Patents by Inventor Chun-Hao Lin

Chun-Hao 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).

  • Publication number: 20240387600
    Abstract: Some implementations described herein include an optoelectronic device for a low-lighting application and techniques to form the optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device includes near infrared light emitting diodes, near infrared photodiodes, and visible light photodiodes combined in a single substrate. The near infrared light emitting diodes and the near infrared photodiodes are formed using a selectively grown epitaxial material. The selectively grown epitaxial material (e.g., silicon germanium, gallium arsenide, or another type III/V material) improves a quantum efficiency performance of the near infrared photodiode relative to another photodiode that may be formed through doping a silicon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Hao LIN, Yun-Wei CHENG, Kuo-Cheng LEE
  • Publication number: 20240387287
    Abstract: Provided are FinFET devices and methods of forming the same. A FinFET device includes a substrate, a first gate strip and a second gate strip. The substrate has at least one first fin in a first region, at least one second fin in a second region and an isolation layer covering lower portions of the first and second fins. The first fin includes a first material layer and a second material layer over the first material layer, and the interface between the first material layer and the second material layer is uneven. The first gate strip is disposed across the first fin. The second gate strip is disposed across the second fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Jui-Chien Huang, Kuo-Cheng Ching, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Pei-Hsun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240387265
    Abstract: A method includes forming a dielectric layer over an epitaxial source/drain region. An opening is formed in the dielectric layer. The opening exposes a portion of the epitaxial source/drain region. A barrier layer is formed on a sidewall and a bottom of the opening. An oxidation process is performing on the sidewall and the bottom of the opening. The oxidation process transforms a portion of the barrier layer into an oxidized barrier layer and transforms a portion of the dielectric layer adjacent to the oxidized barrier layer into a liner layer. The oxidized barrier layer is removed. The opening is filled with a conductive material in a bottom-up manner. The conductive material is in physical contact with the liner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Pin-Wen Chen, Chang-Ting Chung, Yi-Hsiang Chao, Yu-Ting Wen, Kai-Chieh Yang, Yu-Chen Ko, Peng-Hao Hsu, Ya-Yi Cheng, Min-Hsiu Hung, Chun-Hsien Huang, Wei-Jung Lin, Chih-Wei Chang, Ming-Hsing Tsai
  • Publication number: 20240387534
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a bottom dielectric feature on a substrate, a plurality of channel members directly over the bottom dielectric feature, a gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of channel members, two first epitaxial features sandwiching the bottom dielectric feature along a first direction, and two second epitaxial features sandwiching the plurality of channel members along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Huan-Chieh Su, Li-Zhen Yu, Chun-Yuan Chen, Shih-Chuan Chiu, Cheng-Chi Chuang, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12148836
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary method comprises forming a fin over a substrate, wherein the fin comprises a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer including different semiconductor materials, and the fin comprises a channel region and a source/drain region; forming a dummy gate structure over the channel region of the fin and over the substrate; etching a portion of the fin in the source/drain region to form a trench therein, wherein a bottom surface of the trench is below a bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer; selectively removing an edge portion of the second semiconductor layer in the channel region such that the second semiconductor layer is recessed; forming a sacrificial structure around the recessed second semiconductor layer and over the bottom surface of the trench; and epitaxially growing a source/drain feature in the source/drain region of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Parabellum Strategic Opportunities Fund LLC
    Inventors: Pei-Hsun Wang, Chih-Hao Wang, Chun-Hsiung Lin
  • Patent number: 12148673
    Abstract: Provided are FinFET devices and methods of forming the same. A FinFET device includes a substrate, a first gate strip and a second gate strip. The substrate has at least one first fin in a first region, at least one second fin in a second region and an isolation layer covering lower portions of the first and second fins. The first fin includes a first material layer and a second material layer over the first material layer, and the interface between the first material layer and the second material layer is uneven. The first gate strip is disposed across the first fin. The second gate strip is disposed across the second fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Jui-Chien Huang, Kuo-Cheng Ching, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Pei-Hsun Wang
  • Patent number: 12147368
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of transmitting USB commands are provided. The method includes: (A) allocating a buffer area in a memory; (B) receiving a USB command; (C) retrieving control transfer information of the USB command; (D) storing the control transfer information in the buffer area; (E) repeating steps (B) to (D) until a condition for ending a control aggregation is met; (F) generating an aggregated USB command according to the content of the buffer area; and (G) transmitting the aggregated USB command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Huang, Zhen-Ting Huang, Chun-Hao Lin, Er-Zih Wong, Shih-Chiang Chu
  • Patent number: 12148805
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes an epitaxial region having a front side and a backside. The semiconductor structure includes an amorphous layer formed over the backside of the epitaxial region, wherein the amorphous layer includes silicon. The semiconductor structure includes a first silicide layer formed over the amorphous layer. The semiconductor structure includes a first metal contact formed over the first silicide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Chuan Chiu, Huan-Chieh Su, Pei-Yu Wang, Cheng-Chi Chuang, Chun-Yuan Chen, Li-Zhen Yu, Chia-Hao Chang, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Publication number: 20240379857
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary method comprises forming a fin over a substrate, wherein the fin comprises a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer including different semiconductor materials, and the fin comprises a channel region and a source/drain region; forming a dummy gate structure over the channel region of the fin and over the substrate; etching a portion of the fin in the source/drain region to form a trench therein, wherein a bottom surface of the trench is below a bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer; selectively removing an edge portion of the second semiconductor layer in the channel region such that the second semiconductor layer is recessed; forming a sacrificial structure around the recessed second semiconductor layer and over the bottom surface of the trench; and epitaxially growing a source/drain feature in the source/drain region of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Pei-Hsun Wang, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12140159
    Abstract: A heat dissipation system of an electronic device including a body, a plurality of heat sources disposed in the body, and at least one centrifugal heat dissipation fan disposed in the body is provided. The centrifugal heat dissipation fan includes a housing and an impeller disposed in the housing on an axis. The housing has at least one inlet on the axis and has a plurality of outlets in different radial directions, and the plurality of outlets respectively correspond to the plurality of heat sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Chen, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ming Lin, Wei-Chin Chen, Chun-Chieh Wang, Shu-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 12140793
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a film, a light guide plate disposed under the film, and a circuit board disposed under the light guide plate and provided with a light-emitting unit. The film includes a single-key transparent area, a light-shielding area disposed around the single-key transparent area, and a side transparent area disposed adjacent to or along an edge of the film. The light guide plate has a first microstructure group and a through hole correspondingly disposed under the single-key transparent area, a second microstructure group correspondingly disposed under the side transparent area, and a light-transmitting area partially correspondingly disposed under the light-shielding area. The light-emitting unit is accommodated in the through hole. A number of microstructures or a light-emitting area of the second microstructure group is greater than a number of microstructures or a light emitting area of the first microstructure group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yi Chang, Chun-Ting Lin, Chen-Hao Chiu, Ting-Wei Chang
  • Publication number: 20240371970
    Abstract: A method and structure for doping source and drain (S/D) regions of a PMOS and/or NMOS FinFET device are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes providing a substrate including a fin extending therefrom. In some examples, the fin includes a channel region, source/drain regions disposed adjacent to and on either side of the channel region, a gate structure disposed over the channel region, and a main spacer disposed on sidewalls of the gate structure. In some embodiments, contact openings are formed to provide access to the source/drain regions, where the forming the contact openings may etch a portion of the main spacer. After forming the contact openings, a spacer deposition and etch process may be performed. In some cases, after performing the spacer deposition and etch process, a silicide layer is formed over, and in contact with, the source/drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chun Hsiung TSAI, Cheng-Yi PENG, Yin-Pin WANG, Kuo-Feng YU, Da-Wen LIN, Jian-Hao CHEN, Shahaji B. MORE
  • Patent number: 12136379
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of driving electrode regions and a plurality of wiring regions connected between the driving electrode regions. A (2n?1)th wiring region extended from a (2n?1)th driving electrode region toward a (2n)th driving electrode region has a wiring extending direction forming a first included angle with an arrangement direction, and a (2n)th wiring region extended from the (2n)th driving electrode region toward a (2n+1)th driving electrode region has a wiring extending direction forming a second included angle with the arrangement direction, and a (2n+1)th wiring region extended from the (2n+1)th driving electrode region toward a (2n+2)th driving electrode region has a wiring extending direction forming a third included angle with the arrangement direction, wherein n is a positive integer. At least one of the first included angle, the second included angle and the third included angle is positive and at least one of them is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lin, Kun-Cheng Tien, Jia-Long Wu, Rong-Fu Lin, Shu-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20240363440
    Abstract: A method includes forming an epitaxy semiconductor layer over a semiconductor substrate, and etching the epitaxy semiconductor layer and the semiconductor substrate to form a semiconductor strip, which includes an upper portion acting as a mandrel, and a lower portion under the mandrel. The upper portion is a remaining portion of the epitaxy semiconductor layer, and the lower portion is a remaining portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes growing a first semiconductor fin starting from a first sidewall of the mandrel, growing a second semiconductor fin starting from a second sidewall of the mandrel. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are opposite sidewalls of the mandrel. A first transistor is formed based on the first semiconductor fin. A second transistor is formed based on the second semiconductor fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Pei-Hsun Wang, Shih-Cheng Chen, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12125900
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, a single diffusion break (SDB) structure adjacent to the gate structure, a first spacer adjacent to the gate structure, a second spacer adjacent to the SDB structure, a source/drain region between the first spacer and the second spacer, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure and the SDB structure, and a contact plug in the ILD layer and on the source/drain region. Preferably, a top surface of the second spacer is lower than a top surface of the first spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Lin, Hsin-Yu Chen, Shou-Wei Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12125852
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a bottom dielectric feature on a substrate, a plurality of channel members directly over the bottom dielectric feature, a gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of channel members, two first epitaxial features sandwiching the bottom dielectric feature along a first direction, and two second epitaxial features sandwiching the plurality of channel members along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan-Chieh Su, Li-Zhen Yu, Chun-Yuan Chen, Shih-Chuan Chiu, Cheng-Chi Chuang, Yu-Ming Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12126268
    Abstract: An operation power source for an operation power source supplying power to a synchronous rectifier controller is charged according to the invention. The synchronous rectifier controller controls a synchronous rectifier in response to a channel signal of the synchronous rectifier, generating SR ON times and SR OFF times. It is determined whether the channel signal resonates in a first SR OFF time, to provide an oscillation record accordingly. In a second SR OFF time after the first SR OFF time, in response to the oscillation record, a portion of resonance energy that causes the channel signal resonating is directed to charge the operation power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LEADTREND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Chien Wu, Chung-Wei Lin, Chun-Hsin Li, Jun-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 12119404
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes alternately stacking first semiconductor material layers and second semiconductor layers over a substrate and patterning the first semiconductor material layers and the second semiconductor layers to form a first fin structure and a second fin structure. The method also includes forming an insulating layer around the first fin structure and the second fin structure and forming a dielectric fin structure over the insulating layer and spaced apart from the first fin structure and the second fin structure. The method also includes forming a first source/drain structure attached to the first fin structure and forming a semiconductor layer covering the first source/drain structure. The method also includes oxidizing the semiconductor layer to form an oxide layer and forming a second source/drain structure attached to the second fin structure after the oxide layer is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Han Wang, Pei-Hsun Wang, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12119270
    Abstract: A method includes forming an epitaxy semiconductor layer over a semiconductor substrate, and etching the epitaxy semiconductor layer and the semiconductor substrate to form a semiconductor strip, which includes an upper portion acting as a mandrel, and a lower portion under the mandrel. The upper portion is a remaining portion of the epitaxy semiconductor layer, and the lower portion is a remaining portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes growing a first semiconductor fin starting from a first sidewall of the mandrel, growing a second semiconductor fin starting from a second sidewall of the mandrel. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are opposite sidewalls of the mandrel. A first transistor is formed based on the first semiconductor fin. A second transistor is formed based on the second semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Hsun Wang, Shih-Cheng Chen, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Publication number: 20240340598
    Abstract: A MEMS structure is provided. The MEMS structure includes a substrate having an opening portion and a backplate disposed on one side of the substrate. The backplate comprises a backplate conductive layer and a backplate insulating layer stacked with each other. The MEMS structure also includes a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the backplate and extending across the opening portion of the substrate. The MEMS structure further includes a pillar structure connected with the backplate. The pillar structure comprises a pillar conductive layer and a pillar insulating layer stacked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Kai MAO, Jien-Ming CHEN, Wen-Shan LIN, Nai-Hao KUO