Patents by Inventor Huixian Lai

Huixian Lai 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: 20240047519
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; at least one trench located at a top surface of the substrate; and a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on an inner wall of each of the at least one trench. A topmost surface of the first dielectric layer is lower than a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer and the top surface of the substrate, to form a first groove between the second dielectric layer and the substrate. An edge corner between the top surface of the substrate and the inner wall of each of the at least one trench is in a shape of a fillet curve. The fillet structure is smooth and round without a sharp corner, reducing point discharge and improving reliability of the shallow trench isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Huixian Lai, Yu Cheng Tung, Chao-Wei Lin, Chiayi Chu
  • Patent number: 11824087
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; at least one trench located at a top surface of the substrate; and a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on an inner wall of each of the at least one trench. A topmost surface of the first dielectric layer is lower than a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer and the top surface of the substrate, to form a first groove between the second dielectric layer and the substrate. An edge corner between the top surface of the substrate and the inner wall of each of the at least one trench is in a shape of a fillet curve. The fillet structure is smooth and round without a sharp corner, reducing point discharge and improving reliability of the shallow trench isolation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huixian Lai, Yu Cheng Tung, Chao-Wei Lin, Chiayi Chu
  • Publication number: 20230363146
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor memory device, including a substrate, active areas, first wires and at least one first plug. The active areas extend parallel to each other along a first direction, and the first wires cross over the active areas, wherein each of the first wires has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first plug is disposed on the first end of the first wire and electrically connected with the first wire, wherein the first plug entirely wraps the first end of the first wire and is in direct contact with a top surface, sidewalls and an end surface of the first end. Therefore, the contact area between the plug and the first wires may be increased, the contact resistance of the plug may be reduced, and the reliability of electrical connection between the plug and the first wires may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Tung, Huixian LAI, Yi-Wang Jhan
  • Publication number: 20230345724
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory structure and a method of fabricating the same includes a substrate; at least one first groove disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, with an edge corner of a top portion of the first groove being arc-shaped; a first dielectric layer disposed along an inner wall of the first groove; a second dielectric layer formed on a surface of the first dielectric layer, to fill up the first groove, wherein a top portion of the first dielectric layer is lower than a top portion of the second dielectric layer and an upper surface of the substrate, and a first recess is formed between the second dielectric layer and the substrate; and a metal filling layer disposed in the first recess, to fill in a partial space of the first recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huixian LAI, Li-Wei Feng
  • Patent number: 11765886
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor memory device, including a substrate, active areas, first wires and at least one first plug. The active areas extend parallel to each other along a first direction, and the first wires cross over the active areas, wherein each of the first wires has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first plug is disposed on the first end of the first wire and electrically connected with the first wire, wherein the first plug entirely wraps the first end of the first wire and is in direct contact with a top surface, sidewalls and an end surface of the first end. Therefore, the contact area between the plug and the first wires may be increased, the contact resistance of the plug may be reduced, and the reliability of electrical connection between the plug and the first wires may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Tung, Huixian Lai, Yi-Wang Jhan
  • Publication number: 20230282248
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof, which includes a substrate and a plurality of word lines. The substrate includes a shallow trench isolation and an active structure defined by the shallow trench isolation and the active structure includes a first active area and a second active area. The first active area includes a plurality of active area units being parallel extended along a first direction, and the second active area is disposed outside a periphery of the first active area, to surround all of the active area units. The word lines are disposed in the substrate to intersect the active area units and the shallow trench isolation. The word lines includes first word lines arranged by a first pitch and at least one second word line arranged by a second pitch, and the second pitch is greater than the first pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifei Yan, Huixian Lai
  • Publication number: 20230282249
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof, which includes a substrate and a plurality of word lines. The substrate includes a shallow trench isolation and an active structure defined by the shallow trench isolation and the active structure includes a first active area and a second active area. The first active area includes a plurality of active area units being parallel extended along a first direction, and the second active area is disposed outside a periphery of the first active area, to surround all of the active area units. The word lines are disposed in the substrate to intersect the active area units and the shallow trench isolation. The word lines includes first word lines arranged by a first pitch and second word lines arranged by a second pitch, and the second pitch is greater than the first pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifei Yan, Huixian Lai
  • Publication number: 20230232620
    Abstract: The invention provides a memory and a forming method thereof. By connecting two node contact parts filled in two node contact windows at the edge and adjacent to each other, a large-sized combined contact can be formed, so that when preparing the node contact parts, the morphology of the combined contact at the edge position can be effectively ensured, and under the blocking protection of the combined contact with a large width, the rest of the node contact parts can be prevented from being greatly eroded, and the morphology accuracy of the independently arranged node contact parts can be improved, thereby being beneficial to improving the device performance of the formed memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huixian LAi, Chao-Wei Lin, Chia-Yi Chu
  • Patent number: 11688433
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof, which includes a substrate and a plurality of word lines. The substrate includes a shallow trench isolation and an active structure defined by the shallow trench isolation and the active structure includes a first active area and a second active area. The first active area includes a plurality of active area units being parallel extended along a first direction, and the second active area is disposed outside a periphery of the first active area, to surround all of the active area units. The word lines are disposed in the substrate to intersect the active area units and the shallow trench isolation. The word lines includes first word lines arranged by a first pitch and second word lines arranged by a second pitch, and the second pitch is greater than the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifei Yan, Huixian Lai
  • Patent number: 11641736
    Abstract: The invention provides a memory and a forming method thereof. By connecting two node contact parts filled in two node contact windows at the edge and adjacent to each other, a large-sized combined contact can be formed, so that when preparing the node contact parts, the morphology of the combined contact at the edge position can be effectively ensured, and under the blocking protection of the combined contact with a large width, the rest of the node contact parts can be prevented from being greatly eroded, and the morphology accuracy of the independently arranged node contact parts can be improved, thereby being beneficial to improving the device performance of the formed memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huixian Lai, Chao-Wei Lin, Chia-Yi Chu
  • Publication number: 20220415367
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor memory device and a fabricating method thereof, which includes a substrate and a plurality of word lines. The substrate includes a shallow trench isolation and an active structure defined by the shallow trench isolation and the active structure includes a first active area and a second active area. The first active area includes a plurality of active area units being parallel extended along a first direction, and the second active area is disposed outside a periphery of the first active area, to surround all of the active area units. The word lines are disposed in the substrate to intersect the active area units and the shallow trench isolation. The word lines includes first word lines arranged by a first pitch and second word lines arranged by a second pitch, and the second pitch is greater than the first pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifei Yan, Huixian LAI
  • Publication number: 20220384431
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, and the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate line and a stress layer. The substrate has a plurality of first fins protruded from the substrate. The gate line is disposed over the substrate, across the first fins, to further include a gate electrode and a gate dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the gate electrode layer and the first fins. The stress layer is disposed only on lateral surfaces of the first fins and on a top surface of the substrate, wherein a material of the stress layer is different from a material of the first fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Wang Jhan, Fu-Che Lee, Huixian LAI, Yu-Cheng Tung, An-Chi Liu, Gang-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20220254785
    Abstract: Provided are an electrical contact structure. Through enabling at least the first contact plug closest to a peripheral area to be formed above an isolation structure of a boundary area between a core area and the peripheral area and in contact with the isolation structure, and enabling a bottom portion of the first contact plug to be completely overlapped on the isolation structure, or, enabling a part of the bottom portion to be overlapped with the isolation structure, enabling the other part of the bottom portion to be overlapped with an active area (AA) of the core area next to the isolation structure, and even enabling a top portion of the first contact plug to be at least connected with a top portion of the contact plug above the AA of the core area next to the isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Huixian LAI, Yu-Cheng TUNG, Chao-Wei LIN, Chia-Yi CHU, Chien-Hung LU
  • Publication number: 20220122984
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor memory device, including a substrate, active areas, first wires and at least one first plug. The active areas extend parallel to each other along a first direction, and the first wires cross over the active areas, wherein each of the first wires has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first plug is disposed on the first end of the first wire and electrically connected with the first wire, wherein the first plug entirely wraps the first end of the first wire and is in direct contact with a top surface, sidewalls and an end surface of the first end. Therefore, the contact area between the plug and the first wires may be increased, the contact resistance of the plug may be reduced, and the reliability of electrical connection between the plug and the first wires may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Tung, Huixian LAI, Yi-Wang Jhan
  • Publication number: 20220028867
    Abstract: A transistor, a memory and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The transistor includes a gate dielectric layer (200) having an upper portion (200b) and a lower portion (200a). The upper portion (200b) is multi-layer structure having an increased thickness without changing a thickness of the lower portion (200a). In this way, gate-induced drain current leakage of the transistor can be mitigated at uncompromised performance thereof. Additionally, the upper portion (200b) designed as multi-layer structure having an increased thickness can facilitate flexible adjustment in parameters of the upper portion (200b). The memory device includes dielectric material layers (DL), which are formed in respective word line trenches and each have an upper portion and a lower portion. In addition, in both trench isolation structures (STI) and active areas (AA), the upper portion of the dielectric material layers (DL) has a thickness greater than a thickness of the lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Chung-Yen CHOU, Chih-Yuan CHEN, Qinfu ZHANG, Chao-Wei LIN, Chia-Yi CHU, Jen-Chieh CHENG, Jen-Kuo WU, Huixian LAI
  • Publication number: 20210313422
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; at least one trench located at a top surface of the substrate; and a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on an inner wall of each of the at least one trench. A topmost surface of the first dielectric layer is lower than a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer and the top surface of the substrate, to form a first groove between the second dielectric layer and the substrate. An edge corner between the top surface of the substrate and the inner wall of each of the at least one trench is in a shape of a fillet curve. The fillet structure is smooth and round without a sharp corner, reducing point discharge and improving reliability of the shallow trench isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huixian Lai, Yu Cheng Tung, Chao-Wei Lin, Chiayi Chu
  • Publication number: 20210225851
    Abstract: The invention provides a memory and a forming method thereof. By connecting two node contact parts filled in two node contact windows at the edge and adjacent to each other, a large-sized combined contact can be formed, so that when preparing the node contact parts, the morphology of the combined contact at the edge position can be effectively ensured, and under the blocking protection of the combined contact with a large width, the rest of the node contact parts can be prevented from being greatly eroded, and the morphology accuracy of the independently arranged node contact parts can be improved, thereby being beneficial to improving the device performance of the formed memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Huixian LAI, Chao-Wei Lin, Chia-Yi Chu
  • Patent number: 11069774
    Abstract: A shallow trench isolation structure and a semiconductor device. The shallow trench isolation structure includes a substrate; at least one trench located at a top surface of the substrate; and a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on an inner wall of each of the at least one trench. A topmost surface of the first dielectric layer is lower than a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer and the top surface of the substrate, to form a first groove between the second dielectric layer and the substrate. An edge corner between the top surface of the substrate and the inner wall of each of the at least one trench is in a shape of a fillet curve. The fillet structure is smooth and round without a sharp corner, reducing point discharge and improving reliability of the shallow trench isolation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huixian Lai, Yu Cheng Tung, Chao-Wei Lin, Chiayi Chu
  • Publication number: 20210098571
    Abstract: A shallow trench isolation structure and a semiconductor device. The shallow trench isolation structure includes a substrate; at least one trench located at a top surface of the substrate; and a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer that are sequentially stacked on an inner wall of each of the at least one trench. A topmost surface of the first dielectric layer is lower than a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer and the top surface of the substrate, to form a first groove between the second dielectric layer and the substrate. An edge corner between the top surface of the substrate and the inner wall of each of the at least one trench is in a shape of a fillet curve. The fillet structure is smooth and round without a sharp corner, reducing point discharge and improving reliability of the shallow trench isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Huixian Lai, Yu Cheng Tung, Chao-Wei Lin, Chiayi Chu