Patents Examined by Long H. Le
  • Patent number: 10991855
    Abstract: A white light emitting device includes a blue LED chip having a dominant emission wavelength of about 440-465 nm, and a phosphor layer configured to be excited by the dominant emission wavelength of the blue LED chip. The phosphor layer includes a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 480-519 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 520-560 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 620-670 nm. The first phosphor and the second phosphor both have a garnet structure as represented by A3B5O12:Ce, A is selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, and a combination of thereof, and B is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and a combination of thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ping Chang, Zong-Han Yu, Kuo-Chan Hung
  • Patent number: 10985245
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a first planar field effect transistor cell and a second planar field effect transistor cell. The first planar field effect transistor cell and the second planar field effect transistor cell are electrically connected in parallel and each include a drain extension region between a channel region and a drain terminal at a first surface of a semiconductor body. A gate electrode of the first field effect transistor cell is electrically connected to a source terminal, and a gate electrode of the second field effect transistor cell is connected to a gate terminal that is electrically isolated from the source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Meiser, Christian Kampen
  • Patent number: 10985062
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes recessing a gate conductor in a gate structure to form a first divot, forming a gate cap in the first divot and recessing a dielectric fill that encapsulates the gate structures to a position below a top of the gate cap. An extension layer is deposited over the dielectric fill and the top of the gate cap and is planarized to the top of the gate cap. The extension layer is expanded to form a profile growth layer that is thicker than the extension layer and creates a second divot over the gate cap. A top cap is formed in the second divot to provide a cap with a thickness of the gate cap and the top cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Peng Xu
  • Patent number: 10985080
    Abstract: An electronic package that includes a substrate and an electronic component attached to the substrate. A laminated layer is attached to an upper surface of the substrate such that the laminated layer covers the electronic component. The electronic package may further include a stiffener mounted on the laminated layer where the stiffener is over the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pramod Malatkar, Kyle Yazzie, Naga Sivakumar Yagnamurthy, Richard J. Harries, Dilan Seneviratne, Praneeth Akkinepally, Xuefei Wan, Yonggang Li, Robert L. Sankman
  • Patent number: 10964707
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a buffer region between first and second regions, the first region being a SRAM cell region, and the second region being a peripheral circuit region, first gate structures in a first direction on the first region and being spaced apart from each other in a second direction, second gate structures in the first direction on the second region and being spaced apart from each other in the second direction, the first and second gate structures being aligned with each other, a first insulating structure in the second direction on the buffer region between the first and the second regions along an entire length of each of the first and second regions in the second direction, and a second insulating structure on the first region and in contact with a part of the plurality of first gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seol Un Yang, Lak Gyo Jeong, Hee Bum Hong
  • Patent number: 10957635
    Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device includes a metal substrate having a first and second through-hole aperture having an outer ring, and metal pads around the apertures on dielectric pads. A first and second semiconductor die have a back side metal (BSM) layer on its bottom side are mounted top side up on a top portion of the apertures. A metal die attach layer is directly between the BSM layer and walls of the metal substrate bounding the apertures to provide a die attachment for the first and the second semiconductor die that fills a bottom portion of the apertures. Leads contact the metal pads, wherein the leads include a distal portion that extends beyond the metal substrate. Bondwires are between the metal pads and bond pads on the first and second semiconductor die, and a mold compound provides encapsulation for the packaged semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nazila Dadvand, Sreenivasan Koduri, Benjamin Stassen Cook
  • Patent number: 10950718
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device has a semiconductor body coupled to first and second load terminal structures, the semiconductor body configured to conduct a load current during a conducting state of the device and having a drift region. The power semiconductor device includes a plurality of cells, each cell having: a first mesa in a first cell portion, the first mesa including: a first port region, and a first channel region, the first mesa exhibiting a total extension of less than 100 nm in a lateral direction, and a second mesa in a second cell portion including: a second port region, and a second channel region. A trench structure includes a control electrode structure configured to control the load current by inversion or accumulation. A guidance zone of the second conductivity type is below the second channel region and is displaced from the first and the second channel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anton Mauder, Thomas Kuenzig, Franz-Josef Niedernostheide, Christian Philipp Sandow
