Patents by Inventor Jhon-Jhy Liaw

Jhon-Jhy Liaw 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: 20230369336
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate, one hybrid fin, a gate, and a dielectric structure. The substrate includes at least two fins. The hybrid fin is disposed between the at least two fins. The gate covers portions of the at least two fins and the hybrid fin. The dielectric structure lands on the hybrid fin to divide the gate into two segment. The two segments are electrically isolated to each other by the dielectric structure and the hybrid fin. The hybrid fin includes a first portion, disposed between the two segments of the gate; and a second portion, disposed aside the first portion, wherein a top surface of the second portion is lower than a top surface of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-San Chien, Chun-Sheng Liang, Jhon-Jhy Liaw, Kuo-Hua Pan, Hsin-Che Chiang
  • Publication number: 20230369406
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first gate-all-around (GAA) transistor having a first plurality of channel members, and a second GAA transistor having a second plurality of channel members. A pitch of the first plurality of channel members is substantially identical to a pitch of the second plurality of channel members. The first plurality of channel members has a first channel member thickness (MT1) and the second plurality of channel members has a second channel member thickness (MT2) greater than the first channel member thickness (MT1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230369514
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a substrate and a first active region and a second active region extending lengthwise along a first direction over the substrate. The first active region includes vertically stacked multiple first channels, and the second active region includes vertically stacked multiple second channels. The integrated circuit further includes a dielectric gate extending between the first active region and the second active region and extending lengthwise along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first metal gate structure disposed over the first active region and a second metal gate structure disposed over the second active region. The first metal gate structure and the second metal gate structure extend lengthwise along the second direction. The first channels have a first width along the second direction and the second channels have a second width along the second direction. The second width is less than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230360961
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first well region of a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first fin structure and an adjacent second fin structure formed in and protruding from the first well region. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first isolation structure formed in the first well region between the first fin structure and the second fin structure. A first sidewall surface of the first fin structure faces to a second sidewall surface of the second fin structure. The first sidewall surface and the second sidewall surface each extend along at least two directions from a bottom of the first isolation structure to a top of the first isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Chun LIN, Tien-Shao CHUANG, Kuang-Cheng TAI, Chun-Hung CHEN, Chih-Hung HSIEH, Kuo-Hua PAN, Jhon-Jhy LIAW
  • Publication number: 20230361114
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor device formed over a substrate. The first semiconductor device includes a first source/drain feature over the substrate, a first gate structure over the substrate, a first conductive feature over the first source/drain feature, and a first insulation layer between the first gate structure and the first conductive feature, wherein the first insulation layer comprises a first contact etching stop layer (CESL) in contact with the first source/drain feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ta-Chun LIN, Kuo-Hua PAN, Jhon Jhy LIAW
  • Patent number: 11810981
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a substrate, first and second n-type wells and a p-type well over the substrate, a first row of cells over the p-type well and the first n-type well, and a second row of cells over the p-type well and the second n-type well. The first and the second n-type wells sandwich the p-type well from a top view. The first row of cells include gate-all-around (GAA) nanosheet (NS) cells and GAA nanowire (NW) cells. The second row of cells include GAA NS cells and GAA NW cells. Each GAA NS cell includes an NMOS GAA NS transistor and a PMOS GAA NS transistor, each GAA NW cell includes an NMOS GAA NW transistor and a PMOS GAA NW transistor. Each transistor includes vertically stacked multiple first channels. The first channels of the GAA NS transistors are wider than the first channels of the GAA NW transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230352484
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; semiconductor fins over the substrate and oriented lengthwise along a first direction; first multi-dielectric-layer (MDL) fins and second MDL fins over the substrate and oriented lengthwise along the first direction, wherein the first and the second MDL fins are intermixed with the semiconductor fins, wherein each of the first MDL fins and the second MDL fins includes an outer dielectric layer and an inner dielectric layer, wherein the outer dielectric layer and the inner dielectric layer have different dielectric materials; and gate structures oriented lengthwise along a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the gate structures are spaced from each other along the first direction, and are separated by the first MDL fins along the second direction, wherein the gate structures engage the semiconductor fins and the second MDL fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11804485
