Patents Assigned to Gpower Semiconductor, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11456377
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on one side of the substrate, the semiconductor layer including a channel layer and a barrier layer, and a two-dimensional electron gas being formed at an interface between the channel layer and the barrier layer; a source, a gate, and a drain disposed on one side of the semiconductor layer away from the substrate; and at least two drain junction terminals located on the side of the semiconductor layer away from the substrate and disposed at intervals between the gate and the drain, the at least two drain junction terminals being electrically connected to the drain respectively. In the embodiments of the present application, the on-resistance of the device can be reduced while the current collapse phenomenon is eliminated, thereby improving the long-term reliability of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Chuanjia Wu
  • Patent number: 10978564
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer; a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode located between the source electrode and the drain electrode disposed on a side of the semiconductor layer; at least two dielectrics located between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, wherein a dielectric coefficient of a dielectric adjacent to the gate electrode is greater than that of a dielectric away from the gate electrode and adjacent to the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 10825767
    Abstract: A semiconductor packaging structure for packaging a semiconductor chip is disclosed, the semiconductor chip comprises at least two electrodes, each of the at least two electrodes comprises at least one electrode opening, and the packaging structure comprises: a packaging chassis, provided with at least two pin electrodes respectively corresponding to the at least two electrodes; and at least two extended electrodes, each of the at least two extended electrodes being electrically connected to one of the at least two pin electrodes, and comprising at least one conductive pillar for inserting into the at least one electrode opening formed on one of the at least two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Shufeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 10672917
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a schottky barrier rectifier, comprising: a communication layer; a drift layer provided on a side of the communication layer and forming a heterojunction structure together with the communication layer; anode metal provided on a side of the drift layer away from the communication layer; and cathode metal provided on a side of the communication layer away from the drift layer. The drift layer is provided with a first area, which extends in a direction of thickness thereof, between a surface of the drift layer away from the communication layer and a surface thereof close to the communication layer, the first are a containing a first metal element and the content of the first metal element in the first area changing in the direction of thickness. The rectifier of the present disclosure uses polarized charges formed by a heterojunction, and thus the breakdown voltage of devices may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yi Pei, Qiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10439029
    Abstract: A field plate power device comprises: a substrate; a multilayer semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode located between the source electrode and the drain electrode disposed on the multilayer semiconductor layer; a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode, a part of the multilayer semiconductor layer between the gate electrode and the source electrode and another part of the multilayer semiconductor layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode; a groove disposed in a part of the dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode; and a field plate disposed on the groove. The field plate comprises a first portion away from the gate electrode in a horizontal direction, and the first portion has an overall upward tilted shape in the horizontal direction away from the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yuan Li, Yi Pei, Feihang Liu
  • Patent number: 10367101
    Abstract: A Schottky diode comprises: a substrate; a first semiconductor layer located on the substrate; a second semiconductor layer located on the first semiconductor layer, two-dimensional electron gas being formed at an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a cathode located on the second semiconductor layer and forming an ohmic contact with the second semiconductor layer; a first passivation dielectric layer located on the second semiconductor layer; a field plate groove formed in the first passivation dielectric layer; and an anode covering the field plate groove and a portion of the first passivation dielectric layer, wherein a distance between a bottom surface of the field plate groove and the two-dimensional electron gas in a height direction is greater than 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Hongwei Chen
  • Patent number: 10361271
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an active region and a passive region located outside the active region. The active region comprises a plurality of active region units. At least one pair of adjacent active region units do not completely overlap in a length direction of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Naiqian Zhang, Feihang Liu, Yi Pei
  • Patent number: 10312176
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises: a substrate; a multi-layer semiconductor layer located on the substrate, the multi-layer semiconductor layer being divided into an active area and a passive area outside the active area; a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode all located on the multi-layer semiconductor layer and within the active area; and a heat dissipation layer covering at least one portion of the active area and containing a heat dissipation material. In embodiments of the present invention, a heat dissipation layer covering at least one portion of the active area is provided in the semiconductor device. The arrangement of the heat dissipation layer adds a heat dissipation approach for the semiconductor device in the planar direction, thus the heat dissipation effect of the semiconductor device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yi Pei, Mengjie Zhou
  • Patent number: 10256333
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a high electron mobility transistor, comprising: a substrate; a channel layer located on the substrate; a barrier layer located on the channel layer; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a schottky gate electrode located between the source electrode and the drain electrode, all located on the barrier layer; and at least one semiconductor field ring located on the barrier layer and between the schottky gate electrode and the drain electrode. In the embodiments of the present invention, a concentration of two-dimensional electron gas at an interface between a barrier layer and a channel layer can be adjusted. Therefore, the concentration effect of the electric field at an edge of a gate is effectively improved, and the breakdown voltage of high electron mobility transistors is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Yi Pei
  • Patent number: 10163811
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure comprises: a high-voltage depletion type semiconductor transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode; a low-voltage enhancement type semiconductor transistor comprising a source electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode; a shell comprising a cavity for receiving the high-voltage depletion type semiconductor transistor and the low-voltage enhancement type semiconductor transistor, and a high-voltage terminal, a first low-voltage terminal and a second low-voltage terminal; and cascade circuits comprising a supporting sheet having a conductive surface. The source electrode of the high-voltage depletion type transistor and the drain electrode of the low-voltage enhancement type semiconductor transistor are fixed to the conductive surface of the supporting sheet and electrically connected to each other through the conductive surface of the supporting sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Shufeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 10103219
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The power semiconductor device comprises: a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, and a junction termination structure located on the barrier layer. The power semiconductor device extends in a first direction from an edge of a side of the gate electrode close to the drain electrode to the drain electrode, the junction termination structure at least comprises a first region close to the gate electrode and a second region away from the gate electrode and the thickness of the first region is greater than that of the second region in a second direction perpendicular to the barrier layer. The junction termination structure can effectively improve the distribution of an electric field of the barrier layer and hence increase the breakdown voltage of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Gpower Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Pei, Yuan Li, Chuanjia Wu
  • Patent number: 10068974
    Abstract: A field plate power device comprises: a substrate; a multilayer semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode located between the source electrode and the drain electrode disposed on the multilayer semiconductor layer; a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode, a part of the multilayer semiconductor layer between the gate electrode and the source electrode and another part of the multilayer semiconductor layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode; a groove disposed in a part of the dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode; and a field plate disposed on the groove. The field plate comprises a first portion away from the gate electrode in a horizontal direction, the first portion has an overall upward tilted shape in the horizontal direction away from the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yuan Li, Yi Pei, Feihang Liu
  • Patent number: 9985143
    Abstract: A Schottky diode comprises: a substrate; a first semiconductor layer located on the substrate; a second semiconductor layer located on the first semiconductor layer, two-dimensional electron gas being formed at an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a cathode located on the second semiconductor layer and forming an ohmic contact with the second semiconductor layer; a first passivation dielectric layer located on the second semiconductor layer; a field plate groove formed in the first passivation dielectric layer; and an anode covering the field plate groove and a portion of the first passivation dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Gpower Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Hongwei Chen