Patents Examined by Fernando L. Toledo
  • Patent number: 11653553
    Abstract: A functional layer forming ink used in forming a functional layer of the self-luminous element by a printing method, the ink including functional material dissolved or dispersed in a mixed solvent including solvents having different boiling points. When one or more solvents are selected from the solvents of the mixed solvent in descending order of boiling point until a mass ratio of the selection to the mixed solvent is a defined ratio or more, the one or more solvents in the selection are included in a solvent group of solvents that have a contact angle of 5° or less with respect to a defined resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Masakazu Takata
  • Patent number: 11652017
    Abstract: A high resistivity wafer with a heat dissipation structure includes a high resistivity wafer and a metal structure. The high resistivity wafer includes a heat dissipation region and a device support region. The high resistivity wafer consists of an insulating material. The metal structure is only embedded within the heat dissipation region of the high resistivity wafer. The metal structure surrounds the device support region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Purakh Raj Verma, Kuo-Yuh Yang, Chia-Huei Lin
  • Patent number: 11652155
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate stack over a substrate; forming a first spacer layer over the dummy gate stack; oxidizing a surface of the first spacer layer to form a sacrificial liner; forming one or more second spacer layers over the sacrificial liner; forming a third spacer layer over the one or more second spacer layers; forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over the third spacer layer; etching at least a portion of the one or more second spacer layers to form an air gap, the air gap being interposed between the third spacer layer and the first spacer layer; and forming a refill layer to fill an upper portion of the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Jhe Sie, Chen-Huang Huang, Shao-Hua Hsu, Cheng-Chung Chang, Szu-Ping Lee, An Chyi Wei, Shiang-Bau Wang, Chia-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11639551
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area and a peripheral area adjacent to the central area are arranged. The central area includes a display area. The display apparatus further includes: at least one insulation pattern that is formed in the peripheral area; a groove from which a material for forming the insulation pattern is removed and that is formed adjacent to the insulation pattern; and at least one insulating layer that is interposed between the insulation pattern and the substrate. The groove is located in the at least one insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun-Youl Lee
  • Patent number: 11637076
    Abstract: A system and method for adding a source contact, a drain contact, and an apparent gate contact to a FinFET having a fin including a source region, a drain region, and a gate disposed over the fin forming one or more transistor junctions with the fin. The method comprises producing a source contact opening extending downward to a first region electrically coupled to the source region, a drain contact opening extending downward to a second region electrically coupled to the drain region, and a gate contact opening extending downward to a third region electrically isolated from the gate, and filling the source contact opening, the drain contact opening, and the gate contact opening with a conductive metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: RAMBUS INC.
    Inventors: Lap Wai Chow, Bryan J. Wang, James P. Baukus, Ronald P. Cocchi
  • Patent number: 11638383
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes preparing a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a pixel area and a transmission area, forming insulating layers in the pixel area and in the transmission area, forming a pixel electrode on the insulating layers in the pixel area and forming a pixel-defining layer on the pixel electrode, wherein the pixel-defining layer exposes at least part of the pixel electrode, forming a metal layer on the pixel-defining layer in the pixel area, the at least part of the pixel electrode exposed by the pixel-defining layer in the pixel area, and the insulating layers in the transmission area, removing the metal layer on the insulating layers in the transmission area, and removing the insulating layers in the transmission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongchan Lee, Kibum Kim, Myeonghun Song, Jeonghyun Lee, Sanghee Jang, Woonghee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11621232
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a multilayer package substrate including a first layer including a first dielectric and first metal layer including a first metal trace and a second layer including a second dielectric layer. An integrated circuit (IC) die includes bond pads, with a bottom side of the IC die attached to the first metal trace. Metal pillars are through the second dielectric layer connecting to the first metal trace. A third layer on the second layer includes a third dielectric layer on the second layer extending to a bottom side of the semiconductor package, and a second metal layer including second metal traces including inner second metal traces connected to the bond pads and outer second metal traces over the metal pillars, and filled vias providing externally accessible contact pads that connect the second metal traces to a bottom side of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Yiqi Tang, Rajen Murugan, Liang Wan
  • Patent number: 11621327
    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: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11616107
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a driving circuit layer located on the base substrate, each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a light emitting element, wherein a display surface of the display substrate comprises a central display region and a plurality of peripheral display regions located around the central display region, a light emitting element in the central display region is an organic light emitting diode, and a light emitting element in at least one of the plurality of peripheral display regions is a micro light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dini Xie
  • Patent number: 11610949
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescence display panel, a method for manufacturing the display panel, and a display apparatus. The organic electroluminescence display panel includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to each other; a buffer layer located on the substrate; a first active layer located on the buffer layer in the first region; a first gate located on the first active layer and insulated from the first active layer; a second active layer located on the buffer layer in the second region; a metal electrode located on the first gate and insulated from the first gate; and a second gate located on the second active layer and insulated from the second active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kookchul Moon
  • Patent number: 11610777
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a hard mask on a substrate; forming a first mandrel and a second mandrel on the hard mask; forming a first spacer and a second spacer around the first mandrel and a third spacer and a fourth spacer around the second mandrel; removing the second mandrel; forming a patterned mask on the first mandrel, the first spacer, the second spacer, the third spacer, and the fourth spacer; and using the patterned mask to remove the third spacer and the hard mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Kuan-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11605724
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region, a first electrode, and a first insulating member. The first semiconductor region includes Alz1Ga1-z1N (0?z1<1). The first semiconductor region includes a first partial region. The first insulating member includes a first insulating portion between the first partial region and the first electrode. The first insulating portion includes a first insulating region and a second insulating region. The second insulating region is provided between the first insulating region and the first electrode. The first insulating region includes Al1-x1Six1O (x1<0.5). The second insulating region includes Al1-x2Six2O (0.5<x2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Matthew David Smith
  • Patent number: 11605681
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate on which a display area displaying an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area are defined; a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in the display area on the substrate and arranged along a first direction and a second direction; a plurality of dummy sub-pixels disposed in the non-display area on the substrate; and a bank disposed in the display area and the non-display area on the substrate, wherein the bank includes a first portion corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels and a second portion corresponding to the plurality of dummy sub-pixels, and wherein a side surface of the first portion has a reverse slope and at least a part of a side surface of the second portion has a normal slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Bin Lee, In-Sun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11600592
    Abstract: A package includes a die and a redistribution layer. A top surface of the die has a first area and a second area connected with the first area. The redistribution layer structure includes a first insulation layer, a redistribution layer, and a second insulation layer. The first insulation layer is overlapping with the second area. The redistribution layer is disposed above the die. The second insulation layer is disposed above the redistribution layer and overlapping with the second area and the first area. The second insulation layer covers a top surface of the first insulation layer and is in contact with a side surface of the first insulation layer and the top surface of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tian Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Sih-Hao Liao
  • Patent number: 11594701
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device comprises a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a connection pattern on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a bank covering edges of the first electrode and the connection pattern, a light-emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the light-emitting layer, the bank and the connection pattern, wherein the connection pattern includes at least one protrusion part and a flat part, and wherein each of the first electrode and the connection pattern includes a first layer and a second layer, the second layer is disposed between the substrate and the first layer, and the second layer of the connection pattern has the at least one protrusion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heume-Il Baek
  • Patent number: 11588082
    Abstract: A micro device includes an epitaxial structure and a light guide structure. The epitaxial structure has a top surface. The light guide structure is disposed on the top surface, and the light guide structure includes a connecting portion and a covering portion. The connecting portion is disposed on an edge of the epitaxial structure and extends along a sidewall of the epitaxial structure. The covering portion is disposed on the top surface and connected to the connecting portion. A width of the connecting portion at the edge of the epitaxial structure is smaller than a width away from the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PlayNitride Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Wu, Yi-Min Su, Yu-Yun Lo
  • Patent number: 11581376
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes forming a thin-film transistor on a substrate and forming a planarization layer to cover the thin-film transistor, forming, on the planarization layer, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin-film transistor and a pixel defining layer exposing at least a center portion of the pixel electrode, and defining at least one groove having a closed curve shape at a location corresponding to a second non-display area. When the thin-film transistor is formed, a voltage line is also formed at a location corresponding to a first non-display area. When the at least one groove is formed, a portion of the planarization layer disposed between the pad area and the display area is simultaneously removed such that a portion of the voltage line between the pad area and the display area is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiho Bang, Wonsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11581513
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of light emitting units on the base substrate, where the plurality of light emitting units include a plurality of pixel display areas; and a reflection layer on the base substrate. The reflection layer includes a plurality of patterns and a plurality of openings defined between adjacent patterns of the plurality of patterns, and positions of the plurality of openings are corresponding to positions of the plurality of pixel display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Li, Xueyan Tian
  • Patent number: 11575012
    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: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11575039
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first electrode; a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity type provided on the first electrode; a second semiconductor layer of first conductivity type provided on the first semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor region of second conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor region of second conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor layer; a first insulating film provided in a trench between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, the trench reaching the second semiconductor layer from above the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, the first insulating film containing silicon oxide; a second electrode provided in the trench, the second electrode facing the second semiconductor layer via the first insulating film, the second electrode containing polysilicon; a third electrode provided above the second electrode, the third electrode facing the first semicondu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiraishi, Masaharu Shimabayashi