Patents by Inventor Fei Zhou

Fei 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).

  • Patent number: 11769707
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a fin heat-dissipation region on a substrate; a fin channel part on the fin heat-dissipation region, and an isolation structure on the substrate. A width of the fin channel part is smaller than a width of the fin heat-dissipation region. A top surface of the isolation structure is coplanar with a top surface of the fin heat-dissipation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation Please
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11770922
    Abstract: Semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate including a first region, a second region, and a third region, a first doped layer in the base substrate at the first region and a second doped layer in the base substrate at the third region, a first gate structure on the base substrate at the second region, a first dielectric layer on the base substrate, a first conductive layer on the first conductive layer and the second doped layer, a second conductive layer on a surface of the first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer on a contact region of the first gate structure. The second region is between the first region and the third region. The contact region is at a top of the first gate structure. A minimum distance between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer is greater than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230301077
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a doped single crystalline semiconductor material layer, a metal or metal alloy source contact layer located over a back side of the doped single crystalline semiconductor material layer, a dielectric isolation layer located over a front side of the doped single crystalline semiconductor material layer, an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over the dielectric isolation layer, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack and the dielectric isolation layer and at least partially through the doped single crystalline semiconductor material layer, a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel located within the memory opening, such that the vertical semiconductor channel vertically extends through the dielectric isolation layer and into the doped single crystalline semiconductor material layer, and a single crystalline semiconductor pedestal contacting the doped single crystalline semiconductor material l
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR, Raghuveer S. MAKALA, Masanori TSUTSUMI, Fei ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11749736
    Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures located in the memory opening and including a vertical semiconductor channel, a dielectric material liner laterally surrounding the vertical semiconductor channel, and a vertical stack of discrete memory elements laterally surrounding the dielectric material liner. A subset of the insulating layers a lower insulating sublayer, an upper insulating sublayer overlying the lower insulating sublayer, and a center insulating sublayer located between and in contact with the lower insulating sublayer and the upper insulating sublayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Xue Bai Pitner, Raghuveer S. Makala, Fei Zhou, Senaka Kanakamedala, Ramy Nashed Bassely Said
  • Patent number: 11742414
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; fins on the semiconductor substrate; an isolation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and between adjacent fins; and gate structures on sides of the isolation layer. The isolation layer has a top surface higher than top surfaces of the fins and passes through the fins along a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the fins and in parallel with a surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, SMIC New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11728400
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate, an isolation layer formed on the fins and with a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the fins, and a first channel layer formed on the isolation layer and isolated from the isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, SMIC New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11719994
    Abstract: A miniaturized PPKTP crystal-based entanglement source system using multi-mode reception is provided, which includes a pump light source, a pump light transmission module, an entanglement device, a first collection device, and a second collection device. In the entanglement source system, entangled lights are received by using multi-mode optical fibers, and an entangled light processing scheme of combining a temporal filtering technology and a spatial filtering technology is applied into a collecting device at one side of the entanglement source system, to form asymmetric device structures in the entanglement source system, to enable multi-mode reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: JINAN INSTITUTE OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230241212
    Abstract: Provided is a bispecific chimeric antigen receptor targeting CD19 and CD22, which comprises extracellular antigen binding domains of heavy-chain variable regions and light-chain variable regions of anti-CD19 and anti-CD22 antibodies. Further provided is a bispecific CAR-T cell targeting CD19 and CD22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Nanjing IASO Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongkun Yang, Guang Hu, Taochao Tan, Zhenyu Dai, Panpan Niu, Guangrong Meng, Wei Cheng, Xiangyin Jia, Jialu Mo, Wen Wang, Bailu Xie, Junfeng Yang, Fei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230223267
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal includes providing a structure a process chamber, and providing a metal fluoride gas and a growth-suppressant gas into the process chamber to deposit the metal over the structure. The metal may comprise a word line or another conductor of a three-dimensional memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Rahul SHARANGPANI, Fei ZHOU, Raghuveer S. MAKALA, Yujin TERASAWA, Naoki TAKEGUCHI, Kensuke YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230223248
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal includes providing a structure a process chamber, and providing a metal fluoride gas and a growth-suppressant gas into the process chamber to deposit the metal over the structure. The metal may comprise a word line or another conductor of a three-dimensional memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Fei ZHOU, Rahul SHARANGPANI, Raghuveer S. MAKALA, Yujin TERASAWA, Naoki TAKEGUCHI, Kensuke YAMAGUCHI, Masaaki HIGASHITANI
  • Publication number: 20230223266
    Abstract: A method of depositing a metal includes providing a structure a process chamber, and providing a metal fluoride gas and a growth-suppressant gas into the process chamber to deposit the metal over the structure. The metal may comprise a word line or another conductor of a three-dimensional memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Fei ZHOU, Rahul SHARANGPANI, Raghuveer S. MAKALA, Yujin TERASAWA, Naoki TAKEGUCHI, Kensuke YAMAGUCHI, Masaaki HIGASHITANI
  • Publication number: 20230194955
    Abstract: A miniaturized PPKTP crystal-based entanglement source system using multi-mode reception is provided, which includes a pump light source, a pump light transmission module, an entanglement device, a first collection device, and a second collection device. In the entanglement source system, entangled lights are received by using multi-mode optical fibers, and an entangled light processing scheme of combining a temporal filtering technology and a spatial filtering technology is applied into a collecting device at one side of the entanglement source system, to form asymmetric device structures in the entanglement source system, to enable multi-mode reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Fei ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11682725
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate; a first well region and a second well region in the base substrate; a gate electrode structure, sidewall spacers, a doped source layer and a doped drain layer over the base substrate; a dielectric layer on the base substrate; and an isolation layer in the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer covers sidewalls of the sidewall spacers, the doped source layer and the doped drain layer, and exposes a top surface of the gate electrode structure. The isolation layer is in the gate electrode structure of the second well region and the base substrate of the second well region, and adjacent to the sidewalls of the sidewall spacer over the second well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230179131
    Abstract: A temperature prediction method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining a loss of a motor based on information about a motor controller, where the loss of the motor includes a first loss and a second loss, and the first loss is a loss generated by a fundamental wave component of a current of the motor (S210); and determining temperature of the motor based on the loss of the motor and a temperature prediction model (S220). According to the method, precision of temperature prediction of the motor can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jiangang Wang, Fei Zhou, Tenghui Dong, Chong Zhu, Xi Zhang, Quanming Li, Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20230171957
    Abstract: A method of forming a memory device includes forming an alternating stack of disposable material layers and silicon nitride layers over a substrate, forming a memory opening through the alternating stack, forming a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel in the memory opening, where the memory film includes a continuous silicon nitride charge storage material layer and a tunneling dielectric layer, forming a backside trench through the alternating stack, forming laterally-extending cavities by removing the disposable material layers selective to the silicon nitride layers through the backside trench, oxidizing portions of the silicon nitride layers and the continuous silicon nitride charge storage material layer exposed in the laterally-extending cavities to form silicon oxide insulating layers and to separate the continuous silicon nitride charge storage material layer into a vertical stack of discrete silicon nitride charge storage material portions, and replacing remaining portions of the silicon
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Fei ZHOU, Raghuveer S. MAKALA
  • Patent number: 11658076
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. An exemplary semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region. The first region includes a first middle region and a first edge region adjacent to and surrounding the first middle region; and a surface of the first middle region of the semiconductor substrate is higher than a surface of the first edge region of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of first fins discretely formed on the first middle region of the semiconductor substrate; and an isolation structure formed on the first middle region of the semiconductor substrate and the first edge region of the semiconductor substrate and covering portions of sidewall surfaces of the first fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230157013
    Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, etch stop plates located in the staircase region, laterally and vertically spaced apart among one another, and overlying an end portion of a respective one of the electrically conductive layers, and contact via structures located in a staircase region, vertically extending through a respective one of the etch stop plates, and contacting a respective one of the electrically conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR, Raghuveer S. MAKALA, Fei ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11646236
    Abstract: Semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate including a first device region, a second device region, and a transition region separating the first region from the second region. A first work function layer is formed on the base substrate in the second region. A second work function layer is formed on the base substrate in the first region and the transition region, and on the first work function layer in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230128682
    Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and including a vertical semiconductor channel and a memory film. The memory film includes a memory material layer having a straight inner cylindrical sidewall that vertically extends through a plurality of electrically conductive layers within the alternating stack without lateral undulation and a laterally-undulating outer sidewall having outward lateral protrusions at levels of the plurality of electrically conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kartik SONDHI, Raghuveer S. MAKALA, Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR, Rahul SHARANGPANI, Fei ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230118901
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided in the present disclosure. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of fins formed on the substrate, a dummy gate structure formed across the plurality of fins and on the substrate, a first sidewall spacer formed on a sidewall of the dummy gate structure, an interlayer dielectric layer formed on a surface portion of each fin adjacent to the first sidewall spacer to cover a lower portion of a sidewall of the first sidewall spacer, and a second sidewall spacer formed on a top of the interlayer dielectric layer and covering a remaining portion of the sidewall of the first sidewall spacer. The top of the second sidewall spacer is coplanar with a top of the first sidewall spacer and the top of the dummy gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Fei ZHOU