Patents by Inventor Jia-Hwa Lee

Jia-Hwa Lee 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: 6001743
    Abstract: A method for minimizing the dimension of a contact forms a thick dielectric layer on a provided substrate first, and then forms a contact on the first dielectric layer and expose the substrate by performing a slope etching process. The contact with the target contact size is obtained by partially removing the thick dielectric layer. Since the target contact size is obtained by a self-aligned method, the upper diameter of the contact is not limited by a conventional fabrication process. Furthermore, after a contact is formed, it is optional to fill the contact with filler. Even after a desired contact is formed in the case that filler is used, the remains of the filler can be either kept or removed depending on the conductivity of the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jia-Hwa Lee, Chia-Wen Liang