Both Semiconductors Of The Heterojunction Are The Same Conductivity Type (i.e., Either N Or P) Patents (Class 257/196)
  • Patent number: 11502224
    Abstract: A semiconductor body main include a III-V compound semiconductor material having a p-conductive region doped with a p-dopant. The p-conductive region may include at least one first section, one second section, and one third section. The second section may be arranged between the first and third sections. The second section may directly adjoin the first and third sections. An indium concentration of at least one of the sections differs from an indium concentration of the other two sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Ingrid Koslow, Massimo Drago, Joachim Hertkorn, Alexander Frey
  • Patent number: 11239366
    Abstract: Structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of forming a structure for a field-effect transistor. A gate structure extends over a semiconductor body, a first source/drain region includes an epitaxial semiconductor layer on a first portion of the semiconductor body, and a second source/drain region is positioned in a second portion of the semiconductor body. The gate structure includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, the first source/drain region is positioned adjacent to the first sidewall of the gate structure, and the second source/drain region is positioned adjacent to the second sidewall of the gate structure. The first source/drain region has a first width, and the second source/drain region has a second width that is greater than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Li, Man Gu, Baofu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11127883
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer including a first dopant of a first conductivity type and a second dopant of a second conductivity type, wherein the first dopant has a doping concentration, and the first conductivity type is different from the second conductivity type; a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the third semiconductor layer includes a third dopant including a doping concentration higher than the doping concentration of the first dopant; and an active region between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a bottom surface facing the active region, and the active region includes a top surface facing the second semiconductor layer, and a distance between the bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer and the top surface of the active region is not less than 2 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jing-Jie Dai, Tzu-Chieh Hu
  • Patent number: 10573675
    Abstract: Photodetectors and methods for dual band photo detection are disclosed. The photodetector includes a stack of semiconductor layers defining first and second unipolar photosensitive modules (UPMs) of respectively opposite doping polarities, and a contact layer including at least one of metal and semiconductor materials having doping polarity opposite to that of the second UPM. The first and second UPMs are adapted for sensing radiation of different respective first and second wavelengths ranges. The second UPM is located upon the first UPM thereby forming a first diode junction between the first and second UPMs. The contact layer is located on the second UPM thereby forming a second diode junction between the second UPM and the contact layer. The first and second diode junctions are configured to have respectively opposite conduction directions, enabling selective sensing of electrical signals associated with the first and second wavelengths ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SEMI CONDUCTOR DEVICES—AN ELBIT SYSTEMS-RAFAEL PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Philip Klipstein
  • Patent number: 9112111
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and a light emitting layer. The p-type semiconductor layer includes a first p-side layer, a second p-side layer, and a third p-side layer. A concentration profile of Mg of a p-side region includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion, a fifth portion, a sixth portion and a seventh portion. The p-side region includes the light emitting layer, the second p-side layer, and the third p-side layer. A Mg concentration of the sixth portion is not less than 1×1020 cm?3 and not more than 3×1020 cm?3. The Al concentration is 1/100 of the maximum value at a second position. A Mg concentration at the second position is not less than 2×1018 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Nago, Yoshiyuki Harada, Shigeya Kimura, Hisashi Yoshida, Shinya Nunoue
  • Patent number: 9041063
    Abstract: High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and methods of manufacturing the same. A HEMT may include a source electrode, a gate electrode, a drain electrode, a channel formation layer including at least a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel, a channel supplying layer for forming the 2DEG channel in the channel formation layer, a portion of the channel supplying layer including a first oxygen treated region. The channel supplying layer may include a second oxygen treated region that extends from the first oxygen treated region towards the drain electrode, and the depth and concentration of oxygen of the second oxygen treated region may be less than those of the first oxygen treated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONCS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: In-jun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9024359
    Abstract: A method of making a two-dimensional detector array (and of such an array) comprising, for each of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of individual detectors, forming an n-doped semiconductor photo absorbing layer, forming a bather layer comprising one or more of AlSb, AlAsSb, AlGaAsSb, AlPSb, AlGaPSb, and HgZnTe, and forming an n-doped semiconductor contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Scott, Colin E. Jones, Ernie J. Caine, Charles A. Cockrum
  • Patent number: 8933486
    Abstract: A transistor with source and drain electrodes formed in contact with an active region and a gate between the source and drain electrodes and in contact with the active region. A first spacer layer is on at least part of the active region surface between the gate and drain electrodes and between the gate and source electrodes. The gate comprises a generally t-shaped top portion that extends toward the source and drain electrodes. A field plate is on the spacer layer and under the overhang of at least one section of the gate top portion. The field plate is at least partially covered by a second spacer layer that is on at least part of the first active layer surface and between the gate and drain and between the gate and source. At least one conductive path electrically connects the field plate to the source electrode or the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Yifeng Wu
  • Patent number: 8928039
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device has a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer and formed of a non-doped or n-type nitride semiconductor having a band gap wider than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer, a heterojunction field effect transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode, a Schottky barrier diode having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and first and second element isolation insulating layers. The first element isolation insulating layer has a first end contacting with the drain electrode and the anode electrode, and a second end located in the first nitride semiconductor layer. The second element isolation insulating layer has a third end contacting with the cathode electrode, and a fourth end located in the first nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru Saito, Yasunobu Saito, Hidetoshi Fujimoto, Akira Yoshioka, Tetsuya Ohno, Toshiyuki Naka
  • Patent number: 8878248
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, the first semiconductor containing an impurity element; a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer formed on the second semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode that are formed on the third semiconductor layer. In the semiconductor device, the second semiconductor layer includes an impurity diffusion region in which an impurity element contained in the first semiconductor layer is diffused, the impurity diffusion region being located directly beneath the gate electrode and being in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and the impurity element causes the impurity diffusion region to be a p-type impurity diffusion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Transphorm Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ishiguro, Atsushi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8860109
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitorless memory device. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a storage region disposed on a partial region of the insulating layer, a channel region disposed on the storage region to provide a valence band energy offset between the channel region and the storage region, a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode sequentially disposed on the channel region, and source and drain regions connected to the channel region and disposed at both sides of the gate electrode. A storage region having different valence band energy from a channel region is disposed under the channel region unit so that charges trapped in the storage region unit cannot be easily drained. Thus, a charge retention time may be increased to improve data storage capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Jea-Gun Park, Tae-Hun Shim, Gon-Sub Lee, Seong-Je Kim, Tae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8823057
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and having a first dopant concentration, and forming a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has a second dopant concentration that is less than the first dopant concentration. Ions are implanted into the second semiconductor layer to form an implanted region of the first conductivity type extending through the second semiconductor layer to contact the first semiconductor layer. A first electrode is formed on the implanted region of the second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode is formed on a non-implanted region of the second semiconductor layer. Related devices are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott T. Sheppard, Alexander V. Suvorov
  • Patent number: 8823048
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus. The light emitting apparatus includes a substrate; a light emitting device on the substrate; a fluorescent layer formed on the substrate and the light emitting device to surround the light emitting device; an encapsulant resin layer formed on the substrate and the fluorescent layer to surround the fluorescent layer; and a lens disposed on the light emitting device and supported by the substrate, wherein the lens includes a lens body having a first recess formed at a center of a top surface of the lens body and a second recess formed at a center of a bottom surface of the lens body, and a lens supporter provided at the bottom surface of the lens body to support the lens body such that the lens body is spaced apart from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Won Lee, Gyu Hyeong Bak
  • Patent number: 8823055
    Abstract: A method of forming a template on a silicon substrate includes providing a single crystal silicon substrate. The method further includes epitaxially depositing a layer of rare earth oxide on the surface of the silicon substrate. The rare earth oxide being substantially crystal lattice matched to the surface of the silicon substrate. The method further includes forming an aluminum oxide layer on the rare earth oxide, the aluminum oxide being substantially crystal lattice matched to the surface of the rare earth oxide and epitaxially depositing a layer of aluminum nitride (AlN) on the aluminum oxide layer substantially crystal lattice matched to the surface of the aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Translucent, Inc.
    Inventors: Erdem Arkun, Michael Lebby, Andrew Clark, Rytis Dargis
  • Patent number: 8823012
    Abstract: Enhancement-mode GaN devices having a gate spacer, a gate metal material and a gate compound that are self-aligned, and a methods of forming the same. The materials are patterned and etched using a single photo mask, which reduces manufacturing costs. An interface of the gate spacer and the gate compound has lower leakage than the interface of a dielectric film and the gate compound, thereby reducing gate leakage. In addition, an ohmic contact metal layer is used as a field plate to relieve the electric field at a doped III-V gate compound corner towards the drain contact, which leads to lower gate leakage current and improved gate reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Robert Beach, Alana Nakata, Jianjun Cao, Guang Yuan Zhao, Robert Strittmatter, Fang Chang Liu
  • Patent number: 8779438
    Abstract: An AlN buffer layer, an undoped GaN layer, an undoped AlGaN layer, a p-type GaN layer and a heavily doped p-type GaN layer are formed in this order. A gate electrode forms an Ohmic contact with the heavily doped p-type GaN layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are provided on the undoped AlGaN layer. A pn junction is formed in a gate region by a two dimensional electron gas generated at an interface between the undoped AlGaN layer and the undoped GaN layer and the p-type GaN layer, so that a gate voltage can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hikita, Tetsuzo Ueda, Manabu Yanagihara, Yasuhiro Uemoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8754421
    Abstract: Forming an alignment mark on a semiconductor structure using an optical lithography to form a metal alignment mark on a substrate of the structure, using the formed metal alignment mark to form a first feature of a semiconductor device being formed on the substrate using optical lithography, and using the formed metal alignment mark to form a second, different feature for the semiconductor using electron beam lithography. In one embodiment, the first feature is an ohmic contact, the second feature is a Schottky contact, the metal alignment mark is a refractory metal or a refractory metal compound having an atomic weight greater than 60 such as TaN and the semiconductor device is a GaN semiconductor device. A semiconductor structure having a metal alignment mark on a zero layer of the structure, the metal alignment mark is a TaN and the semiconductor is GaN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Duval, Kamal Tabatabaie, William J. Davis
  • Patent number: 8748982
    Abstract: Semiconductor regions are alternately arranged in a parallel pn layer in which an n-type region and a p-type region are alternately arranged parallel to the main surface of a semiconductor substrate. Pitch between n drift region and p partition region of a second parallel pn layer in an edge termination region is two thirds of pitch between n drift region and p partition region of a first parallel pn layer in an active region. At boundaries between main SJ cells and fine SJ cells at four corners of the semiconductor substrate having rectangular shape in plan view, ends of two pitches of main SJ cells face the ends of three pitches of fine SJ cells. In this way, it is possible to reduce the influence of a process variation and thus reduce mutual diffusion between n drift region and p partition region of the fine SJ cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dawei Cao, Mutsumi Kitamura, Takahiro Tamura, Yasuhiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 8674382
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device (10) comprises a semiconductor structure (12) comprising a first body (14) of a first semiconductor material (in this case Ge) comprising a first region of a first doping kind (in this case n) and a second body (18) of a second semiconductor material (in this case Si) comprising a first region of a second doping kind (in this case p). The structure comprises a junction region (15) comprising a first heterojunction (16) formed between the first body (14) and the second body (18) and a pn junction (17) formed between regions of the structure of the first and second doping kinds respectively. A biasing arrangement (20) is connected to the structure for, in use, reverse biasing the pn junction, thereby to cause emission of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Insiava (Pty) Limited
    Inventors: Lukas Willem Snyman, Monuko Du Plessis
  • Patent number: 8575655
    Abstract: Various techniques for changing the workfunction of the substrate by using a SiGe channel which, in turn, changes the bandgap favorably for a p-type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (pMOSFETs) are disclosed. In the various techniques, a SiGe film that includes a low doped SiGe region above a more highly doped SiGe region to allow the appropriate threshold voltage (Vt) for pMOSFET devices while preventing pitting, roughness and thinning of the SiGe film during subsequent cleans and processing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Ashima B. Chakravarti, Michael P. Chudzik, Judson R. Holt, Dominic J. Schepis
  • Patent number: 8558285
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic device, comprising wafer bonding a first semiconductor material to a III-nitride semiconductor, at a temperature below 550° C., to form a device quality heterojunction between the first semiconductor material and the III-nitride semiconductor, wherein the first semiconductor material is different from the III-nitride semiconductor and is selected for superior properties, or preferred integration or fabrication characteristics in the injector region as compared to the III-nitride semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Umesh K. Mishra, Lee S. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 8530995
    Abstract: A high operating temperature split-off band infrared (SPIP) detector having a double and/or graded barrier on either side of the emitter is provided. The photodetector may include a first and second barrier and an emitter disposed between the first and second barriers so as to form a heterojunction at each interface between the emitter and the first and second barriers, respectively. The emitter may be of a first semiconductor material having a split-off response to optical signals, while one of the first or the second barriers may include a double barrier having a light-hole energy band level that is aligned with the split-off band energy level of the emitter. In addition, the remaining barrier may be graded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: A.G. Unil Perera, Steven G. Matsik
  • Patent number: 8497552
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor buffer layer having a first conductivity type and a semiconductor mesa having the first conductivity type on a surface of the buffer layer. In addition, a current shifting region having a second conductivity type may be provided adjacent a corner between the semiconductor mesa and the semiconductor buffer layer, and the first and second conductivity types may be different conductivity types. Related methods are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Qingchun Zhang, Anant K. Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8497553
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor formed on a first element region, and a first protecting element including a second transistor formed on a second element region. A second protecting element ohmic electrode is connected to a first gate electrode, a first protecting element ohmic electrode is connected to a first ohmic electrode, and a first protecting element gate electrode is connected to at least one of the first protecting element ohmic electrode and the second protecting element ohmic electrode. The second element region is smaller in area than the first element region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Yamagiwa, Shingo Hashizume, Ayanori Ikoshi, Manabu Yanagihara, Yasuhiro Uemoto
  • Patent number: 8441035
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an FET and a method of manufacturing the FET that are capable of increasing the threshold voltage as well as decreasing the on-resistance. The FET of the present invention includes a first undoped GaN layer; a first undoped AlGaN layer formed on the first undoped GaN layer, having a band gap energy greater than that of the first undoped GaN layer; a second undoped GaN layer formed on the first undoped AlGaN layer; a second undoped AlGaN layer formed on the second undoped GaN layer, having a band gap energy greater than that of the second undoped GaN layer; a p-type GaN layer formed in the recess of the second undoped AlGaN layer; a gate electrode formed on the p-type GaN layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are formed in both lateral regions of the gate electrode, wherein a channel is formed at the heterojunction interface between the first undoped GaN layer and the first undoped AlGaN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hikita, Hidetoshi Ishida, Tetsuzo Ueda
  • Patent number: 8431963
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor according to the present invention includes a silicon substrate that has a resistivity of not more than 0.02 ?·cm, a channel layer that is formed on the silicon substrate and has a thickness of at least 5 ?m, a barrier layer that is formed on the channel layer and supplies the channel layer with electrons, a two dimensional electron gas layer that is formed by a hetero junction between the channel layer and the barrier layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode that each form an ohmic contact with the barrier layer, and a gate electrode that is formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and forms a Schottky barrier junction with the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Takenaka, Kazunori Asano, Kohji Ishikura
  • Patent number: 8399910
    Abstract: A method of making a two-dimensional detector array (and of such an array) comprising, for each of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of individual detectors, forming an n-doped semiconductor photo absorbing layer, forming a barrier layer comprising one or more of AlSb, AlAsSb, AlGaAsSb, AlSb, AlGaPSb, and HgZnTe, and forming an n-doped semiconductor contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Scott, Colin E. Jones, Ernie J. Caine, Charles A. Cockrum
  • Patent number: 8362520
    Abstract: A method of making a two-dimensional detector array (and of such an array) comprising, for each of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of individual detectors, forming an n-doped semiconductor photo absorbing layer, forming a barrier layer comprising one or more of AlSb, AlAsSb, AlGaAsSb, AlPSb, AlGaPSb, and HgZnTe, and forming an n-doped semiconductor contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Scott, Colin E. Jones, Ernie J. Caine, Charles A. Cockrum
  • Patent number: 8304790
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device has a nitride semiconductor layer structure. The structure includes an active layer of a quantum well structure containing an indium-containing nitride semiconductor. A first nitride semiconductor layer having a band gap energy larger than that of the active layer is provided in contact with the active layer. A second nitride semiconductor layer having a band gap energy smaller than that of the first layer is provided over the first layer. Further, a third nitride semiconductor layer having a band gap energy larger than that of the second layer is provided over the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Nakamura, Shinichi Nagahama, Naruhito Iwasa
  • Patent number: 8306495
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer that are joined by sandwiching a depletion layer with a thickness that allows transmission of a plurality of electrons and holes by direct-tunneling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8294164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting device using a clad layer consisting of asymmetric units, wherein the clad layer is provided by repeatedly stacking a unit having an asymmetric energy bandgap on upper and lower portions of an active layer, and the inflow of both electrons and holes into the active layer is arbitrarily controlled through the clad layer, so that the internal quantum efficiency can be improved. The light-emitting device using the clad layer consisting of the asymmetric units according to the present invention is characterized in that the clad layer is provided on at least one of the upper and lower portions of the active layer and consists of one or plural units, wherein the unit has a structure in which the first to nth unit layers (n is a natural number equal to or greater than three) having different energy bandgaps are sequentially stacked and has an asymmetric energy band diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: WOOREE LST Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Eung Oh, Young-Kyun Noh, Bun-Hei Koo
  • Patent number: 8288798
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a buffer layer over a substrate, the buffer layer containing a first compound semiconductor that includes elements from one of: III-V families of a periodic table; and II-VI families of the periodic table. The method includes forming a channel layer over the buffer layer. The channel layer contains a second compound semiconductor that includes elements from the III-V families of the periodic table. The method includes forming a gate over the channel layer. The method includes depositing impurities on regions of the channel layer on either side of the gate. The method includes performing an annealing process to activate the impurities in the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Matthias Passlack
  • Patent number: 8283699
    Abstract: A transistor comprising an active region, with source and drain electrodes formed in contact with the active region and a gate formed between the source and drain electrodes and in contact with the active region. A first spacer layer is on at least part of the surface of the active region between the gate and the drain electrode and between the gate and the source electrode. The gate comprises a generally t-shaped top portion that extends toward the source and drain electrodes. A field plate is on the spacer layer and under the overhand of at least one section of the gate top portion. The field plate is at least partially covered by a second spacer layer, with the second spacer layer on at least part of the surface of the first active layer and between the gate and the drain and between the gate and the source. At least one conductive path electrically connects the field plate to the source electrode or the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Yifeng Wu
  • Patent number: 8274098
    Abstract: Provided are a field effect transistor, a logic circuit including the same and methods of manufacturing the same. The field effect transistor may include an ambipolar layer that includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region, wherein the source region, the drain region, and the channel region may be formed in a monolithic structure, a gate electrode on the channel region, and an insulating layer separating the gate electrode from the ambipolar layer, wherein the source region and the drain region have a width greater than that of the channel region in a second direction that crosses a first direction in which the source region and the drain region are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-jong Chung, Ran-ju Jung, Sun-ae Seo, Dong-chul Kim, Chang-won Lee
  • Patent number: 8263449
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) may include forming first and second material layers having different lattice constants on a substrate, forming a source, a drain, and a gate on the second material layer, and changing the second material layer between the gate and the drain into a different material layer, or changing a thickness of the second material layer, or forming a p-type semiconductor layer on the second material layer. The change in the second material layer may occur in an entire region of the second material layer between the gate and the drain, or only in a partial region of the second material layer adjacent to the gate. The p-type semiconductor layer may be formed on an entire top surface of the second material layer between the gate and the drain, or only on a partial region of the top surface adjacent to the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-ha Hong, U-In Chung, Jai-kwang Shin, Jae-joon Oh, Jong-seob Kim, Hyuk-soon Choi, In-jun Hwang
  • Patent number: 8265582
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer that are joined by sandwiching a depletion layer with a thickness that allows transmission of a plurality of electrons and holes by direct-tunneling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8237245
    Abstract: To provide a nitride semiconductor crystal, comprising: laminated homogeneous nitride semiconductor layers, with a thickness of 2 mm or more, wherein the laminated homogeneous nitride semiconductor layers are constituted so that a nitride semiconductor layer with low dopant concentration and a nitride semiconductor layer with high dopant concentration are alternately laminated by two cycles or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Fujikura
  • Publication number: 20120138928
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices and the devices thus obtained. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a semiconductor substrate comprising a germanium region doped with n-type dopants at a first doping level and forming an interfacial silicon layer overlying the germanium region, where the interfacial silicon layer is doped with n-type dopants at a second doping level and has a thickness higher than a critical thickness of silicon on germanium, such that the interfacial layer is at least partially relaxed. The method further includes forming over the interfacial silicon layer a layer of material having an electrical resistivity smaller than 1×10?2 ?cm, thereby forming an electrical contact between the germanium region and the layer of material, wherein the electrical contact has a specific contact resistivity below 10?4 ?cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. LEUVEN R&D, IMEC
    Inventors: Koen Martens, Roger Loo, Jorge Kittl
  • Patent number: 8188553
    Abstract: In a MOS-type semiconductor device in which, on a Si substrate (201), a SiGe layer (202) having a valence band edge energy value smaller than a valence band edge energy value of the first semiconductor layer and a mobility larger than a mobility of the first semiconductor layer, a Si cap layer (203), and an insulating layer (204) are sequentially laminated, the problem of the shift of the absolute value of the threshold voltage toward a smaller value caused by negative fixed charges formed in or near the interface between the Si cap layer (203) and the insulting film (204) by diffusion of Ge is overcome by neutralizing the negative fixed charges by positive charges induced in and near the interface between the Si cap layer and the insulating film along with addition of nitrogen atoms to the semiconductor device surface by NO gas annealing and thereby shifting the threshold voltage toward a larger value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Masashi Shima
  • Patent number: 8134180
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor base layer made of a conductive group III nitride semiconductor having a principal plane defined by a nonpolar plane or a semipolar plane; an insulating layer formed on the principal plane of the semiconductor base layer with an aperture partially exposing the principal plane; a nitride semiconductor multilayer structure portion, formed on a region extending onto the insulating layer from the aperture, having a parallel surface parallel to the principal plane of the semiconductor base layer as well as a +c-axis side first inclined surface and a ?c-axis side second inclined surface inclined with respect to the principal plane of the semiconductor base layer and including two types of group III nitride semiconductor layers at least having different lattice constants; a gate electrode formed to be opposed to the second inclined surface; a source electrode arranged to be electrically connected with the group III nitride semiconductor layers; and a drain ele
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Otake, Shigefusa Chichibu
  • Patent number: 8124983
    Abstract: A power transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. A support layer is formed of a first material having a first bandgap. An active region is formed of a second material having a second bandgap wider than the first bandgap, and is disposed on the support layer. The active region is arranged to form part of a current path between the first and second terminal in a forward mode of operation. The active region includes at least one pn-junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ralf Otremba
  • Publication number: 20120025271
    Abstract: There is provided a high-performance compound semiconductor epitaxial wafer that has an improved linearity of the voltage-current characteristic, a producing method thereof, and a judging method thereof. Provided is a semiconductor wafer including a compound semiconductor that produces a two-dimensional carrier gas, a carrier supply semiconductor that supplies a carrier to the compound semiconductor, and a mobility lowering semiconductor that is disposed between the compound semiconductor and the carrier supply semiconductor and that has a mobility lowering factor that makes the mobility of the carrier in the mobility lowering semiconductor lower than the mobility of the carrier in the compound semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi NAKANO
  • Patent number: 8101972
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: first through third nitride semiconductor layers formed in sequence over a substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer has a band gap energy larger than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The third nitride semiconductor layer has an opening. A p-type fourth nitride semiconductor layer is formed so that the opening is filled therewith. A gate electrode is formed on the fourth nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hikita, Tetsuzo Ueda
  • Patent number: 8072001
    Abstract: A heterojunction bipolar transistor with InGaP as the emitter layer and capable of both reliable electrical conduction and thermal stability wherein a GaAs layer is inserted between the InGaP emitter layer and AlGaAs ballast resistance layer, to prevent holes reverse-injected from the base layer from diffusing and reaching the AlGaAs ballast resistance layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Ohbu, Chushiro Kusano, Yasunari Umemoto, Atsushi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 8044435
    Abstract: A method of making a two-dimensional detector array (and of such an array) comprising, for each of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of individual detectors, forming an n-doped semiconductor photo absorbing layer, forming a barrier layer comprising one or more of AlSb, AlAsSb, AlGaAsSb, AlPSb, AlGaPSb, and HgZnTe, and forming an n-doped semiconductor contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Scott, Colin E. Jones, Ernie J. Caine, Charles A. Cockrum
  • Patent number: 8022390
    Abstract: A photodetector for detecting infrared light in a wavelength range of 3-25 ?m is disclosed. The photodetector has a mesa structure formed from semiconductor layers which include a type-II superlattice formed of alternating layers of InAs and InxGa1-xSb with 0?x?0.5. Impurity doped regions are formed on sidewalls of the mesa structure to provide for a lateral conduction of photo-generated carriers which can provide an increased carrier mobility and a reduced surface recombination. An optional bias electrode can be used in the photodetector to control and vary a cut-off wavelength or a depletion width therein. The photodetector can be formed as a single-color or multi-color device, and can also be used to form a focal plane array which is compatible with conventional read-out integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin K. Kim, Malcolm S. Carroll
  • Patent number: 8017977
    Abstract: A GaN heterojunction FET has an AlxGa1-xN first graded layer and an AlyGa1-yN second graded layer, which are formed sequentially on a channel layer. The Al mole fraction x of the first graded layer decreases linearly from, for example, 0.2 at an interface of the first graded layer with the channel layer to 0.1 at an interface thereof with the second graded layer. The Al mole fraction y of the second graded layer increases from, for example, 0.1 at an interface of the second graded layer with the first graded layer to 0.35 at a surface located on the opposite side from the first graded layer. Because the intrinsic polarization of AlGaN depends on the Al mole fraction, fixed negative charge is generated in the AlxGa1-xN first graded layer, and fixed positive charge is generated in the AlyGa1-yN second graded layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: John Twynam
  • Patent number: 8004012
    Abstract: A photo-detector with a reduced G-R noise comprises two n-type narrow bandgap layers surrounding a middle barrier layer having an energy bandgap at least equal to the sum of the bandgaps of the two narrow bandgap layers. Under the flat band conditions the conduction band edge of each narrow bandgap layer lies below the conduction band edge of the barrier layer by at least the bandgap energy of the other narrow bandgap layer. When biased with an externally applied voltage, the more negatively biased narrow bandgap layer is the contact layer and the more positively biased narrow bandgap layer is the photon absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Semi-Conductor Devices—An Elbit Systems-Rafael Partnership
    Inventor: Philip Klipstein
  • Patent number: 7928555
    Abstract: A stacked semiconductor package may include a wiring substrate. A first semiconductor chip may be disposed on the wiring substrate and wire-bonded to the wiring substrate. An interposer chip may be disposed on the wiring substrate and sire bonded to the wiring substrate. The interposer chip may include a circuit element and a bonding pad being electrically connected. A second semiconductor chip may be disposed on the interposer chip and wire-bonded to the interposer chip. The second semiconductor chip may be electrically connected to the wiring substrate through the interposer chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-hun Kim, Heung-kyu Kwon
  • Patent number: 7902562
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode device (LED) device and manufacturing methods thereof are provided, wherein the LED device comprises a substrate, a first n-type semiconductor layer, an n-type three-dimensional electron cloud structure, a second n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type semiconductor layer. The first n-type semiconductor layer, the n-type three-dimensional electron cloud structure, the second n-type semiconductor layer, the active layer and the p-type semiconductor layer are subsequently grown on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta Kuo, Yu-Pin Hsu, Chun-Kai Wang, Jui-Yi Chu, Tsung-Kuang Chen