Patents by Inventor Chien-Chung Hung

Chien-Chung Hung 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: 20190081136
    Abstract: A semiconductor power device includes an n-type drift layer, a plurality of first p-doped regions, a plurality of n-doped regions, a plurality of second p-doped regions, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, an interlayer dielectric layer and a plurality of source contacts. Each first p-doped region includes a first p-doped portion and a plurality of first p-doped arms extending outwards from the first p-doped portion. Each n-doped region includes an n-doped portion and a plurality of n-doped arms extending outwards from the n-doped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 10020368
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer on a surface of the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode layer on the dielectric layer, a first doped region, a second doped region, a shallow doped region and a third doped region. The semiconductor layer is of a first conductivity type. The first doped region is of a second conductivity type and includes an upper doping boundary spaced from the surface by a first depth. The shallow doped region is of the second conductivity type, and extends from the surface to a shallow doped depth. The second doped region is adjacent to the shallow doped region and is at least partially in the first doped region. The third doped region is of the second conductivity type and at least partially overlaps the first doped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HESTIA POWER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Hsiang-Ting Hung, Yao-Feng Huang, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 9761703
    Abstract: A wide bandgap semiconductor device with an adjustable voltage level includes a wide bandgap semiconductor power unit and a level adjusting unit. The wide bandgap semiconductor power unit includes a source terminal, to which the level adjusting unit is electrically connected. The level adjusting unit provides a level shift voltage via the source terminal to adjust a driving voltage level of the wide bandgap semiconductor power unit. By adjusting the driving voltage level of the wide bandgap semiconductor power unit using the level adjusting unit, the wide bandgap semiconductor device may serve as a high-voltage enhancement-mode transistor to achieve reduced costs and an increased switching speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: HESTIA POWER INC.
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Hsu, Chien-Chung Hung, Yao-Feng Huang, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Publication number: 20170250275
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a silicon carbide semiconductor device which employs a silicon carbide substrate to form an integrated device. The integrated device of the present invention comprises a metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and an integrated junction barrier Schottky (JBS) diode in an anti-parallel connection with the MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Publication number: 20170207305
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer on a surface of the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode layer on the dielectric layer, a first doped region, a second doped region, a shallow doped region and a third doped region. The semiconductor layer is of a first conductivity type. The first doped region is of a second conductivity type and includes an upper doping boundary spaced from the surface by a first depth. The shallow doped region is of the second conductivity type, and extends from the surface to a shallow doped depth. The second doped region is adjacent to the shallow doped region and is at least partially in the first doped region. The third doped region is of the second conductivity type and at least partially overlaps the first doped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Hsiang-Ting Hung, Yao-Feng Huang, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 9685552
    Abstract: A silicon carbide field effect transistor includes a silicon carbide substrate, an n-type drift layer, a p-type epitaxy layer, a source region, a trench gate, at least one p-type doped region, a source, a dielectric layer and a drain. The p-type doped region is disposed at the n-type drift layer to be adjacent to one lateral side of the trench gate, and includes a first doped block and a plurality of second doped blocks arranged at an interval from the first doped block towards the silicon carbide substrate. Further, a thickness of the second doped blocks does not exceed 2 um. Accordingly, not only the issue of limitations posed by the energy of ion implantation is solved, but also an electric field at a bottom and a corner of the trench gate is effectively reduced, thereby enhancing the reliability of the silicon carbide field effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Hestia Power Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Hung, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Hsiang-Ting Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 9373713
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof is made by providing a channel control zone which has impurity concentration distribution increased gradually from a first doping boundary to reach a maximum value between the first doping boundary and a second doping boundary, then decreased gradually toward the second doping boundary, so that the silicon carbide semiconductor device is formed with a lower conduction resistance and increased drain current without sacrificing threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: HESTIA POWER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Yao-Feng Huang, Hsiang-Ting Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 9368650
    Abstract: A SiC junction barrier controlled Schottky rectifier includes a SiC substrate, a n-type drift layer, a p-type doping region, a plurality of junction field-effect regions, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The drift layer is disposed on the SiC substrate. The junction field-effect regions are disposed in the drift layer and are surrounded by the p-type doping region. The first metal layer is disposed on the drift layer. The second metal layer is disposed at one side of the SiC substrate away from the drift layer. Through N circular regions and (N?1) inter-circle regions each connecting two of the circular regions, as well as geometric characteristics of the circular regions and the inter-circle regions, a leakage current of devices is effectively reduced and ruggedness is increased to improve an issue of a large leakage current of a conventional Schottky barrier diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HESTIA POWER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee, Lurng-Shehng Lee
  • Publication number: 20160141412
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof is made by providing a channel control zone which has impurity concentration distribution increased gradually from a first doping boundary to reach a maximum value between the first doping boundary and a second doping boundary, then decreased gradually toward the second doping boundary, so that the silicon carbide semiconductor device is formed with a lower conduction resistance and increased drain current without sacrificing threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng YEN, Chien-Chung HUNG, Yao-Feng HUANG, Hsiang-Ting HUNG, Chwan-Ying LEE
  • Publication number: 20160126346
    Abstract: A silicon carbide field effect transistor includes a silicon carbide substrate, an n-type drift layer, a p-type epitaxy layer, a source region, a trench gate, at least one p-type doped region, a source, a dielectric layer and a drain. The p-type doped region is disposed at the n-type drift layer to be adjacent to one lateral side of the trench gate, and includes a first doped block and a plurality of second doped blocks arranged at an interval from the first doped block towards the silicon carbide substrate. Further, a thickness of the second doped blocks does not exceed 2 um. Accordingly, not only the issue of limitations posed by the energy of ion implantation is solved, but also an electric field at a bottom and a corner of the trench gate is effectively reduced, thereby enhancing the reliability of the silicon carbide field effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Hung, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Hsiang-Ting Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Publication number: 20160111533
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device having a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and integrated with an anti-parallelly connected Schottky diode includes: an n-type substrate, an n-type drift layer, a plurality of doped regions, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, an inter-layer dielectric layer, a plurality of source openings, a plurality of junction openings, a plurality of gate openings, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer at the junction openings forms the Schottky diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng YEN, Chien-Chung HUNG, Chwan-Ying LEE, Lurng-Shehng LEE
  • Patent number: 9246016
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device having a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and integrated with an anti-parallelly connected Schottky diode includes: a substrate, an n-drift layer, a plurality of doped regions, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, an inter-layer dielectric layer, a plurality of source openings, a plurality of junction openings, a plurality of gate openings, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer at the junction openings forms the Schottky diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HESTIA POWER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee, Lurng-Shehng Lee
  • Publication number: 20160005883
    Abstract: A silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device having a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and integrated with an anti-parallelly connected Schottky diode includes: a substrate, an n-drift layer, a plurality of doped regions, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, an inter-layer dielectric layer, a plurality of source openings, a plurality of junction openings, a plurality of gate openings, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer at the junction openings forms the Schottky diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee, Lurng-Shehng Lee
  • Patent number: 9209293
    Abstract: Provided is an integrated device having a MOSFET cell array embedded with a junction barrier Schottky (JBS) diode. The integrated device comprises a plurality of areas, each of which includes a plurality of MOS transistor cells and at least one JBS diode. Any two adjacent MOS transistor cells are separated by a separating line. A first MOS transistor cell and a second MOS transistor cell are adjacent in a first direction and separated by a first separating line, and the first transistor cell and a third MOS transistor cell are adjacent in a second direction and separated by a second separating line. The JBS diode is disposed at an intersection region between the first separating line and the second separating line. The JBS diode is connected in anti-parallel to the first, second and third MOS transistor cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Hung, Young-Shying Chen, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Publication number: 20150287818
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprising a substrate, a drift layer, at least a doping region, an epitaxial channel, a gate oxide layer, a gate metal and an isolation layer is provided. The drift layer is disposed on the substrate. The doping region comprises a p-well region, an n+ region and a p+ region, wherein the n+ region and a portion of p+ region are disposed in the p-well region which is adjacent to the n+ region. The epitaxial channel is disposed over the drift layer and covers at least a portion of the n+ region. The epitaxial channel is composed of at least two epitaxial layers whose conduction types or doping concentrations are not identical. The gate oxide layer is disposed on the epitaxial channel. The gate metal is disposed on the gate oxide layer. The isolation layer is disposed on the gate metal and the gate oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicants: ACREO SWEDISH ICT AB, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng YEN, Mietek BAKOWSKI, Chien-Chung HUNG, Sergey RESHANOV, Adolf SCHONER, Chwan-Ying LEE
  • Patent number: 9018640
    Abstract: A silicon carbide power device equipped with termination structure comprises a silicon carbide substrate, a power element structure and a termination structure. The silicon carbide substrate contains a drift layer which has a first conductivity and includes an active zone and a termination zone. The power element structure is located in the active zone. The termination structure is located in the termination zone and has a second conductivity, and includes at least one first doped ring abutting and surrounding the power element structure and at least one second doped ring surrounding the first doped ring. The first doped ring has a first doping concentration smaller than that of the second doped ring and a first doping depth greater than that of the second doped ring, thereby can increase the breakdown voltage of the silicon carbide power device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Hestia Power Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Hung, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Lurng-Shehng Lee, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Publication number: 20150102362
    Abstract: A silicon carbide power device equipped with termination structure comprises a silicon carbide substrate, a power element structure and a termination structure. The silicon carbide substrate contains a drift layer which has a first conductivity and includes an active zone and a termination zone. The power element structure is located in the active zone. The termination structure is located in the termination zone and has a second conductivity, and includes at least one first doped ring abutting and surrounding the power element structure and at least one second doped ring surrounding the first doped ring. The first doped ring has a first doping concentration smaller than that of the second doped ring and a first doping depth greater than that of the second doped ring, thereby can increase the breakdown voltage of the silicon carbide power device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Hestia Power Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Hung, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Lurng-Shehng Lee, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 8878327
    Abstract: A Schottky barrier device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first contact metal layer, a second contact metal layer and an insulating layer. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface, and plural trenches are formed on the first surface. Each trench includes a first recess having a first depth and a second recess having a second depth. The second recess extends down from the first surface while the first recess extends down from the second recess. The first contact metal layer is formed on the second recess. The second contact metal layer is formed on the first surface between two adjacent trenches. The insulating layer is formed on the first recess. A first Schottky barrier formed between the first contact metal layer and the semiconductor substrate is larger than a second Schottky barrier formed between the second contact metal layer and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Young-Shying Chen, Chien-Chung Hung, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 8841721
    Abstract: A step trench metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor comprises a drift layer, a first semiconductor region, a stepped gate and a floating region. The drift layer is of a first conductivity type. The first semiconductor region is of a second conductivity type and located on the drift layer, wherein the drift layer and the first semiconductor region have a stepped gate trench therein. The stepped gate trench at least comprises a first recess located in the first semiconductor region and extending into the drift layer and a second recess located below a bottom of the first recess, wherein a width of the second recess is smaller than a width of the first recess. A floating region is of the second conductivity type and located in the drift layer below the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chien-Chung Hung, Young-Shying Chen, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 8835935
    Abstract: A trench metal oxide semiconductor transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof are described. The trench metal oxide semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate of a first conductivity type, a drift region of the first conductivity type, a deep trench doped region of a second conductivity type, an epitaxial region of the second conductivity type, a trench gate, a gate insulating layer, a source region, a drain electrode and a source electrode. The drift region has at least one deep trench therein, and the deep trench doped region is disposed in the deep trench. The trench gate passes through the epitaxial region, and a distance between a bottom of the trench gate and a bottom of the deep trench doped region is 0.5˜3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Hung, Young-Shying Chen, Cheng-Tyng Yen, Chwan-Ying Lee