Combined With Electrical Contact Or Lead Patents (Class 257/734)
  • Patent number: 11682597
    Abstract: A module includes components on an upper surface and a lower surface of a substrate, a second sealing resin layer laminated on the upper surface of the substrate, a first sealing resin layer on the lower surface of the substrate, and terminal blocks on the lower surface of the substrate. Each of the terminal blocks is formed by integrating a plurality of connection conductors, each of the plurality of connection conductors including a terminal portion and a substrate connecting portion formed by bending an end portion of the connection conductor, and each of the terminal blocks forms an external connection terminal of the module or functions as a shield wall for the components. Each of the terminal blocks 6 can be formed by mounting a terminal assembly onto the lower surface of the substrate, sealing the terminal assembly with a resin, and removing connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nomura, Shinichiro Banba, Tsuyoshi Takakura
  • Patent number: 11672083
    Abstract: A composite circuit board includes a composite circuit board unit, a first solder mask formed on a first metal protection layer of the composite circuit board unit, and a second solder mask formed on a second metal protection layer of the composite circuit board unit. Two ends of a first outer conductive circuit are bent back toward each other and spaced apart a predetermined distance to form a first window. Two ends of a second outer conductive circuit are bent back toward each other and spaced apart a predetermined distance to form a second window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co., Ltd., Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Yan-Lu Li
  • Patent number: 11658161
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display apparatus including the steps of providing a plurality of light emitting diode chips on a first manufacturing substrate, placing a transferring plate above the light emitting diode chips, bonding a plurality of adhesive transferring portions disposed on the transferring plate to a portion of the light emitting diode chips disposed on the first manufacturing substrate, separating the portion of the light emitting diode chips from the first manufacturing substrate, coupling the portion of the light emitting diode chips disposed on the transferring plate to a plurality of first and second substrate electrodes disposed on a substrate, and separating the transferring plate from the portion of the light emitting diode chips coupled to the substrate, in which the adhesive transferring portions are regularly arranged in rows and columns on the transferring plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Motonobu Takeya
  • Patent number: 11631636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module (1) in which voltages greater than 1,000 V and currents greater than 100 A are applied via supply lines, with an electrically insulating carrier (2), with a connection means (3) which has a material thickness greater than 0.3 mm and is connected to the carrier (2) via a metallization area (4) which is delimited by a first end (23) and a second end (24), with electronic components (19, 20) which are connected to the connection means (3) as required, and with cooling means (14). In order that the power is supplied from the outside via the connection means (3) directly to the module and thus the bonding processes that are customary in the prior art are omitted and parasitic inductances on the power supply are avoided, the invention proposes that the connection means (3) protrudes beyond one end (23, 24) of the metallization area (4) at least at one point, is not fixed to the carrier (2) in this area (9) and has contact means (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CERAMTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Thimm, Harald Kress
  • Patent number: 11626551
    Abstract: Additional “auxiliary” bumps are used to stabilize alignment and reduce slippage of dense arrays of interconnect bumps on opposing die during a bonding process. One example of auxiliary bumps are interdigitated bumps. Interdigitated bumps are more self-aligning and laterally stable because bumps do not meet head-to-head. Rather, the head of a bump on one die falls into the space between bumps on the other die. Another example of auxiliary bumps are nail bumps. In nail bumps, one bump is harder (the nail) and “drives” into the opposing softer bump during bonding. This constrains the lateral movement of the two bumps relative to each other and reduces lateral slippage. In some embodiments, the auxiliary bumps and interconnect bumps are formed in the same process, and also bonded in the same process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Tectus Corporation
    Inventors: Nachiket Raghunath Raravikar, Arnold Daguio, Kwong-Hin Henry Choy, Tigran Nshanian, Paul Scott Martin
  • Patent number: 11621220
    Abstract: An assembly structure and a method for manufacturing an assembly structure are provided. The assembly structure includes a wiring structure and a semiconductor element. The wiring structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the at least one dielectric layer, and defines an accommodating recess recessed from a top surface of the wiring structure. The wiring structure has a smooth surface extending from the top surface of the wiring structure to a surface of the accommodating recess. The semiconductor element is disposed in the accommodating recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yung-Shun Chang, Chih-Pin Hung, Teck-Chong Lee, Chih-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11581348
