Patents Examined by Telly D Green
  • Patent number: 11532762
    Abstract: A solid state imaging apparatus includes an insulation structure formed of an insulation substance penetrating through at least a silicon layer at a light receiving surface side, the insulation structure having a forward tapered shape where a top diameter at an upper portion of the light receiving surface side of the silicon layer is greater than a bottom diameter at a bottom portion of the silicon layer. Also, there are provided a method of producing the solid state imaging apparatus and an electronic device including the solid state imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Mizuta, Tomokazu Ohchi, Yohei Chiba
  • Patent number: 11532510
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a metal gate structure disposed over a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer disposed over the metal gate structure, and a gate contact disposed in the ILD layer and over the metal gate structure, where a bottom surface of the gate contact is defined by a barrier layer disposed over the metal gate structure, where sidewall surfaces of the gate contact are defined by and directly in contact with the ILD layer, and where the barrier layer is free of nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Liang Cheng, Ziwei Fang
  • Patent number: 11532584
    Abstract: Integrated circuit package substrates with high-density interconnect architecture for scaling high-density routing, as well as related structures, devices, and methods, are generally presented. More specifically, integrated circuit package substrates with fan out routing based on a high-density interconnect layer that may include pillars and vias, and integrated cavities for die attachment are presented. Additionally, integrated circuit package substrates with self-aligned pillars and vias formed on the high-density interconnect layer as well as related methods are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Alan May, Sri Ranga Sai Boyapati, Kristof Kuwawi Darmawikarta, Srinivas V. Pietambaram, Javier Soto Gonzalez, Kwangmo Chris Lim, Aleksandar Aleksov
  • Patent number: 11532541
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: an insulating substrate having opposing first and second main sides; a power semiconductor die embedded in, and thinner than or a same thickness as, the substrate, and including a first load terminal bond pad at a first side which faces a same direction as the substrate first main side, a second load terminal bond pad at a second side which faces a same direction as the substrate second main side, and a control terminal bond pad; electrically conductive first vias extending through the substrate in a periphery region; a first metallization connecting the first load terminal bond pad to the first vias at the substrate first main side; solderable first contact pads at the substrate second main side and formed by the first vias; and a solderable second contact pad at the substrate second main side and formed by the second load terminal die bond pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Eung San Cho, Petteri Palm
  • Patent number: 11527512
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a first semiconductor structure; and forming a first connecting structure comprising a first connecting insulating layer on the first semiconductor structure, two first conductive layers in the first connecting insulating layer, and a first porous layer between the two first conductive layers; wherein a porosity of the first porous layer is between about 25% and about 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tse-Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 11508694
    Abstract: A method of forming a chip assembly may include forming a plurality of cavities in a carrier; The method may further include arranging a die attach liquid in each of the cavities; arranging a plurality of chips on the die attach liquid, each chip comprising a rear side metallization and a rear side interconnect material disposed over the rear side metallization, wherein the rear side interconnect material faces the carrier; evaporating the die attach liquid; and after the evaporating the die attach liquid, fixing the plurality of chips to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventor: Alexander Heinrich
  • Patent number: 11508912
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer including a guest, an n-type host and a p-type host between a pair of electrodes, where the difference between the energy difference between a triplet excited state and a ground state of the n-type host (or p-type host) and the energy difference between a triplet excited state and a ground state of the guest is 0.15 eV or more. Alternatively, in such a light-emitting element, the LUMO level of the n-type host is higher than the LUMO level of the guest by 0.1 eV or more, or the HOMO level of the p-type host is lower than the HOMO level of the guest by 0.1 eV or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoko Shitagaki, Hideko Inoue, Hiroshi Kadoma, Harue Osaka, Kunihiko Suzuki, Yasuhiko Takemura
  • Patent number: 11502012
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages described herein include a thermal capacitor designed to absorb transient heat pulses from a power semiconductor die and subsequently release the transient heat pulses to a surrounding environment, and/or a recessed pad feature. Corresponding methods of production are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Eung San Cho, Tomasz Naeve, Petteri Palm
  • Patent number: 11502015
    Abstract: Semiconductor package includes interposer, dies, encapsulant. Each die includes active surface, backside surface, side surfaces. Backside surface is opposite to active surface. Side surfaces join active surface to backside surface. Encapsulant includes first material and laterally wraps dies. Dies are electrically connected to interposer and disposed side by side on interposer with respective backside surfaces facing away from interposer. At least one die includes an outer corner. A rounded corner structure is formed at the outer corner. The rounded corner structure includes second material different from first material. The outer corner is formed by backside surface and a pair of adjacent side surfaces of the at least one die. The side surfaces of the pair have a common first edge. Each side surface of the pair does not face other dies and has a second edge in common with backside surface of the at least one die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Wei Shen, Sung-Hui Huang, Shang-Yun Hou, Kuan-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11476196
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a fin disposed over a substrate, a gate structure disposed over a channel region of the fin, such that the gate structure traverses source/drain regions of the fin, a device-level interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer of a multi-layer interconnect structure disposed over the substrate, wherein the device-level ILD layer includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer disposed over the second dielectric layer, wherein a material of the third dielectric layer is different than a material of the second dielectric layer and a material of the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device further comprises a gate contact to the gate structure disposed in the device-level ILD layer and a source/drain contact to the source/drain regions disposed in the device-level ILD layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yu Huang, Sheng-Tsung Wang, Jia-Chuan You, Chia-Hao Chang, Tien-Lu Lin, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11462716
    Abstract: A light-emitting element display device includes: a display area which has an organic insulating layer that is made of an organic insulating material; a peripheral circuit area which is disposed around the display area and which has the organic insulating layer; and a blocking area that is formed between the display area and the peripheral circuit area. The blocking area includes: a first blocking area configured by only one or a plurality of inorganic material layers between an insulating base substrate and an electrode layer which covers the display area and is formed continuously from the display area, and which configures one of two electrodes for allowing the light emitting area to emit the light; and a second blocking area including a plurality of layers configuring the first blocking area, and a light emitting organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Furuie
  • Patent number: 11444068
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package is described. The IC package includes a power delivery network. The IC package also includes a first die having a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. The second surface is on a first surface of the power delivery network. The IC package further includes a second die having a first surface on the first surface of the first die. The IC package also includes package bumps on a second surface of the power delivery network, opposite the first surface of the power delivery network. The package bumps are coupled to contact pads of the power delivery network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stanley Seungchul Song, Jonghae Kim, Periannan Chidambaram, Pratyush Kamal
  • Patent number: 11444146
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel array, a side terminal including a side surface which is exposed to outside the display panel, and a transfer wiring electrically connecting the side terminal and the pixel array to each other; and a side pad which is conductive and through which an electrical signal is provided to the side terminal from outside the display panel, the side pad contacting the display panel at the side surface of the side terminal which is exposed to outside the display panel. An end of the transfer wiring is spaced apart from the side surface of the side terminal which is exposed to outside the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungyong Kim, Seok-Hyun Nam
  • Patent number: 11437521
    Abstract: A method of forming a device comprises forming dielectric structures over other dielectric structures overlying conductive contact structures, the dielectric structures separated from one another by trenches and laterally extending orthogonal to the other dielectric structures and the conductive contact structures. Conductive gate structures are formed on exposed side surfaces of the dielectric structures within the trenches. Dielectric oxide structures are formed on exposed side surfaces of the conductive gate structures within the trenches. Exposed portions of the other dielectric structures are removed to form isolation structures. Semiconductive pillars are formed on exposed side surfaces of the dielectric oxide structures and the isolation structures within the trenches. The semiconductive pillars are in electrical contact with the conductive contact structures. Additional conductive contact structures are formed on upper surfaces of the semiconductive pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. Sills, Ramanathan Gandhi, Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 11437571
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming air gaps within respective dielectric layer portions to reduce thermal cross-talk between adjacent bits. Each of the dielectric portions is formed on a substrate each adjacent to sidewall liners formed on sidewalls of a phase change memory (PCM) layer. The method further includes forming a pillar including the sidewall liners and the PCM layer, and forming a selector layer on the pillar and the dielectric portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wanki Kim, Fabio Carta, Chung H. Lam, Robert L. Bruce
  • Patent number: 11437295
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate including an antenna; a heating element disposed on a first surface of the substrate and connected to the antenna; a heat radiating part coupled to the heating element; and a signal transfer part disposed on the first surface of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the substrate to a main substrate. The heat radiating part may include a heat transfer part connected to the heating element and heat radiating terminals connecting the heat transfer part and the main substrate to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hyun Kim, Jung Hyun Lim, Seung Goo Jang, Eun Kyoung Kim, Se Min Jin
  • Patent number: 11430860
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of pixel electrodes positioned over a substrate and separate from each other, a plurality of auxiliary wirings between the pixel electrodes, a pixel-defining layer over the pixel electrodes except for a central portion of the pixel electrodes and at least a portion of each of the auxiliary wirings, an intermediate layer over the pixel-defining layer and having a plurality of openings formed over the portion of each of the auxiliary wirings, and an opposite electrode positioned over the intermediate layer and facing the pixel electrodes, the opposite electrode electrically contacting the auxiliary wirings via the openings. The auxiliary wirings extend in a first direction and separate from each other by a first distance. The openings are aligned in a diagonal direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngjin Cho, Chulkyu Kang, Yongjae Kim
  • Patent number: 11430702
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a silicon substrate having a first surface, a III-V layer on the first surface of the silicon substrate and over a first active region, and an isolation region in a portion of the III-V layer extended beyond the first active region. The first active region is in proximal to the first surface. The method includes the following operations. A silicon substrate having a first device region and a second device region is provided, a first active region is defined in the first device region, a III-V layer is formed on the silicon substrate, an isolation region is defined across a material interface in the III-V layer by an implantation operation, and an interconnect penetrating through the isolation region is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Man-Ho Kwan, Fu-Wei Yao, Ru-Yi Su, Chun Lin Tsai, Alexander Kalnitsky
  • Patent number: 11417516
    Abstract: Provided is a dielectric layer that has a rock salt structure in a room temperature stable phase. The dielectric layer is made of a compound having a chemical formula of BexM1-xO, where M includes one of alkaline earth metals and x has a value greater than 0 and not greater than 0.19. A semiconductor memory device also is provided that includes a capacitor composed of a lower electrode; a dielectric layer disposed on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer has a rocksalt structure in a room temperature stable phase and is made of a compound having a chemical formula shown below, BexM1-xO, where M comprises an alkaline earth metal and x has a value greater than 0 and not greater than 0.19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seong Keun Kim, Woo Chui Lee, Sang Tae Kim, Hyun Cheol Song, Seung Hyub Baek, Ji Won Choi, Jin Sang Kim, Chong Yun Kang, Christopher W. Bielawski, Jung Hwan Yum, Eric S. Larsen
  • Patent number: 11410967
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area defined therein and including a plurality of signal pads overlapping the non-display area, an electronic component including a base layer with an upper surface and a lower surface, a plurality of driving pads disposed on the lower surface of the base layer, and a plurality of driving bumps respectively disposed on the plurality of driving pads, the plurality of driving bumps being respectively connected to the signal pads, and a filler disposed between the display panel and the electronic component. A first hole is defined in the upper surface of the base layer, and the first hole does not overlap the plurality of driving bumps in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan-Jae Park, Kikyung Youk, Sangduk Lee, Hyun a Lee, Daehwan Jang