Patents Examined by Julia Slutsker
  • Patent number: 11652193
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode device is provided. First and second green conversion materials are respectively configured to convert a blue light emitted from a blue light-emitting diode to generate a first green light with a first wavelength range and a first wavelength FWHM, and a second green light with a second wavelength range and a second wavelength FWHM. The second wavelength FWHM is smaller than the first wavelength FWHM. A lower bound of the first wavelength range is smaller than a lower bound of the second wavelength range, and an upper bound of the second wavelength range is greater than an upper bound of the first wavelength range. An output light emitted from the light-emitting diode device has a spectral characteristic of less than 50% of TÜV Rheinland and more than 90% of wide color gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Tsai, Hung-Chia Wang, Chia-Chun Hsieh, Hung-Chun Tong, Yu-Chun Lee, Tzong-Liang Tsai
  • Patent number: 11649545
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transition metal-dichalcogenide thin film is provided. The method for manufacturing a transition metal-dichalcogenide thin film can comprise the steps of: preparing a base substrate within a chamber; preparing a precursor comprising a transition metal; repeatedly carrying out, multiple times, a step of providing the precursor on the base substrate and a step of purging the chamber, thereby forming, on the base substrate, a preliminary thin film in which the precursor is adsorbed; and manufacturing a transition metal-dichalcogenide thin film by heat treating the preliminary thin film in a gas atmosphere comprising a chalcogen element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Tae Joo Park, Dae Hyun Kim, Daewoong Kim, Tae Jun Seok, Hyunsoo Jin
  • Patent number: 11637223
    Abstract: An LED device includes an epitaxial layered structure, a current spreading layer, a first insulating layer and a reflective structure. The current spreading layer is formed on a surface of the epitaxial layered structure. The first insulating layer is formed over the current spreading layer, and is formed with at least one first through hole to expose the current spreading layer. The reflective structure is formed on the first insulating layer, extends into the first through hole, and contacts with the current spreading layer. The current spreading layer is formed with at least one opening structure to expose the surface of the epitaxial layered structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Liu, Anhe He, Kang-wei Peng, Su-hui Lin, Ling-yuan Hong, Chia-hung Chang
  • Patent number: 11637203
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer, a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region and a first spacer. The channel layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The gate dielectric layer is located between the channel layer and the gate electrode. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are disposed on the channel layer at opposite sides of the gate electrode, and at least one of the first and second source/drain regions includes a first portion and a second portion between the first portion and the gate electrode. The first spacer is disposed on the channel layer. The first spacer is disposed on a first sidewall of the second portion of the at least one of the first and second source/drain regions, and the first portion is disposed on the first spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Feng Yin, Chia-Jung Yu, Pin-Cheng Hsu, Chung-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 11637028
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a receptacle configured to receive a wafer, a light port configured to emit light from a source of light so as to shine the light on an edge of the wafer, wherein the light port is an opening located on a surface of the receptacle and a light sensitive element configured to receive light that passed the edge of the wafer and to form a detection signal based on the received light, wherein the light port is located underneath the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Gerald Lackner, Walter Horst Leitgeb, Michael Lecher
  • Patent number: 11631694
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a stacked film that comprises alternating first insulating layers and second insulating layers. A first insulating film, an electric charge storage layer, a second insulating film, and a first semiconductor layer are then formed in a hole in the stacked film. The method further includes forming a first recess in the stacked film, then supplying a first gas and a deuterium gas to the first recess. The first gas comprises hydrogen and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Noguchi, Tatsunori Isogai
  • Patent number: 11626519
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include non-planar InGaZnO (IGZO) transistors and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment, the IGZO transistor may include a substrate and source and drain regions formed over the substrate. According to an embodiment, an IGZO layer may be formed above the substrate and may be electrically coupled to the source region and the drain region. Further embodiments include a gate electrode that is separated from the IGZO layer by a gate dielectric. In an embodiment, the gate dielectric contacts more than one surface of the IGZO layer. In one embodiment, the IGZO transistor is a finfet transistor. In another embodiment the IGZO transistor is a nanowire or a nanoribbon transistor. Embodiments of the invention may also include a non-planar IGZO transistor that is formed in the back end of line stack (BEOL) of an integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Van H. Le, Gilbert Dewey, Rafael Rios, Jack T. Kavalieros, Marko Radosavljevic, Kent E. Millard, Marc C. French, Ashish Agrawal, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Ryan E. Arch
