Patents by Inventor Moses Ho

Moses Ho 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: 10686035
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingping Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Publication number: 20190115427
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingping Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Patent number: 10121857
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingping Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Publication number: 20180240872
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingping Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Patent number: 9647059
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor power device on a semiconductor substrate supporting a drift region composed of an epitaxial layer. The method includes a first step of growing a first epitaxial layer followed by forming a first hard mask layer on top of the epitaxial layer; a second step of applying a first implant mask to open a plurality of implant windows and applying a second implant mask for blocking some of the implant windows to implant a plurality of dopant regions of alternating conductivity types adjacent to each other in the first epitaxial layer; and a third step of repeating the first step and the second step by applying the same first and second implant masks to form a plurality of epitaxial layers, each of which is implanted with the dopant regions of the alternating conductivity types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Lingping Guan, Madhur Bobde, Anup Bhalla, Yeeheng Lee, John Chen, Moses Ho
  • Publication number: 20170125514
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor power device on a semiconductor substrate supporting a . drift region composed of an epitaxial layer. The method includes a first step of growing a first epitaxial layer followed by forming a first hard mask layer on top of the epitaxial layer; a second step of applying a first implant mask to open a plurality of implant windows and applying a second implant mask for blocking some of the implant windows to implant a plurality of dopant regions of alternating conductivity types adjacent to each other in the first epitaxial layer; and a third step of repeating the first step and the second step by applying the same first and second implant masks to form a plurality of epitaxial layers, each of which is implanted with the dopant regions of the alternating conductivity types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Lingpeng Guan, Madhur Bobde, Anup Bhalla, Yeeheng Lee, John Chen, Moses Ho
  • Publication number: 20160322459
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingping Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Publication number: 20150357406
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor power device on a semiconductor substrate supporting a . drift region composed of an epitaxial layer. The method includes a first step of growing a first epitaxial layer followed by forming a first hard mask layer on top of the epitaxial layer; a second step of applying a first implant mask to open a plurality of implant windows and applying a second implant mask for blocking some of the implant windows to implant a plurality of dopant regions of alternating conductivity types adjacent to each other in the first epitaxial layer; and a third step of repeating the first step and the second step by applying the same first and second implant masks to form a plurality of epitaxial layers, each of which is implanted with the dopant regions of the alternating conductivity types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Lingpeng Guan, Madhur Bobde, Anup Bhalla, Yeeheng Lee, John Chen, Moses Ho
  • Patent number: 9093521
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes an active cell area having a plurality of power transistor cells. Each of said power transistor cells has a planar Schottky diode that includes a Schottky junction barrier metal covering areas above gaps between separated body regions between two adjacent power transistor cells. The separated body regions further provide a function of adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode in each of said power transistor cells. Each of the planar Schottky diodes further includes a Shannon implant region disposed in a gap between the separated body regions of two adjacent power transistor cells for further adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode. Each of the power transistor cells further includes heavy body doped regions in the separated body regions next to source regions surrounding said Schottky diode forming a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) pocket region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Anup Bhalla, Xiaobin Wang, Moses Ho
  • Patent number: 9024375
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingpeng Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Patent number: 8969953
    Abstract: Self-aligned charge balanced semiconductor devices and methods for forming such devices are disclosed. One or more planar gates are formed over a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. One or more deep trenches are etched in the semiconductor self-aligned to the planar gates. The trenches are filled with a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type such that the deep trenches are charge balanced with the adjacent regions of the semiconductor substrate Source and body regions are formed by implanting dopants onto the filled trenches. This process can form self-aligned charge balanced devices with a cell pitch less than 12 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: John Chen, Yeeheng Lee, Lingpeng Guan, Moses Ho, Wilson Ma, Anup Bhalla, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20140374823
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes an active cell area having a plurality of power transistor cells. Each of said power transistor cells has a planar Schottky diode that includes a Schottky junction barrier metal covering areas above gaps between separated body regions between two adjacent power transistor cells. The separated body regions further provide a function of adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode in each of said power transistor cells. Each of the planar Schottky diodes further includes a Shannon implant region disposed in a gap between the separated body regions of two adjacent power transistor cells for further adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode. Each of the power transistor cells further includes heavy body doped regions in the separated body regions next to source regions surrounding said Schottky diode forming a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) pocket region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Anup Bhalla, Xiaobin Wang, Moses Ho
  • Patent number: 8785306
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor power device on a semiconductor substrate supporting a drift region composed of an epitaxial layer by growing a first epitaxial layer followed by forming a first hard mask layer on top of the epitaxial layer; applying a first implant mask to open a plurality of implant windows and applying a second implant mask for blocking some of the implant windows to implant a plurality of dopant regions of alternating conductivity types adjacent to each other in the first epitaxial layer; repeating the first step and the second step by applying the same first and second implant masks to form a plurality of epitaxial layers then carrying out a device manufacturing process on a top side of the epitaxial layer with a diffusion process to merge the dopant regions of the alternating conductivity types as doped columns in the epitaxial layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Lingpeng Guan, Madhur Bobde, Anup Bhalla, Yeeheng Lee, John Chen, Moses Ho
  • Publication number: 20130341689
    Abstract: Self-aligned charge balanced semiconductor devices and methods for forming such devices are disclosed. One or more planar gates are formed over a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. One or more deep trenches are etched in the semiconductor self-aligned to the planar gates. The trenches are filled with a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type such that the deep trenches are charge balanced with the adjacent regions of the semiconductor substrate Source and body regions are formed by implanting dopants onto the filled trenches. This process can form self-aligned charge balanced devices with a cell pitch less than 12 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: John Chen, Yeeheng Lee, Lingpeng Guan, Moses Ho, Wilson Ma, Anup Bhalla, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20130221430
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingpeng Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen
  • Patent number: 8519476
    Abstract: Self-aligned charge balanced semiconductor devices and methods for forming such devices are disclosed. One or more planar gates are formed over a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. One or more deep trenches are etched in the semiconductor self-aligned to the planar gates. The trenches are filled with a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type such that the deep trenches are charge balanced with the adjacent regions of the semiconductor substrate This process can form self-aligned charge balanced devices with a cell pitch less than 12 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: John Chen, Yeeheng Lee, Lingpeng Guan, Moses Ho, Wilson Ma, Anup Bhalla, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 8471332
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes an active cell area having a plurality of power transistor cells. Each of said power transistor cells has a planar Schottky diode that includes a Schottky junction barrier metal covering areas above gaps between separated body regions between two adjacent power transistor cells. The separated body regions further provide a function of adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode in each of said power transistor cells. Each of the planar Schottky diodes further includes a Shannon implant region disposed in a gap between the separated body regions of two adjacent power transistor cells for further adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode. Each of the power transistor cells further includes heavy body doped regions in the separated body regions next to source regions surrounding said Schottky diode forming a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) pocket region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Anup Bhalla, Xiaobin Wang, Moses Ho
  • Publication number: 20130075855
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor power device on a semiconductor substrate supporting a drift region composed of an epitaxial layer by growing a first epitaxial layer followed by forming a first hard mask layer on top of the epitaxial layer; applying a first implant mask to open a plurality of implant windows and applying a second implant mask for blocking some of the implant windows to implant a plurality of dopant regions of alternating conductivity types adjacent to each other in the first epitaxial layer; repeating the first step and the second step by applying the same first and second implant masks to form a plurality of epitaxial layers then carrying out a device manufacturing process on a top side of the epitaxial layer with a diffusion process to merge the dopant regions of the alternating conductivity types as doped columns in the epitaxial layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Lingpeng Guan, Madhur Bobde, Anup Bhalla, Yeeheng Lee, John Chen, Moses Ho
  • Publication number: 20130009238
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes an active cell area having a plurality of power transistor cells. Each of said power transistor cells has a planar Schottky diode that includes a Schottky junction barrier metal covering areas above gaps between separated body regions between two adjacent power transistor cells. The separated body regions further provide a function of adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode in each of said power transistor cells. Each of the planar Schottky diodes further includes a Shannon implant region disposed in a gap between the separated body regions of two adjacent power transistor cells for further adjusting a leakage current of said Schottky diode. Each of the power transistor cells further includes heavy body doped regions in the separated body regions next to source regions surrounding said Schottky diode forming a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) pocket region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Anup Bhalla, Xiaobin Wang, Moses Ho
  • Patent number: 8263482
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Daniel Ng, Lingpeng Guan, Anup Bhalla, Wilson Ma, Moses Ho, John Chen