Patents by Inventor Chi-Ming Yang

Chi-Ming Yang 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: 12650642
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, including combining a first precursor and a second precursor in a vapor state to form a photoresist material, and depositing the photoresist material over the substrate. A protective layer is formed over the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation through the protective layer to form a latent pattern in the photoresist layer. The protective layer is removed, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Weng, Chen-Yu Liu, Chih-Cheng Liu, Yi-Chen Kuo, Jia-Lin Wei, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12644780
    Abstract: A temperature detection system including a wafer, a plurality of sensing modules, and a probe is provided. The wafer has a plurality of dies. The sensing modules are adjacent to the dies, and each of the sensing modules includes a temperature sensor and a plurality of pads. The pads are electrically connected to the temperature sensor. The sensing modules transmit detection signals through the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: HERMES TESTING SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Chi-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 12610789
    Abstract: In a pattern formation method, a photoresist layer is formed over a substrate by combining a first precursor and a second precursor in a vapor state to form a photoresist material. The first precursor is an organometallic having a formula MaRbXc, where M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Sn, Bi, Sb, In, and Te, R is an alkyl group that is substituted by different EDG and/or EWG, X is a halide or sulfonate group, and 1?a?2, b?1, c?1, and b+c?4. The second precursor is water, an amine, a borane, and/or a phosphine. The photoresist material is deposited over the substrate, and selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Liu, Ming-Hui Weng, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12525502
    Abstract: A semiconductor packaging device includes a packaging module, a heat dissipation cover and a thermal interface material layer. The package module includes a substrate, and a working chip mounted on the substrate. The heat dissipation cover includes a metal cover fixed on the substrate and covering the working chip, an accommodating recess located on the metal cover to accommodate the working chip, and a plurality of protrusive columns respectively formed on the metal cover and distributed within the accommodating recess at intervals. The depth of the accommodating recess is greater than the height of each protrusive column, and the accommodating recess is greater than the working chip. The thermal interface material layer is non-solid, and located within the accommodating recess between the protrusive columns to wrap the protrusive columns and contact with the working chip, the metal cover and the protrusive columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Fan Yang, Yen-Chao Lin, Chi-Ming Yang
  • Publication number: 20250380355
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a main ground area, a multi-layer board structure, a wiring module and a plurality of dummy metal pads. The multilayer board structure is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion through a core layer therein. The main ground area is located in the lower portion. The wiring module includes a plurality of ground via portions electrically connected to the main ground area respectively, and a differential pair circuit having two signal via portions arranged among the ground via portions. These dummy metal pads are embedded in the lower portion at intervals, electrically isolated from the wiring module, spaced arranged between the differential pair circuit and the ground via portions, and between the signal via portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Sheng-Fan YANG, Jing-Hua CHENG, Po-Ning KO, Yao-Tsu CHEN, Chi-Ming YANG, Chi-Lou YEH, Ming-Ya CHAN
  • Patent number: 12494285
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a physiological information monitoring system. The physiological information monitoring system may include a server, a monitoring device and at least one gateway. The server may store and analyze physiological information of a user. The monitoring device may measure the physiological information and broadcast a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packet comprising the physiological information. The gateway may detect the BLE advertising packet and transmit the detected BLE advertising packet to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Ching Yu, Chi-Ming Yang, Jui-Wei Chiang
  • Patent number: 12487523
    Abstract: Metal-comprising resist layers (for example, metal oxide resist layers), methods for forming the metal-comprising resist layers, and lithography methods that implement the metal-comprising resist layers are disclosed herein that can improve lithography resolution. An exemplary method includes forming a metal oxide resist layer over a workpiece by performing deposition processes to form metal oxide resist sublayers of the metal oxide resist layer over the workpiece and performing a densification process on at least one of the metal oxide resist sublayers. Each deposition process forms a respective one of the metal oxide resist sublayers. The densification process increases a density of the at least one of the metal oxide resist sublayers. Parameters of the deposition processes and/or parameters of the densification process can be tuned to achieve different density profiles, different density characteristics, and/or different absorption characteristics to optimize patterning of the metal oxide resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Kuo, Chih-Cheng Liu, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee
  • Publication number: 20250341775
    Abstract: An organometallic precursor for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is provided. An organometallic precursor includes a chemical formula of MaXbLc, where M is a metal, X is a multidentate aromatic ligand that includes a pyrrole-like nitrogen and a pyridine-like nitrogen, L is an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) cleavable ligand, a is between 1 and 2, b is equal to or greater than 1, and c is equal to or greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Liu, Yi-Chen Kuo, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee
  • Patent number: 12463034
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern in a photoresist layer includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, and reducing moisture or oxygen absorption characteristics of the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Kuo, Chih-Cheng Liu, Ming-Hui Weng, Jia-Lin Wei, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20250291257
    Abstract: A lithography method to pattern a first semiconductor wafer is disclosed. An optical mask is positioned over the first semiconductor wafer. A first region of the first semiconductor wafer is patterned by directing light from a light source through transparent regions of the optical mask. A second region of the first semiconductor wafer is patterned by directing energy from an energy source to the second region, wherein the patterning of the second region comprises direct-beam writing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Tsiao-Chen WU, Chi-Ming YANG, Hsu-Shui LIU
  • Patent number: 12400915
    Abstract: A method includes placing a wafer on a rotation mechanism of a metrology device; illuminating, by using a light source of the metrology device, the wafer by an X-ray; rotating, by using the rotation mechanism, the wafer while illuminating the wafer by the X-ray; detecting, by using an image sensor of the metrology device, a transmission portion of the X-ray passing through the wafer while rotating the wafer; and obtaining, by using a processor of the metrology device, a top width and a bottom width of a structure over the wafer based on the transmission portion of the X-ray with different rotating angles of the rotation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Horng Lin, Chi-Ming Yang
  • Publication number: 20250244649
    Abstract: A projection device includes a shell, an illumination system, an electrical connecting element, a light valve system, and a projection lens. The illumination system is disposed in the shell and provides an illumination beam. The light valve system includes a dustproof module and a light valve module. The dustproof module includes a frame and two transparent plates. An accommodation space is formed by the frame and the two transparent plates. The light valve module includes a light valve and an electrical connecting part. The light valve and the two transparent plates are located on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and the light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam. One end of the electrical connecting part located in the accommodation space is electrically connected to the light valve, and the other end located outside the accommodation space is detachably electrically connected to the electrical connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: YI-EN HSU, CHING-CHUAN WEI, CHI-MING YANG, JUI-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250246430
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing semiconductor device includes forming a multilayer photoresist structure including a metal-containing photoresist over a substrate. The multilayer photoresist structure includes two or more metal-containing photoresist layers having different physical parameters. The metal-containing photoresist is a reaction product of a first precursor and a second precursor, and each layer of the multilayer photoresist structure is formed using different photoresist layer formation parameters. The different photoresist layer formation parameters are one or more selected from the group consisting of the first precursor, an amount of the first precursor, the second precursor, an amount of the second precursor, a length of time each photoresist layer formation operation, and heating conditions of the photoresist layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Lin WEI, Ming-Hui WENG, Chih-Cheng LIU, Yi-Chen KUO, Yen-Yu CHEN, Yahru CHENG, Jr-Hung LI, Ching-Yu CHANG, Tze-Liang LEE, Chi-Ming YANG
  • Patent number: 12321100
    Abstract: A lithography method to pattern a first semiconductor wafer is disclosed. An optical mask is positioned over the first semiconductor wafer. A first region of the first semiconductor wafer is patterned by directing light from a light source through transparent regions of the optical mask. A second region of the first semiconductor wafer is patterned by directing energy from an energy source to the second region, wherein the patterning of the second region comprises direct-beam writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsiao-Chen Wu, Chi-Ming Yang, Hsu-Shui Liu
  • Patent number: 12317576
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including dispensing a dehydrating chemical over a fin of a substrate, wherein the dehydrating chemical includes a first chemical, and a second chemical having a melting point greater than the melting point of the first chemical, and solidifying the dehydrating chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chieh Lee, Chi-Ming Yang, Chyi Shyuan Chern
  • Publication number: 20250147417
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate. A first precursor and a second precursor are combined. The first precursor is an organometallic having a formula: MaRbXc, where M is one or more of Sn, Bi, Sb, In, and Te, R is one or more of a C7-C11 aralkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C2-C10 alkoxy group, and a C2-C10 alkylamino group, X is one or more of a halogen, a sulfonate group, and an alkylamino group, and 1?a?2, b?1, c?1, and b+c?4, and the second precursor is one or more of water, an amine, a borane, and a phosphine. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern. The latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng LIU, Ming-Hui WENG, Jr-Hung LI, Yahru CHENG, Chi-Ming YANG, Tze-Liang LEE, Ching-Yu CHANG
  • Publication number: 20250118569
    Abstract: A method includes following steps. A target layer is formed over a substrate. A first hard mask layer is formed over the target layer by a plasma generated using a first radio frequency generator and a second radio frequency generator. The first radio frequency generator and the second radio frequency generator have different powers. A second hard mask layer is formed over the first hard mask layer by a plasma generated using the first radio frequency generator without using the second radio frequency generator. A photoresist layer is formed over the second hard mask layer. The photoresist layer is exposed. The photoresist layer is developed. The first hard mask layer and the second hard mask layer are patterned using the photoresist layer as an etch mask. The target layer is patterned using the first hard mask layer and the second hard mask layer as an etch mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng LIU, Wei-Zhong CHEN, Chi-Ming YANG, Jr-Hung LI, Yung-Cheng LU
  • Patent number: 12272554
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing semiconductor device includes forming a multilayer photoresist structure including a metal-containing photoresist over a substrate. The multilayer photoresist structure includes two or more metal-containing photoresist layers having different physical parameters. The metal-containing photoresist is a reaction product of a first precursor and a second precursor, and each layer of the multilayer photoresist structure is formed using different photoresist layer formation parameters. The different photoresist layer formation parameters are one or more selected from the group consisting of the first precursor, an amount of the first precursor, the second precursor, an amount of the second precursor, a length of time each photoresist layer formation operation, and heating conditions of the photoresist layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jia-Lin Wei, Ming-Hui Weng, Chih-Cheng Liu, Yi-Chen Kuo, Yen-Yu Chen, Yahru Cheng, Jr-Hung Li, Ching-Yu Chang, Tze-Liang Lee, Chi-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 12271113
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing semiconductor device includes forming photoresist layer over substrate. Forming photoresist layer includes combining first precursor and second precursor in vapor state to form photoresist material, wherein first precursor is organometallic having formula: MaRbXc, where M at least one of Sn, Bi, Sb, In, Te, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Co, Mo, W, Al, Ga, Si, Ge, P, As, Y, La, Ce, Lu; R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, carboxylate group; X is halide or sulfonate group; and 1?a?2, b?1, c?1, and b+c?5. Second precursor is at least one of an amine, a borane, a phosphine. Forming photoresist layer includes depositing photoresist material over the substrate. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying developer to selectively exposed photoresist layer to form pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Liu, Yi-Chen Kuo, Jia-Lin Wei, Ming-Hui Weng, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12222643
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate. A first precursor and a second precursor are combined. The first precursor is an organometallic having a formula: MaRbXc, where M is one or more of Sn, Bi, Sb, In, and Te, R is one or more of a C7-C11 aralkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C2-C10 alkoxy group, and a C2-C10 alkylamino group, X is one or more of a halogen, a sulfonate group, and an alkylamino group, and 1?a?2, b?1, c?1, and b+c?4, and the second precursor is one or more of water, an amine, a borane, and a phosphine. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern. The latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Liu, Ming-Hui Weng, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang