Patents by Inventor CHENG-YUAN LI

CHENG-YUAN LI 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: 20190096830
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. A first semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer formed over a first substrate; a first etching stop layer formed over the first conductive layer, and the first etching stop layer is in direct contact with the first conductive layer. A first bonding layer is formed over the first etching stop layer, and a first bonding via is formed through the first bonding layer and the first etching stop layer. The semiconductor structure includes a second semiconductor device. The second semiconductor device includes a second bonding layer formed over the second etching stop layer and a second bonding via formed through the second bonding layer and a second etching stop layer. A bonding structure between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the bonding structure includes the first bonding via bonded to the second bonding via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Yu WEI, Cheng-Yuan LI, Yen-Liang LIN, Kuo-Cheng LEE, Hsun-Ying HUANG, Hsin-Chi CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190067356
    Abstract: An image sensor device is provided. The image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first light-sensing region and a second light-sensing region adjacent to the first light-sensing region. The image sensor device includes an isolation structure in the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the first light-sensing region and the second light-sensing region. The image sensor device includes a reflective grid over the isolation structure and surrounding the first light-sensing region and the second light-sensing region. The image sensor device includes a first color filter over the first light-sensing region and extending into a first trench of the reflective grid. The image sensor device includes a second color filter over the second light-sensing region and extending into the first trench to be in direct contact with the first color filter in the first trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun-Huei LIN, Yin-Chieh HUANG, Yun-Wei CHENG, Yi-Hsing CHU, Cheng-Yuan LI, Chun-Hao CHOU
  • Patent number: 9559135
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip comprising a first metallic structure and a second semiconductor chip comprising a second metallic structure. The second semiconductor chip is bonded with the first semiconductor chip by a first conductive plug. A second conductive plug extends from the first metallic structure and into a substrate of the first semiconductor chip. The first conductive plug connects the first metallic structure and the second metallic structure, wherein a conductive liner is along a sidewall of the first conductive plug or the second conductive plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yuan Li, Kun-Huei Lin, Chun-Hao Chou, Kuo-Cheng Lee, Yung-Lung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20160056196
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip comprising a first metallic structure and a second semiconductor chip comprising a second metallic structure. The second semiconductor chip is bonded with the first semiconductor chip by a first conductive plug. A second conductive plug extends from the first metallic structure and into a substrate of the first semiconductor chip. The first conductive plug connects the first metallic structure and the second metallic structure, wherein a conductive liner is along a sidewall of the first conductive plug or the second conductive plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: CHENG-YUAN LI, KUN-HUEI LIN, CHUN-HAO CHOU, KUO-CHENG LEE, YUNG-LUNG HSU