Patents Examined by Younes Boulghassoul
  • Patent number: 12014986
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a semiconductor device structure. The method includes preparing a substrate having a pattern-dense region and a pattern-loose region; forming a first conductive layer disposed over the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer disposed over the first conductive layer; etching the first dielectric layer to form a first opening and a second opening exposing the first conductive layer; forming a first lining layer and a first conductive plug in the first opening and a second conductive plug in the second opening, wherein the first lining layer comprises manganese (Mn), the first conductive plug comprises copper (Cu), and the first conductive plug and the second plug are surrounded by the first lining layer; and forming a second conductive layer over the first dielectric layer, the first lining layer and the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises copper (Cu).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chin-Te Kuo
  • Patent number: 12009408
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes channel members vertically stacked over a substrate, a gate structure engaging the channel members, a gate spacer layer disposed on sidewalls of the gate structure, an epitaxial feature abutting the channel members, an inner spacer layer interposing the gate structure and the epitaxial feature, and a semiconductor layer interposing the inner spacer layer and the epitaxial feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Ju Lee, Chun-Fu Cheng, Chung-Wei Wu, Zhiqiang Wu
  • Patent number: 12010830
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The method includes: a semiconductor base which has a substrate and a first oxide material layer arranged on the substrate is provided. Pattern etching is performed on the first oxide material layer, to remove the first oxide material layer in the second region and that in a part of the first region, and the remaining first oxide material layer forms oxide line structures on both sides of each bit line structure; a second material is backfilled, to form an isolation line structure in the first region and a dummy isolation structure in the second region; remove the oxide line structures are removed, the bit line structures and the isolation line structures on both sides jointly form through hole structures exposing the substrate; and a conductive material layer is formed in the through hole structures to form the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenli Chen, Ming-Pu Tsai
  • Patent number: 12009308
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip according to an embodiment includes a body portion with a front surface and a rear surface, the body portion being oriented in such a way that the rear surface is above the front surface, first and second through electrodes penetrating the body portion with protrusions that protrude above the rear surface of the body portion, a wiring portion formed under the front surface of the body portion, a power pattern formed over the rear surface of the body portion and spaced apart from the protrusions, an interlayer insulating layer filling spaces between the power pattern and the protrusions, and first and second rear connection electrodes formed over the interlayer insulating layer and respectively connected to the first and second through electrodes, wherein the first rear connection electrode is simultaneously connected to the first through electrode and a part of the power pattern that is adjacent to the first through electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ho Young Son
  • Patent number: 12009274
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes; a wiring structure including signal wiring and heat transfer wiring, an active chip on the wiring structure, a signal terminal disposed between the wiring structure and the active chip, a first heat transferring terminal disposed between the wiring structure and the active chip and connected to the heat transfer wiring, a passive chip on the wiring structure, a second heat transferring terminal disposed between the wiring structure and the passive chip and connected to the heat transfer wiring, and a heat spreader on the passive chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eungkyu Kim, Kyounglim Suk
  • Patent number: 12009300
    Abstract: A wiring structure includes first to third metal patterns on a substrate. The first metal pattern extends in a second direction and has a first width in a third direction. The second metal pattern extends in the third direction to cross the first metal pattern and have a second width in the second direction. The third metal pattern is connected to the first and second metal patterns at an area where the first and second metal patterns cross each other, and has a substantially rectangular shape with concave portions in each quadrant. The third metal pattern has a third width defined as a minimum distance between opposite ones of the concave portions in a fourth direction having an acute angle to the second and third directions, which is less or equal to than a smaller of the first and second widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonggil Lee, Sukhoon Kim, Sungmyong Park, Chanyang Lee, Honyun Park
  • Patent number: 12002766
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having fin structures. The substrate includes a material having a substrate thermal expansion coefficient. The semiconductor structure also includes an isolation structure between the fin structures. The isolation structure includes a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material. The first dielectric material has a first thermal expansion coefficient and the second dielectric material has a second thermal expansion coefficient. The substrate thermal expansion coefficient is in between the first thermal expansion coefficient and the second thermal expansion coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Sheng Huang, Ryan Chia-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 12002686
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first adhesive layer, a first semiconductor chip, and a second adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is provided above a first surface of the substrate and includes a plurality of types of resins having different molecular weights and a filler. The first semiconductor chip is provided above the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is provided in at least a part of a first region between the substrate and the first adhesive layer, and the second adhesive layer includes at least one type of resins among the plurality of types of resins having a molecular weight smaller than a molecular weight of other types of resins among the plurality of types of resins, and a filler having a lower concentration than that of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsukiyama, Satoru Takaku, Yuki Sugo, Ayana Amano
  • Patent number: 11996317
    Abstract: A method includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form a trench and a semiconductor strip. A sidewall of the semiconductor strip is exposed to the trench. The method further includes depositing a silicon-containing layer extending into the trench, wherein the silicon-containing layer extends on the sidewall of the semiconductor strip, filling the trench with a dielectric material, wherein the dielectric material is on a sidewall of the silicon-containing layer, and oxidizing the silicon-containing layer to form a liner. The liner comprises oxidized silicon. The liner and the dielectric material form parts of an isolation region. The isolation region is recessed, so that a portion of the semiconductor strip protrudes higher than a top surface of the isolation region and forms a semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Kai Hsiao, Han-De Chen, Tsai-Yu Huang, Huicheng Chang, Yee-Chia Yeo
