Patents by Inventor Li CHIANG

Li CHIANG 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).

  • Publication number: 20240194591
    Abstract: A package structure includes a thermal dissipation structure including a substrate, a first encapsulant laterally covering the substrate, a die disposed on the substrate and including a sensing region, a second encapsulant laterally covering the die, and a redistribution structure disposed on the die and the second encapsulant. An outer sidewall of the second encapsulant is laterally offset from an outer sidewall of the first encapsulant. The die is electrically coupled to the substrate through the redistribution structure, and the redistribution structure includes a hollow region overlying the sensing region of the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsuan Tai, Hao-Yi Tsai, Tsung-Hsien Chiang, Yu-Chih Huang, Chia-Hung Liu, Ban-Li Wu, Ying-Cheng Tseng, Po-Chun Lin
  • Publication number: 20240186619
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a heat-compensation serial cooling module including a heat exchanger, a cooling element, a pump, and a working fluid. The heat exchanger includes multiple heat exchanging portions. The heat exchange loop includes a main heat exchange pipeline and a compensational heat exchange pipeline serially connected to the heat exchanging portions. The main heat exchange pipeline and the compensational heat exchange pipeline are arranged parallelly and adjacently. The pump drives the working fluid to circulate in the heat exchange loop. A flowing direction of the working fluid in the main heat exchange pipeline is opposite to a flowing direction of the working fluid in the compensational heat exchange pipeline. The temperature of the compensational heat exchange pipeline is higher than that of the heat exchanging portions to compensate heat to make the temperature of each heat exchanging portion be approximately the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Yuan-Li CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20240185913
    Abstract: A memory device and a semiconductor die are provided. The memory device includes: a non-volatile storage device, with a first terminal coupled to a bit line; and an access transistor, configured to control electrical connection between a second terminal of the non-volatile storage device and a source line, and comprising an N-type field effect transistor (NFET) and a P-type field effect transistor (PFET) stacked on the NFET. A common source/drain terminal of the NFET and the PFET is coupled to the second terminal of the non-volatile storage device. Another common source/drain terminal of the NFET and the PFET is coupled to the source line. Further, gate terminals of the NFET and the PFET are coupled to different word lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Jer-Fu Wang, Iuliana Radu
  • Publication number: 20240178228
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a logic device formed of the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first field effect transistor (FET), disposed on a semiconductor substrate, and including vertically separated first channel structures formed as thin sheets each having opposite major planar surfaces facing toward and away from the semiconductor substrate; and a second FET, disposed on the semiconductor substrate and overlapped with the first FET. A conductive type of the second FET is complementary to a conductive type of the first FET. Second channel structures of the second FET are separately arranged along a lateral direction, and formed as thin walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Jer-Fu Wang, Iuliana Radu
  • Publication number: 20240170537
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and nanostructures formed over the substrate. In addition, the nanostructures includes channel regions and source/drain regions. The semiconductor structure further includes a gate structure vertically sandwiched the channel regions of the nanostructures and a contact wrapping around and vertically sandwiched between the source/drain regions of the nanostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Chun LIN, Kuo-Hua PAN, Jhon-Jhy LIAW, Chao-Ching CHENG, Hung-Li CHIANG, Shih-Syuan HUANG, Tzu-Chiang CHEN, I-Sheng CHEN, Sai-Hooi YEONG
  • Publication number: 20240165781
    Abstract: A gasket includes a body, a through hole, a covering portion, at least one groove, a protruding ring and an extending portion. The body includes a cutter surface facing towards the cutter and a holder surface opposite to the cutter surface. The through hole penetrates the body, and the through hole has an axial direction. The covering portion surrounds the body and protrudes outwards from the holder surface along the axial direction, and the covering portion has a covering thickness relative to the holder surface. The at least one groove is disposed at the holder surface and located between the covering portion and the through hole. The protruding ring protrudes from the holder surface and located between the covering portion and the at least one groove. The extending portion is located at the holder surface, protrudes from the holder surface, and surrounds the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Chun-Li CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20240162308
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure with having a source/drain feature with a central cavity, and a source/drain contact feature formed in central cavity of the source/drain region, wherein the source/drain contact feature is nearly wrapped around by the source/drain region. The source/drain contact feature may extend to a lower most of a plurality semiconductor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Pin Chun SHEN, Che Chia CHANG, Li-Ying WU, Jen-Hsiang LU, Wen-Chiang HONG, Chun-Wing YEUNG, Ta-Chun LIN, Chun-Sheng LIANG, Shih-Hsun CHANG, Chih-Hao CHANG, Yi-Hsien CHEN
  • Patent number: 11984476
    Abstract: The structure of a semiconductor device with isolation structures between FET devices and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. A method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure on a substrate and forming polysilicon gate structures with a first threshold voltage on first fin portions of the fin structure. The method further includes forming doped fin regions with dopants of a first type conductivity on second fin portions of the fin structure, doping at least one of the polysilicon gate structures with dopants of a second type conductivity to adjust the first threshold voltage to a greater second threshold voltage, and replacing at least two of the polysilicon gate structures adjacent to the at least one of the polysilicon gate structures with metal gate structures having a third threshold voltage less than the first and second threshold voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Chao-Ching Cheng, Tzu-Chiang Chen, I-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11985323
    Abstract: Video coding and decoding methods are described. An example method includes determining, based on an applicability rule, that a differential coding mode is applicable to a conversion between a chroma video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the chroma video block, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion between the chroma video block and the bitstream representation of the chroma video block using the differential coding mode, where the chroma video block is represented in the bitstream representation using a difference between a quantized residual of an intra prediction of the chroma video block and a prediction of the quantized residual in the differential coding mode, where the intra prediction is performed in a first direction and the prediction of the quantized residual is performed in a second direction, and where the difference is represented using a differential pulse coding modulation (DPCM) representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Hsiao Chiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 11984516
    Abstract: A sensor package structure includes a substrate, a sensor chip and a ring-shaped solder mask frame those are disposed on the substrate, a ring-shaped support disposed on a top side of the annular solder mask frame, and a light permeable member that is disposed on the ring-shaped support. The sensor chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. A top surface of the sensor chip has a sensing region, and the sensing region is spaced apart from an outer lateral side of the sensor chip by a distance less than 300 ?m. The ring-shaped solder mask frame surrounds and contacts the outer lateral side of the sensor chip. The light permeable member, the ring-shaped support, and the sensor chip jointly define an enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Chou Liu, Jui-Hung Hsu, Yu-Chiang Peng, Chien-Chen Lee, Ya-Han Chang, Li-Chun Hung
  • Publication number: 20240155954
    Abstract: An array of rail structures is formed over a substrate. Each rail structure includes at least one bit line. Dielectric isolation structures straddling the array of rail structures are formed. Line trenches are provided between neighboring pairs of the dielectric isolation structures. A layer stack of a resistive memory material layer and a selector material layer is formed within each of the line trenches. A word line is formed on each of the layer stacks within unfilled volumes of the line trenches. The word lines or at least a subset of the bit lines includes a carbon-based conductive material containing hybridized carbon atoms in a hexagonal arrangement to provide a low resistivity conductive structure. An array of resistive memory elements is formed over the substrate. A plurality of arrays of resistive memory elements may be formed at different levels over the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Chao-Ching Cheng, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Lain-Jong Li
  • Publication number: 20240145569
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor (FET). The FET includes a first channel, a first source and a first drain; a second channel, a second source and a second drain; and a gate structure disposed over the first and second channels. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer. The first source includes a first crystal semiconductor layer and the second source includes a second crystal semiconductor layer. The first source and the second source are connected by an alloy layer made of one or more Group IV element and one or more transition metal elements. The first crystal semiconductor layer is not in direct contact with the second crystal semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yee-Chia YEO, Sung-Li WANG, Chi On CHUI, Jyh-Cherng SHEU, Hung-Li CHIANG, I-Sheng CHEN
  • Patent number: 11967375
    Abstract: A memory device that includes at least one memory cell is introduced. Each of the at least one memory cell is coupled to a bit line and a word line. Each of the at least one memory cell includes a memory element and a selector element, in which the memory element is configured to store data of the at least one memory cell. The selector element is coupled to the memory element in series and is configured to select the memory element for a read operation and amplify the data stored in the memory element in the read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Chao-Ching Cheng, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Yu-Sheng Chen, Hon-Sum Philip Wong
  • Patent number: 11967652
    Abstract: A sensor package structure includes a substrate, a sensor chip and a ring-shaped solder mask frame those are disposed on the substrate, a ring-shaped support disposed on a top side of the annular solder mask frame, and a light permeable member that is disposed on the ring-shaped support. The sensor chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. A top surface of the sensor chip has a sensing region, and the sensing region is spaced apart from an outer lateral side of the sensor chip by a distance less than 300 ?m. The ring-shaped solder mask frame surrounds and contacts the outer lateral side of the sensor chip. The light permeable member, the ring-shaped support, and the sensor chip jointly define an enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Chou Liu, Jui-Hung Hsu, Yu-Chiang Peng, Chien-Chen Lee, Ya-Han Chang, Li-Chun Hung
  • Publication number: 20240130100
    Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a write pass-gate transistor, a read pass-gate transistor, a write word line, and a read word line. The write pass-gate transistor is disposed in a first layer. The read pass-gate transistor is disposed in a second layer above the first layer. The write word line is disposed in a metallization layer above the first layer and electrically coupled to the write pass-gate transistor through a write path. The read word line is disposed in the metallization layer and electrically coupled to the read pass-gate transistor through a read path. The write path is different from the read path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Jer-Fu Wang, Yi-Tse Hung, Chao-Ching Cheng, Iuliana Radu
  • Patent number: 11963369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit has a plurality of bit-line stacks disposed over a substrate and respectively including a plurality of bit-lines stacked onto one another. A data storage structure is over the plurality of bit-line stacks and a selector is over the data storage structure. A word-line is over the selector. The selector is configured to selectively allow current to pass between the plurality of bit-lines and the word-line. The plurality of bit-line stacks include a first bit-line stack, a second bit-line stack, and a third bit-line stack. The first and third bit-line stacks are closest bit-line stacks to opposing sides of the second bit-line stack. The second bit-line stack is separated from the first bit-line stack by a first distance and is further separated from the third bit-line stack by a second distance larger than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Li Chiang, Chao-Ching Cheng, Jung-Piao Chiu, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Yu-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11961975
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to separators for use in lithium metal batteries, and associated systems and products. Certain embodiments are related to separators that form or are repaired when an electrode is held at a voltage. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell may comprise an electrolyte that comprises a precursor for the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, Linsen Li, Vikram Pande, Dilip Krishnamurthy, Zeeshan Ahmad, William Henry Woodford
  • Publication number: 20240121381
    Abstract: Video coding and decoding methods are described. An example method includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block by determining a first intra coding mode to be stored which is associated with the current video block using a differential coding mode, where the first intra coding mode associated with the current video block is determined according to a second prediction mode used by the differential coding mode, and where, in the differential coding mode, a difference between a quantized residual of an intra prediction of the current video block and a prediction of the quantized residual is represented in the bitstream representation for the current video block using a differential pulse coding modulation (DPCM) representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Hsiao Chiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 11955554
    Abstract: A method of fabrication of a multi-gate semiconductor device that includes providing a fin having a plurality of a first type of epitaxial layers and a plurality of a second type of epitaxial layers. The plurality of the second type of epitaxial layers is oxidized in the source/drain region. A first portion of a first layer of the second type of epitaxial layers is removed in a channel region of the fin to form an opening between a first layer of the first type of epitaxial layer and a second layer of the first type of epitaxial layer. A portion of a gate structure is then formed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan-Sheng Wei, Hung-Li Chiang, Chia-Wen Liu, Yi-Ming Sheu, Zhiqiang Wu, Chung-Cheng Wu, Ying-Keung Leung
  • Patent number: 11955527
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first sacrificial layer over a substrate, and forming a sandwich structure over the first sacrificial layer. The sandwich structure includes a first isolation layer, a two-dimensional material over the first isolation layer, and a second isolation layer over the two-dimensional material. The method further includes forming a second sacrificial layer over the sandwich structure, forming a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region on opposing ends of, and contacting sidewalls of, the two-dimensional material, removing the first sacrificial layer and the second sacrificial layer to generate spaces, and forming a gate stack filling the spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Ching Cheng, Yi-Tse Hung, Hung-Li Chiang, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Jin Cai