Patents by Inventor Ray Li

Ray Li 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: 11437485
    Abstract: A field effect transistor having at least a gate, source, and drain electrodes and a semiconductor channel for controlling transport of charge carriers between the source and drain electrodes, the gate being insulated from the channel by an dielectric, at least a portion of the dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor channel being doped or imbued with the an element which if doped or imbued into a semiconductor material would cause the semiconductor to be p-type. The p-type element used to dope or imbue the gate dielectric is preferably Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yu Cao, Rongming Chu, Zijian Ray Li
  • Publication number: 20210404231
    Abstract: A hinge for a door or window has a door or window and a frame. The hinge has a first and a second hinge leaf pivotably connectable to each other. The first hinge leaf is connectable to the door/window or frame. The second hinge leaf is adjustably connectable to a base in turn connectable to the other of said door/window or frame. The second hinge leaf extends from the base in a first direction and the hinge comprises an adjustment mechanism with a cam and follower configured so that rotating the cam moves the second hinge leaf, relative to the base, in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: ERA Home Security Limited
    Inventors: Robert Menear, Ray Li
  • Publication number: 20210151578
    Abstract: A field effect transistor having at least a gate, source, and drain electrodes and a semiconductor channel for controlling transport of charge carriers between the source and drain electrodes, the gate being insulated from the channel by an dielectric, at least a portion of the dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor channel being doped or imbued with the an element which if doped or imbued into a semiconductor material would cause the semiconductor to be p-type. The p-type element used to dope or imbue the gate dielectric is preferably Mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Yu CAO, Rongming CHU, Zijian "Ray" LI
  • Patent number: 10916647
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a III-V semiconductor circuit; the method comprising: forming a first layer of a III-V material on a growth substrate; forming a second layer of a III-V material on the first layer of III-V material; forming a FET transistor having a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with a top surface of the second layer of a III-V material; forming a top dielectric layer above the FET transistor; forming a metal layer above the top dielectric layer, wherein said metal layer is connected to said source electrode; attaching a handle substrate to a top surface of the metal layer; removing the growth substrate from the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material; and forming a bottom dielectric layer on the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Zijian “Ray” Li, Rongming Chu
  • Patent number: 10903333
    Abstract: A field effect transistor having at least a gate, source, and drain electrodes and a semiconductor channel for controlling transport of charge carriers between the source and drain electrodes, the gate being insulated from the channel by an dielectric, at least a portion of the dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor channel being doped or imbued with the an element which if doped or imbued into a semiconductor material would cause the semiconductor to be p-type. The p-type element used to dope or imbue the gate dielectric is preferably Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Yu Cao, Rongming Chu, Zijian Ray Li
  • Publication number: 20190165154
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a III-V semiconductor circuit; the method comprising: forming a first layer of a III-V material on a growth substrate; forming a second layer of a III-V material on the first layer of III-V material; forming a FET transistor having a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with a top surface of the second layer of a III-V material; forming a top dielectric layer above the FET transistor; forming a metal layer above the top dielectric layer, wherein said metal layer is connected to said source electrode; attaching a handle substrate to a top surface of the metal layer; removing the growth substrate from the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material; and forming a bottom dielectric layer on the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Zijian "Ray" LI, Rongming CHU
  • Patent number: 10263104
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a III-V semiconductor circuit; the method comprising: forming a first layer of a III-V material on a growth substrate; forming a second layer of a III-V material on the first layer of III-V material; forming a FET transistor having a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with a top surface of the second layer of a III-V material; forming a top dielectric layer above the FET transistor; forming a metal layer above the top dielectric layer, wherein said metal layer is connected to said source electrode; attaching a handle substrate to a top surface of the metal layer; removing the growth substrate from the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material; and forming a bottom dielectric layer on the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Zijian “Ray” Li, Rongming Chu
  • Patent number: 10134851
    Abstract: A diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; a cathode metal layer contacting a bottom of the substrate; a semiconductor drift layer on the substrate; a graded aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) semiconductor barrier layer on the drift layer and having a larger bandgap than the drift layer, the barrier layer having a top surface and a bottom surface between the drift layer and the top surface, the barrier layer having an increasing aluminum composition from the bottom surface to the top surface; and an anode metal layer directly contacting the top surface of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Yu Cao, Zijian “Ray” Li, Adam J. Williams
  • Publication number: 20180114837
    Abstract: A diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; a cathode metal layer contacting a bottom of the substrate; a semiconductor drift layer on the substrate; a graded aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) semiconductor barrier layer on the drift layer and having a larger bandgap than the drift layer, the barrier layer having a top surface and a bottom surface between the drift layer and the top surface, the barrier layer having an increasing aluminum composition from the bottom surface to the top surface; and an anode metal layer directly contacting the top surface of the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Yu Cao, Zijian "Ray" Li, Adam J. Williams
  • Publication number: 20180097081
    Abstract: A field effect transistor having at least a gate, source, and drain electrodes and a semiconductor channel for controlling transport of charge carriers between the source and drain electrodes, the gate being insulated from the channel by an dielectric, at least a portion of the dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor channel being doped or imbued with the an element which if doped or imbued into a semiconductor material would cause the semiconductor to be p-type. The p-type element used to dope or imbue the gate dielectric is preferably Mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Yu CAO, Rongming CHU, Zijian Ray Li
  • Patent number: 9812532
    Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a III-Nitride channel layer, a III-Nitride doped cap layer on the channel layer, a source electrode in contact with the III-Nitride cap layer, a drain electrode in contact with the III-Nitride cap layer, a gate electrode located between the source and the drain electrodes, and a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the III-Nitride undoped channel layer, wherein the cap layer is doped to provide mobile holes, and wherein the gate dielectric layer comprises a layer of AlN in contact with the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Yu Cao, Mary Y. Chen, Zijian “Ray” Li
  • Patent number: 9773884
    Abstract: A transistor includes a buffer layer, a channel layer over the buffer layer, a barrier layer over the channel layer, a source electrode electrically connected to the channel layer, a drain electrode electrically connected to the channel layer, a gate electrode on the barrier layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a backside metal layer, a substrate between a first portion of the buffer layer and the backside metal layer; and a dielectric between a second portion of the buffer layer and the backside metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Zijan Ray Li, Karim Boutros
  • Publication number: 20170047453
    Abstract: A diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; a cathode metal layer contacting a bottom of the substrate; a semiconductor drift layer on the substrate; a graded aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) semiconductor barrier layer on the drift layer and having a larger bandgap than the drift layer, the barrier layer having a top surface and a bottom surface between the drift layer and the top surface, the barrier layer having an increasing aluminum composition from the bottom surface to the top surface; and an anode metal layer directly contacting the top surface of the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Yu Cao, Zijian "Ray" Li, Adam J. Williams
  • Patent number: 9337332
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) includes a plurality of semiconductor layers, a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting one of the semiconductor layers, a first dielectric layer on a portion of a top semiconductor surface between the source and drain electrodes, a first trench extending through the first dielectric layer and having a bottom located on a top surface or within one of the semiconductor layers, a second dielectric layer lining the first trench and covering a portion of the first dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer over the semiconductor layers, the first dielectric layer, and the second dielectric layer, a second trench extending through the third dielectric layer and having a bottom located in the first trench on the second dielectric layer and extending over a portion of the second dielectric, and a gate electrode filling the second trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Mary Y. Chen, Xu Chen, Zijian “Ray” Li, Karim S. Boutros
  • Publication number: 20150349117
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) includes a plurality of semiconductor layers, a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting one of the semiconductor layers, a first dielectric layer on a portion of a top semiconductor surface between the source and drain electrodes, a first trench extending through the first dielectric layer and having a bottom located on a top surface or within one of the semiconductor layers, a second dielectric layer lining the first trench and covering a portion of the first dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer over the semiconductor layers, the first dielectric layer, and the second dielectric layer, a second trench extending through the third dielectric layer and having a bottom located in the first trench on the second dielectric layer and extending over a portion of the second dielectric, and a gate electrode filling the second trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Rongming CHU, Mary Y. Chen, Xu Chen, Zijian "Ray" Li, Karim S. Boutros
  • Publication number: 20150311330
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a III-V semiconductor circuit; the method comprising: forming a first layer of a III-V material on a growth substrate; forming a second layer of a III-V material on the first layer of III-V material; forming a FET transistor having a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with a top surface of the second layer of a III-V material; forming a top dielectric layer above the FET transistor; forming a metal layer above the top dielectric layer, wherein said metal layer is connected to said source electrode; attaching a handle substrate to a top surface of the metal layer; removing the growth substrate from the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material; and forming a bottom dielectric layer on the bottom of the first layer of a III-V material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Zijian "Ray" LI, Rongming CHU
  • Publication number: 20140264361
    Abstract: A transistor includes a buffer layer, a channel layer over the buffer layer, a barrier layer over the channel layer, a source electrode electrically connected to the channel layer, a drain electrode electrically connected to the channel layer, a gate electrode on the barrier layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a backside metal layer, a substrate between a first portion of the buffer layer and the backside metal layer; and a dielectric between a second portion of the buffer layer and the backside metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Zijan Ray Li, Karim Boutros
  • Patent number: 8530978
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) having a source contact to a channel layer, a drain contact to the channel layer, and a gate contact on a barrier layer over the channel layer, the FET including a dielectric layer on the barrier layer between the source contact and the drain contact and over the gate contact, and a field plate on the dielectric layer, the field plate connected to the source contact and extending over a space between the gate contact and the drain contact and the field plate comprising a sloped sidewall in the space between the gate contact and the drain contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Rongming Chu, Zijian “Ray” Li, Karim S. Boutros, Shawn Burnham
  • Publication number: 20090140382
    Abstract: A polysilicon silicide electric fuse device, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor material layer disposed on said substrate, said semiconductor material layer includes lead-out areas of the same doping type at both ends, and an intermediate area of non-doping or having dopant concentration lower than those of said lead-out areas at both ends; and one or more burn-out areas is/are provided in said intermediate area; and a metal silicide layer is provided on said semiconductor material layer. Through the application of said polysilicon silicide electric fuse device, the burning out of said fuse device is thus controlled to within said intermediate area of no doping or light doping, hereby increasing the mean value and reducing distribution area of electrical resistance after burning out of a fuse, and alleviating the overheating of surrounding areas as caused by a current during the burning out of a fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Gao, Min-Xia Wei, Ray Li, Ching-Dong Wang