Patents by Inventor Weifeng Sun

Weifeng Sun 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: 20260239649
    Abstract: A GaN semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The GaN semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first GaN layer disposed on the substrate; a first dielectric layer disposed on the first GaN layer; and a first gate disposed on the first dielectric layer. In the GaN semiconductor device and the manufacturing method therefor, the first dielectric layer is disposed between the first gate and the first gallium nitride layer. On the one hand, 2DES with high concentration generated by the first dielectric layer and the first gallium nitride layer due to polarization effect can consume holes in a region where the first gate is located, increasing threshold voltage of the device; on the other hand, a thickness of the first gallium nitride layer under the first gate can be increased, reducing on-resistance of the device and increasing output current of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Long ZHANG, Nailong HE, Yuan SUN, Sen ZHANG, Jie MA, Zhili ZHANG, Siyang LIU, Weifeng SUN
  • Publication number: 20260227539
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for characterizing non-uniform spatial distribution characteristics of multi-scale geostress field are provided. The method includes: obtaining stress occurrence states at different crustal depths; obtaining deformation characteristics at the different crustal depths; calculating crustal stress field distribution characteristics using constraints of measured stress states, inverted stress states, and the deformation characteristics at the different crustal depths; and obtaining correlation and non-uniformity characterization of stresses of deep and shallow crusts, based on directions, magnitudes, stress structures, and deformation characteristics in the crustal stress field distribution characteristics. By employing the technical solution of this invention, it is possible to comprehensively evaluate occurrence characteristics of geostress, stress field non-uniform distribution characteristics, and coupling of stress fields of deep and shallow crusts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2025
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Wen Meng, Dongsheng Sun, Chongyuan Zhang, Xianghui Qin, Yuehui Yang, Ran Li, Bangchen Wu, Weifeng Sun, Awei Li, Qunce Chen
  • Patent number: 12669492
    Abstract: An in-situ testing instrument for soil moisture in a hole includes a test bracket extended into a hole, a retracting and releasing mechanism used to drive the test bracket to rise and fall in the hole, a moisture test mechanism arranged on the test bracket, a plug-and-pull drive mechanism used to drive the moisture test mechanism to insert into soil on a side of the hole or to be pulled out by the soil on a side of the hole, and a signal receiving mechanism arranged on a ground, the signal receiving mechanism is electrically connected with the moisture test mechanism. The above-mentioned in-situ testing instrument and method for soil moisture in a hole can eliminate the steps of taking soil, packaging, weighing, and drying, and improve the test efficiency and the test accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Inventors: Hengxing Lan, Weifeng Sun, Mervyn Lan, Changgen Yan, Langping Li, Han Bao, Yuming Wu
  • Patent number: 12631669
    Abstract: A lossless exciting current sampling circuit for an isolated converter includes first and second voltage sampling circuits and a subtraction circuit formed by an operational amplifier. The two sampling circuits sample voltages of the primary winding of an isolation transformer, with outputs fed into the subtracter. The subtracter output is the circuit's output. RC low-pass filters with large time constants are used as primary voltage sampling circuits, realizing integration of voltage differences between the exciting inductance terminals, enabling lossless current sampling without resistors or transformers. The current sampling result is utilized for volt-second balance control, realized along with a hold circuit and comparator which compares the sampling hold result with the current sampling result to generate a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinsong Qian, Song Ding, Chunyan Nie, Yuanhang Zhou, Weifeng Sun, Longxing Shi
  • Patent number: 12622009
