Non-single Crystal, Or Recrystallized, Material With Specified Crystal Structure (e.g., Specified Crystal Size Or Orientation) Patents (Class 257/64)
  • Patent number: 8859381
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) and methods for fabricating such. The FET includes a substrate having a crystalline orientation, a source region in the substrate, and a drain region in the substrate. Gate spacers are positioned over the source region and the drain region. The gate spacers include a gate spacer height. A source contact physically and electrically contacts the source region and extends beyond the gate spacer height. A drain contact physically and electrically contacts the drain region and extends beyond the gate spacer height. The source and drain contacts have the same crystalline orientation as the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin K. Chan, Wilfried E. Haensch, Effendi Leobandung, Min Yang
  • Publication number: 20140252362
    Abstract: A thin film apparatus having a plurality of thin film cells is disclosed. Each thin film cell includes a crystalline layer and a surrounding layer. The crystalline layer has a shape of polygon. The surrounding layer is partially located on the crystalline layer. The crystalline layer is surrounded by the surrounding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: SenseTech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Po-Wei LU, Mao-Chen LIU, Wen-Chieh CHOU, Chun-Chieh WANG, Shu-Yi WENG
  • Patent number: 8816430
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, source/drain regions, and a gate insulating film. The substrate is made of monocrystalline silicon, an upper surface of the substrate is a (100) plane, and a trench is made in the upper surface. The gate electrode is provided in at least an interior of the trench. The source/drain regions are formed in regions of the substrate having the trench interposed. The gate insulating film is provided between the substrate and the gate electrode. The trench includes a bottom surface made of a (100) plane, a pair of oblique surfaces made of (111) planes contacting the bottom surface, and a pair of side surfaces made of (110) planes contacting the oblique surfaces. The source/drain regions are in contact with the side and oblique surfaces and are apart from a central portion of the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 8796122
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a display device is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a pixel region and a circuit region located at the periphery of the pixel region. A first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer are formed on the pixel region and on the circuit region, respectively. The first semiconductor layer may be selectively surface treated to increase the density of lattice defects in a surface of the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-Hoon Hwang, Deuk-Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 8796681
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which is miniaturized and has sufficient electrical characteristics to function as a transistor is provided. In a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in that order, an oxide semiconductor film which contains at least four kinds of elements of indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen, and in which the percentage of the indium is twice or more as large as each of the percentage of the gallium and the percentage of the zinc when the composition of the four elements is expressed in atomic percentage is used as the semiconductor layer. In the semiconductor device, the oxide semiconductor film is a film to which oxygen is introduced in the manufacturing process and contains a large amount of oxygen, and an insulating layer including an aluminum oxide film is provided to cover the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Yamade, Junichi Koezuka
  • Patent number: 8796687
    Abstract: A method of treating a sheet of semiconducting material comprises forming a sinterable first layer over each major surface of a sheet of semiconducting material, forming a second layer over each of the first layers to form a particle-coated semiconductor sheet, placing the particle-coated sheet between end members, heating the particle-coated sheet to a temperature effective to at least partially sinter the first layer and at least partially melt the semiconducting material, and cooling the particle-coated sheet to solidify the semiconducting material and form a treated sheet of semiconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Glen Bennett Cook, Prantik Mazumder, Mallanagouda Dyamanagouda Patil, Lili Tian, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 8795440
    Abstract: A method of growing non-polar m-plane III-nitride film, such as GaN, AlN, AlGaN or InGaN, wherein the non-polar m-plane III-nitride film is grown on a suitable substrate, such as an m-SiC, m-GaN, LiGaO2 or LiAlO2 substrate, using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The method includes performing a solvent clean and acid dip of the substrate to remove oxide from the surface, annealing the substrate, growing a nucleation layer, such as aluminum nitride (AlN), on the annealed substrate, and growing the non-polar m-plane III-nitride film on the nucleation layer using MOCVD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Bilge M. Imer, James S. Speck, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8796730
