Patents by Inventor Chenchen Jacob WANG

Chenchen Jacob WANG 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: 20260143718
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first dielectric layer over the substrate; a memory cell over the substrate in a first region of the semiconductor device, where the memory cell includes a first ferroelectric structure in the first dielectric layer, where the first ferroelectric structure includes a first bottom electrode, a first top electrode, and a first ferroelectric layer in between; and a tunable capacitor over the substrate in a second region of the semiconductor device, where the tunable capacitor includes a second ferroelectric structure, where the second ferroelectric structure includes a second bottom electrode, a second top electrode, and a second ferroelectric layer in between, where at least a portion of the second ferroelectric structure is in the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Sai-Hooi Yeong, Chi On Chui, Chenchen Jacob Wang
  • Patent number: 12593459
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods of the forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure includes a source feature and a drain feature, an active region between the source feature and the drain feature, a gate structure over the active region, a frontside interconnect structure disposed over the source feature, the drain feature, and the gate structure, a backside interconnect structure disposed below the source feature, the drain feature, and the gate structure, and a storage element disposed in the backside interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Wen Su, Jui-Lin Chen, Shih-Hao Lin, Ming-Yen Chuang, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Lien-Jung Hung, Ping-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 12501626
    Abstract: A magnetic device structure is provided. In some embodiments, the structure includes one or more first transistors, a magnetic device disposed over the one or more first transistors, a plurality of magnetic columns surrounding sides of the one or more first transistors and the magnetic device, a first magnetic layer disposed over the magnetic device and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns, and a second magnetic layer disposed below the one or more first transistors and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jui-Lin Chen, Hsin-Wen Su, Shih-Hao Lin, Po-Sheng Lu, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Yuan Hao Chang, Ping-Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20250318440
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of forming a memory device. The method includes forming an active region over a substrate, forming a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region in the active region, forming a first S/D contact over the first S/D region and a second S/D contact over the second S/D region, the first S/D contact extending beyond a boundary of the active region in a top view, forming a first via over the first S/D contact and a second via over the second S/D contact, a length of the first via being greater than a length of the second via, forming a first metal line coupled to the first via and a second metal line coupled to the second via, and forming a memory structure coupled to the second metal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Hsin-Wen Su, Jui-Lin Chen, Shih-Hao Lin, Chih-Chuan Yang, Ming-Yen Chuang, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Ping-Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20250318114
    Abstract: A three-dimensional memories is provided. The three-dimensional memories includes a plurality of transistors arranged in multiple levels that are stacked in a first direction. The transistors are arranged in lines within each of the levels, the lines extend in a second direction different than the first direction. Each of the transistors includes a channel, a memory film surrounding the channel, and a gate electrode surrounding the memory film. The channels of the transistors in two adjacent lines in the same level are staggered. The three-dimensional memory further includes a plurality of word lines electrically coupled to the gate electrodes of the transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Feng YOUNG, Sai-Hooi YEONG, Chih-Yu CHANG, Han-Jong CHIA, Chenchen Jacob WANG, Yu-Ming LIN
  • Patent number: 12419197
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a memory device. The memory device includes a transistor having a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region, a first S/D contact disposed over the first S/D region, the first S/D contact extending lengthwise in a first direction, a second S/D contact disposed over the second S/D region, a first via landing on the first S/D contact, the first via extending lengthwise in a second direction different from the first direction, a second via landing on the second S/D contact, the first via having a length measured in the second direction that is larger than the second via, a first conductive line coupled to the first via, a second conductive line coupled to the second via, and a memory structure disposed above the transistor and coupled to the second conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Wen Su, Jui-Lin Chen, Shih-Hao Lin, Chih-Chuan Yang, Ming-Yen Chuang, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Ping-Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20250234558
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a first access transistor and a second access transistor in a memory cell of a memory array, the first access transistor and the second access transistor each including a bottom electrode in the first dielectric layer, a conductive gate in a second dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer is over the bottom electrode and the first dielectric layer, a channel region extending through the conductive gate to contact the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Chenchen Jacob Wang, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin, Chi On Chui
  • Patent number: 12363894
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a three-dimensional memories is provided. A stack with multiple levels is formed, and each of the levels includes an isolation layer, a metal layer, and a semiconductor layer between the isolation layer and the metal layer. A first trench and a plurality of second trenches are formed along each parallel line in the stack of the levels. The isolation layers and the metal layers in the parallel lines are removed through the first trench and the second trenches, so as to expose the semiconductor layers in the parallel line. A plurality of memory cells are formed in the parallel lines of the levels. In each of the levels, each of the memory cells includes a transistor and a channel of the transistor is formed by the semiconductor layer in the parallel line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Feng Young, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Chih-Yu Chang, Han-Jong Chia, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20250151285
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first dielectric layer over the substrate; a memory cell over the substrate in a first region of the semiconductor device, where the memory cell includes a first ferroelectric structure in the first dielectric layer, where the first ferroelectric structure includes a first bottom electrode, a first top electrode, and a first ferroelectric layer in between; and a tunable capacitor over the substrate in a second region of the semiconductor device, where the tunable capacitor includes a second ferroelectric structure, where the second ferroelectric structure includes a second bottom electrode, a second top electrode, and a second ferroelectric layer in between, where at least a portion of the second ferroelectric structure is in the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Sai-Hooi Yeong, Chi On Chui, Chenchen Jacob Wang
  • Patent number: 12295145
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a first access transistor and a second access transistor in a memory cell of a memory array, the first access transistor and the second access transistor each including a bottom electrode in the first dielectric layer, a conductive gate in a second dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer is over the bottom electrode and the first dielectric layer, a channel region extending through the conductive gate to contact the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenchen Jacob Wang, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin, Chi On Chui
  • Patent number: 12250829
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Han Lin, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Han-Jong Chia, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 12245436
    Abstract: A ferroelectric device structure includes an array of ferroelectric capacitors overlying a substrate, first metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of first electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a first metal pad embedded in a dielectric material layer, and second metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of the second electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a second metal pad embedded in the dielectric material layer. The second metal pad may be vertically spaced from the substrate by a same vertical separation distance as the first metal pad is from the substrate. First metal lines laterally extending along a first horizontal direction may electrically connect the first electrodes to the first metal pad, and second metal lines laterally extending along the first horizontal direction may electrically connect each of the second electrodes to the second metal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Chenchen Jacob Wang, Bo-Feng Young, Yu-Ming Lin, Chi On Chui, Sai-Hooi Yeong
  • Patent number: 12225733
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first dielectric layer over the substrate; a memory cell over the substrate in a first region of the semiconductor device, where the memory cell includes a first ferroelectric structure in the first dielectric layer, where the first ferroelectric structure includes a first bottom electrode, a first top electrode, and a first ferroelectric layer in between; and a tunable capacitor over the substrate in a second region of the semiconductor device, where the tunable capacitor includes a second ferroelectric structure, where the second ferroelectric structure includes a second bottom electrode, a second top electrode, and a second ferroelectric layer in between, where at least a portion of the second ferroelectric structure is in the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sai-Hooi Yeong, Chi On Chui, Chenchen Jacob Wang
  • Patent number: 12207478
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a first access transistor and a second access transistor in a memory cell of a memory array, the first access transistor and the second access transistor each including a bottom electrode in the first dielectric layer, a conductive gate in a second dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer is over the bottom electrode and the first dielectric layer, a channel region extending through the conductive gate to contact the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenchen Jacob Wang, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin, Chi On Chui
  • Patent number: 12193242
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Han-Jong Chia, Bo-Feng Young, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Meng-Han Lin, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20240365553
    Abstract: A method of forming a memory device includes: forming a first layer stack and a second layer stack successively over a substrate, the first layer stack and the second layer stack having a same layered structure that includes a dielectric material, a channel material over the dielectric material, and a source/drain material over the channel material; forming openings that extend through the first layer stack and the second layer stack; forming inner spacers by replacing portions of the source/drain material exposed by the openings with a first dielectric material; lining sidewalls of the openings with a ferroelectric material; forming gate electrodes by filling the openings with an electrically conductive material; forming a recess through the first layer stack and the second layer stack, the recess extending from a sidewall of the second layer stack toward the gate electrodes; and filling the recess with a second dielectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lu, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Bo-Feng Young, Yu-Ming Lin, Chi On Chui, Han-Jong Chia, Chenchen Jacob Wang
  • Publication number: 20240324245
    Abstract: A magnetic device structure is provided. In some embodiments, the structure includes one or more first transistors, a magnetic device disposed over the one or more first transistors, a plurality of magnetic columns surrounding sides of the one or more first transistors and the magnetic device, a first magnetic layer disposed over the magnetic device and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns, and a second magnetic layer disposed below the one or more first transistors and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jui-Lin CHEN, Hsin-Wen SU, Shih-Hao LIN, Po-Sheng LU, Chenchen Jacob WANG, Yuan Hao CHANG, Ping-Wei WANG
  • Patent number: 12101939
    Abstract: A method of forming a memory device includes: forming a first layer stack and a second layer stack successively over a substrate, the first layer stack and the second layer stack having a same layered structure that includes a dielectric material, a channel material over the dielectric material, and a source/drain material over the channel material; forming openings that extend through the first layer stack and the second layer stack; forming inner spacers by replacing portions of the source/drain material exposed by the openings with a first dielectric material; lining sidewalls of the openings with a ferroelectric material; forming gate electrodes by filling the openings with an electrically conductive material; forming a recess through the first layer stack and the second layer stack, the recess extending from a sidewall of the second layer stack toward the gate electrodes; and filling the recess with a second dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lu, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Bo-Feng Young, Yu-Ming Lin, Chi On Chui, Han-Jong Chia, Chenchen Jacob Wang
  • Publication number: 20240274160
    Abstract: Routing arrangements for 3D memory arrays and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a memory array includes a ferroelectric (FE) material contacting a first word line; an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, the FE material being disposed between the OS layer and the first word line; a dielectric material contacting the FE material, the FE material being between the dielectric material and the first word line; an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) over the first word line; a first contact extending through the IMD to the first word line, the first contact being electrically coupled to the first word line; a second contact extending through the dielectric material and the FE material; and a first conductive line electrically coupling the first contact to the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Han Lin, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Yi-Ching Liu, Han-Jong Chia, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Yu-Ming Lin, Yih Wang
  • Patent number: 12022664
    Abstract: A magnetic device structure is provided. In some embodiments, the structure includes one or more first transistors, a magnetic device disposed over the one or more first transistors, a plurality of magnetic columns surrounding sides of the one or more first transistors and the magnetic device, a first magnetic layer disposed over the magnetic device and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns, and a second magnetic layer disposed below the one or more first transistors and in contact with the plurality of magnetic columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jui-Lin Chen, Chenchen Jacob Wang, Hsin-Wen Su, Ping-Wei Wang, Yuan-Hao Chang, Po-Sheng Lu, Shih-Hao Lin