Patents by Inventor Chun-Hsien Huang

Chun-Hsien Huang 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: 20190206879
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first circuit structure and a second circuit structure. The first circuit structure has a first line terminal. The second circuit structure has a second line terminal. The first line terminal and the second line terminal are formed in a first circuit layer but separated by a gap. A conductive structure is forming in a second circuit layer above or below the first circuit layer, to electrically connect the first line terminal and the second line terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chang-Hung Chen, Shu-Ru Wang, Wei-Chi Lee, Chun-Yen Tseng
  • Patent number: 10340218
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure including a conductive structure, a dielectric layer, and a plurality of conductive features is disclosed. The dielectric layer is formed on the conductive structure. A plurality of through holes is formed in the dielectric layer using a metal hard mask, and at least one of the through holes exposes the conductive structure. The conductive features are formed in the through holes. At least one of the conductive features has a bottom surface and at least one sidewall. The bottom surface and the sidewall of the conductive feature intersect to form an interior angle. The interior angles of adjacent two of the conductive features have a difference less than or substantially equal to about 3 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Lin, Chun-Hsien Huang, I-Tseng Chen
  • Patent number: 10276561
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate. The method includes transferring the substrate from a stage to a deposition chamber, and no heating operation is performed on the stage. The method also includes depositing a resistor layer on the substrate. The resistor layer may have a major structure that is amorphous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Tseng Chen, Hon-Lin Huang, Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20190096892
    Abstract: A layout pattern of a static random access memory (SRAM) includes a substrate, a first pull-up transistor (PL1), a first pull-down transistor (PD1), a second (PL2), and a second pull-down transistor (PD2) on the substrate, and a first pass gate transistor (PG1A), a second pass gate transistor (PG1B), a third pass gate transistor (PG2A) and a fourth pass gate transistor (PG2B), wherein the PG1A and the PG1B comprise a first fin structure, the PG2A and the PG2B comprise a second fin structure, a first local interconnection layer disposed between the PG1A and the PG1B and disposed on the fin structures of the PL1 and the PD1, a second local interconnection layer disposed between the PG2A and the PG2B and disposed between the fin structures of the PL2 and the PD2, the first local interconnection layer and the second local interconnection layer are monolithically formed structures respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shu-Ru Wang, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chien-Hung Chen, Chun-Hsien Huang, Li-Ping Huang, Chun-Yen Tseng, Meng-Ping Chuang
  • Patent number: 10153287
    Abstract: A layout pattern of a static random access memory (SRAM) includes a substrate, a first pull-up transistor (PL1), a first pull-down transistor (PD1), a second (PL2), and a second pull-down transistor (PD2) on the substrate, and a first pass gate transistor (PG1A), a second pass gate transistor (PG1B), a third pass gate transistor (PG2A) and a fourth pass gate transistor (PG2B), wherein the PG1A and the PG1B comprise an identical first fin structure, the PG2A and the PG2B comprise an identical second fin structure, a first local interconnection layer disposed between the PG1A and the PG1B and disposed on the fin structures of the PL1 and the PD1, a second local interconnection layer disposed between the PG2A and the PG2B and disposed between the fin structures of the PL2 and the PD2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Ru Wang, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chien-Hung Chen, Chun-Hsien Huang, Li-Ping Huang, Chun-Yen Tseng, Meng-Ping Chuang
  • Publication number: 20180315763
    Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array forming method includes the following steps. A plurality of fin structures are formed on a substrate, wherein the fin structures include a plurality of active fins and a plurality of dummy fins, each PG (pass-gate) FinFET shares at least one of the active fins with a PD (pull-down) FinFET, and at least one dummy fin is disposed between the two active fins having two adjacent PU (pull-up) FinFETs thereover in a static random-access memory cell. At least a part of the dummy fins are removed. The present invention also provides a static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array formed by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang
  • Patent number: 10068909
