Patents Examined by Younes Boulghassoul
  • Patent number: 12289958
    Abstract: Provided is an OLED display panel fabricated on a hybrid substrate. The hybrid substrate includes a single-crystal silicon substrate and a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate built on the single-crystal silicon substrate. The display panel includes an OLED pixel array and a row scanning circuit and a data input circuit. The OLED pixel includes SOI switching transistor and SOI driving transistor, fabricated on the SOI substrate. The row scanning circuit and the data input circuit are fabricated on the single crystal silicon substrate. This arrangement allows low voltage driving CMOS circuit and high voltage driving OLED pixels integrated together on one hybrid substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SEEYA OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongshou Huang
  • Patent number: 12288764
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of making an electronic device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various methods of making electronic devices, and electronic devices manufactured thereby, that comprise utilizing a compressed interconnection structure (e.g., a compressed solder ball, etc.) in an encapsulating process to form an aperture in an encapsulant. The compressed interconnection structure may then be reformed in the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Gyu Wan Han, Jin Seong Kim, Byong Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 12288738
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device package and/or a method of fabricating the semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package may include a semiconductor device including a plurality of electrode pads on an upper surface of the semiconductor device, a lead frame including a plurality of conductive members bonded to the plurality of electrode pads, and a mold between the plurality of conductive members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younghwan Park, Jongseob Kim, Jaejoon Oh, Soogine Chong, Sunkyu Hwang
  • Patent number: 12283543
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die and a plurality of conductive patterns. The die includes a device. The conductive patterns are disposed over the device, wherein the conductive patterns are electrically connected to one another to form a first coil and a second coil surrounding the first coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Hsien-Wei Chen, Ming-Fa Chen
  • Patent number: 12278167
    Abstract: A die includes: a semiconductor substrate having a front side and an opposing back side; a dielectric structure including a substrate oxide layer disposed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate and interlayer dielectric (ILD) layers disposed on the substrate oxide layer; an interconnect structure disposed in the dielectric structure; a through-silicon via (TSV) structure extending in a vertical direction from the back side of the semiconductor substrate through the front side of the semiconductor substrate, such that a first end of the TSV structure is disposed in the interconnect structure; and a TSV barrier structure including a barrier line that contacts the first end of the TSV structure, and a first seal ring disposed in the substrate oxide layer and that surrounds the TSV structure in a lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Jen-Yuan Chang, Chia-Ping Lai, Shih-Chang Chen, Tzu-Chung Tsai, Chien-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: 12278185
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) package includes constructing a first power distribution structure on a first die included in the IC package, thereby electrically connecting the first power distribution structure to a second power distribution structure positioned on a back side of the first die, and bonding a third power distribution structure to the first power distribution structure, the third power distribution structure being positioned on a back side of a second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Peng, Te-Hsin Chiu, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 12278265
    Abstract: A method for fabricating minimal fin length includes the steps of first forming a fin-shaped structure extending along a first direction on a substrate, forming a first single-diffusion break (SDB) trench and a second SDB trench extending along a second direction to divide the fin-shaped structure into a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and then performing a fin-cut process to remove the first portion and the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Heng Liu, Chia-Wei Huang, Hsin-Jen Yu, Yung-Feng Cheng, Ming-Jui Chen
  • Patent number: 12278271
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a peripheral region, a first active pattern on the peripheral region, the first active pattern having an upper portion including first semiconductor patterns and second semiconductor patterns, which are alternately stacked, a first gate electrode intersecting the first active pattern, a pair of first source/drain patterns provided at both sides of the first gate electrode, respectively, a first capping layer on the first active pattern, a second capping layer on the first capping layer, and a first gate insulating layer between the second capping layer and the first gate electrode. The first capping layer is between a sidewall of the first active pattern and the second capping layer. A concentration of germanium (Ge) of the first capping layer is greater than a concentration of germanium of the second capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dahye Kim, Jinbum Kim, Jaemun Kim, Sangmoon Lee, Seung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 12278187
    Abstract: An integrated structure according to a preferred embodiment may include a silicon or silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a conductive layer spaced apart from the substrate and including a metal or a metal compound, and a diffusion barrier layer provided therebetween. The substrate and the diffusion barrier layer may directly contact and form a van der Waals junction. Since the diffusion barrier layer may block diffusion of metal atoms into the substrate lattice by blocking movement of materials (atoms) between the substrate and the conductive layer and may also control injection of holes from the conductive layer toward the substrate, defects at the metal-semiconductor interface may be controlled to overcome the limitations of ultra-fine and highly integrated semiconductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Hong Park, Do Hyeon Lee, Su Yeon Cho
  • Patent number: 12272634
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a source/drain (S/D) region, one or more dielectric layers over the S/D region, one or more semiconductor channel layers connected to the S/D region, an isolation structure under the S/D region and the one or more semiconductor channel layers, and a via under the S/D region and electrically connected to the S/D region. A lower portion of the via is surrounded by the isolation structure and an upper portion of the via extends vertically between the S/D region and the isolation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Chen, Huan-Chieh Su, Cheng-Chi Chuang, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12272556
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In an embodiment a metal layer is formed over a substrate using a fluorine-free deposition process, a nucleation layer is formed over the metal layer using a fluorine included deposition process, and a fill material is formed to fill an opening and form a gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Shiung Tsai, Chung-Chiang Wu, Wei-Fan Liao, Han-Ti Hsiaw
  • Patent number: 12266565
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip comprises a dielectric layer over a substrate. A first metal feature is over the dielectric layer. A second metal feature is over the dielectric layer and is laterally adjacent to the first metal feature. A first dielectric liner segment extends laterally between the first metal feature and the second metal feature along an upper surface of the dielectric layer. The first dielectric liner segment extends continuously from along the upper surface of the dielectric layer, to along a sidewall of the first metal feature that faces the second metal feature, and to along a sidewall of the second metal feature that faces the first metal feature. A first cavity is laterally between sidewalls of the first dielectric liner segment and is above an upper surface of the first dielectric liner segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsi-Wen Tien, Chung-Ju Lee, Chih Wei Lu, Hsin-Chieh Yao, Shau-Lin Shue, Yu-Teng Dai, Wei-Hao Liao
  • Patent number: 12261201
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprising a first fin pattern and a second fin pattern which are separated by a first isolation trench and extend in a first direction, a third fin pattern which is spaced apart from the first fin pattern in a second direction intersecting the first direction and extends in the first direction, a fourth fin pattern which is separated from the third fin pattern by a second isolation trench, a first gate structure which intersects the first fin pattern and has a portion extending along an upper surface of the first fin pattern, a second gate structure which intersects the second fin pattern and has a portion extending along an upper surface of the second fin pattern and a first element isolation structure which fills the second isolation trench and faces a short side of the first gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Hun Kim, Jae Seok Yang, Hae Wang Lee
  • Patent number: 12261042
    Abstract: A method includes forming a silicon layer on a wafer, forming an oxide layer in contact with the silicon layer, and, after the oxide layer is formed, annealing the wafer in an environment comprising ammonia (NH3) to form a dielectric barrier layer between, and in contact with, the silicon layer and the oxide layer. The dielectric barrier layer comprises silicon and nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Yi Kao, Chung-Chi Ko
  • Patent number: 12262549
    Abstract: A method of forming a comb-shaped transistor device is provided. The method includes forming a stack of alternating sacrificial spacer segments and channel segments on a substrate. The method further includes forming channel sidewalls on opposite sides of the stack of alternating sacrificial spacer segments and channel segments, and dividing the stack of alternating sacrificial spacer segments and channel segments into alternating sacrificial spacer slabs and channel slabs, wherein the channel slabs and channel sidewalls form a pair of comb-like structures. The method further includes trimming the sacrificial spacer slabs and channel slabs to form a nanosheet column of sacrificial plates and channel plates, and forming source/drains on opposite sides of the sacrificial plates and channel plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 12262607
    Abstract: A stretchable display panel has a plurality of island regions and a plurality of bridge regions. The island regions are arranged in an array. Every two adjacent island regions are connected with a bridge region in the bridge regions therebetween. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels and a plurality of signal line groups. At least one sub-pixel is provided in each island region. The signal line groups are located in a same conductive layer. Each signal line group extends along bridge regions to island regions that are connected to the bridge regions. The signal line group includes a plurality of signal lines arranged in parallel and at intervals. Each signal line is electrically connected to sub-pixels in the island regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Yang, Jianchao Zhu, Bo Wang, Jingquan Wang
  • Patent number: 12255255
    Abstract: A device includes a first fin and a second fin extending from a substrate, the first fin including a first recess and the second fin including a second recess, an isolation region surrounding the first fin and surrounding the second fin, a gate stack over the first fin and the second fin, and a source/drain region in the first recess and in the second recess, the source/drain region adjacent the gate stack, wherein the source/drain region includes a bottom surface extending from the first fin to the second fin, wherein a first portion of the bottom surface that is below a first height above the isolation region has a first slope, and wherein a second portion of the bottom surface that is above the first height has a second slope that is greater than the first slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Min Liu, Li-Li Su, Yee-Chia Yeo
  • Patent number: 12255148
    Abstract: An IC package includes a first die including a front side and a back side, the front side including a first signal routing structure, the back side including a first power distribution structure, and a second die including a front side and a back side, the front side including a second signal routing structure, the back side including a second power distribution structure. The IC package includes a third power distribution structure positioned between the first and second power distribution structures and electrically connected to each of the first and second power distribution structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Peng, Te-Hsin Chiu, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 12249601
    Abstract: An IC device includes a transistor including a gate structure between first and second active areas, a first S/D metal portion overlying the first active area, and a second S/D metal portion overlying the second active area. A load resistor including a third S/D metal portion is positioned on a dielectric layer and in a same layer as the first and second S/D metal portions. A first via overlies the first S/D metal portion, second and third vias overlie the third S/D metal portion, and a first conductive structure is configured to electrically connect the first via to the second via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Zeng Kang, Wen-Shen Chou, Yung-Chow Peng
  • Patent number: 12243748
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a fin protruding above a substrate; forming isolation regions on opposing sides of the fin; forming a dummy gate over the fin; reducing a thickness of a lower portion of the dummy gate proximate to the isolation regions, where after reducing the thickness, a distance between opposing sidewalls of the lower portion of the dummy gate decreases as the dummy gate extends toward the isolation regions; after reducing the thickness, forming a gate fill material along at least the opposing sidewalls of the lower portion of the dummy gate; forming gate spacers along sidewalls of the dummy gate and along sidewalls of the gate fill material; and replacing the dummy gate with a metal gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chih-Han Lin, Ming-Ching Chang, Chao-Cheng Chen