    Abstract: Transistors of different types of electronic devices on the same semiconductor substrate are configured with different transistor attributes to increase the performance of the different types of electronic devices. Fin height, shallow source drain (SSD) height, source or drain width, and/or one or more other transistor attributes may be co-optimized for the different types of electronic devices by various semiconductor manufacturing processes such as etching, lithography, process loading, and/or masking, among other examples. This enables the performance of a plurality of types of electronic devices on the same semiconductor substrate to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ta-Chun Lin, Kuo-Hua Pan, Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230335185
    Abstract: Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cells and memory structures are provided. An SRAM cell according to the present disclosure includes a first pull-up gate-all-around (GAA) transistor and a first pull-down GAA transistor coupled to form a first inverter, a second pull-up GAA transistor and a second pull-down GAA transistor coupled to form a second inverter, a first pass-gate GAA transistor coupled to an output of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter, a second pass-gate GAA transistor coupled to an output of the second inverter and an input of the first inverter; a first dielectric fin disposed between the first pull-up GAA transistor and the first pull-down GAA transistor, and a second dielectric fin disposed between the second pull-up GAA transistor and the second pull-down GAA transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230335615
    Abstract: Short channel, horizontal gate-all-around (GAA) nanostructure (e.g., nanosheet, nanowire, or the like) transistors, methods of manufacturing and devices formed with the GAA transistors are disclosed herein. According to some methods, the GAA transistors are formed with a guard band for preventing diffusion of APT doping into the channel region, with shallow source/drain depths, and/or with epitaxial growth of the device channel regions after well and APT implantation in the substrate. As such, the GAA transistors are formed to mitigate issues such as bottom sheet voltage threshold (Vt) shift, junction leakage, APT dopant out-diffusion, well proximity effect, APT implant contamination that may be induced by anti-punch through (APT) doping diffusion during fabrication of gate all-around (GAA) transistors. The GAA transistors and methods of manufacturing, however, may be utilized in a wide variety of ways, and may be integrated into a wide variety of devices and technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230335619
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first active region over a substrate and extending along a first direction, a gate structure over the first active region and extending along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a gate-cut feature abutting an end of the gate structure, and a channel isolation feature extending along the second direction and between the first active region and a second active region. The gate structure includes a metal electrode in direct contact with the gate-cut feature. The channel isolation feature includes a liner on sidewalls extending along the second direction and a dielectric fill layer between the sidewalls. The gate-cut feature abuts an end of the channel isolation feature and the dielectric fill layer is in direct contact with the gate-cut feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ta-Chun Lin, Jhon Jhy Liaw, Kuo-Hua Pan
  • Publication number: 20230337420
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first transistor formed in a first region of a substrate. The first transistor includes a structure protruding from the substrate, and a first source/drain (S/D) structure coupled to a first end of the protruding structure. The memory device includes a second transistor formed in a second region of the substrate. The second transistor includes a number of first semiconductor layers that are vertically spaced apart from one another, a second S/D structure coupled to a first end of the first semiconductor layers; and a third S/D structure coupled to a second end of the first semiconductor layers. The first region and the second region are laterally separated from each other by an isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jhon-Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11791217
    Abstract: A structure includes a fin on a substrate; first and second gate stacks over the fin and including first and second gate dielectric layers and first and second gate electrodes respectively; and a dielectric gate over the fin and between the first and second gate stacks. The dielectric gate includes a dielectric material layer on a third gate dielectric layer. In a cross-sectional view cut along a direction parallel to a lengthwise direction of the fin and offset from the fin, the first gate dielectric layer forms a first U shape, the third gate dielectric layer forms a second U shape, a portion of the first gate electrode is disposed within the first U shape, a portion of the dielectric material layer is disposed within the second U shape, and a portion of an interlayer dielectric layer is disposed laterally between the first and the second U shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Chun Lin, Buo-Chin Hsu, Kuo-Hua Pan, Jhon Jhy Liaw, Chih-Yung Lin
  • Patent number: 11792970
    Abstract: Integrated circuits (IC) are provided. An IC includes a plurality of first cells arranged in a first line, and a plurality of second cells arranged in a second line. P-type fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs) of the plurality of first cells share a continuous fin. P-type FinFETs of two adjacent second cells share a discontinuous fin. The continuous fin and the discontinuous fin include different materials. The first line is parallel to the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon-Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11791337