    Abstract: A semiconductor package may include an image sensor chip, a transparent substrate spaced apart from the image sensor chip, a joining structure in contact with a top surface of the image sensor chip and a bottom surface of the transparent substrate, on an edge region of the top surface of the image sensor chip, and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the image sensor chip. The image sensor chip may include a penetration electrode which penetrates at least a portion of an internal portion of the image sensor chip, and a terminal pad, which is on the edge region of the top surface of the image sensor chip and is connected to the penetration electrode. The joining structure may include a spacer and an adhesive layer which is between and attached to the spacer and the image sensor chip. The joining structure may the terminal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventor: Woonbae Kim
  • Patent number: 11574877
    Abstract: According to various examples, a device is described. The device may include a stiffener member including a first step section and a second step section. The device may also include a plurality of vias extending from or through the stiffener member. The device may be coupled to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jenny Shio Yin Ong, Seok Ling Lim, Bok Eng Cheah, Jackson Chung Peng Kong
  • Patent number: 11569157
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip; a redistribution insulating layer including a first opening; an external connection bump including a first part in the first opening; a lower bump pad including a first surface in physical contact with the first part of the external connection bump and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface and the redistribution insulating layer partially overlap; and a redistribution pattern that electrically connects the lower bump pad to the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeonho Jang, Jongyoun Kim, Jungho Park, Jaegwon Jang
  • Patent number: 11555999
    Abstract: Electrical connections are created between the actuator frame of a piezoelectric MEMS scanning mirror system and the substrate separate from the structural adhesive creating the mechanical bond between the actuator frame and the substrate. A structural bond (with no conducive properties) is formed between the actuator frame and the substrate. After the bond is fully formed, separate electric connections can be created by one or both of: 1) coating the actuator frame with a coating that enables a surface of the actuator frame to be wire bondable and creating a wire bond between the actuator frame and the substrate; or 2) depositing a trace of conductive material on the outside edge of the mechanical bond between the actuator frame and the substrate and a final protection layer may be applied over the conductive trace to protect the trace from mechanical or environmental damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Michael James Nystrom
  • Patent number: 11539026
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a first protective member, and a second protective member. The display panel includes a front part, a first side part extending from the front part, and a pad portion extending from the first side part. A pad is on the pad portion, the first side part is bent, and each of the front part and the first side part displays an image. The first protective member is below the display panel and overlaps the front part and the first side part. The second protective member is below the display panel, in a same layer as the first protective layer, and overlaps the pad portion. The second protective member has a bending stiffness greater than a bending stiffness of the first protective member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Hee Lee, Sunho Kim, Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11538750
    Abstract: A terminal structure includes a wiring layer, a protective insulation layer, an open portion, and a connection terminal. The protective insulation layer covers the wiring layer. The open portion extends through the protective insulation layer in a thickness-wise direction to expose part of an upper surface of the wiring layer. The connection terminal is formed on the wiring layer exposed from the open portion. The open portion includes a wall surface, a depression, and a projection. The wall surface extends downward from an upper surface of the protective insulation layer. The depression is depressed into the protective insulation layer from the wall surface toward an outer side of the open portion. The projection is formed under the depression, continuously with the depression, and projected from the depression into the open portion further inward than the wall surface in a plan view. The depression is filled with the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiko Kiso
  • Patent number: 11521898
    Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a substrate, a stacked structure, and a contact. The substrate includes a memory array region and a staircase region. The stacked structure is located on the substrate in the memory array region and the staircase region. The stacked structure includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers alternately stacked on each other. Each of the plurality of conductive layers includes a main body and an end part. The main body is located in the memory array region and extends to the staircase region. The end part is connected to the main body and is located in the staircase region. A thickness of the end part is greater than a thickness of the main body. The contact lands on and is connected to the end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MACRONIX INIERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-Feng Hung
  • Patent number: 11515288
    Abstract: A method includes providing a die having a contact pad on a top surface and forming a conductive protective layer over the die and covering the contact pad. A molding compound is formed over the die and the conductive protective layer. The conductive protective layer is exposed using a laser drilling process. A redistribution layer (RDL) is formed over the die. The RDL is electrically connected to the contact pad through the conductive protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan Chang, Tsei-Chung Fu, Jing-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11508668
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a device package and a shielding layer. The device package includes an electronic device unit and has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface. The shielding layer is disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the device package. A common edge of the second surface and the third surface includes a first portion exposed from the shielding layer by a first length, and a common edge of the first surface and the third surface includes a second portion exposed from the shielding layer by a second length that is different from the first length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yuan Kung, Hung-Yi Lin, Meng-Wei Hsieh, Yu-Pin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11508673
    Abstract: A semiconductor packaging substrate is provided and includes: an insulating layer, a thinned circuit structure formed of circuit layers and conductive posts stacked on one another embedding in the insulating layer, and a supporting structure formed on the insulating layer and having at least one through hole exposing the conductive posts. As such, before a subsequent packaging operation, the packaging substrate can be electrically tested and screened so as to prevent a defective packaging substrate from being misused in the subsequent packaging operation and hence avoid the loss of normal electronic elements. A method for fabricating a semiconductor packaging substrate and a packaging process using the semiconductor packaging substrate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX PIONEER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pao-Hung Chou, Chun-Hsien Yu
  • Patent number: 11493538
    Abstract: A sensor device comprises a dielectric substrate, a busbar mechanically connected to the dielectric substrate, a cavity formed in the dielectric substrate, and a sensor chip arranged in the cavity, wherein the sensor chip is designed to detect a magnetic field induced by an electric current flowing through the busbar, wherein in an orthogonal projection of the sensor chip onto the busbar, the sensor chip at least partly overlaps the busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Rainer Markus Schaller, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 11482602
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on a substrate and extending in a first direction, source/drain patterns spaced apart from each other, in a second direction, with the gate electrode interposed therebetween, a gate contact electrically connected to the gate electrode, and an active contact electrically connected to at least one of the source/drain patterns. The active contact includes a lower contact pattern electrically connected to the at least one of the source/drain patterns, the lower contact pattern having a first width in the first direction, and an upper contact pattern electrically connected to a top surface of the lower contact pattern, the upper contact pattern having a second width in the first direction that is smaller than the first width. The upper contact pattern and the gate contact horizontally overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hyun-Seung Song, Tae-Yeol Kim, Jae-Jik Baek
  • Patent number: 11475937
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for die voltage regulation are described. A device may include a first die and second die. A component that generates voltage on the first die may be connected to a capacitor on the second die through a conductive line. The conductive line may allow the capacitor on the second die to regulate voltage generated by the component on the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Taeksang Song, Saira S. Malik, Hyunyoo Lee, Kang-Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11476214
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an integrated chip (IC) is provided. The IC includes a metallization structure disposed over a semiconductor substrate, where the metallization structure includes an interconnect structure disposed in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) structure. A passivation layer is disposed over the metallization structure, where an upper surface of the interconnect structure is at least partially disposed between opposite inner sidewalls of the passivation layer. A sidewall spacer is disposed along the opposite inner sidewalls of the passivation layer, where the sidewall spacer has rounded sidewalls. A conductive structure is disposed on the passivation layer, the rounded sidewalls of the sidewall spacer, and the upper surface of the interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Kalnitsky, Kong-Beng Thei
  • Patent number: 11469201
    Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor package and a method for fabricating a base for a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a conductive trace embedded in a base. A semiconductor device is mounted on the conductive trace via a conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hung Lin, Wen-Sung Hsu, Ta-Jen Yu, Andrew C. Chang
  • Patent number: 11454669
    Abstract: An integrated circuit die has a peripheral edge and a seal ring extending along the peripheral edge and surrounding a functional integrated circuit area. A test logic circuit located within the functional integrated circuit area generates a serial input data signal for application to a first end of a sensing conductive wire line extending around the seal ring between the seal ring and the peripheral edge of the integrated circuit die. Propagation of the serial input data signal along the sensing conductive wire line produces a serial output data signal at a second end of the sensing conductive wire line. The test logic circuit compares data patterns of the serial input data signal and serial output data signal to detect damage at the peripheral edge of the integrated circuit die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics International N.V., STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Lionel Courau, Geeta, Olivier Le-Briz
  • Patent number: 11417643
