Patents by Inventor Fu Hsu

Fu Hsu 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: 20160327768
    Abstract: An optical fiber module rack system includes a rack including multiple accommodation chambers, opposing first and second sliding grooves located in each accommodation chamber, and a stop block located at each of opposing front and rear ends of each first sliding groove, and optical fiber storage boxes each including a box body mounted in one respective accommodation chamber, a first optical fiber module and second optical fiber module mounted in opposing front and rear sides of box body and connected together, two guide rails located at two opposite lateral sidewalls of box body and respectively coupled to first sliding groove and second sliding groove of respective accommodation chamber, two elastic retainer strips respectively extended from opposite ends of one guide rail and provided with a respective hook block for engagement with one respective stop block, and elongated press member extended from other guide rail for pressing by external force to disengage hook blocks from respective stop blocks for allo
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: GANG XU, KUO-FU HSU, SHUANG-QIANG LIU, YAO LI
  • Patent number: 9490265
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor thereon, and an oxide semiconductor transistor adjacent to the MOS transistor. Preferably, the MOS transistor includes a first gate structure and a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, and the oxide semiconductor transistor includes a channel layer and the top surface of the channel layer is lower than the top surface of the first gate structure of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chia-Fu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20160300755
    Abstract: A semiconductor process includes the following step. A metal gate strip and a cap layer are sequentially formed in a trench of a dielectric layer. The cap layer and the metal gate strip are cut off to form a plurality of caps on a plurality of metal gates, and a gap isolates adjacent caps and adjacent metal gates. An isolation material fills in the gap. The present invention also provides semiconductor structures formed by said semiconductor process. For example, the semiconductor structure includes a plurality of stacked structures in a trench of a dielectric layer, where each of the stacked structures includes a metal gate and a cap on the metal gate, where an isolation slot isolates and contacts adjacent stacked structures at end to end, and the isolation slot has same level as the stacked structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Tian Choy Gan, Chu-Yun Hsiao, Chun-Che Huang, Chia-Fu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9466727
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a plug, a hydrogen blocking layer and an oxide semiconductor (OS) structure. The MOS transistor is disposed on the substrate, and the plug is disposed on the MOS transistor to electrically connect thereto. The hydrogen blocking layer is disposed only on sidewalls of the plug, wherein the hydrogen blocking layer includes a high-k dielectric layer. The OS structure is disposed on the substrate, wherein the OS structure includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Fu Hsu, Chun-Yuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20160276224
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are disposed on the substrate. The first transistor includes a first channel and a first work function layer. The second transistor includes a second channel and a second work function layer, where the first channel and the second channel include different dopants, and the second work function layer and the first work function layer have a same conductive type and different thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tian Choy Gan, Chu-Yun Hsiao, Chia-Fu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20160268311
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor thereon, and an oxide semiconductor transistor adjacent to the MOS transistor. Preferably, the MOS transistor includes a first gate structure and a source/drain region adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, and the oxide semiconductor transistor includes a channel layer and the top surface of the channel layer is lower than the top surface of the first gate structure of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-Fu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9442592
    Abstract: A module structure of touch display panel is provided. The module structure comprises a backlight module, a liquid crystal panel, a touch layer, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a protection layer. The liquid crystal panel is disposed above the backlight module; the touch layer is disposed on the liquid crystal panel. The first circuit board is disposed on the liquid crystal panel, and is further disposed with a first side of the liquid crystal panel and a first side of the touch layer. The second circuit board is disposed on the liquid crystal panel, and is further disposed with a second side of the liquid crystal panel and a second side of the touch layer. Additionally, the protection layer is disposed above the touch layer, the first circuit board, and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chung Hsieh, Huei-Ling Liao, Kai-Dun Chang, Jung-Fu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9431441
    Abstract: A back side illumination image sensor pixel structure includes a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite to the front side, a sensing device formed in the substrate to receive an incident light through the back side of the substrate, two oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (OS FET) devices formed on the front side of the substrate, and a capacitor formed on the front side of the substrate. The two OS FET devices are directly stacked on the sensing device and the capacitor is directly stacked on the OS FET devices. The two OS FET devices overlap the sensing device, and the capacitor overlaps both of the OS FET devices and the sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhibiao Zhou, Shao-Hui Wu, Chi-Fa Ku, Chen-Bin Lin, Chun-Yuan Wu, Chia-Fu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9430072
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover glass, a flexible substrate, and a touch-sensing electrode structure. The flexible substrate is connected to the cover glass via a bonding layer, and the touch-sensing electrode structure is formed on the flexible substrate. The cover glass, the bonding layer, the flexible substrate and the touch-sensing electrode structure are arranged in order, with the flexible substrate being located between the touch-sensing electrode structure and the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: WINTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Lin, Ming-Kung Wu, Hsiao-Ping Li, Ping-Wen Huang, Cheng-Yi Chou, Yu-Hua Wu, Xuan-Chang Shiu, Chih-Yuan Wang, Ching-Fu Hsu, Hsiao-Hui Liao, Ting-Yu Chang, Fa-Cheng Wu, Wen-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 9417743
    Abstract: A touch control device includes a touch area, a border area, a inductive coil, a proximity sensing unit, a near field communication unit, and a switch module. The touch area is for sensing touch input. The border area is located at periphery of the touch area. The inductive coil is located on the border area. The proximity sensing unit is for transmitting a driving signal to the inductive coil when being coupled to a first end of the inductive coil, and determining whether the inductive coil is close to an object according to a sensing signal generated by the inductive coil. The near field communication unit is for performing near field communication when being coupled to the first end and a second end of the inductive coil. The switch module is for controlling coupling statuses of the proximity sensing unit and the near field communication unit to the inductive coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: WINTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Hui Liao, Ting-Yu Chang, Ching-Fu Hsu, Chen-Ho Hsu, Yu-Hung Chang
  • Patent number: 9412590
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an oxide semiconductor device includes the following steps. A barrier layer is formed on a substrate. An annealing process is performed after the step of forming the barrier layer. A first oxygen treatment is performed on the barrier layer after the annealing process for forming a first oxygen provider layer on the barrier layer. An oxide semiconductor layer is then formed on the first oxygen provider layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Fu Hsu, Chun-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 9406516
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming an interfacial layer on the substrate; forming a high-k dielectric layer on the interfacial layer; forming a first bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the high-k dielectric layer; performing a thermal treatment; removing the first BBM layer; and forming a second BBM layer on the high-k dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jian-Cun Ke, Chih-Wei Yang, Kun-Yuan Lo, Chia-Fu Hsu, Shao-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9385206
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, and a spacer adjacent to the gate structure, in which the bottom of the spacer includes a tapered profile and the tapered profile comprises a convex curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Fu Hsu, Chun-Mao Chiou, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Jian-Cun Ke, Chun-Lung Chen, Lung-En Kuo
  • Publication number: 20160190019
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming an integrated circuit including a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor has a first metal gate including a first bottom barrier layer, a first work function metal layer and a first metal layer. The second transistor has a second metal gate including a second bottom barrier layer, a second work function metal layer and a second metal layer. The third transistor has a third metal gate including a third bottom barrier layer, a third work function metal layer and a third metal layer. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor has the same conductive type. A nitrogen concentration of the first bottom barrier layer>a nitrogen concentration of the second bottom barrier layer>a nitrogen concentration of the third bottom barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Yang, Yu-Feng Liu, Jian-Cun Ke, Chia-Fu Hsu, Yu-Ru Yang, En-Chiuan Liou
  • Publication number: 20160185058
    Abstract: In a backlight module, a diffusive structure and a prism structure are replaced by a diffusive prism film formed on a substrate and transferred via In-Mold Decoration by Roller (IMR) to a light guide body via injection molding. A reflection film is also transferred to an opposite side of the light guide body via the same way. In such way, optical films may be readily transferred to the light guide body via two-side IMR during the process of injection molding of the light guide body, saving room taken by substrates of the optical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Ching-Fu Hsu, Jia-Chi You, Chien-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9349822
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer thereon; forming a first recess, a second recess, and a third recess in the ILD layer; forming a material layer on the ILD layer and in the first recess, the second recess, and the third recess; performing a first treatment on the material layer in the first recess; and performing a second treatment on the material layer in the first recess and second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Yang, Yu-Feng Liu, Jian-Cun Ke, Chia-Fu Hsu, En-Chiuan Liou, Ssu-I Fu, Chi-Mao Hsu, Nien-Ting Ho, Yu-Ru Yang, Yu-Ping Wang, Chien-Ming Lai, Yi-Wen Chen, Yu-Ting Tseng, Ya-Huei Tsai, Chien-Chung Huang, Tsung-Yin Hsieh, Hung-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 9349728
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor thereon and a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer surrounding the MOS transistor; forming a source layer, a drain layer, a first opening between the source layer and the drain layer, and a second ILD layer on the MOS transistor and the first ILD layer, wherein the top surfaces of the source layer, the drain layer, and the second ILD layer are coplanar; forming a channel layer on the second ILD layer, the source layer, and the drain layer and into the first opening; and performing a first planarizing process to remove part of the channel layer so that the top surface of the channel layer is even with the top surfaces of the source layer and the drain layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Fu Hsu, Bo-Rong Chen
  • Patent number: 9318389
    Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated circuit including a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor has a first metal gate including a first bottom barrier layer, a first work function metal layer and a first metal layer. The second transistor has a second metal gate including a second bottom barrier layer, a second work function metal layer and a second metal layer. The third transistor has a third metal gate including a third bottom barrier layer, a third work function metal layer and a third metal layer. The first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor has the same conductive type. A nitrogen concentration of the first bottom barrier layer>a nitrogen concentration of the second bottom barrier layer>a nitrogen concentration of the third bottom barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Yang, Yu-Feng Liu, Jian-Cun Ke, Chia-Fu Hsu, Yu-Ru Yang, En-Chiuan Liou
  • Publication number: 20160104786
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer thereon; forming a first recess, a second recess, and a third recess in the ILD layer; forming a material layer on the ILD layer and in the first recess, the second recess, and the third recess; performing a first treatment on the material layer in the first recess; and performing a second treatment on the material layer in the first recess and second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Yang, Yu-Feng Liu, Jian-Cun Ke, Chia-Fu Hsu, En-Chiuan Liou, Ssu-I Fu, Chi-Mao Hsu, Nien-Ting Ho, Yu-Ru Yang, Yu-Ping Wang, Chien-Ming Lai, Yi-Wen Chen, Yu-Ting Tseng, Ya-Huei Tsai, Chien-Chung Huang, Tsung-Yin Hsieh, Hung-Yi Wu
  • Publication number: 20160098139
    Abstract: A touch system, a stylus, a touch apparatus, and a control method of the touch apparatus are provided. The control method includes following steps. At least one characteristic data of at least one input tool is obtained. An identifier of the input tool is generated according to the characteristic data. If a touch operation on the touch panel is performed with the input tool, a specific function of the touch apparatus is determined according to the identifier of the input tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Ching-Fu Hsu, Ming-Chih Chen, Kuo-Hsing Wang, Jui-Ta Hsieh, Chih-Chung Chiang, Wen-Hua Chang