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layout pattern of a memory device composed of static random access memory (SRAM), comprising four memory units located on a substrate, each memory unit being located in a non-rectangular region, the four non-rectangular regions combine a rectangular region, wherein each memory unit comprises a first inverter comprising a first pull-up transistor (PL1) and a first pull-down transistor (PD1), a second inverter comprises a second pull-up transistor (PL2) and a second pull-down transistor (PD2), an access transistor (PG) and a switching transistor (SW), wherein the source of the PG is coupled to an input terminal of the first inverter and a drain of the SW, a source of the SW is coupled to an output of the second inverter, wherein the PD1, the PD2, the SW, and the PG comprise a first diffusion region, the PL1 and the PL2 comprise a second diffusion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Tseng, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chun-Hsien Huang, Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10050044
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a static random-access memory device (SRAM). The static random-access memory device is composed of two P-channel gates of loading transistor, two N-channel gates of driving transistor and two N-channel gates of accessing transistor in a memory cell. A dummy gate is disposed adjacent to the N-channel gate of accessing transistor with a bit line node disposed therebetween, wherein the dummy gate is electrically connected to a ground voltage through a metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Li-Ping Huang, Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Ching-Cheng Lung
  • Patent number: 10050046
    Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array forming method includes the following steps. A plurality of fin structures are formed on a substrate, wherein the fin structures include a plurality of active fins and a plurality of dummy fins, each PG (pass-gate) FinFET shares at least one of the active fins with a PD (pull-down) FinFET, and at least one dummy fin is disposed between the two active fins having two adjacent PU (pull-up) FinFETs thereover in a static random-access memory cell. At least a part of the dummy fins are removed. The present invention also provides a static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array formed by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang
  • Patent number: 10026726
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing such semiconductor devices are provided for improved FinFET memory cells to avoid electric short often happened between metal contacts of a bit cell, where the meal contacts are positioned next to a dummy gate of a neighboring dummy edge cell. In one embodiment, during the patterning of a gate layer on a substrate surface, an improved gate slot pattern is used to extend the lengths of one or more gate slots adjacent bit lines so as to pattern and sectionalize a dummy gate line disposed next to metal contacts of an active memory cell. In another embodiment, during the patterning of gate lines, the distances between one or more dummy gates lines disposed adjacent an active memory cell are adjusted such that their locations within dummy edge cells are shifted in position to be away from metal contacts of the active memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Wen Hung, Chih-Sen Huang, Shih-Fang Tzou, Yi-Wei Chen, Yung-Feng Cheng, Li-Ping Huang, Chun-Hsien Huang, Chia-Wei Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo
  • Patent number: 10020049
    Abstract: The present invention provides a six transistor static random-access memory (6T-SRAM) cell, the 6T-SRAM cell includes a first inverter comprising a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down transistor, and a first storage node, a second inverter comprising a second pull-up transistor, a second pull-down transistor, and a second storage node, wherein the first storage node is coupled to gates of the second pull-up transistor and the second pull-down transistor, a switch transistor configured to couple the second storage node to gates of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor, and an access transistor coupled to gates of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Tseng, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chun-Hsien Huang, Chih-Wei Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180190344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a six transistor static random-access memory (6T-SRAM) cell, the 6T-SRAM cell includes a first inverter comprising a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down transistor, and a first storage node, a second inverter comprising a second pull-up transistor, a second pull-down transistor, and a second storage node, wherein the first storage node is coupled to gates of the second pull-up transistor and the second pull-down transistor, a switch transistor configured to couple the second storage node to gates of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor, and an access transistor coupled to gates of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Tseng, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Chun-Hsien Huang, Chih-Wei Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180182766
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a static random-access memory device (SRAM). The static random-access memory device is composed of two P-channel gates of loading transistor, two N-channel gates of driving transistor and two N-channel gates of accessing transistor in a memory cell. A dummy gate is disposed adjacent to the N-channel gate of accessing transistor with a bit line node disposed therebetween, wherein the dummy gate is electrically connected to a ground voltage through a metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Li-Ping Huang, Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Ching-Cheng Lung