  • Patent number: 10937718
    Abstract: Package structures and methods of forming package structures are described. A method includes placing a first package within a recess of a first substrate. The first package includes a first die. The method further includes attaching a first sensor to the first package and the first substrate. The first sensor is electrically coupled to the first package and the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chih-Hua Chen, Hao-Yi Tsai, Yu-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 10930666
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first cell structure, a second cell structure, a pad structure, a circuit, and one or more openings. The pad structure may be disposed between the first cell structure and the second cell structure, and may be electrically coupled to the first and second cell structures. The pad structure may have a plurality of stepped structures. The circuit may be disposed under the pad structure. The one or more openings may pass through the pad structure, and may expose the circuit. The one or more openings may be disposed between the plurality of stepped structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10903347
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device has a semiconductor body coupled to first and second load terminal structures, the semiconductor body configured to conduct a load current during a conducting state of the device and having a drift region. The power semiconductor device includes a plurality of cells, each cell having: a first mesa in a first cell portion, the first mesa including: a first port region, and a first channel region, the first mesa exhibiting a total extension of less than 100 nm in a lateral direction, and a second mesa in a second cell portion including: a second port region, and a second channel region. A trench structure includes a control electrode structure configured to control the load current by inversion or accumulation. A guidance zone of the second conductivity type is below the second channel region and is displaced from the first and the second channel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anton Mauder, Thomas Kuenzig, Franz-Josef Niedernostheide, Christian Philipp Sandow
  • Patent number: 10896985
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit (IC) disposed on a silicon substrate, which includes a well region having a first conductivity type. A dielectric layer is arranged over an upper surface of the silicon substrate, and extends over outer edges of the well region and includes an opening that leaves an inner portion of the well region exposed. An epitaxial pillar of SiGe or Ge extends upward from the inner portion of the well region. The epitaxial pillar includes a lower epitaxial region having the first conductivity type and an upper epitaxial region having a second conductivity type, which is opposite the first conductivity type. A dielectric sidewall structure surrounds the epitaxial pillar and has a bottom surface that rests on an upper surface of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chen, Lee-Chuan Tseng, Ming Chyi Liu, Po-Chun Liu
  • Patent number: 10886337
    Abstract: A display device of the disclosure includes a first substrate that includes light emitting elements and color elements for respective pixels, in which the color elements are provided over the light emitting elements. The color elements include: a color element of one color including a first edge face; a color element of another color including a second edge face, in which the second edge face is adjacent to the first edge face, and at least the first edge face and the second edge face each have inclination; and a reflector structure provided in a gap formed by the inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10861748
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor arrangement and a method for manufacturing the same. An example arrangement may comprise: a bulk semiconductor substrate; a fin formed on the substrate; a first FinFET and a second FinFET formed on the substrate, wherein the first FinFET comprises a first gate stack intersecting the fin and a first gate spacer disposed on sidewalls of the first gate stack, the second FinFET comprises a second gate stack intersecting the fin and a second gate spacer disposed on sidewalls of the second gate stack; a dummy gate spacer formed between the first FinFET and the second FinFET and intersecting the fin; a first isolation section self-aligned to a space defined by the dummy gate spacer, wherein the isolation section electrically isolates the first FinFET from the second FinFET; and a second isolation layer disposed under a bottom surface of the first isolation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10833124
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided including a base insulating layer on a substrate; a first conductive line that extends in a first direction on the base insulating layer; data storage structures on the first conductive line; selector structures on the data storage structures, each of the selector structures including a lower selector electrode, a selector, and an upper selector electrode; an insulating layer in a space between the selector structures; and a second conductive line disposed on the selector structures and the insulating layer and extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction. An upper surface of the insulating layer is higher than an upper surface of the upper selector electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyo Seop Kim, Chang Woo Sun, Gyu Hwan Oh, Joon Kim, Joon Youn Hwang
