Patents Examined by Vincent Wall
  • Patent number: 11967625
    Abstract: A MOSFET device includes an epitaxial region disposed on an upper surface of a substrate, the substrate serving as a drain region in the MOSFET device, and at least two body regions formed in the epitaxial region. The body regions are disposed proximate an upper surface of the epitaxial region and spaced laterally apart. The device further includes at least two source regions disposed in respective body regions, proximate an upper surface of the body regions, and a gate structure including at least two planar gates and a trench gate. Each of the planar gates is disposed on the upper surface of the epitaxial region and overlaps at least a portion of a corresponding body region. The trench gate is formed partially through the epitaxial region and between the body regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuming Xu
  • Patent number: 11961875
    Abstract: A device may include a metal contact between a first isolation region and a second isolation region on a first surface of an epitaxial layer. The device may include a first sidewall and a second sidewall on a second surface of the epitaxial layer distal to the first isolation region and the second isolation region. The device may include a wavelength converting layer on the epitaxial layer between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Ashish Tandon, Rajat Sharma, Joseph Flemish, Andrei Papou, Wen Yu, Erik William Young, Yu-Chen Shen, Luke Gordon
  • Patent number: 11961908
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention disclosure are directed to a vertical transistor having different doping profiles in its upper channel layer and lower channel layer for reducing leakage current while enhancing contact resistance and a method for manufacturing the vertical transistor. According to an embodiment of the present invention disclosure, a semiconductor device comprises a lower contact, a vertical channel layer on the lower contact, the vertical channel layer including a metal component and an oxygen component, and an upper contact on the vertical channel layer. The vertical channel layer has a gradual doping profile in which a doping concentration of the metal component is lowest in an intermediate region and gradually increases from the intermediate region to the upper contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Young Gwang Yoon
  • Patent number: 11957067
    Abstract: A memory cell includes a selection transistor having a control gate and a first conduction terminal connected to a variable-resistance element. The memory cell is formed in a wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate covered with a first insulating layer, the insulating layer being covered with an active layer made of a semiconductor. The gate is formed on the active layer and has a lateral flank covered with a second insulating layer. The variable-resistance element includes a first layer covering a lateral flank of the active layer in a trench formed through the active layer along the lateral flank of the gate and reaching the first insulating layer, and a second layer made of a variable-resistance material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Boivin, Simon Jeannot
  • Patent number: 11955549
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor and a ferroelectric tunnel junction. The ferroelectric tunnel junction is connected to a drain contact of the transistor. The ferroelectric tunnel junction includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a crystalline oxide layer, and a ferroelectric layer. The second electrode is disposed over the first electrode. The crystalline oxide layer and the ferroelectric layer are disposed in direct contact with each other in between the first electrode and the second electrode. The crystalline oxide layer comprises a crystalline oxide material. The ferroelectric layer comprises a ferroelectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mauricio Manfrini, Han-Jong Chia
  • Patent number: 11956942
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes: a circuit on a first surface of a substrate and including a first contact; an aluminum oxide layer above the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface; a cell including a capacitor provided in the aluminum oxide layer; a first conductive layer provided between the substrate and the aluminum oxide layer in the first direction and connected to the cell; a first insulating layer between the first conductive layer and the substrate in the first direction; a second insulating layer adjacent to the aluminum oxide layer in a second direction parallel to the first surface and provided above the substrate in the first direction; and a second contact in the second insulating layer and above the first contact in the first direction to connect the cell to the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Mutsumi Okajima, Yasuaki Ootera, Tsutomu Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11955548
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) device. In some embodiments, the FeFET device includes a ferroelectric layer having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and a gate electrode disposed along the first side of the ferroelectric layer. The FeFET device further includes an OS channel layer disposed along the second side of the ferroelectric layer opposite to the first side and a pair of source/drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the OS channel layer. The FeFET device further includes a 2D contacting layer disposed along the OS channel layer. The OS channel layer has a first doping type, and the 2D contacting layer has a second doping type different than the first doping type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mauricio Manfrini, Chih-Yu Chang, Sai-Hooi Yeong
  • Patent number: 11948984
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a pair of substantially parallel features spaced from one another by an intervening space. A conductive pipe is between the features and substantially parallel to the features. The conductive pipe may be formed within a tube. The tube may be generated by depositing insulative material between the features in a manner which pinches off a top region of the insulative material to leave the tube as a void region under the pinched-off top region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Nayaz Noemaun, Stephen W. Russell, Tao D. Nguyen, Santanu Sarkar
  • Patent number: 11948935
    Abstract: Provided is a tap cell including a substrate, a first well, a second well, a first doped region, and the second doped region. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The first well has a first dopant type and includes a first portion disposed in the first region and a second portion extending into the second region. The second well has a second dopant type and includes a third portion disposed in the second region and a fourth portion extending into the first region. The first doped region having the first dopant type is disposed in the second portion of the first well and the third portion of the second well along the second region. The second doped region having the second dopant type is disposed in the first portion of the first well and the fourth portion of the second well along the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Feng Chang, Bao-Ru Young, Tung-Heng Hsieh, Chun-Chia Hsu
  • Patent number: 11937513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnon spin valve device, a magnon sensor, a magnon field effect transistor, a magnon tunnel junction and a magnon memory. A magnon spin valve device may comprise a first ferromagnetic insulation layer, a non-magnetic conductive layer disposed on the first ferromagnetic insulation layer, and a second ferromagnetic insulation layer disposed on the non-magnetic conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xiufeng Han, Ping Tang, Chenyang Guo, Caihua Wan
  • Patent number: 11929295
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is disclosed, which comprises a substrate, one or more dies on a first side of the substrate, and a plurality of interconnect structures having a first pitch and coupled to a second side of the substrate. The interconnect structures may attach the substrate to a board. The substrate may include a first interconnect layer having a second pitch. The first interconnect layer may be coupled to the one or more dies through second one or more interconnect layers. Third one or more interconnect layers between the first interconnect layer and the interconnect structures may translate the first pitch to the second pitch. The substrate may include a recess on a section of the second side of the substrate. The semiconductor package may further include one or more components within the recess and attached to the second side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eng Huat Goh, Jiun Hann Sir, Min Suet Lim, Richard C. Stamey, Chu Aun Lim, Jimin Yao
  • Patent number: 11929416
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide, a second oxide over the first oxide, a first insulator over the second oxide, a first conductor over the first insulator, and a second conductor and a third conductor over the second oxide. The second conductor includes a first region and a second region, the third conductor includes a third region and a fourth region, the second region is positioned above the first region, the fourth region is positioned above the third region, and each of the second conductor and the third conductor contains tantalum and nitrogen. The atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the first region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region, and the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the third region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Ryo Tokumaru, Shinya Sasagawa, Tomonori Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11929426
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transistor including an oxide semiconductor. A stacked-layer structure of an oxide semiconductor and an insulator functioning as a gate insulator is subjected to microwave-excited plasma treatment, whereby the carrier concentration of the oxide semiconductor is reduced and the barrier property of the gate insulator is improved. In addition, a conductor functioning as an electrode and the insulator functioning as a gate insulator are formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor and then the microwave-excited plasma treatment is performed, whereby a high-resistance region and a low-resistance region can be formed in the oxide semiconductor in a self-aligned manner. Moreover, the microwave-excited plasma treatment is performed under an atmosphere containing oxygen with a high pressure, whereby a transistor having favorable electrical characteristics can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Naoki Okuno, Hiroki Komagata
  • Patent number: 11908948
    Abstract: A transistor comprises a lower contact structure, a channel structure, a dielectric fill structure, and an upper contact structure. The lower contact structure comprises a first oxide semiconductive material. The channel structure contacts the lower contact structure and comprises a second oxide semiconductive material having a smaller atomic concentration of one or more metals than the first oxide semiconductive material. The dielectric fill structure contacts an inner side surface of the channel structure and has a recessed upper surface relative to the channel structure. The upper contact structure comprises a third oxide semiconductive material having a greater atomic concentration of the one or more metals than the channel structure. The upper contact structure comprises a first portion contacting the upper surface of the dielectric fill structure and the inner side surface of the channel structure, and a second portion contacting the upper surface of the channel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal M. Karda, Guangyu Huang, Haitao Liu, Akira Goda
  • Patent number: 11910617
    Abstract: Provided is a ferroelectric memory device having a multi-layer stack disposed over a substrate and including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. A channel layer penetrates through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. A plurality of ferroelectric portions are discretely disposed between the channel layer and the plurality of conductive layers. The plurality of ferroelectric portions are vertically separated from one another by one or more non-zero distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lu, Han-Jong Chia, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Bo-Feng Young, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11908888
    Abstract: A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor structure includes a substrate extending along a first direction to define a length, a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to define a width, and a third direction orthogonal to the first and second direction to define a height. The substrate includes a first capacitance region and a second capacitance region. The first capacitance region has a first maximum operating voltage (Vmax) and the second capacitance region has a second Vmax that is greater than the first Vmax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Baozhen Li, Chih-Chao Yang, Nan Jing, Huimei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11908936
    Abstract: A ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFET) having a double-gate structure includes a first gate electrode, a first ferroelectric material layer over the first gate electrode, a semiconductor channel layer over the first ferroelectric material layer, source and drain electrodes contacting the semiconductor channel layer, a second ferroelectric material layer over the semiconductor channel layer, and a second gate electrode over the second ferroelectric material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Yen-Chieh Huang, Song-Fu Liao, Po-Ting Lin, Hai-Ching Chen, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin, Chung-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 11903213
    Abstract: A memory device includes transistor structures and memory arc wall structures. The memory arc wall structures are embedded in the transistor structures. The transistor structure includes a dielectric column, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a gate electrode layer and a channel wall structure. The source electrode and the drain electrode are located on opposite sides of the dielectric column. The gate electrode layer is around the dielectric column, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The channel wall structure is extended from the source electrode to the drain electrode and surrounds the dielectric column. The channel wall structure is disposed between the gate electrode layer and the source electrode, between the gate electrode layer, and the drain electrode, and between the gate electrode layer and the dielectric column. The memory arc wall structure is extended on and throughout the channel wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Jiang, Hung-Chang Sun, Sheng-Chih Lai, Kuo-Chang Chiang, Tsuching Yang
  • Patent number: 11903191
    Abstract: An embedded flash memory device includes a gate stack, which includes a bottom dielectric layer extending into a recess in a semiconductor substrate, and a charge storage layer over the bottom dielectric layer. The charge storage layer includes a portion in the recess. The gate stack further includes a top dielectric layer over the charge storage layer, and a metal gate over the top dielectric layer. Source and drain regions are in the semiconductor substrate, and are on opposite sides of the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Cheng Wu, Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang
  • Patent number: 11895931
    Abstract: The invention includes methods, and the structures formed, for multi-qubit chips. The methods may include annealing a Josephson junction of a qubit to either increase or decrease the frequency of the qubit. The conditions of the anneal may be based on historical conditions, and may be chosen to tune each qubit to a desired frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jared B. Hertzberg, Jason S. Orcutt, Hanhee Paik, Sami Rosenblatt, Martin O. Sandberg