Patents by Inventor Chang Wei Chen

Chang Wei Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12002710
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of forming the same are provided. The method includes: forming a plurality of mandrel patterns over a dielectric layer; forming a first spacer and a second spacer on sidewalls of the plurality of mandrel patterns, wherein a first width of the first spacer is larger than a second width of the second spacer; removing the plurality of mandrel patterns; patterning the dielectric layer using the first spacer and the second spacer as a patterning mask; and forming conductive lines laterally aside the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsin Chan, Jiing-Feng Yang, Kuan-Wei Huang, Meng-Shu Lin, Yu-Yu Chen, Chia-Wei Wu, Chang-Wen Chen, Wei-Hao Lin, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 11991936
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes patterning a mask layer and a semiconductor material to form a first fin and a second fin with a trench interposing the first fin and the second fin. A first liner layer is formed over the first fin, the second fin, and the trench. An insulation material is formed over the first liner layer. A first anneal is performed, followed by a first planarization of the insulation material to form a first planarized insulation material. After which, a top surface of the first planarized insulation material is over a top surface of the mask layer. A second anneal is performed, followed by a second planarization of the first planarized insulation material to form a second planarized insulation material. The insulation material is etched to form shallow trench isolation (STI) regions, and a gate structure is formed over the semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Miao Liu, Bwo-Ning Chen, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20240160303
    Abstract: A control method of a touchpad is provided. The touchpad has a determination module including a neural network. The determination module is used to determine the type of object. When the user uses the touchpad, the touchpad uses the captured object feature data of the touch object to update the determination module. Therefore, when determining the type of the touch object, the updated determination module can more accurately determine the touch object used by the user, so as to improve the determination accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang-Ru CHEN, Tuan-Ying CHANG, Hsueh-Wei YANG
  • Publication number: 20240147683
    Abstract: The invention provides a layout pattern of static random access memory, which comprises a plurality of fin structures on a substrate, a plurality of gate structures on the substrate and spanning the fin structures to form a plurality of transistors distributed on the substrate. The transistors include a first pull-up transistor (PU1), a first pull-down transistor (PD1), a second pull-up transistor (PU2) and a second pull-down transistor (PD2), a first access transistor (PG1), a second access transistor (PG2), a first read port transistor (RPD) and a second read port transistor (RPG). The gate structure of the first read port transistor (RPD) is connected to the gate structure of the first pull-down transistor (PD1), wherein a drain of the first pull-down transistor (PD1) is connected to a first voltage source Vss1, and a drain of the first read port transistor (RPD) is connected to a second voltage source Vss2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Wei Yeh, Chang-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11966241
    Abstract: A circuit includes a voltage divider circuit configured to generate a feedback voltage according to an output voltage, an operational amplifier configured to output a driving signal according to the feedback voltage and a reference voltage and a pass gate circuit including multiple current paths. The current paths are controlled by the driving signal and connected in parallel between the voltage divider circuit and a power reference node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Huan-Neng Chen, Yen-Lin Liu, Chia-Wei Hsu, Jo-Yu Wu, Chang-Fen Hu, Shao-Yu Li, Bo-Ting Chen
  • Publication number: 20240113061
    Abstract: An electronic device package includes a circuit layer, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a plurality of first conductive structures and a second conductive structure. The first semiconductor die is disposed on the circuit layer. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die, and has an active surface toward the circuit layer. The first conductive structures are disposed between a first region of the second semiconductor die and the first semiconductor die, and electrically connecting the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die. The second conductive structure is disposed between a second region of the second semiconductor die and the circuit layer, and electrically connecting the circuit layer to the second semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Mei-Ju LU, Chi-Han CHEN, Chang-Yu LIN, Jr-Wei LIN, Chih-Pin HUNG
  • Publication number: 20240112465
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an image processing system comprising: a video stream processing device configured to receive a video stream, segment the video stream into multiple frames of pictures arranged in chronological order, and distribute the multiple frames of pictures to edge computing devices in a connected edge computing device group; and a picture collecting device configured to receive pictures from the edge computing device group. The individual edge computing devices in the edge computing device group are each configured to subject the received pictures to target identification, and send the pictures marked with a region in which an identified target is located. The picture collecting device is further configured to restore in chronological order as a video stream the received pictures marked with target identification results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yue Yu, Chang Wei Loh, Wei Yu Chen, Tian Hua Pan, Sheng Bo Hu
  • Publication number: 20240103350
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes a first annular reflector, a second annular reflector and a plurality of first light source modules. The first annular reflector has a first reflective surface. The second annular reflector is coaxial with the first annular reflector. A radius of the first annular reflector is greater than that of the second annular reflector. The second annular reflector has a second reflective surface facing the first reflective surface. The first light source modules take a central axis of the first annular reflector as a center and annularly arranged around the center. The first light source modules provide first beams to the first reflective surface, which reflects the first beams to the second reflective surface. The second reflective surface reflects the first beams and makes the first beams emit along a direction parallel to a central axis of the second annular reflector. A projection device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: KAI-JIUN WANG, CHANG-HSUAN CHEN, KUAN-LUN CHEN, SHANG-WEI CHEN
  • Patent number: 11943935
    Abstract: A layout pattern of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first cell region, a second cell region, a third cell region, and a fourth cell region and a diffusion region on the substrate extending through the first cell region, the second cell region, the third cell region, and the fourth cell region. Preferably, the diffusion region includes a H-shape according to a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Tseng, Shu-Ru Wang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chang-Hung Chen, Yi-Ting Wu, Shu-Wei Yeh, Ya-Lan Chiou, Chun-Hsien Huang
  • Patent number: 11810934
    Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate having a first pixel region and a second pixel region. The image sensor also includes a resonator structure disposed over the substrate. The resonator structure includes a first metal layer over the first pixel region and the second pixel region. The resonator structure also includes a first insulating layer over the first metal layer and the first pixel region. The first insulating layer has a first thickness. The resonator structure further includes a second insulating layer over the first metal layer and the second pixel region. The second insulating layer has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. In addition, the resonator structure includes a second metal layer over the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Chen, Chang-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11796978
    Abstract: A user interface for designing, configuring and/or editing a control flow representing a control strategy associated with a semiconductor manufacturing process, the user interface including: a library of control elements having at least a control element representing a task of simulation and each control element being selectable by a user; a control flow editor configured to organize the control elements into a control flow representing the control strategy; and a communication interface for communicating the control flow to a calculation engine configured to evaluate the control flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Chang-Wei Chen, Si-Han Zeng
  • Publication number: 20220365446
    Abstract: A method for determining a correction to a patterning process. The method includes obtaining a plurality of qualities of the patterning process (e.g., a plurality of parameter maps, or one or more corrections) derived from metrology data and data of an apparatus used in the patterning process, selecting, by a hardware computer system, a representative quality from the plurality of qualities, and determining, by the hardware computer system, a correction to the patterning process based on the representative quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Manouk RIJPSTRA, Cornelis Johannes Henricus LAMBREGTS, Wim Tjibbo TEL, Sarathi ROY, Cédric Désiré GROUWSTRA, Chi-Fei NIEN, Weitian KOU, Chang-Wei CHEN, Pieter Gerardus Jacobus SMORENBERG
  • Patent number: 11448973
    Abstract: A method for determining a correction to a patterning process. The method includes obtaining a plurality of qualities of the patterning process (e.g., a plurality of parameter maps, or one or more corrections) derived from metrology data and data of an apparatus used in the patterning process, selecting, by a hardware computer system, a representative quality from the plurality of qualities, and determining, by the hardware computer system, a correction to the patterning process based on the representative quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Manouk Rijpstra, Cornelis Johannes Henricus Lambregts, Wim Tjibbo Tel, Sarathi Roy, Cédric Désiré Grouwstra, Chi-Fei Nien, Weitian Kou, Chang-Wei Chen, Pieter Gerardus Jacobus Smorenberg
  • Patent number: 11358168
    Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a process chamber, a rotation device, and a rotation holder. The rotation device is disposed in the process chamber. The rotation holder is connected to the rotation device. The rotation holder includes two extension elements, two retaining elements, and two pins. The two extension elements are disposed around a center axis and separated from each other, wherein each of the two extension elements has a side surface. Each of the two retaining elements has a bottom surface, one of the two retaining elements is connected to one of the side surfaces, and the other of the two retaining elements is connected to the other of the side surfaces. One of the two pins is connected to one of the bottom surfaces, and the other of the two pins is connected to the other of the bottom surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shao-Wei Ma, Chang-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11231533
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an optical element is provided. The fabrication method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of first dielectric layers, a plurality of metal layers of Ag or its alloy and a plurality of second dielectric layers are formed over the substrate. The plurality of first dielectric layers and the plurality of metal layers are alternately formed over the substrate. The plurality of second dielectric layers are formed on one side away from the substrate of the plurality of metal layers and located between the plurality of metal layers and the plurality of first dielectric layers. An optical element fabricated by the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chang-Wei Chen, Chih-Yu Chen, Chen-Yi Wu
  • Publication number: 20210397152
    Abstract: A user interface for designing, configuring and/or editing a control flow representing a control strategy associated with a semiconductor manufacturing process, the user interface including: a library of control elements having at least a control element representing a task of simulation and each control element being selectable by a user; a control flow editor configured to organize the control elements into a control flow representing the control strategy; and a communication interface for communicating the control flow to a calculation engine configured to evaluate the control flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Chang-Wei CHEN, Si-Han ZENG
  • Publication number: 20210080837
    Abstract: A method for determining a correction to a patterning process. The method includes obtaining a plurality of qualities of the patterning process (e.g., a plurality of parameter maps, or one or more corrections) derived from metrology data and data of an apparatus used in the patterning process, selecting, by a hardware computer system, a representative quality from the plurality of qualities, and determining, by the hardware computer system, a correction to the patterning process based on the representative quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Manouk RIJPSTRA, Cornelis Johannes Henricus LAMBREGTS, Wim Tjibbo TEL, Sarathi ROY, Cédric Désiré GROUWSTRA, Chi-Fei NIEN, Weitian KOU, Chang-Wei CHEN, Pieter Gerardus Jacobus SMORENBERG
  • Publication number: 20200398299
    Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a process chamber, a rotation device, and a rotation holder. The rotation device is disposed in the process chamber. The rotation holder is connected to the rotation device. The rotation holder includes two extension elements, two retaining elements, and two pins. The two extension elements are disposed around a center axis and separated from each other, wherein each of the two extension elements has a side surface. Each of the two retaining elements has a bottom surface, one of the two retaining elements is connected to one of the side surfaces, and the other of the two retaining elements is connected to the other of the side surfaces. One of the two pins is connected to one of the bottom surfaces, and the other of the two pins is connected to the other of the bottom surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Shao-Wei MA, Chang-Wei CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200018876
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an optical element is provided. The fabrication method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of first dielectric layers, a plurality of metal layers of Ag or its alloy and a plurality of second dielectric layers are formed over the substrate. The plurality of first dielectric layers and the plurality of metal layers are alternately formed over the substrate. The plurality of second dielectric layers are formed on one side away from the substrate of the plurality of metal layers and located between the plurality of metal layers and the plurality of first dielectric layers. An optical element fabricated by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Chang-Wei CHEN, Chih-Yu CHEN, Chen-Yi WU
  • Patent number: 10475680
    Abstract: A wafer shipping box includes a case and a positioning unit. The case includes a base, a cover, and a receiving space defined by the base and the cover. The positioning unit is disposed in the receiving space and includes a lower retaining member connected to the base, an upper retaining member connected to the cover, and a cassette disposed therebetween. The cassette includes two upright holding walls spaced apart from each other, each of which has a plurality of lateral confining slots aligned in a front-rear direction. The lower retaining member is formed with a plurality of lower confining slots, each of which is defined by two slot walls interconnected at bottom ends thereof to form a slot bottom. The slot bottoms are respectively misaligned from central positions of the lateral confining slots along the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CHUNG KING ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Huang, Xiang-Ying Chen, Yen-Fang Chen, Chang-Wei Chen