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power semiconductor module including: a circuit board having gate, emitter, and collector patterns formed thereon; a first semiconductor chip mounted on the circuit board, having gate and emitter terminals each formed on one surface thereof, and having a collector terminal formed on the other surface thereof; a second semiconductor chip mounted on the first semiconductor chip, having a cathode terminal formed on one surface thereof, and having an anode terminal formed on the other surface thereof; a first conductive connection member having one end disposed between the collector terminal of the first semiconductor chip and the cathode terminal of the second semiconductor chip and the other end contacting the collector pattern of the circuit board; and a second conductive connection member having one end contacting the anode terminal of the second semiconductor chip and the other end contacting the emitter pattern of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ki Lee, Dong Soo Seo, Kwang Soo Kim, Young Hoon Kwak
  • Patent number: 8795854
    Abstract: Novel articles and methods to fabricate the same resulting in flexible, oriented, semiconductor-based, electronic devices on {110}<100> textured substrates are disclosed. Potential applications of resulting articles are in areas of photovoltaic devices, flat-panel displays, thermophotovoltaic devices, ferroelectric devices, light emitting diode devices, computer hard disc drive devices, magnetoresistance based devices, photoluminescence based devices, non-volatile memory devices, dielectric devices, thermoelectric devices and quantum dot laser devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Amit Goyal
  • Patent number: 8778719
    Abstract: The linear semiconductor substrate 1 or 2 of the present invention comprises at least one desired thin film 4 formed on a linear substrate 3 having a length ten or more times greater than a width, thickness, or diameter of the linear substrate itself. Adopting semiconductor as the thin film 4 forms a linear semiconductor thin film. The linear semiconductor substrate 1 or 2 of the present invention is produced by utilizing a fiber-drawing technique which is a fabricating technique of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Nobuaki Orita, Hisashi Koaizawa, Kenkichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Kuraseko, Michio Kondo
  • Patent number: 8766273
    Abstract: It is possible to manufacture a large-size, high-accuracy organic EL display using a plastic substrate and an organic EL display using a roll-shaped long plastic substrate. The organic EL display includes an organic EL device A having at least a lower electrode 300, an organic layer including at least a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode 305 and a thin film transistor B on a transparent plastic substrate 100, a source electrode or drain electrode of the thin film transistor B is connected to the lower electrode 300, the plastic substrate 100 has a gas barrier layer 101a, the thin film transistor B is formed on the gas barrier layer 101a, the thin film transistor B includes an active layer 203 containing a non-metallic element which a mixture of oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N) and has a ratio of N to O (N number density/O number density) from 0 to 2, and the organic EL device A is formed at least on the gas barrier layer 101a or one the thin film transistor B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Otsuki, Toshimasa Eguchi, Shinya Yamaguchi, Mamoru Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8754418
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device 100A that has first lightly doped drain regions 31A1 and 32A1 between a source region 34A1 and a channel region 33A1 of a first conductive-type driver circuit TFT 10A1 and/or between a drain region 35A1 and the channel region 33A1 of the first conductive-type driver circuit TFT 10A1, and second lightly doped drain regions 31C and 32C between a source region 34C and a channel region 33C of a first conductive-type pixel TFT 10C and/or between a drain region 35C and the channel region 33C of the first conductive-type pixel TFT 10C, in which the first lightly doped drain regions 31A1 and 32A1 have first conductive-type impurities n1 at a first impurity concentration C1, and the second lightly doped drain regions 31C and 32C have first conductive-type impurities n1 at the first impurity concentration C1 and second conductive-type impurities p2 at a second impurity concentration C2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazushige Hotta
  • Publication number: 20140151706
    Abstract: Silicon nanoparticle inks provide a basis for the formation of desirable materials. Specifically, composites have been formed in thin layers comprising silicon nanoparticles embedded in an amorphous silicon matrix, which can be formed at relatively low temperatures. The composite material can be heated to form a nanocrystalline material having crystals that are non-rod shaped. The nanocrystalline material can have desirable electrical conductive properties, and the materials can be formed with a high dopant level. Also, nanocrystalline silicon pellets can be formed from silicon nanoparticles deposited form an ink in which the pellets can be relatively dense although less dense than bulk silicon. The pellets can be formed from the application of pressure and heat to a silicon nanoparticle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: NanoGram Corporation
    Inventors: Guojun Liu, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Weidong Li, Uma Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20140151705
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a nanowire-based semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a first nanowire with a first polygon-shaped cross-section having a first number of sides. The method also includes forming a semiconductor layer on surface of the first nanowire to form a second nanowire with a second polygon-shaped cross-section having a second number of sides, the second number being greater than the first number. Further, the method includes annealing the second nanowire to remove a substantial number of vertexes of the second polygon-shaped cross-section to form the nanowire with a non-polygon-shaped cross-section corresponding to the second polygon-shaped cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventors: DEYUAN XIAO, JAMES HONG
  • Patent number: 8736952
    Abstract: A photonic crystal device comprising: a photonic crystal material having an initial ordered structure and a viewing surface, the initial ordered structure giving rise to a first optical effect detectable from the viewing surface; and a removal layer removably attached with the viewing surface or an opposing surface of the photonic crystal material opposite to the viewing surface; wherein mechanical removal of at least a portion of the removal layer results in a structural change in at least a portion of the initial ordered structure of at least a portion of the photonic crystal material respective to the portion of the removed removal layer, thereby resulting in a changed portion different from the initial ordered structure, the changed portion giving rise to a second optical effect detectable from the viewing surface and detectably different from the first optical effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Opalux Incorporated
    Inventor: Andre Arsenault
  • Patent number: 8730419
    Abstract: To provide a display device which has a narrower frame region and which includes a driver circuit not affected by variation in transistor characteristics. A base substrate having an insulating surface to which a single-crystal semiconductor layer is attached is divided into strips and is used for a driver circuit of a display device. Alternatively, a base substrate having an insulating surface to which a plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers is attached is divided into strips and is used for a driver circuit of a display device. Accordingly, a driver circuit corresponding to a size of a display device can be used for the display device, and a display device which has a narrower frame region and which includes a driver circuit not affected by variation in transistor characteristics can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140117366
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an underlying layer and a plurality of transistors. The underlying layer includes a first region and a second region provided adjacently to the first region. The transistors are arranged in a plane parallel to an upper surface of the underlying layer. Each transistor includes a channel allowing a current to flow in a first direction intersecting the plane. The plurality of transistors includes a first transistor provided on the first region and a second transistor provided on the second region, a first channel of the first transistor having a first crystal orientation, and a second channel of the second transistor having a second crystal orientation different from the first crystal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masumi SAITOH
  • Patent number: 8698096
    Abstract: Nano-antennas with a resonant frequency in the optical or near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum and methods of making the nano-antennas are described. The nano-antenna includes a porous membrane, a plurality of nanowires disposed in the porous membrane, and a monolayer of nanospheres each having a diameter that is substantially the same as a diameter of the nanowires. The nanospheres are electrically in series with the nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Christopher J. Rothfuss
  • Publication number: 20140091307
    Abstract: A laser-radiation sensor includes a copper substrate on which is grown an oriented polycrystalline buffer layer surmounted by an oriented polycrystalline sensor-element of an anisotropic transverse thermoelectric material. An absorber layer, thermally connected to the sensor -element, is heated by laser-radiation to be measured and communicates the heat to the sensor-element, causing a thermal gradient across the sensor-element. Spaced-apart electrodes in electrical contact with the sensor-element sense a voltage corresponding to the thermal gradient as a measure of the incident laser-radiation power. At least two protection layers are positioned between the sensor layer and the absorber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Robert SEMERAD, Erik KROUS, James SCHLOSS
  • Patent number: 8686413
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor device having a new productive semiconductor material and a new structure. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer over a substrate, a first insulating layer which covers the first conductive layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer that overlaps with part of the first conductive layer and has a crystal region in a surface part, second and third conductive layers formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, an insulating layer which covers the oxide semiconductor layer and the second and third conductive layers, and a fourth conductive layer over the insulating layer that overlaps with part of the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kei Takahashi, Yoshiaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20140070215
