Heat Treating (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.077)
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Patent number: 8597978Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes physically attaching a first semiconductor die to front surface of a first substrate. The first die is electrically connected to routings on front surface of the first substrate. The routings are electrically connected with conductive pads on back surface of the first substrate. A second semiconductor die is physically attached to front surface of a second substrate. The die is electrically connected to routings on front surface of second substrate. These routings are electrically connected with conductive pads on front surface of the second substrate. A third semiconductor die is physically attached to the second die. The third die is electrically attached to the second die through a plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs) within the second die. The conductive pads on back surface of first substrate are electrically connected to the conductive pads on front surface of second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Kurt Wachtler, Margaret Rose Simmons-Matthews
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Patent number: 8592882Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is disclosed a magnetic random access memory comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a selective transistor formed at the surface region of the semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a source and a drain; and a magnetoresistive element formed on the drain including a magnetic storage layer in which a magnetization direction is variable, a magnetic reference layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed, and a nonmagnetic layer sandwiched between the magnetic storage layer and the magnetic reference layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Akiko Nomachi
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Patent number: 8587064Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film, a heat conductive member, and an element. A cavity and a connecting hole are formed in the semiconductor substrate. The connecting hole spatially connects the cavity to an upper face of the semiconductor substrate. The insulating film is provided on inner faces of the cavity and the connecting hole. The heat conductive member is embedded in the cavity and the connecting hole. Heat conductivity of the heat conductive member is higher than heat conductivity of the insulating film. And, the element is formed in a region immediately above the cavity in the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Tomoyuki Warabino
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Patent number: 8569821Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The method may include forming a gate dielectric layer including a plurality of elements on a substrate; supplying a specific element to the gate dielectric layer; forming a product though reacting the specific element with at least one of the plurality of elements; and removing the product.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangjin Hyun, Yugyun Shin, Hagju Cho, Hyung-seok Hong
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Patent number: 8551889Abstract: In a manufacture method for a photovoltaic module, a plurality of strips of resin adhesive film having a desired width and unwound from a single feeding reel is simultaneously pasted on a solar cell. In particular, the manufacture method is implemented by performing the steps of: unwinding a resin adhesive film sheet from a reel on which the resin adhesive film sheet is wound; splitting the unwound resin adhesive film into two or more film strips in correspondence to lengths of wiring material to bond; pasting the strips of resin adhesive film on an electrode of the solar cell; and placing the individual lengths of wiring material on the electrode of the solar cell having the plural strips of resin adhesive film pasted thereon and thermally setting the resin adhesive film by heating so as to fix together the electrode of the solar cell and the wiring material.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yousuke Ishii, Shingo Okamoto
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Patent number: 8551836Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, forming a capacitor including a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material, and an upper electrode over the insulating film, forming a first protective insulating film over a side surface and upper surface of the capacitor by a sputtering method, and forming a second protective insulating film over the first protective insulating film by an atomic layer deposition method.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventor: Wensheng Wang
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Patent number: 8541828Abstract: Methods for depositing high-K dielectrics are described, including depositing a first electrode on a substrate, wherein the first electrode is chosen from the group consisting of platinum and ruthenium, applying an oxygen plasma treatment to the exposed metal to reduce the contact angle of a surface of the metal, and depositing a titanium oxide layer on the exposed metal using at least one of a chemical vapor deposition process and an atomic layer deposition process, wherein the titanium oxide layer includes at least a portion of rutile titanium oxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.Inventors: Imran Hashim, Edward L. Haywood, Sandra G. Malhotra, Xiangxin Rui, Sunil Shanker
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Patent number: 8536031Abstract: A method for fabricating a dual damascene structure includes providing a first photoresist layer coated on an underlying dielectric stack, exposing said first photoresist layer to a first predetermined pattern of light, coating a second photoresist layer onto the pre-exposed first photoresist layer, exposing said second photoresist layer to a second predetermined pattern of light, optionally post-exposure baking the multi-tiered photoresist layers and developing said photoresist layers to form a multi-tiered dual damascene structure in the photoresist layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John C. Arnold, Kuang-Jung Chen, Matthew E. Colburn, Dario L. Goldfarb, Stefan Harrer, Steven J. Holmes, Pushkara Varanasi
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Patent number: 8530360Abstract: A device including a first body (101) with terminals (102) on a surface (101a), each terminal having a metallic connector (110), which is shaped as a column substantially perpendicular to the surface. Preferably, the connectors have an aspect ratio of height to diameter of 2 to 1 or greater, and a fine pitch center-to-center. The connector end (110a) remote from the terminal is covered by a film (130) of a sintered paste including a metallic matrix embedded in a first polymeric compound. Further a second body (103) having metallic pads (140) facing the respective terminals (102). Each connector film (130) is in contact with the respective pad (140), whereby the first body (101) is spaced from the second body (103) with the connector columns (110) as standoff. A second polymeric compound (150) is filling the space of the standoff.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Abram M. Castro
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Patent number: 8525289Abstract: Sophisticated gate electrode structures may be formed by providing a cap layer including a desired species that may diffuse into the gate dielectric material prior to performing a treatment for stabilizing the sensitive gate dielectric material. In this manner, complex high-k metal gate electrode structures may be formed on the basis of reduced temperatures and doses for a threshold adjusting species compared to conventional strategies. Moreover, a single metal-containing electrode material may be deposited for both types of transistors.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventors: Richard Carter, Martin Trentzsch, Sven Beyer, Rohit Pal
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Patent number: 8525304Abstract: An insulating layer containing a silicon peroxide radical is used as an insulating layer in contact with an oxide semiconductor layer for forming a channel. Oxygen is released from the insulating layer, whereby oxygen deficiency in the oxide semiconductor layer and an interface state between the insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer can be reduced. Accordingly, a semiconductor device where reliability is high and variation in electric characteristics is small can be manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuta Endo, Toshinari Sasaki, Kosei Noda, Mizuho Sato
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Patent number: 8525353Abstract: In a system for providing temporary or permanent connection of an integrated circuit die to a base substrate using electrical microsprings, a thermal element is provided that assists with cooling of the pad structure during use. The thermal element may be formed of the same material and my similar processes as the microsprings. The thermal element may be one or more block structures or one or more thermal microsprings. The thermal element may be provided with channels to contain and/or direct the flow of a thermal transfer fluid. Cooling of components associated with the pad structure (e.g., ICs) may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Eugene M. Chow, Eric J. Shrader, John S. Paschkewitz
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Patent number: 8518808Abstract: A GaN sample in a sealed enclosure is heated very fast to a high temperature above the point where GaN is thermodynamically stable and is then cooled down very fast to a temperature where it is thermodynamically stable. The time of the GaN exposure to a high temperature range above its thermodynamic stability is sufficiently short, in a range of few seconds, to prevent the GaN from decomposing. This heating and cooling cycle is repeated multiple times without removing the sample from the enclosure. As a result, by accumulating the exposure time in each cycle, the GaN sample can be exposed to a high temperature above its point of thermodynamic stability for a long time but the GaN sample integrity is maintained (i.e., the GaN doesn't decompose) due to the extremely short heating duration of each single cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Boris N. Feigelson, Travis Anderson, Francis J. Kub
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Patent number: 8492264Abstract: A method for forming interconnection levels of an integrated circuit, including the steps of: (a) forming an interconnection level comprising conductive tracks and vias separated by a porous dielectric material; (b) forming, on the interconnection level, a layer of a non-porous insulating material, said layer comprising openings above portions of porous dielectric material; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) to obtain the adequate number of interconnection levels; and (d) annealing the structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventor: Patrick Vannier
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Patent number: 8492862Abstract: One object is to provide a deposition technique for forming an oxide semiconductor film. By forming an oxide semiconductor film using a sputtering target including a sintered body of a metal oxide whose concentration of hydrogen contained is low, for example, lower than 1×1016 atoms/cm3, the oxide semiconductor film contains a small amount of impurities such as a compound containing hydrogen typified by H2O or a hydrogen atom. In addition, this oxide semiconductor film is used as an active layer of a transistor.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toru Takayama, Keiji Sato
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Patent number: 8481393Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is irradiated with accelerated hydrogen ions, thereby forming a damaged region including a large amount of hydrogen. After a single crystal semiconductor substrate and a supporting substrate are bonded to each other, the semiconductor substrate is heated, so that the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated in the damaged region. A single crystal semiconductor layer which is separated from the single crystal semiconductor substrate is irradiated with a laser beam. The single crystal semiconductor layer is melted by laser beam irradiation, whereby the single crystal semiconductor layer is recrystallized to recover its crystallinity and to planarized a surface of the single crystal semiconductor layer. After the laser beam irradiation, the single crystal semiconductor layer is heated at a temperature at which the single crystal semiconductor layer is not melted, so that the lifetime of the single crystal semiconductor layer is improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Koyama, Fumito Isaka, Akihisa Shimomura, Junpei Momo
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Patent number: 8476719Abstract: Oxygen is released from the insulating layer, whereby oxygen deficiency in the oxide semiconductor layer and an interface state between the insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer can be reduced. Accordingly, a semiconductor device where reliability is high and variation in electric characteristics is small can be manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuta Endo, Toshinari Sasaki, Kosei Noda, Mizuho Sato
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Patent number: 8476646Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device, which includes a second conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a intermediate refraction layer. The active layer is disposed on the second conductive type semiconductor layer. The first conductive type semiconductor layer is disposed on the active layer. The intermediate refraction layer is disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer. The intermediate refraction layer has a refractivity that is smaller than that of the first conductive type semiconductor layer and is greater than that of air.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hyo Kun Son
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Patent number: 8476645Abstract: Thermal management solutions for higher power LEDs. In accordance with embodiments, a heat sink, preferably copper, is connected directly to the thermal pad of an LED. Directly connecting the LED thermal pad to the copper heat sink reduces the thermal resistance between the LED package and the heat sink, and more efficiently conducts heat away from the LED through the copper heat sink. In embodiments, the copper heat sink is directly soldered to the LED thermal pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Uni-Light LLCInventors: Gary A. McDaniel, Chip Akins
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Patent number: 8450219Abstract: An Al2O3 thin film layer is fabricated. Atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) is processed in a normal atmospheric pressure and a low temperature. On a surface of a p-type or n-type silicon crystal wafer having a purity between 5N (99.999%) and 9N (99.9999999%), the Al2O3 thin film layer is deposited and fabricated. The deposition and fabrication are done to obtain chemical passivation and field effect passivation. In this way, the present invention can be applied in solar cells and other photoelectric devices with reduced leakage of surface currents and improved photoelectric conversion.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Atomic Energy Council—Institute of Nuclear ResearchInventor: Tsun-Neng Yang
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Patent number: 8445919Abstract: A wafer-level package structure of a light emitting diode and a manufacturing method thereof, and the package structure includes: a die including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a first insulating layer on the first side of the die; at least two wires which are arranged on the insulating layer and electrically isolated from each other; bumps which are arranged on the wires and adapted to be electrically connected correspondingly with electrodes of a bare chip of the light emitting diode; at least two discrete lead areas on the second side of the die; and leads in the lead areas, electrically isolated from each other and electrically connected correspondingly with the wires.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: China Wafer Level CSP LtdInventors: Junjie Li, Wenbin Wang, Qiuhong Zou, Guoqing Yu, Wei Wang
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Patent number: 8441085Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a substrate with a bottom gate p-channel type thin film transistor; a resist pattern over the substrate; and a light shielding film operative to block light having a wavelength shorter than 260 nm over at least a channel part of said thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.Inventors: Koichi Nagasawa, Takashi Yamaguchi, Nobutaka Ozaki, Yasuhiro Kanaya, Hirohisa Takeda, Yasuo Mikami, Yoshifumi Mutoh
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Patent number: 8420439Abstract: A method of producing a radiation-emitting thin film component includes providing a substrate, growing nanorods on the substrate, growing a semiconductor layer sequence with at least one active layer epitaxially on the nanorods, applying a carrier to the semiconductor layer sequence, and detaching the semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier from the substrate by at least partial destruction of the nanorods.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Hans-Jürgen Lugauer, Klaus Streubel, Martin Strassburg, Reiner Windisch, Karl Engl
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Patent number: 8409982Abstract: A method includes forming a first substrate by (a) applying an electrodepositable dielectric coating onto a conductive surface; (b) curing the dielectric coating; (c) depositing an adhesion layer and a seed layer onto the dielectric coating; (d) applying a layer of a first removable material to the seed layer; (e) forming openings in the first removable material to expose areas of the seed layer; (f) electroplating a first conductive material to the exposed areas of the seed layer; (g) applying a layer of a second removable material; (h) forming openings in the second removable material to expose areas of the first conductive material; (i) plating a second conductive material to the exposed areas of the first conductive material; (j) removing the first and second removable materials; (k) removing unplated portions of the seed layer; repeating steps (a) through (k) to form a second substrate; and laminating the first and second substrates together with a layer of dielectric material between the first and seconType: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Kevin C. Olson, Alan E. Wang
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Patent number: 8389417Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, which includes a channel formation region provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material, impurity regions, a first gate insulating layer, a first gate electrode, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, and a second transistor, which includes an oxide semiconductor layer over the substrate including the semiconductor material, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode, a second gate insulating layer, and a second gate electrode. The second source electrode and the second drain electrode include an oxide region formed by oxidizing a side surface thereof, and at least one of the first gate electrode, the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode is electrically connected to at least one of the second gate electrode, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
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Patent number: 8389328Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an electronic device having a first electronic component having a first terminal and a second electronic component having a second terminal, wherein the first electric component is electrically connected to the second electronic component by connecting the first terminal to the second terminal with solder, the method including: providing a resin layer having a flux action between the first terminal and the second terminal to obtain a laminate including the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the resin layer, wherein a solder is provided on the first terminal or the second terminal; soldering the first terminal and the second terminal; and curing the resin layer while pressing the laminate with a pressurized fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Meura, Kenzou Maejima, Yoji Ishimura, Mina Nikaido
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Patent number: 8383513Abstract: Rapid thermal annealing methods and systems for annealing patterned substrates with minimal pattern effect on substrate temperature non-uniformity are provided. The rapid thermal annealing system includes a front-side heating source and a backside heating source. The backside heating source of the rapid thermal annealing system supplies a dominant amount of heat to bring the substrate temperature to the peak annealing temperature. The front-side heating source contributes to heat up the environment near the front-side of the substrate to a temperature lower than about 100° C. to about 200° C. less than the peak annealing temperature. The asymmetric front-side and backside heating for rapid thermal annealing reduce or eliminate pattern effect and improve WIW and WID device performance uniformity.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chun Hsiung Tsai, Chii-Ming Wu, Da-Wen Lin
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Patent number: 8383522Abstract: There is provided a micro pattern forming method including forming a thin film on a substrate; forming a film serving as a mask when processing the thin film; processing the film serving as a mask into a pattern including lines having a preset pitch; trimming the pattern including the lines; and forming an oxide film on the pattern including the lines and on the thin film by alternately supplying a source gas and an activated oxygen species. Here, the process of trimming the pattern and the process of forming an oxide film are consecutively performed in a film forming apparatus configured to form the oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Shigeru Nakajima, Kazuhide Hasebe, Pao-Hwa Chou, Mitsuaki Iwashita, Reiji Niino
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Patent number: 8362553Abstract: A method includes forming elongate structures on a first substrate, such that the material composition of each elongate structure varies along its length so as to define first and second physically different sections in the elongate structures. First and second physically different devices are then defined in the elongate structures. Alternatively, the first and second physically different sections may be defined in the elongate structures after they have been fabricated. The elongate structures may be encapsulated and transferred to a second substrate. The invention provides an improved method for the formation of a circuit structure that requires first and second physically different devices to be provided on a common substrate. In particular, only one transfer step is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Thomas Heinz-Helmut Altebaeumer, Stephen Day, Jonathan Heffernan
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Patent number: 8324633Abstract: A light emitting module comprises a light emitting device (LED) mounted on a high thermal dissipation sub-mount, which performs the traditionally function of heat spread and the first part of the heat sinking. The sub-mount is a grown metal that is formed by an electroplating, electroforming, electrodeposition or electroless plating process, thereby minimizing thermal resistance at this stage. An electrically insulating and thermally conducting layer is at least partially disposed across the interface between the grown semiconductor layers of the light emitting device and the formed metal layers of the sub-mount to further improve the electrical isolation of the light emitting device from the grown sub-mount. The top surface of the LED is protected from electroplating or electroforming by a wax or polymer or other removable material on a temporary substrate, mold or mandrel, which can be removed after plating, thereby releasing the LED module for subsequent processing.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: PhotonStar LED LimitedInventors: James Stuart McKenzie, Majd Zoorob
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Patent number: 8298859Abstract: There is a need for providing a technology capable of decreasing on-resistance of a power transistor in a semiconductor device that integrates the power transistor and a control integrated circuit into a single semiconductor chip. There is another need for providing a technology capable of reducing a chip size of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor chip includes a power transistor formation region to form a power transistor, a logic circuit formation region to form a logic circuit, and an analog circuit formation region to form an analog circuit. A pad is formed in the power transistor formation region. The pad and a lead are connected through a clip whose cross section is larger than that of a wire. On the other hand, a bonding pad is connected through the wire.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Nobuya Koike, Tsukasa Matsushita, Hiroshi Sato, Keiichi Okawa, Atsushi Nishikizawa
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Patent number: 8288849Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first memory die having a first memory type, a second memory die having a second memory type different from the first memory type, and a logic die such as a microprocessor. The first memory die can be electrically connected to the logic die using a first type of electrical connection preferred for the first memory type. The second memory die can be electrically connected to the logic die using a second type of electrical connection different from the first type of electrical connection which is preferred for the second memory type. Other devices can include dies all of the same type, or two or more dies of a first type and two or more dies of a second type different from the first type.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Kurt Wachtler, Margaret Rose Simmons-Matthews
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Patent number: 8283204Abstract: A multi-surface compliant heat removal process that includes identifying components to share a heat rejecting device; applying non-adhesive film to the components; identifying a primary component of the components; and applying phase change material on each of the components, other than the primary component. The phase change material is placed on top of the non-adhesive film. The process also includes placing the heat rejecting device on the corresponding components and removing the heat rejecting device from the corresponding components. The phase change material and the non-adhesive film remain with the heat rejecting device. The process also includes reflowing the phase change material on the heat rejecting device; removing the non-adhesive film from the heat rejecting device; placing a heatsink-attach thermal interface material on the components; and placing the heat rejecting device on the corresponding components.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.Inventors: Vadim Gektin, Deviprasad Malladi
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Patent number: 8263421Abstract: An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a microcrystalline semiconductor film with favorable quality over a large-area substrate. After forming a gate insulating film over a gate electrode, in order to improve quality of a microcrystalline semiconductor film formed in an initial stage, glow discharge plasma is generated by supplying high-frequency powers with different frequencies, and a lower part of the film near an interface with the gate insulating film is formed under a first film formation condition, which is low in film formation rate but results in a good quality film. Thereafter, an upper part of the film is deposited under a second film formation condition with higher film formation rate, and further, a buffer layer is stacked on the microcrystalline semiconductor film.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Sachiaki Teduka, Satoshi Toriumi, Makoto Furuno, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Koji Dairiki, Hideaki Kuwabara
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Patent number: 8247329Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a nanotube region using a thin epitaxial layer formed on the sidewall of a trench in the semiconductor body. The thin epitaxial layer has uniform doping concentration. In another embodiment, a first thin epitaxial layer of the same conductivity type as the semiconductor body is formed on the sidewall of a trench in the semiconductor body and a second thin epitaxial layer of the opposite conductivity type is formed on the first epitaxial layer. The first and second epitaxial layers have uniform doping concentration. The thickness and doping concentrations of the first and second epitaxial layers and the semiconductor body are selected to achieve charge balance. In one embodiment, the semiconductor body is a lightly doped P-type substrate. A vertical trench MOSFET, an IGBT, a Schottky diode and a P-N junction diode can be formed using the same N-Epi/P-Epi nanotube structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Xiaobin Wang, Anup Bhalla, John Chen, Hong Chang
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Patent number: 8236687Abstract: A die-bonding method is suitable for die-bonding a LED chip having a first metal thin-film layer to a substrate. The method includes forming a second metal thin film layer on a surface of the substrate; forming a die-bonding material layer on the second metal thin film layer; placing the LED chip on the die-bonding material layer with the first metal thin film layer contacting the die-bonding material layer; heating the die-bonding material layer at a liquid -solid reaction temperature for a pre-curing time, so as to form a first intermetallic layer and a second intermetallic layer; and heating the die-bonding material layer at a solid-solid reaction temperature for a curing time for performing a solid-solid reaction. The liquid-solid reaction temperature and the solid-solid reaction temperature are both lower than 110° C., and a melting point of the first and second intermetallic layers after the solid-solid reaction is higher than 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsiu-Jen Lin, Jian-Shian Lin, Shau-Yi Chen, Chieh-Lung Lai
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Patent number: 8237264Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device has forming a ferroelectric film over a substrate, placing the substrate having the ferroelectric film in a chamber substantially held in vacuum, introducing oxygen and an inert gas into the chamber, annealing the ferroelectric film in the chamber, and containing oxygen and the inert gas while the chamber is maintained sealed.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventor: Kouichi Nagai
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Patent number: 8232137Abstract: A semiconductor device assembly and method can include a single semiconductor layer or stacked semiconductor layers, for example semiconductor wafers or wafer sections (semiconductor dice). On each semiconductor layer, a diamond layer formed therethrough can aid in the routing and dissipation of heat. The diamond layer can include a first portion on the back of the semiconductor layer, and one or more second portions which extend vertically into the semiconductor layer, for example completely through the semiconductor layer. Thermal contact can then be made to the diamond layer to conduct heat away from the one or more semiconductor layers. A conductive via can be formed through the diamond layers to provide signal routing and heat dissipation capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.Inventors: Stephen Joseph Gaul, Francois Hebert
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Patent number: 8198192Abstract: Sophisticated gate electrode structures may be formed by providing a cap layer including a desired species that may diffuse into the gate dielectric material prior to performing a treatment for stabilizing the sensitive gate dielectric material. In this manner, complex high-k metal gate electrode structures may be formed on the basis of reduced temperatures and doses for a threshold adjusting species compared to conventional strategies. Moreover, a single metal-containing electrode material may be deposited for both types of transistors.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: GlobalFoundries Inc.Inventors: Richard Carter, Martin Trentzsch, Sven Beyer, Rohit Pal
