Patents by Inventor Chien-Yuan Lee

Chien-Yuan Lee 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: 11990381
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a package component including: integrated circuit dies; an encapsulant around the integrated circuit dies; a redistribution structure over the encapsulant and the integrated circuit dies, the redistribution structure being electrically coupled to the integrated circuit dies; sockets over the redistribution structure, the sockets being electrically coupled to the redistribution structure; and a support ring over the redistribution structure and surrounding the sockets, the support ring being disposed along outermost edges of the redistribution structure, the support ring at least partially laterally overlapping the redistribution structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Rong Chun, Kuo Lung Pan, Tin-Hao Kuo, Hao-Yi Tsai, Pei-Hsuan Lee, Chien Ling Hwang, Yu-Chia Lai, Po-Yuan Teng, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11990378
    Abstract: An embodiment method includes: forming fins extending from a semiconductor substrate; depositing an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer on the fins; forming masking layers on the ILD layer; forming a cut mask on the masking layers, the cut mask including a first dielectric material, the cut mask having first openings exposing the masking layers, each of the first openings surrounded on all sides by the first dielectric material; forming a line mask on the cut mask and in the first openings, the line mask having slot openings, the slot openings exposing portions of the cut mask and portions of the masking layers, the slot openings being strips extending perpendicular to the fins; patterning the masking layers by etching the portions of the masking layers exposed by the first openings and the slot openings; and etching contact openings in the ILD layer using the patterned masking layers as an etching mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yuan Chen, Jui-Ping Lin, Chen-Ming Lee, Fu-Kai Yang, Mei-Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 11973133
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a substrate having a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) region and a capacitor region, forming a first mesa isolation on the HEMT region and a second mesa isolation on the capacitor region, forming a HEMT on the first mesa isolation, and then forming a capacitor on the second mesa isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 11965522
    Abstract: An impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The blades are arranged around the hub, and each blade includes a leading edge, a blade tip, a root portion, a trailing edge, a windward side and a leeward side. The windward side including a first turning point and a second turning point, a first vertical height difference is formed from the blade tip to the first turning point, and a second vertical height difference is formed from the first turning point to the second turning point, and the first vertical height difference is greater than the second vertical height difference. The impeller apparently reduces the noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Pei-Han Chiu, Chien-Ming Lee, Chung-Yuan Tsang, Chao-Fu Yang
  • Patent number: 11968844
    Abstract: Provided are a memory device and a method of forming the same. The memory device includes: a selector; a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure, disposed on the selector; a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer, disposed between the selector and the MTJ structure, wherein the SOT layer has a sidewall aligned with a sidewall of the selector; a transistor, wherein the transistor has a drain electrically coupled to the MTJ structure; a word line, electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor; a bit line, electrically coupled to the SOT layer; a first source line, electrically coupled to a source of the transistor; and a second source line, electrically coupled to the selector, wherein the transistor is configured to control a write signal flowing between the bit line and the second source line, and control a read signal flowing between the bit line and the first source line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Min Lee, Ming-Yuan Song, Yen-Lin Huang, Shy-Jay Lin, Tung-Ying Lee, Xinyu Bao
  • Publication number: 20240096400
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory bank with a memory cell connected to a local bit line and a word line. A first local data latch is connected to the local bit line and has an enable terminal configured to receive a first local clock signal. A word line latch is configured to latch a word line select signal, and has an enable terminal configured to receive a second local clock signal. A first global data latch is connected to the first local data latch by a global bit line, and the first global data latch has an enable terminal configured to receive a global clock signal. A global address latch is connected to the word line latch and has an enable terminal configured to receive the global clock signal. A bank select latch is configured to latch a bank select signal, and has an enable terminal configured to receive the second local clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Yuan CHEN, Hau-Tai SHIEH, Cheng Hung LEE
  • Publication number: 20240090234
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate, a source line coupled to a first source/drain region of the first transistor, and a first metal interconnection coupled to a second source/drain region of the first transistor. Preferably, the first metal interconnection is extended to overlap the first transistor and the second transistor and the first metal interconnection further includes a first end coupled to the second source/drain region of the first transistor and a second end coupled to a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Te-Wei Yeh, Chien-Liang Wu
  • Publication number: 20240077564
    Abstract: A method of using NC-MRA to generate pelvic veins images and measure rate of blood flow includes subjecting a lay patient to undergo magnetic resonance scan in cooperation with an ECG monitor and a respiration monitor; scanning coronary sections and transverse sections of kidney veins, lower cavity veins, common iliac veins, and external iliac veins to generate two-dimensional images wherein the two-dimensional images use balanced turbo field echo wave sequence; scanning coronary sections of common cardinal veins of abdominal cavity to generate three-dimensional images wherein the three-dimensional images use fast spin-echo short tau inversion recovery wave sequence and sample signals when the ECG monitor monitors myocardial contractility; and using quantification phase-contrast analysis to measure blood flowing through the transverse sections of the veins in a two-dimensional scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi
    Inventors: Chien-Wei Chen, Yao-Kuang Huang, Chung-Yuan Lee, Yeh-Giin Ngo, Yin-Chen Hsu
  • Patent number: 11081363
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang Cheng, Chen-Chih Wu, Chien-Yuan Lee, Yen-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20200118834
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang CHENG, Chen - Chih WU, Chien-Yuan LEE, Yen-Lin LIU
  • Patent number: 10510554
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang Cheng, Chen-Chih Wu, Chien-Yuan Lee, Yen-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20190109014
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang CHENG, Chen - Chih WU, Chien-Yuan LEE, Yen-Lin LIU
  • Patent number: 10170333
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang Cheng, Chen-Chih Wu, Chien-Yuan Lee, Yen-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20180233377
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang CHENG, Chen - Chih WU, Chien-Yuan LEE, Yen-Lin LIU
  • Patent number: 9941141
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang Cheng, Chen-Chih Wu, Chien-Yuan Lee, Yen-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 9799644
    Abstract: A FinFET device includes a plurality of FinFET devices formed on a corresponding plurality of fins in a multilevel interconnect semiconductor device. Each source and each drain is coupled to a metal interconnect level by a metal resistive element that is subjacent the lowermost interconnect level. In one embodiment, a metal segment extending over a plurality of the fins includes contacts to each of the fins, thereby providing subjacent metal resistive elements of different lengths. The plurality of fins and subjacent metal segments are arranged such that each of the FinFET devices has the same total resistance provided by the source and drain metal resistive elements, even though the source metal resistive element and drain metal resistive element associated with the fins may have different lengths. The arrangement provides the same turn-on resistance and the same ESD failure current for each FinFET device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yi Yang, Kuo-Ji Chen, Chien-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20170194165
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang Cheng, Chen-Chih Wu, Chien-Yuan Lee, Yen-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 9601625
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Fang Cheng, Yen-Lin Liu, Chen-Chih Wu, Chien-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 9502892
    Abstract: A device includes a first power transistor, a second power transistor electrically connected in series with the first power transistor, a first electrostatic discharge (ESD) detection circuit, and a first control circuit electrically connected to the first ESD detection circuit and the first power transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Hui Chen, Po-Hsiang Lan, Chien-Yuan Lee, Tsung-Ju Yang, Tzu-Yi Yang, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Publication number: 20150294968
    Abstract: A FinFET device includes a plurality of FinFET devices formed on a corresponding plurality of fins in a multilevel interconnect semiconductor device. Each source and each drain is coupled to a metal interconnect level by a metal resistive element that is subjacent the lowermost interconnect level. In one embodiment, a metal segment extending over a plurality of the fins includes contacts to each of the fins, thereby providing subjacent metal resistive elements of different lengths. The plurality of fins and subjacent metal segments are arranged such that each of the FinFET devices has the same total resistance provided by the source and drain metal resistive elements, even though the source metal resistive element and drain metal resistive element associated with the fins may have different lengths. The arrangement provides the same turn-on resistance and the same ESD failure current for each FinFET device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yi YANG, Kuo-Ji CHEN, Chien-Yuan LEE