Patents Examined by Timor Karimy
  • Patent number: 12230623
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of recess portions on a first surface of a support. Each recess portion is between protrusion portions on the first surface. A stacked body is then placed into each of the recess portions. The stacked body is a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on each other or the like. The recess portions are filled with a resin layer. The resin layer covers the stacked bodies inside the recess portions. A protrusion portion of the support is irradiated with a laser beam to form a modified portion in the protrusion portion. The support is divided along the protrusion portions into separate pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Sekine, Takanobu Ono
  • Patent number: 12230619
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of optical sensor packages. For example, at least one embodiment of an optical sensor package includes a light-emitting die, a light-receiving die, and an interconnect substrate within a first resin. A first transparent portion is positioned on the light-emitting die and the interconnect substrate, and a second transparent portion is positioned on the light-receiving die and the interconnect substrate. A second resin is on the first resin, the interconnect substrate, and the first and second transparent portions, respectively. The second resin partially covers respective surfaces of the first and second transparent portions, respectively, such that the respective surfaces are exposed from the second resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS PTE LTD
    Inventor: Jing-En Luan
  • Patent number: 12224268
    Abstract: An array of complementary die sets is attached to a carrier substrate. A continuous complementary-level molding compound layer is formed around the array of complementary die sets. An array of primary semiconductor dies is attached to the array of complementary die sets. A continuous primary-level molding compound layer is formed around the array of primary semiconductor dies. The bonded assembly is diced by cutting along directions that are parallel to edges of the primary semiconductor dies. The sidewalls of the complementary dies are azimuthally tilted relative to sidewalls of the primary semiconductor dies, or major crystallographic directions of a single crystalline material in the carrier substrate are azimuthally tilted relative to sidewalls of the primary semiconductor dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Jen-Yuan Chang, Chia-Ping Lai
  • Patent number: 12205919
    Abstract: A method of processing a semiconductor wafer includes: forming an electronic device at each die location of the semiconductor wafer; partially forming a frontside metallization over a frontside of the semiconductor wafer at each die location; partially forming a backside metallization over a backside of the semiconductor wafer at each die location; and after partially forming both the frontside metallization and the backside metallization but without completing either the frontside metallization or the backside metallization, singulating the semiconductor wafer between the die locations to form a plurality of individual semiconductor dies, wherein the partially formed frontside metallization and the partially formed backside metallization have a same composition. Semiconductor dies and methods of producing semiconductor modules are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Chuan Cheah, Josef Hoeglauer, Tobias Polster
  • Patent number: 12191164
    Abstract: Mold chases for molding semiconductor devices and/or components of semiconductor devices, the resulting semiconductor devices and/or their components, and related systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the mold chase includes a first clamp and a second clamp having a substrate engaging surface oriented towards the first clamp. The substrate engaging surface can have a hybrid surface texture that includes a first region and a second region at adjacent the first region (on a lateral side of the first region). The first region can include a first surface texture that is relatively smooth. The second region can include a second surface texture that is relatively rough compared to the first surface texture. The first surface texture can prevent mold bleed during a molding process. The second surface texture can reduce electrostatic discharge events during an ejection from the mold chase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Byung Hoon Moon
  • Patent number: 12191297
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for designing a semiconductor device includes generating a 2D design for fabricating chiplets on a substrate. The chiplets are component levels for a multi-chip integrated circuit. The 2D design includes a first layout for alignment features and semiconductor structures to be formed on a first surface of a first chiplet and a second layout for alignment features and semiconductor structures to be formed on a first surface of a second chiplet. The first and second chiplets are adjacent on the substrate. The second layout is a mirror image of the first layout across a reference line shared by the first and second chiplets. The first surfaces of the first and second chiplets are both either top or bottom surfaces. The method further includes generating one or more photomasks according to the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 12183683
    Abstract: An electronic package structure includes an electronic structure, a wiring structure, an electrical contact and a support layer. The wiring structure is located over the electronic structure. The electrical contact connects the wiring structure and the electronic structure. The support layer is disposed around the electrical contact and has a surface facing the electrical contact. The surface includes at least one inflection point in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jen Wang, Po-Jen Cheng, Fu-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 12176222
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor package includes providing a metal baseplate having a base section and a plurality of metal posts, the base section being a planar pad of substantially uniform thickness, the plurality of metal posts each extending up from a planar upper surface of the base section, mounting a semiconductor die on the upper surface of the metal baseplate, forming an encapsulant body of electrically insulating mold compound on the upper surface of the base section, electrically connecting terminals of the semiconductor die to the metal posts, and removing the base section so as to form package contacts from the metal posts at a first surface of the encapsulant body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Chau Fatt Chiang, Thorsten Meyer, Chan Lam Cha, Wern Ken Daryl Wee, Chee Hong Lee, Swee Kah Lee, Norliza Morban, Khay Chwan Andrew Saw
  • Patent number: 12170266
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a chip stack comprising semiconductor chips vertically stacked on a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, pillars between the substrate and the chip stack, an adhesive layer on a bottom surface of a lowermost semiconductor chip of the semiconductor chips, a first lower protective layer between the adhesive layer and the pillars, a second lower protective layer between the first lower protective layer and the adhesive layer, and a mold layer covering the chip stack and filling a space between the pillars. A thickness of the second lower protective layer in the first direction is greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wanho Park
  • Patent number: 12165940
    Abstract: A component carrier which includes a laminated stack having at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, and a component having at least one electrically conductive connection structure and embedded in the stack, wherein the at least one electrically conductive connection structure of the component is exposed with respect to the stack so that a free exposed end of the at least one electrically conductive connection structure of the component is flush with or extends beyond an exterior main surface of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Moitzi, Johannes Stahr, Andreas Zluc
  • Patent number: 12159931
    Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device including a first and a second nitride-based semiconductor layers, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a gate structure. The gate structure includes at least one conductive layer and two or more doped nitride-based semiconductor layers. The at least one conductive layer includes metal, and is in contact with the second nitride-based semiconductor layer to form a metal-semiconductor junction therebetween. The two or more doped nitride-based semiconductor layers are in contact with the second nitride-based semiconductor layer and abut against the conductive layer, so as to form contact interfaces abutting against the metal-semiconductor junction with the second nitride-based semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingyuan He, Ronghui Hao, Fu Chen, Jinhan Zhang, King Yuen Wong
  • Patent number: 12156459
    Abstract: A display panel, a display apparatus and a preparation method of a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a display region and a non-display region. The non-display region includes a hole region and an isolation region adjoining the display region and the hole region. The isolation region includes at least one second isolation structure at least partially surrounding the hole region. The second isolation structure includes a supporting portion and a partitioning portion located on the supporting portion. An orthographic projection of the partitioning portion on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of the supporting portion on the substrate, and a maximum width of the supporting portion is smaller than a width of the partitioning portion. A tensile stress layer configured to apply a tensile stress to the partitioning portion is disposed on the partitioning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaoyang Qin, Shoukun Wang
  • Patent number: 12155008
    Abstract: A micro-LED structure includes a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer extends along a horizontal level away from a top edge of the first type conductive layer and a bottom edge of the second type conductive layer, such that an edge of the light emitting layer does not contact the top edge of the first type conductive layer and the bottom edge of the second type conductive layer. A profile of the first type conductive layer perpendicularly projected on a bottom surface of the second type conductive layer is surrounded by the bottom edge of the second type conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Yuankun Zhu, Anle Fang, Deshuai Liu
  • Patent number: 12154887
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a first storage array and a second storage array. The first storage array includes at least one first storage block. The first storage block includes a plurality of first word lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of first bit lines extending in a second direction. The second storage array includes at least one second storage block. By constructing a first global bit line sub-decoder block in a first overhead projection area formed by the first storage block and constructing a second global bit line sub-decoder block in a second overhead projection area formed by the second storage block, an occupied area of the first chip and the second chip after stacking can be reduced, which reduces an occupied area of the memory device and is beneficial for minimizing the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: Jongbae Jeong
  • Patent number: 12148858
    Abstract: A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer is continuously formed on the whole chip, the multiple micro-LEDs sharing the light emitting layer. The micro-LED chip further includes: a top spacer formed on a top surface of the light emitting layer; a bottom spacer formed on a bottom surface of the light emitting layer; and an isolation structure formed between adjacent micro-LEDs. An edge of the top spacer is aligned with an edge of the light emitting layer, and an edge of the bottom spacer is aligned with the edge of the light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Yuankun Zhu, Anle Fang, Deshuai Liu
  • Patent number: 12148736
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices having three-dimensional bonding schemes and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device includes a package substrate, a stack of semiconductor dies carried by the package substrate, and an interconnect module carried by the package substrate adjacent the stack of semiconductor dies. The stack of semiconductor dies can include a first die carried by the package substrate and a second die carried by the first die. Meanwhile, the interconnect module can include at least a first tier and a second tier. The first tier can be carried by and electrically coupled to the package substrate, and the second tier can be carried by and electrically coupled to the first tier. In turn, the second die can be electrically coupled to the second tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelvin Tan Aik Boo, Hong Wan Ng, Seng Kim Ye, Chin Hui Chong
  • Patent number: 12144267
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a selector device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a selector layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode or the second electrode includes a stacked film. The stacked film includes a first layer including a first material with a first Debye temperature, and a second layer in contact with the first layer and including a second material with a second Debye temperature lower than the first Debye temperature. A ratio of the first Debye temperature to the second Debye temperature is equal to or greater than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jieqiong Zhang, Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Tadaomi Daibou
  • Patent number: 12142696
    Abstract: A thin film transistor is provided. The thin film transistor includes abase substrate; a gate electrode on the base substrate; an active layer on the base substrate, the active layer including a polycrystalline silicon part including a polycrystalline silicon material and an amorphous silicon part including an amorphous silicon material; a gate insulating layer insulating the gate electrode from the active layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the base substrate; and an etch stop layer on a side of the polycrystalline silicon part away from the base substrate. An orthographic projection of the etch stop layer on the base substrate covers an orthographic projection of the polycrystalline silicon part on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of at least a portion of the amorphous silicon part on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Guan, Yichi Zhang, Yang Lv
  • Patent number: 12136607
    Abstract: Memory devices and associated methods and systems are disclosed herein. A representative memory device includes a substrate and a memory controller electrically coupled to the substrate. The memory controller can include a first in/out (I/O) channel and a second I/O channel. The memory device can further include a plurality of first memories and second memories coupled to the substrate and arranged in a stack in which the first memories are interleaved between the second memories. The memory device can further include (i) a plurality of first wire bonds electrically coupling the first memories to the first I/O channel of the memory controller and (ii) a plurality of second wire bonds electrically coupling the second memories to the second I/O channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Kawai, Raj K. Bansal, Takehiro Hasegawa, Chang H. Siau
  • Patent number: 12127351
    Abstract: A method and assembly for board to board connection of active devices are described herein. The assembly comprises first and second superposed active devices, a first interfacing member electrically coupled to the first active device, and a flexible printed wiring board having a first end and a second end, the first end electrically coupled to the first interfacing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Smiths Interconnect Canada Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Rolston