Patents Examined by Michelle Mandala
  • Patent number: 11877478
    Abstract: A display device includes subpixels each comprising an emission area, electrodes which are disposed in the emission area, extend in a first direction, and are spaced apart in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first insulating layer disposed on the electrodes, a first bank, and light emitting elements. The first bank includes a first bank part disposed on the first insulating layer and surrounding the emission area, and a second bank part connected to the first bank part and disposed in the emission area. The light emitting elements are disposed on the electrodes spaced apart in the second direction. A height of the second bank part of the first bank is lower than a height of the first bank part of the first bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Yeong Park, Kyung Bae Kim, Mee Hye Jung, Chong Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 11876153
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes: an electrically insulating base member having, in a top plan view, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge opposite the third edge, wherein the first and second edges of the base member extend in a first direction, and the third and fourth edges of the base member extend in a second direction; first and second electrically conductive pattern portions formed on an upper surface of the base member; at least one light emitting device that is electrically connected to the first and second electrically conductive pattern portions; a transparent member disposed on the at least one light emitting device; and a resin portion that surrounds the transparent member in the top plan view, and that partially covers the first and second electrically conductive pattern portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Miyoshi, Kenji Ozeki, Tomoaki Tsuruha
  • Patent number: 11871598
    Abstract: A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode being arranged on a same layer to be spaced apart from each other; a first insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode; and a light emitting element on the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a groove concave toward the substrate, and the light emitting element is in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek Hyeon Lim, Jin Taek Kim, Seung Min Lee, Jung Hwan Yi, Hee Keun Lee, Kyung Tae Chae
  • Patent number: 11864361
    Abstract: The device has a first support element forming a first thermal dissipation surface and carrying a first power component; a second support element forming a second thermal dissipation surface and carrying a second power component, a first contacting element superimposed to the first power component; a second contacting element superimposed to the second power component; a plurality of leads electrically coupled with the power components through the first and/or the second support elements; and a thermally conductive body arranged between the first and the second contacting elements. The first and the second support elements and the first and the second contacting elements are formed by electrically insulating and thermally conductive multilayers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Cristiano Gianluca Stella, Francesco Salamone
  • Patent number: 11855062
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display array includes the following steps: providing a substrate and forming a semiconductor stacked layer on the substrate; forming an insulating layer and a plurality of electrode pads on an outer surface of the semiconductor stacked layer, the insulating layer and the electrode pads directly contacting the semiconductor stacked layer, wherein the insulating layer has a plurality of openings spaced apart from each other; and transferring the semiconductor stacked layer, the insulating layer and the electrode pads from the substrate to a driving backplane, wherein the electrode pads are respectively electrically connected to the driving backplane through the openings of the insulating layer to form a plurality of light emitting regions in the semiconductor stacked layer as the electrode pads and the semiconductor stacked layer are energized by the driving backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Hsien Wu, Chia-Hsin Chao, Yen-Hsiang Fang
  • Patent number: 11854799
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) loading a substrate into a process chamber; (b) supplying a processing gas including H2O-containing radicals to the substrate; (c) supplying a gas including a halogen element; (d) supplying a gas including one or both of an oxygen element and a nitrogen element after (c); (e) repeating (c) and (d); and (f) repeating (b) and (e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ashihara, Toshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11855163
    Abstract: Methods for tuning effective work functions of gate electrodes in semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a channel region over a semiconductor substrate; a gate dielectric layer over the channel region; and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric layer, the gate electrode including a first work function metal layer over the gate dielectric layer, the first work function metal layer including aluminum (Al); a first work function tuning layer over the first work function metal layer, the first work function tuning layer including aluminum tungsten (AlW); and a fill material over the first work function tuning layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yi Lee, Cheng-Lung Hung, Weng Chang, Chi On Chui
  • Patent number: 11856870
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) structure includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), and a top electrode which contacts an end of the MTJ. The top electrode includes a top electrode upper portion and a top electrode lower portion. The width of the top electrode upper portion is larger than the width of the top electrode lower portion. A bottom electrode contacts another end of the MTJ. The top electrode, the MTJ and the bottom electrode form an MRAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chih Lai, Yi-Syun Chou, Ko-Wei Lin, Pei-Hsun Kao, Wei Chen, Chia-Fu Cheng, Chun-Yao Yang, Chia-Chang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11848327
    Abstract: A device includes a first semiconductor strip and a second semiconductor strip extending longitudinally in a first direction, where the first semiconductor strip and the second semiconductor strip are spaced apart from each other in a second direction. The device also includes a power supply line located between the first semiconductor strip and the second semiconductor strip. A top surface of the power supply line is recessed in comparison to a top surface of the first semiconductor strip. A source feature is disposed on a source region of the first semiconductor strip, and a source contact electrically couples the source feature to the power supply line. The source contact includes a lateral portion contacting a top surface of the source feature, and a vertical portion extending along a sidewall of the source feature towards the power supply line to physically contact the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiung Lin, Shang-Wen Chang, Yi-Hsun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11848298
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes: a first conductor plate; a second conductor plate separated from the first conductor plate; a plurality of semiconductor devices having back surface electrodes connected to the first conductor plate; a relay substrate mounted on the second conductor plate and including a plurality of first relay pads and a second relay pad connected to the plurality of first relay pads; a plurality of metal wires respectively connecting control electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor devices to the plurality of first relay pads; a first conductor block connected to front surface electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor devices; a second conductor block connected to the second relay pad; and a sealing material sealing the first and second conductor plates, the plurality of semiconductor devices, the relay substrate, the metal wire, and the first and second conductor blocks, the sealing material includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakata, Yuji Sato, Yoshinori Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11848245
    Abstract: A power semiconductor apparatus includes a power semiconductor element having low and high potential side electrodes and a sense electrode, high and low potential side conductors electrically connected with the high potential side electrodes, respectively, a sense wiring electrically connected with the sense electrode, and a first metal portion facing the low potential side conductor or the low potential side conductor across the sense wiring. When viewed from an array direction of the sense wiring and the first metal portion, the sense wiring has a facing portion facing the high or low potential side conductor, the first metal portion forms a recess in a part overlapping the facing portion, and a depth of the recess is formed such that a distance between a bottom of the recess and the sense wiring is larger than a distance between the sense wiring and the high or low potential side conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Nagasaki, Shintaro Tanaka, Takashi Hirao
  • Patent number: 11842972
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a wiring board, a semiconductor chip, and a connecting member provided between a surface of the wiring board and a functional surface of the semiconductor chip. The connecting member extends a distance between the wiring board surface and the functional surface. A sealing material seals a gap space between the wiring board and the semiconductor chip. An electrode is formed at the wiring board surface and arranged outside of an outer periphery of the sealing material. A lateral distance between an outer periphery of the semiconductor chip and the outer periphery of the sealing material is between 0.1 mm and a lateral distance from the outer periphery of the semiconductor chip to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Tanida, Osamu Miyata
  • Patent number: 11844237
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having a component area, a main display area, and a peripheral area, the peripheral area surrounding the component area and the main display area; an auxiliary pixel group disposed in the component area and including an auxiliary subpixel pixel electrode, an auxiliary subpixel intermediate layer, and an auxiliary subpixel opposite electrode; and a main pixel group disposed in the main display area and including a main subpixel pixel electrode, a main subpixel intermediate layer, and a main subpixel opposite electrode, wherein the auxiliary subpixel opposite electrode extends in the component area to have a stripe shape and is connected to the main subpixel opposite electrode in the main display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunjoung Jung, Sanghoon Kim, Jongsung Park, Sangshin Lee
  • Patent number: 11842942
    Abstract: A power module includes a spacer block, a thermally conductive substrate coupled to one side of the spacer block, and a semiconductor device die coupled to an opposite side of the spacer block. The spacer block includes a solid spacer block and an adjacent flexible spacer block. An inner portion of the device die is coupled to the solid spacer block, and an outer portion of the semiconductor device die is coupled to the adjacent flexible spacer block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Liangbiao Chen, Yong Liu, Tzu-Hsuan Cheng, Stephen St. Germain, Roger Arbuthnot
  • Patent number: 11837647
    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: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Alexis Gauthier, Pascal Chevalier
  • Patent number: 11839116
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The device includes substrate, pixel-defining layer (PDL) structures disposed over the section of the substrate, inorganic or metal overhang structures disposed on an upper surface of the PDL structures, and a plurality of sub-pixels. The PDL structures include a trench disposed in the top surface of the PDL structure. Each sub-pixel includes an anode, an OLED material disposed over and in contact with the anode, and a cathode disposed over the OLED material. The inorganic or metal overhang structures have an overhang extension that extends laterally over the trench. An encapsulation layer is disposed over the cathode and extends under at least a portion of the inorganic or metal overhang structures and along a top surface of the PDL structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-young Choung, Jungmin Lee, Chung-chia Chen, Yusin Lin, Dieter Haas, Si Kyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11832474
    Abstract: An OLED is disclosed that includes an enhancement layer having optically active metamaterials, or hyperbolic metamaterials, which transfer radiative energy from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode, wherein the enhancement layer is disposed over the organic emissive layer opposite from the first electrode, and is positioned no more than a threshold distance away from the organic emissive layer, wherein the organic emissive material has a total non-radiative decay rate constant and a total radiative decay rate constant due to the presence of the enhancement layer, and the threshold distance is where the total non-radiative decay rate constant is equal to the total radiative decay rate constant; and an outcoupling layer disposed over the enhancement layer, wherein the outcoupling layer scatters radiative energy from the enhancement layer to free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Marc A. Baldo, Michael S. Weaver, Vinod M. Menon
  • Patent number: 11830838
    Abstract: A method for forming a direct hybrid bond and a device resulting from a direct hybrid bond including a first substrate having a first set of metallic bonding pads, preferably connected to a device or circuit, capped by a conductive barrier, and having a first non-metallic region adjacent to the metallic bonding pads on the first substrate, a second substrate having a second set of metallic bonding pads capped by a second conductive barrier, aligned with the first set of metallic bonding pads, preferably connected to a device or circuit, and having a second non-metallic region adjacent to the metallic bonding pads on the second substrate, and a contact-bonded interface between the first and second set of metallic bonding pads capped by conductive barriers formed by contact bonding of the first non-metallic region to the second non-metallic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Paul M. Enquist
  • Patent number: 11830904
    Abstract: A light sensing device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer, a first source/drain electrode, a second source/drain electrode, and a reset electrode. The gate electrode is over the substrate. The semiconductor layer is over the substrate and at least partially overlapping the gate electrode. The dielectric layer spaces the gate electrode from the semiconductor layer. The first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode are respectively connected to the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a first region and a second region between the first source/drain electrode and the second source/drain electrode, the first region overlaps the gate electrode, and the second region does not overlap the gate electrode. The reset electrode is in contact with the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Sheng-Chia Lin
  • Patent number: 11830868
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods of fabricating an array of self-aligned vertical solid state devices and integrating the devices to a system substrate. The method of fabricating a self-aligned vertical solid state device comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate, depositing a plurality of device layers on the semiconductor substrate, depositing an ohmic contact layer on an upper surface of one of the plurality of device layers, wherein the device layers comprises an active layer and a doped conductive layer, forming a patterned thick conductive layer on the ohmic contact layer; and selectively etching down the doped conductive layer that does not substantially etch the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: VueReal Inc.
    Inventors: Gholamreza Chaji, Ehsanollah Fathi