Patents Examined by Sonya McCall-Shepard
  • Patent number: 11887852
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lateral transistor is described. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate. A gate layer is formed over the dielectric layer. A photoresist layer is applied over the gate layer. The photoresist layer is opened by lithography to form a first opening of a first opening size in the photoresist layer. The first opening is transferred into a second opening of a second opening size, the second opening being either formed in the photoresist layer or in an auxiliary layer. A body region is formed in the semiconductor substrate by dopant implantation. Further the gate layer is structured to form a gate edge. An overlap between the structured gate layer and the body region is controlled by an offset between the first opening size and the second opening size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Achim Gratz, Juergen Faul, Swapnil Pandey
  • Patent number: 11881508
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first active pattern and a second active pattern, a device isolation layer filling a first trench between the first and second active patterns, the device isolation layer including a silicon oxide layer doped with helium, a helium concentration of the device isolation layer being higher than a helium concentration of the first and second active patterns, and a gate electrode crossing the first and second active patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungin Choi, Hyunchul Song, Sunjung Kim, Taegon Kim, Seong Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11881398
    Abstract: A first semiconductor substrate contains a first semiconductor material, such as silicon. A second semiconductor substrate containing a second semiconductor material, such as gallium nitride or aluminum gallium nitride, is formed on the first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate and second semiconductor substrate are singulated to provide a semiconductor die including a portion of the second semiconductor material supported by a portion of the first semiconductor material. The semiconductor die is disposed over a die attach area of an interconnect structure. The interconnect structure has a conductive layer and optional active region. An underfill material is deposited between the semiconductor die and die attach area of the interconnect structure. The first semiconductor material is removed from the semiconductor die and the interconnect structure is singulated to separate the semiconductor die. The first semiconductor material can be removed post interconnect structure singulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon M. Grivna, Stephen St. Germain
  • Patent number: 11882739
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a power supply wire disposed on the insulating layer outside the display unit, and a cladding layer. The display unit includes a pixel circuit and a display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The insulating layer extends from the display unit to an edge of the substrate. The power supply wire is electrically connected to the display element and includes an alignment pattern that exposes at least a portion of the insulating layer. The cladding layer covers an inner surface of the alignment pattern and contacts the at least a portion of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zail Lhee, Keunsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11876114
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure that is formed upon and around a channel fin. The device further includes a source or drain (S/D) region connected to the fin. A spacer liner is located upon a sidewall of the S/D region facing the gate structure. An air-gap spacer is located between the gate structure and the spacer liner. A spacer ear is located above the air-gap spacer between the gate structure and the spacer liner. The spacer ear may be formed by initially forming an inner spacer upon a sidewall of the gate structure and forming an outer spacer upon the inner spacer. The outer spacer may be recessed below the inner spacer and the spacer ear may be formed upon the recessed outer spacer. Subsequently, the inner spacer and outer spacer may be removed to form the air-gap spacer while retaining the spacer ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier, Chanro Park
  • Patent number: 11869765
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: an active region on a semiconductor substrate; a channel region on the active region; a source/drain region adjacent to the channel region on the active region; a gate structure overlapping the channel region, on the channel region; a contact structure on the source/drain region; a gate spacer between the contact structure and the gate structure; and a contact spacer surrounding a side surface of the contact structure. The source/drain region includes a first epitaxial region having a recessed surface and a second epitaxial region on the recessed surface of the first epitaxial region, and the second epitaxial region includes an extended portion, extended from a portion overlapping the contact structure in a vertical direction, in a horizontal direction and overlapping the contact spacer in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyeom Kim, Dongwoo Kim, Jihye Yi, Jinbum Kim, Sangmoon Lee, Seunghun Lee
  • Patent number: 11862635
