Patents Examined by Eric Ward
  • Patent number: 10566466
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure includes a region of semiconductor material having an active region and a termination region. An active structure is disposed in the active region and a termination structure is disposed in the termination region. In one embodiment, the termination structure includes a termination trench and a conductive structure within the termination trench and electrically isolated from the region of semiconductor material by a dielectric structure. A dielectric layer is disposed to overlap the termination trench to provide the termination structure as a floating structure. A Schottky contact region is disposed within the active region. A conductive layer is electrically connected to the Schottky contact region and the first conductive layer extends onto a surface of the dielectric layer and laterally overlaps at least a portion of the termination trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Tanvir Quddus, Mihir Mudholkar, Zia Hossain
  • Patent number: 10566447
    Abstract: A vertical, single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor device includes an all-around extrinsic base. Aspect ratio trapping is employed during fabrication of the transistor device on a silicon substrate. Homojunction and heterojunction devices are formed using III-V materials with appropriate bandgaps. The emitter of the device may be electrically connected by a lateral buried metal contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karthik Balakrishnan, Pouya Hashemi, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 10566511
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a circuit board including a wiring on a surface of a substrate, the wiring including a raised portion, and a light-emitting element mounted on the raised portion. When the light-emitting element is of a flip-chip type, an element electrode thereof is connected to the raised portion such that an edge of the element electrode on an outer periphery side of the light-emitting element is located outside of the raised portion in a top view and an exposed portion of the element electrode is covered with a white or transparent resin. When the light-emitting element is of a face-up type, an element substrate thereof is bonded to the raised portion such that the raised portion is located inside the element substrate in the top view and an exposed portion of a bottom surface of the element substrate is covered with a white resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Yajima, Hiroshi Ito, Seiji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10553485
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to form fully self-aligned vias are described. First conductive lines are recessed in a first insulating layer on a substrate. A first metal film is formed in the recessed first conductive lines and pillars are formed from the first metal film. Some of the pillars are selectively removed and a second insulating layer is deposited around the remaining pillar. The remaining pillars are removed to form vias in the second insulating layer. A third insulating layer is deposited in the vias and an overburden is formed on the second insulating layer. Portions of the overburden are selectively etched from the second insulating layer to expose the second insulating layer and the filled vias and leaving portions of the third insulating layer on the second insulating layer. The third insulating layer is etched from the filled vias to form a via opening to the first conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Micromaterials LLC
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Regina Freed, Nitin K. Ingle, Ho-yung Hwang, Uday Mitra, Abhijit Basu Mallick, Sanjay Natarajan
  • Patent number: 10541302
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region separated from each other along a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. An interface device isolation layer fills an interface trench in an interface region between the first region and the second region and defines a portion of a first active area positioned in the first region and a portion of a second active area positioned in the second region. An insulation pattern extends from the first region to an upper portion of the interface device isolation layer. The insulation pattern covers the first active area and at least a portion of the interface device isolation layer. The insulation pattern defines an undercut area on an upper surface of the interface device isolation layer. A buried pattern substantially fills the undercut region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan-sic Yoon, Ho-in Lee, Ki-seok Lee, Je-min Park
  • Patent number: 10535730
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) in which a high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor (HVMOS) device is integrated with a high voltage junction termination (HVJT) device. In some embodiments, a first drift well and a second drift well are in a substrate. The first and second drift wells border in a ring-shaped pattern and have a first doping type. A peripheral well is in the substrate and has a second doping type opposite the first doping type. The peripheral well surrounds and separates the first and second drift wells. A body well is in the substrate and has the second doping type. Further, the body well overlies the first drift well and is spaced from the peripheral well by the first drift well. A gate electrode overlies a junction between the first drift well and the body well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Karthick Murukesan, Wen-Chih Chiang, Chun Lin Tsai, Ker-Hsiao Huo, Kuo-Ming Wu, Po-Chih Chen, Ru-Yi Su, Shiuan-Jeng Lin, Yi-Min Chen, Hung-Chou Lin, Yi-Cheng Chiu
  • Patent number: 10535740
