Patents by Inventor Chien-Chiang Chen

Chien-Chiang Chen 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: 12261203
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate including a base and a fin structure over the base. The fin structure includes a nanostructure. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the base and wrapped around the nanostructure. The gate stack has an upper portion and a sidewall portion, the upper portion is over the nanostructure, and the sidewall portion is over a first sidewall of the nanostructure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first inner spacer and a second inner spacer over opposite sides of the sidewall portion. A sum of a first width of the first inner spacer and a second width of the second inner spacer is greater than a third width of the sidewall portion as measured along a longitudinal axis of the fin structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Lin, Yun-Ju Pan, Szu-Chi Yang, Jhih-Yang Yan, Shih-Hao Lin, Chung-Shu Wu, Te-An Yu, Shih-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: 12255104
    Abstract: A dummy gate electrode and a dummy gate dielectric are removed to form a recess between adjacent gate spacers. A gate dielectric is deposited in the recess, and a barrier layer is deposited over the gate dielectric. A first work function layer is deposited over the barrier layer. A first anti-reaction layer is formed over the first work function layer, the first anti-reaction layer reducing oxidation of the first work function layer. A fill material is deposited over the first anti-reaction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Ching Lee, Hsin-Han Tsai, Shih-Hang Chiu, Tsung-Ta Tang, Chung-Chiang Wu, Hung-Chin Chung, Hsien-Ming Lee, Da-Yuan Lee, Jian-Hao Chen, Chien-Hao Chen, Kuo-Feng Yu, Chia-Wei Chen, Chih-Yu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20250081529
    Abstract: Embodiments with present disclosure provides a gate-all-around FET device including extended bottom inner spacers. The extended bottom inner prevents the subsequently formed epitaxial source/drain region from volume loss and induces compressive strain in the channel region to prevent strain loss and channel resistance degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Chien-Chia CHENG, Chih-Chiang CHANG, Ming-Hua YU, Chii-Horng LI, Chung-Ting KO, Sung-En LIN, Chih-Shan CHEN, De-Fang CHEN
  • Patent number: 12223654
    Abstract: According to examples, a system for implementing image modification functions via use of variable scanning orders is described. The system may include a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor, when executing the instructions, may cause the system to partition an image into a plurality of image blocks, identify one or more image blocks of the plurality of image blocks associated with a region of interest (ROI), and scan the one or more image blocks in an image modification order. The processor, when executing the instructions, may then arrange the one or more image blocks according to the image modification order to form a modified image including the region of interest (ROI) and crop the region of interest (ROI) in the modified image to form a new image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Chien Cheng Liu, Cheng-Chiang Chen, Yunqing Chen
  • Publication number: 20230356140
    Abstract: Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. In particular, the method and system involves swing adsorption processes and systems designed to lessen the temperature, pressure and product stream composition fluctuations in the adsorption step of a swing adsorption process, particularly involving preparation of the adsorption bed unit using feed stream cooling in conjunction with splitting the cooled feed stream to the adsorption bed units during adsorption steps while staggering the timing of back-to-back adsorption steps in the swing adsorption process. The process may be utilized for swing adsorption processes, such as rapid cycle TSA and/or rapid cycle PSA, which are utilized to remove one or more contaminants from a gaseous feed stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Renaldo VELLA, Bennett D. MARSHALL, Chien-Chiang CHEN
  • Patent number: 9457295
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separating mine tailings from water-absorbing polymers and regenerating the separated water-absorbing polymers. The systems and methods include a separation assembly that is configured to receive an augmented mine tailings slurry that includes mine tailings, water, and a swollen water-absorbing polymer. The separation assembly separates the swollen water-absorbing polymer from the augmented mine tailings slurry to produce a dewatered mine tailings slurry. The systems and methods further include a water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit that is configured to receive the swollen water-absorbing polymer. The water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit at least partially releases water from the swollen water-absorbing polymer to produce a regenerated water-absorbing polymer, and as a separate output or product, the released water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Wei Ren, Paul L. Tanaka, Aaron Ortiz Gomez, Babak A. Jajuee, Chien-Chiang Chen, Robert D. Kaminsky
  • Publication number: 20160115391
    Abstract: The disclosure includes techniques for recovering hydrocarbons from a bituminous feed in a non-aqueous extraction process, comprising a vessel that comprises a feed inlet on a proximate end of the vessel, a feed outlet on a distal end of the vessel, a bitumen outlet, and a plurality of hoppers, wherein each hopper comprises a tailing outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew P. Steinhauser, Edward J. Grave, Paul D. Oldenburg, Chien-Chiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140305873
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separating mine tailings from water-absorbing polymers and regenerating the separated water-absorbing polymers. The systems and methods include a separation assembly that is configured to receive an augmented mine tailings slurry that includes mine tailings, water, and a swollen water-absorbing polymer. The separation assembly separates the swollen water-absorbing polymer from the augmented mine tailings slurry to produce a dewatered mine tailings slurry. The systems and methods further include a water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit that is configured to receive the swollen water-absorbing polymer. The water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit at least partially releases water from the swollen water-absorbing polymer to produce a regenerated water-absorbing polymer, and as a separate output or product, the released water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Wei Ren, Paul L. Tanaka, Aaron Ortiz Gomez, Babak A. Jajuee, Chien-Chiang Chen, Robert D. Kaminsky