Patents Examined by Shantanu C Pathak
  • Patent number: 8481434
    Abstract: To remove the deposit including a high dielectric constant film deposited on an inside of a processing chamber, by using a cleaning gas activated only by heat. The method includes the steps of: loading a substrate or a plurality of substrates into the processing chamber; performing processing to deposit the high dielectric constant film on the substrate by supplying processing gas into the processing chamber; unloading the processed substrate from the inside of the processing chamber; and cleaning the inside of the processing chamber by supplying a halide gas and an oxygen based gas into the processing chamber, and removing the deposit including the high dielectric constant film deposited on the inside of the processing chamber, and in the step of cleaning the inside of the processing chamber, the concentration of the oxygen based gas in the halide gas and the oxygen based gas is set to be less than 7%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Miya, Eisuke Nishitani, Yuji Takebayashi, Masanori Sakai, Hirohisa Yamazaki, Toshinori Shibata, Minoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 8480372
    Abstract: A system including an airfoil portion of an unshrouded turbine bucket, which includes a pressure-side surface and suction-side surface each extending from a root surface to a tip surface and joined at a leading edge and a trailing edge, the pressure-side surface having a generally concave shape and the suction-side surface having a generally convex shape; the airfoil portion having an increasing stagger angle in a span-wise direction from the root surface to the tip surface and an increasingly loaded suction-side surface as the suction-side surface approaches the tip surface and the tip surface approaches the leading edge, the airfoil portion having a resultant lean in a direction of the suction-side surface as the leading edge approaches the tip surface, and the pressure-side surface and the suction-side surface each having a locally reduced or reversed curvature in a direction of the pressure-side surface at their intersection with the tip surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Scott Matthew Sparks
  • Patent number: 8470697
    Abstract: A method of forming a p-type compound semiconductor layer includes increasing a temperature of a substrate loaded into a reaction chamber to a first temperature. A source gas of a Group III element, a source gas of a p-type impurity, and a source gas of nitrogen containing hydrogen are supplied into the reaction chamber to grow the p-type compound semiconductor layer. Then, the supply of the source gas of the Group III element and the source gas of the p-type impurity is stopped and the temperature of the substrate is lowered to a second temperature. The supply of the source gas of nitrogen containing hydrogen is stopped and drawn out at the second temperature, and the temperature of the substrate is lowered to room temperature using a cooling gas. Accordingly, hydrogen is prevented from bonding to the p-type impurity in the p-type compound semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul Opto Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Nam, Hwa Mok Kim, James S. Speck
  • Patent number: 8461614
    Abstract: A packaging substrate device includes: a first laminate including a first ceramic substrate and a first copper pattern disposed on an upper surface of the first ceramic substrate; and a second laminate disposed over the first copper pattern and including a second ceramic substrate, a second copper pattern that is disposed on an upper surface of the second ceramic substrate, and a through hole extending through the second ceramic substrate and the second copper pattern to expose a copper portion of the first copper pattern. A light emitting semiconductor die can be mounted on the copper portion within the through hole. Efficient heat dissipation can be achieved through the first laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chung Chiang, Keng-Chung Wu, Ying-Chi Hsieh, Cheng-Kang Lu, Ming-Huang Fu
  • Patent number: 8455293
    Abstract: A method for processing solar cells comprising: providing a vertical furnace to receive an array of mutually spaced circular semiconductor wafers for integrated circuit processing; composing a process chamber loading configuration for solar cell substrates, wherein a size of the solar cell substrates that extends along a first surface to be processed is smaller than a corresponding size of the circular semiconductor wafers, such that multiple arrays of mutually spaced solar cell substrates can be accommodated in the process chamber, loading the solar cell substrates into the process chamber; subjecting the solar cell substrates to a process in the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: ASM International N.V.
    Inventors: Chris G. M. de Ridder, Klaas P. Boonstra, Adriaan Garssen, Frank Huussen
  • Patent number: 8445314
    Abstract: A structure and method operable to create a reusable template for detachable thin semiconductor substrates is provided. The template has a shape such that the 3-D shape is substantially retained after each substrate release. Prior art reusable templates may have a tendency to change shape after each subsequent reuse; the present disclosure aims to address this and other deficiencies from the prior art, therefore increasing the reuse life of the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Solexel, Inc.
    Inventors: Suketu Parikh, David Dutton, Pawan Kapur, Somnath Nag, Mehrdad Moslehi, Joe Kramer, Nevran Ozguven, Asli Buccu Ucok
  • Patent number: 8435008
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes a platform, an airfoil located on one side of the platform, and a base located on an opposite side of the platform. The base includes an attachment portion that is receivable in a blade retention slot of a turbine disk and a shelf located outside the turbine disk. The shelf includes a mistake proof feature that projects from an outer surface of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Hagan, James P. Chrisikos, Jess J. Parkin
  • Patent number: 8435905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device that has a rapid film formation rate and high productivity, and to provide a substrate processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Horii, Hideharu Itatani, Kazuhiro Harada
  • Patent number: 8421228
    Abstract: A contact structure and a method of forming the contact structure. The structure includes: a silicide layer on and in direct physical contact with a top substrate surface of a substrate; an electrically insulating layer on the substrate; and an aluminum plug within the insulating layer. The aluminum plug has a thickness not exceeding 25 nanometers in a direction perpendicular to the top substrate surface. The aluminum plug extends from a top surface of the silicide layer to a top surface of the insulating layer. The aluminum plug is in direct physical contact with the top surface of the silicide layer and is in direct physical contact with the silicide layer. The method includes: forming the silicide layer on and in direct physical contact with the top substrate surface of the substrate; forming the electrically insulating layer on the substrate; and forming the aluminum plug within the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Li, Keith Kwong Hon Wong, Chih-Chao Yang
  • Patent number: 8405133
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device including graphene, a gate insulating layer may be formed between a gate electrode and a graphene layer, and an interlayer insulating layer may be formed under a portion of the graphene layer under which the gate insulating layer is not formed. The gate insulating layer may include a material that has higher dielectric permittivity than the interlayer insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-jong Chung, Jae-ho Lee, Jae-hong Lee, Hyung-cheol Shin, Sun-ae Seo, Sung-hoon Lee, Jin-seong Heo, Hee-jun Yang
  • Patent number: 8389368
    Abstract: A method for producing a memory device with nanoparticles, including steps of: a) forming, in a substrate based on at least one semi-conductor, source and drain regions, and at least one first dielectric on at least one zone of the substrate arranged between the source and drain regions and intended to form a channel of the memory device, b) depositing of at least one ionic liquid that is an organic salt or mixture of organic salts in a liquid state, wherein nanoparticles of at least one electrically conductive material are suspended in the ionic liquid, said ionic liquid covering at least said first dielectric, c) forming a deposition of said nanoparticles at least on said first dielectric, d) removing the ionic liquid remaining on the first dielectric, and e) forming at least one second dielectric and at least one control gate on at least one part of the nanoparticles deposited on the first dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Simon Deleonibus, Jean-Marie Basset, Paul Campbell, Thibaut Gutel, Paul-Henri Haumesser, Gilles Marchand, Catherine Santini
  • Patent number: 8384095
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device with improved yield and processing efficiency, which includes an interlayer capable of being separated into a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic region on top of a hole injection layer in an organic light emitting device and a plurality of layers including a light emitting layer and which is fabricated without using a shadow mask, as well as a method for manufacturing the same. The manufacturing method includes preparing a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions defined in a matrix form, arranging an anode in each of the pixel regions, forming a hole injection layer on the anode by the solution process, forming an interlayer with hydrophobic properties on the hole injection layer by a solution process, selectively UV irradiating the interlayer to define a hydrophilic region on the interlayer, forming a light emitting layer on the interlayer by the solution process, and arranging a cathode on the substrate having the light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Lee, Jong-Hyun Park, Tae-Han Park, Hyun-Cheol Jeong, Dong-Hee Yoo
  • Patent number: 8372684
    Abstract: The method and system for selenization in fabricating CIS and/or CIGS based thin film solar cell overlaying cylindrical glass substrates. The method includes providing a substrate, forming an electrode layer over the substrate and depositing a precursor layer of copper, indium, and/or gallium over the electrode layer. The method also includes disposing the substrate vertically in a furnace. Then a gas including a hydrogen species, a selenium species and a carrier gas are introduced into the furnace and heated to between about 350° C. and about 450° C. to at least initiate formation of a copper indium diselenide film from the precursor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Stion Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Wieting, Steven Aragon, Chester A. Farris, III
  • Patent number: 8372673
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention discloses a method of separating two material systems, which comprises steps of providing a bulk sapphire; forming a nitride system on the bulk sapphire; forming at least two channels between the bulk sapphire and the nitride system; etching at least one inner surface of the channel; and separating the bulk sapphire and the nitride system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Ya-Ju Lee, Ta-Cheng Hsu, Min-Hsun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8354336
    Abstract: Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on a surface thereof. A substrate which has a conductive layer disposed thereon is provided and the conductive layer has an oxide layer with an exposed surface. The exposed surface of the oxide layer contacts a solution of an organic surface active compound in an organic solvent to form a protective layer of the organic surface active compound over the oxide layer. The protective layer has a thickness of from about 0.5 nm to about 5 nm and ranges therebetween depending on a chemical structure of the surface active compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Shafaat Ahmed, Hariklia Deligianni, Dario L. Goldfarb, Stefan Harrer, Binquan Luan, Glenn J. Martyna, Hongbo Peng, Stanislav Polonsky, Stephen Rossnagel, Xiaoyan Shao, Gustavo A. Stolovitzky
  • Patent number: 8349702
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is provided by a method suitable for mass production. Further, a semiconductor substrate having an excellent characteristic with effective use of resources is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho Kato, Satoshi Toriumi, Fumito Isaka
  • Patent number: 8338210
    Abstract: A method for processing solar cells comprising: providing a vertical furnace to receive an array of mutually spaced circular semiconductor wafers for integrated circuit processing; composing a process chamber loading configuration for solar cell substrates, wherein a size of the solar cell substrates that extends along a first surface to be processed is smaller than a corresponding size of the circular semiconductor wafers, such that multiple arrays of mutually spaced solar cell substrates can be accommodated in the process chamber, loading the solar cell substrates into the process chamber; subjecting the solar cell substrates to a process in the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ASM International N.V.
    Inventors: de Chris G. M. Ridder, Klaas P. Boonstra, Adriaan Garssen, Frank Huussen
  • Patent number: 8334187
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating an integrated circuit device, such as a thin film resistor, are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a resistive layer over the semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask layer over the resistive layer, wherein the hard mask layer includes a barrier layer over the resistive layer and a dielectric layer over the barrier layer; and forming an opening in the hard mask layer that exposes a portion of the resistive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Wen Chang, Der-Chyang Yeh, Chung-Yi Yu, Hsun-Chung Kuang, Hua-Chou Tseng, Chih-Ping Chao, Ming Chyi Liu, Yuan-Tai Tseng
  • Patent number: 8329523
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an array substrate for a display device includes: forming a buffer layer on a substrate having a pixel region; sequentially forming a gate electrode of impurity-doped polycrystalline silicon, a gate insulating layer and an active layer of intrinsic polycrystalline silicon on the buffer layer in the pixel region; forming an interlayer insulating layer of an inorganic insulating material on the active layer; sequentially forming a source barrier pattern, a source ohmic contact layer and a source electrode on the interlayer insulating layer, sequentially forming a drain barrier pattern, a drain ohmic contact layer and a drain electrode on the interlayer insulating layer, and sequentially forming a first dummy pattern, a second dummy pattern and a data line on the interlayer insulating layer; forming a first passivation layer on a surface of the interlayer insulating layer including the source electrode, the drain electrode and the data line formed thereon; forming a gate line on the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Dong Choi, Ki-Sul Cho, Hye-Young Choi, Doo-Seok Yang, Byeong-Gyu Roh
  • Patent number: 8319255
    Abstract: In an ultra high voltage lateral DMOS-type device (UHV LDMOS device), a central pad that defines the drain region is surrounded by a racetrack-shaped source region with striations of alternating n-type and p-type material radiating outwardly from the pad to the source to provide for an adjustable snapback voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Vladislav Vashchenko