Patents Examined by Samuel A Gebremariam
  • Patent number: 11753295
    Abstract: A MEMS device can include a solid dielectric including a plurality of apertures, the solid dielectric having a first side and a second side. The MEMS device can include a first plurality of electrodes extending completely through a first subset of the plurality of apertures, a second plurality of electrodes extending partially through a second subset of the plurality of apertures, a third plurality of electrodes extending partially into a third subset of the plurality of apertures. The MEMS device can include a first diaphragm coupled to the first plurality and to the third plurality of electrodes, the first diaphragm facing the first side of the solid dielectric. The MEMS device can include a second diaphragm coupled to the first plurality and to the second plurality of electrodes the second diaphragm facing the second side of the solid dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Peter V. Loeppert, Michael Pedersen
  • Patent number: 11751443
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an organic light emitting diode display including a substrate, a bridge electrode disposed on the substrate, a buffer layer which covers the bridge electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer, a first gate insulating layer which covers the semiconductor layer in a plan view, a first gate conductor disposed on the first gate insulating layer and which includes a first gate electrode, a second gate insulating layer which covers the first gate conductor, a second gate conductor disposed on the second gate insulating layer, an interlayer-insulating layer which covers the second gate conductor, and a data line disposed on the interlayer-insulating layer. The first gate electrode is directly connected to the bridge electrode, the semiconductor layer is electrically connected to the bridge electrode, and a capacitance exists between the data line and the bridge electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Tae Geun Kim, Ki Myeong Eom
  • Patent number: 11744164
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a resistive random access memory device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The resistive random access memory device also includes a resistance change layer connected between the first electrode and the second electrode. The resistive random access memory device also includes a conductive layer connected in series to the resistance change layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The resistive random access memory device in which the conductive layer includes a plurality of first material layers including a first material and a plurality of second material layers including a second material which is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito Kawashima, Takahiro Nonaka, Yusuke Arayashiki, Takayuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11737289
    Abstract: A cross-bar ReRAM comprising a substrate, a plurality of first columns extending parallel to each other on the top surface of the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of the first columns includes a resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) stack comprised of a plurality of layers. A plurality of second columns extending parallel to each other and the plurality of second columns extending perpendicular to the plurality of first columns, wherein the plurality of second columns is located on top of the plurality of first columns, such that the plurality of second columns crosses over the plurality of first columns. A dielectric layer filling in the space between the plurality of first columns and the plurality of second columns, wherein the dielectric layer is in direct contact with a sidewall of each of the plurality layers of the ReRAM stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Alexander Reznicek, Pouya Hashemi, Ruilong Xie
  • Patent number: 11735660
    Abstract: A method includes forming a fin in a substrate. The fin is etched to create a source/drain recess. A source/drain feature is formed in the source/drain recess, in which a lattice constant of the source/drain feature is greater than a lattice constant of the fin. An epitaxy coat is grown over the source/drain feature, in which a lattice constant of the epitaxy coat is smaller than a lattice constant of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yang Lee, Ting-Yeh Chen, Chii-Horng Li, Feng-Cheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11730004
    Abstract: A first solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a bottom-electrode; a top-electrode opposed to the bottom-electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the bottom-electrode and the top-electrode and including a first organic semiconductor material; and an upper inter-layer provided between the top-electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including a second organic semiconductor material having a halogen atom in a molecule at a concentration in a range from 0 volume % or more to less than 0.05 volume %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Hirose, Iwao Yagi, Shintarou Hirata, Hideaki Mogi, Masashi Bando, Osamu Enoki
  • Patent number: 11728169
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor fins, a first gate structure, and a second gate structure. The first and second semiconductor fins respectively includes a first channel region and a second channel region, which the first and second gate structures are respectively on. The first gate structure includes a first silicon oxide layer on the first channel region, a first high-k dielectric layer on the first silicon oxide layer, and a first metal gate on the first high-k dielectric layer. The second gate structure includes a second silicon oxide layer on the second channel region, a second high-k dielectric layer on the second silicon oxide layer, and a second metal gate on the second high-k dielectric layer. The first silicon oxide layer has a Si4+ ion concentration greater than a Si4+ ion concentration of a bottom portion of the second silicon oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Kelly, Yusuke Oniki, Yasutoshi Okuno, Ta-Chun Ma
  • Patent number: 11728384
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a well region in a substrate and forming an anti-punch through region in a top portion of the well region. The method further includes forming a barrier layer over the anti-punch through region and alternately stacking first semiconductor material layers and second semiconductor material layers over the barrier layer. The method further includes patterning the first semiconductor material layers, the second semiconductor material layers, the barrier layer, and the anti-punch through region to form a fin and removing the first semiconductor material layers and the barrier layer to expose the anti-punch through region. The method further includes forming a gate wrapping around the second semiconductor material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsuan Hsiao, Winnie Victoria Wei-Ning Chen, Tung Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 11728214
    Abstract: A method may include providing a device structure in the semiconductor device. The device structure may include a buried device contact, a first dielectric layer, disposed over the buried device contact; and a device element, where the device element includes a TiN layer. The method may include implanting an ion species into the TiN layer, wherein the ion species comprises a seed material for selective tungsten deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sipeng Gu, Wei Zou
  • Patent number: 11728429
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one active pattern on a substrate, at least one gate electrode intersecting the at least one active pattern, source/drain regions on the at least one active pattern, the source/drain regions being on opposite sides of the at least one gate electrode, and a barrier layer between at least one of the source/drain regions and the at least one active pattern, the barrier layer being at least on bottoms of the source/drain regions and including oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yul Lee, Yuri Masuoka
  • Patent number: 11728293
    Abstract: Mobile phones and other mobile devices communicate wirelessly by transmitting and receiving RF signals. Transmitters and receivers in wireless devices process RF signals in certain frequency ranges or bands. Signals in other frequencies can be blocked or filtered out by, for example, a lumped-element circuit or a lumped-element filter consisting of passive electrical components such as inductors, capacitors, and resistors. A passive component device, or integrated passive device, is one example of a lumped-element filter fabricated with passive components on a die. In a mobile device, a passive component device and one or more integrated circuits or other chips used for signal processing are interconnected by being mounted on (i.e., coupled to) a metallization structure or package substrate in a chip module or multi-chip module. The demand for miniaturization of hand-held mobile devices drives a need for reducing the sizes of chip modules that are inside a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Changhan Hobie Yun, Daniel Daeik Kim, Paragkumar Ajaybhai Thadesar, Nosun Park, Sameer Sunil Vadhavkar
  • Patent number: 11719986
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including an insulating substrate, a first gate driver, a first gate line and a conductive material layer is provided. The first gate line has a first end connected to the first gate driver and a second end opposite to the first end, and extends in a first direction. The conductive material layer is located between the insulating substrate and the first gate line, overlaps the first gate line, and extends in the first direction. In the display device, the second end of the first gate line is electrically connected to the conductive material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Mochizuki, Hitoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11710767
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a semiconductor device can include a semiconductor region, an active region disposed in the semiconductor region, and a termination region disposed on the semiconductor region and adjacent to the active region. The termination region can include a trench having a conductive material disposed therein. The termination region can further include a first cavity separating the trench from the semiconductor region. A portion of the first cavity can be disposed between a bottom of the trench and the semiconductor region. The termination region can also include a second cavity separating the trench from the semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Horst Loechelt
  • Patent number: 11705543
    Abstract: A white light emitting device may include a substrate, first LEDs disposed on the substrate, a first photoluminescence material disposed over the first LEDs, second LEDs disposed on the substrate, where the first LEDs and the second LEDs emit blue light at substantially the same wavelength, a second photoluminescence material disposed over the second LEDs, the second photoluminescence material having a composition different from the first photoluminescence material, where an emission product of the white light emitting device is a combination of light emitted from (i) a combination of the first LEDs and the first photoluminescence material, and (ii) a combination of the second LEDs and the second photoluminescence material, and a dimming control connected to the first LEDs and to the second LEDs; where the dimming control is actuable to modify the emission product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Xu, Aaron Merrill, Yi-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 11699725
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure extending from a first surface of a semiconductor portion into a mesa section between neighboring field electrode structures and an alignment layer formed on the first surface. The alignment layer includes mask pits formed in the alignment layer in a vertical projection of the field electrode structures. Sidewalls of the mask pits have a smaller tilt angle with respect to the first surface than sidewalls of the field electrode structures. The gate structure is in the vertical projection of a gap between neighboring mask pits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Martin Poelzl, Oliver Blank, Franz Hirler, Maximilian Roesch, Li Juin Yip
  • Patent number: 11653497
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including an apparatus that includes a number of tiers of a first semiconductor material, each tier including at least one access line of at least one memory cell and at least one source, channel and/or drain of at least one peripheral transistor, such as one used in an access line decoder circuit or a data line multiplexing circuit. The apparatus can also include a number of pillars of a second semiconductor material extending through the tiers of the first semiconductor material, each pillar including either a source, channel and/or drain of at least one of the memory cells, or a gate of at least one of the peripheral transistors. Methods of forming such apparatus are also described, along with other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Tanzawa
  • Patent number: 11652192
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate comprising a base member, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a via hole; at least one light-emitting element electrically connected to and disposed on the first wiring; and a covering member having light reflectivity and covering a lateral surface of the light-emitting element and a front surface of the substrate. The base member defines a plurality of depressed portions separated from the via hole in a front view and opening on a back surface and a bottom surface of the base member. The substrate includes a third wiring covering at least one of inner walls of the plurality of depressed portions and electrically connected to the second wiring. A depth of each of the plurality of depressed portions defined from the back surface toward the front surface is larger on a bottom surface side than on an upper surface side of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Tomokazu Maruyama, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11647638
    Abstract: A memory cell design is disclosed. In an embodiment, the memory cell structure includes at least one memory bit layer stacked between top and bottom electrodes. The memory bit layer provides a storage element for a corresponding memory cell. One or more additional conductive layers may be included between the memory bit layer and either, or both, of the top or bottom electrodes to provide a better ohmic contact. In any case, a dielectric liner structure is provided on sidewalls of the memory bit layer. The liner structure includes a dielectric layer, and may also include a second dielectric layer on a first dielectric layer. Either or both first dielectric layer or second dielectric layer comprises a high-k dielectric material. As will be appreciated, the dielectric liner structure effectively protects the memory bit layer from lateral erosion and contamination during the etching of subsequent layers beneath the memory bit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anna Maria Conti, Fabio Pellizzer, Agostino Pirovano, Kolya Yastrebenetsky
  • Patent number: 11647652
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a substrate, a light emitting layer, a first insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The substrate includes a bent region and a non-bent region. The light emitting layer overlaps the non-bent region. The first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive layer is disposed on the first insulating layer. A sidewall of the first insulating layer includes a first tapered surface. The first tapered surface includes at least three curved surface portions continuously arranged with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Cho, Yong Jae Park, Sang Jo Lee, Won Suk Choi, Yoon Sun Choi
  • Patent number: 11638931
    Abstract: A method of forming an ultrasonic transducer device includes bonding a membrane to seal a transducer cavity with at least a portion of a getter material layer being exposed, the getter material layer comprising a portion of a bilayer stack compatible for use in damascene processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BFLY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Keith G. Fife, Lingyun Miao, Jianwei Liu, Jonathan M. Rothberg