Patents Examined by Igwe U. Anya
  • Patent number: 11967631
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. In order to provide a power semiconductor device with improved latch-up immunity but without increasing device power loss and costs, a hole current path in a fourth semiconductor region of a first conductivity type between a gate trench and a dummy gate trench is shortened by providing a first contact trench between two adjacent gate trenches, and providing a second contact trench between the gate trench and a dummy gate trench such that the width and depth of the second contact trench are respectively greater than those of the first contact trench. The effect of the hole current on the potential rise of the fourth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type is suppressed, thereby suppressing the latch-up effect, and enhancing the switching reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: JSAB TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Feng, Yong Liu, Jing Deng, Johnny Kin On Sin
  • Patent number: 11967595
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a first nanowire, a second nanowire, a first gate insulating layer, a second gate insulating layer, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first gate insulating layer may be along a periphery of the first nanowire. The second gate insulating layer may be along a periphery of the second nanowire. The first metal layer may be on a top surface of the first gate insulating layer along the periphery of the first nanowire. The first metal layer may have a first crystal grain size. The second metal layer may be on a top surface of the second gate insulating layer along the periphery of the second nanowire. The second metal layer may have a second crystal grain size different from the first crystal grain size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Jung Kim, Young Suk Chai, Sang Yong Kim, Hoon Joo Na, Sang Jin Hyun
  • Patent number: 11961903
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of silicon carbide (SiC), at least one trench that extends in one direction, a gate insulating layer disposed on at least an inner wall of the at least one trench, at least one gate electrode layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a drift region disposed in the semiconductor layer at least on one side of the at least one gate electrode layer, a well region disposed in the semiconductor layer to be deeper than the at least one gate electrode layer, a source region disposed in the well region, and at least one channel region disposed in the semiconductor layer of one side of the at least one gate electrode layer between the drift region and the source region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Mok Ha, Hyuk Woo, Sin A Kim, Tae Youp Kim, Ju Hwan Lee, Min Gi Kang, Tae Yang Kim
  • Patent number: 11963443
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an OLED that includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a first emitting material layer including a first host, a second host and a blue dopant and positioned between the first and second electrodes; a first electron blocking layer including an electron blocking material of a spirofluorene-substituted amine derivative and positioned between the first electrode and the first emitting material layer; and a first hole blocking layer including a first hole blocking material of an azine derivative and positioned between the second electrode and the first emitting material layer, wherein the first host is an anthracene derivative, and the second host is a deuterated anthracene derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Bum Song, Seung Hee Yoon, Gwi Jeong Cho, So Yeon Ahn, Yoo Yi Son, Tae Shick Kim
  • Patent number: 11961904
    Abstract: In an example, for manufacturing a semiconductor device, first dopants are implanted through a first surface section of a first surface of a silicon carbide body. A trench is formed that extends from the first surface into the silicon carbide body. The trench includes a first sidewall surface and an opposite second sidewall surface. A spacer mask is formed. The spacer mask covers at least the first sidewall surface. Second dopants are implanted through a portion of a bottom surface of the trench exposed by the spacer mask. The first dopants and the second dopants have a same conductivity type. The first dopants and the second dopants are activated. The first dopants form a doped top shielding region adjoining the second sidewall surface. The second dopants form a doped buried shielding region adjoining the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Ralf Siemieniec, Wolfgang Jantscher, David Kammerlander
  • Patent number: 11961906
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes first to third semiconductor regions, a structure body, a gate electrode, and a high resistance part. The structure body includes an insulating part and a conductive part. The insulating part is arranged with the third semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region, and a portion of the first semiconductor region. The conductive part is located in the insulating part. The conductive part includes a portion facing the first semiconductor region. The high resistance part is located in the first semiconductor region and has a higher electrical resistance than the first semiconductor region. A plurality of the structure bodies includes first to third structure bodies. The second and third structure bodies are next to the first structure body. The high resistance part overlaps a circle center of an imaginary circle passing through centers of the first to third structure bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Kikuchi, Kazuyuki Ito, Satoshi Akutsu
  • Patent number: 11955540
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device, comprising a semiconductor substrate; and an emitter electrode provided above an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; wherein the semiconductor substrate has: a first conductive type drift region; a second conductive type base region provided between the drift region and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second conductive type contact region with a higher doping concentration than the base region, which is provided between the base region and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a trench contact of a conductive material provided to connect to the emitter electrode and penetrate the contact region; and a second conductive type high-concentration plug region with a higher doping concentration than the contact region, which is provided in contact with a bottom portion of the trench contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11955588
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer sequence and an electrical via. The semiconductor layer sequence includes an active zone for generating radiation and a contact layer for electrical contacting. The active zone lies in a plane perpendicular to a main growth direction of the semiconductor layer sequence and is located between a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The contact layer is located within the second semiconductor region. The via extends through the contact layer and preferably ends within the second semiconductor region. A contact surface between the via and the contact layer encloses a contact angle of at least 20° and at most 60° with respect to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Korbinian Perzlmaier, Kerstin Neveling, Heribert Zull
  • Patent number: 11950486
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic apparatus and a method for manufacturing the display device are disclosed. The display device includes an array substrate and a first thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the array substrate. The array substrate is a silicon based organic light-emitting diode array substrate, and the array substrate includes a silicon substrate and a light-emitting device disposed on the silicon substrate; a second thin film encapsulation layer disposed between the light-emitting device and the first thin film encapsulation layer; and a color filter layer disposed between the first thin film encapsulation layer and the second thin film encapsulation layer, at each edge of the first thin film encapsulation layer, an orthographic projection of the array substrate on a plane parallel to the array substrate extends beyond an orthographic projection of the first thin film encapsulation layer on the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Pu, Shengji Yang, Kuanta Huang, Pengcheng Lu, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11948800
    Abstract: A device includes a pair of gate spacers on a substrate, and a gate structure on the substrate and between the gate spacers. The gate structure includes an interfacial layer, a metal oxide layer, a nitride-containing layer, a tungsten-containing layer, and a metal compound layer. The interfacial layer is over the substrate. The metal oxide layer is over the interfacial layer. The nitride-containing layer is over the metal oxide layer. The tungsten-containing layer is over the nitride-containing layer. The metal compound layer is over the tungsten-containing layer. The metal compound layer has a different material than a material of the tungsten-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Yu Chen, Yu-Chi Lu, Chih-Pin Tsao, Shih-Hsun Chang
  • Patent number: 11950433
    Abstract: A memory device includes: a first conductor extending in parallel with a first axis; a first selector material comprising a first portion that extends along a first sidewall of the first conductor; a second selector material comprising a first portion that extends along the first sidewall of the first conductor; a first variable resistive material comprising a portion that extends along the first sidewall of the first conductor; and a second conductor extending in parallel with a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the first portion of the first selector material, the first portion of the second selector material, and the portion of the first variable resistive material are arranged along a first direction in parallel with a third axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis and second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jheng-Hong Jiang, Cheung Cheng, Chia-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11950414
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a substrate; a structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked on the substrate; and a pillar arranged inside the structure and including a semiconductor layer that extends in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer includes a first portion on a side of an upper portion of the structure, and a second portion between the first portion and the substrate. The first portion has a thickness larger than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uchimura, Tatsufumi Hamada, Shinichi Sotome, Tomohiro Kuki, Yasunori Oshima, Osamu Arisumi
  • Patent number: 11937520
    Abstract: A stacked quantum computing device including: a first chip including a superconducting qubit, where the superconducting qubit includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) region, a control region, and a readout region, and a second chip bonded to the first chip, where the second chip includes a first control element overlapping with the SQUID region, a second control element displaced laterally from the control region and without overlapping the control region, and a readout device overlapping the readout region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julian Shaw Kelly, Joshua Yousouf Mutus
  • Patent number: 11935945
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a center position equidistant from the upper surface and the lower surface in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate. An N-type region with an N-type conductivity is provided in the semiconductor substrate such that the N-type region includes the center position of the semiconductor substrate. The N-type region includes an acceptor with a concentration that is a lower concentration than a carrier concentration, and is 0.001 times or more of a carrier concentration at the center position of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takishita, Takashi Yoshimura, Misaki Meguro, Michio Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11937464
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, an array layer disposed on the base substrate, a light-emitting device layer disposed on the array layer, and an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting device layer. The base substrate includes a first portion defined in a main display region and a second portion defined in a functional region, the second portion includes a first surface close to the array layer, and the first surface includes a first convex surface protruding in a direction toward to the array layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ying Zheng
  • Patent number: 11929420
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer structure that comprises silicon carbide, a gate dielectric layer on the semiconductor layer structure, the gate dielectric layer including a base gate dielectric layer that is on the semiconductor layer structure and a capping gate dielectric layer on the base gate dielectric layer opposite the semiconductor layer structure, and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer opposite the semiconductor layer structure. A dielectric constant of the capping gate dielectric layer is higher than a dielectric constant of the base gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Lichtenwalner
  • Patent number: 11921419
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) operation on a design pattern of a layout, and forming a photoresist pattern on a substrate, using a photomask which is manufactured with the layout corrected by the OPC operation. The OPC operation includes generating a target pattern based on the design pattern, performing a first OPC operation, based on the target pattern, to generate a first correction pattern, measuring a target error by comparing a first simulation image of the first correction pattern with the target pattern, generating a retarget pattern from the target pattern, based on the target error, and performing a second OPC operation, based on the retarget pattern, to generate a second correction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sooyong Lee, Bong-Soo Kang
  • Patent number: 11916137
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a drift region of a first conductivity type; a base region of a second conductivity type arranged on the drift region; an emitter region of the first conductivity type arranged on the base region; a field stop region of the first conductivity type arranged in contact with the drift region; a collector region of the second conductivity type in contact with the field stop region; a main gate electrode electrically insulated from the base region and the collector region; a control gate electrode electrically insulated from the base region and the collector region; a gate pad on the drift region; a first resistor electrically connected between the gate pad and the main gate electrode; and a second resistor electrically connected between the gate pad and the control gate electrode. A resistance value of the first resistor may be greater than the second resistor thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Torii
  • Patent number: 11917906
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that can be used in an organic electronic device as an active compound, in particular for use in electronic devices. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds according to the invention, and to electronic devices comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 11917854
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device, and a driving method thereof are provided. A light-reflecting layer is disposed under a light-emitting layer of the display panel. When the display panel is under strong light, the light-emitting layer does not work, and the light-reflecting layer reflects natural light to achieve a full-color display. When the display panel is in low light or darkness, the light-emitting layer works, and the light-reflecting layer reflects the light emitted by the light-emitting layer to reduce a working intensity of the light-emitting layer and achieves the full-color display, thereby improving service life and visual effect of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xian Li