Patents by Inventor Hung-Sui Lin

Hung-Sui Lin 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: 6555844
    Abstract: A transistor device that includes at least two transistors, each transistor including a source region, a drain region, and a shallow trench isolation formed between and contiguous with the source and drain regions, wherein the shallow trench isolation electrically isolates the source and drain regions to minimize the short-channel effects, a conductor layer disposed over the source region, shallow trench isolation, and drain region, wherein the conductor layer electrically connects the source and drain regions to serve as a channel region, a gate oxide disposed over the conductor layer, and a gate structure formed over the gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Han Chao Lai, Tao Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20030067807
    Abstract: An erasing method for a p-channel nitride read only memory. The method is used for a p-channel nitride read only memory having charges stored in a charge-trapping layer. A positive voltage is applied to the control gate and a negative voltage to the drain; also, the source is floating and the n-well is grounded. The voltage difference between the positive voltage applied to the control gate and the negative voltage to the drain is sufficient to trigger a band-to-band induced hot electron injection to erase the p-channel nitride read only memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Han-Chao Lai, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6524919
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor device is provided comprising the steps of: performing an ion implantation to form a source/drain region in the substrate having a gate formed on it and a spacer formed on the sidewalls of the gate; forming a self-aligned silicide layer on the exposed surface of the gate and the source/drain region; removing a portion of the spacer to form a substantially triangular spacer with sharp corners; performing a tilted pocket implantation to form pocket regions within the substrate beside the gate, and controlling the location of the pocket regions and the dopant distribution by adjusting the energy and angle of the tilted pocket implantation; performing a tilted-angle implantation to form a source/drain extension within the substrate beside the gate and underlying the spacer; using the thermal cycle process to adjust the junction depth and the doping profile of the source/drain extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6524913
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a non-volatile memory, in which a charge-trapping layer consisting of insulating materials and bar-like conductive layers to be patterned into the gates are formed at first. The buried bit-lines are formed in the substrate between the bar-like conductive layers. Each of the buried bit-lines extends into the substrate under a portion of an adjacent high-K spacer, but not to the substrate under an adjacent bar-like conductive layer. High-K spacers are formed on the side-walls of the bar-like conductive layers. Then the bar-like conductive layers are patterned into the gates, and word-lines are formed on the substrate to electrically connect with the gates. The material of the high-K spacer has a dielectric constant and the high-K spacer has a width, such that a channel will extend to the substrate under the high-K spacer and connect with the buried bit-line when the non-volatile memory is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Han-Chao Lai, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20030036250
    Abstract: A method for operating a P-channel SONOS memory device that has a charge trapping layer located on a substrate, a gate electrode located on the trapping layer, two doped regions located in the substrate at each side of the charge trapping layer. The two doped regions are set to be a drain region and a source region. When a programming action is intended, the gate electrode and the drain region are applied with a first negative high-level bias, and the source region and the substrate are applied with a grounded voltage. When an erasing action is intended, the gate electrode is a second negative bias which is smaller than the first negative voltage in absolute value. In the mean time, the drain region is applied with the third negative bias and the substrate is applied with a grounded voltage. The third negative voltage is larger than the second negative bias in absolute value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Nian-Kai Zous, Han-Chao Lai, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20030034543
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with trench isolation structure is disclosed. The invention uses a trench isolation structure that can be formed by using conventional methods to prevent problems such as drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL), punch-through leakage and spiking leakage. Thus these poor electrical properties of the conventional semiconductor device with a shallow junction depth resulting from the shrink of design rules can be solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6514807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device that can be applied in system on chip (SOC), comprising: providing a substrate with a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region; forming a plurality of bit-lines in the memory cell region; forming a first and a second dielectric layers respectively in the memory cell region and the peripheral circuit region; and forming a plurality of gates. Next, a blanket ion implantation step is performed to form a plurality of P type LDDs in the substrate besides the gates in a PMOS device region within the peripheral circuit region, without forming an anti-punch through region in the substrate of the memory cell region. Afterwards, a plurality of spacers are formed, connected to one another. An ion implantation step is performed to form a plurality of P type source/drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-hung Yeh, Tso-Hung Fan, Hung-Sui Lin, Shih-Keng Cho, Mu Yi Liu, Kwang Yang Chan, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20030013242
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor device is provided comprising the steps of: performing an ion implantation to form a source/drain region in the substrate having a gate formed on it and a spacer formed on the sidewalls of the gate; forming a self-aligned silicide layer on the exposed surface of the gate and the source/drain region; removing a portion of the spacer to form a substantially triangular spacer with sharp corners; performing a tilted pocket implantation to form pocket regions within the substrate beside the gate, and controlling the location of the pocket regions and the dopant distribution by adjusting the energy and angle of the tilted pocket implantation; performing a tilted-angle implantation to form a source/drain extension within the substrate beside the gate and underlying the spacer; using the thermal cycle process to adjust the junction depth and the doping profile of the source/drain extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20020197780
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for forming a metal oxide semiconductor type field effect transistor (MOSFET), more particularly, to the method for forming the MOSFET by forming a gate and a spacer in a trench. The present invention is used to form the gate and the spacer of the MOSFET in the trench which is preformed in the substrate to reduce the junction depth of the source/drain region. The present invention also can reduce the defects in the drain induced barrier lowering and the punch-through leakage to avoid the spiking leakage defects in the back-end process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6498377
    Abstract: A nitride read only memory device that includes a substrate having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region formed therebetween, a first oxide layer formed over the channel region, a nitride layer formed over the first oxide layer, a second oxide layer formed over the nitride layer, a gate structure formed over the second oxide layer, wherein a region in the substrate underneath the gate structure excludes one of the source and drain regions, a plurality of sidewall spacers formed over the nitride layer and contiguous with the gate structure, and at least one injection point for injecting electrons into the nitride layer, wherein the injection point is located at a junction between the channel region and one of the source and drain regions, and wherein electron charges are stored in portions of the nitride layer underneath the sidewall spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Nian Kai Zous, Han Chao Lai, Tao Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6492235
    Abstract: A method for forming extension by using double etch spacer. The method includes at least the following steps. First a semiconductor substrate is provided. Then, the gate is formed on the substrate. A first spacer is formed on a sidewall of the gate. Then, numerous first ions are implanted in the substrate by a mask of both the gate and the first spacer to form the source/drain region. Then, the second spacer is formed by etching the first spacer, wherein the width of the second spacer is less than the width of the first spacer. Finally, numerous second ions are implanted in the substrate by a mask of both the gate and the second spacer to form an extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Tao-Cheng Lu, Hung-Sui Lin
  • Patent number: 6482709
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a MOS transistor. A gate oxide layer and a polysilicon layer are successively formed on a substrate. A nitrogen ion implantation is performed to implant nitrogen ions into the contact region of the polysilicon layer with the gate dielectric layer. An annealing is performed in order to enlarge the polysilicon grains within the polysilicon layer. The polysilicon layer is patterned to form a gate. A dopant is implanted into the substrate on the sides of the gate, thereby forming a source/drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20020155686
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with a core device and an input/output (I/O) device on a semiconductor substrate has been developed. The semiconductor device, fabricated according to the present method, features the I/O device having graded dopant profiles, obtained from a transient enhanced diffusion effect for suppressing a hot carrier effect, and having pocket/halo implant region for decreasing leakage current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Han-Chao Lai, Yen-Hung Yeh, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6458643
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is provided with at least a gate formed on the semiconductor substrate. A first ion implantation process is performed to form a pocket implant region within the semiconductor substrate beneath the gate. Following the first ion implantation process, a first rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process is immediately performed to reduce TED effects resulting from the first ion implantation process. Thereafter, a second implantation process is performed to form a source extension doping region and a drain extension doping region within the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the gate. A source doping region and a drain doping region are then formed within the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the gate. Finally, a second RTA process is performed to simultaneously activate dopants in the source extension doping region, the drain extension doping region, the source doping region and the drain doping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Tao-Cheng Lu, Hung-Sui Lin
  • Patent number: 6455388
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a MOS transistor. First, a substrate having a gate electrode and spacers on the gate electrode sidewalls is provided. A source/drain region is formed in the substrate outside the outer edge of the spacer sidewalls. A self-aligned silicide layer is formed over the exposed surface of the gate electrode and the source/drain regions. A portion of the spacers is removed by etching to form a sharp-angled triangular spacer on the sidewalls of the gate electrode. A pocket implantation of the substrate is carried out to form a pocket region inside the substrate under the side edges of the gate electrode. By controlling the setting of the energy level and the implant angle in the pocket implantation, a precise distribution of the dopants at desired locations within the substrate is reproduced. Finally, the sharp-angled spacers are removed and then a light implantation is conducted to form source/drain extension regions in the substrate on each side of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6448142
    Abstract: A fabrication method for a metal oxide semiconductor transistor is described. A source/drain implantation is conducted on a substrate beside the spacer that is on the sidewall of the gate to form a source/drain region in the substrate beside the spacer. A self-aligned silicide layer is further formed on the gate and the source/drain region. A portion of the spacer is removed to form a triangular spacer with a sharp corner, followed by performing a tilt angle implantation on the substrate to form a source/drain extension region in the substrate under the side of the gate and the spacer with the sharp corner. A thermal cycle is further conducted to adjust the junction depth and the dopant profile of the source/drain extension region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Hung-Sui Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20020102801
    Abstract: A method for forming extension by using double etch spacer. The method at least includes the following steps. First of all, provide a semiconductor substrate. Then, forms the gate on the substrate. A first spacer is formed on a sidewall of the gate. Then, numerous first ions are implanted to substrate by a mask of both the gate and the first spacer to form the source/drain region. Then, form the second spacer by etching the first spacer, wherein the width of the second spacer is less than the width of the first spacer. Finally, numerous second ions are implanted to substrate by a mask of both the gate and the second spacer to form an extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Han-Chao Lai, Tao-Cheng Lu, Hung-Sui Lin
  • Publication number: 20020086473
    Abstract: A process for fabricating CMOS transistor of IC devices that is free from short-changed effects is disclosed. The process of fabrication first forms a gate structure that has a gate polysilicon on top of a gate oxide layer on the surface of the IC substrate. A first spacer is then formed on the sidewall of the gate structure. Lightly-doped source/drain regions are then formed for the transistor by implanting impurities into the source/drain regions of the transistor. A second sidewall spacer then covers the first sidewall spacer. Heavily-doped source/drain regions underneath the lightly-doped source/drain regions are then formed by performing a source/drain implantation procedure. Finally, impurities in the lightly- and heavily-doped source/drain regions are then driven-in into the channel region of the transistor in a rapid thermal annealing procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Wen-Jer Tsai, Tao-Cheng Lu, Hung-Sui Lin, Han-Chao Lai