Patents by Inventor Yanfang LOU

Yanfang LOU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240105782
    Abstract: A monocrystalline SiC substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface. The first surface comprises pinning regions and a device region. Each of the pinning regions is configured to provide a potential well which is capable to attract dislocations from a region surrounding said pinning region. The device region is configured to provide a part of the monocrystalline SiC substrate for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The device region is surrounded by the pinning regions, and a density of dislocations in a central portion of the device region is smaller than a density of dislocations in an edge of the device region due to the pinning regions. The pinning regions surrounding the device region attracts dislocations of the device region into the edge portion, so that the density of dislocations in the central portion is reduced. A yield of the semiconductor devices is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yanfang LOU, Chunjun LIU, Guangming WANG, Jing YAO, Qing YONG, Tonghua PENG, Jian YANG
  • Publication number: 20230295838
    Abstract: Provided are a high quality silicon carbide seed crystal, a silicon carbide crystal, a silicon carbide substrate, and a preparation method therefor. A high quality silicon carbide seed crystal is prepared, the dopant concentrations of a thermal insulation material, a graphite crucible, and a silicon carbide powder material are controlled, a specific crystal growth process and a wafer machining means are integrated, and a high quality silicon carbide substrate is obtained. The obtained silicon carbide substrate has a high crystalline quality and an extremely low amount of micropipes, screw dislocation density, and compound dislocation density; said substrate also has an extremely low p-type dopant concentration, exhibits superior electrical performance, and has a high surface quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD., JIANGSU TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD, XINJIANG TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO. LTD
    Inventors: Tonghua PENG, Bo WANG, Ning ZHAO, Yanfang LOU, Yu GUO, He ZHANG, Chunjun LIU, Jian YANG
  • Publication number: 20230053509
    Abstract: A silicon carbide single crystal wafer and a preparation method therefor, a silicon carbide crystal and a preparation method therefor, and a semiconductor device. The surface of the silicon carbide single crystal wafer is such that an included angle between a normal direction and a c direction is 0-8 degrees, and aggregated dislocations on the silicon carbide single crystal wafer are less than 300/cm2; the aggregated dislocation is a dislocation aggregated condition in which the distance between the geometric centers of any two corrosion pits in the corrosion pits obtained after corrosion of melted KOH is less than 80 microns. Even if the dislocation density is relatively high, the aggregated dislocation density is relatively small, thereby increasing the yield of a silicon carbide-based devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD., XINJIANG TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO. LTD, JIANGSU TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chunjun LIU, Yanfang LOU, Tonghua PENG, Bo WANG, Ning ZHAO, Yu GUO, Jian YANG, Ping ZHANG, Yu ZOU, Fan YANG