Patents Examined by Fernando L. Toledo
  • Patent number: 12046562
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution structure having a first surface in which a first pad and a second pad are embedded and including a first redistribution layer thereon, and a vertical connection structure including a land layer and a pillar layer. The land layer is embedded in the first surface of the first redistribution structure, and a width of an upper surface of the land layer is narrower than a width of a lower surface of the pillar layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myungsam Kang, Youngchan Ko, Jeongseok Kim, Bongju Cho
  • Patent number: 12040248
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a connection layer, a semiconductor chip disposed at a center portion of the connection layer, an adhesive layer disposed on the semiconductor chip, a heat spreader layer disposed on the adhesive layer, and a lower redistribution layer disposed on the connection layer and a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip. A width of the adhesive layer is the same as a width of the semiconductor chip, and a width of the heat spreader layer is less than the width of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingu Kim, Sangkyu Lee, Yongkoon Lee, Seokkyu Choi
  • Patent number: 12040287
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a first conductive structure, a stress buffering layer and a second conductive structure. The first conductive structure includes a substrate, and a first circuit layer disposed on the substrate. The first circuit layer includes a conductive wiring pattern, and the conductive wiring pattern is an uppermost conductive pattern of the first circuit layer. The stress buffering structure is disposed on the first conductive structure. The second conductive structure is disposed over the stress buffering structure. The conductive wiring pattern extends through the stress buffering structure and electrically connected to the second conductive structure, and an upper surface of the conductive wiring pattern is substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the stress buffering structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Hsing Kuo Tien, Chih-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 12033947
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a first bottom electrical connector, an interposer over the first bottom electrical connector, and a first top electrical connector over the first top via structures. The interposer includes first bottom via structures in contact with the first bottom electrical connector. The interposer also includes a first trace of a first redistribution layer structure over the first bottom via structures. The interposer also includes first via structures over the first redistribution layer. The interposer also includes a first trace of a second redistribution layer structure over the first via structures. The interposer also includes second via structures over the second redistribution layer structure. The first bottom via structures, the first via structures, and the second via structures are separated from each other in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Kuei Hsu, Ming-Chih Yew, Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 12027591
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes forming a graphene layer at a first side of a silicon carbide substrate having at least next to the first side a first defect density of at most 5*102/cm2; attaching an acceptor layer at the graphene layer to form a wafer-stack, the acceptor layer comprising silicon carbide having a second defect density higher than the first defect density; forming an epitaxial silicon carbide layer; splitting the wafer-stack along a split plane in the silicon carbide substrate to form a device wafer comprising the graphene layer and a silicon carbide split layer at the graphene layer; and further processing the device wafer at the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Schulze, Roland Rupp
  • Patent number: 12027459
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a conductive line including a metal layer and an insulation capping structure covering the conductive line. The first insulation capping structure includes a first insulation capping pattern that is adjacent to the metal layer in the insulation capping structure and has a first density, and a second insulation capping pattern spaced apart from the metal layer with the first insulation capping pattern therebetween and having a second density that is greater than the first density. In order to manufacture the integrated circuit device, the conductive line having a metal layer is formed on a substrate, a first insulation capping layer having the first density is formed directly on the metal layer, and a second insulation capping layer having the second density that is greater than the first density is formed on the first insulation capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choonghyun Lee, Joonyong Choe, Youngju Lee
  • Patent number: 12027432
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having first and second contact pads that are alternately arranged in a first direction; an insulating film having first openings respectively defining first pad regions of first contact pads, and second openings respectively defining second pad regions of the second contact pads; first and second conductive capping layers on the first and second pad regions, respectively; and an insulating layer on the insulating film, and having first and second contact holes respectively connected to the first and second conductive capping layers. Each of the first and second pad regions includes a bonding region having a first width and a probing region having a second width, greater than the first width, and each of the second pad regions is arranged in a direction that is opposite to each of the plurality of first pad regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yonghwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 12029083
    Abstract: A first metal layer that is formed by a first metal film is provided in an island shape along a pair of third wiring lines that is adjacent to each other. The first metal layer overlaps a region that is surrounded by a pair of first wiring lines, among several first wiring lines extending parallel to each other and formed by a first metal film, that is adjacent to each other, and the pair of third wiring lines, among several third wiring lines extending parallel to each other and in a direction intersecting each of the several first wiring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Masahiko Miwa, Masaki Yamanaka, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Seiji Kaneko, Yi Sun
  • Patent number: 12027467
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, an interconnection structure, a package body, and a first electronic component. The interconnection structure is disposed on the substrate. The package body is disposed on the substrate and partially covers the interconnection structure. The package body has a position limiting structure around the interconnection structure. The first electronic component is disposed on the interconnection structure and electrically connected to the interconnection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Cho, Shao-Lun Yang, Chun-Hung Yeh, Tsung-Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 12027593
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based module, which includes a module substrate, a thinned switch die residing over the module substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The thinned switch die includes an electrode region, a number of switch interconnects extending from a bottom surface of the electrode region to the module substrate, an aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier layer over a top surface of the electrode region, a GaN buffer layer over the AlGaN barrier layer, and a lateral two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer realized at a heterojunction of the AlGaN barrier layer and the GaN buffer layer. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned switch die, and extends above a top surface of the thinned switch die to form an opening over the top surface of the thinned switch die. The second mold compound fills the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 12021156
    Abstract: Windowed wafer assemblies having interposers are described. A described example integrated circuit (IC) package includes first and second dies, where at least one of the first or second dies includes an optical window with a light transmittance wavelength range between 0.1 micrometers and 1.0 millimeter, and an interposer die between the first and second dies, where the interposer die is coupled to the first die at a first surface of the interposer to form a first bonded interface, where the interposer is coupled to the second die at a second surface of the interposer die to form a second bonded interface, where the second surface is opposite the first surface, where the first and second bonded interfaces form a sealed cavity of the IC package that is at least partially formed by the optical window, and where the interposer die includes electrical routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Simon Joshua Jacobs
  • Patent number: 12021036
    Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a package substrate, a semiconductor chip on the package substrate, and an interposer substrate on the semiconductor chip. The interposer substrate comprises a first surface facing the semiconductor chip and a trench in the first surface, the trench vertically overlapping the semiconductor chip. An insulating filler is provided between the semiconductor chip and the interposer substrate, and at least partially fills the trench of the interposer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongbo Shim, Jihwang Kim, Choongbin Yim
  • Patent number: 12021023
    Abstract: A device includes a gate, source/drain regions, a source/drain contact, and first, second, third dielectric layers. The gate is on a transistor channel region. The source/drain regions are spaced apart by the transistor channel region. The source/drain contact is on one of the source/drain regions. The first dielectric layer is over the source/drain contact. The second dielectric layer is over the first dielectric layer. The third dielectric layer is over the second dielectric layer. The first and third dielectric layers are formed of a first material different from a second material of the second dielectric layer. The via extends through the first, second, and third dielectric layers to the source/drain contact. The via is wider in the second dielectric layer than in the first and third dielectric layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon-Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 12014991
    Abstract: An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keunwook Shin, Kibum Kim, Hyunmi Kim, Hyeonjin Shin, Sanghun Lee
  • Patent number: 12015004
    Abstract: A device assembly includes a functional substrate having one or more electronic components formed there. The functional substrate has a cavity extending from a first surface toward a second surface of the functional substrate at a location that lacks the electronic components. The device assembly further includes a semiconductor die placed within the cavity with a pad surface of the semiconductor die being opposite to a bottom of the cavity. The functional substrate may be formed utilizing a first fabrication technology and the semiconductor die may be formed utilizing a second fabrication technology that differs from the first fabrication technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Lakshminarayan Viswanathan, Jeffrey Kevin Jones
  • Patent number: 12009288
    Abstract: Disclosed are interconnection structures and semiconductor packages. The interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer and a first hardmask pattern that are sequentially stacked, and a first interconnection pattern that penetrates the first hardmask pattern and the first dielectric layer. The first hardmask pattern includes a dielectric material having an etch selectivity with respect to the first dielectric layer. The first interconnection pattern includes a via part, a first pad part, and a line part that are integrally connected to each other. The first pad part vertically overlaps the via part. The line part extends from the first pad part. A level of a bottom surface of the first pad part is lower than a level of a bottom surface of the line part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongjoon Oh, Junyun Kweon, Jumyong Park, Jin Ho An, Chungsun Lee, Hyunsu Hwang
  • Patent number: 12002784
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes an upper substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, a lower semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface of the upper substrate, a plurality of conductive pillars disposed on the first surface of the upper substrate at at least one side of the lower semiconductor chip, and an upper semiconductor chip disposed on the second surface of the upper substrate. The lower semiconductor chip and the plurality of conductive pillars are connected to the first surface of the upper substrate, and the upper semiconductor chip is connected to the second surface of the upper substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 12002761
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric structure, an electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer and a circuit layer. The electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric structure is disposed over the electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer, wherein a thermal conductivity of the electrical insulating and thermal conductive layer is substantially greater than a thermal conductivity of the dielectric structure. The circuit layer is disposed in the dielectric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hang Tung, Chen-Hua Yu, Tung-Liang Shao, Su-Chun Yang, Wen-Lin Shih
  • Patent number: 12002781
    Abstract: A first substrate having a first face and a second face is prepared. The first face has a plurality of product regions defined thereon. An electrode pad forming side of each of a semiconductor chip stack and a semiconductor chip is attached to each corresponding product region of the plurality of product regions. The second face of the first substrate is thinned. A first inorganic insulating layer is formed on the second face. A first vertical interconnection penetrates the first inorganic insulating layer and the first substrate and is electrically connected to an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip stack. A second vertical interconnection penetrates the first inorganic insulating layer and the first substrate and is electrically connected to an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip. A first horizontal interconnection electrically connects a part of the first vertical interconnection to a part of the second vertical interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Takayuki Ohba
  • Patent number: 11996450
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based module, which includes a module substrate, a thinned switch die residing over the module substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The thinned switch die includes an electrode region, a number of switch interconnects extending from a bottom surface of the electrode region to the module substrate, an aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier layer over a top surface of the electrode region, a GaN buffer layer over the AlGaN barrier layer, and a lateral two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer realized at a heterojunction of the AlGaN barrier layer and the GaN buffer layer. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned switch die, and extends above a top surface of the thinned switch die to form an opening over the top surface of the thinned switch die. The second mold compound fills the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll