Thin Film Unipolar Transistor (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.411)
  • Publication number: 20140015053
    Abstract: Device structures, design structures, and fabrication methods for a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. A gate structure is formed on a top surface of a substrate. First and second trenches are formed in the substrate adjacent to a sidewall of the gate structure. The second trench is formed laterally between the first trench and the first sidewall. First and second epitaxial layers are respectively formed in the first and second trenches. A contact is formed to the first epitaxial layer, which serves as a drain. The second epitaxial layer in the second trench is not contacted so that the second epitaxial layer serves as a ballasting resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James P. Di Sarro, Robert J. Gauthier, JR., Junjun Li
  • Publication number: 20140014943
    Abstract: Sol-gel-processed thin-film transistors (TFTs) with amorphours Y—In—Zn—O (YIZO) as an active layer are fabricated with various mole ratios of Y, which indicates that Y3+ could play the role of carrier suppressor in InZnO (IZO) systems and reduce off current of YIZO-TFT and its channel mobility, threshold voltage, subthreshold swing voltage, and on/off ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chu-Chi TING, Hsieh-Ping CHANG
  • Patent number: 8629438
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film. A first oxide semiconductor film with a thickness of greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than or equal to 15 nm is formed over a gate insulating layer. First heat treatment is performed so that crystal growth from a surface of the first oxide semiconductor film to the inside thereof is caused, whereby a first crystal layer is formed. A second oxide semiconductor film with a thickness greater than that of the first oxide semiconductor film is formed over the first crystal layer. Second heat treatment is performed so that crystal growth from the first crystal layer to a surface of the second oxide semiconductor film is caused, whereby a second crystal layer is formed. Further, oxygen doping treatment is performed on the second crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8624313
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a non-volatile semiconductor memory element formed over the semiconductor substrate, including a variable resistance element including a laminate comprising a first electrode, a variable resistance layer, and a second electrode, and a volatile semiconductor memory element formed over the semiconductor substrate, including a capacitance element including a laminate comprising a third electrode, a dielectric layer including a same material as the variable resistance layer, and a fourth electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Kajigaya
  • Patent number: 8623698
    Abstract: An object is to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with stable electric characteristics. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region, heat treatment (for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor film and reduce impurities including moisture or the like. After that, slow cooling is performed under an oxygen atmosphere. Besides impurities including moisture or the like exiting in the oxide semiconductor film, heat treatment causes reduction of impurities including moisture or the like exiting in a gate insulating layer and those in interfaces between the oxide semiconductor film and films which are provided over and below the oxide semiconductor and in contact therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Sasaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroki Ohara, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8618612
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for wafer-scale processing of aligned nanotube devices and integrated circuits. In one aspect, a method can include growing aligned nanotubes on at least one of a wafer-scale quartz substrate or a wafer-scale sapphire substrate. The method can include transferring the grown aligned nanotubes onto a target substrate. Also, the method can include fabricating at least one device based on the transferred nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Chongwu Zhou, Koungmin Ryu, Alexander Badmaev, Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8614141
    Abstract: A fabrication process for a nanoelectronic device and a device are provided. Channel material is deposited on a substrate to form a channel. A source metal contact and a drain metal contact are deposited on the channel material, and the source metal contact and the drain metal contact are on opposing ends of the channel material. A polyhydroxystyrene derivative is deposited on the channel material. A top gate oxide is deposited on the polymer layer. A top gate metal is deposited on the top gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Damon B. Farmer, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8614435
    Abstract: A fabrication process for a nanoelectronic device and a device are provided. Channel material is deposited on a substrate to form a channel. A source metal contact and a drain metal contact are deposited on the channel material, and the source metal contact and the drain metal contact are on opposing ends of the channel material. A polyhydroxystyrene derivative is deposited on the channel material. A top gate oxide is deposited on the polymer layer. A top gate metal is deposited on the top gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Damon B. Farmer, Fengnian Xia
  • Patent number: 8609476
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vapor deposition method and a vapor deposition system of film formation systems by which EL materials can be used more efficiently and EL materials having superior uniformity with high throughput rate are formed. According to the present invention, inside a film formation chamber, an evaporation source holder in a rectangular shape in which a plurality of containers sealing evaporation material is moved at a certain pitch to a substrate and the evaporation material is vapor deposited on the substrate. Further, a longitudinal direction of an evaporation source holder in a rectangular shape may be oblique to one side of a substrate, while the evaporation source holder is being moved. Furthermore, it is preferable that a movement direction of an evaporation source holder during vapor deposition be different from a scanning direction of a laser beam while a TFT is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hideaki Kuwabara, Masakazu Murakami
  • Patent number: 8604470
    Abstract: An oxide thin film transistor (TFT) and a fabrication method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hoon Yim, Dae-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8603899
    Abstract: At present, a forming process of a base film through an amorphous silicon film is conducted in respective film forming chambers in order to obtain satisfactory films. When continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film is performed in a single film forming chamber with the above film formation condition, crystallization is not sufficiently attained in a crystallization process. By forming the amorphous silicon film using silane gas diluted with hydrogen, crystallization is sufficiently attained in the crystallization process even with the continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film in the single film forming chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taketomi Asami, Mitsuhiro Ichijo, Satoshi Toriumi
  • Patent number: 8604473
    Abstract: An object is to provide a UV sensor with high accuracy, which can be manufactured at low cost and formed over a flexible substrate. A semiconductor device includes a transistor having an oxide semiconductor film, and a voltage source electrically connected to a gate of the transistor, in which a threshold voltage of the transistor is changed by irradiating the oxide semiconductor film with UV rays; a change in the threshold voltage of the transistor is dependent on a wavelength of the UV rays with which the oxide semiconductor film is irradiated, and the voltage source adjusts a voltage output to the gate of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Saito, Yuta Uemura
  • Publication number: 20130320345
    Abstract: In a method of forming an active pattern, a gate metal layer is formed on a base substrate. The gate metal layer is patterned to form a gate line, and a gate pattern spaced apart from the gate line. A gate insulation layer is formed on the base substrate including the gate line and the gate pattern thereon, to form a first protruded boundary surface corresponding to an area including the gate pattern. An amorphous semiconductor layer is formed on the base substrate including the gate insulation layer thereon, to form a second protruded boundary surface corresponding to the first protruded boundary surface. The amorphous semiconductor layer is crystallized by illuminating a laser to the amorphous semiconductor layer on the second protruded boundary surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Young-Goo SONG, Hwa-Dong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20130320327
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer that is disposed on the substrate, a gate electrode that overlaps with the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer that is disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that at least partially overlap with the oxide semiconductor layer and are spaced from each other. The gate insulating layer includes an oxide including a first material. The oxide semiconductor layer includes an oxide which includes a same material as the first material and a second material, and the source electrode and the drain electrode include an oxide that includes a same material as the second material and a third material, and a grain boundary is not formed on an interface between at least one of the gate insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer or between the oxide semiconductor layer, and the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo Hyoung LEE, Bo Sung Kim, Chan Woo Yang, Seung-Ho Jung, Yeon Taek Jeong, June Whan Choi, Tae-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8597990
    Abstract: A method for making a thin film transistor, the method comprising the steps of: providing an insulating substrate; forming a carbon nanotube layer on the insulating substrate, the carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes; applying a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced from each other and electrically connected to two opposite ends of at least one of carbon nanotubes; covering the carbon nanotube layer with an insulating layer; and placing a gate electrode on the insulating layer, the gate electrode being opposite to and electrically insulated from the carbon nanotube layer by the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qun-Qing Li, Xue-Shen Wang, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 8592799
