Patents Examined by Michelle Mandala
  • Patent number: 12161022
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a substrate, a cathode suppression layer, a cathode, and a polarizer. The cathode suppression layer includes a first cathode suppression portion located in a first light-transmitting area. The cathode is located in a first light-emitting area and the first light-transmitting area, and covers at least part of the first cathode suppression portion. The polarizer includes a first light-transmitting portion located in the first light-transmitting area. A projection of the first light-transmitting portion projected on the substrate is located within a boundary of a projection of the first cathode suppression portion projected on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Lv, Meng Jin, Tao Yuan, Jinchang Huang
  • Patent number: 12159873
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving a composite substrate including a first region and a second region, the composite substrate comprising a semiconductor substrate and an insulator layer over the semiconductor substrate; bonding a silicon layer to the composite substrate; depositing a capping layer over the silicon layer; forming a trench through the capping layer, the silicon layer and the insulator layer, the trench exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate in the first region; growing an initial epitaxial layer in the trench; removing the capping layer to form an epitaxial layer from the silicon layer and the initial epitaxial layer; forming a transistor layer over the epitaxial layer, the transistor layer including a first transistor and a second transistor in the first region and the second region, respectively; and forming an interconnect layer over the transistor layer and electrically coupling the first transistor to the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Tsai, Chih-Ping Chao, Chun-Hung Chen, Shaoqiang Zhang, Kuan-Liang Liu, Chun-Pei Wu, Alexander Kalnitsky
  • Patent number: 12154916
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for manufacturing a display device and a method of manufacturing the display device. The apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a droplet discharge unit including a nozzle that discharges a droplet, at least one sensor that senses a partial shape of an outer surface of the droplet projected onto a plane and a cross-sectional shape of the droplet discharge unit projected onto the plane, the plane being on a falling path of the droplet discharged from the droplet discharge unit, and a controller that calculates, based on a result sensed by the at least one sensor, at least one of a volume of the droplet, a falling speed of the droplet, a discharge angle at which the droplet is discharged from the nozzle, and a falling path of the droplet moving from the nozzle to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeongwon Han
  • Patent number: 12156418
    Abstract: A display substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a substrate, the substrate comprising a blind hole area; a buffer layer covering one side of the substrate; an organic film layer provided on the surface of the buffer layer away from the substrate and having a first opening in the blind hole area; a passivation layer provided on the side of the organic film layer away from the substrate and having a second opening in the blind hole area; and a transparent electrode layer covering the passivation layer and the buffer layer in the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Jingyi Xu, Yongqiang Zhang, Peng Liu, Peirong Huo, Wanzhi Chen, Xiaochun Xu, Jiantao Liu, Bo Li
  • Patent number: 12150374
    Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: OTI Lumionics Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Lu Chang, Qi Wang, Michael Helander, Jacky Qui, Zhibin Wang, Thomas Lever
  • Patent number: 12145838
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a CMUT transducer (200) comprising: —a conductive or semiconductor substrate (201) coated with a stack of one or a plurality of dielectric layers (203, 213); —a cavity (205, 215) formed in said stack; —a conductive or semiconductor membrane (221) suspended above the cavity; —at the bottom of the cavity, a conductive region (209) in contact with the upper surface of the substrate, said conductive region being interrupted on a portion of the upper surface of the substrate; and—in the cavity, a stop structure (207) made of a dielectric material localized on or above the area of interruption of the conductive region (209).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: VERMON SA
    Inventors: Cyril Meynier, Dominique Gross, Nicolas Senegond
  • Patent number: 12148737
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to facilitate thermal design in a semiconductor device in which MOSFETs and SBDs are connected in antiparallel. The semiconductor device includes a MOSFET chip provided on a first pattern, whose drain electrode and source electrode are electrically connected to the first pattern and a second pattern, respectively, an SBD chip provided on a third pattern, whose cathode electrode and anode electrode are electrically connected to the third pattern and fourth pattern, respectively, a drain main terminal connected to the first pattern, a source main terminal connected to the second pattern, a cathode main terminal connected to the third pattern, and an anode main terminal connected to the fourth pattern. At least one of between the drain main terminal and the cathode main terminal and between the source main terminal and the anode main terminal is not electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Mikami
  • Patent number: 12148801
    Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a first nitride-based semiconductor layer, a second nitride-based semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, and a third nitride-based semiconductor layer. The first nitride-based semiconductor layer has at least one trench. The second nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride-based semiconductor layer and spaced apart from the trench. The source electrode and the drain electrode are disposed above the second nitride-based semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is disposed above the second nitride-based semiconductor layer and between the source and drain electrodes, so as to at least define a drift region between the gate electrode and the drain electrode and overlaps with the trench. The third nitride-based semiconductor layer is at least disposed in the trench and extends upward from the trench to make contact with the second nitride-based semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan He, Xiaoqing Pu, Ronghui Hao, King Yuen Wong
  • Patent number: 12137590
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting diode including a first electrode, a second electrode arranged on the first electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a bus electrode spaced apart from the first electrode of the light-emitting diode; a bank layer covering an edge of the first electrode and an edge of the bus electrode, and exposing a portion of the first electrode and a portion of the bus electrode; and an insulating pattern layer arranged on the bus electrode, and including a first opening overlapping a first opening, wherein the second electrode contacts the bus electrode through the first opening of the insulating pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seho Lee, Taehyung Kim, Yongdae Lee, Hyoyeon Kim, Taehyeon Yang, Chulsoon Lee, Changgwi Jin
  • Patent number: 12137549
    Abstract: A microelectronic device comprises array regions individually comprising memory cells comprising access devices and storage node device, digit lines coupled to the access devices and extending in a first direction, word lines coupled to the access devices and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and control logic devices over and in electrical communication with the memory cells. The microelectronic device further comprises capacitor regions horizontally offset from the array regions in the first direction and having a dimension in the second direction greater than each individual array region in the second direction. The capacitor regions individually comprise additional control logic devices vertically overlying the memory cells, and capacitor structures within horizontal boundaries of the additional control logic devices. Related microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege, Yuan He
  • Patent number: 12132090
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12132112
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with different gate structure configurations and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a fin structure disposed on a substrate, a nanostructured channel region disposed on the fin structure, and a gate-all-around (GAA) structure surrounding the nanostructured channel region. The GAA structure includes a high-K (HK) gate dielectric layer with a metal doped region having dopants of a first metallic material, a p-type work function metal (pWFM) layer disposed on the HK gate dielectric layer, a bimetallic nitride layer interposed between the HK gate dielectric layer and the pWFM layer, an n-type work function metal (nWFM) layer disposed on the pWFM layer, and a gate metal fill layer disposed on the nWFM layer. The pWFM layer includes a second metallic material and the bimetallic nitride layer includes the first and second metallic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hsin-Yi Lee, Cheng-Lung Hung, Ji-Cheng Chen, Weng Chang, Chi On Chui
  • Patent number: 12132014
    Abstract: A power semiconductor apparatus provided with a first conductor section connected to a direct-current terminal for transmitting direct-current power; a second conductor section connected to an alternating-current terminal for transmitting alternating-current power; a semiconductor element which is disposed between the first conductor section and the second conductor section and is for converting the direct-current power to the alternating-current power; and an interposition section disposed between the first conductor section and the second conductor section, in which the interposition section has a first conductor layer connected to the first conductor section, a second conductor layer connected to the second conductor section, and a plurality of insulation layers disposed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, with one or a plurality of third conductor layers sandwiched between the plurality of insulation layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Kusukawa, Eiichi Ide
  • Patent number: 12127442
    Abstract: A pixel defining structure includes a first sub-pixel defining structure surrounding a first sub-pixel region configured to form a first sub-pixel having a first color. The first sub-pixel defining structure includes a lyophilic portion one the bottom side of the first sub-pixel region and a lyophobic portion on a side opposite to the bottom side. The pixel defining structure includes a second sub-pixel defining structure surrounding a second sub-pixel region configured to form a second sub-pixel having a second color. The second sub-pixel defining structure includes a lyophilic portion one the bottom side of the second sub-pixel region and a lyophobic portion on a side opposite to the bottom side. The second color is different from the first color. Thicknesses of the lyophilic portion of the first sub-pixel defining structure and the lyophilic portion of the second sub-pixel defining structure are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 12125894
    Abstract: A bipolar transistor includes a collector. The collector is formed by: a first portion of the collector which extends under an insulating trench, and a second portion of the collector which crosses through the insulating trench. The first and second portions of the collector are in physical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics France
    Inventors: Alexis Gauthier, Pascal Chevalier
  • Patent number: 12125802
    Abstract: Provided are a chip and a memory, relating to the technical field of semiconductors, and intended to solve the technical problem of low qualification rate of chips. The chip includes a base in which a through hole penetrating through the base is provided. A conductive column is provided in the through hole. A first surface of the base is provided with a first annular groove which surrounds the conductive column. A first isolator is provided in the first annular groove, and a first air gap extending along a circumferential direction of the first annular groove is formed in the first isolator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 12125850
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation region extending into, and overlying a bulk portion of, the semiconductor substrate, a buried conductive track comprising a portion in the isolation region, and a transistor having a source/drain region and a gate electrode. The source/drain region or the gate electrode is connected to the buried conductive track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Pochun Wang, Ting-Wei Chiang, Chih-Ming Lai, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Jung-Chan Yang, Ru-Gun Liu, Shih-Ming Chang, Ya-Chi Chou, Yi-Hsiung Lin, Yu-Xuan Huang, Guo-Huei Wu, Yu-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 12127389
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of discrete bit lines, and a capacitor contact hole being provided between adjacent bit lines; forming a fill film, the fill film being provided with a gap region; etching the fill film by using a first etch process to open the gap region, the remaining fill film acting as a first fill layer; sequentially stacking at least two base fill layers on a surface of the first fill layer, the base fill layer farthest from the substrate filling the remaining capacitor contact hole; decreasing a doping concentration of the base fill layer, layer by layer and etching the first fill layer and at least part of the base fill layers by using a second etch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jinfeng Gong
  • Patent number: 12127429
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel, including: a base substrate, a light emitting device layer provided on the base substrate and including light emitting devices, and a light adjustment structure layer provided at a side of the light emitting device layer facing away from the base substrate and including light adjustment units and a dielectric layer covering the light adjustment units. Each light adjustment unit has a smaller refractive index than the dielectric layer and includes a light adjustment sub-section and a through hole penetrating the light adjustment unit in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate. The through hole overlaps one light emitting device, and the light adjustment sub-section surrounds the through hole. For one light adjustment unit, a thickness of the light adjustment sub-section gradually increases in a direction from the through hole to the light adjustment sub-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Cai, Junqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12120881
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional semiconductor device comprising channel regions that penetrate the stack structure and extend in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the first substrate, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the stack structure, and a peripheral circuit structure on the first interlayer dielectric layer. The peripheral circuit structure includes peripheral circuit elements on a first surface of a second substrate. The peripheral circuit elements are electrically connected to the channel regions and at least one of the gate electrodes. The first substrate has a first crystal plane parallel to the top surface thereof. The second substrate has a second crystal plane parallel to the first surface thereof. An arrangement direction of atoms of the first crystal plane intersects an arrangement direction of atoms of the second crystal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bongsoon Lim, Daeseok Byeon