive device may include an inductor having interconnected trace segments. The passive device may also include parallel plate capacitors. Each of the plurality of parallel plate capacitors may have a dielectric layer between a pair of conductive plates. The parallel plate capacitors may not overlap more than one of the interconnected trace segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, David Francis Berdy, Changhan Hobie Yun, Chengjie Zuo, Shiqun Gu, Mario Francisco Velez, Jonghae Kim
  • Publication number: 20180316374
    Abstract: In an illustrative example, an apparatus includes a passive-on-glass (POG) device integrated within a glass substrate. The apparatus further includes a semiconductor die integrated within the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Changhan Yun, Chengjie Zuo, Mario Velez, Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, Shiqun Gu, Jonghae Kim, David Berdy
  • Patent number: 10103135
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a die having an integrated passive device (IPD) layer. The integrated circuit device also includes a substrate supporting the die, a molding compound surrounding the die. The integrated circuit device further includes a backside conductive layer on a surface of the die that is distal from the IPD layer. The integrated circuit device also includes vias coupling the backside conductive layer to a ground plane through the molding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chengjie Zuo, Jonghae Kim, David Francis Berdy, Changhan Hobie Yun, Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, Mario Francisco Velez, Shiqun Gu
  • Publication number: 20180233604
    Abstract: A tunable capacitor may include a first terminal having a first semiconductor component with a first polarity. The tunable capacitor may also include a second terminal having a second semiconductor component with a second polarity. The second component may be adjacent to the first semiconductor component. The tunable capacitor may further include a first conductive material electrically coupled to a first depletion region at a first sidewall of the first semiconductor component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Shiqun GU, Gengming TAO, Richard HAMMOND, Ranadeep DUTTA, Matthew Michael NOWAK, Francesco CAROBOLANTE
  • Patent number: 10044390
    Abstract: In an illustrative example, an apparatus includes a passive-on-glass (POG) device integrated within a glass substrate. The apparatus further includes a semiconductor die integrated within the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Changhan Yun, Chengjie Zuo, Mario Velez, Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, Shiqun Gu, Jonghae Kim, David Berdy