    Abstract: A method of forming a strained semiconductor material that in one embodiment includes forming a cleave layer in a host semiconductor substrate, and contacting a strain inducing material layer on a surface of a transfer portion of the host semiconductor substrate. A handle substrate is then contacted to an exposed surface of the stress inducing material layer. The transfer portion of the host semiconductor substrate may then be separated from the host semiconductor substrate along the cleave layer. A dielectric layer is formed directly on the transfer portion of the host semiconductor substrate. The handle substrate and the stress inducing material are then removed, wherein the transferred portion of the host semiconductor substrate provides a strained semiconductor layer that is in direct contact with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Devendra K. Sadana, Ghavam G. Shahidi, Davood Shahrjerdi
  • Publication number: 20140061655
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a backside surface; integrated circuit features formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a polycrystalline silicon layer disposed on the backside surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Hsu, Chia-Chen Chen, Tzung-Chi Fu, Tzu-Wei Kao, Yu Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 8664657
    Abstract: A circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes at least one nanostructure and a carbon interconnect formed by a substantially carbon layer, wherein the nanostructure and the carbon interconnect are directly coupled to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Georg Duesberg, Franz Kreupl, Robert Seidel, Gernot Steinlesberger
  • Patent number: 8659022
    Abstract: A hybrid silicon wafer which is a silicon wafer having a structure wherein monocrystalline silicon is embedded in polycrystalline silicon that is prepared by the unidirectional solidification/melting method. The longitudinal plane of crystal grains of the polycrystalline portion prepared by the unidirectional solidification/melting method is used as the wafer plane, and the monocrystalline silicon is embedded so that the longitudinal direction of the crystal grains of the polycrystalline portion forms an angle of 120° to 150° relative to the cleaved surface of the monocrystalline silicon. Thus provided is a hybrid silicon wafer comprising the functions of both a polycrystalline silicon wafer and a monocrystalline wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Takamura
  • Patent number: 8618543
    Abstract: Provided are a thin film transistor (TFT) including a selectively crystallized channel layer, and a method of manufacturing the TFT. The TFT includes a gate, the channel layer, a source, and a drain. The channel layer is formed of an oxide semiconductor, and at least a portion of the channel layer contacting the source and the drain is crystallized. In the method of manufacturing the TFT, the channel layer is formed of an oxide semiconductor, and a metal component is injected into the channel layer so as to crystallize at least a portion of the channel layer contacting the source and the drain. The metal component can be injected into the channel layer by depositing and heat-treating a metal layer or by ion-implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-ha Lee, Dong-hun Kang, Jae-cheol Lee, Chang-jung Kim, Hyuck Lim
  • Publication number: 20130341631
    Abstract: A semiconductor device can include an active region having a fin portion providing a channel region between opposing source and drain regions. A gate electrode can cross over the channel region between the opposing source and drain regions and first and second strain inducing structures can be on opposing sides of the gate electrode and can be configured to induce strain on the channel region, where each of the first and second strain inducing structures including a respective facing side having a pair of {111} crystallographically oriented facets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Shigenobu Maeda, Hidenobu Fukutome, Young-Gun Ko, Joo-Hyun Jeong
  • Patent number: 8604483
    Abstract: A thin film semiconductor device formed as integrated circuits on an insulating substrate with bottom gate type thin film transistors stacked with gate electrodes, a gate insulating film and a semiconductor thin film in the order from below upward. The gate electrodes comprise metallic materials with thickness less than 100 nm. The gate insulating film has a thickness thicker than the gate electrodes. The semiconductor thin film comprises polycrystalline silicon crystallized by a laser beam. By reducing thickness of metallic gate electrodes, thermal capacity becomes small and difference in thermal condition on the metallic gate electrodes and on the insulating substrate made of glass or the like becomes small. This invention relates to the task of uniforming and optimizing recrystallization by a laser anneal treatment provided for the semiconductor thin film which works as an active layer of the bottom gate type thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Hayashi, Masahiro Fujino, Yasushi Shimogaichi, Makoto Takatoku
  • Patent number: 8598050
    Abstract: Disclosed are a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film on the entire surface of a substrate without sacrificing the uniformity of crystallinity in a seam portion in a long-axis direction of laser light, the crystalline semiconductor thin film having good properties and high uniformity to an extent that the seam portion is not visually recognizable. During the irradiation of a linear beam, portions corresponding to the edges of the linear beam are shielded by a mask 10 which is disposed on the optical path of a laser light 2, and the mask 10 is operated so that the amount of shielding is periodically increased and decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kawaguchi, Ryusuke Kawakami, Kenichiro Nishida, Miyuki Masaki, Masaru Morita
  • Patent number: 8575608
    Abstract: An embodiment is a thin film transistor which includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer provided so as to cover the gate electrode layer; a first semiconductor layer entirely overlapped with the gate electrode layer; a second semiconductor layer provided over and in contact with the first semiconductor layer and having a lower carrier mobility than the first semiconductor layer; an impurity semiconductor layer provided in contact with the second semiconductor layer; a sidewall insulating layer provided so as to cover at least a sidewall of the first semiconductor layer; and a source and drain electrode layers provided in contact with at least the impurity semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer may consist of parts which are apart from each other over the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Sasagawa, Akihiro Ishizuka, Shinobu Furukawa, Motomu Kurata
  • Patent number: 8546200
    Abstract: A thin film semiconductor device formed as integrated circuits on an insulating substrate with bottom gate type thin film transistors stacked with gate electrodes, a gate insulating film and a semiconductor thin film in the order from below upward. The gate electrodes comprise metallic materials with thickness less than 100 nm. The gate insulating film has a thickness thicker than the gate electrodes. The semiconductor thin film comprises polycrystalline silicon crystallized by a laser beam. By reducing thickness of metallic gate electrodes, thermal capacity becomes small and difference in thermal condition on the metallic gate electrodes and on the insulating substrate made of glass or the like becomes small. This invention relates to the task of uniforming and optimizing recrystallization by a laser anneal treatment provided for the semiconductor thin film which works as an active layer of the bottom gate type thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Hayashi, Masahiro Fujino, Yasushi Shimogaichi, Makoto Takatoku
  • Patent number: 8494017
    Abstract: An edge emitting solid state laser and method. The laser comprises at least one AlInGaN active layer on a bulk GaN substrate with a non-polar or semi-polar orientation. The edges of the laser comprise {1 1?2±6} facets. The laser has high gain, low threshold currents, capability for extended operation at high current densities, and can be manufactured with improved yield. The laser is useful for optical data storage, projection displays, and as a source for general illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajat Sharma, Eric M. Hall, Christiane Poblenz, Mark P. D'Evelyn
  • Patent number: 8435880
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method includes the step of growing a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer, which forms a device structure, directly on a substrate without growing a buffer layer, the substrate being made of a material with a hexagonal crystal structure and having a principal surface that is oriented off at an angle of not less than ?0.5° and not more than 0° from an R-plane with respect to a direction of a C-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ohmae, Kota Tokuda, Masayuki Arimochi, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Michinori Shiomi, Tomonori Hino, Katsunori Yanashima
  • Publication number: 20130105806
    Abstract: Silicon nanoparticle inks provide a basis for the formation of desirable materials. Specifically, composites have been formed in thin layers comprising silicon nanoparticles embedded in an amorphous silicon matrix, which can be formed at relatively low temperatures. The composite material can be heated to form a nanocrystalline material having crystals that are non-rod shaped. The nanocrystalline material can have desirable electrical conductive properties, and the materials can be formed with a high dopant level. Also, nanocrystalline silicon pellets can be formed from silicon nanoparticles deposited form an ink in which the pellets can be relatively dense although less dense than bulk silicon. The pellets can be formed from the application of pressure and heat to a silicon nanoparticle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Guojun Liu, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Weidong Li, Uma Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 8426845
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention improves the fabrication and operational characteristics of a type-II superlattice material. Layers of indium arsenide and gallium antimonide comprise the bulk of the superlattice structure. One or more layers of indium antimonide are added to unit cells of the superlattice to provide a further degree of freedom in the design for adjusting the effective bandgap energy of the superlattice. One or more layers of gallium arsenide are added to unit cells of the superlattice to counterbalance the crystal lattice strain forces introduced by the aforementioned indium antimonide layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: SVT Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Yiqiao Chen, Peter Chow
  • Patent number: 8409887
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The OLED display device includes a substrate having a thin film transistor region and a capacitor region, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a lower capacitor electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer in the capacitor region, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate, and an upper capacitor electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and facing the lower capacitor electrode, wherein regions of each of the buffer layer, the gate insulating layer, the interlayer insulating layer, the lower capacitor electrode, and the upper capacitor electrode have surfaces in which protrusions having the same shape as grain boundaries of the semiconductor layer are formed. The resultant capacitor has an increased surface area, and therefore, an increased capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Keon Park, Tae-Hoon Yang, Jin-Wook Seo, Soo-Beom Jo, Dong-Hyun Lee, Kil-Won Lee, Maxim Lisachenko, Yun-Mo Chung, Bo-Kyung Choi, Jong-Ryuk Park, Ki-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 8405072
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent display and a method of fabricating the same include an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor which drives the organic light emitting diode, and a switching transistor which controls an operation of the driving transistor, wherein active layers of the switching and driving transistors are crystallized using silicides having different densities such that the active layer of the driving transistor has a larger grain size than the active layer of the switching layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-sim Jung, Jong-man Kim, Jang-yeon Kwon, Kyung-bae Park
  • Patent number: 8390028
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes an element isolation insulating film formed on a substrate, an element region and a dummy pattern region demarcated by the element isolation insulating film on the substrate, a first epitaxial crystal layer formed on the substrate within the element region, and a second epitaxial crystal layer formed on the substrate within the dummy pattern region. The first epitaxial crystal layer is made up of crystals that have a different lattice constant from that of the crystals that constitute the substrate. The second epitaxial crystal layer is made up of the same crystals as the first epitaxial crystal layer. The (111) plane of the substrate that includes any points on the interface between the second epitaxial crystal layer and the substrate is surrounded by the element isolation insulating film in a deeper region than the second epitaxial crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Osamu Fujii
  • Patent number: 8389344
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor using a transparent oxide semiconductor as a material for a channel. The method of manufacturing the oxide semiconductor thin film transistor includes forming a passivation layer on a channel layer and performing an annealing process for one hour or more at a temperature of about 100° C. or above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisim Jung, Youngsoo Park, Sangyoon Lee, Changjung Kim, Taesang Kim, Jangyeon Kwon, Kyungseok Son
  • Patent number: 8362567
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, the degree of flatness of 0.3 nm or less in terms of a peak-to-valley (P-V) value is realized by rinsing a silicon surface with hydrogen-added ultrapure water in a light-screened state and in a nitrogen atmosphere and a contact resistance of 10?11 ?cm2 or less is realized by setting a work function difference of 0.2 eV or less between an electrode and the silicon. Thus, the semiconductor device can operate on a frequency of 10 GHz or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tohoku University, Foundation for Advancement of International Science
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Akinobu Teramoto, Rihito Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8357940
    Abstract: A bottom gate-type thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate insulating film, having an opening which is formed in a formation region of a gate electrode, and a semiconductor film formed on the interlayer insulating film so as to cover the opening. The interlayer insulating film contains nitrides in an amount larger than that in the gate insulating film, and the semiconductor film includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film or a polycrystalline semiconductor film formed on semiconductor crystalline nuclei which are formed on the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film and contain at least Ge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Suzumura, Yoshiaki Toyota, Mieko Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8357939
    Abstract: A silicon wafer includes BMDs with a diagonal length of from 10 nm to 50 nm, and has a density of BMD which exists at a depth of 50 ?m and deeper from the surface of the silicon wafer which is greater than or equal to 1×1011/cm3, and a ratio of the {111} plane of the BMD to the total planes surrounding the BMD, as an indication of the morphology of the BMD, is less than or equal to 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Nakai
  • Publication number: 20130015455
    Abstract: A germanium-containing layer is deposited on a single crystalline bulk silicon substrate in an ambient including a level of oxygen partial pressure sufficient to incorporate 1%-50% of oxygen in atomic concentration. The thickness of the germanium-containing layer is preferably limited to maintain some degree of epitaxial alignment with the underlying silicon substrate. Optionally, a graded germanium-containing layer can be grown on, or replace, the germanium-containing layer. An at least partially crystalline silicon layer is subsequently deposited on the germanium-containing layer. A handle substrate is bonded to the at least partially crystalline silicon layer. The assembly of the bulk silicon substrate, the germanium-containing layer, the at least partially crystalline silicon layer, and the handle substrate is cleaved within the germanium-containing layer to provide a composite substrate including the handle substrate and the at least partially crystalline silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Keith E. Fogel, Daniel A. Inns, Jeehwan Kim, Davendra k. Sadana, Katherine L. Saenger