  • Patent number: 11626377
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a chip region and an edge region around the chip region, a lower insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, a chip pad on the lower insulating layer on the chip region, an upper insulating layer provided on the lower insulating layer to cover the chip pad, the upper and different insulating layers including different materials, and a redistribution chip pad on the chip region and connected to the chip pad. The upper insulating layer includes a first portion on the chip region having a first thickness, a second portion on the edge region having a second thickness, and a third portion on the edge region, the third portion extending from the second portion, spaced from the first portion, and having a decreasing thickness away from the second portion. The second thickness is smaller than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon Han, Dong-Wan Kim, Dongho Kim, Jaewon Seo
  • Patent number: 11621371
    Abstract: An epitaxial structure, a preparation method thereof, and a light-emitting diode (LED) are provided. The epitaxial structure includes a sapphire substrate, a GaN layer, a defect exposure layer, and a defect termination layer stacked in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CHONGQING KONKA PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shungui Yang
  • Patent number: 11605555
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first protruding fin and a second protruding fin over a base structure, with a trench located between the first protruding fin and the second protruding fin, depositing a trench-filling material extending into the trench, and performing a laser reflow process on the trench-filling material. In the reflow process, the trench-filling material has a temperature higher than a first melting point of the trench-filling material, and lower than a second melting point of the first protruding fin and the second protruding fin. After the laser reflow process, the trench-filling material is solidified. The method further includes patterning the trench-filling material, with a remaining portion of the trench-filling material forming a part of a gate stack, and forming a source/drain region on a side of the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Yen Chen, Li-Ting Wang, Wan-Chen Hsieh, Bo-Cyuan Lu, Tai-Chun Huang, Huicheng Chang, Yee-Chia Yeo
  • Patent number: 11587789
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing channel structures of substrates that include positioning the substrate in a first processing chamber having a first processing volume being in fluid communication with a plasma source. The substrate can include a channel structure with high aspect ratio features having aspect ratios greater than about 20:1. The method can also include forming an oxide cap layer over a silicon-containing layer of the channel structure and exposing the oxide cap layer to a hydrogen-or-deuterium radical to nucleate the silicon-containing layer of the channel structures of the substrate. Forming the oxide cap layer and exposing the channel structure with the hydrogen radical occurs in the first processing chamber to form a nucleated substrate. The method can also include positioning the nucleated substrate in a second processing chamber with a second processing volume and heating the nucleated substrate in the second processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinming Zhang, Abhilash J. Mayur, Shashank Sharma, Norman L. Tam, Matthew Spuller, Zeqiong Zhao
  • Patent number: 11575041
    Abstract: A method of current detection includes providing a transistor arrangement which comprises a drift and drain region arranged in a semiconductor body and each connected to a drain node, a plurality of load transistor cells each having a source region integrated in a first region of the semiconductor body, a plurality of sense transistor cells each having a source region integrated in a second region of the semiconductor body, a first source node electrically connected to the source region of each of the plurality of the load transistor cells via a first source conductor, and a second source node electrically connected to the source region of each of the plurality of the sense transistor cells via a second source conductor; and detecting a first current flowing between the drain node and the first source node of the transistor arrangement, wherein detecting the first current includes measuring a second current flowing between the drain node and the second source node of the transistor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventor: Gerhard Noebauer
  • Patent number: 11569245
    Abstract: A method for forming an oxide layer includes forming an interfacial layer on a substrate, forming an amorphous silicon layer on the interfacial layer, performing a direct oxidation process to selectively oxidize the formed amorphous silicon layer, and performing a thermal oxidation process to oxidize the formed amorphous silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher S. Olsen
  • Patent number: 11569121
    Abstract: Methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided. The methods include: forming a trench in a substrate, wherein the trench includes a defect protruding from a bottom surface of the trench; forming a flowable material on the substrate to at least partially cover the defect; performing an etching process to reduce the height of the defect; and removing the flowable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: I-Ping Lee, Kwang-Ming Lin, Chih-Cherng Liao, Ya-Huei Kuo, Pei-Yu Chang, Ya-Ting Chang, Tsung-Hsiung Lee, Zheng-Xian Wu, Kai-Chuan Kan, Yu-Jui Chang, Yow-Shiuan Liu
  • Patent number: 11563047
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image sensing module including a main board and an image sensor. The main board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The image sensor is disposed on the first surface of the main board and includes a plurality of isolation structures and a photoelectric conversion element between the plurality of isolation structures. A first angle is provided between a light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element and the first surface of the main board, and a second angle is provided between a light beam incident to the light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element and a normal vector of the light incident surface. The second angle is about equal to the Brewster angle at the interface of the light beam incident to the light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Ping Lee, Wen-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11563030
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers, which are alternately stacked on a substrate; stepped grooves provided in the stacked structure, the stepped grooves having different depths from each other; and an opening portion penetrating the stacked structure to contact the substrate and having steps on sidewalls, the steps having heights corresponding to depth differences between stepped grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Lae Oh, Dong-Hyuk Kim, Tae-Sung Park, Soo-Nam Jung, Chang-Woon Choi
  • Patent number: 11562904
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include methods of depositing a metal oxo photoresist using dry deposition processes. In an embodiment, the method comprises forming a first metal oxo film on the substrate with a first vapor phase process including a first metal precursor vapor and a first oxidant vapor, and forming a second metal oxo film over the first metal oxo film with a second vapor phase process including a second metal precursor vapor and a second oxidant vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakmal Charidu Kalutarage, Mark Joseph Saly, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Thomas Joseph Knisley, Kelvin Chan, Regina Germanie Freed, David Michael Thompson, Susmit Singha Roy, Madhur Sachan
  • Patent number: 11562993
    Abstract: A system and method of providing high bandwidth and low latency memory architecture solutions for next generation processors is disclosed. The package contains a substrate, a memory device embedded in the substrate via EMIB processes and a processor disposed on the substrate partially over the embedded memory device. The I/O pads of the processor and memory device are vertically aligned to minimize the distance therebetween and electrically connected through EMIB uvias. An additional memory device is disposed on the substrate partially over the embedded memory device or on the processor. I/O signals are routed using a redistribution layer on the embedded memory device or an organic VHD redistribution layer formed over the embedded memory device when the additional memory device is laterally adjacent to the processor and the I/O pads of the processor and additional memory device are vertically aligned when the additional memory device is on the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Collins
  • Patent number: 11563009
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a transistor having a gate, a source and a drain and a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure. The transistor and the MIS structure are disposed on a common substrate. The MIS structure includes a dielectric layer disposed on a semiconductor region, and an electrode electrically disposed on the dielectric layer and coupled to the drain of the transistor. The electrode includes a bulk portion and a high-resistance portion, both disposed on the dielectric layer. The high-resistance portion has a resistance value in a range from 1.0×10?4 ?cm to 1.0×104 ?cm or a sheet resistance in a range from 1.0×102?/? to 1.0×1010?/?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jenn-Gwo Hwu, Samuel C. Pan, Chien-Shun Liao, Kuan-Hao Tseng
  • Patent number: 11545557
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes substrate having a fin structure thereon, a gate structure overlying the fin structure, a polymer block at a corner between the gate structure and the fin structure, and a source/drain region on the fin structure. The polymer block includes a nitridation layer in proximity to a sidewall of the gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chang, Chia-Ming Kuo, Po-Jen Chuang, Fu-Jung Chuang, Shao-Wei Wang, Yu-Ren Wang, Chia-Yuan Chang