Patents by Inventor Hui-Mei CHOU

Hui-Mei CHOU 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: 20250210611
    Abstract: A package includes a die. The die includes: a substrate; electrical components at a front side of the substrate; an interconnect structure at the front side of the substrate and electrically coupled to the electrical components, where an uppermost conductive line of the interconnect structure is an aluminum line; and a via extending from the uppermost conductive line to a backside of the substrate. The package further includes: a molding material around the die; a first redistribution structure (RDS) under the die and the molding material; a second RDS over the die and the molding material, where each of the first RDS and the second RDS comprises dielectric layers and conductive features in the dielectric layers, where the via of the die is electrically coupled to the first RDS and the second RDS; and a second die over and electrically coupled to the second RDS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Chung-Hui Chen, Chin-Ming Fu, Pei-Chieh Lin, Hui-Mei Chou
  • Publication number: 20240387412
    Abstract: A method includes forming signal lines in a pair of neighboring metal layers of a semiconductor device, and forming first dummy conductive cells in an empty area without metal lines passing therethrough, between the pair of neighboring metal layers. At least two dummy conductive cells of the first dummy conductive cells that are separated from each other, and the at least two dummy conductive cells fully overlap one of the signal lines in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu MA, Hui-Mei CHOU, Kuo-Ji CHEN
  • Patent number: 12125809
    Abstract: A method includes forming signal lines in a pair of neighboring metal layers of a semiconductor device, and forming first dummy conductive cells in an empty area without metal lines passing therethrough, between the pair of neighboring metal layers. At least two dummy conductive cells of the first dummy conductive cells that are separated from each other, and the at least two dummy conductive cells fully overlap one of the signal lines in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Ma, Hui-Mei Chou, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Publication number: 20210257316
    Abstract: A method includes forming signal lines in a pair of neighboring metal layers of a semiconductor device, and forming first dummy conductive cells in an empty area without metal lines passing therethrough, between the pair of neighboring metal layers. At least two dummy conductive cells of the first dummy conductive cells that are separated from each other, and the at least two dummy conductive cells fully overlap one of the signal lines in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu MA, Hui-Mei CHOU, Kuo-Ji CHEN
  • Patent number: 10991663
    Abstract: A method is disclosed and includes forming a plurality of dummy conductive cells that provides different densities in empty areas in metal layers of a semiconductor device according to overlap conditions of the empty areas each arranged between a pair of neighboring metal layers of metal layers. Forming the plurality of dummy conductive cells includes operations of forming a group of dummy conductive cells in a single empty area of the empty areas when the single empty area in one pair of the neighboring metal layers is overlapped by a signal line in the same pair of the neighboring metal layers. When viewed in plan view, projection areas of the group of dummy conductive cells are vertically overlapped by a projection area of the signal line. A semiconductor device is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Ma, Hui-Mei Chou, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Publication number: 20200118948
    Abstract: A method is disclosed and includes forming a plurality of dummy conductive cells that provides different densities in empty areas in metal layers of a semiconductor device according to overlap conditions of the empty areas each arranged between a pair of neighboring metal layers of metal layers. Forming the plurality of dummy conductive cells includes operations of forming a group of dummy conductive cells in a single empty area of the empty areas when the single empty area in one pair of the neighboring metal layers is overlapped by a signal line in the same pair of the neighboring metal layers. When viewed in plan view, projection areas of the group of dummy conductive cells are vertically overlapped by a projection area of the signal line. A semiconductor device is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu MA, Hui-Mei CHOU, Kuo-Ji CHEN
  • Patent number: 10510692
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes metal layers, first dummy conductive cells, and groups of second dummy conductive cells. The metal layers include empty areas and are grouped into pairs of neighboring metal layers. The first dummy conductive cells are each formed in each of the empty areas in each of the pairs of neighboring metal layers that is overlapped by another empty area or a line in the same pair of neighboring metal layers. Each group of the second dummy conductive cells is formed in each of the empty areas in each of the pairs of neighboring metal layers that is overlapped by a signal line in the same pair of neighboring metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Ma, Hui-Mei Chou, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Publication number: 20180337145
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes metal layers, first dummy conductive cells, and groups of second dummy conductive cells. The metal layers include empty areas and are grouped into pairs of neighboring metal layers. The first dummy conductive cells are each formed in each of the empty areas in each of the pairs of neighboring metal layers that is overlapped by another empty area or a line in the same pair of neighboring metal layers. Each group of the second dummy conductive cells is formed in each of the empty areas in each of the pairs of neighboring metal layers that is overlapped by a signal line in the same pair of neighboring metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Ma, Hui-Mei Chou, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Patent number: 10043767
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes the operations outlined below. A plurality of dummy conductive cells that provide different densities are formed in a plurality of empty areas in a plurality of metal layers of a semiconductor device according to overlap conditions of the empty areas between each pair of neighboring metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Ma, Hui-Mei Chou, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Publication number: 20150115419
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes the operations outlined below. A plurality of dummy conductive cells that provide different densities are formed in a plurality of empty areas in a plurality of metal layers of a semiconductor device according to overlap conditions of the empty areas between each pair of neighboring metal layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu MA, Hui-Mei CHOU, Kuo-Ji CHEN