Patents by Inventor CHING-LUN CHENG

CHING-LUN CHENG 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: 11961897
    Abstract: A first fin structure is disposed over a substrate. The first fin structure contains a semiconductor material. A gate dielectric layer is disposed over upper and side surfaces of the first fin structure. A gate electrode layer is formed over the gate dielectric layer. A second fin structure is disposed over the substrate. The second fin structure is physically separated from the first fin structure and contains a ferroelectric material. The second fin structure is electrically coupled to the gate electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Hsing Hsu, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Chih-Hao Wang, Min Cao
  • Patent number: 11956938
    Abstract: A device incudes a substrate. A first fin and a second fin are over the substrate. An isolation structure is laterally between the first fin and the second fin. A gate structure crosses the first fin and the second fin. A first source/drain epitaxy structure is over the first fin. A second source/drain epitaxy structure is over the second fin. A spacer layer extends from a first sidewall of the first fin to a first sidewall of the second fin along a top surface of the isolation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Ohtou, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Yasutoshi Okuno, Jiun-Jia Huang
  • Publication number: 20240113119
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for the formation of gate-all-around nano-sheet FETs with tunable performance. The method includes disposing a first and a second vertical structure with different widths over a substrate, where the first and the second vertical structures have a top portion comprising a multilayer nano-sheet stack with alternating first and second nano-sheet layers. The method also includes disposing a sacrificial gate structure over the top portion of the first and second vertical structures; depositing an isolation layer over the first and second vertical structures so that the isolation layer surrounds a sidewall of the sacrificial gate structure; etching the sacrificial gate structure to expose each multilayer nano-sheet stack from the first and second vertical structures; removing the second nano-sheet layers from each exposed multilayer nano-sheet stack to form suspended first nano-sheet layers; forming a metal gate structure to surround the suspended first nano-sheet layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsu Ohtou, Ching-Wei Tsai, Jiun-Jia Huang, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Chi-Hsing Hsu
  • Patent number: 11948972
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for the formation of high-voltage nano-sheet transistors and low-voltage gate-all-around transistors on a common substrate. The method includes forming a fin structure with first and second nano-sheet layers on the substrate. The method also includes forming a gate structure having a first dielectric and a first gate electrode on the fin structure and removing portions of the fin structure not covered by the gate structure. The method further includes partially etching exposed surfaces of the first nano-sheet layers to form recessed portions of the first nano-sheet layers in the fin structure and forming a spacer structure on the recessed portions. In addition, the method includes replacing the first gate electrode with a second dielectric and a second gate electrode, and forming an epitaxial structure abutting the fin structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Xuan Huang, Chia-En Huang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Yih Wang
  • Publication number: 20240105850
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate, wherein the semiconductor fin includes a channel region and a source/drain region; a gate structure disposed over the channel region of the semiconductor fin, wherein the gate structure includes a gate spacer and a gate stack; a source/drain structure disposed over the source/drain region of the semiconductor fin; and a fin top hard mask vertically interposed between the gate spacer and the semiconductor fin, wherein the fin top hard mask includes a dielectric layer, and wherein a sidewall of the fin top hard mask directly contacts the gate stack, and another sidewall of the fin top hard mask directly contacts the source/drain structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Che-Yu Yang, Kai-Chieh Yang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11923457
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate, wherein the semiconductor fin includes a channel region and a source/drain region; a gate structure disposed over the channel region of the semiconductor fin, wherein the gate structure includes a gate spacer and a gate stack; a source/drain structure disposed over the source/drain region of the semiconductor fin; and a fin top hard mask vertically interposed between the gate spacer and the semiconductor fin, wherein the fin top hard mask includes a dielectric layer, and wherein a sidewall of the fin top hard mask directly contacts the gate stack, and another sidewall of the fin top hard mask directly contacts the source/drain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Che-Yu Yang, Kai-Chieh Yang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11916128
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of forming a semiconductor device including an nFET structure and a pFET structure where each of the nFET and pFET structures include a semiconductor substrate and a gate trench. The method includes depositing an interfacial layer in each gate trench, depositing a first ferroelectric layer over the interfacial layer, removing the first ferroelectric layer from the nFET structure, depositing a metal oxide layer in each gate trench, depositing a second ferroelectric layer over the metal oxide layer, removing the second ferroelectric layer from the pFET structure, and depositing a gate electrode in each gate trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Min Cao, Pei-Yu Wang, Sai-Hooi Yeong, Ching-Wei Tsai, Kuan-Lun Cheng, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 10790596
    Abstract: A smart antenna assembly includes a first smart antenna device including a first polarization antenna, a second polarization antenna, a first switch unit, a first control terminal and a second control terminal. The first polarization antenna includes a first antenna, a first reflection element and a second reflection element. The second polarization antenna includes a second antenna, a third reflection element and a fourth reflection element. The first switch unit includes a first switch element electrically connected with the first reflection element, a second switch element electrically connected with the second reflection element, a third switch element electrically connected with the third reflection element, and a fourth switch element electrically connected with the fourth reflection element. The first control terminal is used to turn on the first and third switch elements. The second control terminal is used to turn on the second and fourth switch elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Lun Cheng, Tsun-Che Huang, Cheng-Geng Jan, Kuang-Yuan Ku
  • Publication number: 20190280394
    Abstract: A smart antenna assembly includes a first smart antenna device including a first polarization antenna, a second polarization antenna, a first switch unit, a first control terminal and a second control terminal. The first polarization antenna includes a first antenna, a first reflection element and a second reflection element. The second polarization antenna includes a second antenna, a third reflection element and a fourth reflection element. The first switch unit includes a first switch element electrically connected with the first reflection element, a second switch element electrically connected with the second reflection element, a third switch element electrically connected with the third reflection element, and a fourth switch element electrically connected with the fourth reflection element. The first control terminal is used to turn on the first and third switch elements. The second control terminal is used to turn on the second and fourth switch elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: CHING-LUN CHENG, TSUN-CHE HUANG, CHENG-GENG JAN, KUANG-YUAN KU