Patents Examined by Vincent Wall
  • Patent number: 12757463
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a two-dimensional material layer including a two-dimensional semiconductor material having a polycrystalline structure; metallic nanoparticles partially on the two-dimensional material layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively on both sides of the two-dimensional material layer; and a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode on the two-dimensional material layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsu Seol, Junyoung Kwon, Keunwook Shin, Minseok Yoo
  • Patent number: 12751046
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a two-dimensional material layer, one or more metal islands on the two-dimensional material layer, and a metal layer covering the metal islands on the two-dimensional material layer. The semiconductor device may be manufactured by a method including forming metal islands on a two-dimensional material layer using a redox method and forming a metal layer covering the metal islands on the two-dimensional material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duseop Yoon, Junyoung Kwon, Minsu Seol, Minseok Yoo, Kyung-Eun Byun
  • Patent number: 12751071
    Abstract: A split gate trench device, including a substrate, an epitaxial layer having a trench, and a split gate structure, is provided. The epitaxial layer is formed on the substrate, and the split gate structure is disposed in the trench. The split gate structure includes a shielding gate, two top gates, a shielding oxide layer, a gate oxide layer, and an inter-gate oxide layer. Each of the two top gates has a shape that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Excelliance MOS Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Kuang Liu, Hung-Kun Yang
  • Patent number: 12751049
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor film having a corundum-type crystal structure composed of ?-Ga2O3 or an ?-Ga2O3 solid solution, and an X-ray rocking curve full width at half maximum of a (104) plane on at least one surface of the semiconductor film is 500 arcsec or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Morimichi Watanabe, Hiroshi Fukui
  • Patent number: 12745427
    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: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mauricio Manfrini, Chih-Yu Chang, Sai-Hooi Yeong
  • Patent number: 12740102
    Abstract: Provided are ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFET) based memory devices. These devices include aluminum scandium nitride (AlScN) as a ferroelectric dielectric and 2D chalcogenide semiconductors as a semiconductor channel in the transistor. The disclosed materials, devices and fabrication processes involved are compatible with back end of the line (BEOL) processing of a silicon based microchip and also compatible with silicon microprocessor fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Deep Jariwala, Roy H Olsson, III, Xiwen Liu, Eric Andrew Stach, Kwan-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12740487
    Abstract: A method of bonding substrates comprises depositing a fluorine-doped dielectric layer on a first substrate, exposing the fluorine-doped dielectric layer to a hydrogen-containing plasma, and directly bonding the fluorine-doped dielectric layer to a surface of a second substrate without the use of an intervening adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, Belgacem Haba, Rajesh Katkar, Oliver Zhao
  • Patent number: 12733212
    Abstract: A thin film transistor may be manufactured by forming a gate electrode in an insulating layer over a substrate, forming a gate dielectric over the gate electrode and the insulating layer, forming an active layer over the gate electrode, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting a respective portion of a top surface of the active layer. A surface oxygen concentration may be increased in at least one of the gate dielectric and the active layer by introducing oxygen atoms into a surface region of a respective one of the gate dielectric and the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Wu-Wei Tsai, Chun-Chieh Lu, Hai-Ching Chen, Yu-Ming Lin, Sai-Hooi Yeong
  • Patent number: 12727196
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes forming a bottom electrode layer over a substrate and forming a gate dielectric layer over the bottom electrode layer. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure also includes forming an active layer over the gate dielectric layer and forming an indium-containing feature vertically overlapping the bottom electrode layer. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure also includes forming a source/drain contact landing on the indium-containing feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Marcus Johannes Henricus Van Dal, Gerben Doornbos, Georgios Vellianitis, Mauricio Manfrini
  • Patent number: 12727230
    Abstract: A MOSFET device includes a semiconductor substrate, serving as a drain region, and an epitaxial region disposed on an upper surface of the substrate. The MOSFET device includes multiple body regions formed in the epitaxial region, and multiple source regions. The body regions are disposed near an upper surface of the epitaxial region and spaced laterally from one another, and each of the source regions is disposed in a corresponding one of the body regions near an upper surface of the body region. The MOSFET device includes a gate structure having multiple planar gates and a trench gate. Each of the planar gates is disposed on the upper surface of the epitaxial region overlapping a corresponding body region. The trench gate is formed partially through the epitaxial region and between the body regions, an upper surface of the trench gate being recessed below the upper surface of the epitaxial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuming Xu, Jian Wu, ChinFu Chen
  • Patent number: 12720828
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor film having a corundum-type crystal structure composed of ?-Ga2O3 or an ?-Ga2O3 solid solution, and an impurity concentration and/or a heterogeneous phase amount differ between a front surface and a rear surface of the semiconductor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Morimichi Watanabe, Hiroshi Fukui
  • Patent number: 12720998
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a functional layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. Moreover, the light-emitting element includes: a third electrode provided to the functional layer through a first insulating film; a fourth electrode provided to the functional layer through a second insulating film; a stress applying unit made of a piezoelectric material, and applying stress to the functional layer in response to application of a voltage from the third electrode and the fourth electrode; a power supply connected to the third electrode and the fourth electrode; a detecting unit detecting a condition of the functional layer; a storage unit storing predetermined threshold value information; and a control unit controlling the power supply in accordance with a result of the detection obtained from the detecting unit and the predetermined threshold information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaya Ueda
  • Patent number: 12713659
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer on the first conductive layer, an oxide semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer, and second and third conductive layers on the oxide semiconductive layer. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a first region, a second region in contact with the second conductive layer, a third region in contact with the third conductive layer, a first impurity region between the first region and the second region, and a second impurity region between the first region and the third region. The first impurity region is in contact with the second conductive layer. The second impurity region is in contact with the third conductive layer. An electrical conductivity of each of the first impurity region and the second impurity region is greater than an electrical conductivity of each of the second region and the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Hanada, Hajime Watakabe, Ryo Onodera
  • Patent number: 12707644
    Abstract: A memory device includes: a first layer stack and a second layer stack formed successively over a substrate, where each of the first and the second layer stacks includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a first dielectric material between the first and the second metal layers; a second dielectric material between the first and the second layer stacks; a gate electrode extending through the first and the second layer stacks, and through the second dielectric material; a ferroelectric material extending along and contacting a sidewall of the gate electrode; and a channel material, where a first portion and a second portion of the channel material extend along and contact a first sidewall of the first layer stack and a second sidewall of the second layer stack, respectively, where the first portion and the second portion of the channel material are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-I Wu, Yu-Ming Lin, Han-Jong Chia
  • Patent number: 12696658
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an auxiliary electrode are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a contact area between pixel areas. The auxiliary electrode is within the contact area. A planarization layer covering the auxiliary electrode includes an inclined surface overlapping with the contact area and an upper surface extending from the inclined surface. A connection electrode covering the inclined surface and the upper surface of the planarization layer is connected to the auxiliary electrode. A light-emitting device on each pixel area has first and second electrodes and a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer and the second electrode extends onto the connection electrode. The light-emitting layer exposes a portion of the connection electrode by a reflow pattern, and the second electrode is in contact with the portion of the connection electrode exposed by the light-emitting layer. Thus, a process of connecting the second electrode and the connection electrode may be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Il Chu, Min Joo Kim, Young Kyun Moon, Sang Hyuk Won, Seon Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12696477
    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: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Young Gwang Yoon
  • Patent number: 12690237
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor film which has more stable electric conductivity is provided. The oxide semiconductor film comprises a crystalline region. The oxide semiconductor film has a first peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.4 nm?1 and less than or equal to 0.7 nm?1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 3.3 nm?1 and less than or equal to 4.1 nm?1. The oxide semiconductor film has a second peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.45 nm?1 and less than or equal to 1.4 nm?1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 5.5 nm?1 and less than or equal to 7.1 nm?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masashi Tsubuku, Kengo Akimoto, Hiroki Ohara, Tatsuya Honda, Takatsugu Omata, Yusuke Nonaka, Masahiro Takahashi, Akiharu Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 12677446
    Abstract: A minute transistor is provided that includes a first insulator, a second insulator, a first, conductor, a second conductor, and third conductor, in which an angle is formed between a side surface of the first insulator and a top surface of the first conductor, and a length between the first conductor and a surface of the second conductor closest to the first conductor is at least greater than a length between the first conductor and the third conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Toriumi, Takashi Hamada, Tetsunori Maruyama, Yuki Imoto, Yuji Asano, Ryunosuke Honda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12677709
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to suppress reduction of noise resistance and parasitic oscillation in a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of semiconductor chips parallelly connected to each other; a source electrode; a first source pattern connected to the source electrode; a source sensing terminal; and a second source pattern connected to the source sensing terminal, wherein a surface of each of the semiconductor chips is connected to the first source pattern, a surface of a reference chip is connected to the second source pattern, a surface of at least one non-reference chip as the semiconductor chip other than the reference chip is not connected to the second source pattern, and a resistance value of a gate resistance of the reference chip is larger than a resistance value of a gate resistance of the non-reference chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12677409
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer, a gate electrode layer provided on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer provided on the gate electrode layer, an oxide semiconductor layer provided along the second insulating layer, the gate electrode layer and the first insulating layer, a gate insulating layer provided along the second insulating layer, the gate electrode layer and the first insulating layer, and surrounding a side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, and a first hydrogen barrier film surrounding the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuki Kikuchi, Keiko Sakuma, Shosuke Fujii