Patents by Inventor Chih-Wen Hsiung

Chih-Wen Hsiung 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: 12272592
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a bulk region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The bulk region is formed in the semiconductor layer and contacts the well region along a channel direction. A portion of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the gate, to provide an inversion region of the high voltage device when the high voltage device is in conductive operation. A portion of the well lies between the bulk region and the drain, to separate the bulk region from the drain. A first concentration peak region of an impurities doping profile of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the source. A concentration of a second conductivity type impurities of the first concentration peak region is higher than that of other regions in the bulk region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Huang Yu, Chien-Yu Chen, Ting-Wei Liao, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Wei Chiu, Yong-Zhong Hu, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Patent number: 12136650
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a body region, a body contact, a gate, a source, and a drain. The body contact is configured as an electrical contact of the body region. The body contact and the source overlap with each other to define an overlap region. The body contact has a depth from an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein the depth is deeper than a depth of the source, whereby a part of the body contact is located vertically below the overlap region. A length of the overlap region in a channel direction is not shorter than a predetermined length, so as to suppress a parasitic bipolar junction transistor from being turning on when the high voltage device operates, wherein the parasitic bipolar junction transistor is formed by a part of the well, a part of the body region and a part of the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kun-Huang Yu, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng
  • Publication number: 20240297067
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a bulk region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The bulk region is formed in the semiconductor layer and contacts the well region along a channel direction. A portion of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the gate, to provide an inversion region of the high voltage device when the high voltage device is in conductive operation. A portion of the well lies between the bulk region and the drain, to separate the bulk region from the drain. A first concentration peak region of an impurities doping profile of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the source. A concentration of a second conductivity type impurities of the first concentration peak region is higher than that of other regions in the bulk region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kun-Huang Yu, Chien-Yu Chen, Ting-Wei Liao, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Wei Chiu, Yong-Zhong Hu, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20240274600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-voltage device with ESD robustness. The high-voltage device is formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first type. A deep well of a second type opposite to the first type is formed on the surface. A filed isolation layer on the surface separates a drain active region from a source active region, and a control gate on top of the field isolation layer serves as a gate electrode of the high-voltage device. A first well of the second type at least partially overlaps the source active region, extends below the field isolation layer and at least partially overlaps the control gate. A buried layer of the first type at a bottom of the deep well has an extensive portion below the control gate. The deep well provides a conductive channel allowing current to flow from the drain active region to the source active region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tsung-Chien WU, Jhen-Hong LI, Chih-Wen HSIUNG, Cheng-Sheng KAO
  • Patent number: 12062570
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a bulk region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The bulk region is formed in the semiconductor layer and contacts the well region along a channel direction. A portion of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the gate, to provide an inversion region of the high voltage device when the high voltage device is in conductive operation. A portion of the well lies between the bulk region and the drain, to separate the bulk region from the drain. A first concentration peak region of an impurities doping profile of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the source. A concentration of a second conductivity type impurities of the first concentration peak region is higher than that of other regions in the bulk region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Huang Yu, Chien-Yu Chen, Ting-Wei Liao, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Wei Chiu, Yong-Zhong Hu, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20230197725
    Abstract: An integrated structure of CMOS devices includes: a semiconductor layer, insulation regions, a first high voltage P-type well and a second high voltage P-type well, a first high voltage N-type well and a second high voltage N-type well, a first low voltage P-type well and a second low voltage P-type well, a first low voltage N-type well and a second low voltage N-type well, and eight gates. A CMOS device having an ultra high threshold voltage is formed in ultra high threshold device region; a CMOS device having a high threshold voltage is formed in high threshold device region; a CMOS device having a middle threshold voltage is formed in the middle threshold device region; and a CMOS device having a low threshold voltage is formed in the low threshold device region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Wu-Te Weng, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20230197730
    Abstract: A high voltage complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device includes: a semiconductor layer, plural insulation regions, a first N-type high voltage well and a second N-type high voltage well, which are formed by one same ion implantation process, a first P-type high voltage well and a second P-type high voltage well, which are formed by one same ion implantation process, a first drift oxide region and a second oxide region, which are formed by one same etching process by etching a drift oxide layer; a first gate and a second gate, which are formed by one same etching process by etching a polysilicon layer, an N-type source and an N-type drain, and a P-type source and a P-type drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Wu-Te Weng, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20230178648
    Abstract: An NMOS half-bridge power device includes: a semiconductor layer, a plurality of insulation regions, a first N-type high voltage well and a second N-type high voltage well, which are formed by one same ion implantation process, a first P-type high voltage well and a second P-type high voltage well, which are formed by one same ion implantation process, a first drift oxide region and a second drift oxide region, which are formed by one same etch process including etching a drift oxide layer; a first gate and a second gate, which are formed by one same etch process including etching a poly silicon layer, a first P-type body region and a second P-type body region, which are formed by one same ion implantation process, a first N-type source and a first N-type drain, and a second N-type source and a second N-type drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Wu-Te Weng, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20230178438
    Abstract: An integration manufacturing method of a depletion high voltage NMOS device and a depletion low voltage NMOS device includes: providing a substrate; forming a semiconductor layer on the substrate; forming insulation regions on the semiconductor layer; forming an N-type well in the depletion high voltage NMOS device region; forming a high voltage P-type well in the semiconductor layer, wherein the N-type well and the high voltage P-type well are in contact with each other in a channel direction; forming an oxide layer on the semiconductor layer after the N-type well and the high voltage P-type well formed; forming a low voltage P-type well; and forming an N-type high voltage channel region and an N-type low voltage channel region, such that each of the depletion high voltage NMOS device and the depletion low voltage NMOS device is turned ON when a gate-source voltage thereof is zero voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Wu-Te Weng, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20230170262
    Abstract: An integration manufacturing method of a high voltage device and a low voltage device includes: providing a substrate; forming a semiconductor layer on the substrate; forming insulation regions on the semiconductor layer, for defining a high voltage device region and a low voltage device region; forming a first high voltage well in the high voltage device region; forming a second high voltage well in the semiconductor layer, wherein the first high voltage well and the second high voltage well are in contact with each other in a channel direction; forming an oxide layer on the semiconductor layer, wherein the oxide layer overlays the high voltage device region and the low voltage device region; and forming a first low voltage well in the low voltage device region in the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Wu-Te Weng, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20220336588
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a body region, a body contact, a gate, a source, and a drain. The body cofntact is configured as an electrical contact of the body region. The body contact and the source overlap with each other to define an overlap region. The body contact has a depth from an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein the depth is deeper than a depth of the source, whereby a part of the body contact is located vertically below the overlap region. A length of the overlap region in a channel direction is not shorter than a predetermined length, so as to suppress a parasitic bipolar junction transistor from being turning on when the high voltage device operates, wherein the parasitic bipolar junction transistor is formed by a part of the well, a part of the body region and a part of the source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kun-Huang Yu, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng
  • Publication number: 20220223464
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a bulk region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The bulk region is formed in the semiconductor layer and contacts the well region along a channel direction. A portion of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the gate, to provide an inversion region of the high voltage device when the high voltage device is in conductive operation. A portion of the well lies between the bulk region and the drain, to separate the bulk region from the drain. A first concentration peak region of an impurities doping profile of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the source. A concentration of a second conductivity type impurities of the first concentration peak region is higher than that of other regions in the bulk region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kun-Huang Yu, Chien-Yu Chen, Ting-Wei Liao, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Wei Chiu, Yong-Zhong Hu, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20220223733
    Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well region, a shallow trench isolation region, a drift oxide region, a body region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The drift oxide region is located on a drift region. The shallow trench isolation region is located below the drift oxide region. A part of the drift oxide region is located vertically above a part of the shallow trench isolation region and is in contact with the shallow trench isolation region. The shallow trench isolation region is formed between the drain and the body region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chang, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Kun-Huang Yu, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Wei Chiu, Ta-Yung Yang
  • Publication number: 20220157982
    Abstract: A high voltage device for use as an up-side switch of a power stage circuit includes: at least one lateral diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device, a second conductivity type isolation region and at least one Schottky barrier diode (SBD). The LDMOS device includes: a well formed in a semiconductor layer, a body region, a gate, a source and a drain. The second conductivity type isolation region is formed in the semiconductor layer and is electrically connected to the body region. The SBD includes: a Schottky metal layer formed on the semiconductor layer and a Schottky semiconductor layer formed in the semiconductor layer. The Schottky semiconductor layer and the Schottky metal layer form a Schottky contact. In the semiconductor layer, the Schottky semiconductor layer is adjacent to and in contact with the second conductivity type isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kuo-Chin Chiu, Ta-Yung Yang, Chien-Wei Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Yu Chen, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kun-Huang Yu, Ting-Wei Liao
  • Patent number: 11011380
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductive substrate. A donor-supply layer is over the semiconductive substrate. The donor-supply layer includes a top surface. A gate structure, a drain, and a source are over the donor-supply layer. A passivation layer covers conformably over the gate structure and the donor-supply layer. A gate electrode is over the gate structure. A field plate is disposed on the passivation layer between the gate electrode and the drain. The field plate includes a bottom edge. The gate electrode having a first edge in proximity to the field plate, the field plate comprising a second edge facing the first edge, a horizontal distance between the first edge and the second edge is in a range of from about 0.05 to about 0.5 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, King-Yuen Wong, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ming-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20210074851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a drift oxide region, a well, a body region, a gate, at least one sub-gate, a source, and a drain. The drift oxide region is located on a drift region in an operation region. The sub-gate is formed on the drift oxide region right above the drift region. The sub-gate is parallel with the gate. A conductive layer of the gate has a first conductivity type, and a conductive layer of the sub-gate has a second conductivity type or is an intrinsic semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chien-Wei Chiu, Ta-Yung Yang, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Yu Chen, Kun-Huang Yu, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Chun-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 10879389
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a first well region formed in a portion of the semiconductor substrate, having a second conductivity type that is the opposite of the first conductivity type. A second well region is formed in a portion of the first well region, having the first conductivity type. A first gate structure is formed over a portion of the second well region and a portion of the first well region. A first doped region is formed in a portion of the second well region. A second doped region is formed in a portion of the first well region, having the second conductivity type. A second dielectric layer is formed over a portion of the first gate structure, a portion of the first well region, and a portion of the second doped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC
    Inventors: Cheng-Hua Lin, Yan-Liang Ji, Chih-Wen Hsiung
  • Patent number: 10868135
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a silicon substrate, an unintentionally doped gallium nitride (UID GaN) layer over the silicon substrate. The HEMT further includes a donor-supply layer over the UID GaN layer, a gate structure, a drain, and a source over the donor-supply layer. The HEMT further includes a dielectric layer having one or more dielectric plug portions in the donor-supply layer and top portions between the gate structure and the drain over the donor-supply layer. A method for making the HEMT is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Ju Yu, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Fu-Wei Yao, Chun-Wei Hsu, King-Yuen Wong, Jiun-Lei Jerry Yu, Fu-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 10811261
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductive substrate. A donor-supply layer is over the semiconductive substrate. The donor-supply layer includes a top surface. A gate structure, a drain, and a source are over the donor-supply layer. A passivation layer covers conformally over the gate structure and the donor-supply layer. A gate electrode is over the gate structure. A field plate is disposed on the passivation layer between the gate electrode and the drain. The field plate includes a bottom edge. The gate electrode having a first edge in proximity to the field plate, the field plate comprising a second edge facing the first edge, a horizontal distance between the first edge and the second edge is in a range of from about 0.05 to about 0.5 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, King-Yuen Wong, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ming-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20200119188
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a first well region formed in a portion of the semiconductor substrate, having a second conductivity type that is the opposite of the first conductivity type. A second well region is formed in a portion of the first well region, having the first conductivity type. A first gate structure is formed over a portion of the second well region and a portion of the first well region. A first doped region is formed in a portion of the second well region. A second doped region is formed in a portion of the first well region, having the second conductivity type. A second dielectric layer is formed over a portion of the first gate structure, a portion of the first well region, and a portion of the second doped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-Hua LIN, Yan-Liang JI, Chih-Wen HSIUNG