Patents Assigned to Etron Technology, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12633321
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure includes a silicon substrate, a transistor, and an interconnection. The silicon substrate has a silicon surface. The transistor includes a gate structure, a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a channel under the silicon surface. The interconnection is extended beyond the transistor and coupled to the first conductive region of the transistor. The interconnection is disposed under the silicon surface and isolated from the silicon substrate by an isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., INVENTION AND COLLABORATION LABORATORY PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 12608271
    Abstract: A memory with e-fuses includes a receiving circuit and a plurality of e-fuse groups. Each e-fuse group of the e-fuse groups is coupled to the receiving circuit through a corresponding bus group. The receiving circuit receives a plurality of blown signal sets each time and transmits each of the blown signal sets to a e-fuse group, and predetermined e-fuses of the e-fuse group are blown according to the each of the blown signal sets to adjust predetermined settings of the memory, and the each of the blown signal sets only corresponds to the e-fuse group. A number of the plurality of blown signal sets is not greater than a number of the e-fuse groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Etron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Yin Chen, Po-Hung Yang, Chun-Chia Chen
  • Patent number: 12597465
    Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device includes: a latch circuit, having a first inverter and a second inverter cross-coupled with each other, wherein a first pull up transistor and a first pull down transistor of the first inverter are coupled through a first selection transistor, and a second pull up transistor and a second pull down transistor of the second inverter are coupled through a second selection transistor; a first access transistor, coupled to a first storage node of the latch circuit; and a second access transistor, coupled to a second storage node of the latch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Etron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Shiah, Tzung-Shen Chen
  • Patent number: 12598765
    Abstract: A transistor with low leakage currents includes a substrate, a gate, spacers, pad dielectric layers, a source, and a drain. The gate is formed above a gate dielectric layer, wherein the gate dielectric layer has a first dielectric constant. The spacers have a second dielectric constant. The pad dielectric layers are formed under the spacers and having a third dielectric constant. The source and the drain are adjacent to the spacers and in two opposite directions of the gate. The first dielectric constant, the second dielectric constant, and the third dielectric constant are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignees: Etron Technology, Inc., Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Lu, Weng-Dah Ken
  • Patent number: 12593688
    Abstract: A method to form a first diamond composite wafer, a second diamond composite wafer or a third diamond composite wafer with a predetermined diameter includes the following steps: preparing a plurality of diamond blocks, wherein each diamond block has a dimension smaller than the predetermined diameter; attaching the plurality of diamond blocks to a first semiconductor substrate with the predetermined diameter to form a first temporary composite wafer, wherein a thermal conductivity of the first semiconductor substrate is smaller than that of the diamond block; and filling gaps among the plurality of diamond blocks of the first temporary composite wafer to form the first diamond composite wafer; or attaching the first diamond composite wafer to a second semiconductor substrate with the predetermined diameter to form the second diamond composite wafer, or removing the first semiconductor substrate from the first diamond composite wafer to form the third diamond composite wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignees: ND-HI TECHNOLOGIES LAB, INC., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Ming Tong, Wei Yen, Chao-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20260090421
    Abstract: A composite substrate containing thermally conductive materials is provided. The composite substrate includes a glass base, a first RDL, a second RDL and a thermal dissipation layer. The glass base has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a through glass via (TGV) extending to the second surface from the first surface. The first RDL is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the glass base or the thermal dissipation layer. The second RDL is disposed adjacent to the second surface of the glass base. The thermal dissipation layer is disposed on the glass base, having a through thermal via (TTV) extending to the TGV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicants: nD-HI Technologies Lab, Inc., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Ming TONG, Chao-Chun LU
  • Patent number: 12575084
    Abstract: A memory structure includes a semiconductor substrate, an active region, a transistor, and a buried-WL (word line). The semiconductor substrate has an original semiconductor surface. The active region is in the semiconductor substrate and surrounded by a shallow trench isolation (STI) region. The transistor is formed based on the active region. The buried-WL (word line) extends through the active region and the STI region. The buried-WL has variable depth or width along the extension direction of the buried-WL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignees: Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd., Etron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Lu, Ming-Hong Kuo, Chun-Nan Lu
  • Publication number: 20260032930
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a memory stack including a plurality of semiconductor die. The semiconductor memory dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die includes a top surface, a bottom surface, four sidewalls with a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall, and a plurality of edge pads located on the first sidewall and arranged in multiple rows or two dimensions. The area of the bottom surface or the top surface is larger than that of any sidewall. A first part of the plurality of edge pads is located within an upper portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die, a second part of the plurality of edge pads is located within a lower portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die. One the semiconductor die includes at least one thermal edge portion exposed from the second sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun LU, Ming-Hong KUO
  • Publication number: 20260026392
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a memory stack including a plurality of semiconductor die. The semiconductor memory dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die includes a top surface, a bottom surface, four sidewalls with a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall, and a plurality of edge pads located on the first sidewall and arranged in multiple rows or two dimensions. The area of the bottom surface or the top surface is larger than that of any sidewall. A first part of the plurality of edge pads is located within an upper portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die, a second part of the plurality of edge pads is located within a lower portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die. One the semiconductor die includes at least one thermal edge portion exposed from the second sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun LU, Ming-Hong KUO
  • Patent number: 12517783
    Abstract: A memory includes a plurality of e-fuse sets, a sensing circuit, an Error-Correcting Code (ECC) circuit, and a plurality of registers. Each e-fuse set includes a plurality of e-fuses, and each e-fuse of the plurality of e-fuses corresponds to a first blown result. The sensing circuit senses the plurality of e-fuses to output a plurality of first blown results. The ECC circuit receives the plurality of first blown results and corrects a first blown result if the first blown result includes an error or directly outputs the first blown result if the first blown result comprises no error to generate a second blown result. The plurality of registers receive a plurality of second blown results. The plurality of second blown results adjusts predetermined settings of the memory, and a number of the plurality of registers is less than a number of the plurality of e-fuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Etron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Yin Chen, Ting-Feng Chang, Bo-Han Zhang
  • Patent number: 12507432
    Abstract: A transistor structure includes a gate, a spacer, a channel region, a first concave, and a first conductive region. The gate is above a silicon surface. The spacer is above the silicon surface and at least covers a sidewall of the gate. The channel region is under the silicon surface. The first conductive region is at least partially formed in the first concave, wherein a conductive region of a neighborhood transistor structure next to the transistor structure is at least partially formed in the first concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignees: Etron Technology, Inc., Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Lu, Li-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 12501600
    Abstract: A SRAM cell structure includes a plurality of transistors, a set of contacts, a word-line, a bit-line, a VDD contacting line and a VSS contacting line. The plurality of transistors include n transistors, wherein n is a positive integral less than 6. The set of contacts are coupled to the plurality of transistors. The word-line is electrically coupled to the plurality of transistors. The bit-line and a bit line bar are electrically coupled to the plurality of transistors. The VDD contacting line is electrically coupled to the plurality of transistors. The VSS contacting line is electrically coupled to the plurality of transistors. Wherein as a minimum feature size of the SRAM cell structure gradually decreases from 28 nm, an area size of the SRAM cell in terms of square of the minimum feature size (?) is the same or substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignees: INVENTION AND COLLABORATION LABORATORY PTE. LTD., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Lu, Li-Ping Huang, Juang-Ying Chueh
  • Publication number: 20250372553
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a first memory stack including a plurality of semiconductor die. The plurality of semiconductor memory dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and four sidewalls with a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall, and a plurality of edge pads located on the first sidewall and arranged in multiple rows or two dimensions. The area of the bottom surface or the top surface is larger than that of any sidewall. A first part of the plurality of edge pads is located within a upper portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die, a second part of the plurality of edge pads is located within a lower portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun LU, Ming-Hong KUO
  • Patent number: 12490448
    Abstract: A transistor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, a channel region, and a first conductive region. The semiconductor substrate has a semiconductor surface. The gate structure is above the semiconductor surface, and a first concave is formed to reveal the gate structure. The channel region is under the semiconductor surface. The first conductive region is electrically coupled to the channel region, and a second concave is formed to reveal the first conductive region. A mask pattern in a photolithography process is used to define the first concave, and the mask pattern only defines one dimension length of the first concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignees: Etron Technology, Inc., Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20250357397
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a first memory stack including a plurality of semiconductor die. The plurality of semiconductor memory dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and four sidewalls with a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall, and a plurality of edge pads located on the first sidewall and arranged in multiple rows or two dimensions. The area of the bottom surface or the top surface is larger than that of any sidewall. A first part of the plurality of edge pads is located within a upper portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die, a second part of the plurality of edge pads is located within a lower portion of the first sidewall of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun LU, Ming-Hong KUO
  • Publication number: 20250349745
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a cage, a semiconductor chip, a package body and a first RDL (redistribution layer). The cage has a first cage surface, a second cage surface opposite to the first cage surface and a cavity extending towards the second cage surface from the first cage surface. The semiconductor chip is disposed in the cavity. The package body covers the semiconductor chip. The first RDL is disposed over the package body and the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicants: nD-HI Technologies Lab, Inc., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Ming TONG, Chao-Chun LU
  • Patent number: 12469836
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a memory stack including semiconductor dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die has a top surface, a bottom surface, four sidewalls, and a plurality of edge pads arranged along a sidewall. The IC structure further includes a memory controller under the first memory stack and electrically connected to the edge pads of each semiconductor die, a processor circuit disposed over and electrically connected to the memory controller, and a packaging substrate under and electrically connected to the memory controller. A die area of the memory controller is larger than the sum of a horizontal cross-section area of the memory stack and a die area of the processor circuit. There is no interposer between the packaging substrate and the memory controller, and there is no TSV in each semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignees: ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Ming Tong, Chao-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 12471296
    Abstract: An IC structure includes a memory stack including semiconductor dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die has a top surface, a bottom surface, four sidewalls, and a plurality of edge pads arranged along a sidewall. The area of the bottom surface or the top surface of each semiconductor die is larger than that of any sidewall. The IC structure further includes a logic die with memory controller and processor circuit under the memory stack and electrically connected to the plurality of edge pads of each semiconductor memory die, and a packaging substrate under and electrically connected to the logic die with memory controller and processor. There is no interposer between the packaging substrate and the logic die with memory controller and processor circuit, and there is no TSV in each semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignees: ND-HI TECHNOLOGIES LAB, INC., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Ming Tong, Chao-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 12464782
    Abstract: A transistor structure includes a substrate, a gate conductive region, a gate dielectric layer and a first conductive region. At least a portion of the gate conductive region is disposed below a surface of the substrate. The gate dielectric layer surrounds a bottom wall and sidewalls of the gate conductive region. A bottom wall of the first conductive region is aligned or substantially aligned with a top wall of the gate conductive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignees: INVENTION AND COLLABORATION LABORATORY PTE. LTD., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Lu, Li-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 12442835
    Abstract: A probe card system is provided. The probe card system, including a tester assembly, a probe head body configured to couple with the tester assembly, a first interconnection structure on a first side of the probe head body, and a probe layer structure on the first interconnection structure on the first side of the probe head body which is configured to engage with a wafer under test (WUT). The probe layer structure includes a sacrificial layer in connection with the first interconnection structure, a bonding layer in connection with the sacrificial layer, and a plurality of probe tips each in connection with respective conductive patterns exposed from the bonding layer and electrically coupled to the first interconnection structure. The sacrificial layer allows removal of the bonding layer and the plurality of probe tips via an etching operation. A method of manufacturing a probe card system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignees: ND-HI TECHNOLOGIES LAB, INC., ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Ming Tong, Chao-Chun Lu