Patents Examined by Aaron J Gray
  • Patent number: 11417822
    Abstract: A system includes a quantum processor includes a plurality of qubits. For each qubit, there is a circulator operative to receive a control signal and an output signal from the qubit. An isolator is coupled to an output of the circulator. A quantum-limited amplifier is coupled to an output of the isolator and configured to provide an output of the qubit. A multiplexor (MUX) is configured to frequency multiplex the outputs of at least two of the plurality of qubits as a single output of the quantum processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas Torleiv Bronn, Daniela Florentina Bogorin, Patryk Gumann, Sean Hart, Salvatore Bernardo Olivadese
  • Patent number: 11411026
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an array substrate and a array substrate are provided. The method includes steps of sequentially forming a first metal structure layer, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second metal structure layer on the substrate. The first metal thin film layer and the second metal thin film layer are etched with an electrolyte solution to form a patterned second metal structure layer. The patterned second metal structure layer includes a source and a drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanbao Luo, Dai Tian
  • Patent number: 11404426
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a one-time program (OTP) memory cell. The OTP memory cell includes a read transistor and a program transistor neighboring the read transistor. The read transistor includes a read dielectric layer and a read gate electrode overlying the read dielectric layer. The program transistor includes a program dielectric layer and a program gate electrode overlying the program dielectric layer. The program transistor has a smaller breakdown voltage than the read transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Wen Su, Lien Jung Hung, Ping-Wei Wang, Yu-Kuan Lin, Shih-Hao Lin
  • Patent number: 11398465
    Abstract: Proximity coupling interconnect packaging systems and methods. A semiconductor package assembly comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor die disposed adjacent the substrate, and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die. There is at least one proximity coupling interconnect between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, the proximity coupling interconnect comprising a first conductive pad on the first coupling face on the first semiconductor die and a second conductive pad on a second coupling face of the second semiconductor die, the second conductive pad spaced apart from the first conductive pad by a gap distance and aligned with the first conductive pad. An electrical connector is positioned laterally apart from the proximity coupling interconnect and extends between the second semiconductor die and the substrate, the position of the electrical connector defining the alignment of the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rich Fogal, Owen R. Fay
  • Patent number: 11398399
    Abstract: A component source wafer comprises printable components having adhesive disposed on a backside of the printable components. A wafer substrate comprises a sacrificial layer having recessed portions and anchors. A component is disposed entirely over each recessed portion. A tether physically connects each component to at least one of the anchors. A layer of adhesive is disposed on a side of the component adjacent to the recessed portion. Each component is suspended over the wafer substrate and the recessed portion defines a gap separating the component from the wafer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Raja Fazan Gul, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11393730
    Abstract: A method of making a repaired electrical connection structure comprises providing a substrate having first and second contact pads electrically connected in parallel, providing first and second functionally identical components, disposing a first adhesive layer on the substrate, transferring the first component onto the first adhesive layer, electrically connecting the first component to the first contact pad, testing the first component to determine if the first component is a faulty component and, if the first component is a faulty component, disposing a second adhesive layer on the substrate and transferring the second component onto the second adhesive layer, and electrically connecting the second component to the second contact pad. The first and second adhesive layers can be unpatterned or patterned and the first and second components can be electrically connected to the first and second contact pads, respectively, with connection posts or photolithographically defined electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Erich Radauscher, Salvatore Bonafede, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Carl Ray Prevatte, Jr., Brook Raymond
  • Patent number: 11387153
    Abstract: A method of making a repaired electrical connection structure comprises providing a substrate having first and second contact pads electrically connected in parallel, providing first and second functionally identical components, disposing a first adhesive layer on the substrate, transferring the first component onto the first adhesive layer, electrically connecting the first component to the first contact pad, testing the first component to determine if the first component is a faulty component and, if the first component is a faulty component, disposing a second adhesive layer on the substrate and transferring the second component onto the second adhesive layer, and electrically connecting the second component to the second contact pad. The first and second adhesive layers can be unpatterned or patterned and the first and second components can be electrically connected to the first and second contact pads, respectively, with connection posts or photolithographically defined electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Erich Radauscher, Salvatore Bonafede, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Carl Ray Prevatte, Jr., Brook Raymond
  • Patent number: 11380596
    Abstract: A semiconductor test apparatus includes: a power supply; a high-voltage wire connecting high-voltage terminals of a plurality of semiconductor devices which are objects to be tested to a high-voltage side of the power supply; a low-voltage wire connecting low-voltage terminals of the semiconductor devices to a low-voltage side of the power supply; first switches connected in series to the semiconductor devices respectively, each of the first switches having one end connected to the low-voltage side of the power supply via the low-voltage wire and other end connected to the low-voltage terminal; second switches connected to the semiconductor devices respectively, each of the second switches having one end connected to the high-voltage terminal and other end connected to the low-voltage terminal; and a control circuit controlling the first switches and the second switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ebiike, Takaya Noguchi, Yoshinori Ito, Yoshikazu Ikuta, Koichi Takayama
  • Patent number: 11367750
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a vertical memory devices and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first bit cell with a first top electrode; a second bit cell with a second top electrode; and a common bottom electrode for both the first bit cell and the second bit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar Singh, Xuan Anh Tran, Eswar Ramanathan, Suryanarayana Kalaga, Craig M. Child, Robert Fox
  • Patent number: 11367695
    Abstract: An interposer includes one or more capacitors to store charge to provide signals to an integrated circuit electrically connected to the interposer. First connectors to each capacitor are interspersed with second connectors to the capacitors and are spaced apart from adjacent second connectors. The one or more capacitors and the resistances associated with the conductive paths between each capacitor and a connector or another capacitor can be modeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Fong-yuan Chang, Cheng-Hung Yeh, Hsiang-Ho Chang, Po-Hsiang Huang, Chin-Her Chien, Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Aftab Alam Khan, Keh-Jeng Chang, Chin-Chou Liu, Yi-Kan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11367791
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a fabricating method thereof, an array substrate, and a display device. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate; a channel region; a heavily doped first semiconductor pattern located on both sides of the channel region; a second semiconductor pattern disposed on the heavily doped first semiconductor pattern; a gate insulating layer covering the channel region and the second semiconductor pattern; a gate pattern disposed on the gate insulating layer, an orthographic projection of the gate pattern on the substrate being within an orthographic projection of the channel region on the substrate; and a source pattern and a drain pattern in contact with the heavily doped first semiconductor pattern through the first via and the second via, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaohui Qiang, Jianhua Du, Feng Guan, Chunhao Li
  • Patent number: 11367781
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of the semiconductor structure including the following is provided. Gate structures are formed on a substrate. Each gate structure includes a gate, a first spacer, and a second spacer. The gate is disposed on the substrate. The first spacer is disposed on a sidewall of the gate. The second spacer is disposed on the first spacer. In a region between two adjacent gate structures, the first spacers are separated from each other, and the second spacers are separated from each other. A protective layer is formed between the two adjacent gate structures. The protective layer covers lower portions of the second spacers and exposes upper portions of the second spacers. A part of the upper portions of the second spacers is removed using the protective layer as a mask to enlarge a distance between the upper portions of the second spacers. The protective layer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Zhenhai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11353832
    Abstract: A building automation system (BAS) includes building equipment located within a building and a BAS network configured to facilitate communications between the building equipment. The building equipment operate to affect a variable state or condition within the building. The BAS includes a BAS-BIM integrator configured to receive BAS points from the BAS network and to integrate the BAS points with a building information model (BIM). The BIM includes a plurality of BIM objects representing the building equipment. The BAS includes an integrated BAS-BIM viewer configured to use the BIM with the integrated BAS points to generate a user interface. The user interface includes a graphical representation of the BIM objects and the BAS points integrated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashok Sridharan, Samuel Uk Kim, Erik Paulson, Mel Anthony Faeldonea
  • Patent number: 11353831
