Patents Examined by Cuong B Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11978785
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an active region, forming a fin structure in the active region, and forming a conductive element on the body portion and the first tapered portion of the fin structure. The fin structure includes a body portion, and a first tapered portion protruding from an upper surface of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jhen-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11978527
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having an interconnect over a first conductive structure and coupled with the first conductive structure. The interconnect includes a conductive core. The conductive core has a slender upper region and a wide lower region. The upper region joins to the lower region at a step. A liner laterally surrounds the lower region of the conductive core. The liner has an upper surface which is substantially coplanar with the step. An insulative collar is over and directly against both an upper surface of the step and the upper surface of the liner. The insulative collar laterally surrounds and directly contacts the slender upper region. A second conductive structure is over and directly against a region of the insulative collar, and is over and directly against an upper surface of the slender upper region. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raju Ahmed, David A. Kewley, Dave Pratt, Yung-Ta Sung, Frank Speetjens, Gurpreet Lugani
  • Patent number: 11978624
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a semiconductor structure and its formation method. The method includes: the substrate being provided with a groove, a sidewall of the groove including a first sub-sidewall and a second sub-sidewall that extend upwards from a bottom of the groove sub-sidewall; blowing a first precursor to a surface of the substrate, so that the first precursor is attached to a top surface of the substrate and the second sub-sidewall; blowing a second precursor to the surface of the substrate, so that the second precursor reacts with the first precursor to form a dielectric layer; alternately blowing the first precursor and the second precursor to the surface of the substrate to form a plurality of dielectric layers until a top opening of the groove is blocked, a region enclosed by the first sub-sidewall, the dielectric layer and the bottom of the groove forming a void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiang Chu
  • Patent number: 11973125
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a bottom source/drain structure around a fin. A multi-layer bottom spacer is formed on the bottom source/drain structure, around the fin. Each layer of the multi-layer bottom spacer has a respective vertical height above the bottom source/drain structure, with a layer of the multi-layer bottom spacer that is farthest from the fin having a greater vertical height than a layer that is closest to the fin, to address parasitic capacitance from the bottom source/drain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Hemanth Jagannathan, Jay William Strane, Eric Miller
  • Patent number: 11967612
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the following steps: providing a first semiconductor wafer, wherein the first semiconductor wafer includes a first dielectric layer and at least one first top metallization structure embedded in the first dielectric layer, and a top surface of the first dielectric layer is higher than a top surface of the first top metallization structure by a first distance; providing a second semiconductor wafer, wherein the second semiconductor wafer includes a second dielectric layer and at least one second top metallization structure embedded in the second dielectric layer, and a top surface of the second top metallization structure is higher than a top surface second dielectric layer of the by a second distance; and hybrid-bonding the first semiconductor wafer and the second semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ting-Cih Kang, Hsih-Yang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11961873
    Abstract: A light emitting device for a display according to an exemplary embodiment includes a first LED stack, a second LED stack located under the first LED stack, and a third LED stack located under the second LED stack. The light emitting device further includes a first bonding layer, a second bonding layer, a first planarization layer, a second planarization layer, lower buried vias, and upper buried vias. The first planarization layer is recessed inwardly to expose an edge of the second LED stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seom Geun Lee, Seong Kyu Jang, Yong Woo Ryu
  • Patent number: 11961845
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. In a frame region, the display panel includes a first organic base substrate, an inorganic base substrate, a second organic base substrate, a first inorganic layer, and an encapsulation layer stacked in sequence, and a first groove portion passing through the first inorganic layer and a second groove portion extending to the second organic base substrate. An orthographic projection of the first groove portion projected on the first organic base substrate falls within and is less than an orthographic projection of the second groove portion projected on the first organic base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xue Li
  • Patent number: 11955485
    Abstract: A gate structure of a field effect transistor includes a first gate dielectric layer, a second gate dielectric layer, and one or more conductive layers disposed over the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer. The first gate dielectric layer is separated from the second gate dielectric layer by a gap filled with a diffusion blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shahaji B. More, Chandrashekhar Prakash Savant
  • Patent number: 11952265
    Abstract: An actuator device includes a support portion, a movable portion, a connection portion which connects the movable portion to the support portion on a second axis, a first wiring which is provided on the connection portion, a second wiring which is provided on the support portion, and an insulation layer which includes a first opening exposing a surface opposite to the support portion in a first connection part located on the support portion in one of the first wiring and the second wiring and covers a corner of the first connection part. The rigidity of a first metal material forming the first wiring is higher than the rigidity of a second metal material forming the second wiring. The other wiring of the first wiring and the second wiring is connected to the surface of the first connection part in the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Sadaharu Takimoto, Yuki Morinaga, Daiki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Warashina
  • Patent number: 11948799
    Abstract: Provided here are methods and manufacturing systems to implant protons into SiC IGBT devices at multiple depths in the drift layer of the SiC IGBT device. Provides are SiC IGBT devices manufactured with process steps including multiple proton implant processes where the SiC IGBT device is irradiated with ion to affect proton implantation into the SiC IGBT device at multiple depths in the drift region to reduced minority carrier lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Qintao Zhang, Wei Zou
  • Patent number: 11948976
