Patents by Inventor Ji-Gang Pan

Ji-Gang Pan 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: 9754788
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure having an array area and a periphery area is provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of trenches is formed on the substrate. The plurality of trenches is filled with insulating material to form at least one first insulating layer. A polysilicon layer is deposited on the substrate and the first insulating layer. A photoresist mask is formed on the periphery area. A portion of the polysilicon layer on the array area is etched, such that a top surface of the polysilicon layer on the array area is higher than the first insulating layer and lower than a top surface of the polysilicon layer on the periphery area. The photoresist mask is removed. A planarization process is implemented to remove a portion of the polysilicon layer on the array area and on the periphery area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ji-Gang Pan, Han-Chuan Fang, Boon-Tiong Neo
  • Publication number: 20170018432
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure having an array area and a periphery area is provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of trenches is formed on the substrate. The plurality of trenches is filled with insulating material to form at least one first insulating layer. A polysilicon layer is deposited on the substrate and the first insulating layer. A photoresist mask is formed on the periphery area. A portion of the polysilicon layer on the array area is etched, such that a top surface of the polysilicon layer on the array area is higher than the first insulating layer and lower than a top surface of the polysilicon layer on the periphery area. The photoresist mask is removed. A planarization process is implemented to remove a portion of the polysilicon layer on the array area and on the periphery area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Ji-Gang Pan, Han-Chuan Fang, Boon-Tiong Neo
  • Patent number: 9117695
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a memory region and a periphery region; forming a memory cell on the memory region; forming a first polysilicon layer on the periphery region and the memory cell; forming a patterned cap layer on the periphery region; forming a second polysilicon layer on the first polysilicon layer and the patterned cap layer; and performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to remove the second polysilicon layer, wherein the chemical mechanical polishing process comprises an abrasive of greater than 13% and a remove rate of less than 30 Angstroms/second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: UNITED MIRCOELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ji Gang Pan, Han Chuan Fang, Boon-Tiong Neo
  • Patent number: 8901003
    Abstract: A polishing method of a semiconductor device is disclosed. A substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side is provided. The substrate has a device layer formed on the first side and a plurality of trench isolation structures therein extending from the first side to the second side. A main polishing step is performed to the second side of the substrate until a surface of at least one of the trench isolation structures is exposed. An auxiliary polishing step is then performed to the second side of the substrate. Besides, a silicon-to-oxide selectivity of the main polishing step is different from a silicon-to-oxide selectivity of the auxiliary step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ji-Gang Pan, Han-Chuan Fang, Boon-Tiong Neo
  • Publication number: 20110195636
    Abstract: A method for controlling polishing a wafer includes the following step. Firstly, a database storing a number of status data of a polished film of a wafer and a number of polishing parameters corresponding to the status data is established. Each of the polishing parameters includes a head sweep of a polishing head along a redial direction of a polishing platen. The head sweep refers to a movement distance range from a center of the polishing head to a center of the polishing platen during a polishing process. Subsequently, a first wafer having a predetermined status data is provided. Thereafter, the predetermined status data is compared with the status data in the database so as to find out the polishing parameter corresponding to the predetermined status data, thereby determining a first polishing parameter of the first wafer. Afterward, a first polishing process using the first polishing parameter is applied to the first wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Ji-Gang PAN