Patents by Inventor Ching Yu

Ching Yu 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: 12222650
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist underlayer including a photoresist underlayer composition over a semiconductor substrate and forming a photoresist layer comprising a photoresist composition over the photoresist underlayer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation, and the photoresist layer is developed to form a pattern in the photoresist layer. The photoresist underlayer composition includes: a first polymer having one or more of pendant acid-labile groups and pendant epoxy groups, a second polymer having one or more crosslinking groups, an acid generator, a quencher or photodecomposable base, and a solvent. The photoresist underlayer composition includes 0 wt. % to 10 wt. % of the quencher or photodecomposable base based on a total weight of the first and second polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: An-Ren Zi, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12222653
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a resist layer over a material layer, the resist layer includes an inorganic material. The inorganic material includes a plurality of metallic cores and a plurality of first linkers bonded to the metallic cores. The method includes forming a modified layer over the resist layer, and the modified layer includes an auxiliary. The method includes performing an exposure process on the modified layer and the resist layer, and removing a portion of the modified layer and a first portion of the resist layer by a first developer. The first developer includes a ketone-based solvent having a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C7 cyclic ketone, an ester-based solvent having a formula (b), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Weng, An-Ren Zi, Ching-Yu Chang, Chin-Hsiang Lin, Chen-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 12225443
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for provisioning live media services. For example, a method may include receiving, at a user equipment (UE), configuration data for the UE. The configuration data may be based on one or more parameters from among a plurality of different types of parameters and generated in response to a UE configuration update being initiated. The method may also include executing, at the UE, the configuration data to enable the UE to provision a live media production service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Ching-Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20250043905
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism for attaching a first electronic device and a second electronic device together is provided. The attachment mechanism includes a connecting base and an attachment block. The connecting base is assembled on the second electronic device, and the connecting base includes a body and a door, wherein the body has a receiving slot, and the door is movably assembled on the body to shield a portion of the receiving slot or expose the receiving slot. The attachment block is assembled on the first electronic device. When the receiving slot is exposed, the attachment block is inserted and locked in the receiving slot, and the door shields the portion of the receiving slot to stop the attachment block, so that the first electronic device is attached to the second electronic device via the attachment block and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Lu, Ching-Yu Tien, Yu-Liang Chiu
  • Patent number: 12217971
    Abstract: A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a patterned amorphous silicon layer over a dielectric layer; depositing a first spacer layer over the patterned amorphous silicon layer; depositing a second spacer layer over the first spacer layer; forming a photoresist having an opening over the substrate; depositing a hard mask layer in the opening of the photoresist; after depositing the hard mask layer in the opening of the photoresist, removing the photoresist; and performing an etching process to etch the dielectric layer by using the patterned amorphous silicon layer, the first spacer layer, the second spacer layer, and the hard mask layer as an etch mask, in which the etching process etches the second spacer layer at a slower etch rate than etching the first spacer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chang, Jei-Ming Chen, Tze-Liang Lee
  • Patent number: 12210283
    Abstract: A photoresist includes a core group that contains metal, and one or more first ligands or one or more second ligands attached to the core group. The first ligands each have a following structure: The second ligands each have a following structure: {circle around (M)} represents the core group. L? represents a chemical that includes 0-2 carbon atoms saturated by Hydrogen (H) or Fluorine (F). L represents a chemical that includes 1-6 carbon atoms saturated by H or F. L? represents a chemical that includes 1-6 carbon atoms saturated by H. L?? represents a chemical that includes 1-6 carbon atoms saturated by H or F. Linker represents a chemical that links L? and L?? together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Ren Zi, Chen-Yu Liu, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12210286
    Abstract: A photoresist layer is coated over a wafer. The photoresist layer includes a metal-containing material. An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography process is performed to the photoresist layer to form a patterned photoresist. The wafer is cleaned with a cleaning fluid to remove the metal-containing material. The cleaning fluid includes a solvent having Hansen solubility parameters of delta D in a range between 13 and 25, delta P in a range between 3 and 25, and delta H in a range between 4 and 30. The solvent contains an acid with an acid dissociation constant less than 4 or a base with an acid dissociation constant greater than 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Ren Zi, Joy Cheng, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12211698
    Abstract: Provided is a material composition and method that includes forming a patterned resist layer on a substrate, where the patterned resist layer has a first line width roughness. In various embodiments, the patterned resist layer is coated with a treatment material, where a first portion of the treatment material bonds to surfaces of the patterned resist layer. In some embodiments, a second portion of the treatment material (e.g., not bonded to surfaces of the patterned resist layer) is removed, thereby providing a treated patterned resist layer, where the treated patterned resist layer has a second line width roughness less than the first line width roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Siao-Shan Wang, Cheng-Han Wu, Ching-Yu Chang, Chin-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 12205888
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same are disclosed. An semiconductor package includes two dies, an encapsulant, a first metal line and a plurality of dummy vias. The encapsulant is disposed between the two dies. The first metal line is disposed over the two dies and the encapsulant, and electrically connected to the two dies. The plurality of dummy vias is disposed over the encapsulant and aside the first metal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Huang, Han-Ping Pu, Ming-Kai Liu, Ting-Chu Ko, Yung-Ping Chiang, Chang-Wen Huang, Yu-Sheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12204475
    Abstract: In various examples, a VPU and associated components may be optimized to improve VPU performance and throughput. For example, the VPU may include a min/max collector, automatic store predication functionality, a SIMD data path organization that allows for inter-lane sharing, a transposed load/store with stride parameter functionality, a load with permute and zero insertion functionality, hardware, logic, and memory layout functionality to allow for two point and two by two point lookups, and per memory bank load caching capabilities. In addition, decoupled accelerators may be used to offload VPU processing tasks to increase throughput and performance, and a hardware sequencer may be included in a DMA system to reduce programming complexity of the VPU and the DMA system. The DMA and VPU may execute a VPU configuration mode that allows the VPU and DMA to operate without a processing controller for performing dynamic region based data movement operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Itani, Yen-Te Shih, Jagadeesh Sankaran, Ravi P Singh, Ching-Yu Hung
  • Patent number: 12189293
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first layer including an organic material over a substrate. A second layer including a reaction product of a silicon-containing material and a photoacid generator is formed over the first layer. A photosensitive layer is formed over the second layer, and the second layer is patterned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chieh-Hsin Hsieh, Wei-Han Lai, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12189296
    Abstract: Resist rinse solutions and corresponding lithography techniques are disclosed herein. An example lithography method includes forming a resist layer over a workpiece, exposing the resist layer to radiation, developing the exposed resist layer using a developer that removes an unexposed portion of the exposed resist layer, thereby forming a patterned resist layer, and rinsing the patterned resist layer using a rinse solution. The developer is an organic solution, and the rinse solution includes water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Wei Wang, Wei-Han Lai, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12189287
    Abstract: Method of forming pattern in photoresist layer includes forming photoresist layer over substrate, selectively exposing photoresist layer to actinic radiation forming latent pattern. Latent pattern is developed by applying developer to form pattern. Photoresist layer includes photoresist composition including polymer: A1, A2, L are direct bond, C4-C30 aromatic, C4-C30 alkyl, C4-C30 cycloalkyl, C4-C30 hydroxylalkyl, C4-C30 alkoxy, C4-C30 alkoxyl alkyl, C4-C30 acetyl, C4-C30 acetylalkyl, C4-C30 alkyl carboxyl, C4-C30 cycloalkyl carboxyl, C4-C30 hydrocarbon ring, C4-C30 heterocyclic, —COO—, A1 and A2 are not both direct bonds, and are unsubstituted or substituted with a halogen, carbonyl, or hydroxyl; A3 is C6-C14 aromatic, wherein A3 is unsubstituted or substituted with halogen, carbonyl, or hydroxyl; R1 is acid labile group; Ra, Rb are H or C1-C3 alkyl; Rf is direct bond or C1-C5 fluorocarbon; PAG is photoacid generator; 0<x/(x+y+z)<1, 0<y/(x+y+z)<1, and 0<z/(x+y+z)<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Po Yang, Wei-Han Lai, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20250000987
    Abstract: A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof are provided, wherein the compound includes a retinoic acid conjugated with a carbohydrate. In addition, use of the compound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for inhibiting infection or replication of a virus or for treating a cancer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chen, Bo-Lin Lin
  • Publication number: 20250007334
    Abstract: A container for containing food or liquid is provided. The container includes a body portion, a lid and an attachment. The lid is detachably disposed on the body portion. The attachment includes a magnetic attraction member and a connecting structure. The magnetic attraction member is independent from the lid and adapted to be magnetically connected to a mobile electronic device. The connecting structure is disposed between the magnetic attraction member and the container for selectively fixing the magnetic attraction member at a first position or a second position. At least a portion of the connecting structure is fixed to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: EVOLUTIVE LABS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JUI-CHEN LU, CHING-YU WANG, YU-TING HUNG, YU-CHANG CHIANG, CHENG-CHE HO
  • Patent number: 12181798
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for lithography patterning in accordance with some embodiments. The method includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, wherein the photoresist layer includes a metal-containing chemical; performing an exposing process to the photoresist layer; and performing a first developing process to the photoresist layer using a first developer, thereby forming a patterned resist layer, wherein the first developer includes a first solvent and a chemical additive to remove metal residuals generated from the metal-containing chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAIN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Ren Zi, Joy Cheng, Ching-Yu Chang, Chin-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 12185106
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing interactive services to a device. For example, a method may include determining service authorization information for a device, the service authorization information being associated with an interactive service on a wireless network. The method may also include determining device policies for the device based on the service authorization information. The method may also include transmitting the device policies to the device, wherein the device policies cause the device to select a cloud rendering server for the interactive service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Ching-Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20240427389
    Abstract: Examples herein relate to ambient noise level detection. For instance, in some examples an electronic device includes a cooling resource and a processor resource to alter an operational speed of the cooling resource from an initial operational speed to a first altered operational speed, detect an ambient noise level, compare the ambient noise level to a first noise threshold, and restrict the operational speed of the cooling resource to be less than the initial operational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: CHIH-WEI HUANG, YI-YING LAI, CHIH-LING WEI, HUNG HUA PENG, DAVIS MATTHEW CASTILLO, CHING YU
  • Publication number: 20240423942
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including a retinoic acid and a carbohydrate is provided. The pharmaceutical composition may further include a metal ion. Use of the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for inhibiting infection or replication of a virus or for treating a cancer is also provided. The pharmaceutical composition can enhance the inhibition ability of virus infection and/or or replication in comparison with the retinoic acid used only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chen, Junjen Liu, Chi-Fu Yen, Bo-Lin Lin
  • Patent number: 12177776
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide user equipment (UE) access parameters for access control when, for example, the UE is accessing a non-public network, the UE is accessing a private slice in a public land mobile network (PLMN), the UE is accessing a non-public network for PLMN service, and/or the UE is accessing a private slice in a PLMN for a non-public network service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Ching-Yu Liao