    Abstract: Neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions, and methods of fabricating neighboring gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having disjoined epitaxial source or drain regions, are described. For example, a structure includes first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, the nanowires of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires having a horizontal width greater than a horizontal width of the nanowires of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. First and second gate stacks are over the first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires, respectively. First epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires, and second epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires. An intervening dielectric structure is between neighboring ones of the first epitaxial source or drain structures and of the second epitaxial source or drain structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard P. Guler, Biswajeet Guha, Tahir Ghani, Swaminathan Sivakumar
  • Patent number: 11862683
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for forming ultra-thin fins with a tapered bottom profile for improved structural rigidity and gate control characteristics. The method includes forming a fin structure that includes an epitaxial layer portion and a doped region portion surrounded by an isolation region so that a top section of the epitaxial layer portion is above the isolation region. The method also includes depositing a silicon-based layer on the top portion of the epitaxial layer above the isolation region and annealing the silicon-based layer to reflow the silicon-based layer. The method further includes etching the silicon-based layer and the fin structure above the isolation region to form a first bottom tapered profile in the fin structure above the isolation region and annealing the fin structure to form a second bottom tapered profile below the first bottom tapered profile and above the isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sherry Li, Chia-Der Chang, Yi-Jing Lee
  • Patent number: 11855220
    Abstract: A device a includes a substrate, two source/drain (S/D) features over the substrate, and semiconductor layers suspended over the substrate and connecting the two S/D features. The device further includes a dielectric layer disposed between two adjacent layers of the semiconductor layers and an air gap between the dielectric layer and one of the S/D features, where a ratio between a length of the air gap to a thickness of the first dielectric layer is in a range of 0.1 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Chiang Chen, Wei-Yang Lee, Chia-Pin Lin, Yuan-Ching Peng
  • Patent number: 11855009
    Abstract: A chip package is provided. The chip package includes a substrate and a semiconductor chip over the substrate. The chip package also includes an upper plate extending across edges of the semiconductor chip. The chip package further includes a first support structure connecting a first corner portion of the substrate and a first corner of the upper plate. In addition, the chip package includes a second support structure connecting a second corner portion of the substrate and a second corner of the upper plate. The upper plate has a side edge connecting the first support structure and the second support structure, and the side edge extends across opposite edges of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Chin-Hua Wang, Kuang-Chun Lee, Po-Yao Lin, Shyue-Ter Leu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11855145
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a gate structure, a source region, a drain region, and an isolation structure. The gate structure includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion extends in a first direction, and the second portion and the third portion extend in a second direction. The second portion and the third portion are disposed at opposite ends of the first portion. The source region and the drain region are separated by the gate structure. The isolation structure surrounds the gate structure, the source region and the drain region. The first portion has a first sidewall, the second portion has a second sidewall, and the third portion has a third sidewall. The first sidewall, the second sidewall and the third sidewall are parallel to the first direction and aligned with each other to form a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Hsing-I Tsai, Fu-Huan Tsai, Chia-Chung Chen, Hsiao-Chun Lee, Chi-Feng Huang, Cho-Ying Lu, Victor Chiang Liang
  • Patent number: 11854863
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a first active region in the substrate, a second active region in the substrate and adjacent to the first active region, an isolation region in the substrate and between the first active region and the second active region, and a dummy gate overlapping with the isolation region, wherein an entire bottom width of the dummy gate is greater than an entire top width of the isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Te-An Chen, Meng-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 11855222
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a Fin FET, a fin structure extending in a first direction is formed over a substrate. An isolation insulating layer is formed over the substrate so that an upper portion of the fin structure is exposed from the isolation insulating layer. A gate structure extending in a second direction crossing the first direction is formed over a part of the fin structure. A fin mask layer is formed on sidewalls of a source/drain region of the fin structure. The source/drain region of the fin structure is recessed. An epitaxial source/drain structure is formed over the recessed fin structure. In the recessing the source/drain region of the fin structure, a plasma process combining etching and deposition processes is used to form a recess having a rounded corner shape in a cross section along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yen Yu, Po-Chi Wu, Yueh-Chun Lai
  • Patent number: 11855180
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming an inner dielectric spacer and outer dielectric spacer combination structure on a sacrificial gate structure that is present on a fin structure, wherein the inner dielectric spacer and outer dielectric spacer combination structure separates source and drain regions from the sacrificial gate structure. The method further includes removing the inner sidewall dielectric spacer; and forming a channel epitaxial wrap around layer on the portion of the fin structure that is exposed by removing the inner sidewall dielectric spacer. The method further includes removing the sacrificial gate structure to provide a gate opening to a channel portion of the fin structure, wherein the gate opening exposes the channel epitaxial wrap around layer; and forming a functional gate structure within the gate opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Reznicek, Takashi Ando, Jingyun Zhang, Ruilong Xie
  • Patent number: 11842930
    Abstract: A method may include forming a mask layer on top of a first dielectric layer formed on a first source/drain and a second source/drain, and creating an opening in the mask layer and the first dielectric layer that exposes portions of the first source/drain and the second source/drain. The method may include filling the opening with a metal layer that covers the exposed portions of the first source/drain and the second source/drain, and forming a gap in the metal layer to create a first metal contact and a second metal contact. The first metal contact may electrically couple to the first source/drain and the second metal contact may electrically couple to the second source/drain. The gap may separate the first metal contact from the second metal contact by less than nineteen nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Lien Huang, Ching-Feng Fu, Huan-Just Lin, Fu-Sheng Li, Tsai-Jung Ho, Bor Chiuan Hsieh, Guan-Xuan Chen, Guan-Ren Wang
  • Patent number: 11842898
    Abstract: Quality of a crystalline film is improved. In a method for manufacturing a panel, a polysilicon film is formed by emission of laser light to an amorphous silicon film 3A through a light-transmittable member 4 that can transmit the laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JSW AKTINA SYSTEM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Suk-Hwan Chung, Masashi Machida
  • Patent number: 11837552
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a first layer structure, a second layer structure, a first antenna layer and an electronic component. The first antenna layer is formed on at least one of the first layer structure and the second layer structure, wherein the first antenna layer has an upper surface flush with a layer upper surface of the first layer structure or the second layer structure. The electronic component is disposed on a substrate lower surface of the first substrate and exposed from the first substrate. The first layer structure is formed between the first substrate and the second layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Sung Hsu, Tao Cheng, Nan-Cheng Chen, Che-Ya Chou, Wen-Chou Wu, Yen-Ju Lu, Chih-Ming Hung, Wei-Hsiu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11830866
    Abstract: Manufacturing method of semiconductor package includes following steps. Bottom package is provided. The bottom package includes a die and a redistribution structure electrically connected to die. A first top package and a second top package are disposed on a surface of the redistribution structure further away from the die. An underfill is formed into the space between the first and second top packages and between the first and second top packages and the bottom package. The underfill covers at least a side surface of the first top package and a side surface of the second top package. A hole is opened in the underfill within an area overlapping with the die between the side surface of the first top package and the side surface of the second top package. A thermally conductive block is formed in the hole by filling the hole with a thermally conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Chen, Chih-Hua Chen, Hsin-Yu Pan, Hao-Yi Tsai, Lipu Kris Chuang, Tin-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 11817479
    Abstract: A transistor includes a bulk semiconductor substrate, and first and second raised source/drain regions above the bulk semiconductor substrate. A gate is between the first and second raised source/drain regions. A first dielectric section is beneath the first raised source/drain region in the bulk semiconductor substrate, and a second dielectric section is beneath the second raised source/drain region in the bulk semiconductor substrate. A first air gap is defined in at least the first dielectric section under the first raised source/drain region, and a second air gap is defined in at least the second dielectric section under the second raised source/drain region. The air gaps reduce off capacitance of the bulk semiconductor structure to near semiconductor-on-insulator levels without the disadvantages of an air gap under the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Uzma B. Rana, Steven M. Shank, Anthony K. Stamper
  • Patent number: 11818945
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transparent organic light emitting display apparatus having an emission area, and a transmission area disposed adjacent to the emission area and configured to pass external light therethrough, includes sequentially forming an interlayer dielectric and a first protection layer on a first substrate, patterning a planarization layer over the first protection layer, forming an organic light emitting device over the planarization layer, forming an encapsulation layer and an encapsulation substrate over the organic light emitting device, and exposing and etching at least some portions of the transmission area by using photolithography after the patterning of the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joonsuk Lee, SeJune Kim, Dohyung Kim, Saemleenuri Lee