Patents Examined by Quoc D. Hoang
  • Patent number: 11705485
    Abstract: A lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor including a breakdown voltage clamp includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, and a p-type reduced surface field (PRSF) layer including one or more bridge portions. Each of the one or more bridge portions extends below the drain n+ region in a thickness direction. Another LDMOS transistor includes a drain n+ region, a source n+ region, a gate, an n-type reduced surface field (NRSF) layer disposed between the source n+ region and the drain n+ region in a lateral direction, a PRSF layer disposed below the NRSF layer in a thickness direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a p-type buried layer (PBL) disposed below the PRSF layer in the thickness direction. The drain n+ region is disposed over the PBL in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Parthasarathy, Vipindas Pala, Marco A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 11699669
    Abstract: A method includes: forming an interconnect structure over a semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes: a magnetic core and a conductive coil winding around the magnetic core and electrically insulated from the magnetic core, wherein the conductive coil has horizontally-extending conductive lines and vertically-extending conductive vias electrically connecting the horizontally-extending conductive lines, wherein the magnetic core and the conductive coil are arranged in an inductor zone of the interconnect structure. The interconnect structure also includes a dielectric material electrically insulating the magnetic core from the conductive coil, and a connecting metal line adjacent to and on the outside of the inductor zone. The connecting metal line is electrical isolated from the inductor zone. The connecting metal line includes an upper surface lower than an upper surface of the second conductive vias and a bottom surface higher than a bottom surface of the first conductive vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Shiang Liao, Huan-Neng Chen
  • Patent number: 11699668
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, an electronic component, a ring structure, and an adhesive layer. The electronic component is located over a first surface of the substrate. The ring structure is located over the first surface of the substrate and surrounding the electronic component. The ring structure has a bottom surface facing the first surface of the substrate and a top surface opposite the bottom surface. The ring structure includes a plurality of side parts and a plurality of corner parts recessed from the top surface and thinner than the side parts. Any two of the corner parts are separated from one another by one of the side parts. The adhesive layer is interposed between the bottom surface of the ring structure and the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Che-Chia Yang, Chia-Kuei Hsu, Ming-Chih Yew, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11695076
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate, an isolation structure at least partially surrounding the fin, an epitaxial source/drain (S/D) feature disposed over the semiconductor fin, where an extended portion of the epitaxial S/D feature extends over the isolation structure, and a silicide layer disposed on the epitaxial S/D feature, where the silicide layer covers top, bottom, sidewall, front, and back surfaces of the extended portion of the S/D feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Hsun Wang, Chih-Chao Chou, Shih-Cheng Chen, Jung-Hung Chang, Jui-Chien Huang, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11688692
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a microelectronic component embedded in the package substrate, the microelectronic component including: a substrate having a surface, where the substrate includes a conductive pathway and a mold material region at the surface, where the mold material region includes a through-mold via (TMV) electrically coupled to the conductive pathway, and where the mold material region is at the second surface of the package substrate; and a die conductively coupled, at the second surface of the package substrate, to the package substrate and to the TMV of the microelectronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Praneeth Kumar Akkinepally, Frank Truong, Jason M. Gamba, Robert Alan May
  • Patent number: 11688738
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite transistor which includes a first transistor TR1 including a control electrode, a first active region, a first A extending part, and a first B extending part, and a second transistor TR2 including a control electrode, a second active region, a second A extending part, and a second B extending part. The first active region, the second active region, and the control electrode overlap one another. Both the first A extending part and the first B extending part extend from the first active region and both the second A extending part and the second B extending part extend from the second active region. The first electrode is connected to the first A extending part, the second electrode is connected to the second A extending part, and the third electrode is connected to the first B extending part and the second B extending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11682601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package including a first device, a second device, and a spacer. The first device includes a substrate having a first dielectric constant. The second device includes a dielectric element, an antenna, and a reinforcing element. The dielectric element has a second dielectric constant less than the first dielectric constant. The antenna is at least partially within the dielectric element. The reinforcing element is disposed on the dielectric element, and the reinforcing element has a third dielectric constant greater than the first dielectric constant. The spacer is disposed between the first device and the second device and configured to define a distance between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Tung Chang
  • Patent number: 11682621
    Abstract: A connector for implementing multi-faceted interconnection according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first dielectric layer between a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, a first copper pillar layer connecting the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the first circuit layer, a third circuit layer on the second dielectric layer, and a vertical second copper pillar layer connected to the third circuit layer, wherein an opening is formed in the second dielectric layer to expose the first circuit layer, and the second copper pillar layer exposes side faces facing side end faces of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Zhuhai ACCESS Semiconductor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xianming Chen, Lei Feng, Benxia Huang, Yejie Hong
  • Patent number: 11670569
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are channeled lids for integrated circuit (IC) packages, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a die between a lid and a package substrate. A bottom surface of the lid may include a channel that at least partially overlaps the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Manish Dubey, Amitesh Saha, Marco Aurelio Cartas, Peng Li, Bamidele Daniel Falola
  • Patent number: 11664285
    Abstract: An electronic package assembly includes a glass substrate including an upper glass cladding layer, a lower glass cladding layer, a glass core layer coupled to the upper glass cladding layer and the lower glass cladding layer, where the upper glass cladding layer and the lower glass cladding layer have a higher etch rate in an etchant than the glass core layer, a first cavity positioned within one of the upper glass cladding layer or the lower glass cladding layer, and a second cavity positioned within one of the upper glass cladding layer or the lower glass cladding layer, a microprocessor positioned within the first cavity, and a micro-electronic component positioned within the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jin Su Kim, Scott Christopher Pollard
  • Patent number: 11658114
    Abstract: A fusible structure includes a metal line with different portions having different thicknesses. Thinner portions of the metal line are designed to be destructively altered at lower voltages while thicker portions of the metal line are designed to be destructively altered at lower voltages. Furthermore, one or more dummy structures are disposed proximal to the thinner portions of the metal line. In some embodiments, dummy structures are placed with sufficient proximity so as to protect against metal sputtering when metal line is destructively altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shao-Ting Wu, Meng-Sheng Chang, Shao-Yu Chou, Chung-I Huang
  • Patent number: 11652057
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose electronic packages with a die assembly and methods of forming such electronic packages. In an embodiment, a die assembly comprises a first die and a second die laterally adjacent to the first die. In an embodiment, the first die and the second die each comprise a first semiconductor layer, an insulator layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the insulator layer. In an embodiment, a cavity is disposed through the second semiconductor layer. In an embodiment, the die assembly further comprises a bridge substrate that electrically couples the first die to the second die, where the bridge is positioned in the cavity of the first die and the cavity of the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Khang Choong Yong, Eng Huat Goh, Min Suet Lim, Robert Sankman, Telesphor Kamgaing, Wil Choon Song, Boon Ping Koh
  • Patent number: 11652038
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and a method for making a semiconductor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various semiconductor package structures, and methods for making thereof, that comprise a thin fine-pitch redistribution structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Kelly, David Hiner, Ronald Huemoeller, Roger St. Amand
  • Patent number: 11651955
    Abstract: Methods of forming silicon nitride. Silicon nitride is formed on a substrate by atomic layer deposition at a temperature of less than or equal to about 275° C. The as-formed silicon nitride is exposed to a plasma. The silicon nitride may be formed as a portion of silicon nitride and at least one other portion of silicon nitride. The portion of silicon nitride and the at least one other portion of silicon nitride may be exposed to a plasma treatment. Methods of forming a semiconductor structure are also disclosed, as are semiconductor structures and silicon precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumeet C. Pandey, Brenda D. Kraus, Stefan Uhlenbrock, John A. Smythe, Timothy A. Quick
  • Patent number: 11637049
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip having a first electrode on a rear surface thereof, a laminated substrate including a heat dissipation board laminated on a rear surface of an insulating board, and a case. The case includes a frame surrounding an opening penetrating the case from a front surface to a rear surface thereof, the frame being in contact with a periphery of the laminated substrate covering the opening from the rear surface of the case, and a first terminal penetrating the frame. The first terminal includes a first connection part penetrating the frame and extending out of the frame, and a first wiring part provided in the opening. The first wiring part has a wiring rear surface disposed on a front surface of the insulating board, and a wiring front surface mechanically and electrically connected to the first electrode of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Wakiyama
  • Patent number: 11621324
    Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor includes an extrinsic collector region buried in a semiconductor substrate under an intrinsic collector region. Carbon-containing passivating regions are provided to delimit the intrinsic collector region. An insulating layer on the intrinsic collector region includes an opening within which an extrinsic base region is provided. A semiconductor layer overlies the insulating layer, is in contact with the extrinsic base region, and includes an opening with insulated sidewalls. The collector region of the transistor is provided between the insulated sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Alexis Gauthier, Julien Borrel
  • Patent number: 11616099
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display substrate. The display substrate may include a base substrate; and a plurality of pixels in a display area on the base substrate. At least one of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel may include an OLED component that emits light of a first color, the third sub-pixel may include a LED component that emits light of a third color, and the first color and the third color are different colors. All sub-pixels including OLED components may be disposed on a same side of the base substrate, and all sub-pixels including LED components may be disposed on another side of the base substrate opposite the side on which the OLED components are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohu Li, Zhiqiang Jiao, Tun Liu, Huajie Yan
  • Patent number: 11611170
    Abstract: In one example, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having substrate terminals and providing a component having a first component terminal and a second component terminal adjacent to a first major side of the component. The method includes providing a clip structure having a first clip, a second clip, and a clip connector coupling the first clip to the second clip. The method includes coupling the first clip to the first component terminal and a first substrate terminal and coupling the second clip to a second substrate terminal. The method includes encapsulating the component, portions of the substrate, and portions of the clip structure. the method includes removing a sacrificial portion of the clip connector while leaving a first portion of the clip connector attached to the first clip and leaving a second portion of the clip connector attached to the second clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Masaya Tazawa, Shingo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11605934
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device can include providing a substrate; forming a first active layer with a first electrical polarity; forming a light emitting region configured to emit light with a target wavelength between 200 nm and 300 nm; forming a second active layer with a second electrical polarity; forming a first electrical contact layer, optionally comprising a first optical reflector; removing a portion of the first electrical contact layer, the second active layer, the light emitting region, and the first active layer to form a plurality of mesas; and forming a second electrical contact layer. Each mesa can include a mesa width smaller than 10 times the target wavelength that confines the emitted light from the light emitting region to fewer than 10 transverse modes, or a mesa width smaller than twice a current spreading length of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Silanna UV Technologies Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Johnny Cai Tang, Petar Atanackovic
  • Patent number: 11600545
    Abstract: A semiconductor includes a lower structure, an upper structure on the lower structure, and a connection pattern between the lower structure and the upper structure. The connection pattern is configured to electrically connect the lower structure and the upper structure to each other. The lower structure includes a lower base and a first lower chip on the lower base. The first lower chip includes a chip bonding pad, a pad structure, and a heat sink structure. The connection pattern is connected to the upper structure and extends away from the upper structure to be connected to the pad structure. The pad structure has a thickness greater than a thickness of the chip bonding pad. At least a portion of the heat sink structure is at a same height level as at least a portion of the pad structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hwang Kim, Jong Bo Shim, Jang Woo Lee, Yung Cheol Kong, Young Hoon Hyun