  • Patent number: 9953988
    Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array forming method includes the following steps. A plurality of fin structures are formed on a substrate, wherein the fin structures include a plurality of active fins and a plurality of dummy fins, each PG (pass-gate) FinFET shares at least one of the active fins with a PD (pull-down) FinFET, and at least one dummy fin is disposed between the two active fins having two adjacent pull-up FinFETs thereover in a static random-access memory cell. At least a part of the dummy fins are removed. The present invention also provides a static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array formed by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang
  • Patent number: 9947674
    Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array forming method includes the following steps. A plurality of fin structures are formed on a substrate, wherein the fin structures include a plurality of active fins and a plurality of dummy fins, each PG (pass-gate) FinFET shares at least one of the active fins with a PD (pull-down) FinFET, and at least one dummy fin is disposed between the two active fins having two adjacent pull-up FinFETs thereover in a static random-access memory cell. At least a part of the dummy fins are removed. The present invention also provides a static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array formed by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang
  • Patent number: 9941288
    Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array forming method includes the following steps. A plurality of fin structures are formed on a substrate, wherein the fin structures include a plurality of active fins and a plurality of dummy fins, each PG (pass-gate) FinFET shares at least one of the active fins with a PD (pull-down) FinFET, and at least one dummy fin is disposed between the two active fins having two adjacent pull-up FinFETs thereover in a static random-access memory cell. At least a part of the dummy fins are removed. The present invention also provides a static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array formed by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang
  • Publication number: 20180047666
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a conductive structure, a dielectric layer, and a plurality of conductive features. The dielectric layer is present on the conductive structure. The dielectric layer has a plurality of through holes therein, and at least one of the through holes exposes the conductive structure. The conductive features are respectively present in the through holes. At least one of the conductive features has a bottom surface and at least one sidewall. The bottom surface and the sidewall of the conductive feature intersect to form an interior angle. The interior angles of adjacent two of the conductive features have a difference less than or substantially equal to about 3 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yu-Hung LIN, Chun-Hsien Huang, I-Tseng Chen
  • Publication number: 20180026031
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate. The method includes transferring the substrate from a stage to a deposition chamber, and no heating operation is performed on the stage. The method also includes depositing a resistor layer on the substrate. The resistor layer may have a major structure that is amorphous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: I-Tseng Chen, Hon-Lin Huang, Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 9871048
    Abstract: A memory device includes a pickup area extending along a first direction. The pickup area includes at least one N-pickup structure, distributing along an N-pickup line extending at the first direction. At least one P-pickup structure distributes by alternating with the N-pickup structure at the first direction and interleaves with the N-pickup structure at a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. Dummy pickup structure distributes along the first direction, opposite to the P-pickup structure with respect to the N-pickup line. Further, a cell area is beside the pickup area. The SRAM cells in the cell area form cell rows extending along the second direction. Each SRAM cell covers one N-type well region along the second direction and two P-type well regions along the second direction to sandwich the N-type well region. The N-pickup/P-pickup structures respectively provide first/second substrate voltage to the N-type/P-type well regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Ching-Cheng Lung, Yu-Tse Kuo, Li-Ping Huang, Chun-Yen Tseng
  • Publication number: 20180006040
    Abstract: A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array forming method includes the following steps. A plurality of fin structures are formed on a substrate, wherein the fin structures include a plurality of active fins and a plurality of dummy fins, each PG (pass-gate) FinFET shares at least one of the active fins with a PD (pull-down) FinFET, and at least one dummy fin is disposed between the two active fins having two adjacent PU (pull-up) FinFETs thereover in a static random-access memory cell. At least a part of the dummy fins are removed. The present invention also provides a static random-access memory (SRAM) cell array formed by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Huang, Yu-Tse Kuo, Shu-Ru Wang