Patents Examined by Sean Ayers Winters
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Patent number: 12156405Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor including: a plurality of source channels penetrating a source select line; a gate stack structure overlapping with the source select line; a connection pattern disposed between the source select line and the gate stack structure, the connection pattern being commonly connected to the plurality of source channels; and a plurality of vertical channels penetrating the gate stack structure, the plurality of vertical channels being commonly connected to the connection pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
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Patent number: 12150363Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a display panel, a display screen and a display device. The display panel includes a backplane, a color filter layer, and a black matrix between the backplane and the color filter layer. The backplane includes a base substrate, the color filter layer includes a plurality of sub-pixel color filters, and the plurality of sub-pixel color filters are arranged along a plane of the color filter layer and spliced together to form the color filter layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenqiang Wang, Ao Huang, Peng Zhou, Liji Cheng, Sheng Guo, Jiandong Bao, Weilin Lai
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Patent number: 12148777Abstract: A crosstalk-suppressing image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, an opaque layer, and a spectral filter. The semiconductor substrate includes a photodiode therein and is located beneath a light-exposure region of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The opaque layer is on the back surface, partially covers the light-exposure region, and has an opaque-layer thickness perpendicular to an image-plane direction parallel to the back surface. The spectral filter is adjacent to the opaque layer in the image-plane direction, and partially covers the light-exposure region.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Inventors: Qin Wang, Chin Poh Pang
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Patent number: 12142517Abstract: A method for transferring a useful layer from a donor substrate to a carrier substrate comprises: a) providing the donor substrate, the donor substrate including a buried weakened plane; b) providing the carrier substrate; c) joining the donor substrate to the carrier substrate to form a bonded structure; and d) annealing the bonded structure in order to increase the level of weakening of the buried weakened plane. A predetermined stress is applied to the buried weakened plane during the annealing for a period of time, the predetermined stress being selected so as to initiate the splitting wave once a given level of weakening has been reached. At the end of the period of time, the given level of weakening having been reached, the predetermined stress causes initiation and self-sustained propagation of the splitting wave along the buried weakened plane, resulting in the useful layer being transferred to the carrier substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SoitecInventors: Didier Landru, Oleg Kononchuk, Nadia Ben Mohamed
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Patent number: 12137560Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a third region with gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in the first region and the second region. The semiconductor device also includes interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked with the gate electrodes, channel structures passing through the gate electrodes in the first region, first dummy structures passing through the gate electrodes in the second region, the first dummy structures disposed adjacent to the first region, second dummy structures passing through the gate electrodes in the second region, the second dummy structures disposed adjacent to the third region, and having different shapes from the first dummy structures, and support structures passing through the gate electrodes in the third region. A size of each of the second dummy structures is larger than a size of each of the support structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: HangKyu Kang, Jongsoo Kim, Juyoung Lim, Wonseok Cho
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Patent number: 12108638Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a thin film transistor arranged on the substrate corresponding to the display area and including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a pad electrode arranged on the substrate corresponding to the peripheral area and including a material the same as that of the semiconductor layer, and a first insulating layer arranged on the thin film transistor and the pad electrode and including an opening that partially exposes the pad electrode. Accordingly, failure to perform a normal operation by a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element may be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jongin Kim, Hyunseong Kang, Joongeol Kim, Seokhwan Bang, Seungsok Son, Woogeun Lee, Youngjae Jeon, Soojung Chae, Jiyun Hong
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Patent number: 12096636Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes semiconductor devices located over a substrate, bit lines electrically connected to the semiconductor devices and having a respective reentrant vertical cross-sectional profile within a vertical plane that is perpendicular to a lengthwise direction along which the bit lines laterally extend, and dielectric portions that are interlaced with the bit lines along a horizontal direction that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. The dielectric portions may contain air gaps. A bit-line-contact via structure can be formed on top of a bit line. In some embodiments, dielectric cap strips may be located on top surface of the dielectric portions and may cover peripheral regions of the top surfaces of the bit lines without covering middle regions of the top surfaces of the bit lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Adarsh Rajashekhar, Raghuveer S. Makala, Rahul Sharangpani, Fei Zhou
