Patents Examined by Tenley H Schofield
  • Patent number: 12211823
    Abstract: A package structure includes first and second dies, an insulation structure, a through via, a dielectric layer and a redistribution layer. The second die electrically bonded to the first die includes a through substrate via. The insulation structure is disposed on the first die and laterally surrounds the second die. The through via penetrates through the insulation structure to electrically connect to the first die. The dielectric layer is disposed on the second die and the insulation structure. The redistribution layer is embedded in the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the through via. The redistribution layer includes a first barrier layer and a conductive layer on the first barrier layer. The through substrate via is electrically connected to the redistribution layer, and the conductive layer is in contact with a conductive post of the through via and separated from the through substrate via by the first barrier layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsien-Wei Chen, Ching-Jung Yang, Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Ying-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 12211914
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a buried gate includes: providing a substrate; forming a word line trench in the substrate; treating a surface of the word line trench to form concave structures on the surface of the word line trench; and, forming a conductive layer in the word line trench, convex structures matched with the concave structures being provided on a surface of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Cheong Soo Kim, Yong Gun Kim, Xianrui Hu, GuangSu Shao
  • Patent number: 12176305
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first electronic component and a power regulating structure configured to provide a first power to the first electronic component. The power regulating structure includes a first component and a second component at least partially overlapped with the first component from a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Pao-Nan Lee, Chen-Chao Wang, Chang Chi Lee
  • Patent number: 12125849
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with large memory capacity is provided. A semiconductor device includes first to fourth insulators, a first conductor, a second conductor, and a first semiconductor, and the first semiconductor includes a first surface and a second surface. A first side surface of the first conductor is included on the first surface of the first semiconductor, and a first side surface of the first insulator is included on a second side surface of the first conductor. The second insulator is included in a region including a second side surface and a top surface of the first insulator, a top surface of the first conductor, and the second surface of the first semiconductor. The third insulator is included on a formation surface of the second insulator, and the fourth insulator is included on a formation surface of the third insulator. The second conductor is included in a region overlapping the second surface of the first semiconductor in a region where the fourth insulator is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 12120867
    Abstract: The present application provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure, and relates to the technical field of semiconductors. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate; and forming multiple spaced first isolation sidewall structures on the substrate, where first opening regions are formed between adjacent first isolation sidewall structures, and each of the first opening regions is used to expose at least two columns of active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jingwen Lu
  • Patent number: 12052856
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate which includes a cell region and a core region, a boundary element separation film which is placed inside the substrate, and separates the cell region and the core region, and a bit line which is placed on the cell region and the boundary element separation film and extends along a first direction, in which the boundary element separation film includes a first region and a second region, a height of an upper side of the first region of the boundary element separation film is different from a height of an upper side of the second region of the boundary element separation film, on a basis of a bottom side of the boundary element separation film, and the bit line is placed over the first region and the second region of the boundary element separation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong In Kang, Jun Young Choi, Yoon Gi Hong, Tae Hoon Kim, Sung-Jin Yeo, Sang Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 12027494
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit, first conductive features, second conductive features, a package structure, and an encapsulant. The integrated circuit has an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The first conductive features surround the integrated circuit. The second conductive features are stacked on the first conductive features. The package structure is disposed on the second conductive features and the rear surface of the integrated circuit. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the integrated circuit, the first conductive features, the second conductive features, and the package structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Yi Tsai, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chien-Ling Hwang
  • Patent number: 12027471
    Abstract: A semiconductor package including a package base substrate, an interposer on the package base substrate, a plurality of semiconductor chips on the interposer, and a stiffener structure including a stiffener frame and a stiffener extension portion, the stiffener frame being on the package base substrate and apart from the interposer, the stiffener extension portion extending from the stiffener frame, spaced apart from the plurality of semiconductor chips, and extending onto the interposer to have a portion on the interposer, and the stiffener frame being an integral structure with the extension portion, may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eunkyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 12004344
    Abstract: A method of reducing warp imparted to a silicon wafer having a (110) plane orientation and a <111> notch orientation by anisotropic film stress of a multilayer film that is to be formed on a surface of the silicon wafer, that includes forming the multilayer film on a surface of the silicon wafer in an orientation so that a direction in which the warp of the wafer will be greatest coincides with a direction in which Young's modulus of a crystal orientation of the silicon wafer is greatest. Also, a method of reducing warp imparted to a silicon wafer having a (111) plane orientation by isotropic film stress of a multilayer film to be formed on a surface of the silicon wafer, that includes, prior to forming the multilayer film, causing the silicon wafer to have an oxygen concentration of 8.0×1017 atoms/cm3 or more (ASTM F-121, 1979).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ono, Bong-Gyun Ko
  • Patent number: 11996292
    Abstract: Methods for filling a gap feature on a substrate surface are disclosure. The methods may include: providing a substrate comprising one or more gap features into a reaction chamber; and depositing a metallic gap-fill film within the gap feature by performing repeated unit cycles of a cyclical deposition process. Semiconductor structures including metallic gap-fill films are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Kunal Bhatnagar, Ashwin Agathya Boochakravathy, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11990439
    Abstract: A semiconductor package including a semiconductor chip; a lower redistribution layer on a lower surface of the semiconductor chip; a lower passivation layer on a lower surface of the lower redistribution layer; a UBM pad on the lower passivation layer and including an upper pad and a lower pad connected to the upper pad, the upper pad having a greater horizontal length at an upper surface thereof than a horizontal length at a lower surface thereof; a seed layer between the lower passivation layer and the UBM pad; and an external connecting terminal on a lower surface of the UBM pad, wherein the seed layer includes a first seed part covering a side surface of the upper pad, a second seed part covering a portion of the lower surface of the upper pad, and a third seed part covering a portion of a side surface of the lower pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeean Lee, Changeun Joo, Gyujin Choi
  • Patent number: 11984393
    Abstract: An electronic package is provided, in which an electronic structure used as an integrated voltage regulator and a plurality of conductive pillars are embedded in an encapsulating layer to facilitate electrical transmission with electronic components at a close range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Kao, Lung-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11978712
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming a semiconductor device package with a transmission line using a micro-bump layer are disclosed. The micro-bump layer may comprise micro-bumps and micro-bump lines, formed between a top device and a bottom device. A signal transmission line may be formed using a micro-bump line above a bottom device. A ground plane may be formed using a redistribution layer (RDL) within the bottom device, or using additional micro-bump lines. The RDL formed ground plane may comprise open slots. There may be RDLs at the bottom device and the top device above and below the micro-bump lines to form parts of the ground planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Kuo, Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Min-Chie Jeng, Yu-Ling Lin
  • Patent number: 11972966
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, a plurality of semiconductor chips are encapsulated in a carrier to provide encapsulated semiconductor chips. A first surface of the encapsulated semiconductor chips includes chip pads exposed from a first surface of the carrier. An alignment error of each of the semiconductor chips with respect to the carrier is measured. A redistribution wiring structure may be formed on the first surface of the carrier. Correction values for each layer of the redistribution wiring structure may be reflected while forming the redistribution wiring structure in order to correct the alignment error while forming the redistribution wiring structure. The redistribution wiring structure may have redistribution wirings electrically connected to the chip pads on the first surface of the carrier. Outer connection members may be formed on the redistribution wiring structure and may be configured to be electrically connected to the outermost redistribution wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyujin Choi, Changeun Joo
  • Patent number: 11955423
    Abstract: Methods for forming dummy under-bump metallurgy structures and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first redistribution line and a second redistribution line over a semiconductor substrate; a first passivation layer over the first redistribution line and the second redistribution line; a second passivation layer over the first passivation layer; a first under-bump metallurgy (UBM) structure over the first redistribution line, the first UBM structure extending through the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer and being electrically coupled to the first redistribution line; and a second UBM structure over the second redistribution line, the second UBM structure extending through the second passivation layer, the second UBM structure being electrically isolated from the second redistribution line by the first passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Li Yang, Po-Hao Tsai, Ming-Da Cheng, Yung-Han Chuang, Hsueh-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11942369
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into a first side of a wafer, the first side of the wafer including a plurality of electrical contacts. The method may also include coating the first side of the wafer and an interior of the plurality of notches with a molding compound, grinding a second side of the wafer to thin the wafer to a desired thickness, forming a back metal on a second side of the wafer, exposing the plurality of electrical contacts through grinding a first side of the molding compound, and singulating the wafer at the plurality of notches to form a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shutesh Krishnan, Sw Wei Wang, Ch Chew, How Kiat Liew, Fui Fui Tan
  • Patent number: 11935831
    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, a plurality of first connecting contacts in the first connecting insulating layer, and a plurality of first supporting contacts in the first connecting insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shing-Yih Shih
  • Patent number: 11923234
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing electronic chips. The method includes forming a plurality of trenches on a first face of a semiconductor substrate, in and on which a plurality of integrated circuits has been formed. The trenches delimit laterally a plurality of chips, and each of the chips includes a single integrated circuit. The method further includes electrically isolating flanks of each of the chips by forming an electrically isolating layer on lateral walls of the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Fallourd
  • Patent number: 11908790
    Abstract: A chip structure is provided. The chip structure includes a substrate. The chip structure includes a conductive line over the substrate. The chip structure includes a first passivation layer over the substrate and the conductive line. The chip structure includes a conductive pad over the first passivation layer covering the conductive line. The conductive pad is thicker and wider than the conductive line. The chip structure includes a first conductive via structure and a second conductive via structure passing through the first passivation layer and directly connected between the conductive pad and the conductive line. The chip structure includes a conductive pillar over the conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Li Yang, Po-Hao Tsai, Ching-Wen Hsiao, Hong-Seng Shue, Yu-Tse Su
  • Patent number: 11910593
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may comprise: a plurality of lower electrodes which are on a substrate; a first electrode support which is between adjacent lower electrodes and comprises a metallic material; a dielectric layer which is on the lower electrodes and the first electrode support to extend along profiles of the first electrode support and each of the lower electrodes; and an upper electrode which is on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Young Choi, Seung Jin Kim, Byung-Hyun Lee, Sang Jae Park