Patents by Inventor Xinhong Cheng

Xinhong Cheng 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: 10770556
    Abstract: An AlGaN/GaN HEMT based on fluorinated graphene passivation and a manufacturing method thereof. Monolayer graphene (108) is transferred to an AlGaN (104) surface, is treated by using fluoride ions and then is insulated to thereby replace a conventional nitride passivation layer. Then, a high-k material (109) is grown on the graphene (108), and the high-k material (109) and the graphene (108) are jointly used as a gate dielectric for preparing an AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) HEMT. Compared with the traditional passivation structure, the graphene (108) has the advantages of small physical thickness (sub-nanometer scale) and low additional threshold voltage. The structure and the method are simple, the effect is remarkable and the application prospect in technical fields of microelectronics and solid-state electronics is wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Lingyan Shen, Zhongjian Wang, Duo Cao, Li Zheng, Qian Wang, Dongliang Zhang, Jingjie Li, Yuehui Yu
  • Patent number: 10608014
    Abstract: A battery management chip circuit on the basis of an SOI process. The battery management chip circuit comprises a high-voltage multiplexer MUX, a voltage reference circuit, a Sigma-delta ADC (comprising an analog modulator and a digital filter), an SPI communication circuit, a function control circuit and a voltage value register. The battery management chip circuit is integrated on the basis of an SOI high-voltage process, and particularly, high-voltage MOS transistors adopted by the battery management chip circuit are high-voltage MOS device units on the basis of the SOI process. In addition, the present invention highlights the design of interface circuit-chopper circuit of the high-voltage multiplexer MUX and the Sigma-delta ADC, so as to describe the advantages such as decrease of difficulty of circuit design and reduction of layout area brought about when the present invention adopts the SOI process design and tape-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Xinchang Li, Zhonghao Wu, Dawei Xu, Yuehui Yu
  • Publication number: 20190157299
    Abstract: A battery management chip circuit on the basis of an SOI process. The battery management chip circuit comprises a high-voltage multiplexer MUX, a voltage reference circuit, a Sigma-delta ADC (comprising an analog modulator and a digital filter), an SPI communication circuit, a function control circuit and a voltage value register. The battery management chip circuit is integrated on the basis of an SOI high-voltage process, and particularly, high-voltage MOS transistors adopted by the battery management chip circuit are high-voltage MOS device units on the basis of the SOI process. In addition, the present invention highlights the design of interface circuit-chopper circuit of the high-voltage multiplexer MUX and the Sigma-delta ADC, so as to describe the advantages such as decrease of difficulty of circuit design and reduction of layout area brought about when the present invention adopts the SOI process design and tape-out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: XINHONG CHENG, XINCHANG LI, ZHONGHAO WU, DAWEI XU, YUEHUI YU
  • Publication number: 20190035901
    Abstract: An AlGaN/GaN HEMT based on fluorinated graphene passivation and a manufacturing method thereof. Monolayer graphene (108) is transferred to an AlGaN (104) surface, is treated by using fluoride ions and then is insulated to thereby replace a conventional nitride passivation layer. Then, a high-k material (109) is grown on the graphene (108), and the high-k material (109) and the graphene (108) are jointly used as a gate dielectric for preparing an AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) HEMT. Compared with the traditional passivation structure, the graphene (108) has the advantages of small physical thickness (sub-nanometer scale) and low additional threshold voltage. The structure and the method are simple, the effect is remarkable and the application prospect in technical fields of microelectronics and solid-state electronics is wide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: XINHONG CHENG, LINGYAN SHEN, ZHONGJIAN WANG, DUO CAO, LI ZHENG, QIAN WANG, DONGLIANG ZHANG, JINGJIE LI, YUEHUI YU
  • Patent number: 8461651
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ESD protection structure in a SOI CMOS circuitry. The ESD protection structure includes a variety of longitudinal (vertical) PN junction structures having significantly enlarged junction areas for current flow. The resulting devices achieve increased heavy current release capability. Processes of fabricating varieties of the ESD protection longitudinal PN junction are also disclosed. Compatibility of the disclosed fabrication processes with current SOI technology reduces implementation cost and improves the integration robustness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xiaolu Huang, Xing Wei, Xinhong Cheng, Jing Chen, Miao Zhang, Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 8460976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of SOI devices, and in particular, to a manufacturing method of SOI high-voltage power devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Zhongjian Wang, Yuehui Yu, Dawei He, Dawei Xu, Chao Xia
  • Patent number: 8377755
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a SOI high voltage power chip with trenches is disclosed. The method comprises: forming a cave and trenches at a SOI substrate; filling oxide in the cave; oxidizing the trenches, forming oxide isolation regions for separating low voltage devices at the same time; filling oxide in the oxidized trenches; and then forming drain regions, source regions and gate regions for a high voltage power device and low voltage devices. The process involves depositing an oxide layer overlapping the cave of the SOI substrate. A SOI high voltage power chip thus made will withstand at least above 700V voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Zhongjian Wang, Yuehui Yu, Dawei He, Dawei Xu, Chao Xia
  • Patent number: 8354330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an SOI SJ LDMOS structure that can completely eliminate the substrate-assisted depletion effects, comprising the following steps: step one: a conducting layer is prepared below the SOI BOX layer using the bonding technique; the conducting layer is prepared in the following way: depositing a barrier layer on a first bulk silicon wafer, and then depositing a charge conducting layer, thereby obtaining a first intermediate structure; forming a silicon dioxide layer on a second bulk silicon wafer via thermal oxidation, then depositing a barrier layer, and finally depositing a charge conducting layer, thereby obtaining a second intermediate structure; bonding the first intermediate structure and the second intermediate structure using the metal bonding technology to arrange the conducting layer below the SOI BOX layer; step two: a SJ LDMOS structure is fabricated on the SOI substrate having a conducting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Dawei He, Zhongjian Wang, Dawei Xu, Chao Xia, Zhaorui Song, Yuehui Yu
  • Publication number: 20120276718
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of fabricating a graphene-based field effect transistor, which includes steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate on which a non-functionized graphene layer is formed; forming a metal oxide film as a nucleation layer through a reaction between a metal source and water which acts as oxidizer and is physically absorbed to a surface of the graphene layer; and generating a HfO2 gate dielectric layer through a reaction between a hafnium source and water acting as oxidizer by using the nucealtion layer. In comparison with the prior art, the method of the present invention is mainly characterized in that the metal oxide film acting as the nucleation layer is formed through a reaction between the metal source and water which acts as oxidizer and is physically absorbed to the surface of graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Youwei Zhang, Dawei Xu, Zhongjian Wang, Chao Xia, Dawei He, Yuehui Yu
  • Publication number: 20120273861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of depositing a gate dielectric, a method of preparing a MIS capacitor and the MIS capacitor. In the method of depositing the gate dielectric, a semiconductor substrate surface is preprocessed with oxygen plasma and nitrogen-containing plasma to form a nitrogen-containing oxide layer thereon. Then, a high-k gate dielectric layer is grown on the nitrogen-containing oxide layer surface by a plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition process, and the oxide layer converts during the gate dielectric layer growth process into a buffer layer of a dielectric constant higher than SiO2. Then, a metal electrode is formed on both an upper layer and a lower layer of the thus-formed semiconductor construction, so that a MIS capacitor is prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHANGHAN INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND IMFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,CHINESE ACADEM
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Dawei Xu, Zhongjian Wang, Chao Xia, Dawei He, Zhaorui Song, Yuehui Yu
  • Publication number: 20120112283
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ESD protection structure in a SOI CMOS circuitry. The ESD protection structure includes a variety of longitudinal (vertical) PN junction structures having significantly enlarged junction areas for current flow. The resulting devices achieve increased heavy current release capability. Processes of fabricating varieties of the ESD protection longitudinal PN junction are also disclosed. Compatibility of the disclosed fabrication processes with current SOI technology reduces implementation cost and improves the integration robustness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY
    Inventors: Xiaolu Huang, Xing Wei, Xinhong Cheng, Jing Chen, Miao Zhang, Xi Wang
  • Publication number: 20120058608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an SOI SJ LDMOS structure that can completely eliminate the substrate-assisted depletion effects, comprising the following steps: step one: a conducting layer is prepared below the SOI BOX layer using the bonding technique; the conducting layer is prepared in the following way: depositing a barrier layer on a first bulk silicon wafer, and then depositing a charge conducting layer, thereby obtaining a first intermediate structure; forming a silicon dioxide layer on a second bulk silicon wafer via thermal oxidation, then depositing a barrier layer, and finally depositing a charge conducting layer, thereby obtaining a second intermediate structure; bonding the first intermediate structure and the second intermediate structure using the metal bonding technology to arrange the conducting layer below the SOI BOX layer; step two: a SJ LDMOS structure is fabricated on the SOI substrate having a conducting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Dawei He, Zhongjian Wang, Dawei Xu, Chao Xia, Zhaorui Son, Yuehui Yu
  • Publication number: 20120021569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of SOI devices, and in particular, to a manufacturing method of SOI high-voltage power devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Zhongjian Wang, Yuehui Yu, Dawei He, Dawei Xu, Chao Xia
  • Publication number: 20120009740
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a SOI high voltage power chip with trenches is disclosed. The method comprises: forming a cave and trenches at a SOI substrate; filling oxide in the cave; oxidizing the trenches, forming oxide isolation regions for separating low voltage devices at the same time; filling oxide in the oxidized trenches; and then forming drain regions, source regions and gate regions for a high voltage power device and low voltage devices. The process involves depositing an oxide layer overlapping the cave of the SOI substrate. A SOI high voltage power chip thus made will withstand at least above 700V voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY
    Inventors: Xinhong Cheng, Zhongjian Wang, Yuehui Yu, Dawei He, Dawei Xu, Chao Xia