Patents Examined by Moin M Rahman
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Patent number: 11387353Abstract: A structure includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region in a semiconductor body; and a trench isolation between the first and second source/drain regions in the semiconductor body. A first doping region is about the first source/drain region, a second doping region about the second source/drain region, and the trench isolation is within the second doping region. A third doping region is adjacent to the first doping region and extend partially into the second doping region to create a charge trap section. A gate conductor of a gate structure is over the trench isolation and the first, second, and third doping regions. The charge trap section creates a charge controlled e-fuse operable by applying a stress voltage to the gate conductor.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: Jagar Singh, Sudarshan Narayanan, Alvin J. Joseph, William J. Taylor, Jr., Jeffrey B. Johnson
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Patent number: 11380763Abstract: Electronic devices and more particularly diamond-based electronic devices and corresponding contact structures are disclosed. Electrical contact structures to diamond layers, including n-type, phosphorus doped single-crystal diamond are disclosed. In particular, electrical contact structures are formed through an arrangement of one or more nanostructured carbon layers with high nitrogen incorporation that are provided between metal contacts and n-type diamond layers in diamond-based electronic devices. Nanostructured carbon layers may be configured to mitigate reduced phosphorus incorporation in n-type diamond layers, thereby providing low specific contact resistances for corresponding devices. Diamond p-i-n diodes for direct electron emission applications are also disclosed that include electrical contact structures with nanostructured carbon layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Franz A. Koeck, Robert Nemanich
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Patent number: 11380218Abstract: A plurality of display panels having a curved surface are placed in a limited space. Two, or three or more display panels are combined to form one display region having a T-shaped outer edge as one screen, and a driver can curve part of the display panel as appropriate so that the driver can see the screen easily. A first display panel or a second display panel has flexibility and includes a position adjustment function of curving an end portion. That is, by curving part of the display panel, the user can see the display panel easily. The in-car design can also be varied.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tsukamoto, Daiki Nakamura, Daisuke Furumatsu, Kazuhiko Fujita, Kyoichi Mukao, Junya Maruyama
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Patent number: 11380803Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes an isolation layer formed over a substrate, and a plurality of nanostructures formed over the isolation layer. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate structure wrapped around the nanostructures, and an S/D structure wrapped around the nanostructures. The semiconductor device structure includes a first oxide layer between the substrate and the S/D structure. The first oxide layer and the isolation layer are made of different materials. The first oxide layer is in direct contact with the isolation layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hou-Yu Chen, Chao-Ching Cheng, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Yu-Lin Yang, I-Sheng Chen
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Patent number: 11373857Abstract: One or more semiconductor manufacturing methods and/or semiconductor arrangements are provided. In an embodiment, a silicon carbide (SiC) layer is provided. The SiC layer has a first portion overlying a second portion. The first portion has a first side distal the second portion and a second side proximal the second portion. The first portion is converted into a porous layer overlying the second portion. The porous layer has a first side distal the second portion and a second side proximal the second portion. The porous layer is removed to expose a first side of the second portion. After removing the porous layer, the first side of the second portion has a surface roughness less than a surface roughness of the first side of the first portion and/or less than a surface roughness of the first side of the porous layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Bernhard Goller, Iris Moder, Petra Fischer
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Patent number: 11374107Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a first III-V compound layer, a second III-V compound layer over the first III-V compound layer, source and drain structures over the second III-V compound layer and spaced apart from each other, a gate structure over the second III-V compound layer and between the source and drain structures, a gate field plate over the second III-V compound layer and between the gate structure and the drain structure, and an etch stop layer over the drain structure and spaced apart from the gate field plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Jheng-Sheng You, Hsin-Chih Lin, Kun-Ming Huang, Lieh-Chuan Chen, Po-Tao Chu, Shen-Ping Wang, Chien-Li Kuo
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Patent number: 11367726Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for an array of vertically stacked memory cells having horizontally oriented access devices and access lines and vertically oriented digit lines having a first source/drain region and a second source drain region separated by a channel region, and gates opposing the channel region formed fully around every surface of the channel region as gate all around (GAA) structures, horizontal oriented access lines coupled to the gates and separated from a channel region by a gate dielectric. The memory cells have horizontally oriented storage nodes coupled to the second source/drain region and vertically oriented digit lines coupled to the first source/drain regions. A vertical body contact is formed in direct electrical contact with a body region of one or more of the horizontally oriented access devices and separate from the first source/drain region and the vertically oriented digit lines by a dielectric.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Si-Woo Lee, Sangmin Hwang
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Patent number: 11362294Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-emitting layer and a hole blocking layer, where the first electrode and the second electrode are oppositely disposed; the light-emitting layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; the hole blocking layer is disposed between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode; and the hole blocking layer includes at least two hole blocking sub-layers which are stacked, where a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level decreases sequentially in the at least two hole blocking sub-layers.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Weiwei Li, Chao Chi Peng, Lin He, Jingwen Tian, Tiantian Li, Mengzhen Li
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Patent number: 11362177Abstract: One illustrative transistor of a first dopant type disclosed herein includes a gate structure positioned above a semiconductor substrate and first and second overall epitaxial cavities formed in the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the gate structure. The device also includes a counter-doped epitaxial semiconductor material positioned proximate a bottom of each of the first and second overall epitaxial cavities, wherein the counter-doped epitaxial semiconductor material is doped with a second dopant type that is opposite to the first dopant type, and a same-doped epitaxial semiconductor material positioned in each of the first and second overall epitaxial cavities above the counter-doped epitaxial semiconductor material, wherein the same-doped epitaxial semiconductor material is doped with a dopant of the first dopant type.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.Inventors: Arkadiusz Malinowski, Baofu Zhu, Frank W. Mont, Ali Razavieh, Julien Frougier
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Patent number: 11355594Abstract: A diode includes an n-type semiconductor layer including an n-type Ga2O3-based single crystal, and a p-type semiconductor layer including a p-type semiconductor in which a volume of an amorphous portion is higher than a volume of a crystalline portion. The n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer form a pn junction.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignees: Tamura Corporation, Novel Crystal Technology, Inc.Inventor: Kohei Sasaki
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Patent number: 11355590Abstract: The current disclosure describes a vertical tunnel FET device including a vertical P-I-N heterojunction structure of a P-doped nanowire gallium nitride source/drain, an intrinsic InN layer, and an N-doped nanowire gallium nitride source/drain. A high-K dielectric layer and a metal gate wrap around the intrinsic InN layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peter Ramvall, Matthias Passlack
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Patent number: 11352252Abstract: In one example, an electronic device includes a semiconductor sensor device having a cavity extending partially inward from one surface to provide a diaphragm adjacent an opposite surface. A barrier is disposed adjacent to the one surface and extends across the cavity, the barrier has membrane with a barrier body and first barrier strands bounded by the barrier body to define first through-holes. The electronic device further comprises one or more of a protrusion pattern disposed adjacent to the barrier structure, which can include a plurality of protrusion portions separated by a plurality of recess portions; one or more conformal membrane layers disposed over the first barrier strands; or second barrier strands disposed on and at least partially overlapping the first barrier strands. The second barrier strands define second through-holes laterally offset from the first through-holes. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Ki Yeul Yang, Kyung Han Ryu, Seok Hun Yun, Bora Baloglu, Hyun Cho, Ramakanth Alapati
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Patent number: 11349093Abstract: The present application provides an organic electroluminescent device and a display apparatus. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first conductive layer group, a second conductive layer group, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first conductive layer group and the second conductive layer group and in ohmic contact with the two groups. The first conductive layer group includes an electron blocking layer in ohmic contact with the light emitting layer, and a hole transport layer in ohmic contact with the electron blocking layer. The HOMO energy level of the electron blocking layer is between that of the hole transport layer and that of the light emitting layer, and the LUMO energy level of the electron blocking layer is shallower than that of the hole transport layer and that of the light emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhen Zhang, Lin He, Wenkai Chen