  • Patent number: 10825931
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer, a gate structure, a source semiconductor feature, and a drain semiconductor feature. The semiconductor substrate has an active area and a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure surrounding the active area. The semiconductor substrate includes a protrusion structure in the active area and has an undercut at a periphery of the active area. The dielectric layer overlays the protrusion structure of the semiconductor substrate and fills at least a portion of the undercut of the protrusion structure. The gate structure crosses over the protrusion structure. The source semiconductor feature and the drain semiconductor feature are located in the active area and positioned at opposite sides of the gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Chia Huang, Tseng-Fu Lu, Wei-Ming Liao
  • Patent number: 10825738
    Abstract: Semiconductor arrangements and methods of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor arrangement may include: a substrate including a base substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the substrate, and a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer; first and second fin structures formed on the substrate and extending in the same straight line, each of the first and second fin structures including at least portions of the second semiconductor layer; a first isolation part formed around the first and second fin structures on opposite sides of the straight line; first and second FinFETs formed on the substrate based on the first and second fin structures respectively; and a second isolation part between the first and second fin structures and intersecting the first and second fin structures to isolate the first and second fin structures from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10804365
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a silicon layer on a substrate and then forming a metal silicon nitride layer on the silicon layer, in which the metal silicon nitride layer includes a bottom portion, a middle portion, and a top portion and a concentration of silicon in the top portion is greater than a concentration of silicon in the middle portion. Next, a conductive layer is formed on the metal silicon nitride layer and the conductive layer, the metal silicon nitride layer, and the silicon layer are patterned to form a gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Chiu, Pin-Hong Chen, Yi-Wei Chen, Tsun-Min Cheng, Chih-Chien Liu, Tzu-Chieh Chen, Chih-Chieh Tsai, Kai-Jiun Chang, Yi-An Huang, Chia-Chen Wu, Tzu-Hao Liu
  • Patent number: 10804367
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; an I/O device over the substrate; and a core device over the substrate. The I/O device includes a first gate structure having an interfacial layer; a first high-k dielectric stack over the interfacial layer; and a conductive layer over and in physical contact with the first high-k dielectric stack. The core device includes a second gate structure having the interfacial layer; a second high-k dielectric stack over the interfacial layer; and the conductive layer over and in physical contact with the second high-k dielectric stack. The first high-k dielectric stack includes the second high-k dielectric stack and a third dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Ching Cheng, Wei-Sheng Yun, I-Sheng Chen, Shao-Ming Yu, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Chih Chieh Yeh
  • Patent number: 10796979
    Abstract: A power module includes: a power chip; a control chip controlling the power chip; a power terminal connected to the power chip; a control terminal connected to the control chip; and a package covering the power chip, the control chip, the power terminal, and the control terminal with mold resin, wherein first and second recesses for attaching a fin are respectively provided on side faces facing each other of the package from which neither the power terminal nor the control terminal protrudes, and the first and second recesses are arranged not at positions opposite to each other but alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Hasegawa, Shuhei Yokoyama, Shigeru Mori, Hisashi Kawafuji
  • Patent number: 10790294
    Abstract: A vertical memory device includes a substrate having a cell array region and a connection region positioned on an exterior of the cell array region. Gate electrode layers are stacked on the cell array region and the connection region of the substrate, forming a stepped structure in the connection region. Channel structures are disposed in the cell array region, extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, while passing through the gate electrode layers. Dummy channel structures are disposed in the connection region, extending in the same direction as the channel structures, while passing through the gate electrode layers forming the stepped structure. First semiconductor patterns are disposed below the channel structures, and second semiconductor patterns are disposed below the dummy channel structures. The first and second semiconductor patterns include polycrystalline semiconductor materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Joo Shim, Seong Soon Cho, Ji Hye Kim, Kyung Jun Shin