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Patent number: 8187982Abstract: The invention permits a plurality of strips of resin adhesive film having a desired width and unwound from a single feeding reel to be simultaneously pasted on a solar cell. For this purpose, the invention comprises the steps of: unwinding a resin adhesive film sheet from a reel on which the resin adhesive film sheet is wound; splitting the unwound resin adhesive film into two or more film strips in correspondence to lengths of wiring material to bond; pasting the strips of resin adhesive film on an electrode of the solar cell; and placing the individual lengths of wiring material on the electrode of the solar cell having the plural strips of resin adhesive film pasted thereon and thermally setting the resin adhesive film by heating so as to fix together the electrode of the solar cell and the wiring material.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yousuke Ishii, Shingo Okamoto
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Patent number: 8158531Abstract: This method of manufacturing a solar cell includes a step of forming a photoelectric conversion layer on a substrate with a plasma treatment apparatus including a first electrode provided in a treatment chamber, a second electrode and a gas supply source supplying gas into the treatment chamber. A recess portion having a bottom portion in the form of a curved surface is provided on another surface of the first electrode, while a plurality of through-holes are provided on the bottom portion of the recess portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akinao Kitahara
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Patent number: 8138582Abstract: An impurity doping system is disclosed, which includes an impurity doping device for doping an impurity into a surface of a solid state base body, a measuring device for measuring an optical characteristic of an area into which the impurity is doped, and an annealing device for annealing the area into which the impurity is doped. The impurity doping system realizes an impurity doping not to bring about a rise of a substrate temperature, and measures optically physical properties of a lattice defect generated by the impurity doping step to control such that subsequent steps are optimized.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Guo Jin, Yuichiro Sasaki, Bunji Mizuno
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Patent number: 8138070Abstract: A method of forming a multi-doped junction is disclosed. The method includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate. The method also includes depositing a first ink on a first surface of each of the first substrate and the second substrate, the first ink containing a first set of nanoparticles and a first set of solvents, the first set of nanoparticles containing a first concentration of a first dopant. The method further includes depositing a second ink on a second surface of each of the first substrate and the second substrate, the second ink containing a second set of nanoparticles and a second set of solvents, the second set of nanoparticles containing a second concentration of a second dopant. The method also includes placing the first substrate and the second substrate in a back to back configuration; and heating the first substrate and the second substrate in a first drive-in ambient to a first temperature and for a first time period.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Innovalight, Inc.Inventors: Maxim Kelman, Michael Burrows, Dmitry Poplavskyy, Giuseppe Scardera, Daniel Kray, Elena Rogojina
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Patent number: 8133768Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus, such as a lighting device having light emitting diodes (LEDs) or a power generating device having photovoltaic diodes. The exemplary method includes depositing a first conductive medium within a plurality of channels of a base to form a plurality of first conductors; depositing within the plurality of channels a plurality of semiconductor substrate particles suspended in a carrier medium; forming an ohmic contact between each semiconductor substrate particle and a first conductor; converting the semiconductor substrate particles into a plurality of semiconductor diodes; depositing a second conductive medium to form a plurality of second conductors coupled to the plurality of semiconductor diodes; and depositing or attaching a plurality of lenses suspended in a first polymer over the plurality of diodes. In various embodiments, the depositing, forming, coupling and converting steps are performed by or through a printing process.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignees: NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc, The United States of America as represented by the Unites States National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: William Johnstone Ray, Mark D. Lowenthal, Neil O. Shotton, Richard A. Blanchard, Mark Allan Lewandowski, Kirk A. Fuller, Donald Odell Frazier
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Patent number: 8129284Abstract: A semiconductor wafer in which a carbon thin film is formed on a surface of a silicon substrate implanted with impurities is irradiated with flash light emitted from flash lamps. Absorbing the flash light causes the temperature of the carbon thin film to increase. The surface temperature of the silicon substrate implanted with impurities is therefore increased to be higher than that in a case where no thin film is formed, and the sheet resistance value can be thereby decreased. When the semiconductor wafer with the carbon thin film formed thereon is irradiated with flash light in high concentration oxygen atmosphere, since the carbon of the thin film is oxidized to be vaporized, removal of the thin film is performed concurrently with flash heating.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi Kato
