Patents by Inventor Chao-Wen Shih

Chao-Wen Shih 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: 20210375826
    Abstract: A die stack structure including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate including a first portion and a second portion, a first interconnect structure and a first bonding structure. The first interconnect structure is disposed on a top surface of the second portion, a lateral dimension of the first portion is greater than a lateral dimension of the top surface of the second portion. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die and includes a second bonding structure, the second semiconductor die is electrically connected with the first semiconductor die through the first and second bonding structures. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the first portion and laterally encapsulating the second portion and the second semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Chao-Wen Shih, Min-Chien Hsiao, Nien-Fang Wu, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu
  • Publication number: 20210375827
    Abstract: A package structure includes a first die, a die stack structure, a support structure and an insulation structure. The die stack structure is bonded to the first die. The support structure is disposed on the die stack structure. A width of the support structure is larger than a width of the die stack structure and less than a width of the first die. The insulation structure at least laterally wraps around the die stack structure and the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 11177355
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a circuit region, a seal ring region and an assembly isolation region. The circuit region includes a first conductive layer. The seal ring region includes a second conductive layer. The assembly isolation region is between the circuit region and the seal ring region. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer respectively include a portion extending into the assembly isolation region thereby forming an electric component in the assembly isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Mirng-Ji Lii, Hung-Yi Kuo, Hao-Yi Tsai, Tsung-Yuan Yu, Min-Chien Hsiao, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 11164848
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a stacked structure. The stacked structure includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate having a first active surface and a first back surface opposite to the first active surface. The second semiconductor die is over the first semiconductor die, and includes a second semiconductor substrate having a second active surface and a second back surface opposite to the second active surface. The second semiconductor die is bonded to the first semiconductor die through joining the second active surface to the first back surface at a first hybrid bonding interface along a vertical direction. Along a lateral direction, a first dimension of the first semiconductor die is greater than a second dimension of the second semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Chao-Wen Shih, Min-Chien Hsiao, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chuan-An Cheng
  • Publication number: 20210327807
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure is provided. A first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect structure formed thereon, a first bonding conductor formed thereon, and a conductive via extending from the first interconnect structure toward a back surface of the first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate is thinned to accessibly expose the conductive via to form a through semiconductor via (TSV). A second semiconductor die is bonded to the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die includes a second semiconductor substrate including an active surface facing the back surface of the first semiconductor substrate, a second interconnect structure between the second and the first semiconductor substrates, and a second bonding conductor between the second interconnect structure and the first semiconductor substrate and bonded to the TSV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20210313671
    Abstract: A package structure including a first redistribution circuit structure, a semiconductor die, first antennas and second antennas is provided. The semiconductor die is located on and electrically connected to the first redistribution circuit structure. The first antennas and the second antennas are located over the first redistribution circuit structure and electrically connected to the semiconductor die through the first redistribution circuit structure. A first group of the first antennas are located at a first position, a first group of the second antennas are located at a second position, and the first position is different from the second position in a stacking direction of the first redistribution circuit structure and the semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nan-Chin Chuang, Chen-Hua Yu, Chung-Shi Liu, Chao-Wen Shih, Shou-Zen Chang
  • Publication number: 20210305094
    Abstract: An embodiment is a method including forming a first interconnect structure over a first substrate, the first interconnect structure comprising dielectric layers and metallization patterns therein, patterning the first interconnect structure to form a first opening, coating the first opening with a barrier layer, etching a second opening through the barrier layer and the exposed portion of the first substrate, depositing a liner in the first opening and the second opening, filling the first opening and the second opening with a conductive material, and thinning the first substrate to expose a portion of the conductive material in the second opening, the conductive material extending through the first interconnect structure and the first substrate forming a through substrate via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20210305214
    Abstract: A package includes a carrier substrate, a first die, and a second die. The first die includes a first bonding layer, a second bonding layer opposite to the first bonding layer, and an alignment mark embedded in the first bonding layer. The first bonding layer is fusion bonded to the carrier substrate. The second die includes a third bonding layer. The third bonding layer is hybrid bonded to the second bonding layer of the first die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Chao-Wen Shih, Hsien-Wei Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu
  • Publication number: 20210296251
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first die, a plurality of second dies and a through via. The second dies are disposed over and electrically connected to the first die. The through via is disposed between the second dies and electrically connected to the first die. The through via includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width different from the first width and disposed between the first portion and the first die. The first portion includes a first seed layer and a first conductive layer, and the first seed layer is disposed aside an interface between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Nien-Fang Wu, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20210296288
    Abstract: A chip structure includes first and second semiconductor chips. The first semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnection layer located on the first semiconductor substrate, a first protection layer covering the first interconnection layer, a gap fill layer located on the first protection layer, and first conductive vias embedded in the gap fill layer and electrically connected with the first interconnection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20210288030
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a bottom integrated circuit die having a first front side and a first back side; a top integrated circuit die having a second front side and a second back side, the second back side being bonded to the first front side, the top integrated circuit die being free from through substrate vias (TSVs); a dielectric layer surrounding the top integrated circuit die, the dielectric layer being disposed on the first front side, the dielectric layer and the bottom integrated circuit die being laterally coterminous; and a through via extending through the dielectric layer, the through via being electrically coupled to the bottom integrated circuit die, surfaces of the through via, the dielectric layer, and the top integrated circuit die being planar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih, Sung-Feng Yeh, Nien-Fang Wu
  • Patent number: 11114413
    Abstract: A package structure includes a plurality of stacked die units and an insulating encapsulant. The plurality of stacked die units is stacked on top of one another, where each of the plurality of stacked die units include a first semiconductor die, a first bonding chip. The first semiconductor die has a plurality of first bonding pads. The first bonding chip is stacked on the first semiconductor die and has a plurality of first bonding structure. The plurality of first bonding structures is bonded to the plurality of first bonding pads through hybrid bonding. The insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the plurality of stacked die units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20210265289
    Abstract: Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor die having a conductive element and an antenna element over the semiconductor die. The chip package also includes a first conductive feature electrically connecting the conductive element of the semiconductor die and the antenna element. The chip package further includes a protective layer surrounding the first conductive feature. In addition, the chip package includes a second conductive feature over the first conductive feature. A portion of the second conductive feature is between the first conductive feature and the protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Ping CHIANG, Yi-Che CHIANG, Nien-Fang WU, Min-Chien HSIAO, Chao-Wen SHIH, Shou-Zen CHANG, Chung-Shi LIU, Chen-Hua YU
  • Publication number: 20210257717
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip and a redistribution layer structure. The redistribution layer structure is arranged to form an antenna transmitter structure and an antenna receiver structure over the semiconductor chip, wherein patterns of the antenna receiver structure are located at different levels of the redistribution layer structure, and at least one pattern of the antenna transmitter structure is at the same level of the topmost patterns of the antenna receiver structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Ping Chiang, Chao-Wen Shih, Shou-Zen Chang, Albert Wan, Yu-Sheng Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20210249380
    Abstract: A stacking structure including a first die, a second die stacked on the first die, and a third die and a fourth die disposed on the second die. The first die has a first metallization structure, and the first metallization structure includes first through die vias. The second die has a second metallization structure, and second metallization structure includes second through die vias. The first through die vias are bonded with the second through die vias, and sizes of the first through die vias are different from sizes of the second through die vias. The third and fourth dies are disposed side-by-side and are bonded with the second through die vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20210225786
    Abstract: An embodiment package comprises an integrated circuit die encapsulated in an encapsulant, a patch antenna over the integrated circuit die, and a dielectric feature disposed between the integrated circuit die and the patch antenna. The patch antenna overlaps the integrated circuit die in a top-down view. The thickness of the dielectric feature is in accordance with an operating bandwidth of the patch antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Kai-Chiang Wu, Chung-Shi Liu, Shou Zen Chang, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 11069608
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes first and second semiconductor dies bonded together. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect structure disposed below the first semiconductor substrate, and a first bonding conductor disposed below the first interconnect structure and electrically coupled to the first semiconductor substrate through the first interconnect structure. The second semiconductor die includes a second semiconductor substrate and a second interconnect structure disposed below and electrically coupled to the second semiconductor substrate, and a through semiconductor via penetrating through the second semiconductor substrate and extending into the second interconnect structure to be electrically coupled to the second interconnect structure. The first bonding conductor extends from the first interconnect structure towards the through semiconductor via to electrically connect the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 11063022
    Abstract: A package includes a carrier substrate, a first die, and a second die. The first die includes a first bonding layer, a second bonding layer opposite to the first bonding layer, and an alignment mark embedded in the first bonding layer. The first bonding layer is fusion bonded to the carrier substrate. The second die includes a third bonding layer. The third bonding layer is hybrid bonded to the second bonding layer of the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Chao-Wen Shih, Hsien-Wei Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu
  • Patent number: 11063019
    Abstract: A chip structure includes first and second semiconductor chips. The first semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnection layer located on the first semiconductor substrate, a first protection layer covering the first interconnection layer, a gap fill layer located on the first protection layer, and first conductive vias embedded in the gap fill layer and electrically connected with the first interconnection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 11056438
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages and method of forming the same are disclosed. One of the semiconductor packages includes a first die, a second die, a through via and a dielectric encapsulation. The second die is bonded to the first die. The through via is disposed aside the second die and electrically connected to the first die. The through via includes a step-shaped sidewall. The dielectric encapsulation encapsulates the second die and the through via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Nien-Fang Wu, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih