Patents by Inventor I-Ching Li

I-Ching Li 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: 20240075558
    Abstract: A processing method of a single crystal material includes the following steps. A single crystal material is provided as an object to be modified. The amorphous phase modification apparatus is used for emitting a femtosecond laser beam to process an internal portion of the object to be modified. The processing includes using a femtosecond laser beam to form a plurality of processing lines in the internal portion of the object to be modified, wherein each of the processing lines include a zigzag pattern processing, and a processing line spacing between the plurality of processing lines is in a range of 200 ?m to 600 ?m, wherein after the object to be modified is processed, a modified layer is formed in the object to be modified. Slicing or separating out a portion in the object to be modified that includes the modified layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd., mRadian Femto Sources Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien Chung Lee, Bo-Kai Wang, Shang-Chi Wang, Chia-Chi Tsai, I-Ching Li
  • Patent number: 11923422
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an initial layer, and a superlattice stack. The initial layer is located on the substrate and includes aluminum nitride (AlN). The superlattice stack is located on the initial layer and includes a plurality of first films, a plurality of second films and at least one doped layer, and the first films and the second films are alternately stacked on the initial layer, wherein the at least one doped layer is arranged in one of the first films and the second films, and dopants of the at least one doped layer are selected from a group consisting of carbon, iron, and the combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Shien Hu, Chien-Jen Sun, I-Ching Li, Wen-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 11859965
    Abstract: A material analysis method is provided. A plurality of wafers processed from a plurality of ingots are measured by a measuring instrument to obtain an average of a bow of each of the wafers processed from the ingots and a plurality of full widths at half maximum (FWHM) of each of the wafers. Key factors respectively corresponding to the ingots are calculated according to the FWHM of the wafers. A regression equation is obtained according to the key factors and the average of the bows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Chi Wang, Wen-Ching Hsu, Chia-Chi Tsai, I-Ching Li
  • Patent number: 11852465
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wafer inspection method and wafer inspection apparatus. The method includes: receive scanning information of at least one wafer, wherein the scanning information includes a plurality of haze values; the scanning information is divided into a plurality of information blocks according to the unit block, and the feature value of each of the plurality of information blocks is calculated according to the plurality of haze values included in each of the plurality of information blocks; and converting the feature value into a color value according to the haze upper threshold and the haze lower threshold, generating the color value corresponding to the at least one wafer according to the converted color value according to the feature value, whereby the color graph displays the texture content of the at least one wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Chi Wang, Miao-Pei Chen, Han-Zong Wu, Chia-Chi Tsai, I-Ching Li
  • Patent number: 11845030
    Abstract: A dust collecting system for single crystal growth system includes an air compressor, a dust collecting device, a first inert gas source, a rotary pump and a scrubber. The air compressor is fluidly connected to an exit pipe of the single crystal growth system. The exit pipe is used to exhaust unstable dust from the single crystal growth system. The dust collecting device is fluidly connecting to the exit pipe to collect the dust oxide. The first inert gas source is fluidly connected to the exit pipe to blow a first inert gas into the exit pipe to compel the dust oxide toward the dust collecting device. The rotary pump is fluidly connected to the dust collecting device. The scrubber is fluidly connected to the rotary pump. The rotary pump transports the residual dust oxide toward the scrubber. The present disclosure further provides a method for collecting dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Nakanishi, Yu-Sheng Su, I-Ching Li
  • Publication number: 20230347271
    Abstract: A method for collecting dust from a single crystal growth system includes providing dry air and oxygen into an exit pipe connecting to the single crystal growth system, blowing a first inert gas into the exit pipe to compel the dust oxide toward a dust collecting device, collecting the dust oxide by the dust collecting device; and providing a rotary pump to transport residues of the dust oxide backward. The oxygen reacts with the unstable dust for forming dust oxide. The exit pipe is used to exhaust unstable dust from the single crystal growth system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masami Nakanishi, YU-SHENG SU, I-CHING LI
  • Patent number: 11708642
    Abstract: A mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus is provided. The mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus includes a furnace, a support base disposed in the furnace, a crucible disposed on the support base, and a heating module. The support base and the crucible do not rotate relative to the heating module, and an axial direction is defined to be along a central axis of the crucible. The heating module is disposed at an outer periphery of the support base and includes a first heating unit, a second heating unit, and a third heating unit. The first heating unit, the second heating unit, and the third heating unit are respectively disposed at positions with different heights corresponding to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Hsing-Pang Wang, Wen-Ching Hsu, I-Ching Li
  • Publication number: 20220357152
    Abstract: A material analysis method is provided. A plurality of wafers processed from a plurality of ingots are measured by a measuring instrument to obtain an average of a bow of each of the wafers processed from the ingots and a plurality of full widths at half maximum (FWHM) of each of the wafers. Key factors respectively corresponding to the ingots are calculated according to the FWHM of the wafers. A regression equation is obtained according to the key factors and the average of the bows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Chi Wang, Wen-Ching Hsu, Chia-Chi Tsai, I-Ching Li
  • Publication number: 20220316872
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wafer inspection method and wafer inspection apparatus. The method includes: receive scanning information of at least one wafer, wherein the scanning information includes a plurality of haze values; the scanning information is divided into a plurality of information blocks according to the unit block, and the feature value of each the plurality of information blocks is calculated according to the plurality of haze values included in each the plurality of information blocks; and converting the feature value into a color value according to the haze upper threshold and the haze lower threshold, and generating the color value corresponding to the at least one wafer according to the converted color value according to the feature value, the color graph displays the texture content of the at least one wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Chi Wang, Miao-Pei Chen, Han-Zong Wu, Chia-Chi Tsai, I-Ching Li
  • Publication number: 20220307991
    Abstract: A wafer surface defect inspection method and a wafer surface defect inspection apparatus are provided. The method includes the following steps. Scanning information of a wafer is received, and the scanning information includes multiple scanning parameters. At least one reference point of the scanning information is determined, and path information is generated according to the at least one reference point and a reference value. Multiple first scanning parameters corresponding to the path information in the scanning parameters are obtained according to the path information to generate a curve chart. According to the curve chart, it is determined whether the wafer has a defect, and a defect type of the defect is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Chi Wang, Miao-Pei Chen, Han-Zong Wu, Chia-Chi Tsai, I-Ching Li
  • Patent number: 11377752
    Abstract: A mono-crystalline silicon growth method includes: providing a furnace, a supporting base and a crucible which do not rotate relative to the furnace, and a heating module disposed at an outer periphery of the supporting base. After solidifying a liquid surface of a silicon melt in the crucible to form a crystal, the heating power of the heating module is successively reduced to appropriately adjust the temperature around the crucible to effectively control a temperature gradient of a thermal field around the crucible, so as to form a mono-crystalline silicon ingot by solidifying the silicon melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Hsing-Pang Wang, Wen-Ching Hsu, I-Ching Li
  • Patent number: 11326272
    Abstract: A mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus includes a furnace, a support base, a crucible, a heating module disposed outside of the crucible, and a heat adjusting module above the crucible. The heat adjusting module includes a diversion tube, a plurality of heat preservation sheets, and a hard shaft. The diversion tube includes a tube body and a carrying body connected to the tube body. The heat preservation sheets are sleeved around the tube body and are stacked and disposed on the carrying body. The hard shaft passes through the tube body and does not rotate. The hard shaft includes a water flow channel disposed therein and a clamping portion configured to clamp a seed crystal. Therefore, a fluid injected into the water flow channel takes away the heat near the clamping portion. A heat adjusting module and a hard shaft of the mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Hsing-Pang Wang, Wen-Ching Hsu, I-Ching Li
  • Publication number: 20210394100
    Abstract: A dust collecting system for single crystal growth system includes an air compressor, a dust collecting device, a first inert gas source, a rotary pump and a scrubber. The air compressor is fluidly connected to an exit pipe of the single crystal growth system. The exit pipe is used to exhaust unstable dust from the single crystal growth system. The dust collecting device is fluidly connecting to the exit pipe to collect the dust oxide. The first inert gas source is fluidly connected to the exit pipe to blow a first inert gas into the exit pipe to compel the dust oxide toward the dust collecting device. The rotary pump is fluidly connected to the dust collecting device. The scrubber is fluidly connected to the rotary pump. The rotary pump transports the residual dust oxide toward the scrubber. The present disclosure further provides a method for collecting dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Masami Nakanishi, YU-SHENG SU, I-CHING LI
  • Publication number: 20210332496
