Patents Examined by Mohammad A Rahman
  • Patent number: 11616073
    Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first transistor including a first channel region, and a charge storage structure separated from the first channel region; a second transistor including a second channel region formed over the charge storage structure; and a data line formed over and contacting the first channel region and the second channel region, the data line including a portion adjacent the first channel region and separated from the first channel region by a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal M. Karda, Eric S. Carman, Karthik Sarpatwari, Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy, Richard E Fackenthal, Haitao Liu
  • Patent number: 11611050
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display device includes: a substrate including a through-hole, a peripheral area surrounding the through-hole, a wiring area surrounding the peripheral area, and a display area surrounding the wiring area; a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a gate wire disposed in the wiring area and on the gate insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the gate wire; a data wire disposed in the wiring area and on the interlayer insulating layer; a middle insulating layer disposed on the data wire; and a first main insulating dam disposed in the wiring area and on the middle insulating layer, wherein the first main insulating dam includes an organic material, and wherein a width of a lower surface of the first main insulating dam is narrower than a width of an upper surface of the first main insulating dam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Woo Kim, Seung-Hwan Cho, Jong Hyun Choi, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11605733
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes steps of providing a patterned mask having a plurality of openings on a substrate; etching the substrate through the openings to form an etched substrate and a trench in the etched substrate, wherein the etched substrate comprises a protrusion; introducing dopants having a first conductivity type in the etched substrate and on either side of the trench to form a plurality of first impurity regions; forming an isolation film in the trench; and depositing a conductive material on the isolation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11605715
    Abstract: A bidirectional switch element includes: a substrate; an AlzGa1-zN layer; an AlbGa1-bN layer; a first source electrode; a first gate electrode; a second gate electrode; a second source electrode; a p-type Alx1Ga1-x1N layer; a p-type Alx2Ga1-x2N layer; an AlyGa1-yN layer; and an AlwGa1-wN layer. The AlzGa1-zN layer is formed over the substrate. The AlbGa1-bN layer is formed on the AlzGa1-zN layer. The AlyGa1-yN layer is interposed between the substrate and the AlzGa1-zN layer. The AlwGa1-wN layer is interposed between the substrate and the AlyGa1-yN layer and has a higher C concentration than the AlyGa1-yN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Nomura, Hiroaki Ueno, Yusuke Kinoshita, Yasuhiro Yamada, Hidetoshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 11605684
    Abstract: An array substrate, including: a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a first transistor in the display area; a second transistor in the non-display area; and a substrate electrode, the substrate electrode including: a first substrate electrode between the first transistor and the base substrate; and a second substrate electrode between the second transistor and the base substrate, wherein the first substrate electrode and the second substrate electrode are configured to adjust threshold voltages of the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively, there is an open circuit between the first substrate electrode and the second substrate electrode, the first substrate electrode is supplied with a first adjustment voltage, the second substrate electrode is supplied with a second adjustment voltage, and an absolute value of the first adjustment voltage is different from an absolute value of the second adjustment voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li Wang
  • Patent number: 11594472
    Abstract: A package structure and method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a die, a via, an encapsulant, an adhesion promoter layer, and a polymer layer. The via is laterally aside the die. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the die and the via. The adhesion promoter layer is sandwiched between the via and the encapsulant. The encapsulant comprises a portion aside the via and under the adhesion promoter layer, and the portion of the encapsulant is sandwiched between the adhesion promoter layer and the polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chun Cho, Hung-Jui Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Sih-Hao Liao, Wei-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 11594631
    Abstract: The present application provides a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The transistor comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a doping region, wherein the doping region comprises a first well region and a second well region with opposite doping types; a source region, a drain region, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure comprising a laminated structure having an alternate layers of insulating material and ferroelectric material, a gate, a contact hole, and a metal layer. The LDMOS transistor simultaneously increases breakdown voltage (BV) and reduces on-resistance (Ron).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SiEn (QingDao) Integrated Circuits Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Li, Min-Hwa Chi, Richard Ru-Gin Chang
  • Patent number: 11569380
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided, and the semiconductor structure includes a substrate, and an active area is defined thereon, a gate structure spanning the active area, wherein the overlapping range of the gate structure and the active area is defined as an overlapping region, and the overlapping region includes four corners, and at least one salicide block covering the four corners of the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Hsuan Chang, Ming-Hua Tsai, Chin-Chia Kuo
  • Patent number: 11569417
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device, the method including forming a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming an active layer on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; forming a mask layer having an opening on the active layer; growing a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer through the opening; removing the mask layer; removing a portion of the active layer and a portion of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer that do not overlap the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and removing a portion of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer to expose the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jo Tak, Joo Sung Kim, Jong Uk Seo, Dong Gun Lee, Yong Il Kim
  • Patent number: 11545396
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate, including a first region and a second region; forming a plurality of fin structures on the substrate; forming an isolation structure between adjacent fin structures; forming a mask layer over the substrate and the plurality of fin structures; forming an opening by removing a portion of the mask layer formed in the first region; removing a portion of the isolation structure exposed in the opening by using a remaining portion of the mask layer as a mask; removing the remaining portion of the mask layer; and forming a gate structure across the plurality of fin structures. The gate structure covers the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventors: Deyan Chen, Mao Li, Dae-Sub Jung
  • Patent number: 11538939
    Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET) is provided. The method includes forming one or more vertical fins on a substrate, wherein there is a fin transition region between each of the one or more vertical fins and the substrate. The method further includes forming a sidewall liner having a first thickness on each of the one or more vertical fins. The method further includes forming a sidewall spacer having a second thickness on each of the sidewall liner(s), wherein the first thickness of the sidewall liner and the second thickness of the sidewall spacer determines an offset distance from each of the one or more vertical fins. The method further includes forming a trench with an edge offset from each of the one or more vertical fins by the offset distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brent Anderson, Ruilong Xie, Juntao Li, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 11508882
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a quantum dot LED, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, belonging to the technical field of LED light sources. The quantum dot LED includes an LED support, an LED chip, a filling layer, and a quantum dot layer, where the LED support comprises a chamber; the LED chip is arranged on a bottom surface of the chamber; the filling layer covers the bottom surface of the chamber and the LED chip, and is engaged with walls of the chamber; and the quantum dot layer is arranged at an opening on a top surface of the chamber, a light incident side of the quantum dot layer abuts against a surface of the filling layer away from the bottom surface of the chamber, and a shortest distance h between the LED chip and the quantum dot layer meets h?0.03 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fulin Li, Zhicheng Song
  • Patent number: 11508827
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first device and a second device. The first device includes: a first gate structure formed over an active region and a first air spacer disposed adjacent to the first gate structure. The second device includes: a second gate structure formed over an isolation structure and a second air spacer disposed adjacent to the second gate structure. The first air spacer and the second air spacer have different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiu Liu, Feng-Cheng Yang, Tsung-Lin Lee, Wei-Yang Lee, Yen-Ming Chen, Yen-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11495765
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a white organic light-emitting device. The white organic light-emitting device enables an overall improvement in characteristics such as color temperature, efficiency, luminance, and service life, by changing the configuration of different types of emission layers in contact with each other, and a display device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Jung Park, Jung-Keun Kim, Wook Song, Tae-Shick Kim
  • Patent number: 11495690
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having high on-state current and high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes, a first insulator; a first oxide over the first insulator; a second oxide over the first oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor over the second oxide; a third oxide over the second oxide; a second insulator over the third oxide; a third conductor located over the second insulator and overlapping with the third oxide; a third insulator in contact with a top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the first oxide, a side surface of the second oxide, a side surface of the first conductor, a top surface of the first conductor, a side surface of the second conductor, and a top surface of the second conductor; a fourth insulator over the third insulator; a fifth insulator over the fourth insulator; and a sixth insulator over the third conductor, the second insulator, the third oxide and the fifth insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Katsuaki Tochibayashi, Ryota Hodo
  • Patent number: 11489131
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and method of manufacturing thereof. The display panel of the present application includes a substrate, an active switch, a color photoresist layer, a first electrode layer, a light emitting diode, a second electrode layer, an encapsulation layer and a driver circuit. The light emitting diode includes a red light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer and a blue light emitting layer which includes a silicon-germanium quantum dot material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: En-Tsung Cho, Hejing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11489027
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a display area and a pad area and a method of manufacturing the same, the display apparatus including a base substrate; a thin film transistor on the base substrate in the display area; an insulation layer on the base substrate and the thin film transistor; a conductive pattern layer on the insulation layer, the conductive pattern layer including a pad electrode in the pad area; and a via insulation layer on the insulation layer, exposing an upper surface of the pad electrode, and covering edges of the pad electrode, wherein, in the pad area, the insulation layer includes a groove having a depth, the pad electrode being in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gwui-Hyun Park, Chulwon Park, Pil Soon Hong, Hyunjin Son
  • Patent number: 11476330
    Abstract: A system and method for creating various dopant concentration profiles using a single implant energy is disclosed. A plurality of implants are performed at the same implant energy but different tilt angles to implant ions at a variety of depths. The result of these implants may be a rectangular profile or a gradient profile. The resulting dopant concentration profile depends on the selection of tilt angles, doses and the number of implants. Varying tilt angle rather than varying implant energy to achieve implants of different depths may significantly improve efficiency and throughput, as the tilt angle can be changed faster than the implant energy can be changed. Additionally, this method may be performed by a number of different semiconductor processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkataramana R. Chavva, Hans-Joachim Gossmann
  • Patent number: 11469319
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a word line, a plurality of first impurity regions, a second impurity region, and an isolation film. The word line is W-shaped, is disposed in the substrate, and includes a base and a pair of legs connected to the base. The first impurity regions are disposed in the substrate and on either side of the word line. The second impurity region is disposed between the legs of the word line. The isolation film is disposed in the substrate, wherein the word line is surrounded by the isolation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11462648
    Abstract: One illustrative Schottky diode disclosed herein includes a semiconductor substrate, an anode region and a cathode region. The anode region includes a plurality of first fins with a first vertical height formed in the anode region, wherein an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate is exposed within the anode region. The cathode region includes a plurality of second fins with a second vertical height that is greater than the first vertical height. The device also includes a conductive structure that contacts and engages at least an upper surface of the plurality of first fins in the anode region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Jagar Singh, Srikanth Balaji Samavedam