Passive Components In Ics Patents (Class 257/528)
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Patent number: 12107543Abstract: An oven-controlled crystal oscillator according to one or more embodiments may include a core section hermetically encapsulated in a package for thermal insulation, wherein the core section is supported by the package via a core substrate, and the core section has a layered structure in which at least an oscillation IC, a crystal resonator and a heater IC are laminated in sequence.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: DAISHINKU CORPORATIONInventor: Takuya Kojo
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Patent number: 12094630Abstract: A magnetic PCB generated by simultaneously spin-spraying a ferrite ion solution and an oxidant solution on a substrate plate while the substrate plate is rotated at a speed 40 rpm to about 300 rpm and heated at 40° C. to 300° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: WINCHESTER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Nian-Xiang Sun, Xiaoling Shi, Hui Lu
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Patent number: 12062476Abstract: There are provided a chip electronic component and a board having the same. The chip electronic component includes: a substrate; a first internal coil part disposed on one surface of the substrate; a second internal coil part disposed on the other surface of the substrate opposing one surface thereof; a via penetrating through the substrate to connect the first and second internal coil parts to each other; and first and second via pads disposed on one surface and the other surface of the substrate, respectively, to cover the via, wherein the first and second via pads are extended in a direction toward portions of the first and second internal coil parts adjacent thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Dong Jin Jeong
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Patent number: 11950523Abstract: A memory device, a memory integrated circuit and a manufacturing method of the memory device are provided. The memory device includes a composite bottom electrode, a top electrode and a resistance variable layer disposed between the composite bottom electrode and the top electrode. The composite bottom electrode includes a first bottom electrode and a second bottom electrode disposed over the first bottom electrode. A sidewall of the second bottom electrode is laterally recessed from sidewalls of the first bottom electrode layer and the resistance variable layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventor: Fu-Ting Sung
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Patent number: 11929360Abstract: A device includes an electrical circuit having a first set of circuit elements. The device further includes a first set of conductive pillars over a first side of a substrate. The device further includes a first conductive rail electrically connected to each of the first set of conductive pillars, wherein each of the first set of conductive pillars is electrically connected to each of the first set of circuit elements by the first conductive rail. The device further includes a first plurality of power pillars extending through the substrate, wherein each of the first plurality of power pillars is electrically connected to the first conductive rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Chung-Chieh Yang, Chung-Ting Lu, Yung-Chow Peng
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Patent number: 11848553Abstract: An integrated electro-static discharge (ESD) device has a set of metal layers. Each metal layer in the set has one or more first-terminal metal features interleaved with one or more second-terminal metal features in a lateral direction, and at least one first-terminal metal feature in a metal layer of the set overlaps in a normal direction at least one second-terminal metal feature in an adjacent metal layer of the set. By overlapping metal features in the normal direction, capacitance can be added to the ESD device, which improves its operating characteristics, without increasing the layout size of the ESD device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Evgueniy Nikolov Stefanov, Pascal Kamel Abouda
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Patent number: 11842959Abstract: Semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a metal-insulator-metal structure which includes a bottom conductor plate layer including a first opening and a second opening, a first dielectric layer over the bottom conductor plate layer, a middle conductor plate layer over the first dielectric layer and including a third opening, a first dummy plate disposed within the third opening, and a fourth opening, a second dielectric layer over the middle conductor plate layer, and a top conductor plate layer over the second dielectric layer and including a fifth opening, a second dummy plate disposed within the fifth opening, a sixth opening, and a third dummy plate disposed within the sixth opening. The first opening, the first dummy plate, and the second dummy plate are vertically aligned.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuan-Yang Hsiao, Hsiang-Ku Shen, Dian-Hau Chen
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Patent number: 11817346Abstract: An isolator includes a first insulating portion, a first electrode provided in the first insulating portion, a second insulating portion provided on the first insulating portion and the first electrode, a third insulating portion provided on the second insulating portion, and a second electrode provided in the third insulating portion. The second insulating portion includes a plurality of first voids and a second void. The plurality of first voids are arranged in a first direction parallel to an interface between the first insulating portion and the second insulating portion. At least one of the first voids is provided under the second void.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventor: Akira Ishiguro
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Patent number: 11800987Abstract: An implantable intravascular device for deployment inside a human or animal, the apparatus comprising a body of crystalline material and a membrane of crystalline material fixed to the body by a hermetic bond an assembly of components carried on said crystalline material and arranged for responding to electrical signals wherein the body and the membrane at least partially encapsulate the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: IP2IPO INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Mohammad Reza Bahmanyar, Christopher Neil McLeod
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Patent number: 11784134Abstract: A chip package includes a semiconductor substrate, a first light-transmissive sheet, a second light-transmissive sheet, a first antenna layer, and a redistribution layer. The first light-transmissive sheet is disposed over the semiconductor substrate, and has a top surface facing away from semiconductor substrate and an inclined sidewall adjacent to the top surface. The second light-transmissive sheet is disposed over the first light-transmissive sheet. The first antenna layer is disposed between the first light-transmissive sheet and the second light-transmissive sheet. The redistribution layer is disposed on the inclined sidewall of the first light-transmissive sheet, and is in contact with an end of the first antenna layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: XINTEC INC.Inventors: Chia-Ming Cheng, Shu-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 11777468Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to acoustically decoupled microelectromechanical system devices and, more particularly, to acoustically decoupled microelectromechanical system devices anchored upon phononic crystals. In some embodiments described herein, a device may comprise a resonator, a handle layer, and a pedestal disposed between the resonator and the handle layer, the pedestal connecting the resonator to the handle layer. In the devices described herein, the resonator and the handle layer may be non-coplanar. In some embodiments, the handle layer comprises a phononic crystal to acoustically decouple the resonator from the substrate of the handle layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Farrokh Ayazi, Benoit Hamelin, Jeremy Yang
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Patent number: 11749606Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices, and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate; a bridge, embedded in the package substrate, wherein the bridge includes an integral passive component, and wherein a surface of the bridge include first contacts in a first interconnect area and second contacts in a second interconnect area; a first die coupled to the passive component via the first contacts in the first interconnect area; and a second die coupled to the second contacts in the second interconnect area.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Amit Kumar Jain, Sameer Shekhar, Chin Lee Kuan, Kevin Joseph Doran, Dong-Ho Han
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Patent number: 11676919Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a first insulating film on the substrate, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, first and second coils respectively in the first and second insulating films, first and second terminals, and first and second connection conductors. The first and second insulating films contact each other so that the first and second coils are magnetically coupled. The first insulating film includes a first non-contact portion not contacting the second insulating film. One of the first and second insulating films includes a second non-contact portion not contacting the first or second insulating film. The first terminal is provided on the first non-contact portion and electrically connected to the first coil. The second terminal is provided on the second non-contact portion and electrically connected to the second coil. The first and second connection conductors are connected to the first and second terminals, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Kurita, Takanobu Kamakura, Masayuki Sugiura, Yoshiaki Aizawa
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Patent number: 11664529Abstract: A buffered negative electrode-electrolyte assembly includes: a porous negative electrode comprising a metal, a transition metal nitride, or a combination thereof; a solid-state electrolyte; and a buffer layer between the porous negative electrode and the solid-state electrolyte. The buffer layer comprising a buffer composition according to Formula (1) MmNnZzHhXx. The buffer composition has an electronic conductivity that is less than or equal to 1×10?2 times an electronic conductivity of the solid-state electrolyte, and the buffer composition has an ionic conductivity less than or equal to 1×10?6 times an ionic conductivity of the solid-state electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Andrea Maurano, Srinath Chakravarthy, Ju Li, Ziqiang Wang, Yuming Chen, Kai Pei, Jennifer Lilia Marguerite Rupp
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Patent number: 11616259Abstract: The present invention discloses a system comprising: a rechargeable energy storage battery system comprising a monitoring module and an Internet of Things (IoT) based control module; a blockchain network; a processor; and a tangible non-transitory memory; wherein system is operable to receiving periodically by a smart battery management platform, battery related information and one or more environment factors; extracting, processing and analyzing, the battery related information to retrieve a real-time feature of the rechargeable energy storage battery system and the one or more environment factors affecting the battery life and the battery performance by a smart battery management platform; predicting in real-time battery health and life status by the smart battery management platform; rendering using immersive technology, real-time simulated display of situational awareness by a battery management platform; and sending a control signal to the IoT based control module of the rechargeable energy storage batteType: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: KNOETIK SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kyra Dhawan, Kian Dhawan
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Patent number: 11610706Abstract: A substrate for an integrated circuit package, the substrate comprising a dielectric, at least one conductor plane within the dielectric, and a planar magnetic structure comprising an organic magnetic laminate embedded within the dielectric, wherein the planar magnetic structure is integrated within the at least one conductor plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Sai Vadlamani, Prithwish Chatterjee, Rahul Jain, Kyu Oh Lee, Sheng C. Li, Andrew J. Brown, Lauren A. Link
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Patent number: 11588107Abstract: An IC structure comprises a substrate, a first material layer, a second material layer, a first via structure, and a memory cell structure. The substrate comprises a memory region and a logic region. The first material layer is disposed on the memory region and the logic region. The second material layer is disposed on the first material layer only at the memory region. The first via structure formed in the first material layer and the second material layer. The memory cell structure is over the first via structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tai-Yen Peng, Hui-Hsien Wei, Wei-Chih Wen, Pin-Ren Dai, Chien-Min Lee, Han-Ting Tsai, Jyu-Horng Shieh, Chung-Te Lin
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Patent number: 11469036Abstract: An inductor includes a magnetic body including a magnetic substance; a substrate disposed within the magnetic body; and an internal electrode disposed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate. The substrate is disposed on an inclined with respect to at least one surface of the magnetic body.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jong Ik Park
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Patent number: 11456721Abstract: Packaged RF front end systems including a hybrid filter and an active circuit in a single package are described. In an example, a package includes an active die comprising an acoustic wave resonator. A package substrate is electrically coupled to the active die. A seal frame surrounds the acoustic wave resonator and is attached to the active die and to the package substrate, the seal frame hermetically sealing the acoustic wave resonator in a cavity between the active die and the package substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Feras Eid, Telesphor Kamgaing, Georgios C. Dogiamis, Vijay K. Nair, Johanna M. Swan
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Patent number: 11437337Abstract: A chip or integrated circuit includes a layer that includes a first device and a second device. A scribe line is located between the first device and the second device and separates the first device from the second device. An electrically conductive connection traverses the scribe line and is coupled to the first device and the second device, thus connecting the first and second devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Shuangchen Li, Wei Han, Dimin Niu, Yuhao Wang, Hongzhong Zheng
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Patent number: 11410991Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a ring-shaped drain region having an inner edge and an outer edge. A channel region surrounds the ring-shaped drain region. A source region surrounds the channel region. The channel region separates the drain region from the source region. A gate electrode is arranged over the channel region and is separated from the channel region by a gate dielectric. An inner edge of the gate electrode is proximate to the drain region. A resistor structure is arranged over and spaced apart from an upper surface of the substrate. The resistor structure has a first end and a second end which are connected by a curved or polygonal path of resistive material. The first end is coupled to the ring-shaped drain. The resistor has an outer perimeter that is surrounded by the inner edge of the ring-shaped drain region.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ker Hsiao Huo, Fu-Chih Yang, Chun Lin Tsai, Yi-Min Chen, Chih-Yuan Chan
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Patent number: 11410986Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an electrical circuit having a first set of circuit elements, wherein the electrical circuit is in a circuit area on a first side of a substrate, and a first set of conductive pillars over the first side of the substrate. In the semiconductor device, a first conductive rail electrically connects to each of the first set of conductive pillars, wherein each of the first set of conductive pillars is electrically connected to each of the first set of circuit elements by the first conductive rail; and a first power cell extending through the substrate, wherein the first power cell includes a first number of power pillars extending through the substrate, wherein each of the first number of power pillars electrically connects to the first conductive rail in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Chung-Chieh Yang, Chung-Ting Lu, Yung-Chow Peng
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Patent number: 11380600Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus having a silicon substrate layer at least portion of which is doped with dopants of a conductivity type; and at least one insulator layer formed above the silicon substrate layer, wherein the at least one insulator layer and the dopants of the silicon substrate layer have opposite electric charges.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT OyInventors: Heikki Viljanen, Pekka Rantakari, Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä, Esa Tuovinen
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Patent number: 11354553Abstract: Radiofrequency device with adjustable LC circuit comprising an electrical and/or electronic module. The invention relates to a communication device with a radio-frequency chip, said device comprising—an insulating support layer, —an electrical and/or electronic radiofrequency circuit on said insulating layer, said circuit comprising plates of an adjustable capacitor and/or an antenna spiral with adjustable inductance, —at least one element for adjusting a tuning frequency of the radiofrequency circuit. The device is distinguished in that said plates and/or spiral are included in an electrical and/or electronic chip card module, and in that said adjusting element connects an intermediate point of the spiral so as to decrease the available inductance and/or splits or links the plates so as to adjust the capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SASInventors: Frédérick Seban, Arek Buyukkalender, Claude-Eric Penaud, Jean-Luc Meridiano, Christophe Bousquet
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Patent number: 11310907Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package or a die thereof which includes a die, logic, or subsystem coupled with a face of the substrate. An inductor may be positioned in the substrate. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield elements may be positioned within the substrate and surrounding the inductor. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Georgios Dogiamis, Aleksandar Aleksov, Feras Eid, Telesphor Kamgaing, Johanna M. Swan
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Patent number: 11264160Abstract: An electronic device comprises an air core inductor including an electronic semiconductor package including a first portion of the air core inductor internal to the electronic semiconductor package; and an electrically conductive layer arranged on a first external surface of the electronic semiconductor package and electrically connected as a second portion of the air core inductor.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Eng Huat Goh, Jiun Hann Sir, Min Suet Lim, Chin Lee Kuan, Siew Fong Yap
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Patent number: 11211638Abstract: A technique relating to a battery structure is disclosed. A base substrate and a battery layer having a support substrate are prepared. The battery layer includes a protection layer formed on the support substrate, a film battery element formed on the protection layer and an insulator covering the film battery element. The battery layer is placed onto the base substrate with the bottom of the support substrate facing up. The support substrate is then removed from the battery layer at least in part by etching while protecting the film battery element by the protection layer. A stacked battery structure including the base substrate and the two or more battery layers is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Horibe, Kuniaki Sueoka, Takahito Watanabe
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Patent number: 11211328Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory chip defined with a first pad on one surface thereof; and a circuit chip defined with a second pad which is coupled with the first pad, on one surface thereof bonded with the one surface of the memory chip. The memory chip comprising: a memory cell array; a bit line disposed in a first wiring layer between the one surface and the memory cell array, and separated into a first bit line section and a second bit line section; and a power pad disposed in a space between the first bit line section and the second bit line section in the first wiring layer, and coupled with the first pad.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Sung-Lae Oh, Dong-Hyuk Kim, Soo-Nam Jung
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Patent number: 11211105Abstract: A memory device comprising a programmable command-and-address (CA) interface and/or a programmable data interface is described. In an operational mode, two or more CA interfaces may be active. In another operational mode, at least one, but not all, CA interfaces may be active. In an operational mode, all of the data interfaces may be active. In another operational mode, at least one, but not all, data interfaces may be active. The memory device can include circuitry to select: an operational mode; a sub-mode within an operational mode; one or more CA interfaces as the active CA interface(s); a main CA interface from multiple active CA interfaces; and/or one or more data interfaces as the active data interfaces. The circuitry may perform these selection(s) based on one or more bits in one or more registers and/or one or more signals received on one or more pins.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Ian Shaeffer, Lawrence Lai, Fan Ho, David A. Secker, Wayne S. Richardson, Akash Bansal, Brian S. Leibowitz, Kyung Suk Oh
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Patent number: 11177065Abstract: Examples herein include thermally conductive pathways for glass substrates such as used by passive on glass devices that may be used to enhance the thermal conductivity of an integrated POG device. By using a thermally conductive material for passivation of the device pathways during manufacturing, the device pathways may be able to conduct heat away from the device. For example, by using a selected poly (p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO) based material (e.g., poly-p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole) instead of conventional polyimide (PI) materials during a Cu pattern passivation process, the overall thermal performance of the device, may be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kai Liu, Xiaoju Yu, Xia Li, Bin Yang
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Patent number: 11168022Abstract: A glass ceramics sintered body includes a glass phase and a ceramics phase dispersed in the glass phase. The ceramics phase includes alumina grains and zirconia grains. The glass phase includes an MO—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 based glass, where M is an alkaline earth metal. An area ratio of the alumina grains is 13 to 30%, and an area ratio of the zirconia grains is 0.05 to 6%, on a cross section of the sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shusaku Umemoto, Takashi Suzuki, Hidekazu Sato, Masaki Takahashi, Shinichi Kondo
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Patent number: 11164945Abstract: A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate includes a semiconductor substrate and a multi-layered polycrystalline silicon structure. The multi-layered polycrystalline silicon structure is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The multi-layered polycrystalline silicon structure includes a plurality of doped polycrystalline silicon layers stacked over one another, and an oxide layer between each adjacent pair of doped polycrystalline silicon layers. A number of the doped polycrystalline silicon layer is ranging from 2 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Ta Wu, Kuo-Hwa Tzeng, Chih-Hao Wang, Yeur-Luen Tu, Chung-Yi Yu
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Patent number: 11158556Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a support, an electrically-conductive layer covering the support, a semiconductor substrate on the conductive layer, and an insulating casing.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (TOURS) SASInventors: Olivier Ory, Romain Jaillet
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Patent number: 11145709Abstract: A capacitor structure for a power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating layer having a ring-shape and including an outer periphery and an inner periphery defining an opening region, a first electrode disposed on the isolation insulating layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong-Yang Chen, Tian Sheng Lin, Yi-Cheng Chiu, Hung-Chou Lin, Yi-Min Chen, Kuo-Ming Wu, Chiu-Hua Chung
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Patent number: 11114397Abstract: Provided in a semiconductor package substrate including a semiconductor chip including a connection pad, an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the semiconductor chip, a connection member disposed on the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant, the connection member including a redistribution layer that is electrically connected to the connection pad, a first passivation layer disposed on the connection member, and an adhesive layer disposed on at least one of a top surface of the encapsulant and a bottom surface of the first passivation layer in a region outside of the semiconductor chip.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Ho Ko, Dae Hee Lee, Hyun Chul Jung, Myeong Ho Hong
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Patent number: 11069615Abstract: An inductor includes: a substrate; a first wiring line located on the substrate; a second wiring line located above the first wiring line and spaced from the first wiring line through an air gap, at least a part of the second wiring line overlapping with at least a part of the first wiring line in plan view; a first supporting post connecting ends of the first and second wiring lines such that a direct current conducts between the first and second wiring lines through the first supporting post; and a second supporting post provided such that the second supporting post overlaps with the second wiring line in plan view, and overlaps with the first wiring line in plan view or is surrounded by the first wiring line in plan view, the second supporting post being insulated from the first wiring line, the second supporting post supporting the second wiring line.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Sakashita, Takashi Matsuda
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Patent number: 11031321Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a power transistor formed in the semiconductor substrate, the power transistor including an active area in which one or more power transistor cells are formed, a first metal pad formed above the semiconductor substrate and covering substantially all of the active area of the power transistor, the first metal pad being electrically connected to a source or emitter region in the active area of the power transistor, the first metal pad including an interior region laterally surrounded by a peripheral region, the peripheral region being thicker than the interior region, and a first interconnect plate or a semiconductor die attached to the interior region of the first metal pad by a die attach material. Corresponding methods of manufacture are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Rainer Pelzer, Fortunato Lopez, Antonia Maglangit, Siti Amira Faisha Shikh Zakaria
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Patent number: 11031631Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same is disclosed. The structure incudes a silicon substrate having at least one trench disposed therein. An electrical and ionic insulating layer is disposed over at least a top surface of the substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed within the one trench. The plurality of layers includes at least a cathode-based active electrode having a thickness of, for example, at least 100 nm and an internal resistance of, for example, less than 50 Ohms/cm2. The method includes forming at least one trench in a silicon substrate. An electrical and ionic insulating layer(s) is formed and disposed over at least a top surface of the silicon substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed within the trench. Each layer of the plurality of energy storage device layers is independently processed and integrated into the trench.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John Collins, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Stephen Bedell, Adele L. Pacquette, John Papalia, Teodor Todorov
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Patent number: 11018215Abstract: A package includes a first redistribution structure, a die, an encapsulant, a second redistribution structure, and an inductor. The die is disposed on the first redistribution structure. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the die. The second redistribution structure is over the die and the encapsulant. The inductor includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is embedded in the first redistribution structure. The second portion is embedded in the encapsulant and is connected to the first and third portions of the inductor. The third portion is embedded in the second redistribution structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wen-Shiang Liao, Chih-Hang Tung
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Patent number: 11011461Abstract: Some features pertain to a substrate, and a first inductor integrated into the substrate. The first inductor includes a plurality of first inductor windings in a first metal layer and a second metal layer. A second inductor is integrated into the substrate. The second inductor includes a first spiral in a third metal layer. The first spiral is located at least partially inside the plurality of first inductor windings, wherein the second inductor is perpendicular to the first inductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Shu Zhang, Daniel Daeik Kim, Chenqian Gan, Bonhoon Koo, Babak Nejati
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Patent number: 11004589Abstract: A device having a substrate, a dielectric slab attached upon the substrate, a coil including a plurality of metal segments laid out on a first metal layer secured by the dielectric slab, the coil being substantially laterally symmetrical with respect to a central line from a top view perspective, and a shield laid out on a second metal layer secured by the dielectric slab and configured in a tree topology. The shield is substantially laterally symmetrical with respect to the central line from the top view perspective, the tree topology including a plurality of clusters of branches, wherein each of said plurality of clusters of branches is associated with a respective metal segment of the coil and includes a primary branch and at least one set of secondary branches that are branched from the primary branch, parallel to one another, and oriented at a substantially forty-five-degree angle with respect to the respective metal segment from the top view perspective.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.Inventors: Chia-Liang (Leon) Lin, I-Chang Wu, Fei Song
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Patent number: 11002347Abstract: An actuator system can be used to adjust a position of a component in a spatial light modulator. The actuator system has a pair of actuators that are coupled together by a frame that is used to adjust the height of the component relative to the substrate. The frame includes a pair of moment arms that are coupled to the actuators and a pair of connecting arms that are coupled to the moment arms. The connecting arms are then connected together at about the center of the frame, which portion of the frame can be used to raise or lower the plate. The center of the frame can be raised or lowered by a shortening or lengthening of the connecting arms relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Inventors: C. Anthony Hester, Charles F. Hester
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Patent number: 10978534Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, including: a base substrate, a first metal, a buffer layer, a second metal, a second buffer layer, a third metal. A via is defined in the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer to electrically interconnect the first metal and the third metal, so that the first metal, the second metal and the third metal constitute parallel capacitors.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Caiqin Chen
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Patent number: 10956644Abstract: A method for adding an electrical interconnection within a three-dimensional integrated circuit (3-D IC) is disclosed. The method may include creating, within a design file of a 3-D IC that specifies a layout for a first chip of the 3-D IC, design data corresponding to a set of through-silicon via (TSV) reservation areas. The method may also include receiving an engineering change order (ECO) and releasing, in response to the ECO, at least one TSV reservation area for reuse. The method may also include adding, by re-using at least one TSV reservation area, an electrical interconnection within the design file of the first chip of the 3-D IC.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Harry Barowski, Joachim Keinert, Sridhar H. Rangarajan, Haoxing Ren, Sourav Saha
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Patent number: 10957616Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; an interconnect structure adjacent the first side of the substrate; and an integrated circuit device attached to the interconnect structure; a through via extending from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate, the through via being electrically connected to the integrated circuit device; an under bump metallurgy (UBM) adjacent the second side of the substrate and contacting the through via; a conductive bump on the UBM, the conductive bump and the UBM being a continuous conductive material, the conductive bump laterally offset from the through via; and an underfill surrounding the UBM and the conductive bump.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jing-Cheng Lin, Szu-Wei Lu, Chen-Hua Yu
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Patent number: 10957638Abstract: A device with pillar-shaped components, includes a substrate; a wiring layer disposed on the substrate; and pillar-shaped components disposed on any of the substrate and the wiring layer, each of the pillar-shaped components having a bottom part connected to the substrate and/or the wiring layer, a top part opposed to the bottom part, and a lateral face part extending from the bottom part and connected to the top part; wherein each of the pillar-shaped components includes a first pillar-shaped part formed by plating, a second pillar-shaped part formed on the first pillar-shaped part by plating, and a ring-like projection part formed on the lateral face part to project outward and extend in a circumferential direction, and to be in a position higher than a joint position between the first pillar-shaped part and the second pillar-shaped part.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Osamu Koike
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Patent number: 10923467Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a ring-shaped drain region having an inner edge and an outer edge. A channel region surrounds the ring-shaped drain region. A source region surrounds the channel region. The channel region separates the drain region from the source region. A gate electrode is arranged over the channel region and is separated from the channel region by a gate dielectric. An inner edge of the gate electrode is proximate to the drain region. A resistor structure is arranged over and spaced apart from an upper surface of the substrate. The resistor structure has a first end and a second end which are connected by a curved or polygonal path of resistive material. The first end is coupled to the ring-shaped drain. The resistor has an outer perimeter that is surrounded by the inner edge of the ring-shaped drain region.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ker Hsiao Huo, Fu-Chih Yang, Chun Lin Tsai, Yi-Min Chen, Chih-Yuan Chan
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Patent number: 10903270Abstract: A combined semiconductor device is fabricated by forming a first access structure from a mixed ionic electronic conduction (MIEC) material. A first side of a first memory structure is electrically coupled with a first side of the first access structure to form the combination device. A subtractive etching process is applied to the combination device such that a surface of the combination device that is substantially orthogonal to a plane of a substrate of the semiconductor device is within a defined tapering tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Bruce, Fabio Carta, Gloria WingYun Fraczak, Hiroyuki Miyazoe, Kumar R. Virwani
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Patent number: 10903275Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a plurality of doped semiconductor layers in a stacked configuration on a dielectric layer. The plurality of doped semiconductor layers each comprise a single crystalline semiconductor material. In the method, a memory stack layer is formed on an uppermost doped semiconductor layer of the plurality of doped semiconductor layers, and the memory stack layer and a plurality of doped semiconductor layers are patterned into a plurality of pillars spaced apart from each other. The patterned plurality of doped semiconductor layers in each pillar of the plurality of pillars are components of a bipolar junction transistor device, and the plurality of pillars are parts of a memory cell array having a cross-point structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10892222Abstract: One illustrative IC product disclosed herein includes a first conductive line positioned at a first level within the IC product and a first conductive structure positioned at a second level within the IC product, wherein the second level is lower than the first level. In this illustrative example, the IC product also includes a second conductive structure that is conductively coupled to the first conductive line, wherein at least a portion of the second conductive structure is positioned at a level that is above the first level and wherein nearest surfaces of the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure are laterally offset from one another by a lateral distance and insulating material positioned between the nearest surfaces of the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventors: Erfeng Ding, Guoxiang Ning, Meixiong Zhao