Patents Examined by John P Dulka
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Patent number: 11658242Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a semiconductor material with a more-doped region adjacent to a less-doped region. A two-dimensional material is between the more-doped region and a portion of the less-doped region. Some embodiments include an integrated assembly which contains a semiconductor material, a metal-containing material over the semiconductor material, and a two-dimensional material between a portion of the semiconductor material and the metal-containing material. Some embodiments include a transistor having a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions, and a two-dimensional material between the channel region and the first source/drain region.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Kamal M. Karda, Chandra Mouli, Haitao Liu
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Patent number: 11646332Abstract: A photosensitive assembly includes a circuit board, a photosensitive element mounted on the circuit board and including a first edge, a first metal wire electrically connecting the photosensitive element and the circuit board and spanning the first edge, a first electronic element mounted on the circuit board and having a mounting area corresponding to an extension line of the first edge, and a molding portion formed on the circuit board, surrounding the photosensitive element, extending to the photosensitive element, covering the first electronic element and the first metal wire, and contacting with a surface of the photosensitive element. Also included are a corresponding camera module, a photosensitive assembly jointed panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The damage risk of a gold wire in a molding process can be reduced to a certain extent without adding additional components and changing a die.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Takehiko Tanaka, Bojie Zhao, Ye Wu, Zhewen Mei, Mingzhu Wang
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Patent number: 11646228Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stealth dicing method and apparatus. With the method, the focusing element focuses the laser beam on the surface of material to be diced, and the dynamic-equilibrium plasma channel is formed in the material to be diced by means of self-focusing and defocusing effect of plasma generated by ionizing the material to be diced. The modified layer may be formed in the material to be diced throughout the plasma channel, so as to realize stealth dicing.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: CHONGQING INSTITUTE OF EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Heping Zeng, Shuai Yuan, Yingsheng Du, Hui Xu, Yuan Nie, Yong Wang, Jin Wang, Jue Yu, Yanying Ma
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Patent number: 11637035Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotation driving device configured to rotate a rotary table holding a substrate; an electric heater provided at the rotary table and configured to heat the substrate; a power receiving electrode provided at the rotary table and electrically connected to the electric heater; a power feeding electrode configured to be contacted with the power receiving electrode to supply a power to the electric heater via the power receiving electrode; an electrode moving device configured to connect and disconnect the power feeding electrode and the power receiving electrode relatively; a power feeder configured to supply the power to the power feeding electrode; a processing cup disposed to surround the rotary table; at least one processing liquid nozzle configured to supply a processing liquid onto the substrate; a processing liquid supply device configured to supply the processing liquid to the processing liquid nozzle; and a controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Morita, Masami Akimoto, Katsuhiro Morikawa, Kouichi Mizunaga
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Patent number: 11631599Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a spinner configured to hold a wafer, a nozzle configured to supply a liquid chemical onto an upper surface of the wafer, and a laser module configured to heat the wafer by radiating a laser beam to a lower surface of the wafer while the nozzle supplies the liquid chemical onto the upper surface of the wafer.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hoon Cha, Jinwoo Lee, Seok Hoon Kim, In Gi Kim, Seung Min Shin, Yong Jun Choi
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Patent number: 11621178Abstract: When pressure in a chamber is brought to atmospheric pressure and the chamber is filled with an inert gas atmosphere, the atmosphere in the chamber is sucked into an oxygen concentration analyzer through a sampling line such that oxygen concentration in the chamber is measured by the oxygen concentration analyzer. When the pressure in the chamber is reduced to less than atmospheric pressure, nitrogen gas is supplied to the oxygen concentration analyzer through an inert gas supply line simultaneously with suspending the measurement of oxygen concentration in the chamber. Even when the measurement of oxygen concentration in the chamber is suspended, reverse flow to the oxygen concentration analyzer from a gas exhaust pipe can be prevented, and the oxygen concentration analyzer can be prevented from being exposed to exhaust from the chamber. The configuration results in maintaining measurement accuracy of the oxygen concentration analyzer in a low oxygen concentration range.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Aoyama, Akitsugu Ueda, Mao Omori, Kazunori Amago
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Patent number: 11618104Abstract: A device for modifying a region of a substrate includes a laser radiation source for pulsed laser radiation. A transmissive medium having a higher intensity-dependent refraction index than air is arranged between a laser machining head and the substrate such that an individual pulse of the pulsed laser radiation from the laser machining head is deflected through the transmissive medium and across a thickness of the substrate from an original focal depth to a focal depth different from the original focal depth to modify the substrate along a beam axis of the laser radiation in a region of a recess or through-opening to be formed in the substrate without removing an amount of the substrate material necessary to form the recess or through-opening. A length between the focal depths is greater than and extends across the thickness of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS SEInventors: Robin Alexander Krueger, Norbert Ambrosius, Roman Ostholt
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Patent number: 11618106Abstract: A processing method for processing an SiC ingot includes a peel-off zone forming step of applying a processing pulsed laser beam having a wavelength transmittable through the ingot to the ingot while positioning a focused spot of the processing pulsed laser beam at a depth corresponding to a thickness of a wafer to be peeled off from the ingot, to form belt-shaped peel-off zones each including cracks in the ingot, a reflected beam detecting step of applying an inspecting laser beam having a wavelength transmittable through the ingot and reflectable from cracks of the peel-off zones and detecting an intensity of a beam reflected by the cracks, and a processing laser beam output power adjusting step of adjusting an output power of the processing pulsed laser beam to keep the intensity of the reflected beam detected in the reflected beam detecting step within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Hirata, Shin Tabata
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Patent number: 11612963Abstract: A laser cutting device includes a control unit configured to control operations of a laser machining robot and a laser oscillator. Machining condition tables are stored in memory of the control unit. Each of the machining condition tables includes data of a laser power output and a duty, a usable range of a cutting speed of cutting a workpiece, the usable range being set based on a speed range in which a laser cutting robot can move with given tracking accuracy, and an effective range of the cutting speed and the laser power output that are set so that a cut surface of the workpiece meets given finishing conditions. The control unit is configured to select one of the machining condition tables so that the cutting speed and the laser power output meet given conditions, and control cutting of the workpiece based on the selected machining condition table.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuyuki Nakagawa, Futoshi Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 11616004Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first metal layers; a second level, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level includes at least one single crystal silicon layer, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where each transistor of the plurality of transistors includes a single crystal channel, where the second level includes a plurality of second metal layers, where the plurality of second metal layers include interconnections between the transistors of the plurality of transistors, where the second level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; and a connective path between the plurality of transistors and the plurality of first metal layers, where the connective path includes a via disposed through at least the single crystal silicon layer, and where at least one of the plurality of transistors includes a gate all around structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11616169Abstract: In order to obtain a light emitting module with a less unevenness of luminance, provided is a method for manufacturing a light emitting module comprising: preparing a light emitter and a light-transmissive light guide plate, the light emitter comprising a light emitting element, the light guide plate having a first main surface serving as a light emitting surface from which light is emitted outside and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface and having a concave portion, the concave portion comprising a side surface and a bottom surface that is smaller than an opening of the concave portion in a cross-sectional view; fixing the light emitter to the bottom surface of the concave portion via a bonding member; and forming a wiring at an electrode of the light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kasai, Akira Miki, Toru Hashimoto, Shinichi Daikoku
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Patent number: 11612330Abstract: The invention relates to a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensing device comprising —a pulsed light source, —at least one pixel to create photo-generated electrons, synchronized with said pulsed light source. It is mainly characterized in that each pixel comprises: —a pinned photodiode (PPD) having two electronic connection nodes, —a sense node (SN), to convert the photo-generated electrons into a voltage, and —a Transfer Gate (TGtransfer) transistor, having its source electronically connected to one electronic connection node of said pinned photodiode (PPD), and being configured to act as a transfer gate (TG) between said pinned photodiode (PPD) and said sense node (SN), allowing the photo-generated electrons to sink when the light is pulsed-off, the photo-generated electrons integration when the light is pulsed-on and the transfer of at least part of the integrated photo-generated electrons to said sense node for a read-out.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL)Inventors: Assim Boukhayma, Antonino Caizzone, Christian Enz
