Patents Assigned to United Microelectronics Corp.
  • Publication number: 20250151320
    Abstract: A FinFET LDMOS device includes a semiconductor substrate; juxtaposed first well and second well in the semiconductor substrate; semiconductor fins extending on the semiconductor substrate along a first direction, the semiconductor fins including a first fin portion in the first well and a second fin portion in the second well; an extra semiconductor body adjoining the first fin portion and the second fin portion and extending along a second direction; a source region on the first fin portion; a drain region on the second fin portion; a gate covering the semiconductor fin and extending along the second direction, wherein the gate partially overlaps the first fin portion and partially overlaps the second fin portion, and the extra semiconductor body is covered by the gate; and a single-diffusion break structure embedded in the second fin portion and between the gate and drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yi Chuen Eng, Tzu-Feng Chang, Teng-Chuan Hu, Yi-Wen Chen, Yu-Hsiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20250151366
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a substrate having a core region and an input/output (I/O) region and then forming a first metal gate on the core region and a second metal gate on the I/O region. Preferably, the first metal gate includes a first gate dielectric layer, the second metal gate includes a second gate dielectric layer, the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer having different shapes such that the first gate dielectric layer includes an I-shape and the second gate dielectric layer includes a U-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zi-Ting Huang, Ching-Ling Lin, Wen-An Liang
  • Publication number: 20250149344
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a gate structure on a substrate; forming a source/drain region adjacent to the gate structure; performing a first cleaning process; performing a first rapid thermal anneal (RTA) process to remove oxygen cluster in the substrate; forming a metal layer on the source/drain region; and performing a second RTA process to transform the metal layer into a silicide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: MING THAI CHAI, MENG XIE, WENBO DING
  • Publication number: 20250151384
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A III-V compound semiconductor layer is formed on a first device region and a second device region of a substrate. A III-V compound barrier layer is formed on the III-V compound semiconductor layer. A lamination structure is formed on the III-V compound barrier layer. The lamination structure includes a p-type doped III-V compound layer and a first mask layer disposed thereon. A patterning process is performed to the lamination structure. A first portion of the lamination structure located above the first device region is patterned by the patterning process. A second portion of the lamination structure located above the second device region is removed by the patterning process. A thickness of the second portion of the lamination structure is greater than a thickness of the first portion of the lamination structure before the patterning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shuo-Lin Hsu, Hung-Chang Chang, Ta-Kang Lo, Tsai-Fu Chen
  • Patent number: 12294026
    Abstract: A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a gate dielectric layer on the barrier layer; forming a work function metal layer on the gate dielectric layer; patterning the work function metal layer and the gate dielectric layer; forming a gate electrode on the work function metal layer; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode adjacent to two sides of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Po-Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 12295144
    Abstract: A silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory cell includes a memory gate disposed on a substrate, a dielectric layer and two charge trapping layers, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the substrate and the memory gate, and the two charge trapping layers are disposed at two opposite sides of the memory gate, wherein each of the charge trapping layers comprises an L-shape cross-sectional profile, and two selective gates disposed on the substrate, thereby constituting a two bit memory cell, wherein a top surface of each selective gate is higher than a top surface of the memory gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chia-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 12293941
    Abstract: A gallium nitride (GaN) device with field plate structure, including a substrate, a gate on the substrate and a passivation layer covering on the gate, a source and a drain on the substrate and the passivation layer, a stop layer on the source, the drain and the passivation layer, and dual-damascene interconnects connecting respectively with the source and the drain, wherein the dual-damascene interconnect is provided with a via portion under the stop layer and a trench portion on the stop layer, and the via portion is connected with the source or the drain, and the trench portion of one of the dual-damascene interconnects extends horizontally toward the drain and overlaps the gate below in vertical direction, thereby functioning as a field plate structure for the GaN device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Da-Jun Lin, Fu-Yu Tsai, Bin-Siang Tsai, Chung-Yi Chiu
  • Publication number: 20250141701
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a physically unclonable function (PUF) device includes the steps of first providing a PUF cell array having a plurality of unit cells, in which each of the unit cells includes a transistor and a first metal-oxide semiconductor capacitor (MOSCAP) and a second MOSCAP coupled to the transistor. Next, a voltage is transmitted through the transistor to the first MOSCAP and the second MOSCAP and whether the first MOSCAP or the second MOSCAP reaches a breakdown is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chang-Yih Chen, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Publication number: 20250142933
    Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) device includes a gate structure extending along a first direction on a substrate, a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, a shallow trench isolation (STI) around the source/drain region, and a shielding structure extending from the gate structure and overlapping an edge of the STI. The gate structure includes a T-shape, in which the T-shape further includes a vertical portion extending along the first direction and a horizontal portion extending along a second direction. The RF device further includes a body region adjacent to the horizontal portion, in which the body region and the source/drain region have different conductive type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Su Xing, Jinyu Liao
  • Publication number: 20250142895
    Abstract: An embedded flash memory structure, including a semiconductor substrate, an erase gate on the semiconductor substrate, two floating gates respectively at two sides of the erase gate on the semiconductor substrate, two word lines respectively at outer sides of the two floating gates, and two metal control gates respectively on the two floating gates, wherein a sacrificial layer is at at least one side of the metal control gate, and the sacrificial layer is between the metal control gate and the erase gate or between the metal control gate and the word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Pei-Lun Jheng, Po-Jui Chiang, Chao-Sheng Cheng, Ming-Jen Chang, Ko-Chin Chang, Yu-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20250142849
    Abstract: The invention provides a capacitor structure with a fin structure, which comprises a fin structure located on a substrate, a lower electrode layer, a high dielectric constant layer and an upper electrode layer stacked on the fin structure in sequence, and an ion doped region located in the substrate below the fin structure, and a top surface of the ion doped region is aligned with a bottom surface of the fin structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Chen, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chih-Kai Kang, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20250142801
    Abstract: The invention provides a layout pattern cell of a static random access memory (SRAM), which at least comprises a first SRAM cell, a plurality of gate structures spanning a plurality of fin structures, so as to form a first pull-up transistor, a second pull-up transistor, a first pull-down transistor, a second pull-down transistor, a first access transistor, a second access transistor, a third access transistor, a fourth access transistor, a first parasitic transistor and a second parasitic transistor located on a substrate, the first parasitic transistor and the first pull-down transistor span the same fin structure, and the fin structure spanned by the first parasitic transistor and the first pull-down transistor is a continuous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Wei Yeh, Han-Tsun Wang, Chang-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20250142799
    Abstract: The invention provides a layout pattern of static random-access memory (SRAM), which comprises a substrate, wherein a plurality of diffusion regions and a plurality of gate structures are located on the substrate to form a plurality of transistors, wherein the plurality of gate structures comprise a first gate structure, which has a stepped shape when viewed from a top view, and the first gate structure spans a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region to form a first access transistor (PG1), wherein the first diffusion region is adjacent to and in direct contact with the second diffusion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Tseng, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang, Tsung-Hsun Wu, Liang-Wei Chiu, Chun-Hsien Huang
  • Publication number: 20250143154
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a light-shielding layer includes a dielectric layer. A conductive plug penetrates the dielectric layer. A first anode is disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer and the first anode contacts an end of the conductive plug. A light-shielding layer is embedded in the dielectric layer, wherein the light-shielding layer is located at one side of the conductive plug and a top surface of the light-shielding layer is aligned with the end of the conductive plug. The light-shielding layer includes titanium nitride, silver, aluminum, silicon nitride, silicon carbon nitride or silicon oxynitride. A switching element is electrically connected to the conductive plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Shin-Hung Li
  • Publication number: 20250140666
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a RDL interposer having a first surface and a second surface; fanout pads and peripheral pads on the second surface; a first semiconductor die on the first surface and electrically connected to the fanout pads; a molding compound surrounding the first semiconductor die and the first surface of the RDL interposer; through mold vias in the molding compound around the first semiconductor die; peripheral solder bumps within the through mold vias and directly disposed on the peripheral pads; through silicon via pads on the rear surface of the first semiconductor die; a second semiconductor die bonded to the through silicon via pads of the first semiconductor die and the peripheral solder bumps within the through mold vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Da-Jun Lin, Bin-Siang Tsai, Fu-Yu Tsai, Tai-Cheng Hou
  • Publication number: 20250142815
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a medium-voltage (MV) region and an one time programmable (OTP) capacitor region, a MV device on the MV region, and an OTP capacitor on the OTP capacitor region. Preferably, the MV device includes a first gate dielectric layer on the substrate, a first gate electrode on the first gate dielectric layer, and a shallow trench isolation (STI) adjacent to two sides of the first gate electrode. The OTP capacitor includes a fin-shaped structure on the substrate, a doped region in the fin-shaped structure, a second gate dielectric layer on the doped region, and a second gate electrode on the second gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chang-Yih Chen, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chun-Hsien Lin, Wen-Chieh Chang, Kun-Szu Tseng, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yao-Jhan Wang
  • Publication number: 20250142816
    Abstract: A flash memory structure is provided in the present invention, including an active area and STIs, wherein the diffusion doped region includes a source line doped region extending in a first direction and multiple branch doped regions extending in a second direction at two sides of the source line doped region and alternately arranged along the first direction, and these branch doped regions are isolated by the STIs. An erase gate are on the source line doped region and extends in the first direction, multiple floating gates are on the branch doped regions at two sides of the erase gate, and two word lines respectively at outer sides of the floating gates and extend through multiple branch doped regions in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: QIULONG WU
  • Publication number: 20250142958
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a SOI substrate having a device layer and a buried oxide layer contiguous with the device layer; a transistor disposed on the device layer; a dielectric layer surrounding the transistor; an interconnect structure disposed on the dielectric layer and electrically connected to a gate of the transistor; a charge trapping layer contiguous with the buried oxide layer; a capping layer contiguous with the charge trapping layer; and a conductive via penetrating through the capping layer, the charge trapping layer, the buried oxide layer, the device layer, and the dielectric layer. The conductive via is electrically connected to the interconnect structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tai-Cheng Hou, Da-Jun Lin, Bin-Siang Tsai, Fu-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20250142854
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a substrate having a high-voltage (HV) region and a low-voltage (LV) region, forming a first gate structure on the HV region and a second gate structure on the LV region, forming a first lightly doped drain (LDD) adjacent to one side of the first gate structure and a second LDD adjacent to another side of the first gate structure, and then forming a third lightly doped drain (LDD) adjacent to one side of the second gate structure and a fourth LDD adjacent to another side of the second gate structure. Preferably, the first LDD and the second LDD are asymmetrical, the third LDD and the fourth LDD are asymmetrical, and the second LDD and the third LDD are symmetrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Rudy Octavius Sihombing, Su Xing
  • Publication number: 20250142841
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating layer, a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The first electrode is disposed on a substrate. The second electrode is disposed on the first electrode. The insulating layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The channel layer is disposed on the second electrode. The gate dielectric layer is disposed between the channel layer and the second electrode. The source electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode and the channel layer. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Shin-Hung Li