    Abstract: A mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus is provided. The mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus includes a furnace, a support base disposed in the furnace, a crucible disposed on the support base, and a heating module. The support base and the crucible do not rotate relative to the heating module, and an axial direction is defined to be along a central axis of the crucible. The heating module is disposed at an outer periphery of the support base and includes a first heating unit, a second heating unit, and a third heating unit. The first heating unit, the second heating unit, and the third heating unit are respectively disposed at positions with different heights corresponding to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: CHUN-HUNG CHEN, HSING-PANG WANG, Wen-Ching Hsu, I-CHING LI
  • Patent number: 11041255
    Abstract: A silicon carbide crystal and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The silicon carbide crystal includes an N-type seed layer, a barrier layer, and a semi-insulating ingot, which are sequentially stacked and are made of silicon carbide. The N-type seed layer has a resistivity within a range of 0.01-0.03 ?·cm. The barrier layer includes a plurality of epitaxial layers sequentially formed on the N-type seed layer by an epitaxial process. The C/Si ratios of the epitaxial layers gradually increase in a growth direction away from the N-type seed layer. A nitrogen concentration of the silicon carbide crystal gradually decreases from the N-type seed layer toward the semi-insulating ingot by a diffusion phenomenon, so that the semi-insulating crystal has a resistivity larger than 107 ?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Shan Lin, Jian-Hsin Lu, Chien-Cheng Liou, I-Ching Li
  • Publication number: 20210005718
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an initial layer, and a superlattice stack. The initial layer is located on the substrate and includes aluminum nitride (AlN). The superlattice stack is located on the initial layer and includes a plurality of first films, a plurality of second films and at least one doped layer, and the first films and the second films are alternately stacked on the initial layer, wherein the at least one doped layer is arranged in one of the first films and the second films, and dopants of the at least one doped layer are selected from a group consisting of carbon, iron, and the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Shien Hu, Chien-Jen Sun, I-Ching Li, Wen-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 10825940
    Abstract: A polycrystalline silicon wafer is provided. The polycrystalline silicon wafer, includes a plurality of silicon grains, wherein the carbon content of the polycrystalline silicon wafer is greater than 4 ppma, and the resistivity of the polycrystalline silicon wafer is greater than or equal to 1.55 ?-cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sino-American Silicon Products Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Jui Yang, Huang Wei Lin, Yu-Min Yang, Kuo-Wei Chuang, Ming-Kung Hsiao, Yuan Hsiao Chang, Bo-Kai Wang, Wen-Huai Yu, Sung Lin Hsu, I-Ching Li, Wen-Ching Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200208296
    Abstract: A mono-crystalline silicon growth method includes: providing a furnace, a supporting base and a crucible which do not rotate relative to the furnace, and a heating module disposed at an outer periphery of the supporting base. After solidifying a liquid surface of a silicon melt in the crucible to form a crystal, the heating power of the heating module is successively reduced to appropriately adjust the temperature around the crucible to effectively control a temperature gradient of a thermal field around the crucible, so as to form a mono-crystalline silicon ingot by solidifying the silicon melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: CHUN-HUNG CHEN, HSING-PANG WANG, WEN-CHING HSU, I-CHING LI
  • Publication number: 20200208295
    Abstract: A mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus includes a furnace, a support base, a crucible, a heating module disposed outside of the crucible, and a heat adjusting module above the crucible. The heat adjusting module includes a diversion tube, a plurality of heat preservation sheets, and a hard shaft. The diversion tube includes a tube body and a carrying body connected to the tube body. The heat preservation sheets are sleeved around the tube body and are stacked and disposed on the carrying body. The hard shaft passes through the tube body and does not rotate. The hard shaft includes a water flow channel disposed therein and a clamping portion configured to clamp a seed crystal. Therefore, a fluid injected into the water flow channel takes away the heat near the clamping portion. A heat adjusting module and a hard shaft of the mono-crystalline silicon growth apparatus are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: CHUN-HUNG CHEN, HSING-PANG WANG, Wen-Ching Hsu, I-CHING LI
  • Publication number: 20200190693
    Abstract: A silicon carbide crystal and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The silicon carbide crystal includes an N-type seed layer, a barrier layer, and a semi-insulating ingot, which are sequentially stacked and are made of silicon carbide. The N-type seed layer has a resistivity within a range of 0.01-0.03 ?·cm. The barrier layer includes a plurality of epitaxial layers sequentially formed on the N-type seed layer by an epitaxial process. The C/Si ratios of the epitaxial layers gradually increase in a growth direction away from the N-type seed layer. A nitrogen concentration of the silicon carbide crystal gradually decreases from the N-type seed layer toward the semi-insulating ingot by a diffusion phenomenon, so that the semi-insulating crystal has a resistivity larger than 107 ?·cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: CHING-SHAN LIN, JIAN-HSIN LU, CHIEN-CHENG LIOU, I-CHING LI