Patents Examined by David S Wilbert
  • Patent number: 9978793
    Abstract: A method comprises implanting ions in a substrate to form a plurality of photo diodes, forming an interconnect layer over a first side of the substrate and applying a first halogen treatment process to a second side of the substrate and forming a first silicon-halogen compound layer over the second side of the substrate as a result of applying the first halogen treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiu-Ko JangJian, Chin-Nan Wu, Chun Che Lin
  • Patent number: 9978791
    Abstract: An image sensor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The image sensor structure includes a first substrate including a first radiation sensing region and a first interconnect structure formed over a front side of the first substrate. The image sensor structure further includes a second substrate including a second radiation sensing region and a second interconnect structure formed over a front side of the second substrate. In addition, the first interconnect structure is bonded with the second interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tse-Hua Lu, Ching-Chun Wang, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Ping-Fang Hung
  • Patent number: 9966376
    Abstract: Disclosed are CMOS device and CMOS inverter. The CMOS device includes a substrate having active lines extending in a first direction and defined by a device isolation layer, the substrate being divided into an NMOS area, a PMOS area and a boundary area interposed between the NMOS and the PMOS areas and having the device isolation layer without the active line, a gate line extending in a second direction across the active lines and having a first gate structure on the active line in the first area, a second gate structure on the active line in the second and a third gate structure on the device isolation layer in the third area. The electrical resistance and parasitic capacitance of the third gate structure are smaller than those of the NMOS and the PMOS gate structures. Accordingly, better AC and DC performance of the CMOS device can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mun-Hyeon Kim, Chang-Woo Noh, Keun-Hwi Cho, Myung-Gil Kang, Shigenobu Maeda
  • Patent number: 9966444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film transistor, including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The source electrode includes a loop structure with an opening, and a width of the opening is less than a maximum width of an inner ring of the loop structure of the source electrode in a direction identical to a direction of the width of the opening. The drain electrode is surrounded by the loop structure, and is not in contact with the source electrode. The drain electrode is distant from the inner ring of the loop structure of the source electrode at a same interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wu Wang, Haijun Qiu, Fei Shang, Guolei Wang
  • Patent number: 9954068
    Abstract: A method of forming a transistor having a gate electrode includes forming a sacrificial layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a patterning layer over the sacrificial layer, patterning the patterning layer to form patterned structures, forming spacers adjacent to sidewalls of the patterned structures, removing the patterned structures, etching through the sacrificial layer using the spacers as an etching mask and etching into the semiconductor substrate, thereby forming trenches in the semiconductor substrate, and filling a conductive material in the trenches in the semiconductor substrate to form the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Philip Christoph Brandt, Francisco Javier Santos Rodriguez, Andre Rainer Stegner
  • Patent number: 9953890
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate on which semiconductor elements are mounted and a surrounding case in which the insulating substrate is housed. Two terminal conductors, both ends of each of which are fixed in sidewalls of the surrounding case, are provided between the sidewalls, and connection terminals protruding toward the insulating substrate side are provided on the respective terminal conductors. The connection terminals and a conductive foil on the insulating substrate are soldered together. Insulating blocks for keeping the distance between the adjacent terminal conductors at a fixed distance or greater are provided in the vicinity of the central portion of the terminal conductor. The insulating blocks suppress the terminal conductor being deformed by being thermally expanded when soldering. Because of this, it is possible to stabilize solderability, and it is possible to prevent an occurrence of defective connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9935019
    Abstract: Method for creation of stressed channel structure transistors wherein at least one amorphizing ion implantation of the surface layer of a substrate of the semiconductor-on-insulator type is carried out through openings in a mask, so as to render zones of the surface layers amorphous and to induce relaxation of a zone intended to form a channel and located between the zones that have been rendered amorphous, the relaxation being carried out in a direction orthogonal to that in which it is intended that the channel current flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Shay Reboh, Laurent Grenouillet, Frederic Milesi, Yves Morand, Francois Rieutord
  • Patent number: 9935270
    Abstract: A light-emitting electrochemical cell 10 includes an emitting layer 12 and electrodes 13 and 14, one on each side of the emitting layer 12. The emitting layer 12 contains a light-emitting material and an ionic compound. The ionic compound has general formula (1), wherein M is N or P; R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a C1-C20 saturated aliphatic group; and X is preferably an anion having a phosphoric ester bond or a sulfuric ester bond. The light-emitting material is preferably an organic light-emitting polymer, a metal complex, an organic low molecular compound, or a quantum dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fumihiro Yonekawa, Tomo Sakanoue, Taishi Takenobu
  • Patent number: 9922834
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first fin-shaped structures and second fin-shaped structures, which are separately disposed on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the first and second fin-shaped structures includes a base portion and a top portion protruding from the top portion. The base portions of the second fin-shaped structures are wider than the top portions of the second fin-shaped structures, and the top portions of the second fin-shaped structures are as wide as the top portions of the first fin-shaped structures. Each second fin-shaped structure further includes a recessed region on its sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: En-Chiuan Liou, Yu-Cheng Tung
  • Patent number: 9899268
    Abstract: A method includes forming at least one fin in a semiconductor substrate. A fin spacer is formed on at least a first portion of the at least one fin. The fin spacer has an upper surface. The at least one fin is recessed to thereby define a recessed fin with a recessed upper surface that it is at a level below the upper surface of the fin spacer. A first epitaxial material is formed on the recessed fin. A lateral extension of the first epitaxial material is constrained by the fin spacer. A cap layer is formed on the first epitaxial material. The fin spacer is removed. The cap layer protects the first epitaxial material during the removal of the fin spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Andy C. Wei, Guillaume Bouche
  • Patent number: 9893081
    Abstract: After formation of a memory opening through an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers, a blocking dielectric having a greater thickness at levels of the insulating layers than at levels of the sacrificial material layers is formed around, or within, the memory opening. A memory stack structure is formed within the memory opening. Backside recesses are formed by removing the sacrificial material layers and surface portions of the blocking dielectric to form backside recesses including vertically expanded end portions. Electrically conductive layers are formed within the backside recesses. Each of the electrically conductive layers is a control gate electrode which includes a uniform thickness portion and a ridged end portion having a greater vertical extent than the uniform thickness region. The ridged end portion laterally surrounds the memory stack structure and provides a longer gate length for the control gate electrodes for the memory stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Senaka Kanakamedala, Rahul Sharangpani, Raghuveer S. Makala, Somesh Peri, Yao-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 9887253
    Abstract: A display device includes two or more transistors in one pixel, and the two or more transistors include a first transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is polycrystalline silicon, and a second transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9887100
    Abstract: Methods of forming semiconductor devices and structures thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes fins. Gates are disposed over the fins, the gates being substantially perpendicular to the fins. A source/drain region is disposed on each of fins between two of the gates. A contact is coupled to the source/drain region between the two of the gates. The source/drain region comprises a first width, and the contact comprises a second width. The second width is substantially the same as the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Cheng Ho, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Tsung-Lin Lee, Wei-Jen Lai, Chih Chieh Yeh
  • Patent number: 9887325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device package including a body including a recess, first and second electrodes disposed on the body, a light emitting device provided on the first electrode, and a molding part disposed on the light emitting device. At least one of the body and the molding part includes benzotriazol (BTA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Na Kwon, Jeong Hyun Na, Ho Ki Kwon
  • Patent number: 9887323
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor laminate including a light-emitting layer, a transparent electrode layer formed on the semiconductor laminate, the transparent electrode layer including an oxide including indium, a pad electrode formed on the transparent electrode layer so as to connect to the transparent electrode layer, and a reflective layer including aluminum. The reflective layer is formed under the pad electrode so as not to contact the transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nagamatsu, Hironao Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9852928
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a lead frame having a die paddle and a plurality of leads including a gate lead spaced apart from the die paddle. The semiconductor package further includes a semiconductor die attached to the die paddle and having a plurality of pads including a gate pad, a plurality of electrical conductors connecting the pads to the leads, an encapsulant encasing the semiconductor die and a portion of the leads such that part of the leads are not covered by the encapsulant, and a ferrite material embedded in the encapsulant and surrounding a portion of the electrical conductor that connects the gate pad to the gate lead. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor package and a semiconductor module with integrated ferrite material are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Charles Low Khai Yen, Daryl Quake Chin Wern
  • Patent number: 9852941
    Abstract: A circuit structure that includes a plurality of stacked conductor layers separated from each other by respective dielectric layers. The conductor layers may include a first set of conductor layers made of a first type conductor material and a second set of conductor layers made of a second type conductor material different from the first. A pair of conductor posts may traverse the stacked conductor layers. A first post may be electrically connected to the first set of conductor layers and electrically insulated from the second set of conductor layers. A second post electrically connected to the second set of conductor layers and electrically insulated from the first set of conductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Baoxing Chen
  • Patent number: 9837509
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor fin on an upper surface of a base substrate. The at least one semiconductor fin includes a strained active semiconductor portion interposed between a protective cap layer and the base substrate. A gate stack wraps around the at least one semiconductor fin. The gate stack includes a metal gate element interposed between a pair of first cap segments of the protective cap layer. The strained active semiconductor portion is preserved following formation of the fin via the protective cap layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karthik Balakrishnan, Kangguo Cheng, Pouya Hashemi, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 9806149
    Abstract: A MISFET has a threshold voltage that is not undesirably increased due to channel narrowing of the MISFET, and the MISFET is reduced in size and increased in withstand voltage. An anti-inversion p-type channel stopper region provided below an element isolation trench has an end that projects toward a channel region below a gate oxide film, and terminates short of the channel region. That is, the end is offset from the end of the channel region (the end of the element isolation trench). This suppresses diffusion in a lateral direction (channel region direction) of an impurity in the p-type channel stopper region, and thus suppresses a decrease in carrier concentration at the end of the channel region. As a result, a local increase in threshold voltage is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Tomioka
  • Patent number: 9806139
    Abstract: A light emitting element display device includes light emitting elements that emit light by allowing a current to flow in a plurality of pixels arranged in a display area in a matrix, and at least two transistors that are arranged in each of the plurality of pixels, and control the current flowing in the light emitting elements, in which semiconductor portions of the at least two transistors are formed in layers different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Sato