Patents Examined by Yu-Hsi D Sun
  • Patent number: 11749653
    Abstract: A vertical-wire package-in-package includes at least two memory-die stacks that form respective memory modules that are stacked vertically on a bond-wire board. Each memory die in the memory-die stack includes a vertical bond wire that emerges from a matrix for connection. The matrix encloses the memory-die stack, the spacer, and a redistribution layer. At least two memory modules are assembled in a vertical-wire package-in-package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hyoung Il Kim, Florence R. Pon, Yi Elyn Xu
  • Patent number: 11749646
    Abstract: A semiconductor package according to one embodiment comprises a substrate. A semiconductor chip is provided on the substrate. A resin layer is configured to cover the semiconductor chip on the substrate. A metal film is configured to cover a surface and side surfaces of the resin layer. The metal film is a laminated film including first to fourth metal layers. The first metal layer is configured to cover the resin layer. The second metal layer includes a first metal material that is different from a material of the first metal layer. The third metal layer includes an alloy of the first metal material forming the second metal layer and a second metal material different from the first metal material. The fourth metal layer is configured to cover the second or third metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Akihito Sawanobori
  • Patent number: 11735563
    Abstract: A microelectronic package includes a substrate having a first surface. A microelectronic element overlies the first surface. Electrically conductive elements are exposed at the first surface of the substrate, at least some of which are electrically connected to the microelectronic element. The package includes wire bonds having bases bonded to respective ones of the conductive elements and ends remote from the substrate and remote from the bases. The ends of the wire bonds are defined on tips of the wire bonds, and the wire bonds define respective first diameters between the bases and the tips thereof. The tips have at least one dimension that is smaller than the respective first diameters of the wire bonds. A dielectric encapsulation layer covers portions of the wire bonds, and unencapsulated portions of the wire bonds are defined by portions of the wire bonds, including the ends, are uncovered by the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Invensas LLC
    Inventors: Ellis Chau, Reynaldo Co, Roseann Alatorre, Philip Damberg, Wei-Shun Wang, Se Young Yang
  • Patent number: 11728216
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a gate structure disposed over the substrate and over a channel region of the semiconductor device, wherein the gate structure includes a gate stack and spacers disposed along sidewalls of the gate stack, the gate stack including a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode; a first metal layer disposed over the gate stack, wherein the first metal layer laterally contacts the spacers over the gate dielectric layer and the gate electrode; and a gate via disposed over the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chiang Tsai, Jhy-Huei Chen
  • Patent number: 11727869
    Abstract: An active matrix display where in one embodiment each cell comprises: a driving circuit for providing current to light emitting devices placed in the cell under the control of a data driver signal, a first light emitting device location connected to the driving circuit and a second light emitting device location connected in series to the first light emitting device location. A first thin-film transistor (TFT) is connected in parallel with the first light emitting device location and a second TFT is connected in parallel with the second light emitting device location, its gate node connected to the gate node of the first TFT. One terminal of a third TFT is connected to the gate nodes of the first and second TFTs and selectively connects a control signal to the first and second TFTs under the control of a scan driver signal. The control signal determines which of a first or second light emitting device placed in the cell emits light when the driving circuit provides current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, Sean Lord, Yu-Hsuan Li
  • Patent number: 11721660
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto, Takashi Yamada, Teruo Haibara, Ryo Oishi
  • Patent number: 11721686
    Abstract: A packaging method includes providing a substrate structure, including a core substrate, a plurality of first conductive pads at a first surface of the core substrate, and a plurality of packaging pads at a second surface of the core substrate; and packaging a plurality of semiconductor chips onto the substrate structure at the second surface of the core substrate, including forming a first metal wire to connect with a chip-contact pad of a semiconductor chip, and forming a molding compound on the second surface of the core substrate to encapsulate the plurality of semiconductor chips. One end of the first metal wire connects to the chip-contact pad, and another end of the first metal wire is exposed at the surface of the molding compound. The packaging method further includes forming a first metal pad on the surface of the molding compound to electrically connect with the first metal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Houde Zhou, Xinru Zeng
  • Patent number: 11711954
    Abstract: A flexible display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes at least one first pattern including a plurality of display elements configured to display an image and extending in a first direction. The display device also includes at least one second pattern extending in a second direction and overlapping at least a portion of the first pattern. The second pattern has a curved shape in the first direction and the second direction crosses the first direction. The first and second patterns form at least one cavity region defining a space therebetween and the first and second patterns form a mesh structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyungsoon Park, Minjae Jeong, Keumnam Kim, Sehyoung Cho, Jongho Hong
  • Patent number: 11710722
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a rigid flex circuit that has a first rigid region and a second rigid region that are electrically connected by a flexible portion. A first die is mounted to a first side of the first rigid region. A second die is mounted to a second side of the second rigid region. The first and second sides are on opposite sides of the rigid flex circuit. The flexible portion is bent to hold the first and second rigid regions in generally vertical alignment with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelvin Tan Aik Boo, Seng Kim Ye, Chin Hui Chong, Hong Wan Ng
  • Patent number: 11710744
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that is suitable for miniaturization and higher density is provided. A semiconductor device includes a first transistor over a semiconductor substrate, a second transistor including an oxide semiconductor over the first transistor, and a capacitor over the second transistor. The capacitor includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and an insulator. The second conductor covers a side surface of the first conductor with an insulator provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kiyoshi Kato, Masayuki Sakakura
  • Patent number: 11695056
    Abstract: A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a conductor tier comprising conductor material on a substrate. A stack is formed comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers above the conductor tier. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions having horizontally-elongated trenches there-between. Channel-material strings extend through the first tiers and the second tiers. Material of the first tiers is of different composition from that of the second tiers. A lowest of the first tiers is thicker than the first tiers there-above. The first-tier material is isotropically etched selectively relative to the second-tier material to form void-space in the first tiers. Conducting material is deposited into the trenches and into the void-space in the first tiers. The conducting material fills the void-space in the first tiers that are above the lowest first tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Hopkins
  • Patent number: 11683965
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first connection line in the display area, the first connection line comprising a first portion extending along a first column of the display area and in the first column, a third portion extending along a second column of the display area and in the second column, and a second portion connecting the first portion to the third portion; and a second connection line in the peripheral area and connected to the third portion of the first connection line and a data line in a third column of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinyeng Kang, Taewoo Kim, Taehoon Yang, Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11678590
    Abstract: A method for producing a hybrid structure, the hybrid structure including at least one structured Majorana material and at least one structured superconductive material arranged thereon includes producing, on a substrate, a first mask for structured application of the Majorana material and a further mask for structured growth of the at least one superconductive material, which are aligned relatively to one another, and applying the at least one structured superconductive material to the structured Majorana material with the aid of the further mask. The structured application of the Majorana material and of the at least one superconductive material takes place without interruption in an inert atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Schueffelgen, Daniel Rosenbach, Detlev Gruetzmacher, Thomas Schaepers
  • Patent number: 11664458
    Abstract: A vacuum channel transistor having a vertical gate-all-around (GAA) architecture provides high performance for high-frequency applications, and features a small footprint compared with existing planar devices. The GAA vacuum channel transistor features stacked, tapered source and drain regions that are formed by notching a doped silicon pillar using a lateral oxidation process. A temporary support structure is provided for the pillar during formation of the vacuum channel. Performance of the GAA vacuum channel transistor can be tuned by replacing air in the channel with other gases such as helium, neon, or argon. A threshold voltage of the GAA vacuum channel transistor can be adjusted by altering dopant concentrations of the silicon pillar from which the source and drain regions are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: John H. Zhang
  • Patent number: 11665970
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an MRAM device, the method including forming a first magnetic layer on a substrate; forming a first tunnel barrier layer on the first magnetic layer such that the first tunnel barrier layer includes a first metal oxide, the first metal oxide being formed by oxidizing a first metal layer at a first temperature; forming a second tunnel barrier layer on the first tunnel barrier layer such that the second tunnel barrier layer includes a second metal oxide, the second metal oxide being formed by oxidizing a second metal layer at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature; and forming a second magnetic layer on the second tunnel barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Whan-Kyun Kim, Deok-Hyeon Kang, Woo-Jin Kim, Woo-Chang Lim, Jun-Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11658170
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package structure includes a substrate, a first electronic component, an interlayer, a third electronic component and an encapsulant. The first electronic component is disposed on the substrate. The first electronic component has an upper surface and a lateral surface and a first edge between the upper surface and the lateral surface. The interlayer is on the upper surface of the first electronic component. The third electronic component is attached to the upper surface of the first electronic component via the interlayer. The encapsulant encapsulates the first electronic component and the interlayer. The interlayer does not contact the lateral surface of the first electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Tsung Chen, Li-Hua Tai, Paofa Wang
  • Patent number: 11658183
    Abstract: Metallization structures under a semiconductor device layer. A metallization structure in alignment with semiconductor fin may be on a side of the fin opposite a gate stack. Backside and/or frontside substrate processing techniques may be employed to form such metallization structures on a bottom of a semiconductor fin or between bottom portions of two adjacent fins. Such metallization structures may accompany interconnect metallization layers that are over a gate stack, for example to increase metallization layer density for a given number of semiconductor device layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron D. Lilak, Rishabh Mehandru, Patrick Morrow, Stephen M. Cea
  • Patent number: 11652154
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a metal gate transistor includes providing a substrate. An interlayer dielectric layer covers the substrate. A dummy gate is embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer. A high-k dielectric layer is disposed between the dummy gate and the substrate. Later, the dummy gate is removed to form a trench, and the high-k dielectric layer is exposed through the trench. After the dummy gate is removed, an ion implantation process is performed to implant fluoride ions into the high-k dielectric layer. Finally, after the ion implantation process, a metal gate is formed to fill in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhi-Cheng Lee, Wei-Jen Chen, Kai-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 11653527
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device, including a flexible substrate; pixels on the flexible substrate, the pixels including an organic emission layer; a pixel definition layer between the pixels, the pixel definition layer including openings; an encapsulation layer covering the pixels; and a conductive light shielding member on the encapsulation layer, the conductive light shielding member not overlapped with the pixels, and overlapped with the pixel definition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Jung Gun Nam, Byeong Hoon Cho, Mu Gyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11635484
    Abstract: It is disclosed to obtain a frequency transformed radiomap data set by applying a discrete frequency transform to an original radiomap data set. It is also disclosed to obtain a reconstructed radiomap data set by applying an inverse discrete frequency transform to a frequency transformed radiomap data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Jukka Talvitie, Elena-Simona Lohan