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a DMOS device with a junction field plate and its manufacturing method. A drain region is located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A source region is located in the semiconductor substrate at a bottom of a first trench. A gate electrode is located at the bottom of the first trench. The junction field plate improves an effect on reducing surface resistance. At the same time, a depth of trenches in the DMOS device may be reduced, and thereby a depth-to-width ratio of the device is reduced, improving the feasibility of increasing a voltage resistance level. Both the source region and the drain region in the DMOS device are led out on a same surface. A second doped polycrystalline silicon layer includes a first doped sublayer and a second doped sublayer with different conduction types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD., SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Feng Lin, Chaoqi Xu, Shuxian Chen, Chunxu Li, Li Lu, Siyang Liu, Weifeng Sun
  • Publication number: 20260123035
    Abstract: An isolation structure for an N epitaxy-based silicon carbide device, and an N epitaxy-based silicon carbide high and low voltage integrated device and a preparation method therefor are provided. The isolation structure includes N-type substrate, a first isolation trench and a second isolation trench to form a high-voltage region, a low-voltage region and a level shift region, a second P-type doped region is arranged at the bottom of the low-voltage region and of the level shift region, a second N-type doped region is arranged on the second P-type doped region in the low-voltage region, and back-to-back PN junctions are formed by the N-type drift region, the second P-type doped region in the low-voltage region, and the second N-type doped region. A DMOS device is arranged in a high-voltage region, low-voltage devices are arranged in a low-voltage region, and an LDMOS device is arranged in a level shift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Long ZHANG, Weifeng SUN, Siyang LIU, Yong GU, Jie MA, Hongyang WEN, Longxing SHI
  • Publication number: 20260113975
    Abstract: In one aspect, a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes at least one cell structure. The cell structure includes: a substrate; a N-type first well region disposed in the substrate; the first well region being provided with a first region, an isolation region, and a second region that are sequentially arranged in a first direction; a P-type first doped region and a P-type second doped region, the first doped region being located in the first region, and the second doped region being located in the second region; and a P-type source region and a P-type drain region disposed in the substrate and located on two sides of the first doped region in a second direction. The first direction is a width direction of a conductive channel. The second direction is a length direction of the conductive channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Weifeng SUN, Long ZHANG, Sen ZHANG, Siyang LIU, Nailong HE, Chengwu PAN, Lihui GU, Haoyu LI, Shixiong CHONG, Min ZOU
  • Patent number: 12550378
    Abstract: An IGZO thin-film transistor and a method for manufacturing same. The method includes: acquiring a substrate; forming an IGZO layer on the substrate by a solution process; doping V impurities on a surface of the IGZO layer by a spin doping process; forming a source electrode at one side of the IGZO layer, and forming a drain electrode at the other side; forming a gate dielectric layer on the doped IGZO layer; and forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignees: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wangran Wu, Guangan Yang, Feng Lin, Guipeng Sun, Yaohui Wang, Weifeng Sun, Longxing Shi
  • Publication number: 20260040611
    Abstract: In one aspect, a silicon-on-insulator semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a buried dielectric layer disposed on the substrate; a first electrode; a second electrode; and a drift region disposed on the buried dielectric layer. An upper surface of the drift region forms a drop structure including a first side adjacent to the first electrode, a second side adjacent to the second electrode, and a transition region between the first side and the second side. An upper surface of the second side is higher than a bottom surface of the first side, such that a thickness of the drift region at the second side is greater than that at the first side. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured such that a voltage applied to the second electrode is greater than a voltage applied to the first electrode when a reverse bias voltage is applied to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Long ZHANG, Siyang LIU, Nailong HE, Chengwu PAN, Haoyu LI, Sen ZHANG, Kui XIAO, Liang SONG, Weifeng SUN
  • Publication number: 20260013167
    Abstract: A high-voltage resistant enhancement-mode GaN device with enhanced integration is provided. A nucleating layer, a buffer layer, and a GaN layer are sequentially stacked on a silicon substrate. A p-GaN region and an AlGaN barrier layer are formed on the GaN layer, with a first n-GaN region embedded in the p-GaN region. A first metal electrode is connected to the first n-GaN region, while a second metal electrode, serving as a gate, is placed on a first SiO2 oxide layer above the p-GaN region. A fourth metal electrode acts as a drain on the AlGaN barrier layer. A second n-GaN region divides the AlGaN barrier into two sections, with a third metal electrode on a second SiO2 oxide layer connected to the first metal electrode as a source. The second n-GaN region and the third metal electrode mitigate edge effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weifeng SUN, Siyang LIU, Sheng LI, Weixiong MAO, Weihao LU, Longxing SHI
  • Publication number: 20260006899
    Abstract: A gallium nitride power device with wide-range working gate voltage structurally includes a base and isolation regions, wherein the base is provided with a substrate, a nucleating layer, a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer and a passivation layer in sequence from the bottom up, and a voltage-limiting tube region, a power tube region and a bleed-off tube region are arranged on the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weifeng SUN, Siyang LIU, Sheng LI, Ziyu CHEN, Longxing SHI
  • Patent number: 12449450
    Abstract: An inductor current estimation method for a DC-DC switching power supply using a voltage sampling module, a data conversion module, a switching signal counting module, an inductor voltage calculation module and a digital filter module, comprising: processing an input voltage and an output voltage by the voltage sampling module and the data conversion module to obtain a converted input voltage and a converted output voltage which have a same number of bits; comparing a node voltage with a reference voltage, and then obtaining a duty cycle by the switching signal counting module; and then, outputting an average voltage of two terminals of an inductor and a parasitic resistor by the inductor voltage calculation module, and finally, obtaining an estimated inductor current by the digital filter module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shen Xu, Chenxi Yang, Yijie Qian, Yujie Liu, Limin Yu, Weifeng Sun, Longxing Shi
  • Publication number: 20250254971
    Abstract: A conductive channel structure for SiC devices, a fully integrated SiC device and a fully integrated manufacturing process thereof are provided. The fully integrated SiC device features a low-voltage region, a first high-voltage region and a second high-voltage region separated by isolation structures on the same SiC-based chip, and integrates first and second conductivity type MOS devices. The first and second conductivity type devices employ first and second conductivity type conductive channels respectively with alternating N-type and P-type first or second conductivity type areas above them. The manufacturing process includes sequentially stacking a second conductivity type epitaxial layer and buffer layer on an N-type substrate; and within the second conductivity type buffer layer, arranging first conductivity type well regions, heavily doped regions, channel regions, second conductivity type well regions, isolation structures, heavily doped regions, and channel regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weifeng SUN, Long ZHANG, Siyang LIU, Yong GU, Xiangyu HOU, Jie MA, Longxing SHI
  • Patent number: 12382707
    Abstract: A conductive channel structure for SiC devices, a fully integrated SiC device and a fully integrated manufacturing process thereof are provided. The fully integrated SiC device features a low-voltage region, a first high-voltage region and a second high-voltage region separated by isolation structures on the same SiC-based chip, and integrates first and second conductivity type MOS devices. The first and second conductivity type devices employ first and second conductivity type conductive channels respectively with alternating N-type and P-type first or second conductivity type areas above them. The manufacturing process includes sequentially stacking a second conductivity type epitaxial layer and buffer layer on an N-type substrate; and within the second conductivity type buffer layer, arranging first conductivity type well regions, heavily doped regions, channel regions, second conductivity type well regions, isolation structures, heavily doped regions, and channel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weifeng Sun, Long Zhang, Siyang Liu, Yong Gu, Xiangyu Hou, Jie Ma, Longxing Shi
  • Patent number: 12368371
    Abstract: A non-isolated resonant gate drive circuit includes a PMOS drive network, an NMOS clamping circuit and an inductor. The PMOS drive network and the NMOS clamping circuit are connected in parallel to two terminals of the inductor. Input signals of the PMOS drive network are provided by a function generator connected to a drive chip, drive signals are output via an output port vgsr1 and an output port vgsr2 after the input signals are processed by the PMOS drive network, the NMOS clamping circuit and the inductor, the NMOS clamping circuit is used for controlling the state of the output port vgsr1 and the output port vgsr2 to change, and the inductor forms LC resonance together with a gate capacitor Cgsr1 and a gate capacitor Cgsr2 in the NMOS clamping circuit to recover energy in a process of turning off the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinsong Qian, Ziyan Zhou, Qiang Luo, Qi Liu, Song Ding, Weifeng Sun, Longxing Shi
  • Patent number: 12366614
    Abstract: A horizontal Hall device includes a substrate layer and a BOX layer arranged on the substrate layer, where an epitaxial layer is arranged on the BOX layer, a well layer is arranged on the epitaxial layer, an STI layer is arranged on the well layer, a pair of induction electrodes and a pair of bias electrodes are arranged on the STI layer, ground electrodes are arranged on the epitaxial layer, and current barrier layers are arranged between the induction electrodes and the adjacent bias electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Long Zhang, Weifeng Sun, Siyang Liu, Guiqiang Zheng, Yichen Li, Xueqi Li, Longxing Shi
  • Publication number: 20250183785
    Abstract: A non-isolated resonant gate drive circuit includes a PMOS drive network, an NMOS clamping circuit and an inductor. The PMOS drive network and the NMOS clamping circuit are connected in parallel to two terminals of the inductor. Input signals of the PMOS drive network are provided by a function generator connected to a drive chip, drive signals are output via an output port vgsr1 and an output port vgsr2 after the input signals are processed by the PMOS drive network, the NMOS clamping circuit and the inductor, the NMOS clamping circuit is used for controlling the state of the output port vgsr1 and the output port vgsr2 to change, and the inductor forms LC resonance together with a gate capacitor Cgsr1 and a gate capacitor Cgsr2 in the NMOS clamping circuit to recover energy in a process of turning off the drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinsong QIAN, Ziyan ZHOU, Qiang LUO, Qi LIU, Song DING, Weifeng SUN, Longxing SHI
  • Patent number: 12312950
    Abstract: An in-situ detection robot and method for geological information without disturbance of in-situ stress, including a sleeve, a drilling unit set at the top of the sleeve, a dumping unit set inside the sleeve, and a support propulsion unit is set outside the sleeve, the top of the dumping unit extends into the drilling unit, a detection unit is set between the drilling unit and the support propulsion unit, and the robot tail is connected to a control unit; the dumping unit is used to discharge soil drilled from a hole of the drilling unit to the ground, the support propulsion unit is used to realize support, the detection unit is used to detect geological information of surrounding environment of the robot, the control unit is used to control the drilling unit, the support propulsion unit and the detection unit, and the control unit collects and processes the geological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Chang'an University
    Inventors: Hengxing Lan, Mervyn Lan, Bolong Li, Zhonghong Dong, Hongbing Zhang, Weifeng Sun, Bei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250155525
    Abstract: A horizontal Hall device includes a substrate layer and a BOX layer arranged on the substrate layer, where an epitaxial layer is arranged on the BOX layer, a well layer is arranged on the epitaxial layer, an STI layer is arranged on the well layer, a pair of induction electrodes and a pair of bias electrodes are arranged on the STI layer, ground electrodes are arranged on the epitaxial layer, and current barrier layers are arranged between the induction electrodes and the adjacent bias electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Long ZHANG, Weifeng SUN, Siyang LIU, Guiqiang ZHENG, Yichen LI, Xueqi LI, Longxing SHI
  • Publication number: 20250085315
    Abstract: A lossless exciting current sampling circuit for an isolated converter includes first and second voltage sampling circuits and a subtraction circuit formed by an operational amplifier. The two sampling circuits sample voltages of the primary winding of an isolation transformer, with outputs fed into the subtracter. The subtracter output is the circuit's output. RC low-pass filters with large time constants are used as primary voltage sampling circuits, realizing integration of voltage differences between the exciting inductance terminals, enabling lossless current sampling without resistors or transformers. The current sampling result is utilized for volt-second balance control, realized along with a hold circuit and comparator which compares the sampling hold result with the current sampling result to generate a control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinsong QIAN, Song DING, Chunyan NIE, Yuanhang ZHOU, Weifeng SUN, Longxing SHI