    Abstract: A graphene electronic device and a method of fabricating the graphene electronic device are provided. The graphene electronic device may include a graphene channel layer formed on a hydrophobic polymer layer, and a passivation layer formed on the graphene channel layer. The hydrophobic polymer layer may prevent or reduce adsorption of impurities to transferred graphene, and a passivation layer may also prevent or reduce adsorption of impurities to a heat-treated graphene channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-jun Yang, Sun-ae Seo, Sung-hoon Lee, Hyun-jong Chung, Jin-seong Heo
  • Patent number: 8592238
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes: a first step of attaching a polarizing plate to an outer surface of a liquid crystal panel; a second step of attaching a tape carrier package (TCP) to the liquid crystal panel; a third step of coating a resin onto a rear surface of the TCP and a connection portion of the liquid crystal panel and the TCP; a fourth step of inspecting the TCP and the liquid crystal display panel; a fifth step of inserting the liquid crystal panel into a transferring means; a sixth step of transferring the transferring means; a seventh step of extracting the liquid crystal panel from the transferring means; a eighth step of attaching the TCP to a printed circuit board (PCB); a ninth step of inspecting the PCB, the TCP and the liquid crystal panel; and a tenth step of assembling the liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit with a plurality of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Sung Jung, Young Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20130306965
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode on a substrate; a source electrode; a drain electrode positioned in a same layer as the source electrode and facing the source electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer positioned between the gate electrode and the source electrode or drain electrode; and a gate insulating layer positioned between the gate electrode and the source electrode or drain electrode. The oxide semiconductor layer includes titanium oxide (TiOx) doped with niobium (Nb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Du AHN, Jun Hyung LIM, Jin Seong PARK
  • Publication number: 20130307073
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling the channel length in a thin-film transistor (TFT). The method forms a printed ink first source/drain (S/D) structure overlying a substrate. A fluoropolymer mask is deposited to cover the first S/D structure. A boundary region is formed between the edge of the fluoropolymer mask and the edge of the printed ink first S/D structure, having a width. Then, a primary ink is printed at least partially overlying the boundary region, forming a printed ink second S/D structure, having an edge adjacent to the fluoropolymer mask edge. After removing the fluoropolymer mask, the printed ink first S/D structure edge is left separated from the printed ink second S/D structure edge by a space equal to the boundary region width. A semiconductor channel is formed partially overlying the first and second S/D structures, having a channel length equal to the boundary region width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Kurt Ulmer, Kanan Puntambekar
  • Patent number: 8586446
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a silicon film, in which an impurity density of a center portion is higher than that of an upper portion and a lower portion, is formed above a base layer, a mask pattern is formed above the silicon film, a recess is formed in the silicon film by selectively etching the silicon film through the mask pattern, a silicon oxide film is formed on a surface of the recess by an oxidation process of the silicon film, and the silicon film under the recess is etched through the mask pattern after the oxidation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yuuko Jimma
  • Patent number: 8581247
    Abstract: There is provided a flexible semiconductor device. The flexible semiconductor device of the present invention comprising a support layer, a semiconductor structure portion formed on the support layer, and a resin film formed on the semiconductor structure portion. The resin film comprises an opening formed by a laser irradiation therein, and also an electroconductive member which is in contact with the surface of the semiconductor structure portion is disposed within the opening of the resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Kenichi Hotehama, Seiichi Nakatani, Koichi Hirano, Tatsuo Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8580623
    Abstract: A TFT (20) includes a semiconductor layer (12s1) of an oxide semiconductor, a source electrode (13sd) and a drain electrode (13dd) provided on the semiconductor layer (12s1) and separated from each other, a gate insulating film (15) covering a portion of the semiconductor layer between the source electrode (13sd) and the drain electrode (13dd), a gate electrode (18gd) provided over the semiconductor layer (12s1) with the gate insulating film (15) being interposed between the gate electrode (18gd) and the semiconductor layer (12s1). The source electrode (13sd) is integrally formed with the source line (13s1). The gate electrode (18gd) is integrally formed with the gate line (18g1). The semiconductor layer (12s1) extends below the source line (13s1). The entireties of the source line (13s1), the source electrode (13sd), and the drain electrode (13dd) are provided on the semiconductor layer (12s1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhide Tomiyasu, Tomohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 8575665
    Abstract: The graphene electronic device may include a gate oxide on a conductive substrate, the conductive substrate configured to function as a gate electrode, a pair of first metals on the gate oxide, the pair of the first metals separate from each other, a graphene channel layer extending between the first metals and on the first metals, and a source electrode and a drain electrode on both edges of the graphene channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-seong Heo, Hyun-jong Chung, Sun-ae Seo, Sung-hoon Lee, Hee-jun Yang
  • Publication number: 20130285061
    Abstract: An organic film-forming polymer has a Tg of at least 70° C. and comprises a backbone comprising recurring units of Structure (A) shown in this application. These organic film-forming polymers can be used as dielectric materials in various devices with improved properties such as improved mobility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Douqlas R. Robello, Mark R. Mis, Wendy G. Ahearn, Dianne M. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20130277666
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate; a gate line positioned on the substrate and including a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer positioned on the gate line; an oxide semiconductor layer positioned on the substrate; a source electrode and a drain electrode positioned on the oxide semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer positioned on the source electrode and the drain electrode and including a first contact hole; a data line positioned on the first insulating layer and intersecting the gate line; and a pixel electrode over the first insulating layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode each comprise a metal oxide. The data line is electrically connected to the source electrode through the first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Il CHOI, Seung-Ha CHOI, Bong-Kyun KIM, Sang Gab KIM, Sho Yeon KIM, Hyun KIM, Hong Sick PARK, Su Bin BAE
  • Patent number: 8563976
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel formation region which includes an oxide semiconductor having a wide band gap and a carrier concentration which is as low as possible, and a source electrode and a drain electrode which include an oxide conductor containing hydrogen and oxygen vacancy, and a barrier layer which prevents diffusion of hydrogen and oxygen between an oxide conductive layer and the oxide semiconductor layer. The oxide conductive layer and the oxide semiconductor layer are electrically connected to each other through the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kengo Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20130270546
    Abstract: An active device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The active device includes a buffer layer, a channel, a gate, a gate insulation layer, a source and a drain. The buffer layer is disposed on a substrate and has a positioning region. A thickness of a portion of the buffer layer in the positioning region is greater than a thickness of a portion of the buffer layer outside the positioning region. The channel is disposed on the buffer layer and in the positioning region. The gate is disposed above the channel. The gate insulation layer is disposed between the channel and the gate. The source and the drain are disposed above the channel and electrically connected to the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Pang Chang, Hsing-Hung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8557620
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a display substrate. In the method, a gate line, a data line crossing the gate line, and a switching device are formed on a base substrate. A passivation layer, a first resist layer and a second resist layer are formed on the base substrate. The first resist layer and the second resist layer are patterned to form a resist pattern and an etch-stop pattern, the etch-stop pattern having a sidewall protruding from a sidewall of the resist pattern. A portion of the passivation layer is removed to form a contact hole on a drain electrode of the switching device. A pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching device through the contact hole is formed. Thus, an undercut between an etch-stop pattern and a resist pattern may be more easily formed without over-etching a passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Soon Hong, Jung-In Park, Hi-Kuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8557642
    Abstract: A method for thermally processing a minimally absorbing thin film in a selective manner is disclosed. Two closely spaced absorbing traces are patterned in thermal contact with the thin film. A pulsed radiant source is used to heat the two absorbing traces, and the thin film is thermally processed via conduction between the two absorbing traces. This method can be utilized to fabricate a thin film transistor (TFT) in which the thin film is a semiconductor and the absorbers are the source and the drain of the TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: NCC Nano, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. Schroder, Robert P. Wenz
  • Patent number: 8551824
    Abstract: In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, an oxide insulating layer is formed so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. Then, oxygen is introduced (added) to the oxide semiconductor layer through the oxide insulating layer, and heat treatment is performed. Through these steps of oxygen introduction and heat treatment, impurities such as hydrogen, moisture, a hydroxyl group, or hydride are intentionally removed from the oxide semiconductor layer, so that the oxide semiconductor layer is highly purified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichi Koezuka