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Patent number: 11349071Abstract: A memory device may include at least one inert electrode, at least one active electrode, an insulating element arranged at least partially between the at least one active electrode and the at least one inert electrode, and a switching element arranged under the insulating element. The switching element may be arranged at least partially between the at least one active electrode and the at least one inert electrode. The switching element may include a first end and a second end contacting the at least one active electrode; and a middle segment between the first end and the second end, where the middle segment may at least partially contact the at least one inert electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Desmond Jia Jun Loy, Eng Huat Toh, Shyue Seng Tan, Steven Soss
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Patent number: 11342429Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of making the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a memory gate on a charge storage structure formed on a substrate, a select gate on a gate dielectric on the substrate proximal to the memory gate, and a dielectric structure between the memory gate and the select gate, and adjacent to sidewalls of the memory gate and the select gate, wherein the memory gate and the select gate are separated by a thickness of the dielectric structure. Generally, the dielectric structure comprises multiple dielectric layers including a first dielectric layer adjacent the sidewall of the memory gate, and a nitride dielectric layer adjacent to the first dielectric layer and between the memory gate and the select gate. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Shenqing Fang, Chun Chen, Unsoon Kim, Mark T. Ramsbey, Kuo Tung Chang, Sameer S. Haddad, James Pak
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Patent number: 11342241Abstract: A power module, including: a first conductor, disposed at a first reference plane; a second conductor, disposed at a second reference plane, wherein projections of the first and second conductors on the first reference plane have a first overlap area; a third conductor, disposed at a third reference plane; a plurality of first switches, first ends of which are coupled to the first conductor; and a plurality of second switches, first ends of which are coupled to second ends of the first switches through the third conductor, and second ends of the second switches are coupled to the second conductor, wherein projections of minimum envelope areas of the first and second switches on the first reference plane have a second overlap area, and the first and second overlap areas have an overlap region. Heat sources of the power module are evenly distributed and its parasitic inductance is low.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTDInventors: Wei Cheng, Shouyu Hong, Dongfang Lian, Tao Wang, Zhenqing Zhao
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Patent number: 11329165Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided, which includes a first fin structure over a semiconductor substrate. The first fin structure has multiple first semiconductor nanostructures suspended over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a second fin structure over the semiconductor substrate, and the second fin structure has multiple second semiconductor nanostructures suspended over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric fin between the first fin structure and the second fin structure. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes a metal gate stack wrapping around the first fin structure, the second fin structure, and the dielectric fin. The semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric protection structure over the metal gate stack.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Huan-Chieh Su, Kuan-Ting Pan, Shi-Ning Ju, Chih-Hao Wang
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Patent number: 11329190Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device including: a substrate; and a laminated structure provided on the substrate and having a plurality of columnar portion groups, in which the columnar portion group includes at least one first columnar portion, and a plurality of second columnar portions, the first columnar portion has a light emitting layer into which a current is injected to generate light, no current is injected into the second columnar portion, an optical confinement mode is formed in the plurality of columnar portion groups, the first columnar portion is disposed at a position that overlaps a peak of electric field intensity, and the second columnar portion is disposed at a position that does not overlap the peak of electric field intensity.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke Ishizawa, Katsumi Kishino
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Patent number: 11329193Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBHInventors: Xiaojun Chen, Alexander Frey, Philipp Drechsel, Thomas Lehnhardt, Lise Lahourcade, Jürgen Off
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Patent number: 11322410Abstract: Methods for tuning threshold voltages of fin-like field effect transistor (FinFET) devices are disclosed herein. An exemplary integrated circuit device includes a high voltage n-type FinFET, a high voltage p-type FinFET, a low voltage n-type FinFET, and a low voltage p-type FinFET. Threshold voltages of the high voltage n-type FinFET and the high voltage p-type FinFET are greater than threshold voltages of the low voltage n-type FinFET and the low voltage p-type FinFET, respectively. The high voltage n-type FinFET, the high voltage p-type FinFET, the low voltage n-type FinFET, and the low voltage p-type FinFET each include a threshold voltage tuning layer that includes tantalum and nitrogen. Thicknesses of the threshold voltage tuning layer of the low voltage n-type FinFET and the low voltage p-type FinFET are less than thicknesses of the threshold voltage tuning layer of the high voltage n-type FinFET and the high voltage p-type FinFET, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Chung-Liang Cheng, Wei-Jen Chen, Yen-Yu Chen, Ming-Hsien Lin