    Abstract: A vertical JFET is provided. The JFET is mixed with lateral channel structure and p-GaN gate structure. The JFET has an improved barrier layer for p-GaN block layer and enhanced Ohmic contact with source. In one embodiment, regrowth of lateral channel is provided so that counter doping surface Mg will be buried. In another embodiment, a dielectric layer is provided to protect p-type block layer during the processing, and later make Ohmic source and p-type block layer. Method of a barrier regrown layer for enhanced lateral channel performance is provided where a regrown barrier layer is deposited over the drift layer. The barrier regrown layer is an anti-p-doping layer. Method of a patterned regrowth for enhanced Ohmic contact is provided where a patterned masked is used for the regrowth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Gangfeng Ye
  • Patent number: 10535759
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are provided. A fabrication method includes: forming a source and drain material layer over a substrate; forming a mask layer over the source and drain material layer and including a first trench exposing a portion of the source and drain material layer; forming a protective layer on sidewalls of the first trench; forming a second trench in the source and drain material layer using the mask layer and the protective layer as an etch mask; removing the protective layer after the second trench is formed; forming a channel material layer and a gate structure on the channel material layer after the protective layer is removed; and removing the mask layer after the channel material layer and the gate structure are formed. The channel material layer is on the sidewalls and the bottom of the first trench and the second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventors: Hai Yang Zhang, Zhuo Fan Chen
  • Patent number: 10529562
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate, comprising a first semiconductor material, is provided and an insulating layer is formed thereon; an opening is formed in the insulating layer. Thereby, a seed surface of the substrate is exposed. The opening has sidewalls and a bottom and the bottom corresponds to the seed surface of the substrate. A cavity structure is formed above the insulating layer, including the opening and a lateral growth channel extending laterally over the substrate. A matching array is grown on the seed surface of the substrate, including at least a first semiconductor matching structure comprising a second semiconductor material and a second semiconductor matching structure comprising a third semiconductor material. The compound semiconductor structure comprising a fourth semiconductor material is grown on a seed surface of the second matching structure. The first through fourth semiconductor materials are different from each other. Corresponding semiconductor structures are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniele Caimi, Lukas Czornomaz, Jean Fompeyrine, Emanuele Uccelli
  • Patent number: 10529703
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection device includes the following successive structures: a very heavily-doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first heavily-doped buried semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; a first lightly-doped semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type; and a second heavily-doped layer of the first conductivity type. The device further includes, located between first heavily-doped buried semiconductor layer and the first lightly-doped semiconductor layer, a third doped layer of the first conductivity type having a thickness and a dopant atom concentration configured to form, at a junction of the first lightly-doped semiconductor layer and the third layer, a diode having a reverse punchthrough operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS
    Inventor: Aurelie Arnaud
  • Patent number: 10522725
    Abstract: An LED structure includes a substrate, an LED chip disposed on the substrate, a wavelength conversion layer disposed above a light-emitting surface of the LED chip, and a cut-on optical filter disposed on a central region of the wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LITE-ON OPTO TECHNOLOGY (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke-qin Guo, Wen Lee, Mu-qi Lee, Shu-yong Jia
  • Patent number: 10510879
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first to third semiconductor layers stacked, and control electrodes provided in trenches extending in a stacking direction. The device further includes an insulating region and a fourth semiconductor layer. The insulating region is provided between first and second control electrodes adjacent to each other. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided between the insulating region and the first and second control electrodes, and between the insulating region and the first semiconductor layer. A first insulating film is provided between the first control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer, and contacts the first control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer. A second insulating film is provided between the second control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer, and contacts the second control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer. The insulating region has an end positioned at a level lower than a level of ends of the control electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiko Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10505150
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device according to an embodiment includes an element substrate including a substrate and a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements supported by the substrate, and a thin film encapsulation structure formed on the plurality of organic electroluminescent elements. The thin film encapsulation structure includes at least one complex stack body which includes a first inorganic barrier layer, an organic barrier layer in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, the organic barrier layer including a plurality of solid portions discretely distributed, and a second inorganic barrier layer in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and a top surface of each of the plurality of solid portions of the organic barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10488719
    Abstract: An IPS array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel are provided. The IPS array substrate includes a substrate, a common line, a data line, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of common electrodes. Each of the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes includes a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent electrode layer, and a metal layer between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Ren
  • Patent number: 10490690
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabrication of linear luminants with a vertical cylindrical reaction chamber for micro light emitting diode epitaxy, which is a method for forming light emission dices formed of micro light emitting diodes, in which a linear luminant is formed with a vertical cylindrical reaction chamber, in which operations of fabrication of the linear luminant including epitaxy, vapor deposition, etching are carried out so as to achieve the purpose that the linear epitaxial body can be cut and assembled even with an extremely small size and thus yield can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NEWGO DESIGN STUDIO
    Inventor: Chun-Lin Tseng
  • Patent number: 10490569
    Abstract: Multiple tier structures are stacked over a substrate. Each tier structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers and a retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying the alternating stack. Multiple types of openings are formed concurrently during formation of each tier structure. Openings concurrently formed through each tier structure can include at least two types of openings that may be selected from through-tier memory openings, through-tier support openings, and through-tier staircase-region openings. Each through-tier opening is filled with a respective through-tier sacrificial opening fill structure. Stacks of through-tier sacrificial opening fill structures can be removed in stages to form various device components, which include memory stack structures, support pillar structures, and staircase-region contact via structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Mitsuteru Mushiga, Hisakazu Otoi, Kensuke Yamaguchi, James Kai, Zhixin Cui, Murshed Chowdhury, Johann Alsmeier, Tong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10490477
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a thermal conduction layer on the substrate, a first wire pattern on the thermal conduction layer, a first semiconductor pattern a second semiconductor pattern, and a gate electrode between the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern. The gate electrode surrounds a periphery of the first wire pattern. A concentration of impurity of the thermal conduction layer is different from that of the substrate. The first wire pattern includes a first end and a second end. The concentration of impurity contained in the first wire pattern is higher than that contained in the thermal conduction layer and that contained in the substrate. The first semiconductor pattern is in contact with the first end of the first wire pattern and the thermal conduction layer. The second semiconductor pattern is in contact with the second end of the first wire pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Sagong, Sang-Woo Pae, Seung-Jin Choo
  • Patent number: 10475653
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a ferroelectric memory device is provided. The method includes preparing a substrate, forming an interfacial insulation layer on the substrate, forming a ferroelectric layer on the interfacial insulation layer, applying a surface treatment process to the ferroelectric layer to form an oxygen vacancy region in the ferroelectric layer, forming a gate electrode layer on the ferroelectric layer, and annealing the ferroelectric layer to crystallize the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hyangkeun Yoo
  • Patent number: 10476232
    Abstract: Provided are an optical apparatus, a manufacturing method of a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, and a manufacturing method of the optical apparatus, the an optical apparatus including a cooling device, a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode having a lower clad including a recess region on one side of the cooling device and connected to another side of the cooling device, and an air gap between the cooling device and the distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, wherein the air gap is defined by a bottom surface of the lower clad in the recess region and a top surface of the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: OH Kee Kwon, Su Hwan Oh, Chul-Wook Lee, Kisoo Kim
  • Patent number: 10475721
    Abstract: In a power semiconductor device, an IGBT has a collector electrode bonded to a metal plate by a bonding material. A diode has a cathode electrode bonded to the metal plate by the bonding material. An interconnection member is bonded to an emitter electrode of the IGBT by a bonding material. The bonding material includes a bonding material and a bonding material. The bonding material is interposed between the IGBT and the interconnection member. The bonding material fills a through hole formed in the interconnection member. The bonding material reaches the bonding material and is therefore connected to the bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunari Hino, Kiyoshi Arai