Patents by Inventor Chi Ren
Chi Ren 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).
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Patent number: 12635187Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first memory region. The first memory region includes a first dielectric layer, a first floating gate, a first inter-gate dielectric layer, a control gate and a first contact. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The first floating gate is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first inter-gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first floating layer. The control gate is disposed on the first inter-gate dielectric layer. The first contact penetrates through the first control gate and the first inter-gate dielectric layer and is landed on the first floating gate.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Boon Keat Toh, Chih-Hsin Chang, Szu Han Wu, Chi Ren
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Patent number: 12615806Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. A substrate is provided. A pair of floating gates are formed on the substrate. A recessed region is formed in the substrate between the floating gates, wherein an upper surface of the recessed region has a concave profile lower than a surface of the substrate and with a radius between 40 nm and 60 nm in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the floating gates. A source line doped region is formed in the recessed region. An erase gate is formed between the floating gates and on the recessed region, and a word line is formed on the substrate and adjacent to a side of each of the floating gates opposite to the erase gate. A bit line doped region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the word line.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2024Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Patent number: 12527036Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, an active region defined in the substrate by a trench isolation structure, a pair of floating gates on the substrate and at two sides of a fish-bone shaped recessed region of the active region, a source line doped region in the fish-bone shaped recessed region of the active region, wherein a bottom surface of the source line doped region extends above a bottom surface of the trench isolation structure, an erase gate disposed between the floating gates and on the source line doped region, a word line disposed on the substrate and adjacent to a side of each of the floating gates opposite to the erase gate, and a bit line doped region in the substrate and adjacent to the word line.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2024Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20260006854Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first memory region. The first memory region includes a first dielectric layer, a first floating gate, a first inter-gate dielectric layer, a control gate and a first contact. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The first floating gate is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first inter-gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first floating layer. The control gate is disposed on the first inter-gate dielectric layer. The first contact penetrates through the first control gate and the first inter-gate dielectric layer and is landed on the first floating gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2025Publication date: January 1, 2026Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Boon Keat Toh, Chih-Hsin Chang, Szu Han Wu, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20250380410Abstract: A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, isolation structures, an erase gate, and floating gates. The isolation structures are disposed in the semiconductor substrate. Active regions separated from one another are defined in the semiconductor substrate by the isolation structures, and each of the active regions is elongated in a first direction. One of the isolation structures includes a recess. The erase gate is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and elongated in a second direction. The erase gate is disposed on the active regions and the isolation structures, and the erase gate is partly disposed in the recess. The floating gates are disposed on the active regions. The floating gates are arranged in the second direction and separated from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2025Publication date: December 11, 2025Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Patent number: 12484218Abstract: An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell includes a first gate, a second gate and an erasing gate. The first gate and the second gate are disposed on a substrate, wherein the first gate includes a first floating gate and a first control gate stacked from bottom to top, and the second gate includes a second floating gate and a second control gate stacked from bottom to top. The erasing gate is sandwiched by the first gate and the second gate, wherein a side part of the first floating gate and a side part of the second floating gate right below the erasing gate both have multiple tips. The present invention also provides a method of forming the electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2024Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Chao-Sheng Hsieh
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Patent number: 12414294Abstract: A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, isolation structures, an erase gate, and floating gates. The isolation structures are disposed in the semiconductor substrate. Active regions separated from one another are defined in the semiconductor substrate by the isolation structures, and each of the active regions is elongated in a first direction. The erase gate is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and elongated in a second direction. The erase gate is disposed on the active regions and the isolation structures, and the erase gate is partly disposed in a recess within each of the isolation structures. The floating gates are disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The floating gates are arranged in the second direction and separated from one another, and each of the floating gates is partly disposed under the erase gate in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20250194092Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first memory gate, a second memory gate, a select gate and an inner spacer. The first memory gate is disposed on a substrate. The second memory gate is disposed on the substrate. The select gate is disposed on the substrate and between the first memory gate and the second memory gate. The inner spacer is disposed on a side surface of the select gate, in which each of the first memory gate and the second memory gate includes a capping layer disposed at a top end thereof, each of the capping layers has a curved side surface facing the select gate, and a top end of the inner spacer is adjacent to a bottom end of each of the capping layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Patent number: 12283557Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes an aluminum pad layer on a dielectric stack, a passivation layer covering the aluminum pad layer, and an aluminum shield layer including aluminum routing patterns disposed directly above an embedded memory area and embedded in the dielectric stack. The aluminum shield layer is electrically connected to the uppermost copper layer through a plurality of tungsten vias. The plurality of tungsten vias is embedded in the dielectric stack.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Yi Hsin Liu
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Patent number: 12249658Abstract: A control gate is formed on the substrate. A source diffusion region is formed in the substrate and on a first side of the control gate. A select gate is formed on the source diffusion region. The select gate has a recessed top surface. A charge storage structure is formed under the control gate. A first spacer is formed between the select gate and the control gate and between the charge storage structure and the select gate. A wordline gate is formed on a second side of the control gate opposite to the select gate. A second spacer is formed between the wordline gate and the control gate. A drain diffusion region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the wordline gate.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chun-Sung Huang, Chi Ren
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Patent number: 12185532Abstract: A structure of memory device includes an active region in a substrate, a dielectric layer on the active region, and a floating gate disposed on the dielectric layer. The active region extends along a first direction in a top-view. The floating gate includes a first protruding structure extending along the first direction from a sidewall of the floating gate protruding from a top surface of the substrate. The whole of the first protruding structure is located in the active region.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Liang Yi, Zhiguo Li, Chi Ren, Qiuji Zhao, Boon Keat Toh
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Publication number: 20240355936Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first memory region. The first memory region includes a first dielectric layer, a first floating gate, a first inter-gate dielectric layer, a control gate and a first contact. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The first floating gate is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first inter-gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first floating layer. The control gate is disposed on the first inter-gate dielectric layer. The first contact penetrates through the first control gate and the first inter-gate dielectric layer and is landed on the first floating gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Boon Keat Toh, Chih-Hsin Chang, Szu Han Wu, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20240332383Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. A substrate is provided. A pair of floating gates are formed on the substrate. A recessed region is formed in the substrate between the floating gates, wherein an upper surface of the recessed region has a concave profile lower than a surface of the substrate and with a radius between 40 nm and 60 nm in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the floating gates. A source line doped region is formed in the recessed region. An erase gate is formed between the floating gates and on the recessed region, and a word line is formed on the substrate and adjacent to a side of each of the floating gates opposite to the erase gate. A bit line doped region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the word line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20240332384Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, an active region defined in the substrate by a trench isolation structure, a pair of floating gates on the substrate and at two sides of a fish-bone shaped recessed region of the active region, a source line doped region in the fish-bone shaped recessed region of the active region, wherein a bottom surface of the source line doped region extends above a bottom surface of the trench isolation structure, an erase gate disposed between the floating gates and on the source line doped region, a word line disposed on the substrate and adjacent to a side of each of the floating gates opposite to the erase gate, and a bit line doped region in the substrate and adjacent to the word line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, CHI REN
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Patent number: 12057481Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. A substrate is provided. A source diffusion region is formed in the substrate. Two floating gates are on opposite sides of the source diffusion region. A first dielectric cap layer is formed directly on each of the floating gates. An erase gate is formed on the source diffusion region. The erase gate partially overlaps an upper inner corner of each of the floating gates. A second dielectric cap layer is formed on the erase gate and the first dielectric cap layer. A select gate is formed on a sidewall of the first dielectric cap layer in a self-aligned manner. A drain diffusion region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the select gate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Zhiguo Li, Xiaojuan Gao, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20240260263Abstract: An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell includes a first gate, a second gate and an erasing gate. The first gate and the second gate are disposed on a substrate, wherein the first gate includes a first floating gate and a first control gate stacked from bottom to top, and the second gate includes a second floating gate and a second control gate stacked from bottom to top. The erasing gate is sandwiched by the first gate and the second gate, wherein a side part of the first floating gate and a side part of the second floating gate right below the erasing gate both have multiple tips. The present invention also provides a method of forming the electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Chao-Sheng Hsieh
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Patent number: 12040369Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a pair of floating gates disposed on the substrate, a source line doped region in the substrate between the floating gates, an erase gate disposed between the floating gates and on the source line doped region, a word line disposed on the substrate and adjacent to a side of each of the floating gates opposite to the erase gate, and a bit line doped region in the substrate and adjacent to the word line. An upper surface of the source line doped region has a concave profile lower than a surface of the substrate and with a radius between 40 nm and 60 nm in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the floating gates.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
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Publication number: 20240194797Abstract: Abstract of Disclosure A control gate is formed on the substrate. A source diffusion region is formed in the substrate and on a first side of the control gate. A select gate is formed on the source diffusion region. The select gate has a recessed top surface. A charge storage structure is formed under the control gate. A first spacer is formed between the select gate and the control gate and between the charge storage structure and the select gate. A wordline gate is formed on a second side of the control gate opposite to the select gate. A second spacer is formed between the wordline gate and the control gate. A drain diffusion region is formed in the substrate and adjacent to the wordline gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chun-Sung Huang, CHI REN
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Publication number: 20240128214Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes an aluminum pad layer on a dielectric stack, a passivation layer covering the aluminum pad layer, and an aluminum shield layer including aluminum routing patterns disposed directly above an embedded memory area and embedded in the dielectric stack. The aluminum shield layer is electrically connected to the uppermost copper layer through a plurality of tungsten vias. The plurality of tungsten vias is embedded in the dielectric stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Yi Hsin Liu
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Patent number: 11951639Abstract: An interconnecting member (10) for a razor comprises a housing (11), a pivoting support arm (12) and a resilient engaging arm (13). The housing (11) internally has a receiving cavity (111), the receiving cavity (111) penetrates through an upper end face (112) and a lower end face (113) of the housing (11); a free end (131) of the resilient engaging arm (13) is bent towards the rear of the housing (11) and is located in the receiving cavity (111), and the free end (131) of the resilient engaging arm (13) has an upper surface (1311), a lower surface (1312) and an inclined surface (1313).Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: WENZHOU MERS R&D LTD.Inventors: Chi Ren, Xiangrong Ren