Patents Examined by David Vu
  • Patent number: 11929590
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device includes an optical semiconductor chip in which at least one optical element is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and an extended wire pattern that is connected to a first electrode and a second electrode of the optical element and that extends outside the optical semiconductor chip. The first electrode and the second electrode of the optical semiconductor device are formed on the front surface side of the optical semiconductor chip, and the extended wire pattern is disposed on the front surface of the optical semiconductor chip or disposed at a position apart from the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11930628
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate, a pull-down transistor over the substrate, a pass-gate transistor over the substrate, and a pull-up transistor over the substrate. The pull-up transistor includes a first gate structure and first source/drain epitaxy structures on opposite sides of the first gate structure, in which each of the first source/drain epitaxy structures comprises a first epitaxy layer and a second epitaxy layer over the first epitaxy layer, wherein a germanium concentration of the first epitaxy layer is higher than a germanium concentration of the second epitaxy layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-I Shih, Ren-Hua Guo
  • Patent number: 11930674
    Abstract: Provided is a display substrate, including: a silicon-based substrate having a display area, a binding area located on one side of the display area, and a trace area located between the display area and the binding area; a trace protection structure is arranged on the silicon-based substrate in the trace area, and a pad assembly is integrated in the silicon-based substrate in the binding area; and a minimum distance between an edge of an orthographic projection of the trace protection structure on the silicon-based substrate and an edge of an orthographic projection of an opening of the pad assembly on the silicon-based substrate is smaller than a maximum size of one subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunlong Li, Pengcheng Lu, Shuai Tian, Yu Ao, Zhijian Zhu, Yuanlan Tian
  • Patent number: 11923365
    Abstract: Integrated circuit devices may include two transistor stacks including lower transistors having different threshold voltages and upper transistors having different threshold voltages. Gate insulators of the lower transistors may have different dipole elements or different areal densities of dipole elements, and the upper transistors may have different gate electrode structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonghyuk Yim, Ki-Il Kim, Gil Hwan Son, Kang Ill Seo
  • Patent number: 11917815
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an active region defined by a device isolation layer formed in a substrate; a word line configured to cross the active region, the word line extending in a first direction and being formed in the substrate; a bit line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the word line; a first contact connecting the bit line to the active region; a first mask for forming the active region, the first mask being formed on the active region; and a second mask of which a height of a top surface thereof is greater than a height of a top surface of the active region, the second mask covering the word line, wherein the active region has a bar shape that extends to form an acute angle with respect to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyosub Kim, Keunnam Kim, Dongoh Kim, Bongsoo Kim, Euna Kim, Chansic Yoon, Kiseok Lee, Hyeonok Jung, Sunghee Han, Yoosang Hwang
  • Patent number: 11912563
    Abstract: A micromechanical component, whose diaphragm is supported and has support structures on its inner diaphragm side. Each of the support structures includes a first and second edge element structure, and at least one intermediate element structure positioned between the first and second edge element structures. For each of the support structures, a plane of symmetry is definable, with respect to which at least the first edge element structure of the respective support structure and the second edge element structure of the respective support structure are specularly symmetric. In each of support structures, a first maximum dimension of its first edge element structure perpendicular to its plane of symmetry and a second maximum dimension of its second edge element structure perpendicular to its plane of symmetry are greater than the maximum dimension of its intermediate element structure perpendicular to its plane of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Artmann, Christoph Hermes, Heribert Weber, Jochen Reinmuth, Peter Schmollngruber, Thomas Friedrich
  • Patent number: 11917830
    Abstract: A NAND ferroelectric memory cell with a three-dimensional structure and a preparation method thereof are provided, the ferroelectric memory cell comprises: an oxide insulating layer, a channel layer, a channel buffer layer, a ferroelectric layer, and/or a gate buffer layer, and a gate arranged successively from the inside to the outside. In the memory cell of the present disclosure, the buffer layer has the following effects: 1. It can induce the crystallization of ferroelectric film to form ferroelectric phase; 2. It can reduce adverse effects caused by different crystalline characteristics of the channel layer and the ferroelectric layer, improve the quality and uniformity of the deposited film; 3. It can enhance the interface property of the channel layer, reduce leakage current, and enhance endurance of the device. Therefore, the buffer layer can improve the overall storage property and homogeneity of memory cells with a three-dimensional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Min Liao, Siwei Dai, Yanwei Huan, Qijun Yang, Zhaotong Liu, Yichun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11910589
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory cell comprising an electrically floating body. A method of operating the memory cell is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zeno Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Han, Yuniarto Widjaja
  • Patent number: 11901263
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a package and a cooling cover. The package includes a first die having an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The rear surface has a cooling region and a peripheral region enclosing the cooling region. The first die includes micro-trenches located in the cooling region of the rear surface. The cooling cover is stacked on the first die. The cooling cover includes a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port located over the cooling region and communicated with the micro-trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Jung Wu, Chih-Hang Tung, Tung-Liang Shao, Sheng-Tsung Hsiao, Jen-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11901462
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer over a buried insulator layer; the semiconductor layer contains white space regions that include a PWELL region. An electronic device includes an NWELL region in the semiconductor layer, a dielectric over the NWELL region, and a polysilicon plate over the dielectric. A sacrificial NWELL ring is adjacent to and separated from the NWELL region by a first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Honglin Guo, Zachary K Lee, Jingjing Chen
  • Patent number: 11903214