    Abstract: A building automation system (BAS) includes building equipment located within a building and a BAS network configured to facilitate communications between the building equipment. The building equipment operate to affect a variable state or condition within the building. The BAS includes a BAS-BIM integrator configured to receive BAS points from the BAS network and to integrate the BAS points with a building information model (BIM). The BIM includes a plurality of BIM objects representing the building equipment. The BAS includes an integrated BAS-BIM viewer configured to use the BIM with the integrated BAS points to generate a user interface. The user interface includes a graphical representation of the BIM objects and the BAS points integrated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashok Sridharan, Jayesh Patil, Subrata Bhattacharya, Abhigyan Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 11355677
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having a light-emitting unit, a transparent layer and a wavelength conversion layer formed on the transparent layer. The transparent layer covers the light-emitting unit. The wavelength conversion layer includes a phosphor layer having a phosphor and a stress release layer without the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Tai Cheng, Ju-Lien Kuo, Min-Hsun Hsieh, Shau-Yi Chen, Shih-An Liao, Jhih-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11328977
    Abstract: This application is directed to a semiconductor system including a substrate, an electronic device, a plurality of compliant interconnects and a support structure. The substrate has a first surface and a plurality of first contacts formed on the first surface. The electronic device has a second surface facing the first surface of the substrate, and a plurality of second contacts formed on the second surface. The compliant interconnects are disposed between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the electronic device, and are configured to electrically couple the first contacts on the first surface of the substrate to the second contacts on the second surface of the electronic device. The support structure is coupled to the substrate and the electronic device, and extends beyond a footprint of the electronic device. The support structure is configured to mechanically couple the electronic device to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: COBHAM COLORADO SPRINGS INC.
    Inventor: Sean Leighton Thorne
  • Patent number: 11316002
    Abstract: A unit pixel includes a circuit structure, first and second wiring patterns, an interlayer insulating layer, a planarization layer, and a light emission structure. The first wiring pattern disposed on the circuit structure has a first bump structure. The interlayer insulating layer covers the circuit structure and the first wiring pattern. The second wiring pattern disposed on the interlayer insulating layer overlaps the first wiring pattern and has a second bump structure. The planarization layer covers the interlayer insulating layer and the second wiring pattern and includes a via-hole exposing at least a portion of the second wiring pattern. The light emission structure contacts the second wiring pattern through the via-hole. The first and second wiring patterns and the interlayer insulating layer form a capacitor, the light emission structure includes an OLED, and the capacitor is directly connected to an anode of the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ilhun Seo, Yun-Mo Chung, Jae-Wook Kang, Hojin Yoon, Daewoo Lee, Minseong Yi, Tak-Young Lee, Miyeon Cho
  • Patent number: 11315995
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device, which includes a transparent conductive layer, a light emitting unit layer, transparent insulator dielectric layer and an electrode layer which are stacked up layer by layer sequentially. The light emitting unit layer includes a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit which are arranged in juxtaposition and with an interval; through arranging the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit in juxtaposition and with an interval, making the organic electroluminescence device can be directly connected to external alternating current, not only can dispense from the energy dissipation causing by converting alternating current to direct current, but also can improve the luminous efficacy of the device; and makes the whole organic electroluminescence device be thin and light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 11309471
    Abstract: A flip-chip light-emitting module includes a thermal dissipation substrate, a package assembly, and a light-emitting chip. The package assembly includes a frame surrounding the thermal dissipation substrate, and a lens unit disposed on the frame. The frame includes a conductive path. The light-emitting chip is disposed on the thermal dissipation substrate, and includes a top conductive contact and a light-emitting surface at the same side. The top conductive contact is electrically connected with the conductive path by a conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AZUREWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kung-An Lin, Chung-Che Yang, Hung-Wei Lin, Hsiang-Yun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11309335
    Abstract: The present invention provides an array substrate, a method of fabricating the same, and a display module. The array substrate includes a substrate and a thin film transistor. An active layer of the thin film transistor includes: a first region including source and drain doped regions and a channel region; a second region surrounding at least a side of the channel region not in contact with the source and drain doped regions, and the first region forming a PN junction with the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Qing Huang