Patents by Inventor Tzu-Yen Hsieh

Tzu-Yen Hsieh 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: 6790753
    Abstract: A Schottky diode is fabricated by a sequence of fabrication by a sequence of fabrication steps. An active region of a semiconductor substrate is defined in which a Schottky diode is fabricated. At least first and second layers of insulating material are applied over the active area. A first layer of insulating material, having a first etching rate, is applied over the active area. A second layer of insulating material having a second, greater, etch rate is applied over the first layer of insulating material to a thickness that is about twice the thickness of the first layer of insulating material. The insulating material is patterned and a window is etched through the layers of insulating material to the semiconductor substrate. Metal is applied and unwanted metal is etched away leaving metal in the window forming a Schottky contact therein. One or more barrier layers may be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc
    Inventors: John Charles Desko, Michael J Evans, Chung-Ming Hsieh, Tzu-Yen Hsieh, Bailey R Jones, Thomas J. Krutsick, John Michael Siket, Jr., Brian Eric Thompson, Steven W. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20040089908
    Abstract: A Schottky diode is fabricated by a sequence of fabrication by a sequence of fabrication steps. An active region of a semiconductor substrate is defined in which a Schottky diode is fabricated. At least first and second layers of insulating material are applied over the active area. A first layer of insulating material, having a first etching rate, is applied over the active area. A second layer of insulating material having a second, greater, etch rate is applied over the first layer of insulating material to a thickness that is about twice the thickness of the first layer of insulating material. The insulating material is patterned and a window is etched through the layers of insulating material to the semiconductor substrate. Metal is applied and unwanted metal is etched away leaving metal in the window forming a Schottky contact therein. One or more barrier layers may be employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: John Charles Desko, Michael J. Evans, Chung-Ming Hsieh, Tzu-Yen Hsieh, Bailey R. Jones, Thomas J. Krutsick, John Michael Siket, Brian Eric Thompson, Steven W. Wallace
  • Patent number: 6690037
    Abstract: A Schottky diode is fabricated by a sequence of fabrication by a sequence of fabrication steps. An active region of a semiconductor substrate is defined in which a Schottky diode is fabricated. At least first and second layers of insulating material are applied over the active area. A first layer of insulating material, having a first etching rate, is applied over the active area. A second layer of insulating material having a second, greater, etch rate is applied over the first layer of insulating material to a thickness that is about twice the thickness of the first layer of insulating material. The insulating material is patterned and a window is etched through the layers of insulating material to the semiconductor substrate. Metal is applied and unwanted metal is etched away leaving metal in the window forming a Schottky contact therein. One or more barrier layers may be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: John Charles Desko, Michael J Evans, Chung-Ming Hsieh, Tzu-Yen Hsieh, Bailey R Jones, Thomas J. Krutsick, John Michael Siket, Jr., Brian Eric Thompson, Steven W. Wallace
  • Patent number: 4923022
    Abstract: An automatic mailing apparatus comprises a transfer device, a weighing device, a stamping device, a detecting device and a collecting device. The automatic mailing apparatus is an automatic machine in the shape of a case. The case has a front panel for mailing operations and a letter insertion and retrieval slot formed in the front panel. A letter to be mailed may be inserted into the case through the letter insertion and retrieval slot and automatically transferred for weighing, stamping and sorting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Chien-Hua Chang
    Inventor: Tzu-Yen Hsieh