Patents Examined by Sheng-Bai Zhu
  • Patent number: 11587797
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal base plate, a case component, and a metal component. The metal component is fixed to the case component. A partial region of the metal component is exposed from the case component. The partial region is bonded to the base plate in a bonding portion. In the bonding portion, a surface of the partial region and a surface of the base plate are in direct contact with each other and integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Mafune
  • Patent number: 11581405
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing device assemblies, as well as associated semiconductor assemblies, devices, systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device assembly includes forming a semiconductor device assembly that includes a handle substrate, a semiconductor structure having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and an intermediary material between the semiconductor structure and the handle substrate. The method also includes removing material from the semiconductor structure to form an opening extending from the first side of the semiconductor structure to at least the intermediary material at the second side of the semiconductor structure. The method further includes removing at least a portion of the intermediary material through the opening in the semiconductor structure to undercut the second side of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin F. Schubert, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Cem Basceri
  • Patent number: 11581338
    Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) cell implementing a VFET circuit over a plurality of gate grids includes: a 1st circuit including at least one VFET and provided over at least one gate grid; and a 2nd circuit including at least one VFET and provided over at least one gate grid formed on a left or right side of the 1st circuit, wherein a gate of the VFET of the 1st circuit is configured to share a gate signal or a source/drain signal of the VFET of the 2nd circuit, and the 1st circuit is an (X?1)-contacted poly pitch (CPP) circuit, which is (X?1) CPP wide, converted from an X-CPP circuit which is X CPP wide and performs a same logic function as the (X?1)-CPP circuit, X being an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Ho Do
  • Patent number: 11557732
    Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by Formula 1, an organic electroluminescent element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and electroluminescent device thereof, and by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the organic material layer, the driving voltage of the organic electroluminescent element can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency and life time of the organic electroluminescent element can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: DUK SAN NEOLUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Won Choi, Won Sam Kim, Jung Hwan Park, Chi Hyun Park, Sun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11557742
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element including a fluorescence-emitting material with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The first organic compound has a function of emitting a thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature. The guest material has a function of emitting fluorescence. A HOMO level of the first organic compound higher than or equal to a HOMO level of the second organic compound. A LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than or equal to a LUMO level of the second organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Takeyoshi Watabe
  • Patent number: 11545414
    Abstract: A circuit breaker with enhanced convection and cooling comprises a housing having a first portion and a second portion. The circuit breaker further comprises one or more first orientation features formed onto the first portion of the housing. The circuit breaker further comprises one or more second orientation features formed onto the second portion of the housing such that the one or more first orientation features are different from the one or more second orientation features and the first portion of the housing is different than the second portion of the housing. The one or more first orientation features and the one or more second orientation features are assembled together to form air channels to allow air to go in and out while preventing a solid object from protruding and from touching inside components of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Guang Yang
  • Patent number: 11532698
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor including a diffusion barrier layer. A bottom electrode overlies a substrate. A capacitor dielectric layer overlies the bottom electrode. A top electrode overlies the capacitor dielectric layer. The top electrode includes a first top electrode layer, a second top electrode layer, and a diffusion barrier layer disposed between the first and second top electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsing-Lien Lin, Chii-Ming Wu, Hai-Dang Trinh, Fa-Shen Jiang
  • Patent number: 11505454
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS structure is provided. The method includes providing a MEMS substrate having a first surface, forming a first buffer layer on the first surface of the MEMS substrate, and forming a first roughening layer on the first buffer layer. Also, a MEMS structure is provided. The MEMS structure includes a MEMS substrate, a first buffer layer, a first roughening layer, and a CMOS substrate. The MEMS substrate has a first surface and a pillar is on the first surface. The first buffer layer is on the first surface. The first roughening layer is on the first buffer layer. The CMOS substrate has a second surface and is bonded to the MEMS substrate via the pillar. Moreover, an air gap is between the first roughening layer and the second surface of the CMOS substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Che Huang, Yi-Chien Wu, Shiang-Chi Lin, Jung-Huei Peng, Chun-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11489121
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, a first emitting layer and a second emitting layer that are interposed between the anode and the cathode and are in a direct contact with each other, and a first electron transporting layer between the cathode and the first emitting layer and the second emitting layer being in a direct contact with each other. The first emitting layer contains a first compound represented by a formula (1) as a first host material, the first compound having at least one group represented by a formula (11). The second emitting layer contains a second compound represented by a formula (2) as a second host material. The first electron transporting layer contains a third compound represented by a formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satomi Tasaki, Kazuki Nishimura, Masatoshi Saito, Tetsuya Masuda, Yuki Nakano, Masato Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11479562
    Abstract: Provided is a compound of wherein: Y is O or S; X1 to X3 are each N or CH, and one or more of X1 to X3 is N; and Ar1 to Ar4 are the same as or different from each other, and each independently is an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted with nitrile or a heteroaryl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; or a tricyclic heteroaryl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted with an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Woo Jung, Wanpyo Hong, Dong Hoon Lee, Boonjae Jang, Jungha Lee, Su Jin Han, Seulchan Park
  • Patent number: 11476425
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Kook Oh, Yun-Ji Lee, Hye-Su Ji, Won-Jang Jeong, Jin-Seok Choi, Dae-Hyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11456424
    Abstract: A novel compound is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and a long lifetime is provided. The compound is an organic compound that includes a benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton (General Formula (G0)). The 2-position of the benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton has a substituent and the 6- to 9-positions of the skeleton have at least one substituent. Any one of the substituents bonded to the 6- to 9-positions is bonded to the benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton via a phenylene group. A light-emitting element including the compound is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11450674
    Abstract: In a ROM cell using a vertical nanowire (VNW) FET, the gate of the VNW FET is connected with a word line (WL), the bottom thereof is connected with a bit line (BL), and the top thereof is selectively connected with a ground potential line. The bottom of the VNW FET of the ROM cell is connected to the bit line (BL) irrespective of the data stored in the ROM cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Shinichi Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 11450667
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a well, an oxidation layer, a gate electrode and a shared source/drain electrode. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The well is formed in the substrate. The substrate and the well have a first conductivity type and a second conductivity type respectively. The oxidation layer is formed in the well. The gate electrode is formed above the first surface and has a first opening. The shared source/drain electrode is formed near the first surface in the oxidation layer and exposed from the first opening. The shared source/drain electrode has the first conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kuan-Hung Chou, Po-Chang Jen, Ming-Heng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11450671
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a semiconductor apparatus including a first stack of transistors and a second stack of transistors. The first stack includes a first transistor and a second transistor stacked on the first transistor along a Z direction perpendicular to a substrate plane. The second stack includes a third transistor and a fourth transistor stacked on the third transistor along the Z direction. The semiconductor apparatus includes a first routing track and a second routing track electrically isolated from the first routing track. The first and second routing tracks extend in an X direction parallel to the substrate plane. A first and fourth conductive trace conductively couple a first gate of the first transistor and a fourth gate of the fourth transistor to the first routing track, respectively. A first terminal structure conductively couples four source/drain terminals of the first, second, third and fourth transistors, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Lars Liebmann, Jeffrey Smith, Anton deVilliers, Daniel Chanemougame
  • Patent number: 11417610
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer overlying the semiconductor substrate, and an interconnect structure overlying the passivation layer. The interconnect structure includes a landing pad region and a dummy region electrically separated from each other. A protective layer is formed on the interconnect structure and has a first opening exposing a portion of the landing pad region and a second opening exposing a portion of the dummy region. A metal layer is formed on the exposed portion of landing pad region and the exposed portion of the dummy region. A bump is formed on the metal layer overlying the landing pad region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hsien-Wei Chen, Hao-Yi Tsai, Mirng-Ji Lii, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11411200
    Abstract: A front emission type display device is provided. In the display device, light generated by a light-emitting element which is disposed on a first substrate can be emitted to the outside through a color filter and a second substrate, so that an image can be realized on an outer surface of the second substrate. In the display device, a space between a first device passivation layer on the light-emitting element, and a second device passivation layer on the second substrate can be filled by the color filter and a pixel defining pattern disposed on a side surface of the color filter. Thus, in the display device, the distortion of the first substrate and the second substrate can be prevented or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon-Soo Kim, Sung-Bin Shim, Choojin Park
  • Patent number: 11387194
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate has a front face and a back face. A first contact and a second contact, spaced apart from each other, are located on the front face. An electrically conductive wafer is located on the back face. A detection circuit is configured to detect a thinning of the substrate from the back face. The detection circuit including a measurement circuit that takes a measurement of a resistive value of the substrate between said at least one first contact, said at least one second contact and said electrically conductive wafer. Thinning is detected in response to the measured resistive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Sarafianos, Fabrice Marinet, Julien Delalleau
  • Patent number: 11387230
    Abstract: A system in package structure and an electrostatic discharge protection structure thereof are provided. The electrostatic discharge protection structure includes a redistribution layer and a first transistor array. The redistribution layer has a first electrode and a second electrode. The first transistor array is coupled to a pin end of at least one integrated circuit, the first electrode and the second electrode. The first transistor array has a plurality of transistors. A plurality of first transistors of the transistors are coupled in parallel, and a plurality of second transistors of the transistors are coupled in parallel. The first transistors and the second transistors are configured to be turned on for dissipating an electrostatic discharge current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Yu, Tai-Jui Wang, Chieh-Wei Feng, Yu-Hua Chung
  • Patent number: 11362282
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-Su Ji, Han-Kook Oh, Yun-Ji Lee, Won-Jang Jeong, Jin-Seok Choi, Dae-Hyuk Choi