Patents Examined by Brandon C Fox
  • Patent number: 12255262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: a seating process of seating, in a processing space for manufacturing a solar cell, a cell in which a plurality of thin film layers are formed; a coating process of spraying a conductive material onto the cell; and a scribing process of irradiating a laser toward the cell to form a cell separation unit for separating the cell into a plurality of unit cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JungBae Kim, JunYoung Kang, HyangJu Mun, SeonKi Min, JeongHo Seo, WonSuk Shin, HyunKyo Shin, YoungTae Yoon, KyoungJin Lim, Chul Joo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12250824
    Abstract: A ferroelectric memory cell (FeRAM) is disclosed that includes an active device (e.g., a transistor) and a passive device (e.g., a ferroelectric capacitor) integrated in a substrate. The transistor and its gate contacts are formed on a front side of the substrate. A carrier wafer can be bonded to the active device to allow the active device to be inverted so that the passive device and associated contacts can be electrically coupled from a back side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Liang Cheng, Huang-Lin Chao
  • Patent number: 12249641
    Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating diodes. In one aspect, an electrical circuit includes: (1) a diode component having a particular energy band gap; (2) an electrical source electrically coupled to the diode component and configured to bias the diode component in a particular state; and (3) a heating component thermally coupled to a junction of the diode component and configured to selectively supply heat corresponding to the particular energy band gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: PSIQUANTUM CORP.
    Inventors: Faraz Najafi, Qiaodan Jin Stone, Andrea Bahgat Shehata
  • Patent number: 12243918
    Abstract: A device includes a gate structure, first and second gate spacers, source/drain regions, a refill metal structure, and a first dielectric liner. The gate structure is on a substrate. The first and second gate spacers are on opposite sides of the gate structure, respectively. The source/drain regions are spaced part from the gate structure at least in part by the first and second gate spacers. The refill metal structure is on the gate structure and between the first and second gate spacers. The first di electric liner is atop the gate structure. The first dielectric liner interposes the refill metal structure and the first gate spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang Wu, Jia-Chuan You, Chia-Hao Chang, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12232391
    Abstract: A display panel and a mobile terminal are provided. Number of second sub-pixels in a second pixel repeating unit in a second display area of the display panel is same as number of first sub-pixels in a first pixel repeating unit. The second sub-pixels in the second pixel repeating unit are arranged in a way of gathering together with respect to the first sub-pixels in the first pixel repeating unit. A cathode inhibition block is disposed on an opening in a cathode layer and is located between any adjacent ones of the second pixel repeating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Lv, Meng Jin, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 12230512
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin molded product production method that can reduce the molding defects even when resin-molding is performed in a state where a chip is temporarily bonded to a carrier via a temporary bonding sheet. The method for producing a resin molded product obtained by subjecting an object to be molded being a chip 21 temporarily bonded to a carrier 11 via a temporary bonding sheet 12 to transfer molding, including the step of: resin-molding the object to be molded by transfer molding using a molding die 1000, wherein the resin-molding is performed in a state where a gap G is formed so that the temporary bonding sheet 12 disposed in the molding die 1000 and a surface facing the temporary bonding sheet 12 on a side where the chip 21 is temporarily bonded do not come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota Nakatsukasa
  • Patent number: 12224372
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode chip is provided and includes: a first doping-type semiconductor layer, a second doping-type semiconductor layer, and a multiple quantum well structure layer formed between the first doping-type semiconductor layer and the second doping-type semiconductor layer. The multiple quantum well structure layer includes multiple first quantum well structures and at least one second quantum well structure stacked in a distance direction of the first and second doping-type semiconductor layers. The first quantum well structures are used to emit first color light, and the at least second well structure is used to emit second color light different from the first color light. A total number of well layer of the at least one second quantum well structure is 1/15˜? of a total number of well layer of the first quantum well structures located between the at least one second quantum well structure and the second doping-type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BRIDGELUX OPTOELECTRONICS (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Benjie Fan, Hung-Chih Yang, Shuen Ta Teng
  • Patent number: 12215017
    Abstract: A sensor, such as a piezoelectric MEMS vibration sensor, includes a frame, a beam array comprising a plurality of beams, and a plurality of masses. Each beam of the plurality of beams has an anchored end and an unanchored end, with each beam being coupled to the frame at the anchored end. The unanchored end of each beam is coupled to a respective mass of the plurality of masses. Each beam of the plurality of beams can be configured to minimize a variation in a voltage output for a limited frequency range. In some implementations, the resonant frequency of each beam corresponds to a sensitivity peak in a limited frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Alison Hake, Karl Grosh
  • Patent number: 12213386
    Abstract: A magnetoresistance memory device includes a first conductor, a first insulator covering a side surface of the first conductor, a second conductor on the first conductor that are substantially made of a non-magnetic non-nitrogen material. The device includes a variable resistance material, a third conductor, a first ferromagnetic layer, an insulating layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer. The third conductor, a fourth conductor on the second ferromagnetic layer, and a second insulator covering side surfaces of the first and second ferromagnetic layers and insulating layer are substantially made of a non-nitrogen material. A third insulator is on the second insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Sawada, Toshihiko Nagase, Kenichi Yoshino, Kazuhiro Tomioka, Naoki Akiyama, Takuya Shimano, Hisanori Aikawa, Taichi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 12213326
    Abstract: To provide a solid-state imaging element capable of further improving reliability. Provided is a solid-state imaging element including at least a first photoelectric conversion section, and a semiconductor substrate in which a second photoelectric conversion section is formed, in this order from a light incidence side, in which the first photoelectric conversion section includes at least a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a first oxide semiconductor layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer, and a second electrode in this order, and a film density of the first oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a film density of the second oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hayashi, Masahiro Joei, Kenichi Murata, Shintarou Hirata
  • Patent number: 12205875
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a substrate and a semiconductor chip. The substrate has a first face and a plurality of conductive connection parts provided on the first face. The semiconductor chip has a second face that faces the first face and a plurality of connection bumps provided on the second face and electrically connected to the plurality of conductive connection parts. The conductive connection part arranged in a chip outer peripheral region of a chip region on the first face where the semiconductor chip is arranged is different in thickness from the conductive connection part arranged in a chip central region of the chip region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsukiyama, Hideo Aoki, Hiroshi Oota, Tomoyasu Yamada, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12198991
    Abstract: A test structure for use in a dynamic random access memory is provided. A first gate structure is disposed in a semiconductor substrate. First and second source/drain regions are disposed in the semiconductor substrate and at two sides of the first gate structure. A bit line structure is disposed on the first source/drain region. A dielectric layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and the bit line structure. A first landing pad is disposed on the dielectric layer. A first contact plug is disposed in the dielectric layer and electrically connects the second source/drain region and the first landing pad. A conductive layer is disposed on and electrically connected to the first landing pad, in which a first upper surface of the first landing pad is entirely covered by the conductive layer, and the conductive layer has a substantially planar upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiang-Lin Shih, Hsueh-Han Lu, Yu-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 12191243
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing cantilevered power planes to provide a return current path for high-speed signals. In various embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a substrate core, a plurality of layers, and an AC coupler(s). The plurality of layers includes power, ground, and signal layers each layer disposed on or above the substrate core, each signal layer being disposed between a power layer and a ground layer, the power layer and the ground layer each providing a return path for high frequency (e.g., 1 kHz or greater) signals carried by each signal layer. Each dielectric layer is disposed between and in contact with a pair of power, ground, or signal layer. The AC coupler(s) is coupled to each of a power layer(s) and a ground layer(s), without any portion of any power layer that is near an edge of the substrate core being anchored to the substrate core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Arun Ramakrishnan, Dharmendra Saraswat, Reza Sharifi, Sam Zhao, Sam Karikalan, Mayank Mayukh, Liming Tsau
  • Patent number: 12181753
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel structure and a display panel. Each of a plurality of sub-pixel units includes a main sub-pixel, at least one secondary sub-pixel, and a thin film transistor electrically connecting the main sub-pixel and the at least one secondary sub-pixel, wherein by controlling a pretilt angle of a first branch electrode of the main sub-pixel to be different from a pretilt angle of a second branch electrode of the secondary sub-pixel, a driving voltage of the main sub-pixel and a driving voltage of the secondary sub-pixel are different, so that color shift can be effectively alleviated and wider viewing angles can be obtained, thus being beneficial to improve an aperture ratio and light transmission of the pixel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Xu, Yani Chen
  • Patent number: 12178038
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a CMOS-containing base containing wordline-driver-circuitry. The wordline-driver-circuitry is subdivided amongst horizontally-extending sub-wordline-driver (SWD) units. Memory cells are over the base, and are arranged in vertically-extending rows. Each of the memory cells includes an access device and a storage element coupled with the access device. Wordlines extend vertically along the rows. Each of the SWD units is associated with at least two of the wordlines and is configured to simultaneously activate the associated wordlines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan He, Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege
  • Patent number: 12176421
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of work function metal layers and an oxygen absorbing layer over a channel region of the semiconductor device, including forming a first work function metal layer over the channel region, forming an oxygen absorbing layer over the first work function metal layer, forming a second work function metal layer over the oxygen absorbing layer. A gate electrode metal layer is formed over the plurality of work function metal layers. The work function metal layers, oxygen absorbing layer, and gate electrode metal layer are made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Shen, Guan-Jie Shen
  • Patent number: 12178133
    Abstract: A design process is used for designing a device comprising a plurality of micro-machined elements, each comprising a flexible membrane, the elements being arranged in a plane in a determined topology. The design process comprises a step of defining the determined topology so that it has a character compatible with a generic substrate having cavities, the characteristics of which are pre-established. Each flexible membrane of the micro-machined elements is associated with one cavity of the generic substrate. The present disclosure also relates to a fabrication process for fabricating a device comprising a plurality of micro-machined elements, and to this device itself, wherein only some of the pairs of cavities and flexible membranes are configured to form a set of functional micro-machined elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventor: Bruno Ghyselen
  • Patent number: 12178057
    Abstract: A composite interface transport material-based perovskite photovoltaic, light emission and light detection multi-functional device and a preparation method therefor. The multi-functional device comprises a transparent conductive glass, a composite electron transport layer, a perovskite active layer, a composite hole transport layer and a metal electrode layer which are sequentially arranged in a stacked manner from bottom to top. The work functions of the interface transport layers are adjusted by means of the multi-element interface transport materials, so that the work functions of the electron transport layer and the hole transport layer are respectively levelled with conduction band and valence band positions of the perovskite active layer. According to experiment result comparisons, the photoelectric conversion efficiency and the luminous efficiency of the perovskite multi-functional device, after energy band regulation, are significantly increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Keyou Yan, Jiangsheng Xie
  • Patent number: 12173413
    Abstract: Methods of processing thin film by oxidation at high pressure are described. The methods are generally performed at pressures greater than 2 bar. The methods can be performed at lower temperatures and have shorter exposure times than similar methods performed at lower pressures. Some methods relate to oxidizing tungsten films to form self-aligned pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Amrita B. Mullick, Pramit Manna, Abhijit Basu Mallick
  • Patent number: 12168823
    Abstract: A mask assembly includes a mask frame through which a plurality of openings is defined and a plurality of cell masks disposed to respectively correspond to the cell openings. Each of the cell masks includes a mask main body substantially parallel to a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, where a plurality of holes is defined through the mask main body, a bonding portion disposed along an edge of the mask main body, and a tensile portion extending from the bonding portion and disposed spaced apart from the mask main body. The tensile portion includes first tensile portions spaced apart from each other in the first direction and disposed at opposite sides of the mask main body and second tensile portions spaced apart from each other in the second direction and disposed at opposite sides of the mask main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngmin Moon, Minho Moon, Sungsoon Im, Junho Jo, Seungyong Song