Patents Examined by Calvin Lee
  • Patent number: 11587899
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first layer including a semiconductor die embedded within a dielectric substrate, and a first set of metal pillars extending through the dielectric substrate, a second layer stacked on the first layer, the second layer including a metal trace patterned on the dielectric substrate of the first layer, a passive component including at least one capacitor or resistor electrically coupled to the metal trace, and a second set of metal pillars extending from the metal trace to an opposing side of the second layer, and a third layer stacked on the second layer, the third layer including at least one inductor electrically coupled to metal pillars of the second set of metal pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Yiqi Tang, Naweed Anjum, Liang Wan, Michael Gerald Amaro
  • Patent number: 11581409
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transistor device which includes a semiconductor body having a first surface, a source region, a drift region, a body region being arranged between the source region and the drift region, a gate electrode adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode adjacent the drift region and dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a field electrode dielectric, wherein the field electrode comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a lower electrical resistance than the second layer, wherein a portion of the second layer is disposed above and directly contacts a portion of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventor: Thomas Feil
  • Patent number: 11581397
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a stretchable display panel and a stretchable device. The stretchable display panel comprises: a lower substrate having an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area; a plurality of individual substrates disposed on the lower substrate, spaced apart from each other and located in the active area; a connection line electrically connecting a pad disposed on the individual substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the plurality of individual substrates; and an upper substrate disposed above the plurality of pixels, wherein the modulus of elasticity of the individual substrates is higher than that of at least one part of the lower substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunah Kim, Hyunju Jung
  • Patent number: 11581228
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of signal lines and a testing circuit. The testing circuit includes a plurality of transistors electrically connected to the plurality of signal lines. The plurality of transistors are disposed in at least two groups, and a number of transistors of each group of the at least two groups is less than a total number of the plurality of signal lines. Therefore, the testing circuit of the display panel of the disclosure can reduce the circuit placement space in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jou Tai, Chia-Hao Tsai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng, Youcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11575092
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device and an apparatus including the same are disclosed. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes an emission layer, the emission layer includes a first compound, a second compound, a third compound, and a fourth compound, the first compound is represented by Formula 1, the second compound is represented by Formula 2A or Formula 2B, the third compound is represented by Formula 3, the fourth compound is represented by Formula 4, each as respectively described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunyoung Kim, Minje Kim, Eungdo Kim, Hyojeong Kim, Hyosup Shin, Seokgyu Yoon, Youngki Lee, Jungsub Lee, Jiyoung Lee, Hyejin Jung, Kunwook Cho, Hyeongu Cho, Minsoo Choi, Youngeun Choi, Jaejin Lyu
  • Patent number: 11569248
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a transistor, a first fuse element and a second fuse element. The transistor is formed in a first conductive layer. The first fuse element is formed in a second conductive layer disposed above the first conductive layer. The second fuse element is formed in the second conductive layer and is coupled to the first fuse element. The transistor is coupled through the first fuse element to a first data line for receiving a first data signal, and the transistor is coupled through the second fuse element to a second data line for receiving a second data signal. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Sheng Chang, Yao-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 11568125
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: first, second and third active regions a first gate structure over the first active region and a first part of the second active region; a second gate structure over the third active region and a second part of the second active region; a first cell region including the first gate structure, the first active region and the first part of the second active region; a second cell region including the second gate structure, the third active region and the second part of the second active region; a first border region representing an overlap of the first and second cell regions which is substantially aligned with an approximate midline of the second active region; the second gate structure overlapping the first border region; and there being a first gap which is between the first gate structure and the first border region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Fong-Yuan Chang, Ho Che Yu
  • Patent number: 11569238
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a memory cell vertically above a substrate. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor at a lower device portion, and a transistor at an upper device portion above the lower device portion. The MIM capacitor includes a first plate, and a second plate separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer. The first plate includes a first group of metal contacts coupled to a metal electrode vertically above the substrate. The first group of metal contacts are within one or more metal layers above the substrate in a horizontal direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the metal electrode of the first plate of the MIM capacitor is also a source electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Lilak, Willy Rachmady, Gilbert Dewey, Kimin Jun, Hui Jae Yoo, Patrick Morrow, Sean T. Ma, Ahn Phan, Abhishek Sharma, Cheng-Ying Huang, Ehren Mannebach
  • Patent number: 11563053
    Abstract: A light emitting transducer including a flexible sheet having a bottom side and a top side, the flexible sheet including a substrate that is stretchable and compressible, the substrate having a bottom substrate surface at the bottom side, and a top substrate surface facing towards the top side, the top substrate surface comprising a surface pattern of a plurality of raised and depressed micro-scale surface portions which extend in at least one direction; a light emitting diode layer above the substrate and conforming in shape to the top substrate surface, the light emitting diode layer corresponding with the surface pattern of the top substrate surface, wherein the light emitting diode layer has a bottom diode surface facing towards the bottom side, and a top diode surface facing towards the top side, a bottom electrode on the bottom diode surface, and a top electrode on the top diode surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Flexucell ApS
    Inventors: Jens William Larsen, Hans-Erik Kiil
  • Patent number: 11563029
    Abstract: A 3D-NAND memory includes a transistor formed in a first side of a periphery circuit substrate, a memory cell stack formed over a first side of a cell array substrate, and a first connection structure formed over an opposing second side of the cell array substrate. The memory cell stack includes a doped region formed in the first side of the cell array substrate and coupled to the first connection structure through a first VIA, a common source structure that extends from the doped region toward the first side of the periphery circuit substrate, and a second connection structure that is positioned over and coupled to the common source structure. The first side of the cell array substrate and the first side of the periphery circuit substrate are aligned facing each other so that the transistor is coupled to the second connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Yong Oh, Youn Cheul Kim
  • Patent number: 11557534
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having an active surface on which a connection pad is disposed and an inactive surface opposing the active surface, and a first encapsulant covering at least a portion of each of the inactive surface and a side surface of the semiconductor chip. A metal layer is disposed on the first encapsulant, and includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, sequentially stacked. A connection structure is disposed on the active surface of the semiconductor chip, and includes a first redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pad. A lower surface of the first conductive layer is in contact with the first encapsulant and has first surface roughness, and an upper surface of the first conductive layer is in contact with the second conductive layer and has second surface roughness smaller than the first surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Yeon Moon, Ji Hye Shim, Seung Hun Chae
  • Patent number: 11557685
    Abstract: The misalignment between light reception lenses and light reception elements in a lens integrated light reception element for converting a plurality of optical signals with different wavelengths into electric signals is easily inspected. The lens integrated light reception element includes one or more light reception lenses that receive the optical signals, one or more light reception elements each disposed on a main axis of the light reception lens and converting the optical signal into the electric signal, one or more inspection pinholes through which illumination light passes, and one or more inspection lenses each including a main axis parallel to the main axis of the light reception lens and converging the illumination light having passed through the inspection pinhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Yoshimatsu, Yoshiho Maeda, Fumito Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11552003
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11552036
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: QORVO US, INC.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11548030
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric element body including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other, and a plurality of external electrodes disposed on the first principal surface. A vibration member includes a third principal surface opposing the second principal surface. The piezoelectric element is joined to the third principal surface. A wiring member is electrically connected to the piezoelectric element. The wiring member includes a region located on the plurality of external electrodes and joined to the plurality of external electrodes. The region of the wiring member monolithically covers the plurality of external electrodes when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the first principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Ohta, Kazushi Tachimoto, Hideya Sakamoto, Tetsuyuki Taniguchi, Tatsuya Taki, Tomohiro Takeda, Akihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11538803
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment the semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor layer, where first transistors are fabricated in the first semiconductor layer, and a back end stack over the first transistors. In an embodiment the back end stack comprises conductive traces and vias electrically coupled to the first transistors. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device further comprises a second semiconductor layer over the back end stack, where the second semiconductor layer is a different semiconductor than the first semiconductor layer. In an embodiment, second transistors are fabricated in the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Telesphor Kamgaing, Aleksandar Aleksov, Gerogios Dogiamis, Hyung-Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11538899
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate and a capacitor is provided. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulating layer. The first electrode is located on the substrate. The first electrode has a plurality of hemispherical recesses. The second electrode is located on the first electrode. The insulating layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. Surfaces of the hemispherical recesses are in direct contact with the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Sung Ho, Jia-Horng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11538808
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are memory cells and memory arrays, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, a memory device may include: a support having a surface; and a three-dimensional array of memory cells on the surface of the support, wherein individual memory cells include a transistor and a capacitor, and a channel of the transistor in an individual memory cell is oriented parallel to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sean T. Ma, Aaron D. Lilak, Abhishek A. Sharma, Van H. Le, Seung Hoon Sung, Gilbert W. Dewey, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Jack T. Kavalieros, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 11525679
    Abstract: In an angular velocity sensor, a pair of support parts are separated from each other in an x-axis direction in an orthogonal coordinate system xyz. A main part extends along the x-axis. A pair of extension parts connect two ends of the main part and inner sides of the support parts. The driving arms extend from the main part alongside each other in a y-axis direction separated from each other in the x-axis direction. The detecting arm extends from the main part in the y-axis direction at a position which is between the pair of driving arms. The driving circuit supplies voltages so that the pair of driving arms vibrate so as to bend to inverse sides from each other in the x-axis direction. The detecting circuit detects the signal generated due to bending deformation of the detecting arm in the z-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Munetaka Soejima
  • Patent number: 11522009
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a memory device including a shunting layer overlying a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure overlies a semiconductor substrate. The MTJ structure includes a free layer, a reference layer, and a tunnel barrier layer disposed between the free and reference layers. A bottom electrode via (BEVA) underlies the MTJ structure, where the BEVA is laterally offset from the MTJ structure by a lateral distance. The SOT layer is disposed vertically between the BEVA and the MTJ structure, where the SOT layer continuously extends along the lateral distance. The shunting layer extends across an upper surface of the SOT layer and extends across at least a portion of the lateral distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: William J. Gallagher, Shy-Jay Lin, Ming Yuan Song