Patents by Inventor Chunhua Zhou

Chunhua Zhou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240372256
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a radiation element is provided, comprising: a basic radiation element and one or more bandwidth extension structures; wherein the one or more bandwidth extension structures are mounted on the basic radiation element to extend the operating bandwidth of the basic radiation element. The present disclosure has the following advantages: the radiation element according to the present disclosure has one or more bandwidth extension structures to extend the operating bandwidth of the basic radiation element, such that by combining the plurality of bandwidth extension structures and the basic radiation element, the radiation element may work well at bands beyond its original operating band, which eliminates the need of using a plurality of basic radiation elements due to different operating bandwidths as required, thereby saving costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: RFS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiankai Xu, Ke Chen, Chunhua Zhou, Jing Liu, Jihong Sun
  • Patent number: 12125844
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a nitride-based bidirectional switching device with substrate potential management capability. The device has a control node, a first power/load node, a second power/load node and a main substrate, and comprises: a nitride-based bilateral transistor and a substrate potential management circuit configured for managing a potential of the main substrate. By implementing the substrate potential management circuit, the substrate potential can be stabilized to a lower one of the potentials of the first source/drain and the second source/drain of the bilateral transistor no matter in which directions the bidirectional switching device is operated. Therefore, the bilateral transistor can be operated with a stable substrate potential for conducting current in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyue Zhao, Chunhua Zhou, Maolin Li, Wuhao Gao, Chao Yang, Guanshen Yang, Shaopeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12125845
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer and a first conductive structure. The second nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer. The first conductive structure is disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer. The first conductive structure functions as one of a drain and a source of a transistor and one of an anode and a cathode of a diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (ZHUHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang Liao, Chunhua Zhou
  • Patent number: 12108744
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for optimization design of an artificial reef structure. The method includes: arranging an artificial reef model to be tested on a test platform, testing a flow field to obtain flow field data and a pull force of an artificial reef, analyzing the flow field data to obtain a flow velocity reference point, and carrying out optimization analysis in combination with the flow field data and the pull force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guanglin Wu, Zhangfeng Yang, Hui Yang, Yan Tian, Yanli He, Zhenglin Tian, Jinbo Lin, Dongbin He, Huiling Zhang, Hongfei Mao, Chunhua Zeng, Yingchao Ma, Xiaofen Wang, Jintao Xu, Zhongbing Zhou
  • Patent number: 12087763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a nitride-based bidirectional switching device with substrate potential management capability. The device has a control node, a first power/load node, a second power/load node and a main substrate, and comprises: a nitride-based bilateral transistor and a substrate potential management circuit configured for managing a potential of the main substrate. By implementing the substrate potential management circuit, the substrate potential can be stabilized to a lower one of the potentials of the first source/drain and the second source/drain of the bilateral transistor no matter in which directions the bidirectional switching device is operated. Therefore, the bilateral transistor can be operated with a stable substrate potential for conducting current in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyue Zhao, Chunhua Zhou, Maolin Li, Wuhao Gao, Chao Yang, Guanshen Yang, Shaopeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12074159
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a nitride-based bidirectional switching device with substrate potential management capability. The device has a control node, a first power/load node, a second power/load node and a main substrate, and comprises: a nitride-based bilateral transistor and a substrate potential management circuit configured for managing a potential of the main substrate. By implementing the substrate potential management circuit, the substrate potential can be stabilized to a lower one of the potentials of the first source/drain and the second source/drain of the bilateral transistor no matter in which directions the bidirectional switching device is operated. Therefore, the bilateral transistor can be operated with a stable substrate potential for conducting current in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyue Zhao, Chunhua Zhou, Maolin Li, Wuhao Gao, Chao Yang, Guanshen Yang, Shaopeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12062653
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a nitride-based bidirectional switching device with substrate potential management capability. The device has a control node, a first power/load node, a second power/load node and a main substrate, and comprises: a nitride-based bilateral transistor and a substrate potential management circuit configured for managing a potential of the main substrate. By implementing the substrate potential management circuit, the substrate potential can be stabilized to a lower one of the potentials of the first source/drain and the second source/drain of the bilateral transistor no matter in which directions the bidirectional switching device is operated. Therefore, the bilateral transistor can be operated with a stable substrate potential for conducting current in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyue Zhao, Chunhua Zhou, Maolin Li, Wuhao Gao, Chao Yang, Guanshen Yang, Shaopeng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240243029
    Abstract: The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate, a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a gate structure and a temperature sensitive component. The first nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and has a bandgap greater than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The first electrode is disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer. The second electrode is disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer. The gate structure is disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer and between the first electrode and the second electrode. The temperature sensitive component is disposed external to a region between the gate structure and the first electrode along a first direction in parallel to an interface of the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: INNOSCIENCE (ZHUHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang LIAO, Qingyuan HE, Chunhua ZHOU
  • Patent number: 12040244
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes a semiconductor carrier, a first nitride-based chip, and first conformal connecting structures. The first nitride-based chip is disposed over the semiconductor carrier. The semiconductor carrier has a first planar surface. The first nitride-based chip has a second planar surface, first conductive pads, and first slanted surfaces. The first conductive pads are disposed in the second planar surface. The first slanted surfaces connect the second planar surface to the first planar surface. The first conformal connecting structures are disposed on the first planar surface and the first nitride-based chip. First obtuse angles are formed between the second planar surface and the first slanted surfaces. Each of the first conformal connecting structures covers one of the first slanted surfaces of the first nitride-based chip and one of the first obtuse angles and is electrically connected to the first conductive pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Cao, Lei Zhang, Yifeng Zhu, King Yuen Wong, Chunhua Zhou
  • Patent number: 12040394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having an improved gate leakage current. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer, positioned above the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer, positioned above the first nitride semiconductor layer and having an energy band gap greater than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer; a source contact and a drain contact, positioned above the second nitride semiconductor layer; a doped third nitride semiconductor layer, positioned above the second nitride semiconductor layer and between the drain contact and the source contact; and a gate electrode, positioned above the doped third nitride semiconductor layer, where the doped third nitride semiconductor layer has at least one protrusion extending along a direction substantially parallel to an interface between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer, thereby improving the gate leakage current phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (ZHUHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang Liao, Qiyue Zhao, Chang An Li, Chao Wang, Chunhua Zhou, King Yuen Wong
  • Patent number: 12038469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring an intermittent operating life (IOL) of a GaN-based device under test (DUT) is provided. The system is operable in a stressing mode, a cooling mode and a measure mode. A power regulation approach is adopted to ensure that DUT of the same thermal resistance have same temperature increase during the IOL test. The present invention eliminates the influence caused by parasitic parameters of testing circuits and the inconsistency of threshold voltage and drain-source resistance of the device itself. Through power regulation, it is the junction temperature of the device, not the housing temperature of the device, being directly controlled. Therefore, higher measurement accuracy can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Chen, Chunhua Zhou, Sichao Li, Rong Yang, Donghua Bai, Jiabiao Huang
  • Patent number: 11984666
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a radiation element and a bandwidth extension structure. The radiation element according to the present disclosure comprises: a basic radiation element and one or more bandwidth extension structures; wherein the one or more bandwidth extension structures are mounted on the basic radiation element to extend the operating bandwidth of the basic radiation element. The bandwidth extension structure according to the present disclosure is mounted on the basic radiation element to extend the operating band of the basic radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: RFS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiankai Xu, Ke Chen, Chunhua Zhou, Jing Liu, Jihong Sun
  • Patent number: 11972996
    Abstract: Semiconductor device structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate, a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a gate structure and a temperature sensitive component. The first nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and has a bandgap greater than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The first electrode, the second electrode and the gate structure are disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer. The temperature sensitive component is disposed external to a region between the gate structure and the first electrode along a first direction in parallel to an interface of the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (ZHUHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang Liao, Qingyuan He, Chunhua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11967519
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor device includes a substrate, semiconductor circuit layers, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and an interconnection layer. The semiconductor circuit layers are disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor circuit layers have device portions and isolating portions, and the isolating portions are located among the device portions. The first insulating layer is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers, and the second insulating layer is disposed on the first insulating layer, and the interconnection layer is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers. The interconnection layer penetrates the first and second insulating layers to electrically connect the device portions of the semiconductor circuit layers. The second insulating layer or the first and second insulating layers collectively form one or more isolating structures above the isolating portion of the semiconductor circuit layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Cao, Jianping Zhang, Lei Zhang, Weigang Yao, Chunhua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11967521
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor device includes a substrate, semiconductor circuit layers, an insulating material, and an interconnection layer. The semiconductor circuit layers are disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor circuit layers have device portions and isolating portions, and the isolating portions are located among the device portions. The insulating material is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers, and the interconnection layer is embedded in the insulating material and electrically connected to the semiconductor circuit layers. The isolating portions provide electrical isolation between adjacent device portions. The interconnection layer has circuits embedded in the insulating material on the device portions. The insulating material has isolating structures raised from top surfaces of the circuits on the device portion, and some of the semiconductor circuit layers form at least one heterojunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Cao, Jianping Zhang, Lei Zhang, Weigang Yao, Chunhua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240105812
    Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a first nitride-based semiconductor layer, a second nitride-based semiconductor layer, a third nitride-based semiconductor layer, a passivation layer, a gate insulator layer, and a gate electrode. The first nitride-based semiconductor layer includes at least two doped barrier regions defining an aperture between the doped barrier regions. The second nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed over first nitride-based semiconductor layer. The third nitride-based semiconductor layer is disposed on the second nitride-based semiconductor layer and has a bandgap higher than a bandgap of the second nitride-based semiconductor layer. The passivation layer is disposed over the third nitride-based semiconductor layer, in which a vertical projection of the passivation layer on the first nitride-based semiconductor layer is spaced apart from the aperture. The gate insulator layer is disposed over the third nitride-based semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chao YANG, Chunhua ZHOU, Yong LIU, Qiyue ZHAO, Jingyu SHEN
  • Publication number: 20240055509
    Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a first nitride-based semiconductor layer, a nitride-based multiple semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulator layer, and a source electrode. The first nitride-based semiconductor layer includes a drift region and at least two doped barrier regions defining an aperture in the drift region. The nitride-based multiple semiconductor layer structure is disposed over the first nitride-based semiconductor layer and has a first heterojunction and a second heterojunction which are separated from each other. The gate electrode is received by the nitride-based multiple semiconductor layer structure and vertically aligns with the aperture in the drift region. The gate insulator layer is disposed between the nitride-based multiple semiconductor layer structure and the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Chao YANG, Chunhua ZHOU, Qiyue ZHAO, Jingyu SHEN
  • Publication number: 20240014130
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor device includes a substrate, semiconductor circuit layers, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and an interconnection layer. The semiconductor circuit layers are disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor circuit layers have device portions and isolating portions, and the isolating portions are located among the device portions. The first insulating layer is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers, and the second insulating layer is disposed on the first insulating layer, and the interconnection layer is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers. The interconnection layer penetrates the first and second insulating layers to electrically connect the device portions of the semiconductor circuit layers. The second insulating layer or the first and second insulating layers collectively form one or more isolating structures above the isolating portion of the semiconductor circuit layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kai CAO, Jianping ZHANG, Lei ZHANG, Weigang YAO, Chunhua ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11862722
    Abstract: Semiconductor device structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate, a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, a barrier layer, a third nitride semiconductor layer and a gate structure. The first nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and has a bandgap greater than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The barrier layer is disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer and has a bandgap greater than that of the second nitride semiconductor layer. The third nitride semiconductor layer is doped with impurity and disposed on the barrier layer. The gate structure is disposed on the third nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Yang, Chunhua Zhou, Qiyue Zhao
  • Patent number: 11830786
    Abstract: A flip-chip semiconductor package with improved heat dissipation capability and low package profile is provided. The package comprises a heat sink having a plurality of heat dissipation fins and a plurality of heat dissipation leads. The heat dissipation leads are connected to a plurality of thermally conductive vias of a substrate so as to provide thermal conductivity path from the heatsink to the substrate as well as support the heatsink to relieve compressive stress applied to a semiconductor die by the heatsink. The package further comprises an encapsulation layer configured to cover the heat dissipation leads of the heat sink and expose the heat dissipation fins of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingyu Shen, Qiyue Zhao, Chunhua Zhou, Chao Yang, Weigang Yao, Baoli Wei