  • Patent number: 11990498
    Abstract: A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device embedded with micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) components in a MEMS region. The MEMS components, for example, are infrared (IR) thermoconforms. The device is encapsulated with a CMOS compatible IR transparent cap to hermetically seal the MEMS sensors in the MEMS region. The CMOS cap includes a base cap with release openings and a seal cap which seals the release openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Meridian Innovation Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Wan Chia Ang, Piotr Kropelnicki, Ilker Ender Ocak, Paul Simon Pontin
  • Patent number: 11984355
    Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor structure including a dielectric layer having an opening exposing a top surface of a metal layer. A bottom via is selectively deposited in the opening and over the metal layer. A barrier layer is deposited over the bottom via and in contact with the dielectric layer at a sidewall of the opening. A top via is formed in the opening, in contact with the barrier layer, and over the bottom via. The top via is separated from the dielectric layer by the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Kuan Ho, Chia-Tien Wu
  • Patent number: 11980063
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The non-display area includes a blocking region. An organic layer is disposed on the substrate. An emission layer is disposed in the display area of the substrate. An auxiliary pattern is disposed in the blocking region of the non-display area of the substrate. A thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the substrate and overlaps the emission layer and the blocking region. The organic layer has a groove penetrating an entire thickness of the organic layer in the blocking region. The auxiliary pattern overlaps the groove. The auxiliary pattern includes a same material as a gate electrode disposed in the display area of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hoon Kim, Deuk Jong Kim, Jae Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 11973109
    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 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Hun Kim, Jae Seok Yang, Hae Wang Lee
  • Patent number: 11972974
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a transistor, a source/drain contact, a metal oxide layer, a non-metal oxide layer, a barrier structure, and a via. The transistor includes a gate structure and source/drain regions on opposite sides of the gate structure. The source/drain contact is over one of the source/drain regions. The metal oxide layer is over the source/drain contact. The non-metal oxide layer is over the metal oxide layer. The barrier structure is over the source/drain contact. The barrier structure forms a first interface with the metal oxide layer and a second interface with the non-metal oxide layer, and the second interface is laterally offset from the first interface. The via extends through the non-metal oxide layer to the barrier structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Li Wang, Shuen-Shin Liang, Yu-Yun Peng, Fang-Wei Lee, Chia-Hung Chu, Mrunal Abhijith Khaderbad, Keng-Chu Lin
  • Patent number: 11967540
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include a first substrate coupled to a first die, a second substrate coupled to a second die, and a spacer included within a perimeter of the first substrate and within a perimeter of a second substrate, the spacer coupled between the first die and the second die, the spacer include a junction cooling pipe therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Seungwon Im, Oseob Jeon, Byoungok Lee, Yoonsoo Lee, Joonseo Son, Dukyong Lee, Changyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11955510
    Abstract: A capacitor structure includes at least one first layer and at least one second layer that are alternately stacked. The at least one first layer includes first electrodes and second electrodes alternately arranged in a first direction, and the at least one second layer includes third electrodes and fourth electrodes alternately arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the third electrodes and the fourth electrodes being electrically connected to the first electrodes and the second electrodes. Each of the first electrodes and the second electrodes includes a base portion and branch portions protruding from the base portion, and the third electrodes and the fourth electrodes are arranged side by side to correspond to the branch portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeokki Hong, Cheheung Kim, Sungchan Kang, Yongseop Yoon, Choongho Rhee
  • Patent number: 11955535
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes an active region including a channel region and a source/drain region adjacent the channel region, a gate structure over the channel region of the active region, a source/drain contact over the source/drain region, a dielectric feature over the gate structure and including a lower portion adjacent the gate structure and an upper portion away from the gate structure, and an air gap disposed between the gate structure and the source/drain contact. A first width of the upper portion of the dielectric feature along a first direction is greater than a second width of the lower portion of the dielectric feature along the first direction. The air gap is disposed below the upper portion of the dielectric feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Chang, Lin-Yu Huang, Sheng-Tsung Wang, Cheng-Chi Chuang, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11955532
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate comprising an N well region having a semiconductor fin protruding therefrom. A trench isolation layer is on the semiconductor substrate around the semiconductor fin, wherein the semiconductor fin extends above the trench isolation layer. A gate dielectric layer is over the semiconductor fin. A conductive layer is over the gate dielectric layer over the semiconductor fin, the conductive layer comprising titanium, nitrogen and oxygen. A P-type metal gate layer is over the conductive layer over the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Leib, Jenny Hu, Anindya Dasgupta, Michael L. Hattendorf, Christopher P. Auth
  • Patent number: 11942426
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a first dielectric layer comprising a first conductive metal feature embedded in the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer including a second conductive metal feature embedded in the second dielectric layer, the second conductive metal feature is above and directly contacts the first conductive metal feature, and an interface between the second conductive metal feature and the second dielectric layer includes a repeating scallop shape along its entire length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Son Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami, Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan
  • Patent number: 11937440
    Abstract: The present invention may provide an organic electroluminescent device which exhibits low driving voltage as well as high efficiency by including an electron transporting layer material having an improved electron transporting ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SOLUS ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Ie Han, Min Sik Eum, Jae Yi Sim, Yong Hwan Lee, Woo Jae Park, Tae Hyung Kim