Patents by Inventor Chen Ping

Chen Ping 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: 20240387275
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is described. The method includes forming a plurality of fins over a substrate, and forming dummy gates patterned over the fins. Each dummy gate has a spacer on sidewalls of the patterned dummy gates. The method also includes forming recesses in the fins by using the patterned dummy gates as a mask, forming a passivation layer over the fins and in the recesses in the fins, and patterning the passivation layer to leave a remaining passivation layer in some of the recesses in the fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chao-Cheng Chen, Chih-Han Lin, Chen-Ping Chen, Ming-Ching Chang, Chia-Hao Yu, Hsiao Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20240387539
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming a first fin structure including a first plurality of semiconductor layers vertically spaced from one another and over a substrate; forming a second fin structure including a second plurality of semiconductor layers vertically spaced from one another and over the substrate, the first and the second fin structures extend along a first lateral direction; forming a first dielectric structure extending into the substrate and parallel with the first and second fin structures, the second fin structure being separated from the first fin structure along a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction, by a first distance; and forming a first gate structure that extends along the second lateral direction and wraps around each of the first plurality of semiconductor layers and each of the second plurality of semiconductor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chen-Ping Chen, Chieh-Ning Feng, Hsiao Wen Lee, Chih-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 12148671
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is described. A plurality of fins is formed over a substrate. Dummy gates are formed patterned over the fins, each dummy gate having a spacer on sidewalls of the patterned dummy gates. Recesses are formed in the fins using the patterned dummy gates as a mask. A passivation layer is formed over the fins and in the recesses in the fins. The passivation layer is patterned to leave a remaining passivation layer only in some of the recesses in the fins. Source and drain regions are epitaxially formed only in the recesses in the fins without the remaining passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chao-Cheng Chen, Chih-Han Lin, Chen-Ping Chen, Ming-Ching Chang, Chia-Hao Yu, Hsiao Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20240379827
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming semiconductor fins on a substrate. A first dummy gate is formed over the semiconductor fins. A recess is formed in the first dummy gate, and the recess is disposed between the semiconductor fins. A dummy fin material is formed in the recess. A portion of the dummy fin material is removed to expose an upper surface of the first dummy gate and to form a dummy fin. A second dummy gate is formed on the exposed upper surface of the first dummy gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chen-Ping Chen, Kuei-Yu Kao, Hsiao Wen Lee, Chih-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20240379821
    Abstract: A method includes simultaneously forming a first dummy gate stack and a second dummy gate stack on a first portion and a second portion of a protruding fin, simultaneously removing a first gate electrode of the first dummy gate stack and a second gate electrode of the second dummy gate stack to form a first trench and a second trench, respectively, forming an etching mask, wherein the etching mask fills the first trench and the second trench, patterning the etching mask to remove the etching mask from the first trench, removing a first dummy gate dielectric of the first dummy gate stack, with the etching mask protecting a second dummy gate dielectric of the second dummy gate stack from being removed, and forming a first replacement gate stack and a second replacement gate stack in the first trench and the second trench, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 12142655
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: an isolation region; nanostructures protruding above a top surface of the isolation region; a gate structure wrapped around the nanostructures, the gate structure having a bottom surface contacting the isolation region, the bottom surface of the gate structure extending away from the nanostructures a first distance, the gate structure having a sidewall disposed a second distance from the nanostructures, the first distance less than or equal to the second distance; and a hybrid fin on the sidewall of the gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chen-Ping Chen, Hsiaowen Lee, Chih-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 12136657
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a semiconductor material. The semiconductor device includes a conduction channel of a transistor disposed above the substrate. The conduction channel and the substrate include a similar semiconductor material. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region extending from an end of the conduction channel. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric structure. The source/drain region is electrically coupled to the conduction channel and electrically isolated from the substrate by the dielectric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Han Lin, Ming-Ching Chang, Chao-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240363425
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed towards semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor devices. The methods include forming fins in a device region and forming other fins in a multilayer stack of semiconductor materials in a multi-channel device region. A topmost nanostructure may be exposed in the multi-channel device region by removing a sacrificial layer from the top of the multilayer stack. Once removed, a stack of nanostructures are formed from the multilayer stack. A native oxide layer is formed to a first thickness over the topmost nanostructure and to a second thickness over the remaining nanostructures of the stack, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness. A gate dielectric is formed over the fins in the device region. A gate electrode is formed over the gate dielectric in the device region and surrounding the native oxide layer in the multi-channel device region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Chung Chiu, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20240357901
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate, at least one induction coil located on a side of the substrate, and at least two light-emitting units. The induction coil includes turns of conductive wiring. The light-emitting units are located on a side of the induction coil away from the substrate; each light-emitting unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a first electrode and a second electrode of a same light-emitting unit are electrically connected to different turns of conductive wiring of a same induction coil; the light-emitting units include at least one first-type light-emitting unit and at least one second-type light-emitting unit. An equivalent number of turns of conductive wiring between a first electrode and a second electrode of a first-type light-emitting unit is different from an equivalent number of turns of conductive wiring between a first electrode and a second electrode of a second-type light-emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiyu ZHAO, Mengyang WEN, Xuan TAO, Chen PING, Guanqin CHEN
  • Patent number: 12108871
    Abstract: A brush roller and its manufacturing method and brush roller mold is provided, the brush roller is manufactured by foaming a gaseous pore filler, while solving the problem of using a solid pore filler foaming method to manufacture the brush roller. In addition, the brush roller of the present invention has a plurality of fluid channels communicating between any adjacent two, and the plurality of fluid channels respectively extend to the surface of the brush roller to form pores to improve the fluid permeability of the brush roller, and in the brush roller manufacturing method of the present invention, after the PVA emulsified solution is cured, the compressive stress under the condition of the predetermined compression ratio can be formed to meet the expected brush roller, and it can be used to brush the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Cenefom Corp.
    Inventor: Chen-Ping Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240332422
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in a first area includes first non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a first distance, and a first isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the first non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first layer or second layer of the first isolation region is in a cured state. The semiconductor device in a second area includes second non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a second distance, and a second isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the second non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first or second layer of the second isolation region is in a cured state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee, Li-Jung Kuo, Chen-Ping Chen, Ming-Ching Chang
  • Patent number: 12093689
    Abstract: A processing system that includes a shared data fabric resets a first client processor while operating a second client processor. The first client processor is instructed to stop making requests to one or more devices of the shared data fabric. Status communications are blocked between the first client processor and a memory controller, the second client processor, or both, such that the first client processor enters a temporary offline state. The first client processor is indicated as being non-coherent. Accordingly, when the processor is reset some errors and efficiency losses due messages sent during or prior to the reset are prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Benjamin Tsien, Alexander J. Branover, John Petry, Chen-Ping Yang, Rostyslav Kyrychynskyi, Vydhyanathan Kalyanasundharam
  • Patent number: 12087638
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed towards semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor devices. The methods include forming fins in a device region and forming other fins in a multilayer stack of semiconductor materials in a multi-channel device region. A topmost nanostructure may be exposed in the multi-channel device region by removing a sacrificial layer from the top of the multilayer stack. Once removed, a stack of nanostructures are formed from the multilayer stack. A native oxide layer is formed to a first thickness over the topmost nanostructure and to a second thickness over the remaining nanostructures of the stack, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness. A gate dielectric is formed over the fins in the device region. A gate electrode is formed over the gate dielectric in the device region and surrounding the native oxide layer in the multi-channel device region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Chung Chiu, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20240282639
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure including a stacked layer of first and second semiconductor layers and a hard mask layer over the stacked layer is formed. A sacrificial cladding layer is formed over at least sidewalls of the exposed hard mask layer and stacked layer. An etching is performed to remove lateral portions of the sacrificial cladding layer, thereby leaving the sacrificial cladding layer on sidewalls of the exposed hard mask layer and stacked layer. A first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer made of a different material than the first dielectric layer are formed. The second dielectric layer is recessed, and a third dielectric layer made of a different material than the second dielectric layer is formed on the recessed second dielectric layer. During the etching operation, a protection layer is formed over the sacrificial cladding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Wen SHEN, Chen-Ping CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240266226
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device includes: forming a first through sixth fin structures over a substrate, all extending along a first lateral direction, the second fin structure separated from each of the first and third fin structures with a first distance, the fifth fin structure separated from each of the fourth and sixth fin structures with the first distance, and the third fin structure separated from the fourth fin structure with a second distance; forming gate structures overlaying a respective portion of each of the first through sixth fin structures; forming a first through sixth pairs of trenches by removing respective portions of each of the first through sixth fin structures not overlaid by the gate structures; forming a dielectric passivation layer over the third and fourth pairs of trenches; and growing source/drain structures in the first, second, fifth, and sixth pairs of trenches, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Han Lin, Chen-Ping Chen, Hsiao Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20240266209
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin extending from a substrate and including a first fin end, a separation structure separating the first fin end from an adjacent fin end of another fin, a dummy gate spacer along sidewalls of the separation structure and the fin, a first epitaxial source/drain region in the fin and adjacent the separation structure, and a residue of a dummy gate material in a corner region between the dummy gate spacer and the first fin end. The first fin end protrudes from the dummy gate spacer into the separation structure. The residue of the dummy gate material separates the first epitaxial source/drain region from the separation structure and is triangle shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Han LIN, Kuei-Yu KAO, Shih-Yao LIN, Ke-Chia TSENG, Min Chiao LIN, Hsien-Chung HUANG, Chun-Hung CHEN, Guan Kai HUANG, Chao-Cheng CHEN, Chen-Ping CHEN, Ming-Ching CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240243011
    Abstract: A method includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form a trench, with the semiconductor substrate having a sidewall facing the trench, and depositing a first semiconductor layer extending into the trench. The first semiconductor layer includes a first bottom portion at a bottom of the trench, and a first sidewall portion on the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate. The first sidewall portion is removed to reveal the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes depositing a second semiconductor layer extending into the trench, with the second semiconductor layer having a second bottom portion over the first bottom portion, and a second sidewall portion contacting the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate. The second sidewall portion is removed to reveal the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 12034056
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor layers vertically separated from one another. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure that comprises a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion wraps around each of the plurality of semiconductor layers. The semiconductor device includes a gate spacer that extends along a sidewall of the upper portion of the gate structure and comprises a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is in contact with a first portion of the sidewall and the second layer is in contact with a second portion of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Chung Chiu, Chih-Han Lin, Ming-Ching Chiang, Chao-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 12027624
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in a first area includes first non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a first distance, and a first isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the first non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first layer or second layer of the first isolation region is in a cured state. The semiconductor device in a second area includes second non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a second distance, and a second isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the second non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first or second layer of the second isolation region is in a cured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee, Li-Jung Kuo, Chen-Ping Chen, Ming-Ching Chang
  • Patent number: 12002716
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure including a stacked layer of first and second semiconductor layers and a hard mask layer over the stacked layer is formed. A sacrificial cladding layer is formed over at least sidewalls of the exposed hard mask layer and stacked layer. An etching is performed to remove lateral portions of the sacrificial cladding layer, thereby leaving the sacrificial cladding layer on sidewalls of the exposed hard mask layer and stacked layer. A first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer made of a different material than the first dielectric layer are formed. The second dielectric layer is recessed, and a third dielectric layer made of a different material than the second dielectric layer is formed on the recessed second dielectric layer. During the etching operation, a protection layer is formed over the sacrificial cladding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Wen Shen, Chen-Ping Chen