Patents by Inventor Steven Roy Droes

Steven Roy Droes 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: 8288184
    Abstract: A production method for producing a semiconductor device capable of improving surface flatness and suppressing a variation in electrical characteristics of the semiconductor chip, and improving production yield. The production method includes the steps of: forming a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate and on a conductive pattern film formed on the semiconductor substrate and reducing a thickness of the first insulating film in a region where the conductive pattern film is arranged by patterning; forming a second insulating film and polishing the second insulating film, thereby forming a flattening film; implanting a substance for cleavage into the semiconductor substrate through the flattening film, thereby forming a cleavage layer; transferring the semiconductor chip onto a substrate with an insulating surface so that the chip surface on the side opposite to the semiconductor substrate is attached thereto; and separating the semiconductor substrate from the cleavage layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michiko Takei, Yutaka Takafuji, Yasumori Fukushima, Kazuhide Tomiyasu, Steven Roy Droes
  • Publication number: 20120155038
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance flexible circuit board having excellent flexibility, a fine wiring pattern, and fine electric contacts, and a manufacturing method thereof. In a flexible circuit board (20), a second insulating layer (24) made of an inorganic material is positioned between a wiring layer (25) and a first insulating layer (23) made of an inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasumori Fukushima, Masaki Fujiwara, Steven Roy Droes
  • Patent number: 7897443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a semiconductor device, which can improve characteristics of a semiconductor element including a single crystal semiconductor layer formed by transferring on an insulating substrate. The present invention is a production method of a semiconductor device comprising a single crystal semiconductor layer formed on an insulating substrate, the production method comprising the steps of: implanting a substance for separation into a single crystal semiconductor substrate, thereby forming a separation layer; transferring a part of the single crystal semiconductor substrate, separated at the separation layer, onto the insulating substrate, thereby forming the single crystal semiconductor layer; forming a hydrogen-containing layer on at least one side of the single crystal semiconductor layer; and diffusing hydrogen from the hydrogen-containing layer to the single crystal semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Moriguchi, Yutaka Takafuji, Steven Roy Droes
  • Publication number: 20110006376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of improving subthreshold characteristics of a PMOS transistor that is included in a thinned base layer and bonded to another substrate, a production method of such a semiconductor device, and a display device. The semiconductor device of the present invention is a semiconductor device, including: a substrate; and a device part bonded to the substrate, the device part including a base layer and a PMOS transistor, the PMOS transistor including a first electrical conduction path and a first gate electrode, the first electrical conduction path being provided inside the base layer on a side where the first gate electrode is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Yasumori Fukushima, Yutaka Takafuji, Masao Moriguchi, Kenshi Tada, Steven Roy Droes
  • Publication number: 20100270618
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a semiconductor device, capable of improving surface flatness of a semiconductor chip formed on a semiconductor substrate and thereby suppressing a variation in electrical characteristics of the semiconductor chip transferred onto a substrate with an insulating surface, and further capable of improving production yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Michiko Takei, Yutaka Takafuji, Yasumori Fukushima, Kazuhide Tomiyasu, Steven Roy Droes
  • Publication number: 20100059892
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a semiconductor device, a production method of a display device, a semiconductor device, a production method of a semiconductor element, and a semiconductor element, each capable of providing a lower-resistance semiconductor element which is more finely prepared through more simple steps. The production method of the semiconductor device of the present invention is a production method of a semiconductor device including a semiconductor element on a substrate, wherein the production method includes a metal silicide-forming step of: transferring the semiconductor element onto the substrate, the semiconductor element having a multilayer structure of a silicon layer and a metal layer, and by heating, forming metal silicide from silicon for a metal layer-side part of the silicon layer and metal for a silicon layer-side part of the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Michiko Takei, Kazuhide Tomiyasu, Yasumori Fukushima, Yutaka Takafuji, Masao Moriguchi, Steven Roy Droes
  • Publication number: 20080149928
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a semiconductor device, which can improve characteristics of a semiconductor element including a single crystal semiconductor layer formed by transferring on an insulating substrate. The present invention is a production method of a semiconductor device comprising a single crystal semiconductor layer formed on an insulating substrate, the production method comprising the steps of: implanting a substance for separation into a single crystal semiconductor substrate, thereby forming a separation layer; transferring a part of the single crystal semiconductor substrate, separated at the separation layer, onto the insulating substrate, thereby forming the single crystal semiconductor layer; forming a hydrogen-containing layer on at least one side of the single crystal semiconductor layer; and diffusing hydrogen from the hydrogen-containing layer to the single crystal semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Masao Moriguchi, Yutaka Takafuji, Steven Roy Droes