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Patent number: 8084312Abstract: A transistor is fabricated upon a semiconductor substrate, where the yield strength or elasticity of the substrate is enhanced or otherwise adapted. A strain inducing layer is formed over the transistor to apply a strain thereto to alter transistor operating characteristics, and more particularly to enhance the mobility of carriers within the transistor. Enhancing carrier mobility allows transistor dimensions to be reduced while also allowing the transistor to operate as desired. However, high strain and temperature associated with fabricating the transistor result in deleterious plastic deformation. The yield strength of the silicon substrate is therefore adapted by incorporating nitrogen into the substrate, and more particularly into source/drain extension regions and/or source/drain regions of the transistor. The nitrogen can be readily incorporated during transistor fabrication by adding it as part of source/drain extension region formation and/or source/drain region formation.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Srinivasan Chakravarthi, P R Chidambaram, Rajesh Khamankar, Haowen Bu, Douglas T. Grider
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Patent number: 8072043Abstract: A semiconductor component and a method for manufacturing such a semiconductor component which has a resistance behavior which depends heavily on the temperature. This resistance behavior is obtained by a special multi-layer structure of the semiconductor component, one layer being designed in such a way that, for example, multiple p-doped regions are present in an n-doped region, said regions being short-circuited on one side via a metal-plated layer. For example, the semiconductor component may be used for reducing current peaks, by being integrated into a conductor. In the cold state, the semiconductor component has a high resistance which becomes significantly lower when the semiconductor component is heated as a result of the flowing current.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter Flohrs, Alfred Goerlach, Peter Urbach, Wolfgang Feiler, Ning Qu, Klaus Heyers
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Patent number: 8067296Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which a thinned substrate of a semiconductor or semiconductor device is handled without cracks in the substrate and treated with heat to improve a contact between semiconductor back surface and metal in a high yield and a semiconductor device may be manufactured in a high yield. In the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention, a notched part is formed from a surface to a middle in a semiconductor substrate by dicing and the surface of the substrate is fixed to a support base. Next, a back surface of the substrate is ground to thin the semiconductor substrate and then a metal electrode and a carbon film that is a heat receiving layer are sequentially formed on the back surface of the substrate. Next, the carbon film is irradiated with light at a power density of 1 kW/cm2 to 1 MW/cm2 for a short time of 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignees: Success International Corporation, Hightec Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kawana, Naoki Sano
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Patent number: 8053376Abstract: In a method of making a polymer structure on a substrate a layer of a first polymer, having a horizontal top surface, is applied to a surface of the substrate. An area of the top surface of the polymer is manipulated to create an uneven feature that is plasma etched to remove a first portion from the layer of the first polymer thereby leaving the polymer structure extending therefrom. A light emitting structure includes a conductive substrate from which an elongated nanostructure of a first polymer extends. A second polymer coating is disposed about the nanostructure and includes a second polymer, which includes a material such that a band gap exists between the second polymer coating and the elongated nanostructure. A conductive material coats the second polymer coating. The light emitting structure emits light when a voltage is applied between the conductive substrate and the conductive coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Zhong L. Wang, Xudong Wang, Jenny R. Morber, Jin Liu
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Patent number: 8048754Abstract: An object is to provide a single crystal semiconductor layer with extremely favorable characteristics without performing CMP treatment or heat treatment at high temperature. Further, an object is to provide a semiconductor substrate (or an SOI substrate) having the above single crystal semiconductor layer. A first single crystal semiconductor layer is formed by a vapor-phase epitaxial growth method on a surface of a second single crystal semiconductor layer over a substrate; the first single crystal semiconductor layer and a base substrate are bonded to each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween; and the first single crystal semiconductor layer and the second single crystal semiconductor layer are separated from each other at an interface therebetween so as to provide the first single crystal semiconductor layer over the base substrate with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. Thus, an SOI substrate can be manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Fumito Isaka, Sho Kato, Takashi Hirose