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to packages and methods of forming packages. A package includes a package substrate, a first device die, first electrical connectors, an encapsulant, a redistribution structure, and a second device die. The first device die is attached to a side of the package substrate, and the first electrical connectors are mechanically and electrically coupled to the side of the package substrate. The encapsulant at least laterally encapsulates the first electrical connectors and the first device die. The redistribution structure is on the encapsulant and the first electrical connectors. The redistribution structure is directly coupled to the first electrical connectors. The first device die is disposed between the redistribution structure and the package substrate. The second device die is attached to the redistribution structure by second electrical connectors, and the second electrical connectors are directly coupled to the redistribution structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chih Liu, Kuan-Lin Ho, Wei-Ting Lin, Chin-Liang Chen, Jing Ruei Lu
  • Patent number: 11404365
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a substrate, a flip chip die, and a capacitor. The flip chip die is attached to the substrate via die-to-substrate interconnects. The capacitor is attached to the flip chip die via capacitor-to-die interconnects so that the capacitor occupies a region between the flip chip die and the substrate. Such placement of the capacitor on a flip chip die has the advantage of reducing the distance between the capacitor and its core, thereby reducing unwanted line inductance and series resistance effects. Integrated circuit performance is thereby enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Arvin, Bhupender Singh, Mark Kapfhammer, Brian W. Quinlan, Sylvain Pharand
  • Patent number: 11404339
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of including peripheral devices into a package is disclosed. In one example, a peripheral device includes a passive device such as a capacitor or an inductor. Examples are shown that include a peripheral device that is substantially the same thickness as a die or a die assembly. Examples are further shown that use this configuration in a fan out process to form semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lizabeth Keser, Bernd Waidhas, Thomas Ort, Thomas Wagner
  • Patent number: 11398450
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes an insulating substrate having a main wiring layer, positive and negative electrode terminals adjacently arranged in a first direction, a plurality of semiconductor elements forming a first column and another plurality of semiconductor elements forming a second column, each semiconductor element having gate and source electrode on an upper surface thereof, and being disposed on the main wiring layer such that corresponding ones of the gate electrodes in the first and second columns face each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a control wiring substrate between the first and second columns and having gate and source wiring layers, a gate wiring member connecting ones of the gate electrodes in the first and second columns through the gate wiring layer, and a source wiring member connecting ones of the source electrodes in the first and second columns through the source wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kato, Yuma Murata, Naoyuki Kanai, Akito Nakagome, Yoshinari Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11398448
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes first to fourth semiconductor elements, each having an upper-surface electrode and a lower-surface electrode, first to fourth conductive layers, each extending in a first direction and being independently disposed side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and an output terminal connected to the second and third conductive layers. The lower-surface electrodes of each of the first to fourth semiconductor elements are respectively conductively connected to the first to fourth conductive layers. The third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer are disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and are connected to the output terminal to have an equal potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kato, Yuma Murata, Naoyuki Kanai, Akito Nakagome, Yoshinari Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11395923
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the branched proximal connectors. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a branched connector that includes a main body having a base portion of a supporting structure and a plurality of conductive traces formed on the base portion, and a plurality of plugs extending from the main body. Each plug of the plurality of plugs include an end portion of the supporting structure comprised of the one or more layers of dielectric material, and a subset of conductive traces from the plurality of conductive traces. Each trace from the subset of conductive traces terminates at a bond pad exposed on a surface of the end portion of the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Bo Lu, Kedar Shah
  • Patent number: 11380610
    Abstract: A source terminal and a gate terminal are connected to a wiring pattern of the first substrate. A diode is provided under a second substrate such that an anode is connected to a wiring pattern of the second substrate. A plate-like portion of the first electrode is provided between the switching element and the diode, and a linking section of the first electrode connects the plate-like portion and the wiring pattern of the first substrate. A second electrode being substantially columnar and connecting the wiring pattern of the first substrate and the wiring pattern of the second substrate is provided in an opposite side to the linking section with the switching element interposed. A thickness of the plate-like portion of the first electrode is less than or equal to a thickness of each of the wiring pattern of the first substrate and the wiring pattern of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO MODULE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumikazu Harazono
  • Patent number: 11335660
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element each having an upper-surface electrode and a lower-surface electrode, and being connected in parallel to configure an upper arm, a first conductive layer having a U-shape in planar view, having two end portions, and having an upper surface on which the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are disposed in a mirror image arrangement, a positive electrode terminal having a body part and at least two positive electrode ends branched from the body part, and a negative electrode terminal having a negative electrode end disposed between the positive electrode ends. The positive electrode ends are respectively connected to one of the two end portions of the first conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kato, Yuma Murata, Naoyuki Kanai, Akito Nakagome, Yoshinari Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11315891
    Abstract: An embodiment is a device including an integrated circuit die having an active side and a back side, the back side being opposite the active side, a molding compound encapsulating the integrated circuit die, and a first redistribution structure overlying the integrated circuit die and the molding compound, the first redistribution structure including a first metallization pattern and a first dielectric layer, the first metallization pattern being electrically coupled to the active side of the integrated circuit die, at least a portion of the first metallization pattern forming an inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Hao Tsai, Chia-Chia Lin, Kai-Chiang Wu, Chuei-Tang Wang, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11309266
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a semiconductor device structure with an air gap for reducing capacitive coupling and a method for forming the semiconductor device structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first conductive pad over a first semiconductor substrate, and a first conductive structure over the first conductive pad. The semiconductor device structure also includes a second conductive structure over the first conductive structure, and a second conductive pad over the second conductive structure. The second conductive pad is electrically connected to the first conductive pad through the first and the second conductive structures. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second semiconductor substrate over the second conductive pad, a first passivation layer between the first and the second semiconductor substrates and covering the first conductive structure, and a second passivation layer between the first passivation layer and the second semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tse-Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 11302516
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus for an imaging system comprising a multitude of chemical emitting elements upon a substrate. In some embodiments the substrate may be approximately round with a radius of approximately one inch. Various methods relating to using and producing an imaging system of chemical emitters are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Frederick A. Flitsch
  • Patent number: 11296002
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a first electronic component and a first encapsulant. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first electronic component is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The first encapsulant is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and covers the first electronic component. The first encapsulant has a first surface facing away the first surface of the substrate and includes a recess at an edge of the first surface of the first encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Long Lu
  • Patent number: 11296030
    Abstract: An embedded component package structure including a dielectric structure, a semiconductor chip, a first polymer layer, and a patterned conductive layer is provided. The semiconductor chip is embedded in the dielectric structure. The first polymer layer covers the semiconductor chip and has a first thickness, and the first thickness is greater than a second thickness of the dielectric structure above the first polymer layer. The patterned conductive layer covers an upper surface of the dielectric structure and extends over the first polymer layer, and the patterned conductive layer is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Liao, Chien-Fan Chen, Chien-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11282803
    Abstract: A redistribution structure includes a first dielectric layer, a pad pattern, and a second dielectric layer. The pad pattern is disposed on the first dielectric layer and includes a pad portion and a peripheral portion. The pad portion is embedded in the first dielectric layer, wherein a lower surface of the pad portion is substantially coplanar with a lower surface of the first dielectric layer. The peripheral portion surrounds the pad portion. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the pad pattern and includes a plurality of extending portions extending through the peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Kuei Hsu, Ming-Chih Yew, Po-Hao Tsai, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11267992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a film-shaped firing material 1 including sinterable metal particles 10, and a binder component 20, in which a content of the sinterable metal particles 10 is in a range of 15% to 98% by mass, a content of the binder component 20 is in a range of 2% to 50% by mass, a tensile elasticity of the film-shaped firing material at 60° C. is in a range of 4.0 to 10.0 MPa, and a breaking elongation thereof at 60° C. is 500% or greater; and a film-shaped firing material with a support sheet including the film-shaped firing material 1 which contains sinterable metal particles and a binder component, and a support sheet 2 which is provided on at least one side of the film-shaped firing material, in which an adhesive force (a2) of the film-shaped firing material to the support sheet is smaller than an adhesive force (a1) of the film-shaped firing material to a semiconductor wafer, the adhesive force (a1) is 0.1 N/25 mm or greater, and the adhesive force (a2) is in a range of 0.1 N/25 mm to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Ichikawa, Hidekazu Nakayama, Akinori Sato
  • Patent number: 11271003
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower structure and a stack structure that extends into a connection region on the lower structure, where the stack structure includes gate pads and mold pads. The mold pads include intermediate mold pads that include first intermediate mold pads and a second intermediate mold pad between a pair of the first intermediate mold pads, each of the first intermediate mold pads has a first length in a first direction, the second intermediate mold pad has a second length in the first direction, greater than the first length, one of the intermediate mold pads includes a mold pad portion and an insulating protrusion portion on the mold pad portion, one of the first intermediate mold pads includes the mold pad portion and the insulating protrusion portion, and a central region of the second intermediate mold pad does not include the insulating protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Geunwon Lim, Seokcheon Baek
  • Patent number: 11264990
    Abstract: An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and a method for its design and fabrication is disclosed. In one embodiment, the camouflaged application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), comprises a plurality of interconnected functional logic cells that together perform one or more ASIC logical functions, wherein the functional logic cells comprise a camouflage cell including: a source region of a first conductivity type, a drain region of the first conductivity type, and a camouflage region of a second conductivity type disposed between the source region and the drain region. The camouflage region renders the camouflage cell always off in a first camouflage cell configuration and always on in a second camouflage cell configuration having a planar layout substantially indistinguishable from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: RAMBUS INC.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Cocchi, Lap Wai Chow, James P. Baukus, Bryan J. Wang
  • Patent number: 11257751
    Abstract: A device includes: a substrate; a first wiring layer above the substrate; a second wiring layer above the first wiring layer; a first insulating film on the first and second wiring layers; a second insulating film in the first insulating film, provided at a position overlapping with a part of the first wiring layer and a part of the second wiring layer in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, and including a first portion higher than an upper surface of an end portion of the second wiring layer and a second portion lower than the upper surface of the end portion of the second wiring layer; and a plug via the second insulating film in the first insulating film, provided on the upper surface of the end portion of the second wiring layer, and electrically connected to the second wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ito
  • Patent number: 11257765
    Abstract: Chip package structure and chip package method are provided. The chip package structure includes an encapsulating layer, a redistribution layer, a soldering pad group, and bare chips. Connecting posts is formed on a side of the bare chips. The encapsulating layer covers the bare chips and the connecting posts, while exposes a side of the connecting posts away from the bare chips. The redistribution layer on the connecting posts includes a first redistribution wire, a second redistribution wire, and a third redistribution wire. The first redistribution wire and the second redistribution wire are electrically connected to at least one connecting post respectively, and the third redistribution layer is electrically connected to remaining connecting posts. The soldering pad group on the redistribution layer includes an input soldering pad electrically connected to the first redistribution wire and an output soldering pad electrically connected to the second redistribution wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kerui Xi, Feng Qin, Jine Liu, Xiaohe Li, Tingting Cui, Yuan Ding
  • Patent number: 11251043
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure including forming a plurality of mandrel lines on a first dielectric layer and forming one or more groups of discontinuous mandrel line pairs with a first mask. The method further includes disposing a second dielectric layer, and forming dielectric spacers on sidewalls of the mandrel lines and the discontinuous mandrel line pairs. The method further includes removing the mandrel lines and the discontinuous mandrel line pairs to form spacer masks, forming one or more groups of blocked regions using a second mask, and forming openings extended through the first dielectric layer with a conjunction of the spacer masks and the second mask. The method also includes removing the spacer masks and the second mask, disposing an objective material in the openings, and forming objective lines with top surfaces coplanar with the top surfaces of the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu Ming Fan, Zi Qun Hua, Bi Feng Li, Qingchen Cao, Yaobin Feng, Zhiliang Xia, Zongliang Huo
  • Patent number: 11244885
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package system comprising a substrate, a first semiconductor package on the substrate, and a heat radiation structure on the first semiconductor package. The heat radiation structure includes a first part on a top surface of the first semiconductor package and a second part connected to the first part. The second part has a bottom surface at a level lower than a level of the top surface of the first semiconductor package. A vent hole is provided between an edge region of the substrate and the first part of the heat radiation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heungkyu Kwon
  • Patent number: 11239189
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a substrate having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a chip having a first chip main surface on one side and a second chip main surface on the other side, and a plurality of electrodes formed on the first chip main surface and/or the second chip main surface, the chip being arranged on the first main surface of the substrate, a sealing insulation layer that seals the chip on the first main surface of the substrate such that the second main surface of the substrate is exposed, the sealing insulation layer having a sealing main surface that opposes the first main surface of the substrate, and a plurality of external terminals formed to penetrate through the sealing insulation layer so as to be exposed from the sealing main surface of the sealing insulation layer, the external terminals being respectively electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Aketa
  • Patent number: 11211202
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes preparing a ceramic green sheet, forming an internal electrode pattern by applying a paste for an internal electrode including a conductive powder to the ceramic green sheet, forming a ceramic laminate structure by layering the ceramic green sheet on which the internal electrode pattern is formed, forming a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode by sintering the ceramic laminate structure, and forming an external electrode by forming an electrode layer on the body, and forming a conductive resin layer on the electrode layer, and the conductive powder includes a conductive metal and tin (Sn), and a content of tin (Sn) is 1.5 wt % or higher, based on a weight of the conductive metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Kyoon Woo, Kyoung Jin Cha, Jeong Ryeol Kim, Ji Hong Jo
  • Patent number: 11195770
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing, in a housing, an insulating substrate having a metal pattern, a semiconductor chip, a sinter material applied on the semiconductor chip, and a terminal, providing multiple granular sealing resins supported by a grid provided in the housing, heating an inside of the housing until a temperature thereof reaches a first temperature higher than a room temperature and thereby discharging a vaporized solvent of the sinter material out of the housing via a gap of the grid and a gap of the sealing resins, and heating the inside of the housing until the temperature thereof reaches a second temperature higher than the first temperature and thereby causing the melted sealing resins to pass the gap of the grid and form a resin layer covering the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Nakahara, Akitoshi Shirao
  • Patent number: 11171084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to fabrication methods and resulting interconnect structures having a conductive thin metal layer on a top via that promotes the selective growth of the next level interconnect lines (the line above). In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a first conductive line is formed in a dielectric layer. A via is formed on the first conductive line and a seed layer is formed on the via and the dielectric layer. A surface of the seed layer is exposed and a second conductive line is deposited onto the exposed surface of the seed layer. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, the second conductive line is selectively grown from the seed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brent Anderson, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Christopher J. Penny, Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo, Kisik Choi, Robert Robison
  • Patent number: 11171068
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing, in a housing, an insulating substrate having a metal pattern, a semiconductor chip, a sinter material applied on the semiconductor chip, and a terminal, providing multiple granular sealing resins supported by a grid provided in the housing, heating an inside of the housing until a temperature thereof reaches a first temperature higher than a room temperature and thereby discharging a vaporized solvent of the sinter material out of the housing via a gap of the grid and a gap of the sealing resins, and heating the inside of the housing until the temperature thereof reaches a second temperature higher than the first temperature and thereby causing the melted sealing resins to pass the gap of the grid and form a resin layer covering the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Nakahara, Akitoshi Shirao
  • Patent number: 11171079
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including wiring at a surface thereof, a semiconductor element on a surface of the substrate, a first solder resist on the wiring, a bonding wire connecting the wiring and the semiconductor element, and a second solder resist. The first solder resist has an opening region at which a part of the wiring is non-covered by the first solder resist, and the bonding wire connects the wiring and the semiconductor element in the opening region. The second solder resist at least partially covers the non-covered part of the wiring in the opening region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Saito, Yoshitaka Ono
  • Patent number: 11158538
    Abstract: An interconnect structure, and a method for forming the same includes forming recess within a dielectric layer and conformally depositing a barrier layer within the recess. A cobalt-infused ruthenium liner is formed above the barrier layer, the cobalt containing ruthenium liner formed by stacking a second liner above a first liner, the first liner positioned above the barrier layer. The first liner includes ruthenium while the second liner includes cobalt. Cobalt atoms migrate from the second liner to the first liner forming the cobalt-infused ruthenium liner. A conductive material is deposited above the cobalt-infused ruthenium liner to fill the recess followed by a capping layer made of cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph F. Maniscalco, Koichi Motoyama, Oscar van der Straten, Scott A. DeVries, Alexander Reznicek