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).

  • Patent number: 12635187
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Boon Keat Toh, Chih-Hsin Chang, Szu Han Wu, Chi Ren
  • Patent number: 12615806
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Patent number: 12527036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20260006854
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Boon Keat Toh, Chih-Hsin Chang, Szu Han Wu, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20250380410
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Patent number: 12484218
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Chao-Sheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12414294
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20250194092
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Patent number: 12283557
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Yi Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 12249658
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Sung Huang, Chi Ren
  • Patent number: 12185532
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Zhiguo Li, Chi Ren, Qiuji Zhao, Boon Keat Toh
  • Publication number: 20240355936
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Boon Keat Toh, Chih-Hsin Chang, Szu Han Wu, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20240332383
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20240332384
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, CHI REN
  • Patent number: 12057481
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Zhiguo Li, Xiaojuan Gao, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20240260263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Chao-Sheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12040369
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Chi Ren
  • Publication number: 20240194797
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Sung Huang, CHI REN
  • Publication number: 20240128214
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Aaron Chen, Chi Ren, Yi Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 11951639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: WENZHOU MERS R&D LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Ren, Xiangrong Ren