Patents Examined by Hsin-Yi Hsieh
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Patent number: 9048199Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor package are disclosed. A semiconductor package in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, which has a ground circuit formed thereon, a semiconductor chip, which is mounted on the substrate, a conductive first shield, which is formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor chip and connected with the ground circuit, and a conductive second shield, which covers the substrate and the semiconductor chip and is connected with the first shield. With a semiconductor package in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, grounding is possible between semiconductor chips because a shield is also formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor chip, and the shielding property can be improved by a double shielding structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Do-Jae Yoo, Jae-Cheon Doh
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Patent number: 9048169Abstract: A method of fabricating a device layer structure includes providing a III-nitride semiconductor layer which is bonded to a bonding substrate. A device layer structure is formed on a nitrogen polar surface of the III-nitride semiconductor layer. The device layer structure includes an indium gallium nitride layer with a metal polar surface adjacent to the nitrogen polar surface of the III-nitride semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: SOITECInventor: Chantal Arena
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Patent number: 9041048Abstract: The semiconductor light emitting device according to embodiments has a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an un-doped semiconductor layer under the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a plurality of semiconductor structures in the un-doped semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Ho Sang Yoon
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Patent number: 9040980Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor device for high power application which has good properties. A means for solving the above-described problem is to form a transistor described below. The transistor includes a source electrode layer; an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with the source electrode layer; a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode layer part of which overlaps with the source electrode layer, the drain electrode layer, and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a gate insulating layer in contact with an entire surface of the gate electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masami Endo
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Patent number: 9035312Abstract: A TFT array substrate is provided. The TFT array substrate includes a gate electrode connected to a gate line; a source electrode connected to a data line, the data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a drain electrode facing the source electrode with a channel interposed therebetween; a semiconductor layer forming the channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a channel passivation layer formed on the channel to protect the semiconductor layer; a pixel electrode disposed in the pixel region to contact with the drain electrode; a storage capacitor including the pixel electrode extending over the gate line to form a storage area on a gate insulating layer on which a semiconductor layer pattern and a metal layer pattern are stacked; a gate pad extending from the gate line; and a data pad connected to the data line.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Seok Choi, Hong Woo Yu, Ki Sul Cho, Jae Ow Lee, Bo Kyoung Jung
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Patent number: 9023696Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a semiconductor device. In one example, the method includes performing a first process operation to form a first etch stop layer above a first region of a semiconducting substrate where a first type of transistor device will be formed, and forming a first stress inducing layer at least above the first etch stop layer in the first region, wherein the first stress inducing layer is adapted to induce a stress in a channel region of the first type of transistor. The method further includes, after forming the first etch stop layer, performing a second process operation form a second etch stop layer above a second region of the substrate where a second type of transistor device will be formed, and forming a second stress inducing layer at least above the second etch stop layer in the second region, wherein the second stress inducing layer is adapted to induce a stress in a channel region of the second type of transistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventors: Peter Baars, Marco Lepper, Thilo Scheiper
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Patent number: 9024372Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes: a channel layer protruding perpendicular to a surface of a substrate; a tunnel insulation layer formed on a surface of the channel layer; a stack structure, in which a plurality of floating gate electrodes and a plurality of control gate electrodes are alternately formed along the channel layer; and a charge blocking layer interposed between each floating gate electrode, of the plurality of floating gate electrodes, and each control gate electrode of the plurality of control gate electrodes, wherein the floating gate electrode includes a first floating gate electrode between two control gate electrodes and a second floating gate electrode positioned in the lowermost and uppermost parts of the stack structure and having a smaller width in a direction parallel to the substrate than the first floating gate electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.Inventors: Young-Soo Ahn, Jeong-Seob Oh