  • Patent number: 8354673
    Abstract: A semiconductor component is provided having a substrate and at least one semiconductor layer realized to be polycrystalline on one side of the substrate. The polycrystalline semiconductor layer contains the crystal nuclei.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Dritte Patentportfolio Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Otto Hauser, Hartmut Frey
  • Patent number: 8338830
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, which is able to improve on-current and mobility of a polycrystal TFT without disturbing a high integration level, and also provide a semiconductor device obtained in accordance with the manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamae Takano
  • Patent number: 8338834
    Abstract: The diamond semiconductor device is a diamond semiconductor device where a pair of electrodes are fixed on a diamond substrate, and wherein at least one interface to the electrode on the surface of the diamond substrate has a hydrogen termination and at least the surface of the substrate between the pair of two electrodes is controlled to have a larger electric resistivity value than inside the substrate. Accordingly, a diamond semiconductor device can be realized, capable of attaining the device work stability, especially the device work stability in severe environments such as high temperature with exhibiting the function of the hydrogen termination thereof to the utmost extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Tokuyuki Teraji, Satoshi Koizumi, Yasuo Koide
  • Patent number: 8318555
    Abstract: A method for producing a hybrid substrate includes preparing a first substrate including a mixed layer and an underlying electrically insulating continuous layer, the mixed layer made up of first single-crystal areas and second adjacent amorphous areas, the second areas making up at least part of the free surface of the first substrate. A second substrate is bonded to the first substrate, the second substrate including on the surface thereof, a reference layer with a predetermined crystallographic orientation. The first substrate is bonded to the second substrate by hydrophobic molecular bonding of at least the amorphous areas. A recrystallization of at least part of the amorphous areas to solid phase is carried out according to the crystallographic orientation of the reference layer, and the two substrates are separated at the bonding interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thomas Signamarcheix, Franck Fournel, Laurent Clavelier, Chrystel Deguet
  • Patent number: 8314428
    Abstract: A thin film transistor including a lightly doped drain (LDD) region or offset region, wherein the thin film transistor is formed so that primary crystal grain boundaries of a polysilicon substrate are not positioned in the LDD or offset region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Yong Park, Ki Yong Lee, Hye Hyang Park
  • Publication number: 20120280242
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor film formed on a surface of a substrate and containing a crystalline substance, wherein the semiconductor film has a central region including a center of a surface of the semiconductor film and a peripheral region located around the central region, and a crystallization ratio in the peripheral region of the semiconductor film is higher than a crystallization ratio in the central region. There is also provided a photoelectric conversion device including the semiconductor film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nasuno, Kazuhito Nishimura, Takanori Nakano
  • Patent number: 8304774
    Abstract: The invention provides a transistor having a leak current between a source and drain in a nitride compound semiconductor formed on a substrate that is reduced. A gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed respectively on the surface of the nitride compound semiconductor formed on the silicon substrate in the transistor. At least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode is surrounded by an auxiliary electrode connected with the gate electrode. Because a depletion layer is formed in the nitride compound semiconductor under the auxiliary electrode, a route of the leak current is shut off and the leak current between the source and drain may be effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shusuke Kaya, Nariaki Ikeda, Jiang Li
  • Patent number: 8288772
    Abstract: To provide a through hole electrode substrate and a semiconductor device which uses the through hole electrode substrate which have improved electrical properties in a conductive part which passes through the front and back of a substrate, a through hole electrode substrate 100 of the invention comprises a substrate 102 having a through hole 104 which passes through the front and back of the substrate 102, and a conductive part 106 including a metal material which is filled into the through hole 104, the conductive part 106 including at least a metal material having an area weighted average crystal grain diameter of 13 ?m or more. The conduction part 106 also includes a metal material having a crystal grain diameter of 29 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Maekawa, Miyuki Suzuki