    Abstract: A method of forming a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) device includes: forming a layer stack over a substrate, where the layer stack includes alternating layers of a first dielectric material and a word line (WL) material; forming first trenches extending vertically through the layer stack; filling the first trenches, where filling the first trenches includes forming, in the first trenches, a ferroelectric material, a channel material over the ferroelectric material, and a second dielectric material over the channel material; after filling the first trenches, forming second trenches extending vertically through the layer stack, the second trenches being interleaved with the first trenches; and filling the second trenches, where filling the second trenches includes forming, in the second trenches, the ferroelectric material, the channel material over the ferroelectric material, and the second dielectric material over the channel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TsuChing Yang, Hung-Chang Sun, Kuo Chang Chiang, Sheng-Chih Lai, Yu-Wei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11901483
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor structure (SC) comprises an active InGaN-based layer disposed between an n-type injection layer and a p-type injection layer, the active p-type injection layer comprising a first InGaN layer and, disposed on the first layer, a second layer composed of a plurality of AlGaInN elemental layers, each elemental layer having a thickness less than its critical relaxation thickness, two successive elemental layers having different aluminum and/or indium and/or gallium compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventor: Mariia Rozhavskaia
  • Patent number: 11901297
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell area and a peripheral area, a plurality of capacitors including a plurality of lower electrodes arranged in the cell area, a plurality of capacitor dielectric layers covering the plurality of lower electrodes, and an upper electrode on the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers, an etch stop layer covering the upper electrode, a filling insulation layer covering the etch stop layer and arranged in the cell area and the peripheral area, a plurality of wiring lines on the filling insulation layer, and a first wiring contact plug electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of wiring lines to the upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a first upper electrode layer covering the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers and including a semiconductor material and a second upper electrode layer covering the first upper electrode layer and including a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghyeok Son, Junwoo Lee, Sungdong Cho
  • Patent number: 11903287
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: pixel electrodes provided for individual subpixels of at least three colors; a common electrode provided facing each of the pixel electrodes; and light-emitting layers of each color provided between the common electrode and, respectively, each of the pixel electrodes, wherein one of each of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode is a cathode electrode and the other is an anode electrode and among the light-emitting layers of the at least three colors, a light-emitting layer of a color having a largest electron affinity extends in a state of being layered between the cathode electrode and each light-emitting layer of the other colors as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Asaoka, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shigeru Aomori
  • Patent number: 11903200
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a core pillar extended in a vertical direction, a channel layer having a first region covering a portion of a side surface of the core pillar and a second region covering the other portion of the side surface of the core pillar and a bottom surface of the core pillar, the second region abutting the first region, and a channel passivation layer formed in the first region of the channel layer and abutting the core pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Jeong Lee, Dae Hwan Yun, Gil Bok Choi
  • Patent number: 11901371
    Abstract: In the contact structure according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure and a display device including the same, the pixel may be designed regardless of the size of the contact hole by designing a size (or an area) of the contact hole to be larger than the contact area and applying different structures depending on the characteristics of the lower layer. Therefore, the size of the contact hole is increased so that the halftone mask may be easily applied and the number of masks may be advantageously reduced. Further, a degree of freedom of metal in the pixel design is increased so that the pixel may be designed in a high resolution model and the aperture ratio is increased without having the electrode margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YounSub Kim, JongSik Shim, ByeongUk Gang, SeongHwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11895933
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip, the method includes forming a bottom electrode over a substrate. A first switching layer is formed on the bottom electrode. The first switching layer comprises a dielectric material doped with a first dopant. A second switching layer is formed over the first switching layer. An atomic percentage of the first dopant in the second switching layer is less than an atomic percentage of the first dopant in the first switching layer. A top electrode is formed over the second switching layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fa-Shen Jiang, Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Hai-Dang Trinh, Hsing-Lien Lin, Hsun-Chung Kuang, Bi-Shen Lee
  • Patent number: 11894394
    Abstract: An array substrate, a method for preparing the array substrate, and a backlight module are disclosed. Before electroplating a first metal layer on a pattern of a seed layer, the method further includes: forming a pattern of a compensation electrode wire electrically connected with a lead electrode on a side, where the lead electrode is formed, of a base substrate. The compensation electrode wire is at least on a second side of a wiring region, the pattern of the lead electrode is formed at a first side of the wiring region, and the first side and the second side are different sides. In the electroplating process, the lead electrode is connected with a negative pole of a power supply, the compensation electrode wire is electrically connected with the lead electrode, thus an area of an electroplating negative pole generating electric field lines is increased by utilizing the compensation electrode wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhanfeng Cao, Yingwei Liu, Ke Wang, Guocai Zhang, Jianguo Wang, Zhiwei Liang, Haixu Li, Muxin Di
  • Patent number: 11895849
    Abstract: A memory device and method of forming the same are provided. The memory device includes a first memory cell disposed over a substrate. The first memory cell includes a transistor and a data storage structure coupled to the transistor. The transistor includes a gate pillar structure, a channel layer laterally wrapping around the gate pillar structure, a source electrode surrounding the channel layer, and a drain electrode surrounding the channel layer. The drain electrode is separated from the source electrode a dielectric layer therebetween. The data storage structure includes a data storage layer surrounding the channel layer and sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. The drain electrode of the transistor and the first electrode of the data storage structure share a common conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-I Wu, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11889679
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. In the semiconductor device, a supporting pattern may be used to fix upper portions of active patterns, when a gap-filling process is performed to fill a region between active patterns, and thus, it may be possible to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the active patterns from being bent or fallen. Thus, it may be possible to reduce failure of the semiconductor device and/or to improve reliability of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungyeon Ryu, Eunjung Kim