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Patent number: 11610815Abstract: A wafer processing method includes a polyolefin sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyolefin sheet on a back side or a front side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyolefin sheet as applying a pressure to the polyolefin sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyolefin sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer to form shield tunnels in the wafer, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of heating the polyolefin sheet, pushing up each device chip through the polyolefin sheet, and picking up each device chip from the polyolefin sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigenori Harada, Minoru Matsuzawa, Hayato Kiuchi, Yoshiaki Yodo, Taro Arakawa, Masamitsu Agari, Emiko Kawamura, Yusuke Fujii, Toshiki Miyai, Makiko Ohmae
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Patent number: 11600505Abstract: Systematic fault localization systems and methods are provided which utilize computational GDS-assisted navigation to accelerate physical fault analysis to identify systematic fault locations and patterns. In some embodiments, a method includes detecting a plurality of electrical fault regions of a plurality of dies of a semiconductor wafer. Decomposed Graphic Database System (GDS) cross-layer clips are generated which are associated with the plurality of electrical fault regions. A plurality of cross-layer common patterns is identified based on the decomposed GDS cross-layer clips. Normalized differentials may be determined for each of the cross-layer common patterns, and locations of hotspots in each of the dies may be identified based on the determined normalized differentials.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peng-Ren Chen, Wen-Hao Cheng, Jyun-Hong Chen, Chien-Hui Chen
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Patent number: 11594526Abstract: A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including a structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the integrated circuits include single crystal transistors; and an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11594473Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single crystal silicon layer and a plurality of first transistors, the plurality of first transistors each including a single crystal channel; a first metal layer overlaying the plurality of first transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; a second level is disposed above the third metal layer, where the second level includes a plurality of second transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed above the second level; and a connective path between the fourth metal layer and either the third metal layer or the second metal layer, where the connective path includes a via disposed through the second level, where the via has a diameter of less than 800 nm and greater than 5 nm, and where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11594454Abstract: A wafer processing method includes a polyolefin sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyolefin sheet on a back side or a front side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyolefin sheet as applying a pressure to the polyolefin sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyolefin sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer to form shield tunnels in the wafer, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of picking up each device chip from the polyolefin sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigenori Harada, Minoru Matsuzawa, Hayato Kiuchi, Yoshiaki Yodo, Taro Arakawa, Masamitsu Agari, Emiko Kawamura, Yusuke Fujii, Toshiki Miyai, Makiko Ohmae
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Patent number: 11587832Abstract: A wafer processing method includes a polyolefin sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyolefin sheet on a back side or a front side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyolefin sheet as applying a pressure to the polyolefin sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyolefin sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer to form shield tunnels in the wafer, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of cooling the polyolefin sheet, pushing up each device chip through the polyolefin sheet, and picking up each device chip from the polyolefin sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigenori Harada, Minoru Matsuzawa, Hayato Kiuchi, Yoshiaki Yodo, Taro Arakawa, Masamitsu Agari, Emiko Kawamura, Yusuke Fujii, Toshiki Miyai, Makiko Ohmae
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Patent number: 11587833Abstract: A wafer processing method includes a polyolefin sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyolefin sheet on a back side or a front side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyolefin sheet as applying a pressure to the polyolefin sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyolefin sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer to form shield tunnels in the wafer, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of applying an ultrasonic wave to the polyolefin sheet, pushing up each device chip through the polyolefin sheet, and picking up each device chip from the polyolefin sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigenori Harada, Minoru Matsuzawa, Hayato Kiuchi, Yoshiaki Yodo, Taro Arakawa, Masamitsu Agari, Emiko Kawamura, Yusuke Fujii, Toshiki Miyai, Makiko Ohmae
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Patent number: 11587882Abstract: A semiconductor device has a substrate comprising a carrier and an interposer disposed on the carrier. An electrical component is disposed over a first surface of the interposer. An interconnect structure is disposed over the first surface of the interposer. An encapsulant is deposited over the electrical component, interconnect structure, and substrate. A trench is formed through the encapsulant and interposer into the carrier. A shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant and into the trench. The carrier is removed after forming the shielding layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.Inventors: DeokKyung Yang, HunTeak Lee, HeeSoo Lee, Wanil Lee, SangDuk Lee