Patents by Inventor Ching-En Chen

Ching-En 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: 12225735
    Abstract: A memory device is provided in various embodiments. The memory device, in those embodiments, has an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) selector comprising multiple layers of OTS materials to achieve a low leakage current and as well as relatively low threshold voltage for the OTS selector. The multiple layers can have at least one layer of low bandgap OTS material and at least one layer of high bandgap OTS material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Ju Li, Kuo-Pin Chang, Yu-Wei Ting, Ching-En Chen, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20240389487
    Abstract: A device structure includes semiconductor devices located on a substrate; metal interconnect structures located in dielectric material layers overlying the semiconductor devices; and a non-Ohmic voltage-triggered switch including a first switch electrode that is electrically connected to one of the semiconductor devices through a subset of the metal interconnect structures, a second switch electrode, and a non-Ohmic switching material portion providing a non-Ohmic current-voltage characteristics and in contact with the first switch electrode and the second switch electrode. The non-Ohmic voltage-triggered switch may be used as an electrostatic discharge (ESD) switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Ting Hsieh, Kuo-Ching Huang, Yu-Wei Ting, Ching-En Chen, Kuo-Pin Chang
  • Publication number: 20240297171
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first region and a second region; a first device disposed in the first region and a second device disposed in the second region; a first isolation disposed in the first region, wherein the first isolation is between a first source and a first drain, a first spacer overlaps the first isolation, the first isolation is separated from the first spacer by a first gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: JING-JUNG HUANG, CHING EN CHEN, JUNG-HUI KAO, KONG-BENG THEI
  • Patent number: 12002807
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first region and a second region; a first device disposed in the first region and a second device disposed in the second region; a first isolation disposed in the first region, wherein the first isolation is between a first source and a first drain, a first spacer overlaps the first isolation, the first isolation is separated from the first spacer by a first gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Jing-Jung Huang, Ching En Chen, Jung-Hui Kao, Kong-Beng Thei
  • Publication number: 20230422517
    Abstract: A selector structure may include a bottom electrode including a bottom low thermal conductivity (LTC) metal and a first bottom high thermal conductivity (HTC) metal, a first switching film on the bottom electrode and having an electrical resistivity switchable by an electric field, and a first top electrode on the first switching film and including a first top low thermal conductivity (LTC) metal and a first top high thermal conductivity (HTC) metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hung-Ju LI, Kuo-Pin Chang, Yu-Wei Ting, Yu-Sheng Chen, Ching-En Chen, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20230397440
    Abstract: A memory device is provided in various embodiments. The memory device, in those embodiments, has an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) selector comprising multiple layers of OTS materials to achieve a low leakage current and as well as relatively low threshold voltage for the OTS selector. The multiple layers can have at least one layer of low bandgap OTS material and at least one layer of high bandgap OTS material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hung-Ju Li, Kuo-Pin Chang, Yu-Wei Ting, Ching-En Chen, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20220320082
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first region and a second region; a first device disposed in the first region and a second device disposed in the second region; a first isolation disposed in the first region, wherein the first isolation is between a first source and a first drain, a first spacer overlaps the first isolation, the first isolation is separated from the first spacer by a first gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: JING-JUNG HUANG, CHING EN CHEN, JUNG-HUI KAO, KONG-BENG THEI
  • Patent number: 11367721
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region; a first device disposed in the first region and a second device disposed in the second region, wherein a voltage level of the first device is greater than a voltage level of the second device; a first isolation disposed in the first region, wherein the first isolation includes a first depth; and a second isolation disposed in the second region, wherein the second isolation includes a second depth, and the first depth is greater than the second depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Jing-Jung Huang, Ching En Chen, Jung-Hui Kao, Kong-Beng Thei
  • Publication number: 20210313316
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region; a first device disposed in the first region and a second device disposed in the second region, wherein a voltage level of the first device is greater than a voltage level of the second device; a first isolation disposed in the first region, wherein the first isolation includes a first depth; and a second isolation disposed in the second region, wherein the second isolation includes a second depth, and the first depth is greater than the second depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: JING-JUNG HUANG, CHING EN CHEN, JUNG-HUI KAO, KONG-BENG THEI
  • Publication number: 20150293130
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for testing microfluid which is made with a disposable disc. The high sensitivity, high sensing accuracy, and quick response microfluidic disc is demonstrated in the present invention. It is note that easy to test microfluid without traditional detecting method, and then reduce energy and simplify procedure. Furthermore, to additive the microfluidic disc is useful to enhance blood typing, and hence raising the sensitivity by the video recognition of blood agglutination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ging-Ho Hsiue, Shia-Chung Chen, Wen-Tyng Li, Yaw-Jen Chang, Yung Chang, Yi-Hua Fan, Ming-Fa Hsieh, Wei-Liang Liao, Ching-En Chen, Ching-Wei Huang, Ying-Ming Liang
  • Patent number: 9091699
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for testing microfluid which is made with a disposable disc. The high sensitivity, high sensing accuracy, and quick response microfluidic disc is demonstrated in the present invention. It is note that easy to test microfluid without traditional detecting method, and then reduce energy and simplify procedure. Furthermore, to additive the microfluidic disc is useful to enhance blood typing, and hence raising the sensitivity by the video recognition of blood agglutination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ging-Ho Hsiue, Shia-Chung Chen, Wen-Tyng Li, Yaw-Jen Chang, Yung Chang, Yi-Hua Fan, Ming-Fa Hsieh, Wei-Liang Liao, Ching-En Chen, Ching-Wei Huang, Ying-Ming Liang
  • Publication number: 20140186963
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for testing microfluid which is made with a disposable disc. The high sensitivity, high sensing accuracy, and quick response microfluidic disc is demonstrated in the present invention. It is note that easy to test microfluid without traditional detecting method, and then reduce energy and simplify procedure. Furthermore, to additive the microfluidic disc is useful to enhance blood typing, and hence raising the sensitivity by the video recognition of blood agglutination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ging-Ho Hsiue, Shia-Chung Chen, Wen-Tyng Li, Yaw-Jen Chang, Yung Chang, Yi-Hua Fan, Ming-Fa Hsieh, Wei-Liang Liao, Ching-En Chen, Ching-Wei Huang, Ying-Ming Liang
  • Publication number: 20130173047
    Abstract: A micro-machining tool is disclosed herein. It includes a micro-moving platform, a supporting device to support the micro-moving platform, an anti-rotation device embedded in a bar for preventing the supporting device from rotating, and a fixing device for fixing the supporting device for limiting its rotation as the bar is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yi-Hua Fan, Ching-En Chen, Wen-Wei Fan, Ying Tsun Lee