Patents by Inventor Huilong Zhu

Huilong Zhu 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: 20220102559
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include: a substrate; an active region extending vertically on the substrate, wherein the active region includes a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer that are sequentially stacked; a gate stack formed around at least part of an outer peripheral sidewall of the channel layer. A sidewall of the gate stack close to the channel layer is aligned with the outer peripheral sidewall of the channel layer, so as to occupy substantially a same range in a vertical direction, and a part of the gate stack close to the channel layer has a shape that gradually tapers as getting close to the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Huilong ZHU, Chen LI, Yongkui ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11289499
    Abstract: A memory device may include first and second pillar-shaped active regions formed on a substrate and extending upward. The first and second active regions are arranged in a first array and a second array, respectively. Each of the first active regions comprises alternatively stacked source/drain layers and channel layers, wherein the channel layers of the respective first active regions at a corresponding level are substantially coplanar with each other, and the source/drain layers of the respective first active regions at a corresponding level are substantially coplanar with each other. Each of the second active regions comprises an active semiconductor layer extending integrally. The memory device may include multiple layers of first storage gate stacks surrounding peripheries of and being substantially coplanar with the respective levels of the channel layers, and multiple layers of second storage gate stacks which surround peripheries of the respective second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220085043
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same, an integrated circuit, and an electronic apparatus. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an active region on the substrate, the active region includes a first source and drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source and drain layer sequentially stacked on the substrate; a gate stack formed around an outer periphery of the channel layer; and an intermediate dielectric layer and a second conductive layer around an outer periphery of the gate stack and an outer periphery of the active region. The device and method provided by the present disclosure are used to solve the technical problem that the performances of the vertical device in the related art need to be improved. A semiconductor device with better performances is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Weixing Huang, Kunpeng Jia
  • Patent number: 11276769
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include: forming a fin-shaped structure on a substrate; forming a supporting layer on the substrate having the fin-shaped structure formed thereon, and patterning the supporting layer into a supporting portion extending from a surface of the substrate to a surface of the fin-shaped structure and thus physically connecting them; removing a portion of the fin-shaped structure close to the substrate to form a first semiconductor layer spaced apart from the substrate; growing a second semiconductor layer with the first semiconductor layer as a seed layer; and in at least a fraction of the longitudinal extent, removing the first semiconductor layer, and cutting off the second semiconductor layer on sides of the first semiconductor layer away from the substrate and close to the substrate, respectively, so that the cut-off second semiconductor layer acts as a fin of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220073283
    Abstract: A frictional force monitoring system for middle troughs of a scraper conveyor, comprising a scraper conveyor system and a sensing detection system. The scraper conveyor system consists of a machine body, middle troughs, thrust lugs, scrapers, a double chain, a sprocket, a speed reducer, an electric motor and a frequency converter. The sensing monitoring system consists of force receiving modules, a three-dimensional force sensor, and a pre-embedded temperature sensor. The frictional force monitoring system is able to monitor impact loads, frictional forces, friction coefficients, temperature, etc. between an annular chain, coal bulk, and middle troughs of the scraper conveyor under complex and severe operating conditions, and to provide the technical means for the design, safety early-warning and health evaluation of the scraper conveyor, and can provide a data basis for studying friction wear and fatigue breaking mechanism of middle troughs of a scraper machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Dagang WANG, Ruixin WANG, Zhencai ZHU, Huilong ZHU, Gang SHEN, Xiang LI, Yu TANG
  • Patent number: 11251184
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes: a substrate; fins formed on the substrate and extending in a first direction; gate stacks formed on the substrate and each extending in a second direction crossing the first direction to intersect at least one of the fins, and dummy gates composed of a dielectric and extending in the second direction; spacers formed on sidewalls of the gate stacks and the dummy gates; and dielectric disposed between first and second ones of the gate stacks in the second direction to electrically isolate the first and second gate stacks. The dielectric is disposed in a space surrounded by respective spacers of the first and second gate stacks which extend integrally. At least a portion of an interval between the first and second gate stacks in the second direction is less than a line interval achievable by lithography in a process of manufacturing the semiconductor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Yanbo Zhang, Huicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 11251183
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes: a substrate; fins formed on the substrate and extending in a first direction; gate stacks formed on the substrate and each extending in a second direction crossing the first direction to intersect at least one of the fins, and dummy gates composed of a dielectric and extending in the second direction; spacers formed on sidewalls of the gate stacks and the dummy gates; and dielectric disposed between first and second ones of the gate stacks in the second direction to electrically isolate the first and second gate stacks. The dielectric is disposed in a space surrounded by respective spacers of the first and second gate stacks which extend integrally. At least a portion of an interval between the first and second gate stacks in the second direction is less than a line interval achievable by lithography in a process of manufacturing the semiconductor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Yanbo Zhang, Huicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 11245035
    Abstract: A multi-gate FinFET including a negative capacitor connected to one of its gates, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device comprising the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the FinFET includes a fin extending in a first direction on a substrate, a first gate extending in a second direction crossing the first direction on the substrate on a first side of the fin to intersect the fin, a second gate opposite to the first gate and extending in the second direction on the substrate on a second side of the fin opposite to the first side to intersect the fin, a metallization stack provided on the substrate and above the fin and the first and second gates, and a negative capacitor formed in the metallization stack and connected to the second gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Zhengyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11217493
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate; a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, wherein the second source/drain layer comprises a first semiconductor material which is stressed; and a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210408118
    Abstract: A Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the same are provided. The MRAM includes a substrate, an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, bit lines, and word lines. The memory cells each include a vertical switch device and a magnetic tunnel junction on the switch device and electrically connected to a first terminal of the switch device. An active region of the switch device at least partially includes a single-crystalline semiconductor material. Each of the memory cell columns is disposed on a corresponding bit line, and a second terminal of each of the respective switch devices in the memory cell column is electrically connected to the corresponding bit line. Each of the word lines is electrically connected to a control terminal of the respective switch devices of the respective memory cells in a corresponding memory cell row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Huilong ZHU, Junjie LI, Chao ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20210399018
    Abstract: A memory device and a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus including the memory device are provided. The memory device may include: a substrate (1001); an electrode structure on the substrate (1001), in which the electrode structure includes a plurality of first electrode layers and a plurality of second electrode layers that are alternately stacked; a plurality of vertical active regions penetrating the electrode structure; a first gate dielectric layer and a second gate dielectric layer, in which the first gate dielectric layer is between the vertical active region and each first electrode layer of the electrode structure, and the second gate dielectric layer is between the vertical active region and each second electrode layer of the electrode structure, each of the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer constitutes a data memory structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11195765
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate, and a first device and a second device formed on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device includes a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, and also a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer of the first device and the channel layer of the second device are substantially co-planar with each other, and the respective second source/drain layers of the first device and the second device are stressed differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210351297
    Abstract: A compact vertical semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor device are provided, and the vertical semiconductor device may include: a plurality of vertical unit devices stacked on each other, in which the unit devices include respective gate stacks extending in a lateral direction, and each of the gate stacks includes a main body, an end portion, and a connection portion located between the main body and the end portion, and in a top view, a periphery of the connection portion is recessed relative to peripheries of the main body and the end portion; and a contact portion located on the end portion of each of the gate stacks, in which the contact portion is in contact with the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Huilong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210335789
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the semiconductor memory device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Huilong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210336055
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, including: a substrate; a first source/drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source/drain layer sequentially stacked on the substrate and adjacent to each other, and a gate stack formed around an outer circumference of the channel layer; wherein at least one interface structure is formed in at least one of the first source/drain layer and the second source/drain layer, the conduction band energy levels at both sides of the interface structure are different and/or the valence band energy levels are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Huilong ZHU, Zhenhua WU
  • Patent number: 11158547
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first source/drain region at a lower portion thereof, a second source/drain region at an upper portion thereof, a channel region between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region and close to peripheral surfaces thereof, and a body region inside the channel region. The semiconductor device may further include a gate stack formed around a periphery of the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210328053
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that includes: a substrate; a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked in sequence on the substrate in a vertical direction relative to the substrate, wherein the first source/drain layer includes a first source/drain region on an outer side of the substrate in a transverse direction, and a first body region on an inner side of the first source/drain region in the transverse direction; a gate stack surrounding a part of the channel layer; a back gate under the channel layer, wherein in a top view, the back gate, the first body region in the first source/drain region and the channel layer at least partially overlap; a back gate dielectric layer between the first source/drain layer and the back gate; and a back gate contact portion, the back gate contact portion is configured to apply a bias to the back gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Huilong ZHU
  • Patent number: 11152516
    Abstract: There are provided a nanometer semiconductor device with a high-quality epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include: a substrate; at least one nanowire spaced apart from the substrate; at least one semiconductor layer, each formed around a periphery of respective one of the at least one nanowire to at least partially surround the corresponding nanowire, wherein the semiconductor layer(s) formed around the respective nanowire(s) are separated from each other; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, exposing the at least one semiconductor layer; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the at least one semiconductor layer, wherein the gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer at least partially surrounding a periphery of respective one of the at least one semiconductor layer and a gate conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210296316
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device including the semiconductor device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor device may comprise: a substrate; a first device and a second device that are sequentially stacked on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device comprises: a first source/drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source layer that are sequentially stacked from bottom to top, and a gate stack around at least a part of an outer periphery of the channel layer, wherein sidewalls of the respective channel layers of the first device and the second device extend at least partially along different crystal planes or crystal plane families.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Huilong ZHU
  • Patent number: 11127783
    Abstract: A Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the same are provided. The MRAM includes a substrate, an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, bit lines, and word lines. The memory cells each include a vertical switch device and a magnetic tunnel junction on the switch device and electrically connected to a first terminal of the switch device. An active region of the switch device at least partially includes a single-crystalline semiconductor material. Each of the memory cell columns is disposed on a corresponding bit line, and a second terminal of each of the respective switch devices in the memory cell column is electrically connected to the corresponding bit line. Each of the word lines is electrically connected to a control terminal of the respective switch devices of the respective memory cells in a corresponding memory cell row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Junjie Li, Chao Zhao