Patents by Inventor Hsiu-Man Chang

Hsiu-Man Chang 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: 6536130
    Abstract: An overlay mark for concurrently monitoring alignment accuracy, focus, leveling and astigmatism and a method of application thereof are disclosed. The overlay mark comprises four inner bars and four outer bars formed at the corners of exposure areas. The inner bar has a sawtooth area and a bar-shaped area, and the outer bar is a fore-layer etched pattern. Both the inner bars and the outer bars are formed into rectangles, and each bar is one side of a rectangle and none of the sides are connected. The sawtooth areas of the inner bars disposed on opposite sides are located at a same position. The rectangle formed by the outer bars encloses the rectangle formed by the inner bars. During the monitoring process, a testing beam scans across a scan area being divided into two areas, i.e., one being the outer bars and the sawtooth area of the inner bars, and the other one being the outer bars and the bar-shaped area of the inner bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Te-Hung Wu, Jung-Yu Hsieh, Hsiu-Man Chang