Patents by Inventor Ching Cheng Tsai

Ching Cheng Tsai 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: 20250010098
    Abstract: A quantum graphene generator contains: a far-infrared quantum implantation device which includes: a body, a lid, a crystal quartz, a plasma sheet, an intermediate-frequency current device, a magnet assembly, and an energy medium. The body includes an accommodation chamber. The lid is covered on the body and includes a receiving space. The crystal quartz is received in the accommodation chamber and includes the energy medium. The plasma sheet is comprised of multiple multi-stranded coil layers, multiple copper adhering layers, and a copper sheet. The intermediate-frequency current device includes multiple magnetic elements. A top of the magnet assembly is arranged on a middle copper adhering layer below the top copper adhering layer, and a bottom of the magnet assembly is located on the energy medium to increase the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Zhi-Min LI, Ching-Cheng TSAI
  • Patent number: 12178804
    Abstract: Provided herein is salts of formula [A][B], wherein [A] is a cation form of a cycloserine compound and [B] is an anion form of a compound of Formula (I), wherein the ratio between the cycloserine compound and the compound of formula (I) ranges from 10:1 to 1:10. The salts described herein have improved properties, including greatly increased stability and decreased hygroscopicity. Also provided herein are methods for treating and/or reducing the risk of a neuropsychiatric disorder and/or a bacterial infectious disease (e.g., tuberculosis), comprising administering a subject in need a composition comprising salts of formula [A][B] described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SyneuRx International (Taiwan) Corp.
    Inventors: Guochuan Emil Tsai, Ching-Cheng Wang, Tsai-Miao Shih
  • Patent number: 12170231
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises forming a first stack structure and a second stack structure in a first area over a substrate, wherein each of the stack structures includes semiconductor layers separated and stacked up; depositing a first interfacial layer around each of the semiconductor layers of the stack structures; depositing a gate dielectric layer around the first interfacial layer; forming a dipole oxide layer around the gate dielectric layer; removing the dipole oxide layer around the gate dielectric layer of the second stack structure; performing an annealing process to form a dipole gate dielectric layer for the first stack structure and a non-dipole gate dielectric layer for the second stack structure; and depositing a first gate electrode around the dipole gate dielectric layer of the first stack structure and the non-dipole gate dielectric layer of the second stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Wei Hsu, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Hou-Yu Chen, Ching-Wei Tsai, Chih-Hao Wang, Lung-Kun Chu, Mao-Lin Huang, Jia-Ni Yu
  • Patent number: 12165926
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a first and second gate electrode layers, and a dielectric feature disposed between the first and second gate electrode layers. The dielectric feature has a first surface. The structure further includes a first conductive layer disposed on the first gate electrode layer. The first conductive layer has a second surface. The structure further includes a second conductive layer disposed on the second gate electrode layer. The second conductive layer has a third surface, and the first, second, and third surfaces are coplanar. The structure further includes a third conductive layer disposed over the first conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer disposed over the second conductive layer, and a dielectric layer disposed on the first surface of the dielectric feature. The dielectric layer is disposed between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Pan, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Shang-Wen Chang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12154939
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor structure. The MIM capacitor structure includes one or more lower interconnects disposed within a lower dielectric structure over a substrate. A first dielectric layer is over the lower dielectric structure and includes sidewalls defining a plurality of openings extending through the first dielectric layer. A lower electrode is arranged along the sidewalls and over an upper surface of the first dielectric layer, a capacitor dielectric is arranged along sidewalls and an upper surface of the lower electrode, and an upper electrode is arranged along sidewalls and an upper surface of the capacitor dielectric. A spacer is along opposing outermost sidewalls of the upper electrode. The spacer has an outermost surface extending from a lowermost surface of the spacer to a top of the spacer. The outermost surface is substantially aligned with an outermost sidewall of the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Chu, Dun-Nian Yaung, Yu-Cheng Tsai, Meng-Hsien Lin, Ching-Chung Su, Jen-Cheng Liu, Wen-De Wang, Guan-Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20240387613
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a capacitor structure. The capacitor structure includes one or more lower interconnects disposed within a lower dielectric structure over a substrate. A lower electrode is arranged along sidewalls and an upper surface of the lower dielectric structure, a capacitor dielectric is arranged along sidewalls and an upper surface of the lower electrode, and an upper electrode is arranged along sidewalls and an upper surface of the capacitor dielectric. A spacer is arranged along outermost sidewalls of the upper electrode. The spacer includes a first upper surface arranged along a first side of the upper electrode and a second upper surface arranged along an opposing second side of the upper electrode. The first upper surface has a different width than the second upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Chu, Dun-Nian Yaung, Yu-Cheng Tsai, Meng-Hsien Lin, Ching-Chung Su, Jen-Cheng Liu, Wen-De Wang, Guan-Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20240379854
