Patents by Inventor Cheng-Wei Cheng

Cheng-Wei Cheng 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).

  • Patent number: 10886415
    Abstract: A method of forming a multi-state nanosheet transistor device is provided. The method includes forming an alternating sequence of sacrificial layer segments and differentially doped nanosheet layer segments on a substrate, wherein each of the differentially doped nanosheet layer segments has a different dopant concentration from the other differentially doped nanosheet layer segments. The method further includes forming a source/drain on each of opposite ends of the sacrificial layer segments and differentially doped nanosheet layer segments, and removing the sacrificial layer segments. The method further includes depositing a gate dielectric layer on the differentially doped nanosheet layer segments, and forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer to form a common gate-all-around structure, where each of the differentially doped nanosheet layer segments conducts current at a different threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ko-Tao Lee, Pierce I-Jen Chuang, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Seyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20200381250
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device comprises receiving a substrate with a silicon oxide layer formed over the substrate and a nano-wire based semiconductor device formed using template-assisted-selective epitaxy (TASE) over the silicon oxide layer. The semiconductor device serves as a seed layer to form at least one i) silicon nanowire which extends laterally in the semiconductor device and over the silicon oxide layer, ii) tunnel which extends laterally in the semiconductor device and over the silicon oxide layer, and iii) nuclei on the silicon oxide layer. A film is deposited over the semiconductor device and the silicon oxide layer. The film is removed over silicon oxide layer outside the semiconductor device. Next the nuclei on the silicon oxide layer are removed. Finally, the silicon oxide layer over the semiconductor device is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYAZOE, Cheng-Wei CHENG, Sanghoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20200287055
    Abstract: A method of forming a multi-state nanosheet transistor device is provided. The method includes forming an alternating sequence of sacrificial layer segments and differentially doped nanosheet layer segments on a substrate, wherein each of the differentially doped nanosheet layer segments has a different dopant concentration from the other differentially doped nanosheet layer segments. The method further includes forming a source/drain on each of opposite ends of the sacrificial layer segments and differentially doped nanosheet layer segments, and removing the sacrificial layer segments. The method further includes depositing a gate dielectric layer on the differentially doped nanosheet layer segments, and forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer to form a common gate-all-around structure, where each of the differentially doped nanosheet layer segments conducts current at a different threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ko-Tao Lee, Pierce I-Jen Chuang, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Seyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10755925
    Abstract: A method for reducing crystalline defects in a semiconductor structure is presented. The method includes epitaxially growing a first crystalline material over a crystalline substrate, epitaxially growing a second crystalline material over the first crystalline material, and patterning and removing portions of the second crystalline material to form openings. The method further includes converting the first crystalline material into a non-crystalline material, depositing a thermally stable material in the openings, depositing a capping layer over the second crystalline material and the thermally stable material to form a substantially enclosed semiconductor structure, and annealing the substantially enclosed semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Kunal Mukherjee, John A. Ott, Devendra K. Sadana, Brent A. Wacaser
  • Patent number: 10756506
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate structure including a semiconductor material layer that is present directly on a buried dielectric layer in a first portion of the substrate structure and an isolation dielectric material that is present directly on the buried dielectric layer in a second portion of the substrate structure. The semiconductor device further includes a III-V optoelectronic device that is present in direct contact with the isolation dielectric material in a first region of the second portion of the substrate structure. A dielectric wave guide is present in direct contact with the isolation dielectric material in a second region of the second portion of the substrate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu
  • Publication number: 20200235207
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for fabricating a semiconductor device with selective oxidation. One method may include providing a semiconductor substrate including a stack of two semiconductor layers; depositing an insulating material on the semiconductor substrate; forming a set of fins; selectively oxidizing one of the semiconductor layers; forming a dummy gate structure and a set of spacers along the sides of the dummy gate structure; forming a source drain region adjacent to the dummy gate structure; removing the dummy gate structure; and releasing the selectively oxidized semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-wei Cheng, Effendi Leobandung, Devendra K. Sadana
  • Patent number: 10686090
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device and method for fabrication include multijunction cells, each cell having a material grown independently from the other and including different band gap energies. An interface is disposed between the cells and configured to wafer bond the cells wherein the cells are configured to be adjacent without regard to lattice mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Jeehwan Kim, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu, Norma E. Sosa Cortes
  • Publication number: 20200144123
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an n-type field effect transistor device (nFET) in a region of a wafer element is provided. The method includes forming a mandrel in the region and growing III-V semiconductor materials on the mandrel. The method also includes pulling the mandrel from a gate space in which a capped gate structure is formable and from source and drain (S/D) contact spaces and growing III-V semiconductor materials in the S/D contact spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: HsinYu Tsai, Renee T. Mo, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Ko-Tao Lee
  • Patent number: 10601199
    Abstract: A structure includes an optoelectronic device having a Group IV substrate (e.g., Si); a buffer layer (e.g. SiGe) disposed on the substrate and a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed on the buffer layer. The first DBR contains alternating layers of doped Group IV materials (e.g., alternating layers of SiyGe(1-y), where 0.8<y<1, and SizGe(1-z), where 0.2<z<0.4) that are substantially transparent to a wavelength of interest. The structure further includes a strained layer of a Group III-V material over the first DBR and a second DBR over the strained layer. The second DBR contains alternating layers of electrically conductive oxides (e.g., ITO/AZO) that are substantially transparent to the wavelength of interest. Embodiments of VCSELs and photodetectors can be derived from the structure. The strained layer of Group III-V material can be, for example, a thin layer of In0.53Ga0.47As having a thickness in a range of about 2 nm to about 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Effendi Leobandung, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu
  • Patent number: 10600891
    Abstract: A method of forming a III-V semiconductor vertical fin is provided. The method includes forming a fin mandrel on a substrate, forming a spacer layer on the substrate surrounding the fin mandrel, forming a wetting layer on each of the sidewalls of the fin mandrel, forming a fin layer on each of the wetting layers, removing the fin mandrel, removing the wetting layer on each of the fin layers, and forming a fin layer regrowth on each of the sidewalls of the fin layers exposed by removing the wetting layer from each of the fin layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tze-Chiang Chen, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Sanghoon Lee, Effendi Leobandung
  • Patent number: 10546926
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for fabricating a semiconductor device with selective oxidation. One method may include providing a semiconductor substrate including a stack of two semiconductor layers; depositing an insulating material on the semiconductor substrate; forming a set of fins; selectively oxidizing one of the semiconductor layers; forming a dummy gate structure and a set of spacers along the sides of the dummy gate structure; forming a source drain region adjacent to the dummy gate structure; removing the dummy gate structure; and releasing the selectively oxidized semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Effendi Leobandung, Devendra K. Sadana
  • Publication number: 20190363509
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate structure including a semiconductor material layer that is present directly on a buried dielectric layer in a first portion of the substrate structure and an isolation dielectric material that is present directly on the buried dielectric layer in a second portion of the substrate structure. The semiconductor device further includes a III-V optoelectronic device that is present in direct contact with the isolation dielectric material in a first region of the second portion of the substrate structure. A dielectric wave guide is present in direct contact with the isolation dielectric material in a second region of the second portion of the substrate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu
  • Patent number: 10489947
    Abstract: A display method includes requesting a memory to allocate a first memory space for the first application corresponding to a first adjusted size adjusted from a first default size of a first destination frame of the first application, requesting the memory to allocate a second memory space for the second application corresponding to a second default size of a second destination frame of the second application, synthesizing a first application image generated in the first memory space and a second application image generated in the second memory space, and controlling a display component to display the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Wei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190341250
    Abstract: A method for reducing crystalline defects in a semiconductor structure is presented. The method includes epitaxially growing a first crystalline material over a crystalline substrate, epitaxially growing a second crystalline material over the first crystalline material, and patterning and removing portions of the second crystalline material to form openings. The method further includes converting the first crystalline material into a non-crystalline material, depositing a thermally stable material in the openings, depositing a capping layer over the second crystalline material and the thermally stable material to form a substantially enclosed semiconductor structure, and annealing the substantially enclosed semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Kunal Mukherjee, John A. Ott, Devendra K. Sadana, Brent A. Wacaser
  • Patent number: 10460937
    Abstract: A method for reducing crystalline defects in a semiconductor structure is presented. The method includes epitaxially growing a first crystalline material over a crystalline substrate, epitaxially growing a second crystalline material over the first crystalline material, and patterning and removing portions of the second crystalline material to form openings. The method further includes converting the first crystalline material into a non-crystalline material, depositing a thermally stable material in the openings, depositing a capping layer over the second crystalline material and the thermally stable material to form a substantially enclosed semiconductor structure, and annealing the substantially enclosed semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Kunal Mukherjee, John A. Ott, Devendra K. Sadana, Brent A. Wacaser
  • Patent number: 10460948
    Abstract: A method comprises providing a sacrificial release layer on a base substrate; forming a device layer on the sacrificial release layer; depositing a metal stressor layer on the device layer; etching the sacrificial release layer; and using epitaxial lift off to release the device layer and the metal stressor layer from the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu
  • Patent number: 10453683
    Abstract: A method for reducing crystalline defects in a semiconductor structure is presented. The method includes epitaxially growing a first crystalline material over a crystalline substrate, epitaxially growing a second crystalline material over the first crystalline material, and patterning and removing portions of the second crystalline material to form openings. The method further includes converting the first crystalline material into a non-crystalline material, depositing a thermally stable material in the openings, depositing a capping layer over the second crystalline material and the thermally stable material to form a substantially enclosed semiconductor structure, and annealing the substantially enclosed semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Kunal Mukherjee, John A. Ott, Devendra K. Sadana, Brent A. Wacaser
  • Publication number: 20190312126
    Abstract: A lateral bipolar junction transistor including an emitter region, base region and collector region laterally orientated over a type IV semiconductor substrate, each of the emitter region, the base region and the collector region being composed of a type III-V semiconductor material. A buried oxide layer is present between the type IV semiconductor substrate and the emitter region, the base region and the collector region. The buried oxide layer having a pedestal aligned with the base region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kuen-Ting Shiu, Tak H. Ning, Jeng-Bang Yau, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Ko-Tao Lee
  • Patent number: 10439356
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate structure including a semiconductor material layer that is present directly on a buried dielectric layer in a first portion of the substrate structure and an isolation dielectric material that is present directly on the buried dielectric layer in a second portion of the substrate structure. The semiconductor device further includes a III-V optoelectronic device that is present in direct contact with the isolation dielectric material in a first region of the second portion of the substrate structure. A dielectric wave guide is present in direct contact with the isolation dielectric material in a second region of the second portion of the substrate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Ning Li, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu
  • Publication number: 20190259834
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for fabricating a semiconductor device with selective oxidation. One method may include providing a semiconductor substrate including a stack of two semiconductor layers; depositing an insulating material on the semiconductor substrate; forming a set of fins; selectively oxidizing one of the semiconductor layers; forming a dummy gate structure and a set of spacers along the sides of the dummy gate structure; forming a source drain region adjacent to the dummy gate structure; removing the dummy gate structure; and releasing the selectively oxidized semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Effendi Leobandung, Devendra K. Sadana