    Abstract: A vertical metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, including a starting substrate of a first conductivity type, a second first-conductivity-type epitaxial layer provided on a first surface of the starting substrate via a first first-conductivity-type epitaxial layer, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type provided as a portion of the second first-conductivity-type epitaxial layer, a second-conductivity-type epitaxial layer forming a pn junction interface with the second first-conductivity-type epitaxial layer and supplying a minority carrier to the second first-conductivity-type epitaxial layer, a plurality of second semiconductor regions of the first conductivity type selectively provided in the second-conductivity-type epitaxial layer, a plurality of trenches penetrating through the second semiconductor regions and the second-conductivity-type epitaxial layer, and a plurality of gate electrodes provided in the trenches via gate insulating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tawara, Hidekazu Tsuchida, Koichi Murata
  • Patent number: 11950423
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a cell area including a cell substrate, a memory cell array, and a first bonding metal pad on the memory cell array, the memory cell array including a plurality of word lines stacked on the cell substrate and a plurality of bit lines on the plurality of word lines; and a peripheral circuit area having the cell area stacked thereon and including a peripheral circuit substrate, a plurality of circuits on the peripheral circuit substrate, and a second bonding metal pad bonded to the first bonding metal pad, wherein the plurality of circuits include: a plurality of planar channel transistors respectively including a channel along a top surface of the peripheral circuit substrate; and at least one recess channel transistor including a channel along a surface of a recess trench arranged in the peripheral circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongkyu Lee, Youngmok Kim, Changmin Jeon, Yongsang Jeong
  • Patent number: 11942533
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides channel structures of a semiconductor device and fabricating methods thereof. The method can include forming a superlattice structure with first nanostructured layers and second nanostructured layers on a fin structure. The method can also include removing the second nanostructured layers to form multiple gate openings; forming a germanium epitaxial growth layer on the first nanostructured layers at a first temperature and a first pressure; and increasing the first temperature to a second temperature and increasing the first pressure to a second pressure over a first predetermined period of time. The method can further include annealing the germanium epitaxial growth layer at the second temperature and the second pressure in the chamber over a second predetermined period of time to form a cladding layer surrounding the first nanostructured layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ding-Kang Shih, Pang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 11937439
    Abstract: A multicolor light-emitting element using fluorescence and phosphorescence, which has a small number of manufacturing steps owing to a relatively small number of layers to be formed and is advantageous for practical application can be provided. In addition, a multicolor light-emitting element using fluorescence and phosphorescence, which has favorable emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer having a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer exhibiting light emission from a first exciplex and a second light-emitting layer exhibiting phosphorescence is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Takahiro Ishisone
  • Patent number: 11935811
    Abstract: A baseplate for a semiconductor module comprises at least one elevation. The at least one elevation is formed integrally with the baseplate. The baseplate has a uniform first thickness or a thickness which decreases continuously from the edge regions toward the center and which is increased locally up to a maximum second thickness in the region of each of the at least one elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Arthur Unrau, Elmar Kuehle
  • Patent number: 11929397
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a silicon carbide semiconductor body having a source region of a first conductivity type and a body region of a second conductivity type; and a trench structure extending from a first surface into the silicon carbide semiconductor body along a vertical direction, the trench structure having a gate electrode and a gate dielectric. The trench structure is stripe-shaped and runs along a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction. The source region includes a first source sub-region and a second source sub-region alternately arranged along the longitudinal direction. A doping concentration profile of the first source sub-region along the vertical direction differs from a doping concentration profile of the second source sub-region along the vertical direction. A corresponding method of manufacturing the semiconductor device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Basler, Caspar Leendertz, Hans-Joachim Schulze
  • Patent number: 11923280
    Abstract: A thin semiconductor device with enhanced edge protection, and a method of manufacturing thereof. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a thin semiconductor device comprising a substrate with an edge-protection region, and a method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Won Bae Bang, Kwang Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11916087
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a substrate, a barrier layer disposed on the substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the barrier layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the buffer layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a plurality of wiring patterns disposed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and/or on the second insulating layer. In addition, the wiring patterns are separated from each other, and extend toward a side of the substrate. The array substrate further includes a recess pattern disposed adjacent the wiring patterns and recessed from a top surface of the second insulating layer to expose at least part of a top surface of the substrate, and an organic insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer and exposing at least part of a portion of the top surface of the substrate which is exposed by the recess pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11916140
    Abstract: Provided is a compound semiconductor device. The compound semiconductor device according to embodiments of the inventive concept includes a first semiconductor layer having a fin extending in a first direction on a substrate, an upper gate electrode extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed between a sidewall of the fin and the upper gate electrode, a dielectric layer disposed between a top surface of the fin and the upper gate electrode, and a lower gate structure connected to a bottom surface of the first semiconductor layer by passing through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sungjae Chang, Hokyun Ahn, Hyunwook Jung
  • Patent number: 11908937
    Abstract: Vertical transport field-effect transistors are formed on active regions wherein the active regions each include a wrap-around metal silicide contact on vertically extending side walls of the active region. Such wrap-around contacts form self-aligned and reliable strapping for SRAM bottom nFET and pFET source/drain regions. Buried contacts of SRAM cells may be used to strap the wrap-around metal silicide contacts with the gates of inverters thereof. Wrap-around metal silicide contacts provide additional contacts for logic FETs and reduce parasitic bottom source/drain resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Miao, Kangguo Cheng, Chen Zhang, Wenyu Xu