Heterojunction Formed Between Semiconductor Materials Which Differ In That They Belong To Different Periodic Table Groups (e.g., Ge (group Iv) - Gaas (group Iii-v) Or Inp (group Iii-v) - Cdte (group Ii-vi)) Patents (Class 257/200)
  • Patent number: 11942173
    Abstract: A memory apparatus includes an address decoding circuit configured to output a test redundancy address based on an address that is transmitted from a memory controller; and a redundancy address check circuit configured to determine whether the test redundancy address is replacing a failed address, in order to perform an ECC test operation by using the test redundancy address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heeeun Choi, Yeong Han Jeong
  • Patent number: 11908975
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer on the second semiconductor layer and including a plurality of first openings exposing the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first openings include a first group and a second group; a third electrode on the first insulating layer and including a first extended portion and a second extended portion, wherein the first extended portion and the second extended portion are respectively electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer through the first group of the first openings and the second group of the first openings, and wherein the number of the first group of the first openings is different from the number of the second group of the first openings; and a plurality of fourth electrodes on the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, wherein in a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen, Jia-Kuen Wang, Chien-Chih Liao, Tzu-Yao Tseng, Tsun-Kai Ko, Chien-Fu Shen
  • Patent number: 11888090
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light-emitting element having improved light emission output. The semiconductor light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer having a layered structure in which a first III-V compound semiconductor layer and a second III-V compound semiconductor layer having different composition ratios are repeatedly stacked. The first and second III-V compound semiconductor layers each contain three or more types of elements that are selected from Al, Ga, and In and from As, Sb, and P. The composition wavelength difference between the composition wavelength of the first III-V compound semiconductor layer and the composition wavelength of the second III-V compound semiconductor layer is 50 nm or less. The ratio of the lattice constant difference between the lattice constant of the first III-V compound semiconductor layer and the lattice constant of the second III-V compound semiconductor layer is not less than 0.05% and not more than 0.60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Koshika, Yoshitaka Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11881132
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a test circuit located in a non-display region. The test circuit includes a plurality of switching transistors and at least one data switching line extending in a first direction. In each switching transistor, a first end of the switching transistor is electrically connected to a data line in the display panel, and a second end of the switching transistor is configured to receive a test data signal. The data switching line is disposed in the same layer as a source-drain layer of the switching transistor. The data switching line is configured to control the switching transistor to be turned on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Lan, Jiazuo Cai, Jiading Liu
  • Patent number: 11842790
    Abstract: Provided are a page buffer and a memory device including the same. A memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a page buffer circuit including page buffer units in a first horizontal direction, the page buffer units being connected to the memory cells via bit lines, and cache latches in the first horizontal direction, the cache latches corresponding to the page buffer units, wherein each of the page buffer units includes one or more pass transistors connected to a sensing node of each of the plurality of page buffer units, the sensing node electrically connected to a corresponding bit line. Each sensing node included in each of the page buffer units and the combined sensing node are electrically connected to each other through the pass transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongsung Cho, Inho Kang, Taehyo Kim, Jeunghwan Park, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 11783910
    Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) comprises a plurality of primary data storage elements, a plurality of redundant data storage elements, and circuitry to receive a first register setting command and initiate a repair mode in the DRAM in response to the first register setting command. The circuitry is further to receive an activation command, repair a malfunctioning row address in the DRAM, receive a precharge command, receive a second register setting command, terminate the repair mode in the DRAM in response to the second register setting command, receive a memory access request for data stored at the malfunctioning row address, and redirect the memory access request to a corresponding row address in the plurality of redundant data storage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian E. Ong, Fan Ho
  • Patent number: 11765793
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a process chamber having a treatment space defined therein, a support unit for supporting the substrate in the treatment space, a liquid supply unit for supplying treating liquid to the substrate supported on the support unit, and a heating unit disposed in the support unit for heating the substrate supported on the support unit, wherein the heating unit includes a plurality of lamps to heat the substrate, and a window disposed above the lamps to transmit light emitted from the lamps, wherein the window includes a base in a form of a plate, and light adjustment means formed on the base to spread or converge light emitted from the lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muhyeon Lee, Gui Su Park, Byungsun Bang, Jungbong Choi, Youngil Lee, Kangseop Yun, Seung Eun Na, Ye Jin Choi, Kyounghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11756903
    Abstract: Radar sensor, having an antenna assembly and a monolithic microwave integrated circuit that is arranged on a circuit board of the radar sensor and comprises at least one antenna connection that is to be connected to the antenna assembly, in particular is implemented in a ball grid, provides radar signals to be emitted, which can be generated by the microwave circuit, or accepts received radar signals from the antenna assembly, the connection of the antenna connection to the antenna assembly being formed at least in part by a waveguide, wherein, for connecting the at least one antenna connection to the waveguide designed as a wave duct, the circuit board comprises, at the position of the antenna connection, a through-opening leading to the side of the circuit board opposite the microwave circuit, through which the antenna connection is connected to a radiation element projecting into the waveguide arranged on the opposite side of the circuit board at the position of the antenna connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Niels Koch
  • Patent number: 11664481
    Abstract: A display device includes a carrier, a substrate unit, a plurality of light emitting elements and a circuit unit. The carrier has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, and a peripheral surface interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces. The substrate unit is disposed on one side of the peripheral surface of the carrier. The light emitting elements are spacedly disposed on the top surface of the carrier. The circuit unit includes a plurality of circuit modules that are disposed on the substrate unit and that are electrically connected to the light emitting elements. Each of the circuit modules includes a switch control circuit and a driving circuit that are configured to control the light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MACROBLOCK, INC.
    Inventor: Yi-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11651616
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate; a plurality of transistors provided corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion elements; and a plurality of scan lines that extend in a first direction. A plurality of detection elements each include the photoelectric conversion element and the transistors provided so as to overlap the photoelectric conversion element. The detection elements include a first detection element and a second detection element adjacent in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and one of the scan lines is provided between the first detection element and the second detection element and is coupled to the first detection element and the second detection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11646064
    Abstract: Provided are a page buffer and a memory device including the same. A memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a page buffer circuit including page buffer units in a first horizontal direction, the page buffer units being connected to the memory cells via bit lines, and cache latches in the first horizontal direction, the cache latches corresponding to the page buffer units, wherein each of the page buffer units includes one or more pass transistors connected to a sensing node of each of the plurality of page buffer units, the sensing node electrically connected to a corresponding bit line. Each sensing node included in each of the page buffer units and the combined sensing node are electrically connected to each other through the pass transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongsung Cho, Inho Kang, Taehyo Kim, Jeunghwan Park, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 11624727
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting a single-molecule using an integrated circuit which includes at least one membrane having a nanopore located between first and second reservoirs and a low-noise preamplifier having an electrode formed on the surface thereof is provided. The method includes passing a target molecule through the nanopore, and measuring a current through the nanopore to detect the presence of a biomolecular entity, if any.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Jacob Rosenstein, Kenneth L. Shepard
  • Patent number: 11531142
    Abstract: An optical member that has excellent antireflection properties and that can maintain antifogging properties over a long term, and a method for manufacturing an optical member are provided. The optical member includes, in sequence, a substrate, a porous layer, and a multilayered antireflection layer. The ratio n/n0 is 0.85 or more and 0.95 or less, where n represents a refractive index of a layer having the highest refractive index among layers included in the antireflection layer and n0 represents a refractive index of a compound constituting the layer having the highest refractive index at a theoretical density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Toshinao Tatsuno
  • Patent number: 11531218
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dimming mirror and a manufacturing method thereof, and a dimming apparatus. The dimming mirror includes a dimming layer including a plurality of dimming units. Each of the dimming units includes a first driving structure and a second driving structure opposite to each other, and an elastic supporting structure disposed between the first driving structure and the second driving structure. The first and second driving structures and the elastic supporting structure enclose a dimming chamber. The first and second driving structures are configured to adjust a dimming angle of the dimming unit by adjusting a gap width of the dimming chamber, such that a response wavelength of the dimming mirror is adjusted. The present disclosure facilitates the improvement of the flexibility of the dimming mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingwen Guo, Yanzhao Li, Yongchun Tao
  • Patent number: 11502082
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region, a cell gate electrode buried in a groove crossing a cell active portion of the cell region, a cell line pattern crossing over the cell gate electrode, the cell line pattern being connected to a first source/drain region in the cell active portion at a side of the cell gate electrode, a peripheral gate pattern crossing over a peripheral active portion of the peripheral region, a planarized interlayer insulating layer on the substrate around the peripheral gate pattern, and a capping insulating layer on the planarized interlayer insulating layer and a top surface of the peripheral gate pattern, the capping insulating layer including an insulating material having an etch selectivity with respect to the planarized interlayer insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-In Ryu, Taiheui Cho, Keunnam Kim, Kyehee Yeom, Junghwan Park, Hyeon-Woo Jang
  • Patent number: 11493535
    Abstract: A reduced pin count (RPC) device includes an electrical circuitry in a package with uniformly distributed leads, a subset of the leads being electrically disconnected form the circuitry. A contactor pin block with sockets corresponding to the uniformly distributed leads has the sockets corresponding to the leads with electrical connections filled with test pins suitable for contacting respective leads, and the sockets corresponding to the electrically disconnected leads voided of test pins. Dummy plugs are inserted into the voided sockets to block the sockets and prevent accidental insertions of test pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kay Chan Tong, Hisashi Ata, Thiha Shwe
  • Patent number: 11482555
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a support body including a mount region, a semiconductor chip disposed on the mount region with a predetermined distance therebetween, a bump disposed between the support body and the semiconductor chip, a wall portion disposed between the support body and the semiconductor chip along a part of an outer edge of the semiconductor chip, and an underfill resin layer disposed between the support body and the semiconductor chip. The underfill resin layer covers an outer side surface of the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Takagi, Yasuhito Yoneta, Masaharu Muramatsu, Nao Inoue, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Shinichi Nakata, Takuo Koyama
  • Patent number: 11423998
    Abstract: A flash memory including a NAND memory cell array, a current detection unit, an offset voltage determining unit, and a reading voltage generating unit. The NAND memory cell array forms at least one monitoring NAND string in each block, which are used to monitor the cycle frequency of programing and erasing. The current detection unit detects the current that flows through the monitoring NAND string. The offset voltage determining unit determines the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage that are respectively added to the read-pass voltage and the reading voltage, according to the current detected. The reading voltage generating unit generates the read-pass voltage with the first offset voltage added. The reading voltage generating unit also generates the reading voltage with the second offset voltage added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: WINDBOND ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Makoto Senoo
  • Patent number: 11411009
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a memory region and a logic region; forming a stack structure on the memory region and a gate structure on the logic region; forming a first cap layer on the stack structure and the gate structure; performing an oxidation process to form an oxide layer on the first cap layer; forming a second cap layer on the oxide layer; and removing part of the second cap layer, part of the oxide layer, and part of the first cap layer on the logic region to form a spacer adjacent to the gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Fu Huang, Fu-Che Lee
  • Patent number: 11408591
    Abstract: An LED lighting module with micro led arrays and phosphor film is disclosed. The LED lighting module includes a plurality of micro LED arrays and a phosphor film. The micro LED arrays are respectively composed of at least one micro LED. The phosphor film is disposed on one side of the micro LED arrays; and the phosphor film has a transparent substrate and is provided with a plurality of light emitting regions. The plurality of light emitting regions are arranged adjacent to each other and into a matrix form, and are set corresponding to the micro LED arrays collimation respectively. A part or the whole of the surface of the plurality of light emitting regions is provided with at least one type of phosphor powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Huei Wu
  • Patent number: 11411178
    Abstract: A memory cell includes: a first electrode; a resistive material layer comprising one horizontal portion and two vertical portions that are respectively coupled to ends of the horizontal portion; and a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is partially surrounded by a top boundary of the U-shaped profile and the first electrode extends along part of a bottom boundary of the U-shaped profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Mo, Shih-Chi Kuo
  • Patent number: 11404307
    Abstract: An integrated circuit interconnect structure includes a first interconnect in a first metallization level and a first dielectric adjacent to at least a portion of the first interconnect, where the first dielectric having a first carbon content. The integrated circuit interconnect structure further includes a second interconnect in a second metallization level above the first metallization level. The second interconnect includes a lowermost surface in contact with at least a portion of an uppermost surface of the first interconnect. A second dielectric having a second carbon content is adjacent to at least a portion of the second interconnect and the first dielectric. The first carbon concentration increases with distance away from the lowermost surface of the second interconnect and the second carbon concentration increases with distance away from the uppermost surface of the first interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Manish Chandhok, Ramanan Chebiam, Brennen Mueller, Colin Carver, Jeffery Bielefeld, Nafees Kabir, Richard Vreeland, William Brezinski
  • Patent number: 11386054
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based hierarchical data storage. One of the methods includes: determining, based on a blockchain stored in a database that includes multiple levels of storage, a block number interval that includes one or more block numbers associated with data nodes to be migrated to a lower level of storage in response to the data nodes meeting a data migration condition, wherein each of the data nodes is included in a state Merkle tree and is associated with a block number of a block of the blockchain where the corresponding data node was last updated, and the lower level of storage corresponds to a storage media with lower storage cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhonghao Lu, Benquan Yu, Haizhen Zhuo
  • Patent number: 11380843
    Abstract: A method is presented for improved linearity of a phase change memory (PCM) cell structure. The method includes forming a bottom electrode over a substrate, constructing a PCM stack including a plurality of PCM layers each having a different crystallization temperature over the bottom electrode, and forming a top electrode over the PCM stack. The crystallization temperature varies in an ascending order from the bottom electrode to the top electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tian Shen, Heng Wu, Kevin W. Brew, Jingyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11362190
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a substrate, a pair of Group III-Nitride layers on the substrate forming: a heterojunction with a 2 Dimensional Electron Gas (2DEG) channel in a lower one of the pair of Group III-Nitride layers, a cap beryllium doped Group III-Nitride layer on the upper one of the pair of Group III-Nitride layers; and an electrical contact in Schottky contact with a portion of the cap beryllium doped, Group III-Nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kiuchul Hwang, Brian D. Schultz, John Logan, Robert E. Leoni, Nicholas J. Kolias
  • Patent number: 11308853
    Abstract: There are provided in the present disclosure a shift register and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register of the present disclosure includes: a forward scanning input sub-circuit for pre-charging a potential of a pull-up node by an operation level signal under control of a forward input signal and a forward scanning signal upon scanning forwards; a backward scanning input sub-circuit for pre-charging the potential of the pull-up node by an operation level signal under control of a backward input signal and a backward scanning signal upon scanning backwards; an output sub-circuit for outputting a clock signal through a signal output terminal under control of the potential of the pull-up node; wherein the pull-up node is a connection node of the forward scanning input sub-circuit, the backward scanning input sub-circuit and the output sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wang Guo, Yanchen Li, Yue Li, Jinyu Li, Dawei Feng, Yu Zhao, Shaojun Hou, Dong Wang, Mingyang Lv
  • Patent number: 11302807
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device including a substrate, a first channel layer, a second channel layer, a cap layer, a first metal nitride layer, a gate, a source, and a drain is provided. The first channel layer is disposed on the substrate. The second channel layer is disposed on the first channel layer. The cap layer is disposed on the second channel layer and exposes a portion of the second channel layer. The first metal nitride layer is disposed on the cap layer. The gate is disposed on the first metal nitride layer. The width of the first metal nitride layer is greater than or equal to the width of the gate. The source and the drain are disposed on the second channel layer at two sides of the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Chen, Wen-Ying Wen
  • Patent number: 11302277
    Abstract: A shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus are provided. The shift register unit comprises: an input circuit, a transmission circuit and an output control circuit; wherein the transmission circuit is coupled to a first node, a second node, a clock signal terminal and a first power source terminal, respectively, and is configured to control an electric potential of the second node under the control of the first node, the clock signal terminal and the first power source terminal, and the output control circuit is configured to control an electric potential of the output signal terminal under the control of the second node. The electric potential of the output signal from the output signal terminal in the shift register unit can be controlled by adopting one clock signal terminal, which effectively reduces the power consumption of the shift register unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Ordos YuanSheng Optoelectronics Co., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Fei Huang
  • Patent number: 11281320
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an edge touch screen including a main display region and an edge display region extending from the main display region each including one or more of red pixels, near infrared ray pixels, and sensor pixels for detecting light with different wavelengths; and a controller configured to, drive the edge touch screen in response to a touch input for the edge display region being maintained for a set time by instructing at least one selected red pixel of the red pixels and at least one selected near infrared ray pixel of the near infrared ray pixels corresponding to a position of the touch input to emit light, and measure biometrics based on light amounts of light of different wavelengths received from at least one selected sensor pixel of the sensor pixels corresponding to the position of the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon Heo, Kyung Bae Park, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11282974
    Abstract: A photosensitive element includes a first film layer, a second film layer and a third film layer. The first film layer, the second film layer and the third film layer are in a sequentially stacked structure, the first film layer is a p-type copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) layer, the second film layer is an i-type CIGS layer, and the third film layer is an n-type film layer, and the first film layer, the second film layer and the third film layer form a PIN junction structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingrong Ren, Jianming Sun, Yingwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11276723
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor layer; and a wiring structure section between the substrate and the semiconductor layer, the wiring structure section including a plurality of stacked wiring layers and a plurality of stacked insulating films, the wiring structure section including an electrode, wherein an opening for connecting a member to the electrode is formed in the semiconductor layer and the wiring structure section; the semiconductor layer has an isolation region in which an insulating film is embedded and which surrounds the opening; the wiring structure section has a ring which is formed of the plurality of wiring layers and surround the opening; and a distance between the opening and the ring closest to the opening is larger than a distance between the opening and the isolation region closest to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Ogino, Hideaki Ishino, Akihiro Shimizu, Katsunori Hirota, Tsutomu Tange
  • Patent number: 11264303
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a frame, a semiconductor element, a substrate, and a sealing resin. The semiconductor element is disposed on the frame. The substrate is disposed on a side of the frame opposite to a side on which the semiconductor element is disposed. The sealing resin seals the semiconductor element and the substrate. The substrate includes a metal sheet, a first insulating sheet on one main surface side of the metal sheet, and a second insulating sheet on the other main surface side of the metal sheet. The metal sheet has flexibility at a normal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Nakagawa, Takuya Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 11264285
    Abstract: Three-dimensional integration can overcome scaling limitations by increasing transistor density in volume rather than area. To provided gate-all-around field-effect-transistor devices with different threshold voltages and doping types on the same substrate, methods are provided for growing adjacent nanosheet stacks having channels with different doping profiles. In one example, a first nanosheet stack is formed having channels with first doping characteristics. Then the first nanosheet stack is etched, and a second nanosheet stack is formed in plane with the first nanosheet stack. The second nanosheet stack has channels with different doping characteristics. This process can be repeated for additional nanosheet stacks. In another example, the formation of the nanosheet stacks with channels having different doping characteristics is performed by restricting layer formation to predefined locations using a patterned layer (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Gardner, Jim Fulford
  • Patent number: 11245091
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an OLED panel, an OLED packaging method, and a display panel. The OLED panel includes a substrate; an OLED element on a surface of the substrate; an inorganic cover layer on the substrate and the OLED element, the inorganic cover layer being configured to cover a peripheral portion of the surface of the substrate; a bonding layer on the inorganic cover layer; and a barrier layer on the bonding layer, wherein a portion of the bonding layer on the peripheral portion includes at least one rib configured to form an airtight space for isolating the OLED element from the external.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ang Xiao, Xiaodong Yang, Guowei Li, Quanqin Sun, Yangyang Zhang, Hongjian Wu, Chao Ma, Guanyu Lu
  • Patent number: 11240943
    Abstract: The disclosed concept relates to electrical isolation between power electronic and cooling and/or mounting components and, in particular, a ceramic layer disposed on one or more portions of the cooling and/or mounting components to provide electrical isolation, as well as, a thermally conductive path to remove heat produced by the power electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: David Glenn Woolard, Paul Thomas Murray
  • Patent number: 11239327
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a gallium nitride layer. An aluminum gallium nitride layer is disposed on the gallium nitride layer, wherein the aluminum gallium nitride layer comprises a tensile stress. A source electrode and a drain electrode are disposed on the aluminum gallium nitride layer. A gate electrode is disposed on the aluminum gallium nitride layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode. At least one silicon oxide layer is embedded in the aluminum gallium nitride layer, wherein the silicon oxide layer is formed by a flowable chemical vapor deposition, and the silicon oxide layer increases the tensile stress in the aluminum gallium nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kai-Lin Lee, Zhi-Cheng Lee, Wei-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11227645
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment an MTJ unit is provided. The MTJ unit includes: a first MTJ comprising a first free layer, a first tunnel barrier layer and a first reference layer. The first MTJ is switchable between a parallel state and an anti-parallel state through spin-torque transfer (STT). The MTJ unit comprises a second MTJ arranged above the first MTJ and comprising, a second reference layer, a second tunnel barrier layer and a second free layer. The second MTJ is switchable between a parallel state and an anti-parallel state through STT. The MTJ unit comprises a pinning layer arranged between the first reference layer and the second reference layer and configured to fix a magnetization direction of the first reference layer and the second reference layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Sushil Sakhare, Manu Komalan Perumkunnil, Johan Swerts, Gouri Sankar Kar, Trong Huynh Bao
  • Patent number: 11211270
    Abstract: A method according to an embodiment includes: mounting a reference-specimen of a same material as that of a specimen on a support member and creating a map indicating a distortion in a gravity direction of the reference-specimen; mounting the specimen on the support member and irradiating light to the specimen; correcting a linear component of a distortion in a gravity direction of the specimen between a first point on the specimen and a second point located in the first scanning direction on the specimen on a basis of a first difference in the gravity direction between the first and second points in the map, and correcting a secondary component of the distortion in the gravity direction of the specimen using a feedback circuit, when the pattern is imaged; and performing a defect inspection using an image of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: NUFLARE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Masaya Takeda
  • Patent number: 11211485
    Abstract: Provided is a trench-type power transistor. The trench-type power transistor includes a source, a drain, a first gate, a second gate, a body diode and a body region contact diode. The body diode and the body region contact diode are connected in series. The first gate controls turn-on and turn-off of a first current channel through a gate voltage, the second gate is connected to the source and controls turn-on and turn-off of a second current channel through a source voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUZHOU ORIENTAL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhendong Mao, Yuanlin Yuan, Lei Liu, Wei Liu, Rui Wang, Yi Gong
  • Patent number: 11171202
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body coupled to first and second load terminal structures, an active cell field in the body, and a plurality of first and second cells in the active cell field. Each cell is electrically connected to the first load terminal structure and to a drift region. Each first cell includes a mesa having a port region electrically connected to the first load terminal structure, and a channel region coupled to the drift region. Each second cell includes a mesa having a port region of the opposite conductivity type electrically connected to the first load terminal structure, and a channel region coupled to the drift region. Each mesa is spatially confined in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the load current within the respective mesa, by an insulation structure and has a total extension of less than 100 nm in the direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Anton Mauder, Franz-Josef Niedernostheide, Christian Philipp Sandow
  • Patent number: 11162662
    Abstract: An LED lighting module and a display having the LED module are disclosed. The LED lighting module includes a plurality of micro LED arrays and a phosphor film. The micro LED arrays are respectively composed of at least one micro LED. The phosphor film is disposed on one side of the micro LED arrays; and the phosphor film has a transparent substrate and is provided with a plurality of light emitting regions. The plurality of light emitting regions are arranged adjacent to each other and into a matrix form, and are set corresponding to the micro LED arrays collimation respectively. A part or the whole of the surface of the plurality of light emitting regions is provided with at least one type of phosphor powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Huei Wu
  • Patent number: 11162189
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor substrate including: a sapphire substrate; an intermediate layer formed of gallium nitride with random crystal directions and provided on the sapphire substrate; and at least one or more semiconductor layers each of which is formed of a gallium nitride single crystal and that are provided on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yagihashi, Shinya Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11145839
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an element substrate including a substrate, plurality of organic EL elements supported by the substrate and respectively located in the plurality of pixels, and bank layer defining each of the plurality of pixels; and thin film encapsulation structure covering the plurality of pixels. The bank layer has an inclining surface enclosing each of the plurality of pixels. The thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic barrier layer, organic barrier layer including a plurality of solid portions in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, and second inorganic barrier layer in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and top surfaces of the plurality of solid portions. The plurality of solid portions include pixel periphery solid portions each extending from a portion on the inclining surface to a peripheral area in the corresponding pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11140465
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies directed to optical networking with hybrid optical vortices are disclosed herein. Embodiments can include a system that is configured to perform operations for optical networking with hybrid optical vortices. The system can include a hybrid optical switch that can communicatively couple with another network device via one or more nanofiber communication paths. The operations can include receiving, from a first nanofiber communication path, a hybrid optical vortex that carries an internet protocol packet. The operations also can include decoupling the hybrid optical vortex to extract an optical vortex that encapsulates the internet protocol packet. The operations also can include switching the internet protocol packet to a subsequent communication path based on the optical vortex that encapsulates the internet protocol packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Innes, Oliver Elliott, Samuel Scruggs
  • Patent number: 11114037
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit and a display apparatus, which is capable of outputting signals of negative pulse waveforms using a simplified circuit design and improving output capability of the GOA circuit by changing a high voltage level of a clock signal to a voltage level of a first high level signal. Thus, the GOA circuit is improved by the first capacitor and the second capacitor, which make the GOA circuit more stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Liuqi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11094754
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a method of fabricating thereof are discussed. The organic light emitting display device according to an example includes a plurality of first bank layers arranged along a first direction and a second direction on a substrate to define a plurality of pixels; a plurality of second bank layers disposed along the first direction on the first bank layers to divide the columns of pixels having different colors; an organic light emitting layer in each pixel; at least one first pocket pixel unit at both sides of the pixel having the smallest area; and a first dummy organic light emitting layer in the first pocket pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Chan Gee, Jeong-Gyun Shin, Young-Tae Son, Sang-Bin Lee
  • Patent number: 11062764
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a control signal generation circuit and an input/output control circuit. The control signal generation circuit enters a copy operation based on a combination of logic levels of first and second operation control signals and generates a transfer control signal according to a detection result of logic levels of bits included in first internal data during the copy operation. The input/output control circuit generates first data and second data by inverting or non-inverting the logic levels of the first internal data based on the transfer control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kwang Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11042518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based hierarchical data storage. One of the methods includes: determining, based on a blockchain stored in a database that includes multiple levels of storage, a block number interval that includes one or more block numbers associated with data nodes to be migrated to a lower level of storage in response to the data nodes meeting a data migration condition, wherein each of the data nodes is included in a state Merkle tree and is associated with a block number of a block of the blockchain where the corresponding data node was last updated, and the lower level of storage corresponds to a storage media with lower storage cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhonghao Lu, Benquan Yu, Haizhen Zhuo
  • Patent number: 11004798
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to arrangements of one or more “cuts” or pattern of cuts in conductive structures. Wiring layers may each include a cut pattern including a set of cuts through conductive structures of the wiring layers where each of the cuts is offset from the other in a direction orthogonal to the cut. The cut pattern in a wiring layer may be orthogonal to the cut pattern in another wiring layer. In some examples, the cut pattern may be a stair-step pattern. In some examples, the cut pattern may be interrupted by other conductive structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Matsumoto, Ryota Suzuki, Mitsuki Koda, Makoto Sato
  • Patent number: 10985270
    Abstract: A nitride power transistor comprises: a silicon substrate comprising a differently doped semiconductor composite structure for forming a space charge depletion region; and a nitride epitaxial layer located on the silicon substrate. With introduction of a differently doped semiconductor composite structure for forming a space charge depletion region inside a silicon substrate of a nitride power transistor, the nitride power transistor is capable of withstanding a relatively high external voltage, and thus a breakdown voltage of the device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Kai Cheng