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Patent number: 12080557Abstract: A method includes forming a 2-D material semiconductor layer over a substrate; forming source/drain electrodes covering opposite sides of the 2-D material semiconductor layer, while leaving a portion of the 2-D material semiconductor layer exposed by the source/drain electrodes; forming a first gate dielectric layer over the portion of the 2-D material semiconductor layer by using a physical deposition process; forming a second gate dielectric layer over the first gate dielectric layer by using a chemical deposition process, in which a thickness of the first gate dielectric layer is less than a thickness of the second gate dielectric layer; and forming a gate electrode over the second gate dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Shih-Yen Lin, Po-Cheng Tsai, Yu-Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 12082412Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure including electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate, the electrodes including pad portions on the connection region, respectively, and the pad portions of the electrodes being stacked in a staircase structure, first vertical structures penetrating the electrode structure on the cell array region, and second vertical structures penetrating the electrode structure on the connection region, each of the second vertical structures including first parts spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and at least one second part connecting the first parts to each other, the at least one second part penetrating sidewalls of the pad portions, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju-Young Lim, Jongsoo Kim, Jesuk Moon, Dongwoo Kim, Sunil Shim, Wonseok Cho
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Patent number: 12075664Abstract: A display substrate having a plurality of subpixels is provided. A respective one of the plurality of subpixels includes a light emitting element; a first thin film transistor configured to driving light emission of the light emitting element; and a light emitting brightness value detector. The light emitting brightness value detector includes a second thin film transistor; and a photosensor electrically connected to the second thin film transistor and configured to detect a light emitting brightness value. The display substrate further includes a silicon organic glass layer on a side of at least one of the first thin film transistor or the second thin film transistor away from a base substrate; and the photosensor is on a side of the silicon organic glass layer away from the base substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guoying Wang, Yicheng Lin, Ling Wang, Zhen Song, Pan Xu, Xing Zhang, Ying Han, Zhan Gao
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Patent number: 12068281Abstract: In an embodiment, the semiconductor device is surface mountable and comprises a light emitting semiconductor chip which comprises electrical contact pads. An opaque base body laterally surrounds the semiconductor chip. An electrical fanning layer contains electrical conductor tracks. Electrical connection pads are used for external electrical contacting of the semiconductor device. The contact pads and the connection pads are located on different sides of the fanning layer. The contact pads are electrically connected to the associated connection pads by means of the fanning layer. The connection pads are expanded relative to the contact pads.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBHInventors: Christian Leirer, Michael Schumann
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Patent number: 12062670Abstract: An image sensor comprises a first photodiode region and circuitry. The first photodiode region is disposed within a semiconductor substrate proximate to a first side of the semiconductor substrate to form a first pixel. The first photodiode region includes a first segment coupled to a second segment. The circuitry includes at least a first electrode associated with a first transistor. The first electrode is disposed, at least in part, between the first segment and the second segment of the first photodiode region such that the circuity is at least partially surrounded by the first photodiode region when viewed from the first side of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Hui Zang, Yuanliang Liu, Keiji Mabuchi, Gang Chen, Bill Phan, Duli Mao, Takeshi Takeda
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Patent number: 12058904Abstract: Provided is a display device which comprises a substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate, a first initialization voltage line disposed on the substrate along a first direction, and a second initialization voltage line disposed on a different layer from the first initialization voltage line, wherein the second initialization voltage line may include a horizontal portion disposed along the first direction and a vertical portion disposed along a second direction crossing the first direction, and the vertical portion may be disposed between a plurality of pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Su Na, Won Kyu Kwak, Yang Wan Kim, Young Jin Cho
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Patent number: 12058859Abstract: A vertical memory device includes a gate electrode structure formed on a substrate including a cell array region and a pad region, a channel, contact plugs, and support structures. The gate electrode structure includes gate electrodes extending in a second direction and stacked in a staircase shape in a first direction on the pad region. The channel extends through the gate electrode structure on the cell array region. The contact plugs contact corresponding ones of steps, respectively, of the gate electrode structure. The support structures extend through the corresponding ones of the steps, respectively, and extend in the first direction on the pad region. The support structure includes a filling pattern and an etch stop pattern covering a sidewall and a bottom surface thereof. An upper surface of each of the support structures is higher than that of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kangmin Kim, Joongshik Shin, Hongik Son, Hyeonjoo Song
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Patent number: 12057388Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having linerless self-forming barriers, and methods of fabricating integrated circuit structures having linerless self-forming barriers, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a dielectric material above a substrate. An interconnect structure is in a trench in the dielectric material. The interconnect structure includes a conductive fill material and a two-dimensional (2D) crystalline liner. The 2D crystalline liner is in direct contact with the dielectric material and with the conductive fill material. The 2D crystalline liner includes a same metal species as the conductive fill material.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Abhishek A. Sharma, Carl Naylor, Urusa Alaan
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Patent number: 12058855Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional memory device comprises: forming a first pre-stack by alternately stacking a plurality of first interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of first sacrificial layers in a vertical direction; forming, in the first pre-stack, a first staircase part; forming a plurality of first vertical vias, which pass through the first staircase part, and a plurality of second vertical vias that pass through a first coupling part of the first pre-stack; forming a second pre-stack by alternately stacking a plurality of second interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of second sacrificial layers on the first pre-stack; forming, in the second pre-stack, a second staircase part; forming a plurality of third vertical vias and a plurality of fourth vertical vias; and replacing the first and second sacrificial layers with an electrode material.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.Inventor: Sung Lae Oh
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Patent number: 12027477Abstract: A method of manufacturing an interconnect packaging structure is provided. In one aspect, the method includes forming a first body defining a cavity around at least one integrated circuit using an additive manufacturing machine, depositing a conductive transmission line on the first body and electrically coupling the conductive transmission line and the at least one integrated circuit with a conductive interconnect.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Ioannis Papapolymerou, Premjeet Chahal, John D. Albrecht, Michael Thomas Craton, Christopher Oakley
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Patent number: 12029035Abstract: There are provided a memory device and a manufacturing method of the memory device. The memory device includes: a first gate conductive pattern including a first horizontal part and a second horizontal part and a third horizontal part connected to one end portion of the first horizontal part; a first insulating pattern disposed between the first horizontal part and the second horizontal part of the first gate conductive pattern; and a second gate conductive pattern including a first horizontal part and a second horizontal part and a third horizontal part connected to one end portion of the second horizontal part of the second gate conductive pattern; a first gate contact structure extending vertically on a contact region, the first gate contact structure being in contact with the first gate conductive pattern while penetrating the third horizontal part of the first gate conductive pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SK hynix inc.Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
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Patent number: 12021171Abstract: A micro light emitting diode including an epitaxy layer, a first pad, a second pad, a first ohmic contact metal, a second ohmic contact metal and at least one etch protection conductive layer is provided. The first pad and the second pad are electrically connected to a first type semiconductor layer and a second type semiconductor layer of the epitaxy layer, respectively. The first ohmic contact metal is disposed between the first type semiconductor layer and the first pad. The second ohmic contact metal is disposed between the second type semiconductor layer and the second pad. The at least one etch protection conductive layer is disposed between the first ohmic contact metal and the first pad and/or between the second ohmic contact metal and the second pad. A display panel is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Yang Lin, Yen-Chun Tseng, Yun-Syuan Chou, Fei-Hong Chen, Pai-Yang Tsai, Jian-Zhi Chen
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Patent number: 12002808Abstract: A forksheet transistor device includes a dual dielectric pillar that includes a first dielectric and a second dielectric that is different from the first dielectric. The dual dielectric pillar physically separates pFET elements from nFET elements. For example, the first dielectric physically separates a pFET gate from a nFET gate while the second dielectric physically separates a pFET source/drain region from a nFET source drain region. When it is advantageous to electrically connect the pFET gate and the nFET gate, the first dielectric may be etched selective to the second dielectric to form a gate connector trench within the dual dielectric pillar. Subsequently, an electrically conductive gate connector strap may be formed within the gate connector trench to electrically connect the pFET gate and the nFET gate.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ruilong Xie, Julien Frougier, Kangguo Cheng, Dimitri Houssameddine