Patents by Inventor Chung-Wen Chao

Chung-Wen Chao 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).

  • METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120211866
    Abstract: A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor and a method of fabricating the same. The MIM capacitor is in a memory area of a wafer and comprises a top electrode formed from the same metal layer as a point contact to a via in the logic area of the wafer. The method of fabricating the MIM capacitor in a memory area of a wafer comprises forming a point contact to a via in a logic area of the wafer from the same metal layer as a top electrode of the MIM capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: Chung-Wen Chao