Patents Examined by Dzung Tran
  • Patent number: 10872929
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electroluminescent display and a display device, the electroluminescent display comprising a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged in arrays on the base substrate. Each pixel unit is composed of at least four subpixel units, and each pixel unit comprises at least three luminescent material layers. Each luminescent material layer at least covers two adjacent subpixel units, and only one luminescent material layer in each subpixel unit emits light. Since each luminescent material layer at least covers two adjacent subpixel units, when a luminescent material is evaporated and coated by an evaporation coating process, the subpixel units can be made smaller with the size of the mask plate unchanged, which is helpful for improving the resolution of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang Yan, Changyen Wu
  • Patent number: 10868125
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern provided on a substrate and a gate electrode crossing over the active pattern. The active pattern includes a first buffer pattern on the substrate, a channel pattern on the first buffer pattern, a doped pattern between the first buffer pattern and the channel pattern, and a second buffer pattern between the doped pattern and the channel pattern. The doped pattern includes graphene injected with an impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Mirco Cantoro, Zhenhua Wu, Krishna Bhuwalka, Sangsu Kim, Shigenobu Maeda
  • Patent number: 10859375
    Abstract: Methods to improve the accuracy of non-contact measurements of an object's dimensions using a dimensioning system are disclosed. The methods include a method for creating a mathematical model (i.e., error model) based on an observed correlation between errors in an estimated dimension and the characteristics of the measurement used to obtain the estimated dimension. These error models may be created for various dimensions and stored for future use. The methods also include a method for using the stored error models to reduce the error associated with a particular dimensioning-system measurement. Here an error model is used to create an estimated error. The estimated error is then removed from the estimate of the dimension to produce a final estimate of the dimension that is more accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McCloskey, Ryan Andrew Lloyd, Jingquan Li, Brian L. Jovanovski
  • Patent number: 10854654
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, includes forming a first trench on a side of a first face of a semiconductor substrate having the first face and a second face, forming a gettering region by implanting ions in the semiconductor substrate through the first trench, and forming a second trench on the side of the first face of the semiconductor substrate after the forming the gettering region. A depth of a bottom surface of the second trench with reference to the first face is smaller than a depth of a bottom surface of the first trench with reference to the first face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiro Shoyama
  • Patent number: 10854825
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor element functions as a strain sensor, and includes a substrate and an organic semiconductor layer formed on the substrate as a single-crystal thin film of an organic semiconductor that is a polycyclic aromatic compound with four or more rings or a polycyclic compound with four or more rings including one or a plurality of unsaturated five-membered heterocyclic compounds and a plurality of benzene rings. Since the organic semiconductor layer is formed as the single-crystal thin film, an identical crystal structure is obtained regardless of formation technique. Therefore, when the same strain is given, the same carrier mobility is obtained and uniform property is obtained with respect to the strain. Accordingly, it is possible to provide strain sensors having uniform property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsui, Junichi Takeya
  • Patent number: 10854458
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a precursor. The precursor includes a substrate; a gate stack over the substrate; a first dielectric layer over the gate stack; a gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack and on sidewalls of the first dielectric layer; and source and drain (S/D) contacts on opposing sides of the gate stack. The method further includes recessing the gate spacer to at least partially expose the sidewalls of the first dielectric layer but not to expose the sidewalls of the gate stack. The method further includes forming a spacer protection layer over the gate spacer, the first dielectric layer, and the S/D contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih Wei Lu, Chung-Ju Lee, Hai-Ching Chen, Chien-Hua Huang, Tien-I Bao
  • Patent number: 10854819
    Abstract: A method of making a solid state semiconducting film. The method includes blending a non-conjugated semiconducting polymer matrix containing crystalline aggregates with intentionally placed conjugation-break spacers along the polymer backbone, and fully conjugated semiconducting polymer. The resulting blend is subjected to a film making method to result is a semiconducting film. A solid state semiconducting film comprising a non-conjugated semiconducting polymer matrix containing crystalline aggregates with intentionally placed conjugation-break spacers along the polymer backbone, and a fully conjugated semiconducting polymer, wherein the fully conjugated semiconducting polymer serves as tie chains to bridge crystalline aggregates from the non-conjugated polymer matrix. Devices made from these semiconductor films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jianguo Mei, Yan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10840267
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, the present invention provides an array substrate that includes a base substrate and a number of film layers provided on the base substrate. The base substrate is provided with an installation slot that provides an installation space for a hardware structure. A packaging-reserved slot is defined in a number of film layers and extending through at least a part of the film layers. The installation slot extends through the base substrate in a thickness direction of the array substrate, and the packaging-reserved slot surrounds the installation slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kang Wan, Feng Yu, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 10840351
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided in which an L-shaped airgap spacer is located between a functional gate structure and a source/drain contact structure. The L-shaped airgap spacer is sandwiched between a lower dielectric material spacer that is L-shaped and an upper dielectric material spacer that is also L-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 10840377
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an inorganic material having a tensile stress, which includes: forming an inorganic stressor from an inorganic wafer made of an inorganic matter; forming an inorganic layer on the inorganic stressor; and etching a bulk inorganic matter at a lower portion of the inorganic stressor to generate an inorganic material having a tensile stress, wherein the inorganic layer has a tensile stress by etching the bulk inorganic matter to relieve a compressive stress applied to the inorganic stressor when the inorganic stressor is being formed. Therefore, FET and various circuits having higher charge mobility may be realized, and also, since characteristics may be maintained even when being applied to a plastic substrate, high performance flexible electronic device may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ahn, Wonho Lee
  • Patent number: 10825697
    Abstract: There is installed a configuration that includes a process container; a heater chamber exhaust duct configured to discharge an air that has cooled a space at which a heater is installed; a gas box exhaust duct configured to suck and discharge an atmosphere in a gas box; a scavenger exhaust duct configured to suck and discharge an atmosphere in a scavenger; a local exhaust duct configured to suck and discharge an atmosphere in a local exhaust port installed in a transfer chamber; an exhaust damper valve including an opening degree variable mechanism installed in at least one selected from the group of the heater chamber exhaust duct, the gas box exhaust duct, the scavenger exhaust duct, and the local exhaust duct; and a controller configured to remotely control an opening degree of the exhaust damper valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamada, Tadashi Kontani, Seiyo Nakashima, Mikio Ohno
  • Patent number: 10820845
    Abstract: An analyte monitoring platform consisting of a proximity communicator and an implantable biosensor that includes system architecture for biosensor authentication, identification and methods to use analyte sensors for general wellness. The system architecture also permits multi-analyte sensing. In addition, the system and methods can be used for a single analyte or combination of analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Biorasis, Inc.
    Inventors: Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, Antonio Costa, Faquir C. Jain, Michael Kastellorizios
  • Patent number: 10811561
    Abstract: In an ultraviolet LED chip, an epitaxial structure can be isolated into two insulated structures, i.e. a first and a second epitaxial structures by growing the epitaxial structure on a surface of a substrate, and arranging an insulating layer and a groove contacting layer in the middle of the epitaxial structure. The N-type AlGaN layer is stretched out through the groove contacting layer. In the ultraviolet LED chip, through the cooperation among the N electrode, P electrode and intermediate electrode on the base plate along with the first and second epitaxial structures, an LED and an ESD are formed respectively. The ESD is connect to the ends of LED in anti-parallel for providing an electrostatic discharging channel, so as to reduce the direct damage of the ultraviolet LED chip caused by electrostatic discharging, and increase a forward voltage of the LED and the antistatic intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Miao He, Sipan Yang, Chengmin Wang, Run Wang, Hailiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 10802360
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed around the display area; a fan-out unit disposed in the non-display area and including a first pad unit and a first fan-out line electrically connected to the first pad unit; a first signal line disposed on a different layer from the first fan-out line and including a first area overlapping the first fan-out line; a first switching element disposed on the display area and electrically connected to the first signal line and a first pixel electrode; and a color filter overlapping the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon Cheol Kang, Soo San Mun, Yong Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 10797180
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer; a first oxide insulating layer over the first insulating layer; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide insulating layer; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; a second oxide insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer; a gate insulating layer over the second oxide insulating layer; a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer the source electrode layer, the drain electrode layer, the second oxide insulating layer, the gate insulating layer, and the gate electrode layer, and a third insulating layer over the first insulating layer, the source electrode layer, the drain electrode layer, and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daigo Ito, Takahisa Ishiyama, Katsuaki Tochibayashi, Kazuya Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 10790476
    Abstract: A method for preparing an OLED display substrate of an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: providing a substrate comprising pixel definition regions each for defining a pixel unit, and forming a first electrode in the pixel unit; forming a pixel definition structure and an auxiliary electrode in the pixel definition region, the pixel definition structure being configured to separate the first electrode from the auxiliary electrode; forming a phase transition structure; forming a light-emitting layer to cover the phase transition structure and the first electrode; exciting the phase transition structure to contract the phase transition structure, thereby causing the light-emitting layer to be broken at a position corresponding to the contraction of the phase transition structure to form an opening; and forming a second electrode, such that the second electrode covers the light-emitting layer and is electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gu Yao, Ruhui Zhu, Tingyuan Duan
  • Patent number: 10790412
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device includes steps of: providing a substrate with a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises a plurality of concavo-convex structures; forming a semiconductor stack on the top surface; forming a trench in the semiconductor stack to define a plurality of second semiconductor stacks and expose a first upper surface; forming a scribing region which extends from the first upper surface into the semiconductor stack and exposes a side surface of the semiconductor stack to define a plurality of first semiconductor stacks; removing a portion of the plurality of first semiconductor stacks and a portion of the concavo-convex structures trough the region to form a first side wall of each of the first semiconductor stack; and dividing the substrate along the region; wherein the first side wall and the top surface form an acute angle ? between thereof, 30°???80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Tai Chao, Sen-Jung Hsu, Tao-Chi Chang, Wei-Chih Wen, Ou Chen, Chun-Hsiang Tu, Yu-Shou Wang, Jing-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10781608
    Abstract: The present application discloses systems and methods of providing different functionality to EAC devices using multiple algorithm/operand pairs, each tied to one or more different functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: D. Scott Kalous
  • Patent number: 10777637
    Abstract: One illustrative integrated circuit product disclosed herein includes a single diffusion break (SDB) isolation structure positioned between a first fin portion and a second fin portion, wherein the first fin portion comprises a first end surface and the second fin portion comprises a second end surface. In this example, the SDB structure includes a conformal liner layer that engages the first end surface of the first fin portion and the second end surface of the second fin portion, an insulating material positioned on the conformal liner layer, a cap structure positioned above an upper surface of the insulating material and an air gap positioned between a bottom surface of the cap structure and the upper surface of the insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Yu, Jiehui Shu, Hui Zang
  • Patent number: 10777554
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device comprises a substrate having a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) region; a gate region disposed over the substrate and in the MOS region; and source/drain features in the MOS region and separated by the gate region. The gate region includes a fin structure and a nanowire over the fin structure. The nanowire extends from the source feature to the drain feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng Ching, Ting-Hung Hsu