Patents Examined by John Lin
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Patent number: 10297631Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip (IC) structure having a conductive blocking structure configured prevent radiation produced by a device within a first die from affecting an image sensing element within a second die. The IC structure has a first IC die with one or more semiconductor devices and a second IC die with an array of image sensing elements. A hybrid bonding interface region is arranged between the first and second IC die. A conductive bonding structure is arranged within the hybrid bonding interface region and is configured to electrically couple the first IC die to the second IC die. A conductive blocking structure is arranged within the hybrid bonding interface region and extends laterally between the one or more semiconductor devices and the array of image sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng-Ying Ho, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Feng-Chi Hung, Yan-Chih Lu
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Semiconductor arrangement in fan out packaging including magnetic structure around transmission line
Patent number: 10276518Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement in fan out packaging has a molding compound adjacent a side of a semiconductor die. A magnetic structure is disposed above the molding compound, above the semiconductor die, and around a transmission line coupled to an integrated circuit of the semiconductor die. The magnetic structure has a top magnetic portion, a bottom magnetic portion, a first side magnetic portion, and a second side magnetic portion. The first side magnetic portion and the second side magnetic portion are coupled to the top magnetic portion and to the bottom magnetic portion. The first side magnetic portion and the second side magnetic portion have tapered sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedInventors: Wen-Shiang Liao, Huan-Neng Chen -
Patent number: 10263035Abstract: An MRAM device includes a lower electrode on a substrate, an MTJ structure on the lower electrode, a metal oxide pattern on the MTJ structure, a conductive pattern on at least a portion of a sidewall of the metal oxide pattern, and an upper electrode on the metal oxide pattern and the conductive pattern. The conductive pattern has a thickness varying along the sidewall of the metal oxide pattern in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Min Ahn, Ji-Su Ryu, Seung-Min Lee
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Patent number: 10224215Abstract: An object of the present invention to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device. Another object is to provide a manufacturing method of a highly reliable semiconductor device. Still another object is to provide a semiconductor device having low power consumption. Yet another object is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having low power consumption. Furthermore, another object is to provide a semiconductor device which can be manufactured with high mass productivity. Another object is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which can be manufactured with high mass productivity. An impurity remaining in an oxide semiconductor layer is removed so that the oxide semiconductor layer is purified to have an extremely high purity. Specifically, after adding a halogen element into the oxide semiconductor layer, heat treatment is performed to remove an impurity from the oxide semiconductor layer. The halogen element is preferably fluorine.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hideyuki Kishida
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Patent number: 10211250Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic device enabling prevention of entrance of incident light from adjacent pixels and suppression of color mixture, decrease in resolution, and decrease in sensitivity. In a solid-state image sensor according to one aspect of the present disclosure, each pixel includes: these different photoelectric conversion parts configured to perform photoelectric conversion of light of a first wavelength of light of a second wavelength and a third wavelength respectively. An electrode wiring provided at a boundary of adjacent pixels, horizontally connects an electrode of at least one of the photoelectric conversion parts in one of the adjacent pixels with an electrode of the corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion parts in another of the adjacent pixels and vertically connects with an electrode of at least one of the photoelectric conversion parts of each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Matsumoto, Masahiro Joei
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Patent number: 10199469Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a silicon semiconductor layer including at least one region doped with a first conductive type dopant, a metal material layer electrically connected to the doped region, and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) between the doped region and the metal material layer, the SAM forming a molecular dipole on an interface of the silicon semiconductor layer in a direction of reducing a Schottky barrier height (SBH).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seunggeol Nam, Hyeonjin Shin, Yeonchoo Cho, Minhyun Lee, Changhyun Kim, Seongjun Park
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Patent number: 10177222Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a multi-depth trench is formed, the multi-depth trench including a shallow trench and a deep trench arranged below the shallow trench, a first dielectric material formed in partial area of the multi-depth trench, the first dielectric material including a slope in the shallow trench that extends upward from a corner where a bottom plane of the shallow trench and a sidewall of the deep trench meets, the slope being inclined with respect to the bottom plane of the shallow trench, and a second dielectric material formed in areas of the multi-depth trench in which the first dielectric material is absent.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: Yong-sik Won, Sang-uk Lee
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Patent number: 10170471Abstract: A semiconductor device, having a heterogeneous silicon stack, wherein the heterogeneous silicon stack comprises at least a base layer, a doped silicon layer, and an undoped silicon layer. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of silicon fins atop a doped silicon oxide fin layer and an undoped silicon oxide fin layer, wherein the plurality of silicon fins have a uniform width along the height of the plurality of silicon fins, and wherein the plurality of silicon fins have a plurality of hard mask caps.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kangguo Cheng, Hong He, Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy, Chiahsun Tseng, Yunpeng Yin
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Patent number: 10147753Abstract: A stacked image sensor includes: a lower device including a lower inter-layer dielectric layer over an upper surface of a lower substrate, and a lower capping layer over the lower inter-layer dielectric layer; an upper device stacked over the lower device, including photodiodes in an upper substrate, an upper inter-layer dielectric layer below a lower surface of the upper substrate, and an upper capping layer below the upper inter-layer dielectric layer; and an air gap formed between the lower inter-layer dielectric layer and the upper inter-layer dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.Inventors: Yun-Hui Yang, Seon-Man Hwang
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Patent number: 10032796Abstract: A display device includes a pixel portion in which a pixel electrode layer is arranged in a matrix, and an inverted staggered thin film transistor having a combination of at least two kinds of oxide semiconductor layers with different amounts of oxygen is provided corresponding to the pixel electrode layer. In the periphery of the pixel portion in this display device, a pad portion is provided to be electrically connected to a common electrode layer formed on a counter substrate through a conductive layer made of the same material as the pixel electrode layer. One objection of our invention to prevent a defect due to separation of a thin film in various kinds of display devices is realized, by providing a structure suitable for a pad portion provided in a display panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kengo Akimoto, Shigeki Komori, Hideki Uochi, Rihito Wada, Yoko Chiba
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Patent number: 10032950Abstract: An avalanche photodiode, and related method of manufacture and method of use thereof, that includes a first contact layer; a multiplication layer, wherein the multiplication layer includes AlInAsSb; a charge, wherein the charge layer includes AlInAsSb; an absorption, wherein the absorption layer includes AlInAsSb; a blocking layer; and a second contact layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: University of Virginia Patent FoundationInventors: Joe C. Campbell, Min Ren, Madison Woodson, Yaojia Chen, Seth Bank, Scott Maddox
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Patent number: 9972756Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor light-emitting device having a substrate, an element and an encapsulating material as constituent members, includes: a first step of providing the substrate with the element; a second step of potting an uncured encapsulating material onto the substrate to cover the element; and a third step of curing the potted encapsulating material in such a manner that all of the following formulae (1), (2) and (3) are satisfied when the absorbances which a cured encapsulating material having a thickness of t [nm] has at wavelengths of 380 nm, 316 nm and 260 nm are represented by AbsA(t), AbsB(t) and AbsC(t), respectively, and the light transmittance thereof at 380 nm is represented by T(t): (1) T(1.7)?90%; (2) AbsB(t)?AbsA(t)<0.011t; and (3) AbsC(t)?AbsA(t)<0.125t.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Gaku Yoshikawa, Masayuki Takashima
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Patent number: 9960177Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region, a cell stacked structure stacked on the substrate in the cell region, a channel layer in one structure penetrating the cell stacked structure, a driving transistor formed in the peripheral region, and a plug structure coupled to the driving transistor and including a stacking structure of at least two contact plugs shorter than the channel layer, wherein each of the contact plugs is arranged at a same height as a part of the cell stacked structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: Jung Ryul Ahn
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Patent number: 9947662Abstract: A CMOS circuit comprises CMOS MOSFETs having n-type and p-type gates on the same substrate, wherein the substrate is divided into regions of n-type and p-type diffusions, and those diffusions are contained within a deeper n-type diffusion, used to junction isolate components within the deeper n-type diffusion from components outside of the deeper n-type diffusion.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES AGInventors: Paul Ronald Stribley, John Nigel Ellis
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Patent number: 9806026Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a structure and method to create a self-repairing dielectric material for semiconductor device applications. A porous dielectric material is deposited on a substrate, and exposed with treating agent particles such that the treating agent particles diffuse into the dielectric material. A dense non-porous cap is formed above the dielectric material which encapsulates the treating agent particles within the dielectric material. The dielectric material is then subjected to a process which creates damage to the dielectric material. A chemical reaction is initiated between the treating agent particles and the damage, repairing the damage. A gradient concentration resulting from the consumption of treating agent particles by the chemical reaction promotes continuous diffusion the treating agent particles towards the damaged region of the dielectric material, continuously repairing the damage.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsung-Min Huang, Chung-Ju Lee, Tien-I Bao
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Patent number: 9754859Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a doped zone, a polysilicon layer and an elongate plug structure. The doped zone is within the semiconductor substrate. The polysilicon layer is disposed in a trench electrically isolated from the semiconductor substrate by an insulating layer. The elongate plug structure extends in a lateral direction in or above the semiconductor substrate. The elongate plug structure provides electrical connection between the doped zone and the polysilicon layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Walter Rieger, Franz Hirler, Martin Poelzl, Manfred Kotek
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Patent number: 9741816Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrical device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a first layer of a first conductivity type, providing an intrinsic layer onto the first layer, providing one or more trenches into the intrinsic layer, filling the one or more trenches with a material of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, and providing a second layer of a second conductivity type onto the intrinsic layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Jakob Huber
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Patent number: 9716132Abstract: A system suppresses a variation in luminance for each pixel by appropriately suppressing a variation in the parasitic capacitance of a sampling transistor.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Tomoatsu Kinoshita
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Patent number: 9711508Abstract: A capacitor structure includes a deep trench, a contact plug, a spacer and a metal-insulator-metal film. The deep trench extends into a crown oxide substrate, and the contact plug is disposed entirely below the crown oxide substrate. The spacer lines the deep trench, and the metal-insulator-metal film is disposed in the deep trench.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsung-Hsueh Yang, Chung-Chiang Min, Chang-Ming Wu, Shih-Chang Liu
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Patent number: 9691882Abstract: After formation of a disposable gate structure, a raised active semiconductor region includes a vertical stack, from bottom to top, of an electrical-dopant-doped semiconductor material portion and a carbon-doped semiconductor material portion. A planarization dielectric layer is deposited over the raised active semiconductor region, and the disposable gate structure is replaced with a replacement gate structure. A contact via cavity is formed through the planarization dielectric material layer by an anisotropic etch process that employs a fluorocarbon gas as an etchant. The carbon in the carbon-doped semiconductor material portion retards the anisotropic etch process, and the carbon-doped semiconductor material portion functions as a stopping layer for the anisotropic etch process, thereby making the depth of the contact via cavity less dependent on variations on the thickness of the planarization dielectric layer or pattern factors.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Zhengwen Li, Qing Cao, Kangguo Cheng, Fei Liu, Zhen Zhang