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes various non-planar semiconductor devices, such as fin field-effect transistors (finFETs) to provide an example, having one or more metal rail conductors and various methods for fabricating these non-planar semiconductor devices. In some situations, the one or more metal rail conductors can be electrically connected to gate, source, and/or drain regions of these various non-planar semiconductor devices. In these situations, the one or more metal rail conductors can be utilized to electrically connect the gate, the source, and/or the drain regions of various non-planar semiconductor devices to other gate, source, and/or drain regions of various non-planar semiconductor devices and/or other semiconductor devices. However, in other situations, the one or more metal rail conductors can be isolated from the gate, the source, and/or the drain regions these various non-planar semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Liang Chen, Chih-Ming Lai, Ching-Wei Tsai, Charles Chew -Yuen Young, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Ru-Gun Liu, Wei-Hao Wu, Yi-Hsiung Lin, Chia-Hao Chang, Lei-Chun Chou
  • Publication number: 20240371934
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a first fin structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure also includes an isolation structure formed around the first fin structure and a protection layer formed on the isolation structure. The semiconductor structure also includes first nanostructures formed over the first fin structure and a gate structure surrounding the first nanostructures. In addition, a bottom surface of the gate structure and the top surface of the isolation structure are separated by the protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-Ting LAN, Guan-Lin CHEN, Shi-Ning JU, Kuo-Cheng CHIANG, Chih-Hao WANG, Ching-Wei TSAI, Kuan-Lun CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240363444
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method, and more particularly to a semiconductor device with fin structures having different top surface crystal orientations and/or different materials. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure including n-type FinFET devices and p-type FinFET devices with different top surface crystal orientations and with fin structures having different materials. The present disclosure provides a method to fabricate a semiconductor structure including n-type FinFET devices and p-type FinFET devices with different top surface crystal orientations and different materials to achieve optimized electron transport and hole transport. The present disclosure also provides a diode structure and a bipolar junction transistor structure that includes SiGe in the fin structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng CHIANG, Chih-Hao WANG, Ching-Wei TSAI, Kuan-Lun CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240347391
    Abstract: Self-aligned gate cutting techniques for multigate devices are disclosed herein that provide multigate devices having asymmetric metal gate profiles and asymmetric source/drain feature profiles. An exemplary multigate device has a channel layer, a metal gate that wraps a portion of the channel layer, and source/drain features disposed over a substrate. The channel layer extends along a first direction between the source/drain features. A first dielectric fin and a second dielectric fin are disposed over the substrate and configured differently. The channel layer extends along a second direction between the first dielectric fin and the second dielectric fin. The metal gate is disposed between the channel layer and the second dielectric fin. In some embodiments, the first dielectric fin is disposed on a first isolation feature, and the second dielectric fin is disposed on a second isolation feature. The first isolation feature and the second isolation feature are configured differently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Guan-Lin Chen, Chih-Hao Wang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Shi Ning Ju, Jui-Chien Huang, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Kuan-Lun Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240337917
    Abstract: A reflective mask includes a substrate, a reflective multilayer disposed on the substrate, a capping layer disposed on the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer disposed on the capping layer. The absorber layer includes one or more alternating pairs of a first Cr based layer and a second Cr based layer different from the first Cr based layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Cheng HSU, Ching-Huang CHEN, Hung-Yi TSAI, Ming-Wei CHEN, Hsin-Chang LEE, Ta-Cheng LIEN
  • Patent number: 12113132
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes various non-planar semiconductor devices, such as fin field-effect transistors (finFETs) to provide an example, having one or more metal rail conductors and various methods for fabricating these non-planar semiconductor devices. In some situations, the one or more metal rail conductors can be electrically connected to gate, source, and/or drain regions of these various non-planar semiconductor devices. In these situations, the one or more metal rail conductors can be utilized to electrically connect the gate, the source, and/or the drain regions of various non-planar semiconductor devices to other gate, source, and/or drain regions of various non-planar semiconductor devices and/or other semiconductor devices. However, in other situations, the one or more metal rail conductors can be isolated from the gate, the source, and/or the drain regions these various non-planar semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Liang Chen, Chih-Ming Lai, Ching-Wei Tsai, Charles Chew-Yuen Young, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Ru-Gun Liu, Wei-Hao Wu, Yi-Hsiung Lin, Chia-Hao Chang, Lei-Chun Chou
  • Patent number: 12104696
    Abstract: A waterproof click pad device includes a click pad, a frame and a waterproof unit. The frame surrounds the click pad and surrounds an axis passing through the click pad. The waterproof unit is transverse to the axis and is in sheet form. The waterproof unit includes a frame adhesive member surrounding the axis and adhered to the frame, a first non-adhesive member surrounding the axis, connected to an inner periphery of the frame adhesive member and spaced apart from and located above the frame, a second non-adhesive member surrounding the axis, connected to an inner periphery of the first non-adhesive member and spaced apart from and located above the click pad and the frame, and an plate adhesive member connected to an inner periphery of the second non-adhesive member and adhered to the click pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sunrex Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Xiang Geng, Chun-Chieh Chen, Ling-Cheng Tseng, Yi-Wen Tsai, Ching-Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 12094786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method, and more particularly to a semiconductor device with fin structures having different top surface crystal orientations and/or different materials. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure including n-type FinFET devices and p-type FinFET devices with different top surface crystal orientations and with fin structures having different materials. The present disclosure provides a method to fabricate a semiconductor structure including n-type FinFET devices and p-type FinFET devices with different top surface crystal orientations and different materials to achieve optimized electron transport and hole transport. The present disclosure also provides a diode structure and a bipolar junction transistor structure that includes SiGe in the fin structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Chih-Hao Wang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 12085737
    Abstract: A composite optical film comprises a first optical film and a second optical film disposed on the first optical film, wherein the first optical film comprises a first substrate; a plurality of reversed prisms disposed on a bottom surface of the first substrate; and a first diffusion film disposed over a top surface of the first substrate; and the second optical film comprises a first PET film thereon having a first set of prisms and a second PET film having a second set of prisms thereon, wherein the first PET film and the second PET film are laminated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: UBRIGHT OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Long Tyan, Ching-An Yang, Yu-Mei Juan, Hsin-Yi Tsai, Yu-Cheng Hsiao, Lung-Pin Hsin, Hui-Yong Chen
  • Patent number: 12074167
    Abstract: A method includes etching a hybrid substrate to form a recess extending into the hybrid substrate. The hybrid substrate includes a first semiconductor layer having a first surface orientation, a dielectric layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second surface orientation different from the first surface orientation. After the etching, a top surface of the first semiconductor layer is exposed to the recess. A spacer is formed on a sidewall of the recess. The spacer contacts a sidewall of the dielectric layer and a sidewall of the second semiconductor layer. An epitaxy is performed to grow an epitaxy semiconductor region from the first semiconductor layer. The spacer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Shi Ning Ju, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Publication number: 20240274717
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a plurality of nanowire structures over a channel region of a semiconductor fin structure, a source/drain feature on a source/drain region of the semiconductor fin structure, and a dielectric fin structure spaced apart from the source/drain feature and the semiconductor fin structure. A top surface of the dielectric fin structure is higher than a top surface of a bottommost one of the nanowire structures, and a bottom surface of the dielectric fin structure is lower than a bottom surface of the source/drain feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng CHIANG, Shi-Ning JU, Ching-Wei TSAI, Kuan-Lun CHENG, Chih-Hao WANG
  • Patent number: 12057477
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a first fin structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor structure also includes an isolation structure formed around the first fin structure and a protection layer formed on the isolation structure. The semiconductor structure also includes first nanostructures formed over the first fin structure and a gate structure surrounding the first nanostructures. In addition, a bottom surface of the gate structure and the top surface of the isolation structure are separated by the protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Ting Lan, Guan-Lin Chen, Shi-Ning Ju, Kuo-Cheng Chiang, Chih-Hao Wang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 12044960
    Abstract: A reflective mask includes a substrate, a reflective multilayer disposed on the substrate, a capping layer disposed on the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer disposed on the capping layer. The absorber layer includes one or more alternating pairs of a first Cr based layer and a second Cr based layer different from the first Cr based layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Cheng Hsu, Ching-Huang Chen, Hung-Yi Tsai, Ming-Wei Chen, Hsin-Chang Lee, Ta-Cheng Lien
  • Patent number: D1044812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sunrex Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Pin Lin, Chun-Chieh Chen, Yi-Wen Tsai, Ling-Cheng Tseng, Ching-Yao Huang, Yu-Shuo Yang, Yu-Xiang Geng, Cheng-Yu Chuang, Chi-Shu Hsu