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).
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Patent number: 12272592Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Patent number: 12136650Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kun-Huang Yu, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng
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Publication number: 20240297067Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20240274600Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Tsung-Chien WU, Jhen-Hong LI, Chih-Wen HSIUNG, Cheng-Sheng KAO
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Patent number: 12062570Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230197725Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Wu-Te Weng, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20230197730Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Wu-Te Weng, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20230178648Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Wu-Te Weng, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20230178438Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Wu-Te Weng, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20230170262Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Wu-Te Weng, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20220336588Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsiung, Chun-Lung Chang, Kun-Huang Yu, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng
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Publication number: 20220223464Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20220223733Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Chun-Lung Chang, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Kun-Huang Yu, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Wei Chiu, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20220157982Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 11011380Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, King-Yuen Wong, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ming-Cheng Lin
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Publication number: 20210074851Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Chien-Wei Chiu, Ta-Yung Yang, Wu-Te Weng, Chien-Yu Chen, Kun-Huang Yu, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Kuo-Chin Chiu, Chun-Lung Chang
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Patent number: 10879389Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MEDIATEK INCInventors: Cheng-Hua Lin, Yan-Liang Ji, Chih-Wen Hsiung
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Patent number: 10868135Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10811261Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, King-Yuen Wong, Chih-Wen Hsiung, Ming-Cheng Lin
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Publication number: 20200119188Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Cheng-Hua LIN, Yan-Liang JI, Chih-Wen HSIUNG