    Abstract: An IC structure includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit includes a first semiconductor fin, a first gate electrode extending across the first semiconductor fin, and a first gate dielectric layer spacing the first gate electrode apart from the first semiconductor fin. The second circuit includes a second semiconductor fin, a second gate electrode extending across the second semiconductor fin, and a second gate dielectric layer spacing the second gate electrode apart from the second semiconductor fin. The third circuit includes a third semiconductor fin, a third gate electrode extending across the third semiconductor fin, and a third gate dielectric layer spacing the third gate electrode apart from the third semiconductor fin. The first gate dielectric layer has a greater thickness than the second gate dielectric layer. The third semiconductor fin has a smaller width than the second semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon-Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11792971
    Abstract: An SRAM cell includes: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth dielectric fins disposed in this order along a first direction and oriented lengthwise along a second direction, where the first and the fifth dielectric fins define two edges of the SRAM cell; a first n-type semiconductor fin structure disposed between the first and the second dielectric fins; a second n-type semiconductor fin structure disposed between the fourth and the fifth dielectric fins; a first p-type semiconductor fin structure disposed between the second and the third dielectric fins; a second p-type semiconductor fin structure disposed between the third and the fourth dielectric fins, where each of the first and the second n-type semiconductor fin structures and each of the first and the second p-type semiconductor fin structures is oriented lengthwise along the second direction; and gate structures oriented lengthwise along the first direction, where the gate structures engage with one or more of the dielectric fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11791339
    Abstract: Integrated circuit having an integration layout and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) comprises a first cell including one or more first type gate-all-around (GAA) transistors located in a first region of the integrated circuit; a second cell including one or more second type GAA transistors located in the first region of the integrated circuit, wherein the second cell is disposed adjacently to the first cell, wherein the first type GAA transistors are one of nanosheet transistors or nanowire transistors and the second type GAA transistors are the other one of nanosheet transistors or nanowire transistors; and a third cell including one or more fin-like field effect transistors (FinFETs) located in a second region of the integrated circuit, wherein the second region is disposed a distance from the first region of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230326999
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a gate stack over a substrate. The method includes forming a spacer structure over a sidewall of the gate stack. The method includes forming a source/drain structure in and over the substrate, wherein a portion of the spacer structure is between the source/drain structure and the gate stack. The method includes partially removing the outer layer, wherein a first lower portion of the outer layer remains between the source/drain structure and the gate stack. The method includes partially removing the middle layer, wherein a second lower portion of the middle layer remains between the source/drain structure and the gate stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ta-Chun LIN, Ming-Che CHEN, Chun-Jun LIN, Kuo-Hua PAN, Jhon-Jhy LIAW
  • Publication number: 20230326803
    Abstract: A fin-type field-effect transistor device includes a substrate, insulators, gate stacks and dielectric strips. The substrate includes a first doped region, a second doped region, third doped blocks located above the first doped region and fourth doped blocks located above the second doped region, and fins located above the third doped blocks and the fourth doped blocks, wherein doping concentrations of the third doped blocks are lower than a doping concentration of the first doped region, and doping concentrations of the fourth doped blocks are lower than a doping concentration of the second doped region. The insulators are disposed on the third doped blocks and the fourth doped blocks of the substrate and covering the fins. The dielectric strips are disposed in between the fins, and in between the third doped blocks and the fourth doped blocks. The gate stacks are disposed over the fins and above the insulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Chih-Hung Hsieh, Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20230326519
    Abstract: A read-port of a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell includes a read-port pass-gate (R_PG) transistor and a read-port pull-down (R_PD) transistor. A write-port of the SRAM cell port includes at least a write-port pass-gate (W_PG) transistor, a write-port pull-down (W_PD) transistor, and a write-port pull-up (W_PU) transistor. The R_PG transistor, the R_PD transistor, the W_PG transistor, the W_PD transistor, and the W_PU transistor are gate-all-around (GAA) transistors. The R_PG transistor has a first channel width. The R_PD transistor has a second channel width. The W_PG transistor has a third channel width. The W_PD transistor has a fourth channel width. The W_PU transistor has a fifth channel width. The first channel width and the fourth channel width are each smaller than the second channel width. The third channel width is greater than the fifth channel width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw