Patents Examined by Andres Muñoz
  • Patent number: 12009262
    Abstract: A device includes a FinFET on a first region of a substrate and a planar-FET on a second region of the substrate. The FinFET includes a FinFET source region, a FinFET drain region, and a FinFET gate between the FinFET source region and the FinFET drain region. The planar-FET includes a planar-FET source region, a planar-FET drain region, and a planar-FET gate between the planar-FET source region and the planar-FET drain region. A bottommost position of the FinFET source region is lower than a bottommost position of the planar-FET source region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Barn Chen, Ting-Huang Kuo, Shiu-Ko Jangjian, Chi-Cherng Jeng, Kuang-Yao Lo
  • Patent number: 12009437
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a group IV substrate and a patterned group III-V device over the group IV substrate. A blanket dielectric layer is situated over the patterned group III-V device. Contact holes in the blanket dielectric layer are situated over the patterned group III-V device. A liner stack having at least one metal liner is situated in each contact hole. Filler metals are situated over each liner stack and fill the contact holes. The patterned group III-V device can be optically and/or electrically connected to group IV devices in the group IV substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Newport Fab, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Preisler, Zhirong Tang
  • Patent number: 11984326
    Abstract: Provided are a heat dissipating substrate and a preparation method thereof, which can form a precise pattern in a thick electrode metal plate and improve insulating strength and peel strength. heat dissipating substrate for semiconductor may include: an electrode metal plate having a plurality of electrode patterns which are electrically insulated from each other by a pattern space formed therebetween; a metal base disposed under the electrode metal plate, and configured to diffuse heat conducted from the electrode metal plate; an insulating layer formed between the electrode metal plate and the metal base; and an insulating material filled portion configured to fill the pattern space and a peripheral portion outside an electrode pattern group composed of the plurality of electrode patterns, and support the electrode patterns while brought in direct contact with side surfaces of the plurality of electrode patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IMH INC.
    Inventor: Jong Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 11984532
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a conductive substrate; a semiconductor structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and an active layer arranged between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer, and including a plurality of recesses; a first electrode electrically connecting the first conductive type semiconductor layer to the conductive substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer arranged inside the plurality of recesses. The plurality of recesses include a first recess and a plurality of second recesses, the first electrode includes a plurality of protrusion electrodes extending to the inside of the second, the active layer includes an inactive area arranged between the semiconductor structure and the first recess, and an active area arranged on the inner side of the first recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youn Joon Sung
  • Patent number: 11978703
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a conductive line, a pad layer, and a barrier layer. The conductive line is embedded in a multi-level interconnect structure. The pad layer is over the conductive line. The barrier layer is between the conductive line and the pad layer. The pad layer is electrically connected to the conductive line through the barrier layer, and the barrier layer includes a first poly-crystalline layer and a second poly-crystalline layer. A boundary is between the first poly-crystalline layer and the second poly-crystalline layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Chin Chiu, Ming-Hsien Lin, Chia-Tung Hsu, Lun-Chieh Chiu
  • Patent number: 11974485
    Abstract: A display device include a light-emitting panel having first to third light-emitting diodes and a color panel on the light-emitting panel. The color panel includes first to third color areas that transmit light of different colors and a light-blocking area. The light-emitting panel includes two first power lines spaced apart from each other, connecting electrodes electrically connected to the two first power lines, and an insulating layer on the connecting electrodes, the insulating layer having openings each of which exposing a respective one of the connecting electrodes. The first light-emitting diode, the second light-emitting diode, and the third light-emitting diode are spaced apart from one another between the two first power lines. The second color area is smaller than each of the first color area and the third color area in size. The second color area is disposed between the first color area and the third color area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangmoon Jo, Sungjae Moon, Ansu Lee
  • Patent number: 11967537
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a leak detection device, an outer wall, and a separation wall are provided on a substrate. A first hollow structure in contact with the semiconductor device and a second hollow structure in contact with the leak detection device are separated by the separation wall and formed in a hermetically sealed state. At least a part of a portion of the leak detection device in contact with the second hollow structure is made of a corrodible metal or an alloy containing a corrodible metal. At least a part of the outer wall is in contact with the second hollow structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Hisaka
  • Patent number: 11961925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a passivating contact that includes a dielectric layer constructed of a first material, an intervening layer constructed of a second material, and a substrate constructed of a semiconductor, where the dielectric layer is positioned between the substrate and the intervening layer, the dielectric layer has a first thickness, and the substrate has a second thickness. The passivating contact also includes a plurality of conductive pathways that include the second material and pass through the first thickness, the second material penetrates into the second thickness forming a plurality of penetrating regions within the substrate, and the plurality of conductive pathways are configured to allow current to pass through the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Pauls Stradins, William Michael Nemeth, David Levi Young, Caroline Lima Salles de Souza
  • Patent number: 11942518
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and devices in III-nitride materials are described herein, including material structures comprising III-nitride material regions (e.g., gallium nitride material regions). In certain cases, the material structures comprise substrates having relatively high electrical conductivities. In other cases, the material structures comprise substrates having relatively high resistivities. Certain embodiments include one or more features that reduce the degree to which thermal runaway occurs, which can enhance device performance including at elevated flange temperatures. Some embodiments include one or more features that reduce the degree of capacitive coupling exhibited during operation. For example, in some embodiments, relatively thick III-nitride material regions and/or relatively small ohmic contacts are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Boles, Wayne Mack Struble
  • Patent number: 11943908
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for forming an intra-connection structure. A first gate structure and a first source/drain region adjacent to the first gate structure is formed on a substrate. A first dielectric material is disposed on the first source/drain region. A spacer material is formed on the first gate structure. The first dielectric material is removed to expose at least part of the first source/drain region. At least part of the spacer material is removed to expose at least part of the first gate structure. A first conductive material is formed between the first gate structure and the first source/drain region to electrically connect the first source/drain region and the first gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Feng-Ming Chang, Kuo-Hsiu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11929395
    Abstract: A method and a transistor device are disclosed. The transistor device includes: a semiconductor body; first regions of a first doping type and second regions of a second doping type in an inner region and an edge region of the semiconductor body; transistor cells in the inner region of the semiconductor body, each transistor cell including a body region and a source region, the transistor cells including a common drain region; and a buffer region arranged between the drain region and the first and second regions. A dopant dose in the first and second regions decreases towards an edge surface of the semiconductor body. A dopant dose in the buffer region decreases towards the edge surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Hans Weber, Ingo Muri, Maximilian Treiber, Daniel Tutuc
  • Patent number: 11929432
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a source region formed at one main face of a semiconductor substrate; a drain region formed at the one main face and connected to the source region through a channel region; a gate electrode formed above the channel region; a drift layer formed at the one main face at a position between a lower portion of the gate electrode and the drain region; a trench including an opening in which one end is at the lower portion of the gate electrode and another end is at a position adjacent to the drain region, the trench being formed in the semiconductor substrate at a predetermined depth from the one main face to cut vertically across the drift layer; and an electrical field weakening portion, provided at vicinity of the one end, that weaken an electrical field generated between the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Uda
  • Patent number: 11908800
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a multi-level interconnect structure, a passivation layer, a barrier layer, and a pad layer. The passivation layer is above the multi-level interconnect structure. The barrier layer lines an inner sidewall of the passivation layer, a top surface of the passivation layer and a top surface of a conductive line of the multi-level interconnect structure. The barrier layer includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and a fourth layer. The first layer is in a nano-crystalline phase. The second layer is above the first layer and in an amorphous phase. The third layer is above the second layer and in a polycrystalline phase. The fourth layer is above the third layer and in a nano-crystalline phase. The pad layer is above the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Chin Chiu, Ming-Hsien Lin, Chia-Tung Hsu, Lun-Chieh Chiu
  • Patent number: 11903220
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a substrate including a cell region, first and second peripheral circuit regions disposed on two sides of the cell region; first lines extending across the cell region and a first peripheral circuit region; second lines disposed over the first lines and extending across the cell region and the second peripheral circuit region; a contact plug in the second peripheral circuit region and connected to the second line; third lines disposed over the second lines and respectively overlapping the second lines; and first memory cells disposed in the cell region and located at intersections of the first lines and the second lines between the first lines and the second lines, wherein portions of the third line located in the cell region and over the contact plug contact the second line, and part of a remainder of the third line is spaced apart from the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hwang Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11894232
    Abstract: Methods for adjusting a work function of a structure in a substrate leverage near surface doping. In some embodiments, a method for adjusting a work function of a structure in a substrate may include coating surfaces of the structure to form a doping layer in a non-solid phase that contains dopants on the surfaces of the structure and performing a dopant diffusion process using an oxidation process to drive the dopants through the surfaces the structure to embed the dopants in the structure to adjust the work function of the structure near the surfaces to form an abrupt junction profile and form an oxidation layer on the surfaces of the structure. The coating of the surfaces of the structure may be performed using a gas-phase or liquid-phase process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Taichou Papo Chen
  • Patent number: 11887841
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, first main connection pad structures, and first dummy connection pad structures. The first main connection pad structures are arranged at an interface between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and arranged to be apart from each other by a first main pitch in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, wherein each of the first main connection pad structures includes a first connection pad electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip, and a second connection pad electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip and contacting the first connection pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyuha Lee, Joohee Jang, Seokho Kim, Hoonjoo Na, Jaehyung Park, Seongmin Son, Yikoan Hong
  • Patent number: 11881404
    Abstract: A method of forming a doped gallium nitride (GaN) layer includes providing a substrate structure, including a gallium nitride layer, forming a dopant source layer over the gallium nitride layer, and depositing a capping structure over the dopant source layer. The method also includes annealing the substrate structure to diffuse dopants into the gallium nitride layer, removing the capping structure and the dopant source layer, and activating the diffused dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QROMIS, INC.
    Inventors: Ozgur Aktas, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Cem Basceri
  • Patent number: 11876025
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure having a test structure. The semiconductor structure includes a wafer and a test structure disposed on the wafer. The test structure includes a first device having a first source/drain layer and a first gate layer disposed above the first source/drain layer; a second device, having a second source/drain layer and a second gate layer disposed above the second source/drain layer, the second gate layer connected to the first gate layer; a third device, disposed adjacent to the first device and having a third source/drain layer. The first gate layer is disposed above the third source/drain layer, and the first gate layer is disposed along a first direction and the second gate layer is disposed along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsang-Po Yang
  • Patent number: 11870023
    Abstract: A nano-structure layer is disclosed. The nano-structure layer includes an array of nano-structure material configured to receive a first light beam at a first angle of incidence and to emit the first light beam at a second angle greater than the first angle, the nano-structure material each having a largest dimension of less than 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Lopez-Julia, Venkata Ananth Tamma
  • Patent number: 11869906
    Abstract: A pixel cell with an elevated floating diffusion region is formed to reduce diffusion leakage (e.g., gate induced drain leakage, junction leakage, etc.). The floating diffusion region can be elevated by separating a doped floating diffusion region from the semiconductor substrate by disposing an intervening layer (e.g., undoped, lightly doped, etc.) on the semiconductor substrate and beneath the doped floating diffusion region. For instance, the elevated floating diffusion region can be formed by stacked material layers composed of a lightly or undoped base or intervening layer and a heavy doped (e.g., As doped) “elevated” layer. In some examples, the stacked material layers can be formed by first and second epitaxial growth layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Yeol Mun, Heesoo Kang