  • Patent number: 8546164
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT), including a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, a source region, and a drain region, a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes in contact with the source and drain regions of the oxide semiconductor layer, respectively, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a GaInZnO (GIZO) bilayer structure including a lower layer and an upper layer, and the upper layer has a different indium (In) concentration than the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Han Jeong, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Yeon-Gon Mo, Hui-Won Yang
  • Publication number: 20130252384
    Abstract: A method of forming a thin film transistor array panel includes: forming a first insulating layer on a substrate; forming an amorphous carbon layer on the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer on the amorphous carbon layer; forming an opening in the amorphous carbon layer by patterning the second insulating layer and the amorphous carbon layer; and forming a trench in the first insulating layer by etching the first insulating layer, the etching the first insulating layer using the amorphous carbon layer including the opening as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan RYU, Dae Ho KIM, Hong Sick PARK, Shin Il CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130248850
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a channel portion disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode disposed on the channel portion and insulated from the channel portion. The source electrode, the drain electrode, and the channel portion are disposed on a same layer. A display apparatus includes a display device and the thin film transistor that applies a driving signal to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Tae-Young CHOI, Bo Sung Kim, Byungju Lee, Kangmoon Jo
  • Patent number: 8541257
    Abstract: A method for forming an electronic device having a semiconducting active layer comprising a polymer, the method comprising aligning the chains of the polymer parallel to each other by bringing the polymer into a liquid-crystalline phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited
    Inventors: Henning Sirringhaus, Richard Henry Friend, Richard John Wilson
  • Patent number: 8518759
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a field-effect transistor is provided. The method includes forming a substrate region, forming two terminal regions at the substrate region, one terminal region being a source region and the other terminal region being a drain region, forming two electrically insulating insulating layers, which are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the substrate region and are adjoined by control regions, forming an electrically conductive connecting region, which electrically conductively connects one of the terminal regions and the substrate region the conductive connecting region comprising a metal-semiconductor compound, leveling a surface by chemical mechanical polishing after forming the control regions, etching-back the control regions after polishing, and performing a self-aligning method for forming the metal-semiconductor compound in the etched-back regions, on the substrate region, and on a terminal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ronald Kakoschke
  • Patent number: 8518755
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device, a semiconductor device with low power consumption, a semiconductor device with high productivity, and a method for manufacturing such a semiconductor device. Impurities left remaining in an oxide semiconductor layer are removed without generating oxygen deficiency, and the oxide semiconductor layer is purified to have an extremely high purity. Specifically, after oxygen is added to the oxide semiconductor layer, heat treatment is performed on the oxide semiconductor layer to remove the impurities. In order to add oxygen, it is preferable to use a method in which oxygen having high energy is added by an ion implantation method, an ion doping method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroki Ohara
  • Publication number: 20130214357
    Abstract: Non-planar Metal Oxide Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) and methods for making non-planar MOSFETs with asymmetric, recessed source and drains having improved extrinsic resistance and fringing capacitance. The methods include a fin-last, replacement gate process to form the non-planar MOSFETs and employ a retrograde metal lift-off process to form the asymmetric source/drain recesses. The lift-off process creates one recess which is off-set from a gate structure while a second recess is aligned with the structure. Thus, source/drain asymmetry is achieved by the physical structure of the source/drains, and not merely by ion implantation. The resulting non-planar device has a first channel of a fin contacting a substantially undoped area on the drain side and a doped area on the source side, thus the first channel is asymmetric. A channel on atop surface of a fin is symmetric because it contacts doped areas on both the drain and source sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josephine B. Chang, Paul Chang, Michael A. Guillorn, Chung-hsun Lin, Jeffrey W. Sleight
  • Publication number: 20130214358
    Abstract: A disposable dielectric structure is formed on a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate such that all physically exposed surfaces of the disposable dielectric structure are dielectric surfaces. A semiconductor material is selectively deposited on semiconductor surfaces, while deposition of any semiconductor material on dielectric surfaces is suppressed. After formation of at least one gate spacer and source and drain regions, a planarization dielectric layer is deposited and planarized to physically expose a top surface of the disposable dielectric structure. The disposable dielectric structure is replaced with a replacement gate stack including a gate dielectric and a gate conductor portion. Lower external resistance can be provided without impacting the short channel performance of a field effect transistor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hemanth Jagannathan, Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy
  • Patent number: 8513054
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor having stable electric characteristics. It is another object to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device at lower cost with high productivity. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor where a semiconductor layer having a channel formation region, a source region, and a drain region are formed using an oxide semiconductor layer, heat treatment (heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed so as to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor layer and reduce impurities such as moisture. Moreover, the oxide semiconductor layer subjected to the heat treatment is slowly cooled under an oxygen atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Sasaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroki Ohara, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130207188
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device including forming well trenches on opposing sides of a gate structure by removing portions of a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) layer of an semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate, wherein the base of the well trenches is provided by a surface of a buried dielectric layer of the SOI substrate and sidewalls of the well trenches are provided by a remaining portion of the SOI layer. Forming a dielectric fill material at the base of the well trenches, wherein the dielectric fill material is in contact with the sidewalls of the well trenches and at least a portion of the surface of the buried dielectric layer that provides the base of the well trenches. Forming a source region and a drain region in the well trenches with an in-situ doped epitaxial semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Ervin, kangguo Cheng, Chengwen Pei, Geng Wang
  • Publication number: 20130200433
    Abstract: A planar semiconductor device including a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate with source and drain portions having a thickness of less than 10 nm that are separated by a multi-layered strained channel. The multi-layer strained channel of the SOI layer includes a first layer with a first lattice dimension that is present on the buried dielectric layer of the SOI substrate, and a second layer of a second lattice dimension that is in direct contact with the first layer of the multi-layer strained channel portion. A functional gate structure is present on the multi-layer strained channel portion of the SOI substrate. The semiconductor device having the multi-layered channel may also be a finFET semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas N. Adam, Kangguo Cheng, Ali Khakifirooz, Alexander Reznicek, Davood Shahrjerdi
  • Publication number: 20130200377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. After depositing a first metal layer on a substrate, a first mask is utilized to form gate electrodes. After depositing a gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer on the substrate, a second mask is utilized to pattern the semiconductor layer, so as to keep portions of the semiconductor layer above the gate electrodes. After depositing a transparent and electrically conductive layer and a second metal layer on the substrate, a multi tone mask is utilized to form source electrodes, drain electrodes, pixel electrodes and common electrodes. The present invention can simplify the manufacturing process thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Pei Jia, Liu-yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20130200470
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method of fabricating the same comprising the steps of providing a substrate, forming at least one fin structure on said substrate, forming a gate covering said fin structure, forming a plurality of epitaxial structures covering said fin structures, performing a gate pullback process to reduce the critical dimension (CD) of said gate and separate said gate and said epitaxial structures, forming lightly doped drains (LDD) in said fin structures, and forming a spacer on said gate and said fin structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: An-Chi Liu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Yu-Cheng Tung, Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang, Shih-Hung Tsai, Ssu-I Fu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Chih-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20130200383
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a thin film transistor array substrate and a manufacturing method for the same. A transparent conductive layer and a first metal layer are deposited on a substrate, and a multi-tone mask is utilized to form a gate electrode and a common electrode. A gate insulative layer and a semi-conductive layer are deposited on the substrate with the gate electrode and the common electrode, and the semi-conductive layer is patterned by a second mask to retain a region of the semi-conductive layer that is there-above the gate electrode. A second metal layer is deposited on the substrate with the gate insulative layer along with the retained semi-conductive layer, and the second metal layer is patterned by a third mask to form a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a pixel electrode. The present invention provides a simple manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Pei Jia, Liu-yang Yang
  • Patent number: 8501556
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (“TFT”) includes a poly silicon layer formed on a flexible substrate and including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, and a gate stack formed on the channel region of the poly silicon layer, wherein the gate stack includes first and second gate stacks, and a region of the poly silicon layer between the first and second gate stacks is an off-set region. A method of manufacturing the TFT is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang-yeon Kwon, Sang-yoon Lee, Jong-man Kim, Kyung-bae Park, Ji-sim Jung
  • Patent number: 8501553
    Abstract: A TFT array substrate includes a substrate, at least one gate line and gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and at least one channel component, source electrode, drain electrode and data line. The gate line and gate electrode are disposed on the substrate, wherein both of the gate line and gate electrode have first and second conductive layers, the first conductive layer is formed on the substrate, the first conductive layer contains molybdenum nitride , the second conductive layer is formed on the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer contains copper. The gate insulating layer is disposed on the gate line, gate electrode and the substrate. The channel component is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The source electrode and drain electrode are disposed on the channel component, and data line is disposed on the gate insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Hsien Tang Hu, Chien Chih Hsiao, Chih Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 8502229
    Abstract: An array substrate including a substrate having a pixel region, a gate line and a gate electrode on the substrate, the gate electrode being connected to the gate line, a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, an auxiliary pattern on the oxide semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes on the auxiliary pattern, the source and drain electrodes being disposed over the auxiliary pattern and spaced apart from each other to expose a portion of the auxiliary pattern, the exposed portion of the auxiliary pattern exposing a channel region and including a metal oxide over the channel region, wherein a data line crosses the gate line to define the pixel region and is connected to the source electrode, a passivation layer on the source and drain electrodes and the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Yub Kim, Chang-Il Ryoo
  • Patent number: 8501595
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film prepared using a mixture of nanocrystal particles and a molecular precursor. The nanocrystal is used in the thin film as a nucleus for crystal growth to minimize grain boundaries of the thin film and the molecular precursor is used to form the same crystal structure as the nanocrystal particles, thereby improving the crystallinity of the thin film. The thin film can be used effectively in a variety of electronic devices, including thin film transistors, electroluminescence devices, memory devices, and solar cells. Further disclosed is a method for preparing the thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Joo Jang, Hyun Dam Jeong, Shin Ae Jun, Jong Baek Seon
  • Patent number: 8492222
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a pixel of an electroluminescence device. The method provides a substrate; defines at least a first area for capacitors, a second area for a transistor on the substrate and a third area for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) on the substrate; forms first conductive, first dielectric, second conductive, second dielectric, and third conductive layers over the first area; forming a third conductive layer over the second dielectric layer over the first area; wherein the first conductive layer over the first area is directly connected to a power supply voltage, wherein the second conductive layer is electrically connected to a fourth conductive layer and wherein the first conductive layer, the first dielectric layer, and the second conductive layer over the first area collectively form a first one of the capacitors over the first area, the second conductive layer, the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Wein-Town Sun
  • Patent number: 8492768
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a reliable semiconductor device comprising TFTs having a large area integrated circuit with low wiring resistance. One of the features of the present invention is that an LDD region including a region which overlaps with a gate electrode and a region which does not overlap with the gate electrode is provided in one TFT. Another feature of the present invention is that gate electrode comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer and portion of the gate wiring has a clad structure comprising the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer with a low resistance layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama