Patents by Inventor Chinh-Fu Lin

Chinh-Fu Lin 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: 6521545
    Abstract: The invention shows a method of a surface treatment on a fluorine silicate glass film. At first a fluorine silicate glass layer is deposited on a semiconductor wafer. Partial fluorine ions in the fluorine silicate glass layer are in-situ removed to form a silicon oxide layer of a pre-determined thickness. Then, a photoresist layer is coated on the silicon oxide layer. After an exposing process, a pre-determined latent pattern is formed in the photoresist layer. Finally, after a developing process, the pre-determined latent pattern of the photoresist is removed so as to expose corresponding portions of the silicon oxide layer underneath the latent pattern of the photoresist layer. As a result, the present invention solves a problem that fluorine ions in the fluorine silicate glass layer 24 diffuse to a surface of the fluorine silicate glass layer 24 to combine with water to form hydrofluoric acid, that contaminates the photoresist and leads to reliability issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Neng-Hui Yang, Chinh-Fu Lin, Yi-Fang Cheng, Cheng-Yuan Tsai