Patents Examined by Shweta Mulcare
  • Patent number: 7863604
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting display device (OLED), which can prevent the occurrence of galvanic corrosion and ensure reliable adhesion of source and drain electrodes with a first electrode during rework of the first electrode, and a method of fabricating the same. The OLED includes a substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate and including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes; a first metal layer disposed on the source and drain electrodes of the TFT; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate including the first metal layer; a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the TFT, the first electrode including a second metal layer; a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode; an organic layer disposed on the pixel defining layer; and a second electrode disposed on the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Yun Kim
  • Patent number: 7838887
    Abstract: A semiconductor device system, structure, and method of manufacture of a source/drain to retard dopant out-diffusion from a stressor are disclosed. An illustrative embodiment comprises a semiconductor substrate, device, and method to retard sidewall dopant out-diffusion in source/drain regions. A semiconductor substrate is provided with a gate structure, and a source and drain on opposing sides of the gate structure. Recessed regions are etched in a portion of the source and drain. Doped stressors are embedded into the recessed regions. A barrier dopant is incorporated into a remaining portion of the source and drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Yen Woon, Chun-Feng Nieh, Ching-Yi Chen, Hsun Chang, Chung-Ru Yang, Li-Te S. Lin
  • Patent number: 7838927
    Abstract: A process manufactures a multi-drain power electronic device on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and includes: forming a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the substrate, forming a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer, forming, in the second semiconductor layer, a first plurality of implanted regions of the first conductivity type using a first implant dose, forming, above the second semiconductor layer, a superficial semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, forming in the surface semiconductor layer body regions of the second conductivity type, thermally diffusing the implanted regions to form a plurality of electrically continuous implanted column regions along the second semiconductor layer, the plurality of implanted column regions delimiting a plurality of column regions of the second conductivity type aligned with the body regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Mario Giuseppe Saggio, Ferruccio Frisina, Simone Rascuna
  • Patent number: 7833822
    Abstract: A microelectronic device includes: at least one cell or element including at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, and at least one stack of thin layers between the first electrode and the second electrode. The stack includes at least one doped chalcogenide layer capable of forming a solid electrolyte, the doped chalcogenide layer being provided on and in contact with the first electrode; at least one interface layer provided on and in contact with the doped chalcogenide layer, the interface layer being based on a material different from the chalcogenide, the material being carbon or carbon comprising a metallic additive or a semiconducting additive; and at least one metallic ion donor layer provided on and in contact with the interface layer, the metallic ion donor layer being an ion source for the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Cyril Dressler, Véronique Sousa
  • Patent number: 7833886
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor element in a substrate includes forming a plurality of micro-cavities in a substrate, creating an amorphization of the substrate to form crystallographic defects and a doping of the substrate with doping atoms, depositing an amorphous layer on top of the substrate, and annealing the substrate, such that at least a part of the crystallographic defects is eliminated using the micro-cavities. The semiconductor element is formed using the doping atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Luis-Felipe Giles, Matthias Goldbach, Martin Bartels, Paul Kuepper
  • Patent number: 7833889
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for improving multi-gate device performance including methods to fabricate a plurality of multi-gate fins from a diffused body of a substantially planar structure that is substantially electrically isolated using a shallow trench region are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Pillarisetty, Brian Doyle, Titash Rakshit, Jack Kavalieros
  • Patent number: 7820523
    Abstract: The invention concerns a micro-electronic device comprising a substrate, a first insulating zone and a second insulating zone laying on said substrate, a first active zone comprising at least one layer made of a first semi-conductor crystalline material, resting on said first insulating zone which insulates it from the substrate, at least one second active zone comprising at least one layer in a second semi-conductor crystalline material, laying on said second insulating zone which insulates it from the substrate, said first semi-conductor crystalline material having a different composition from that of the second semi-conductor crystalline material and/or different crystalline orientation from that of the second semi-conductor crystalline material and/or mechanical strains from that of the second semi-conductor crystalline material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: François Andrieu, Thomas Ernst, Simon Deleonibus
  • Patent number: 7821113
    Abstract: A lead frame (410) including a die pad (100) for mounting at least one integrated circuit (405) thereon and a plurality of lead fingers (413). The die pad (100) includes a metal including substrate (105) having a periphery that includes a plurality of sides (111-114), an intersection of the sides forming corners (115). A first plurality of grooves including least one groove (106) is formed in a top side surface of the substrate and is associated with each of the corners (115). The groove (106) has a dimension oriented at least in part at an angle of 75 to 105 degrees relative to a bisecting line (118) originating from the corners (115). A lead-frame-based packaged semiconductor device (400) includes a lead frame (410) including at least one metal comprising die pad (418) and a plurality of lead fingers (413) around the die pad (418). At least one integrated circuit (405) is mounted on the top surface of the die pad (418), and electrically connected to the plurality of lead fingers (413).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Heramb Sahasrabudhe, Steven Alfred Kummerl
  • Patent number: 7816159
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a pixel structure includes following steps. First, a substrate is provided. Next, a first conductive layer is formed on the substrate. Next, a first shadow mask is disposed over the first conductive layer. Next, a laser is applied through the first shadow mask to irradiate the first conductive layer to form a gate. Next, a gate dielectric layer is formed on the substrate to cover the gate. After that, a channel layer, a source and a drain are simultaneously formed on the gate dielectric layer over the gate, wherein the gate, the channel layer, the source and the drain together form a thin film transistor. A patterned passivation layer is formed on the thin film transistor and the patterned passivation layer exposes a part of the drain. Furthermore, a pixel electrode electrically connecting to the drain is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Fang, Chih-Chun Yang, Ming-Yuan Huang, Han-Tu Lin, Chih-Hung Shih, Ta-Wen Liao, Shiun-Chang Jan, Chia-Chi Tsai
  • Patent number: 7816718
    Abstract: A conductive plug located in a planar dielectric layer, under GMR memory cells, are used to directly connect the lower ferromagnetic layer of one of the GMR memory cell and a conductive layer under the planar dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Northern Lights Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Vicki Wilson, Guoqing Zhan, Ray Buske, James Chyi Lai
  • Patent number: 7811879
    Abstract: Techniques for forming a memory cell. An aspect of the invention includes forming FET gate stacks and sacrificial cell gate stacks over the substrate. Spacer layers are then formed around the FET gate stacks and around the sacrificial cell gate stacks. The sacrificial cell gate stacks are then removed such that the spacer layers around the sacrificial cell gate stacks are still intact. BJT cell stacks are then formed in the space between the spacer layers where the sacrificial cell gate stacks were formed and removed, the BJT cell stacks including an emitter layer. A phase change layer above the emitter contacts and an electrode above the phase change layer are then formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chung Hon Lam, Bipin Rajendran
  • Patent number: 7795620
    Abstract: A dynamic random access memory structure is disclosed, in which, the active area is a donut-type pillar at which a novel vertical transistor is disposed and has a gate filled in the central cavity of the pillar and upper and lower sources/drains located in the upper and the lower portions of the pillar respectively. A buried bit line is formed in the substrate beneath the transistor. A word line is horizontally disposed above the gate. A capacitor is disposed above the word line as well as the gate and electrically connected to the upper source/drain through a node contact. The node contact has a reverse-trench shape with the top surface electrically connected to the capacitor and with the bottom of the sidewalls electrically connected to the upper source/drain. The word line passes through the space confined by the reverse-trench shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nanya Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Wen-Kuei Huang
  • Patent number: 7795680
    Abstract: An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate; depositing a dielectric on the substrate; depositing an isolation dielectric on the dielectric; forming a trench through the isolation dielectric and the dielectric to expose the substrate; depositing a dielectric liner over the integrated circuit system; processing the dielectric liner to form a trench spacer; and depositing an epitaxial growth within the trench that includes a crystalline orientation that is substantially identical to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Huang Liu, Alex K. H. See, James Lee, Johnny Widodo, Chung Woh Lai, Wenzhi Gao, Zhao Lun, Shailendra Mishra, Liang-Choo Hsia
  • Patent number: 7791124
    Abstract: A bottle shaped trench for an SOI capacitor is formed by a simple processing sequence. A non-conformal dielectric layer with an optional conformal dielectric diffusion barrier layer underneath is formed on sidewalls of a deep trench. Employing an isotropic etch, the non-conformal dielectric layer is removed from a bottom portion of the deep trench, leaving a dielectric spacer covering sidewalls of the buried insulator layer and the top semiconductor layer. The bottom portion of the deep trench is expanded to form a bottle shaped trench, and a buried plated is formed underneath the buried insulator layer. The dielectric spacer may be recessed during formation of a buried strap to form a graded thickness dielectric collar around the upper portion of an inner electrode. Alternately, the dielectric spacer may be removed prior to formation of a buried strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Herbert L. Ho, Paul C. Parries, Geng Wang
  • Patent number: 7785993
    Abstract: A method of forming a Si strained layer 16 on a Si substrate 10 includes forming a first SiGe buffer layer 12 on the Si substrate 10. Then, the first SiGe buffer layer is implanted with an amorphising implant to render the first SiGe buffer layer amorphous using ion implantation. A second SiGe buffer layer 14 is grown on the first SiGe buffer layer after annealing. This produces a relaxed SiGe layer 12, 14. Then, the strained layer of Si 16 is grown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Bartlomiej J Pawlak, Philippe Meunier-Beillard
  • Patent number: 7772590
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a metal comb structure including a first comb which includes a first set of metal fingers each of the metal fingers being connected at one end thereof by a connecting member from which the metal fingers extend. The metal comb structure also includes a second comb which includes a first set of metal fingers inter-digitated with the metal fingers of the first comb, a first set of vias associated with the metal fingers of the second comb and a connecting member connected to the vias thereby connecting the metal fingers of the second comb. The vias extend from the metal fingers of the second comb such that the connecting member of the second comb is located outside a plane defined by the metal fingers of the first and second combs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hing Poh Kuan
  • Patent number: 7772584
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has lateral conductors or traces that are formed of nanotubes such as carbon. A sacrificial layer is formed overlying the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed overlying the sacrificial layer. A lateral opening is formed by removing a portion of the dielectric layer and the sacrificial layer which is located between two columns of metallic catalysts. The lateral opening includes a neck portion and a cavity portion which is used as a constrained space to grow a nanotube. A plasma is used to apply electric charge that forms an electric field which controls the direction of formation of the nanotubes. Nanotubes from each column of metallic catalyst are laterally grown and either abut or merge into one nanotube. Contact to the nanotube may be made from either the neck portion or the columns of metallic catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Marius K. Orlowski, Shahid Rauf, Peter L. G. Ventzek
  • Patent number: 7768003
    Abstract: Methods, structures and devices are described, in which structures and devices have one or more p-n homo-junctions fabricated in solution. The junctions are formed by a sequential deposition of an oxide of copper from solution. Conduction type of the oxide of copper is controlled by pH of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Meng Tao, Longcheng Wang
  • Patent number: 7759689
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a buried photonic bandgap (PBG) structure is created using a relatively simple fabrication method known as epitaxial layer overgrowth (ELOG). By burying the PBG structure, the difficulties and disadvantages associated with the known technique of etching holes into a LED emission surface to form the PBG structure are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: David P. Bour
  • Patent number: 7759185
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stress film covering a first gate electrode and first source/drain areas of a first transistor area and at least a portion of a third gate electrode of an interface area, a second stress film covering a second gate electrode and second source/drain areas of a second transistor area and overlapping at least a portion of the first stress film on the third gate electrode of the interface area, and an interlayer insulating film formed on the first and the second stress film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seo-woo Nam, Young-joon Moon, Hong-jae Shin, Nae-in Lee