Patents Assigned to Global Unichip Corporation
  • Publication number: 20220270996
    Abstract: A communication interface structure for connection between dies is provided, including a memory die, processing dies and interconnection routings. The memory die includes a first interface edge, wherein the first interface edge is split into a plurality of interface groups. Each of the processing dies includes a second interface edge. Interconnection routings respectively connect the second interface edges of the processing dies to the interface groups of the memory die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Chieh Liao, Igor Elkanovich, Hung-Yi Chang, Li-Ken Yeh, Chung-Ling Liou
  • Patent number: 11411560
    Abstract: An electronic system, an integrated circuit die and an operation method thereof are provided. The integrated circuit die includes a plurality of interface circuit slices and a merging circuit. The transmission data stream sent from the transmitter die is split into a plurality of sub-data streams. Each of the interface circuit slices provides a physical layer to receive the corresponding one of the sub-data streams. The merging circuit is coupled to the interface circuit slices to receive the sub-data streams. The merging circuit merges the sub-data streams from the interface circuit slices back to the original data corresponding to the transmission data stream to be provided to an application layer. The merging circuit aligns the sub-data streams from the interface circuit slices in timing to mitigate different delays of the interface circuit slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei Yu, Yung-Sheng Fang, Chang-Ming Liu, Igor Elkanovich
  • Publication number: 20220221893
    Abstract: A circuit is provided for providing a sampling clock to de-serializers in a communication physical layer. The circuit includes a slave delay lock loop (DLL), to receive an input clock and provide the sampling clock to the de-serializers. Further, a master DLL is included for receiving the input clock and outputting a control signal to the slave DLL to adjust a delay amount of the sampling clock of the slave DLL. The master DLL replicates a circuit of the slave DLL with a loop detection and determines the control signal for output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hao Wang, Ting-Chin Cho, Hui-Ting Yang, Yung-Sheng Fang, Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Chiung-Chi Lin, Ming-Fu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220208684
    Abstract: An interface of integrated circuit (IC) die includes a plurality of the contact elements formed as a contact element pattern corresponding to a parallel bus. The contact elements are arranged in an array of rows and columns and divided into a transmitting group and a receiving group. The contact elements of the transmitting group have a first contact element sequence and the contact elements of the receiving group have a second contact element sequence, the first contact element sequence is identical to the second contact element sequence. The contact elements with the first contact element sequence and the second contact element sequence are matched when the contact element pattern is geometrically rotated by 180° with respect to a row direction and a column direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hao Wang, Ting-Chin Cho, Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Tsai-Ming Yang, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Ting-Hsu Chien, Yuan-Hung Lin, Chao-Ching Huang, Li-Ya Tseng, Pei Yu, Jia-Liang Chen, Yen-Wei Chen, Chung-Kai Wang, Chun-Hsu Chen, Yu-Ju Chang, Li-Hua Lin, Zanyu Yang
  • Patent number: 11355490
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure corresponds to a first diode and a second diode connected in series. A first well region is on a first deep well region. Two second well regions are at two sides of the first well region respectively. A first doping region and a second doping region are on the first well region. A first isolation region is between the first doping region and the second doping region. A third well region is on a second deep well region. Two fourth well regions are at two sides of the third well region respectively. A third doping region and a fourth doping region are on the third well region. A second isolation region is between the third doping region and the fourth doping region. The second doping region and third doping region are connected. The second deep well region is separated from the first deep well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lin, Chun-Cheng Chen, Wen-Tai Wang
  • Patent number: 11340288
    Abstract: A testing equipment includes a testing platform and a component carrying device including a carrying arm, a vacuum suction unit, a working bottom cover and a fluid transmission assembly. The carrying arm lifts and carries a device under test (DUT) onto the testing platform. The vacuum suction unit removably sucks to the DUT. The working bottom cover includes a cover body and an elastic airtight ring. The cover body is connected to the carrying arm, and the elastic airtight ring is fixedly disposed on the cover body for hermetically covering the DUT, so that a liquid filling space is collectively formed by the cover body and the DUT. The fluid transmission assembly extends into the liquid filling space for continuously passing a working liquid to the DUT and withdrawing the working liquid back away from the liquid filling space for thermally exchanging with the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Liao, Chih-Feng Cheng, Yu-Min Sun
  • Patent number: 11336427
    Abstract: A circuit of communication interface between dies is provided. The circuit includes a first interface of the first die having a serializer to serialize an input data of N bits a serialized data for transmitting out and a second interface of the second die having a de-serializer to receive and deserialize the serialized data into a de-serialized data. In addition, an interconnection structure connected between the first die and the second die to connect the serializer and the de-serializer, wherein the interconnection structure is an interposer or a redistribution layer of a semiconductor structure to form a parallel bus for transmitting the serialized data in one line of the parallel bus between the first die and the second die. A clock generator provides a first clock to a first ripple counter of the serializer and a second clock to a second ripple counter of the de-serializer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Elkanovich, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Ting-Hsu Chien, Tsai-Ming Yang, Wei-An Liang, Amnon Parnass
  • Patent number: 11335631
    Abstract: A power delivery device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a package device, and a chip connecting device. The PCB is configured to receive a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The package device is coupled to the PCB, and includes a bump array. The chip connecting device is coupled to the bump array of the package device, and configured to output a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage. The bump array includes first bumps and second bumps. The first bumps are configured to transmit the first reference voltage. The second bumps are configured to transmit the second reference voltage. The first bumps and the second bumps are disposed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Fan Yang, Yuan-Hung Lin, Yu-Cheng Sun, Hung-Chang Kuo, Yung-Yang Liang
  • Publication number: 20220136724
    Abstract: A testing apparatus including a base and a preheating unit arranged on the base is provided. The preheating unit includes a gas generator, a blocking mechanism and a heating device. The gas generator is configured to discharge air toward the base to form an air wall. The blocking mechanism is located above the air wall and forms a heat preservation space with the air wall. The heating device is arranged in the heat preservation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Liao, Yu-Min Sun, Chih-Feng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20220136816
    Abstract: An inspecting device including a carrier, multiple telescopic probes, a locking component and a conductive structure is provided. The carrier has a through hole and a ground pad corresponding to the through hole. The through hole penetrates from the first surface to the second surface of the carrier, and the ground pad is disposed on the second surface. The telescopic probes are disposed in parallel on the first surface of the carrier. The locking component passes through the through hole and is disposed between two adjacent telescopic probes of the multiple telescopic probes. The locking component includes a screw. A head of the screw has a first pitch and a second pitch, and a density of the first pitch is different from a density of the second pitch. The conductive structure is partially embedded in the locking component, and the conductive structure, the locking component and the ground pad are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Liao, Yu-Min Sun, Chih-Feng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11313904
    Abstract: A testing device includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and a loopback circuit. The transmitter circuit is configured to receive a plurality of first test signals. The receiver circuit is configured to receive input data from a plurality of pads in a normal mode. The loopback circuit is coupled to the plurality of pads and input terminals of a sampler circuit, and the loopback circuit is configured to transmit the plurality of first test signals from the transmitter circuit to the input terminals of the sampler circuit, in order to generate test data for subsequent analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chung Chen, Tsai-Ming Yang, Po-Shing Yu
  • Patent number: 11309936
    Abstract: A signal transmission device includes a transmission line. The transmission line is configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmission device, and output the signal to a receiving device. The transmission line includes a signal suppression device. The signal suppression device is coupled to the receiving device, and is configured to suppress a reflection signal reflected from the receiving device. The signal suppression device includes a pull-up element and a compensation element. The pull-up element is configured to decrease an equivalent impedance from the signal suppression device to the receiving device. The compensation element is configured to compensate for the equivalent impedance from the signal suppression device to the receiving device. A first terminal of the pull-up element is coupled to a first terminal of the compensation element, and a second terminal of the compensation element is coupled to the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Sun, Sheng-Fan Yang, Yuan-Hung Lin, Yung-Yang Liang
  • Publication number: 20220058144
    Abstract: An interface for a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device has a master device and multiple slave devices as stacked up with electric connection. The interface includes a master interface, implemented in the master device and including a master interface circuit with a master bond pattern. Further, a slave interface is implemented in each slave device and includes a slave interface circuit with a slave bond pattern to correspondingly connect to the master bond pattern. A clock route is to transmit a clock signal through the master interface and the slave interface. The master device transmits a command and a selecting slave identification through the master interface to all the slave interfaces. One of the slave devices corresponding to the selecting slave identification executes the command and responds a result back to the master device through the slave interfaces and the master interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Pei Yu, Li-Ken Yeh, Yung-Sheng Fang, Sheng-Wei Lin, Tze-Chiang Huang, King Ho Tam, Ching-Fang Chen
  • Publication number: 20220058155
    Abstract: A data protection system and a data protection method for handling an errored command are provided. The data protection system includes a master device and a slave device. The master device is configured to send command. The slave device is coupled to the master device. The save device is configured to receive the command from the master device. The master device includes a master interface. The slave device includes a slave interface. The master interface and the slave interface are electrically connected via one or plurality of bonds and/or TSVs and configured for interfacing between the master device and the slave device. The errored command represents the command having a parity or other error. The slave device is further configured to receive the errored command and to respond the errored command according to read or write operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Pei Yu, Li-Ken Yeh, Yung-Sheng Fang, Sheng-Wei Lin, Tze-Chiang Huang, King Ho Tam, Ching-Fang Chen
  • Publication number: 20220059501
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with an interface includes a master device and a plurality of slave devices. The master device includes a master interface. The slave devices are stacked on the master device one after one as a three-dimension (3D) stack. Each of the slave devices includes a slave interface and a managing circuit, the master interface and the slave interfaces form the interface for passing signals in communication between the master device and the slave devices. The managing circuit of a current one of the slave devices drives a next one of the slave devices. An operation command received at the current one of the slave devices is just passed to the next one of the slave devices through the interface. A response from the current one of the slave devices is passed back to the master device through the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Pei Yu, Li-Ken Yeh, Yung-Sheng Fang, Sheng-Wei Lin, Tze-Chiang Huang, King Ho Tam, Ching-Fang Chen
  • Patent number: 11201100
    Abstract: A solid-state storage device includes a housing, a wiring board and a semiconductor package unit. The housing is formed with a heat-dissipating recess thereon. The wiring board is fixed in the housing. One side of the semiconductor package unit is mounted on the wiring board, and the other side of the semiconductor package unit is embedded in the heat-dissipating recess. A top surface and lateral surfaces surrounding the top surface of the semiconductor package unit are all thermally connected to the housing in the heat-dissipating recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Ting Shih, Chen-Wei Hung, Jia-Liang Chen
  • Publication number: 20210381904
    Abstract: A temperature sensing device and a temperature sensing method are provided. The temperature sensing device includes a sensor and an analog-to-digital converter. The sensor generates a first sensing result corresponding to an ambient temperature based on a first condition and generates a second sensing result corresponding to the ambient temperature based on a second condition. The second sensing result is different from the first sensing result. The analog-to-digital divides the first sensing result and the second sensing result to obtain a quotient value and generates an output digital code value corresponding to the ambient temperature according to the quotient value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hao Wang, Hsiang-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11182524
    Abstract: A fixing device and a fixing method for a clock tree are provided. The fixing method for the clock tree includes: performing a clock signal path tracking operation on a netlist of a circuit according to timing constraint information to obtain a clock tree circuitry structure; identifying a convergency status of the clock tree circuitry structure to find out at least one clock convergence point, and setting one of a plurality of clock signals on the clock convergence point as a selected clock signal; performing a fix point identification operation on the clock tree circuitry structure based on the selected clock signal to obtain a plurality of candidate fix points; and calculating a plurality weighting values of the candidate fix points, obtaining a plurality of selected fixed points according to the weighting values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Yuan Kao, Hsin-Lung Li, Min-Hsiu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11169561
    Abstract: A clock data recovery device includes a phase detector circuitry, a signal control circuitry, and interpolators. The phase detector is configured to detect a phase of an input signal, according to first clock signals, to generate first control signals, and phases of the first clock signals are different to each other. The signal control circuitry is configured to rearrange the first control signals to output as second control signals. The phase interpolators are configured to output second clock signals and alternatively adjust the phases of the second clock signals according to the second control signals to generate an output clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsu Chien, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Tsai-Ming Yang
  • Publication number: 20210341962
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting skew of circuit signal and an adjusting method thereof are provided. The adjusting method includes: providing a controller for executing: based on each of a plurality of clock signals, dividing a circuit to generate a plurality of circuit partitions according to a netlist of the circuit; grouping the circuit partitions to respectively generate a plurality of circuit groups; identifying adjacent states of layout areas of the circuit groups; and, adjusting a skew value of each of the circuit groups according to the adjacent states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tse-Wei Wu, Chen-Yuan Kao, Min-Hsiu Tsai