Patents by Inventor Hung Jui Kuo
Hung Jui Kuo 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).
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Patent number: 11973023Abstract: A stacked via structure including a first dielectric layer, a first conductive via, a first redistribution wiring, a second dielectric layer and a second conductive via is provided. The first dielectric layer includes a first via opening. The first conductive via is in the first via opening. A first level height offset is between a top surface of the first conductive via and a top surface of the first dielectric layer. The first redistribution wiring covers the top surface of the first conductive via and the top surface of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer and the first redistribution wiring. The second dielectric layer includes a second via opening. The second conductive via is in the second via opening. The second conductive via is electrically connected to the first redistribution wiring through the second via opening of the second dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Po-Han Wang, Hung-Jui Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Hu
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Publication number: 20240130043Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a system board and a first set of electronic devices disposed over the system board. Each of the first set of electronic devices comprises a processing unit and a carrier carrying the processing unit. The electronic device also includes a first interconnection structure electrically connected with the processing unit through the carrier and configured to receive a first power from a first power supply unit and to transmit the first power to the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Chun-Yen TING, Pao-Nan LEE, Hung-Chun KUO, Jung Jui KANG, Chang Chi LEE
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Publication number: 20240128122Abstract: Semiconductor package includes substrate, first barrier layer, second barrier layer, routing via, first routing pattern, second routing pattern, semiconductor die. Substrate has through hole with tapered profile, wider at frontside surface than at backside surface of substrate. First barrier layer extends on backside surface. Second barrier layer extends along sidewalls of through hole and on frontside surface. Routing via fills through hole and is separated from sidewalls of through hole by at least second barrier layer. First routing pattern extends over first barrier layer on backside surface and over routing via. First routing pattern is electrically connected to end of routing via and has protrusion protruding towards end of routing via in correspondence of through hole. Second routing pattern extends over second barrier layer on frontside surface. Second routing pattern directly contacts another end of routing via. Semiconductor die is electrically connected to routing via by first routing pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wei-Chung Chang, Ming-Che Ho, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Publication number: 20240126174Abstract: A method includes the following steps. A photoresist is exposed to a first light-exposure through a first mask, wherein the first mask includes a first stitching region, and a first portion of the photoresist corresponding to a first opaque portion of the first stitching region is unexposed. The photoresist is exposed to a second light-exposure through a second mask, wherein the second mask includes a second stitching region, and a second portion of the photoresist corresponding to a second opaque portion of the second stitching region is unexposed and is overlapping with the first portion of the photoresist.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Meng-Che Tu, Po-Han Wang, Sih-Hao Liao, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Package structure comprising buffer layer for reducing thermal stress and method of forming the same
Patent number: 11961777Abstract: A package structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a first die, a second die, a first encapsulant, and a buffer layer. The first die and the second die are disposed side by side. The first encapsulant encapsulates the first die and the second die. The second die includes a die stack encapsulated by a second encapsulant encapsulating a die stack. The buffer layer is disposed between the first encapsulant and the second encapsulant and covers at least a sidewall of the second die and disposed between the first encapsulant and the second encapsulant. The buffer layer has a Young's modulus less than a Young's modulus of the first encapsulant and a Young's modulus of the second encapsulant.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wei-Chih Chen, Chien-Hsun Lee, Chung-Shi Liu, Hao-Cheng Hou, Hung-Jui Kuo, Jung-Wei Cheng, Tsung-Ding Wang, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Sih-Hao Liao -
Patent number: 11960211Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an energy source, a support platform for holding a wafer, an optical path extending from the energy source to the support platform, and a photomask aligned such that a patterned major surface of the photomask is parallel to the force of gravity, where the optical path passes through the photomask, where the patterned major surface of the photomask is perpendicular to a topmost surface of the support platform.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, Ting-Yang Yu, Ming-Tan Lee
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Patent number: 11961811Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor element and a first bonding structure. The semiconductor element has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first bonding structure is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the semiconductor element, and includes a first electrical connector, a first insulation layer surrounding the first electrical connector and a first conductive layer surrounding the first insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Hung-Jui Kuo, Hui-Jung Tsai, Tsao-Lun Chang
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Publication number: 20240113089Abstract: A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor package includes a die, an underfill layer, a patterned dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive terminals. The die has a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface. The underfill layer encapsulates the die, wherein a surface of the underfill layer and the back surface of the die are substantially coplanar to one another. The patterned dielectric layer is disposed on the back surface of the die. The conductive terminals are disposed on and in contact with a surface of the patterned dielectric layer and partially embedded in the patterned dielectric layer to be in contact with the die, wherein a portion of the surface of the patterned dielectric layer that directly under each of the conductive terminals is substantially parallel with the back surface of the die.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tian Hu, Po-Han Wang, Sih-Hao Liao, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Patent number: 11948890Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: an integrated circuit die; a through via adjacent the integrated circuit die; a molding compound encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the through via; and a redistribution structure including: a first conductive via extending through a first dielectric layer, the first conductive via electrically connected to the integrated circuit die, the first dielectric layer being over the integrated circuit die, the through via, and the molding compound; and a first conductive line over the first dielectric layer and the first conductive via, the first conductive via extending into the first conductive line.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Hao Tseng, Hung-Jui Kuo, Ming-Che Ho
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Patent number: 11948918Abstract: A semiconductor device having a redistribution structure and a method of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor structure, a redistribution structure over and electrically coupled the semiconductor structure, and a connector over and electrically coupled to the redistribution structure. The redistribution structure includes a base via and stacked vias electrically interposed between the base via and the connector. The stacked vias are laterally spaced apart from the base via.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Po-Han Wang, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Patent number: 11948904Abstract: A die includes a substrate, a conductive pad, a connector and a protection layer. The conductive pad is disposed over the substrate. The connector is disposed on the conductive pad. The connector includes a seed layer and a conductive post. The protection layer laterally covers the connector. Topmost surfaces of the seed layer and the conductive post and a top surface of the protection layer are level with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wei-Chih Chen, Hung-Jui Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Sih-Hao Liao
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Patent number: 11948863Abstract: A package structure and method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a polymer layer, a redistribution layer, a die, and an adhesion promoter layer. The redistribution layer is disposed over the polymer layer. The die is sandwiched between the polymer layer and the redistribution layer. The adhesion promoter layer, an oxide layer, a through via, and an encapsulant are sandwiched between the polymer layer and the redistribution layer. The encapsulant is laterally encapsulates the die. The through via extends through the encapsulant. The adhesion promoter layer and the oxide layer are laterally sandwiched between the through via and the encapsulant. A bottom portion of the encapsulant is longitudinally sandwiched between the adhesion promoter layer and the polymer layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hung-Chun Cho, Hung-Jui Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Sih-Hao Liao, Wei-Chih Chen
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Publication number: 20240105901Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: an interconnect structure including a first contact pad, a second contact pad, and an alignment mark; a light emitting diode including a cathode and an anode, the cathode connected to the first contact pad; an encapsulant encapsulating the light emitting diode; a first conductive via extending through the encapsulant, the first conductive via including a first seed layer, the first seed layer contacting the second contact pad; a second conductive via extending through the encapsulant, the second conductive via including a second seed layer, the first seed layer and the second seed layer including a first metal; and a hardmask layer between the second seed layer and the alignment mark, the hardmask layer including a second metal, the second metal different from the first metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Keng-Han Lin, Hung-Jui Kuo, Hui-Jung Tsai
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Patent number: 11942417Abstract: A device includes a sensor die having a sensing region at a top surface of the sensor die, an encapsulant at least laterally encapsulating the sensor die, a conductive via extending through the encapsulant, and a front-side redistribution structure on the encapsulant and on the top surface of the sensor die, wherein the front-side redistribution structure is connected to the conductive via and the sensor die, wherein an opening in the front-side redistribution structure exposes the sensing region of the sensor die, and wherein the front-side redistribution structure includes a first dielectric layer extending over the encapsulant and the top surface of the sensor die, a metallization pattern on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer extending over the metallization pattern and the first dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yung-Chi Chu, Sih-Hao Liao, Po-Han Wang, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Patent number: 11942435Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a molding compound; an integrated circuit die encapsulated in the molding compound; a through via adjacent the integrated circuit die; and a redistribution structure over the integrated circuit die, the molding compound, and the through via, the redistribution structure electrically connected to the integrated circuit die and the through via, the redistribution structure including: a first dielectric layer disposed over the molding compound; a first conductive via extending through the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer and the first conductive via; and a second conductive via extending through the second dielectric layer and into a portion of the first conductive via, an interface between the first conductive via and the second conductive via being non-planar.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Po-Han Wang, Hung-Jui Kuo, Yu-Hsiang Hu
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Publication number: 20240096849Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure, and a terminal. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on and electrically coupled to the semiconductor die. The terminal is disposed on and electrically coupled to the redistribution circuit structure, where the redistribution circuit structure is disposed between the semiconductor die and the terminal, and the terminal includes an under-bump metallization (UBM) and a capping layer. The UBM is disposed on and electrically coupled to the redistribution circuit structure, where the UBM includes a recess. The capping layer is disposed on and electrically coupled to the UBM, where the UBM is between the capping layer and the redistribution circuit structure, and the capping layer fills the recess of the UBM.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wei-Chung Chang, Ming-Che Ho, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Publication number: 20240088056Abstract: A method includes encapsulating a device die in an encapsulating material, forming a first dielectric layer over the device die and the encapsulating material, forming first redistribution lines extending into the first dielectric layer to electrically couple to the device die, forming an alignment mark over the first dielectric layer, wherein the alignment mark includes a plurality of elongated strips, forming a second dielectric layer over the first redistribution lines and the alignment mark, and forming second redistribution lines extending into the second dielectric layer to electrically couple to the first redistribution lines. The second redistribution lines are formed using the alignment mark for alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jhih-Yu Wang, Yung-Chi Chu, Sih-Hao Liao, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo
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Publication number: 20240079235Abstract: A single layer process is utilized to reduce swing effect interference and reflection during imaging of a photoresist. An anti-reflective additive is added to a photoresist, wherein the anti-reflective additive has a dye portion and a reactive portion. Upon dispensing the reactive portion will react with underlying structures to form an anti -reflective coating between the underlying structure and a remainder of the photoresist. During imaging, the anti-reflective coating will either absorb the energy, preventing it from being reflected, or else modify the optical path of reflection, thereby helping to reduce interference caused by the reflected energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, Hsing-Chieh Lee, Ming-Tan Lee
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Patent number: 11923207Abstract: A method for forming a redistribution structure in a semiconductor package and a semiconductor package including the redistribution structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method may include encapsulating an integrated circuit die and a through via in a molding compound, the integrated circuit die having a die connector; depositing a first dielectric layer over the molding compound; patterning a first opening through the first dielectric layer exposing the die connector of the integrated circuit die; planarizing the first dielectric layer; depositing a first seed layer over the first dielectric layer and in the first opening; and plating a first conductive via extending through the first dielectric layer on the first seed layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hung-Jui Kuo, Chen-Hua Yu
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Publication number: 20240071887Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first die, a second die and a redistribution layer structure. The first die and the second die are disposed laterally. The redistribution layer structure is disposed over and electrically connected to the first die and the second die, wherein the redistribution layer structure includes a plurality of vias and a plurality of lines stacked alternately and electrically connected to each other and embedded by a plurality of polymer layers, and wherein from a top view, first vias of the plurality of vias overlapping with the first die or the second die have an elliptical-like shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Zi-Jheng Liu, Ting-Yang Yu, Ming-Tan Lee, Hung-Jui Kuo