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Patent number: 9018666Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device that minimizes reflection or absorption of emitted light, maximizes luminous efficiency with the maximum light emitting area, enables uniform current spreading with a small area electrode, and enables mass production with high reliability and high quality. A semiconductor light emitting device according to an aspect of the invention includes first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers, an active layer formed therebetween, first electrode layer, and a second electrode part electrically connecting the semiconductor layers. The second electrode part includes an electrode pad unit, an electrode extending unit, and an electrode connecting unit connecting the electrode pad unit and electrode extending unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pun Jae Choi, Ki Yeol Park, Sang Bum Lee, Seon Young Myoung, Myong Soo Cho
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Patent number: 9012279Abstract: A SiGe HBT is disclosed, which includes: a silicon substrate; shallow trench field oxides formed in the silicon substrate; a pseudo buried layer formed at bottom of each shallow trench field oxide; a collector region formed beneath the surface of the silicon substrate, the collector region being sandwiched between the shallow trench field oxides and between the pseudo buried layers; a polysilicon gate formed above each shallow trench field oxide having a thickness of greater than 150 nm; a base region on the polysilicon gates and the collector region; emitter region isolation oxides on the base region; and an emitter region on the emitter region isolation oxides and a part of the base region. The polysilicon gate is formed by gate polysilicon process of a MOSFET in a CMOS process. A method of manufacturing the SiGe HBT is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Donghua Liu, Wenting Duan, Wensheng Qian, Jun Hu, Jing Shi
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Patent number: 8962420Abstract: An embedded or buried resistive structure may be formed by amorphizing a semiconductor material and subsequently re-crystallizing the same in a polycrystalline state, thereby providing a high degree of compatibility with conventional polycrystalline resistors, such as polysilicon resistors, while avoiding the deposition of a dedicated polycrystalline material. Hence, polycrystalline resistors may be advantageously combined with sophisticated transistor architectures based on non-silicon gate electrode materials, while also providing high performance of the resistors with respect to the parasitic capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventors: Andreas Kurz, Roman Boschke, James Buller, Andy Wei
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Patent number: 8952435Abstract: A method for forming a memory cell transistor is disclosed which includes providing a substrate, forming a trench structure in the substrate, depositing a conductive substance on the surface of the substrate to form a conductive member inside the trench structure, forming one or more dielectric layers on the surface of the substrate, forming one or more first conductive layers on top of the dielectric layers, and etching the first conductive layers and the dielectric layers to form a hole structure extending through the first conductive and the dielectric layers, reaching to the substrate surface. The formed memory cell transistor thus comprises a hole structure which is formed from the surface of the top first conductive layer, extending downwards through the first conductive layers and the dielectric layers, and reaching the substrate surface. One or more second conductive layers may be formed on top of the first conductive layers, with the second conductive layer material filling the hole structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Hermes Microvision, Inc.Inventor: Hong Xiao
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Patent number: 8941146Abstract: A compound semiconductor device includes an electron transit layer; an electron supply layer formed over the electron transit layer; a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion formed in the electron supply layer; a chemical compound semiconductor layer including impurities that buries the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion and covers over the electron supply layer; a source electrode formed over the chemical compound semiconductor layer which buries the first recessed portion; a drain electrode formed over the chemical compound semiconductor layer which buries the second recessed portion; and a gate electrode formed over the electron supply layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, wherein, in the chemical compound semiconductor layer, a concentration of impurities included below the source electrode and the drain electrode is higher than a concentration of impurities included near the gate electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Masahito Kanamura
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Patent number: 8928638Abstract: A display device and method for manufacturing same are provided. The display device including a plurality of unit pixels disposed in the matrix on a substrate, each of the unit pixels has a thin film transistor at a place other than the center of the pixel, and unit pixels in a first row and unit pixels in a second row adjacent to the first row are arranged so that they are symmetric with respect to a first virtual plane orthogonal to a main surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Toshiaki Arai
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Patent number: 8921870Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a base substrate, first and second substrates, first and second semiconductor light emitting elements. The first and second substrates are provided on a major surface of the base substrate and include first and second reflection regions, respectively. The first and second semiconductor light emitting elements include first and second structural bodies including first and second light emitting layers, respectively. Each of the first and second semiconductor light emitting elements is inputted with a power not less than 1 Watt. An area of a face of the first semiconductor light emitting element is S1, and a gap between the first light emitting layer and the first substrate is t1. An area R1 of the first reflection region satisfies a relationship (S1+100t12)?R1?(S1+10000t12). A gap L between the first and the second semiconductor light emitting elements satisfies the relationships 100t1?L?10000t1.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takahiro Sato, Shinya Nunoue
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Patent number: 8901699Abstract: Integral structures that block the current conduction of the built-in PiN diode in a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) structure are provided. A Schottky diode may be incorporated in series with the PiN diode, where the Schottky diode is of opposite direction to that of the PiN diode. A series resistance or and insulating layer may be provided between the PiN diode and a Schottky contact. Silicon carbide Schottky diodes and methods of fabricating silicon carbide Schottky diodes that include a silicon carbide junction barrier region disposed within a drift region of the diode are also provided. The junction barrier region includes a first region of silicon carbide having a first doping concentration in the drift region of the diode and a second region of silicon carbide in the drift region and disposed between the first region of silicon carbide and a Schottky contact of the Schottky diode. The second region is in contact with the first region of silicon carbide and the Schottky contact.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Sei-Hyung Ryu, Anant K. Agarwal
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Patent number: 8872287Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated structure for a MEMS device and a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, in which an etch stopping element is included on a substrate between the MEMS device and the semiconductor device for protecting the semiconductor device from lateral damage when an oxide releasing process is performed to fabricate the MEMS device. The etch stopping element has various profiles and is selectively formed by an individual fabricating process or is simultaneously formed with the semiconductor device in the same fabricating process. It is a singular structure or a combined stacked multilayered structure, for example, a plurality of rows of pillared etch-resistant material plugs, one or a plurality of wall-shaped etch-resistant material plugs, or a multilayered structure of a stack of which and an etch-resistant material layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Bang-Chiang Lan, Li-Hsun Ho, Wei-Cheng Wu, Hui-Min Wu, Min Chen, Tzung-I Su, Chien-Hsin Huang
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Patent number: 8872329Abstract: An extended landing pad substrate package includes a dielectric layer having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. A lower circuit pattern is embedded in the lower surface of the dielectric layer. The lower circuit pattern includes traces having a first thickness and extended landing pads having a second thickness greater than the first thickness. Blind via apertures are formed through an upper circuit pattern embedded into the upper surface of the dielectric layer, through the dielectric layer and to the extended landing pads. The length of the blind via apertures is minimized due to the increase second thickness of the extended landing pads as compared to the first thickness of traces. Accordingly, the width of the blind via apertures at the upper surface of the dielectric layer is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Inventors: David Jon Hiner, Ronald Patrick Huemoeller
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Patent number: 8866165Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a plurality of single crystal semiconductor thin films that emit light. The single crystal semiconductor thin films are secured in intimate contact to the surface of a substrate or a bonding layer formed on the substrate. A first conductive electrode is formed on the single crystal semiconductor thin film and is connected to a first conductive side metal layer. The first conductive side metal layer is closer to the surface of the substrate than a top surface of the single crystal semiconductor thin film. A second conductive electrode is formed on the single crystal semiconductor thin film. A second conductive side metal layer is connected to the second conductive electrode. The second conductive side metal layer is closer to the surface of the substrate than the top surface of the single crystal semiconductor thin film.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Oki Data CorporationInventor: Mitsuhiko Ogihara
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Patent number: 8866205Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device is disclosed. The photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of photoelectric converters, a multilayer wiring structure arranged on the semiconductor substrate, and a planarized layer arranged on the multilayer wiring structure. The multilayer wiring structure includes a first wiring layer, an interlayer insulation film arranged to cover the first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer serving as a top wiring layer arranged on the interlayer insulation film. The planarized layer covers the interlayer insulation film and the second wiring layer. The second wiring layer is thinner than the first wiring layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Nakata, Shigeru Nishimura, Ryuichi Mishima
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Patent number: 8860124Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of semiconductor lines, such as body-tied fins, on a substrate. The lines including buried-channel regions doped for depletion mode operation. A storage structure lies on the plurality of lines, including tunnel insulating layer on the channel regions of the fins, a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulating layer, and a blocking insulating layer on the charge storage layer. A plurality of word lines overlie the storage structure and cross over the channel regions of the semiconductor lines, whereby memory cells lie at cross-points of the word lines and the semiconductor lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hang-Ting Lue, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao