Patents by Inventor Yu-Ming Lin

Yu-Ming Lin 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: 11950427
    Abstract: A memory cell includes a transistor over a semiconductor substrate. The transistor includes a ferroelectric layer arranged along a sidewall of a word line. The ferroelectric layer includes a species with valence of 5, valence of 7, or a combination thereof. An oxide semiconductor layer is electrically coupled to a source line and a bit line. The ferroelectric layer is disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lu, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Bo-Feng Young, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20240102194
    Abstract: A plating system and a method thereof are disclosed. The plating system performs a N-stage plating drilling filling process in which a M-th stage plating drilling filling process with a M-th current density is performed on a hole of a substrate for a M-th plating time to form a M-th plating layer on the to-be-plated layer, wherein N is a positive integer equal to or greater than 3, and M is a positive integer positive integer in a range of 1 to N. Therefore, the technical effect of providing a higher drilling filling rate than conventional plating filling technology under a condition that a total thickness of plating layers is fixed can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng-EN HO, Yu-Lian CHEN, Cheng-Chi WANG, Yu-Jen CHANG, Yung-Sheng LU, Cheng-Yu LEE, Yu-Ming LIN
  • Publication number: 20240105879
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes following steps. First, an LED wafer is provided. The LED wafer includes a substrate and a light-emitting semiconductor stacking structure positioned on the surface of the substrate. The light-emitting semiconductor stacking structure includes a first type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second type semiconductor layer from a side of the substrate. Second, dicing lanes are defined on the upper surface of the LED wafer. Third, dicing is performed along the dicing lanes of the substrate using a laser. The laser is focused on the lower surface of the substrate to form a surface hole and focused inside the substrate to form an internal hole. The diameter of the surface hole is greater than the diameter of the internal hole. Fourth, the LED wafer is separated into LED chips along the dicing lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Quanzhou sanan semiconductor technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: TSUNG-MING LIN, CHUNG-YING CHANG, YI-JUI HUANG, YU-TSAI TENG
  • Patent number: 11943933
    Abstract: A memory device includes metal interconnect structures embedded within dielectric material layers that overlie a top surface of a substrate, a thin film transistor embedded in a first dielectric material layer selected from the dielectric material layers, and is vertically spaced from the top surface of the substrate, and a ferroelectric memory cell embedded within the dielectric material layers. A first node of the ferroelectric memory cell is electrically connected to a node of the thin film transistor through a subset of the metal interconnect structures that is located above, and vertically spaced from, the top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Bo-Feng Young, Mauricio Manfrini, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Han-Jong Chia, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11943785
    Abstract: A method for PDCCH monitoring performed by a UE is provided. The method includes performing the PDCCH monitoring in a first group associated with at least one first PDCCH monitoring configuration; receiving, from a base station, DCI comprising an indicator; performing the PDCCH monitoring in a second group associated with at least one second PDCCH monitoring configuration; and stopping the PDCCH monitoring in the first group after receiving the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Wan-Chen Lin, Chie-Ming Chou, Tsung-Hua Tsai, Yu-Hsin Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240096961
    Abstract: A contact stack of a semiconductor device includes a source/drain feature, a silicide layer wrapping around the source/drain feature, a seed metal layer in direct contact with the silicide layer, and a conductor in contact with the seed metal layer. The contact stack excludes a metal nitride layer in direct contact with the silicide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shih-Chuan CHIU, Tien-Lu LIN, Yu-Ming LIN, Chia-Hao CHANG, Chih-Hao WANG, Jia-Chuan YOU
  • Publication number: 20240094783
    Abstract: An example computing device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion moveably connected to the first housing portion, a link to selectively secure the second housing portion to the first housing portion to inhibit movement of the second housing portion relative to the first housing portion, and a shape-memory alloy element to release the link to allow the second housing portion to move relative to the first housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yu-Wen LIN, Chia-Ming TSAI, Shih-Jen CHOU, John Joseph GRODEN
  • Publication number: 20240099025
    Abstract: A memory device includes at least one bit line, at least one word line, at least one memory cell, at least one source line, and a controller electrically coupled to the at least one memory cell via the at least one word line, the at least one bit line, and the at least one source line. The memory cell includes a first transistor, data storage elements, and second transistors corresponding to the data storage elements. The first transistor includes a gate electrically coupled to the word line, and first and second source/drains. Each data storage element and the corresponding second transistor are electrically coupled in series with the first source/drain of the first transistor and the bit line. The controller controllably applies a voltage other than a ground voltage to the at least one source line in an operation of a selected data storage element among the data storage elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Han LIN, Sai-Hooi YEONG, Han-Jong CHIA, Chenchen Jacob WANG, Yu-Ming LIN
  • Publication number: 20240096830
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first sealing layer at a first edge region of a first wafer; and bonding the first wafer to a second wafer to form a wafer stack. At a time after the bonding, the first sealing layer is between the first edge region of the first wafer and a second edge region of the second wafer, with the first edge region and the second edge region comprising bevels. An edge trimming process is then performed on the wafer stack. After the edge trimming process, the second edge region of the second wafer is at least partially removed, and a portion of the first sealing layer is left as a part of the wafer stack. An interconnect structure is formed as a part of the second wafer. The interconnect structure includes redistribution lines electrically connected to integrated circuit devices in the second wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yu-Yi Huang, Yu-Hung Lin, Wei-Ming Wang, Chen Chen, Shih-Peng Tai, Kuo-Chung Yee
  • Publication number: 20240087887
    Abstract: A method includes: forming a bottom electrode over a substrate; depositing a first seed layer over the bottom electrode, the first seed layer having an amorphous crystal phase; performing a first surface treatment on the first seed layer, wherein after the first surface treatment the first seed layer includes at least one of a tetragonal crystal phase and an orthorhombic crystal phase; depositing a dielectric layer over the bottom electrode adjacent to the first seed layer; depositing an upper layer over the dielectric layer; and performing a thermal operation on the dielectric layer to thereby convert the dielectric layer into a ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: CHUN-CHIEH LU, SAI-HOOI YEONG, YU-MING LIN
  • Publication number: 20240090236
    Abstract: A magnetic tunnel junction memory device includes a vertical stack of magnetic tunnel junction NOR strings located over a substrate. Each magnetic tunnel junction NOR string includes a respective semiconductor material layer that contains a semiconductor source region, a plurality of semiconductor channels, and a plurality of semiconductor drain regions, a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction memory cells having a respective first electrode that is located on a respective one of the plurality of semiconductor drain regions, and a metallic bit line contacting each second electrode of the plurality of magnetic tunnel junction memory cells. The vertical stack of magnetic tunnel junction NOR strings may be repeated along a channel direction to provide a three-dimensional magnetic tunnel junction memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Han-Jong CHIA, Bo-Feng YOUNG, Sai-Hooi YEONG, Chenchen Jacob WANG, Meng-Han LIN, Yu-Ming LIN
  • Publication number: 20240090230
    Abstract: A memory array and an operation method of the memory array are provided. The memory array includes first and second ferroelectric memory devices formed along a gate electrode, a channel layer and a ferroelectric layer between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The ferroelectric memory devices include: a common source/drain electrode and two respective source/drain electrodes, separately in contact with a side of the channel layer opposite to the ferroelectric layer, wherein the common source/drain electrode is disposed between the respective source/drain electrodes; and first and second auxiliary gates, capacitively coupled to the channel layer, wherein the first auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and one of the respective source/drain electrodes, and the second auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and the other respective source/drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Ling Lu, Chen-Jun Wu, Ya-Yun Cheng, Sheng-Chih Lai, Yi-Ching Liu, Yu-Ming Lin, Feng-Cheng Yang, Chung-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20240089611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of image fusion, which uses the brightness difference of the current frame and the previous frame to determine whether the pixel in a frame image is static or dynamic. If the current pixel is static, the previous corresponding pixel is superimposed onto the current pixel; if the current pixel is dynamic, the previous corresponding pixel is replaced with the current pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ping-Hung Yin, Yung-Ming Chou, Bo-Jia Lin, Yu-Sheng Liao
  • Publication number: 20240090231
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a three-dimensional memory device, a first word line driving circuit and a second word line driving circuit. The three-dimensional memory device includes stacking structures separately extending along a column direction. Each stacking structure includes a stack of word lines. The stacking structures have first staircase structures at a first side and second staircase structures at a second side. The word lines extend to steps of the first and second staircase structures. The first and second word line driving circuits lie below the three-dimensional memory device, and extend along the first and second sides, respectively. Some of the word lines in each stacking structure are routed to the first word line driving circuit from a first staircase structure, and others of the word lines in each stacking structure are routed to the second word line driving circuit from a second staircase structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Feng Young, Yi-Ching Liu, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yih Wang, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20240078979
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display device is provided. The display device includes a sharing area, a junction area, and a privacy area. The junction area is positioned between the sharing area and the privacy area. The display device includes a privacy panel. A transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the sharing area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area, and the transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the privacy area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Innolux Corporation, CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Sung, Chia-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Wu Lin, Yu-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20240081077
    Abstract: A transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a semiconductor nanosheet, a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes. The semiconductor nanosheet is physically connected to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The gate electrode wraps around the semiconductor nanosheet. The source and drain electrodes are disposed at opposite sides of the gate electrode. The first semiconductor layer surrounds the source electrode, the second semiconductor layer surrounds the drain electrode, and the semiconductor nanosheet is disposed between the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Po-Tsun Liu, Meng-Han Lin, Zhen-Hao Li, Tsung-Che Chiang, Bo-Feng Young, Hsin-Yi Huang, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11921474
    Abstract: A virtual metrology method using a convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided. In this method, a dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm is used to delete unsimilar sets of process data, and adjust the sets of process data to be of the same length, thereby enabling the CNN to be used for virtual metrology. A virtual metrology model of the embodiments of the present invention includes several CNN models and a conjecture model, in which plural inputs of the CNN model are sets of time sequence data of respective parameters, and plural outputs of the CNN models are inputs to the conjecture model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fan-Tien Cheng, Yu-Ming Hsieh, Tan-Ju Wang, Li-Hsuan Peng, Chin-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 11923459
    Abstract: A thin film transistor and method of making the same, the thin film transistor including: a substrate; a word line disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, the semiconductor layer having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source and drain regions and overlapping with the word line in a vertical direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate; a hydrogen diffusion barrier layer overlapping with the channel region in the vertical direction; a gate dielectric layer disposed between the channel region and the word line; and source and drain electrodes respectively electrically coupled to the source and drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Hung Wei Li, Mauricio Manfrini, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11925127
    Abstract: A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate, the dielectric layer having a top surface; etching an opening in the dielectric layer; forming a bottom electrode within the opening, the bottom electrode including a barrier layer; forming a phase-change material (PCM) layer within the opening and on the bottom electrode, wherein a top surface of the PCM layer is level with or below the top surface of the dielectric layer; and forming a top electrode on the PCM layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tung Ying Lee, Yu Chao Lin, Shao-Ming Yu
  • Publication number: 20240071954
    Abstract: A memory device including a base semiconductor die, conductive terminals, memory dies, an insulating encapsulation and a buffer cap is provided. The conductive terminals are disposed on a first surface of the base semiconductor die. The memory dies are stacked over a second surface of the base semiconductor die, and the second surface of the base semiconductor die is opposite to the first surface of the base semiconductor die. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the second surface of the base semiconductor die and laterally encapsulates the memory dies. The buffer cap covers the first surface of the base semiconductor die, sidewalls of the base semiconductor die and sidewalls of the insulating encapsulation. A package structure including the above-mentioned memory device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai-Ming Chiang, Chao-wei Li, Wei-Lun Tsai, Chia-Min Lin, Yi-Da Tsai, Sheng-Feng Weng, Yu-Hao Chen, Sheng-Hsiang Chiu, Chih-Wei Lin, Ching-Hua Hsieh