Patents Examined by Allison Bernstein
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Patent number: 12040244Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes a semiconductor carrier, a first nitride-based chip, and first conformal connecting structures. The first nitride-based chip is disposed over the semiconductor carrier. The semiconductor carrier has a first planar surface. The first nitride-based chip has a second planar surface, first conductive pads, and first slanted surfaces. The first conductive pads are disposed in the second planar surface. The first slanted surfaces connect the second planar surface to the first planar surface. The first conformal connecting structures are disposed on the first planar surface and the first nitride-based chip. First obtuse angles are formed between the second planar surface and the first slanted surfaces. Each of the first conformal connecting structures covers one of the first slanted surfaces of the first nitride-based chip and one of the first obtuse angles and is electrically connected to the first conductive pads.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai Cao, Lei Zhang, Yifeng Zhu, King Yuen Wong, Chunhua Zhou
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Patent number: 12031236Abstract: Electrospinning (ES) produces fibers with small cross-sections and high surface area, making them ideal for a multitude of applications. Structures produced using ES methods exhibit a high surface-to-volume ratio, tunable porosity, and controllable composition. ES involves the delivery of a liquid or solid polymer to a spinneret, whereby, an initiated electric field pulls the polymer into micro to nano-scale fibers. Due to the multitude of applications for which polymer fibers can be used, it is desirable to provide an efficient and portable ES device that allows on-demand deposition of polymer materials. The invention that is subject of this patent application is a portable ES device that allows ideal deposition on a substrate regardless of whether that substrate is attached to high voltage or grounded, and regardless of whether or not there is a charged or grounded substrate behind the desired deposition surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Montana Technological UniversityInventors: Jack L. Skinner, Emily A. Kooistra-Manning, Jessica M. Andriolo, Lane G. Huston
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Patent number: 12035531Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single crystal layer, a memory control circuit which includes a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; second transistors which include a metal gate are disposed atop the third metal layer; third transistors disposed atop the second transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed atop the third transistors; and a memory array including word-lines, the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, each including at least four rows by at least four columns of memory cells, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors, the memory control circuit includes at least one Look Up Table circuit (“LUT”).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han
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Patent number: 12035528Abstract: A semiconductor device includes gate electrodes stacked along a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of a substrate, the gate electrodes extending to different lengths in a first direction, and each gate electrode including subgate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and gate connection portions connecting subgate electrodes of a same gate electrode of the gate electrodes to each other, channels extending through the gate electrodes perpendicularly to the upper surface of the substrate, and dummy channels extending through the gate electrodes perpendicularly to the upper surface of the substrate, the dummy channels including first dummy channels arranged in rows and columns, and second dummy channels arranged between the first dummy channels in a region including the gate connection portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Jun Shin, Hyun Mog Park, Joong Shik Shin
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Patent number: 12033682Abstract: An in-plane magnetized spin-orbit magnetic device is provided. The in-plane magnetized spin-orbit magnetic device includes a heavy metal layer, an antiferromagnetic layer, and a magnetic tunnel junction. The antiferromagnetic layer is disposed on the heavy metal layer, and the magnetic tunnel junction is disposed on the antiferromagnetic layer. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a free layer, a barrier layer, and a pinned layer. The barrier layer is disposed on the free layer, and the pinned layer is disposed on the barrier layer. A film surface shape of the free layer is a rounded rectangle.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsin-Han Lee, Jeng-Hua Wei, I-Jung Wang, Shan-Yi Yang, Yao-Jen Chang, Fang-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 12035522Abstract: In an embodiment a memory cell includes a first doped well of a first conductivity type in contact with a second doped well of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being opposite to the first conductivity type, a third doped well of the second conductivity type in contact with a fourth doped well of the first conductivity type, a first wall in contact with the second and fourth wells, the first wall including a conductive or semiconductor core and an insulating sheath, a stack of layers including a first insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer and a second semiconductor layer at least partially covering the second and fourth wells and a third semiconductor layer located below the second and fourth wells and the first wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SASInventors: Franck Melul, Abderrezak Marzaki, Madjid Akbal
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Patent number: 12029134Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate; a lower electrode on the substrate; a magnetic tunnel junction structure on the lower electrode, the magnetic tunnel junction structure including a pinned layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and a free layer which are sequentially stacked; an upper electrode on the magnetic tunnel junction structure; and an oxidation control layer between the free layer and the upper electrode, the oxidation control layer including at least one filter layer and at least one oxide layer, wherein the at least one filter layer includes MoCoFe.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sanghwan Park, Younghyun Kim, Jaehoon Kim, Heeju Shin, Sechung Oh
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Patent number: 12015409Abstract: In some embodiments, a flip-flop is disposed as an integrated circuit layout on a flip-flop region of a semiconductor substrate. The flip-flop includes a first clock inverter circuit that resides within the flip-flop region, and a second clock inverter circuit residing within the flip-flop region. The first clock inverter circuit and the second clock inverter circuit are disposed on a first line. Master switch circuitry is made up of a first plurality of devices which are circumscribed by a master switch perimeter that resides within the flip-flop region of the integrated circuit layout. The master switch circuitry and the first clock inverter circuit are disposed on a second line perpendicular to the first line. Slave switch circuitry is operably coupled to an output of the master switch circuitry. The slave switch circuitry is made up of a third plurality of devices that are circumscribed by a slave switch perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chi-Lin Liu, Ting-Wei Chiang, Jerry Chang-Jui Kao, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Lee-Chung Lu, Shang-Chih Hsieh, Che Min Huang
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Patent number: 12016181Abstract: A 3D device, the device including: a first level including logic circuits; a second level including a plurality of memory circuits, where the first level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, and where the first level includes at least one voltage regulator circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han
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Patent number: 12016178Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate that includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region; a cell transistor on the cell array region of the substrate; a peripheral transistor on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate; a first interconnection layer connected to the cell transistor; a second interconnection layer connected to the peripheral transistor; an interlayer dielectric layer covering the first interconnection layer; and a blocking layer spaced apart from the first interconnection layer, the blocking layer covering a top surface and a sidewall of the second interconnection layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoung-Hee Kim, Woo Choel Noh, Ik Soo Kim, Jun Kwan Kim, Jinsub Kim, Yongjin Shin
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Patent number: 12010853Abstract: Disclosed are novel structures and methods for 3D NVM built with vertical transistors above a logic layer. A first embodiment has a conductive film under the transistors and serving as a common node in a memory block. The conductive film may be from a semiconductor layer used to build the transistors. Metal lines are disposed above the transistors for connection through 3D vias to underlying circuitry. Contact plugs may be formed between transistors and metal lines. The conductive film may be coupled to underlying circuitry through contacts on the conductive film or through interconnect vias underneath the film. A second embodiment has conductive lines disposed under the transistors. Either of conductive lines and metal lines may serve as source lines and the other as bit lines for the memory. For low parasitic resistances, the conductive lines may be shorted to bypass metal lines residing in underlying logic layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: BeSang, Inc.Inventor: Sang-Yun Lee
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Patent number: 12010928Abstract: A memory cell includes a bottom electrode, a storage element layer, a first buffer layer, and a top electrode. The storage element layer is disposed over the bottom electrode. The first buffer layer is interposed between the storage element layer and the bottom electrode, where a thermal conductivity of the first buffer layer is less than a thermal conductivity of the storage element layer. The top electrode is disposed over the storage element layer, where the storage element layer is disposed between the top electrode and the first buffer layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Chao Lin, Yu-Sheng Chen, Carlos H. Diaz, Da-Ching Chiou
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Patent number: 11997937Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for chalcogenide memory device compositions are described. A memory cell may use a chalcogenide material having a composition as described herein as a storage materials, a selector materials, or as a self-selecting storage material. A chalcogenide material as described herein may include a sulfurous component, which may be completely sulfur (S) or may be a combination of sulfur and one or more other elements, such as selenium (Se). In addition to the sulfurous component, the chalcogenide material may further include one or more other elements, such as germanium (Ge), at least one Group-III element, or arsenic (As).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Dale W. Collins, Paolo Fantini, Lorenzo Fratin, Enrico Varesi
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Patent number: 11991886Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) device includes: forming a first layer stack and a second layer stack successively over a substrate, where the first layer stack and the second layer stack have a same layered structure that includes a layer of a first electrically conductive material over a layer of a first dielectric material, where the first layer stack extends beyond lateral extents of the second layer stack; forming a trench that extends through the first layer stack and the second layer stack; lining sidewalls and a bottom of the trench with a ferroelectric material; conformally forming a channel material in the trench over the ferroelectric material; filling the trench with a second dielectric material; forming a first opening and a second opening in the second dielectric material; and filling the first opening and the second opening with a second electrically conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Meng-Han Lin, Bo-Feng Young, Han-Jong Chia, Sheng-Chen Wang, Feng-Cheng Yang, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin
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Patent number: 11986993Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of forming three-dimensional (3D) polymeric articles and additive manufacturing apparatuses for the same. The methods include providing a polymeric solution comprising a polymer dissolved in a solvent; providing a non-solvent, wherein the solvent is miscible in the non-solvent, and the polymer is insoluble in the non-solvent; and injecting the polymeric solution into the non-solvent in a pre-determined 3D pattern to provide a 3D polymeric article.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Henry A. Sodano, Ruowen Tu, Ethan Cassidy Sprague
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Patent number: 11990472Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having pre-spacer-deposition cut gates are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires and a second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first gate stack is over the first vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second gate stack is over the second vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. An end of the second gate stack is spaced apart from an end of the first gate stack by a gap. The integrated circuit structure also includes a dielectric structure having a first portion forming a gate spacer along sidewalls of the first gate stack, a second portion forming a gate spacer along sidewalls of the second gate stack, and a third portion completely filling the gap, the third portion continuous with the first and second portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Leonard P. Guler, Michael K. Harper, William Hsu, Biswajeet Guha, Tahir Ghani, Niels Zussblatt, Jeffrey Miles Tan, Benjamin Kriegel, Mohit K. Haran, Reken Patel, Oleg Golonzka, Mohammad Hasan
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Patent number: 11991884Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single crystal layer, a memory control circuit which includes a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; second transistors which include a metal gate are disposed atop the third metal layer; third transistors disposed atop the second transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed atop the third transistors; and a memory array including word-lines, the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, each including at least four rows by at least four columns of memory cells, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors, the memory control circuit includes at least one digital to analog converter circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han
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Patent number: 11985833Abstract: A memory includes a memory cell including a planar electrode in a first plane; a floating electrode in a second plane, parallel to the first plane; a vertical electrode. The planar electrode includes a first part facing a first part of the floating electrode, the first part of the planar electrode and the first part of the second electrode being separated by a first layer of a first active material, the vertical electrode includes a part facing a second part of the floating electrode, the first part of the vertical electrode and the second part of the floating electrode being separated by a second layer of a second active material. The first active material forms a selector or a memory point and the second active material forms a memory point or a selector. The planar and floating electrodes not sharing any plane parallel to the first or second plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Khalil El Hajjam
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Patent number: 11985818Abstract: An anti-fuse device includes: a substrate; an anti-fuse gate, partially embedded in the substrate, a portion of the anti-fuse gate embedded in the substrate having one or more sharp corners; and an anti-fuse gate oxide layer, located between the anti-fuse gate and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: ChihCheng Liu
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Patent number: 11968914Abstract: A memory cell includes: a resistive material layer comprising a first portion that extends along a first direction and a second portion that extends along a second direction, wherein the first and second directions are different from each other; a first electrode coupled to a bottom surface of the first portion of the resistive material layer; and a second electrode coupled to the second portion of the resistive material layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chun-Chieh Mo, Shih-Chi Kuo