Patents Examined by Bilkis Jahan
  • Patent number: 11728400
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate, an isolation layer formed on the fins and with a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the fins, and a first channel layer formed on the isolation layer and isolated from the isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, SMIC New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11726413
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating and using an overlay mark are provided. In some embodiments, the overlay mark includes an upper layer and a lower layer disposed below the upper layer. The lower layer includes a first plurality of compound gratings extending in a first direction and disposed in a first region of the overlay mark, each of the first plurality of compound gratings including one first element and at least two second elements disposed on one side of the first element, and a second plurality of compound gratings extending the first direction and disposed in a second region of the overlay mark, each of the second plurality of compound gratings including one third element and at least two fourth elements on one side of the third element. The first plurality of compound gratings is a mirror image of the second plurality of compound gratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chih Hsieh, Kai-Hsiung Chen, Po-Chung Cheng
  • Patent number: 11705517
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is described. The method includes forming a nanosheet stack on a substrate, the nanosheet stack includes nanosheet channel layers. A gate is formed around the nanosheet channel layers of the nanosheet stack. A strained material is formed along a sidewall surface of the gate. The strained material is configured to create strain in the nanosheet channel layers of the nanosheet stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Miao, Kangguo Cheng, Wenyu Xu, Chen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11705409
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a chip package, a dielectric structure, and a first antenna pattern is provided. The dielectric structure is disposed on the chip package and includes a cavity and a vent in communication with the cavity. The first antenna pattern is disposed on the dielectric structure, wherein the chip package is electrically coupled to the first antenna pattern, and the cavity of the dielectric structure is disposed between the chip package and the first antenna pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Albert Wan, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Chao-Wen Shih, Han-Ping Pu, Meng-Tse Chen, Sheng-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11705548
    Abstract: An apparatus with micro devices includes a circuit substrate, at least one micro device, and at least one light guide structure. The micro device is disposed on the circuit substrate. The micro device has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, a peripheral surface connected with the top surface and the bottom surface, a first-type electrode, and a second-type electrode. The light guide structure is disposed on the circuit substrate and is not in direct contact with the first-type electrode and the second-type electrode. The light guide structure includes at least one connecting portion and at least one holding portion. The connecting portion is disposed on an edge of the top surface of the micro device. An orthographic projection area of the light guide structure on the top surface is smaller than an area of the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: PlayNitride Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Wu, Yi-Min Su, Yu-Yun Lo
  • Patent number: 11699696
    Abstract: A silicon-controlled rectifier includes a substrate of a first conductivity type; a deep well region of a second conductivity type; a well regions of the first conductivity type and the second conductivity type; a first, second and third heavily doped active regions of the first conductivity type; a first, second and third heavily doped active regions of the second conductivity type; and a first, second and third shallow trench isolation structures. A reverse diode formed in the third heavily doped active region of the second conductivity type and the well region of the first conductivity type is embedded, and a forward diode is formed in the heavily doped active region of the first conductivity type and the well region of the second conductivity type. By sharing the third heavily doped active region of the second conductivity type across the well regions of different conductivity types, two back-to-back diodes are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Juin Jei Liou, Wenqiang Song, Ching-Sung Ho
  • Patent number: 11696494
    Abstract: A display device having an improved display characteristics and reduced manufacturing cost is provided. The display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged on a surface of a substrate. The plurality of pixels each include: a light-emitting element; a driving transistor; a selecting transistor; and a retention capacitor. The driving transistor has a bottom-gate structure. The driving transistor has a semiconductor layer containing a first semiconductor. The retention capacitor has a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode doubles as a gate of the driving transistor. The second electrode is disposed at a lower layer than the first electrode and contains a second semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11682557
    Abstract: A recognition method for photolithography process and a semiconductor device are provided. The recognition method includes forming a mask layer on a semiconductor substrate, and then patterning the mask layer to form multiple dense line patterns in a cell region and multiple dummy dense line patterns in an interface region between the cell region and a peripheral region. At least one connection portion is provided between a first and a third dummy dense line patterns, and a second dummy dense line pattern is discontinuous at and separated from the at least one connection portion. A photoresist layer covering the peripheral region is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and whether a landing position of the photoresist layer is correct is determined according to a distance from an edge of the photoresist layer to a closest dummy dense line pattern and a width of the at least one connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Yu Chiang
  • Patent number: 11682549
    Abstract: A method comprises depositing a mask layer on a front-side surface of a wafer, wherein a portion of the wafer has a first resistivity; with the mask layer in place, performing an ion implantation process on a backside surface of the wafer to implant a resistivity reduction impurity into the wafer through the backside surface of the wafer to lower the first resistivity of the portion of the wafer to a second resistivity; after performing the ion implantation process, removing the mask layer from the front-side surface of the wafer; and forming semiconductor devices on the front-side surface of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Wen Hsu, Ching-Hung Kao, Po-Jen Wang, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 11677029
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including an active pattern, which has a base portion and a protrusion portion on the base portion, and a source/drain pattern provided on the base portion may be provided. The protrusion portion may include a first curved pattern portion, a first flat pattern portion disposed at a lower level than the first curved pattern portion, and a second curved pattern portion disposed at a lower level than the first flat pattern portion. Each of the first and second curved pattern portions has a curved side wall, and the first flat pattern portion has a flat side wall. The germanium concentration of the first curved pattern portion is a higher than the germanium concentration of the first flat pattern portion, and the germanium concentration of the first flat pattern portion is higher than the germanium concentration of the second curved pattern portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungmin Kim, Dongwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11677023
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor are provided. In an embodiment, a first trench is formed in a silicon carbide layer. A second trench is formed in the silicon carbide layer to define a mesa in the silicon carbide layer between the first trench and the second trench. A first doped semiconductor material is formed in the first trench and a second doped semiconductor material is formed in the second trench. A third doped semiconductor material is formed over the mesa to define a heterojunction at an interface between the third doped semiconductor material and the mesa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Jens Peter Konrath, Georg Pfusterschmied, Gregor Pobegen, Ulrich Schmid, Fabian Triendl
  • Patent number: 11677042
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for an light emitting diode (LED) array apparatus. In some embodiments, the LED array apparatus may include a plurality of mesas etched from a layered epitaxial structure. The layered epitaxial structure may include a P-type doped semiconductor layer, a active layer, and an N-type doped semiconductor layer. The LED array apparatus may also include one or more regrowth semiconductor layers, including a first regrowth semiconductor layer, which may be grown epitaxially over etched facets of the plurality of mesas. In some cases, for each mesa, the first regrowth semiconductor layer may overlay etched facets of the P-type doped semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the N-type doped semiconductor layer, around an entire perimeter of the mesa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Broell, Michael Grundmann, David Hwang, Stephan Lutgen, Brian Matthew Mcskimming, Anurag Tyagi
  • Patent number: 11670700
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory element is provided. The semiconductor memory element includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region, an active region located in the memory cell region, a gate pattern buried in the active region, a conductive line disposed on the gate pattern, a first region including a plurality of peripheral elements placed in the peripheral circuit region, a dummy pattern buried in the peripheral circuit region, and a second region which includes the dummy pattern and does not overlap the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Kwan Kim, Hyuck Joon Kwon, Jae Beom Jeon
  • Patent number: 11664368
    Abstract: A transient voltage suppressor (TVS) device uses a punch-through silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) structure for the low-side steering diode where the punch-through SCR structure realizes low capacitance at the protected node. In some embodiments, the punch-through silicon controlled rectifier of the low-side steering diode includes a first doped region formed in a first epitaxial layer, a first well formed spaced apart from the first doped region where the first well is not biased to any electrical potential, and a second doped region formed in the first well. The first doped region, the first epitaxial layer, the first well and the second doped region form the punch-through silicon controlled rectifier, with the first doped region forming the anode and the second doped region forming the cathode of the punch-through silicon controlled rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (Cayman) Ltd.
    Inventor: Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy
  • Patent number: 11656553
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a material layer over a substrate and forming a resist layer over the material layer. The method includes exposing a portion of the resist layer. The resist layer includes a photoacid generator (PAG) group, a quencher group, an acid-labile group (ALG) and a polar unit (PU). The method also includes performing a baking process on the resist layer and developing the resist layer to form a patterned resist layer. The method further includes doping a portion of the material layer by using the patterned resist layer as a mask to form a doped region. In addition, the method includes removing the patterned resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Yen Lin, Ching-Yu Chang, Chin-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11652022
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor body having a front side and a backside and configured to conduct a load current between the front side and the backside; and a plurality of control cells configured to control the load current. Each control cell is at least partially included in the semiconductor body at the front side and includes a gate electrode that is electrically insulated from the semiconductor body by a gate insulation layer. The gate insulation layer is or includes a first boron nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Josef Schaetz, Dethard Peters, Stephan Pindl, Hans-Joachim Schulze
  • Patent number: 11652093
    Abstract: Provided are a micro light source array for a display device, a display device including the micro light source array, and a method of manufacturing the display device. The micro light source array includes: a plurality of silicon sub-mounts provided on a substrate, each silicon sub-mount from among the plurality of silicon sub-mounts corresponding to a respective sub-pixel from among a plurality of sub-pixels of a display device, the plurality of silicon sub-mounts being separated from each other by a plurality of trenches; a plurality of light emitting device chips coupled to the plurality of silicon sub-mounts; and a plurality of driving circuits provided at the plurality of silicon sub-mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Junhee Choi, Euijoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11651999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for plasma dicing a substrate. The substrate is provided with a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of the substrate having a plurality of street areas and at least one device structure. The substrate is placed onto a support film on a frame to form a work piece. A process chamber having a plasma source is provided. A work piece support is provided within the plasma process chamber. The work piece is placed onto the work piece support. A plasma is generated from the plasma source in the plasma process chamber. The work piece is processed using the generated plasma and a byproduct generated from the support film while the support film is exposed to the generated plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Plasma-Therm LLC
    Inventors: Tsu-Wu Chiang, Russell Westerman
  • Patent number: 11652138
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device includes forming transistor cells in a semiconductor body, each cell including a drift region separated from a source region by a body region, a gate electrode dielectrically insulated from the body region, and a compensation region of a doping type complementary to the doping type of the drift region and extending from a respective body region into the drift region in a vertical direction. Forming the drift and compensation regions includes performing a first implantation step, thereby implanting first and second type dopant atoms into the semiconductor body, wherein an implantation dose of at least one of the first type dopant atoms and the second type dopant atoms for each of at least two sections of the semiconductor body differs from the implantation dose of the corresponding type of dopant atoms of at least one other section of the at least two sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Ingo Muri, Felix Schubert, Daniel Tutuc, Hans Weber
  • Patent number: 11653503
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a gate structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure further includes a first source/drain structure and a second source/drain structure formed in the substrate adjacent to the gate structure. The semiconductor structure further includes an interlayer dielectric layer formed over the substrate to cover the gate structure, the first source/drain structure, and the second source/drain structure. The semiconductor structure further includes a first conductive structure formed in the interlayer dielectric layer over the first source/drain structure. The semiconductor structure further includes a second conductive structure formed in the interlayer dielectric layer over the second source/drain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woan-Yun Hsiao, Huang-Kui Chen, Tzong-Sheng Chang, Ya-Chin King, Chrong-Jung Lin