Patents by Inventor Jyh-Shyang Jenq

Jyh-Shyang Jenq 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: 20180012976
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device. A substrate having a fin structure is provided. A continuous dummy gate line is formed on the substrate. The dummy gate line strides across the fin structure. A source/drain structure is formed on the fin structure on both sides of the dummy gate line. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) is formed on the dummy gate line and around the dummy gate line. The ILD is polished to reveal a top surface of the dummy gate line. After polishing the ILD, the dummy gate line is segmented into separate dummy gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Ssu-I Fu, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Patent number: 9859148
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a third region; forming a plurality of spacers on the first region, the second region, and the third region; forming a first patterned mask to cover the spacers on the first region and the second region; and removing the spacers on the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chao-Hung Lin, Shih-Fang Hong, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170365675
    Abstract: A dummy pattern arrangement and a method of arranging dummy patterns are provided in the present invention. The dummy pattern arrangement includes a substrate with a dummy region, a plurality of first base dummy cells arranged spaced apart from each other along a first direction in the dummy region, and two first edge dummy cells arranged respectively at two opposite sides of the first base dummy cells along the first direction in the dummy region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chang, Ying-Chiao Wang, Hon-Huei Liu, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Chung-Liang Chu, Yu-Ruei Chen
  • Patent number: 9847398
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a gate structure on the substrate; a spacer around the gate structure; a contact etch stop layer (CESL) on the spacer; an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer adjacent to one side of the gate structure and contacting the CESL; and a contact plug adjacent to another side of the gate structure and contacting the CESL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Hung, Chih-Kai Hsu, Ssu-I Fu, Wei-Chi Cheng, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Patent number: 9847402
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first region and a second region; forming a high-k dielectric layer on the first region and the second region; forming a first bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the high-k dielectric layer of the first region and the second region; forming a stop layer on the first region and the second region; removing the stop layer on the second region; and forming a second BBM layer on the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Lin, Shih-Hung Tsai, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Patent number: 9842760
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate having a fin-shaped structure thereon is provided, a spacer is formed adjacent to the fin-shaped structure, and the spacer is used as mask to remove part of the substrate for forming an isolation trench, in which the isolation trench includes two sidewall portions and a bottom portion. Next, a plasma doping process is conducted to implant dopants into the two sidewall portions and the bottom portion of the isolation trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Tong-Jyun Huang, Shih-Hung Tsai, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Chun-Yao Yang, Ming-Shiou Hsieh, Rong-Sin Lin
  • Publication number: 20170352541
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for fabricating a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), comprising: providing a substrate having a logic region and a large region; forming a plurality of fin structures in the logic region by removing a portion of the substrate in the logic region; forming an oxide layer on the substrate filling in-between the fin structures in the logic region; forming an first epitaxial structure in the large region by removing a portion of the substrate in the large region; exposing a portion of the fin structures and a portion of the epitaxial structure by removing a portion of the oxide layer; and forming a gate electrode on portions of the fin structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: CHIH-KAI HSU, YU-HSIANG HUNG, WEI-CHI CHENG, SSU-I FU, JYH-SHYANG JENQ, CHAO-HUNG LIN
  • Patent number: 9831133
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices having metal gate includes follow steps. A substrate including a plurality of isolation structures is provided. A first nFET device and a second nFET device are formed on the substrate. The first nFET device includes a first gate trench and the second nFET includes a second gate trench. A third bottom barrier layer is formed in the first gate trench and a third p-work function metal layer is formed in the second gate trench, simultaneously. The third bottom barrier layer and the third p-work function metal layer include a same material. An n-work function metal layer is formed in the first gate trench and the second gate trench. The n-work function metal layer in the first gate trench directly contacts the third bottom barrier layer, and the n-work function metal layer in the second gate trench directly contacts the third p-work function metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Lin, Chih-Kai Hsu, Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chien-Ting Lin, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Ching-Wen Hung, Jia-Rong Wu, Yi-Hui Lee, Ying-Cheng Liu, Yi-Kuan Wu, Chih-Sen Huang, Yi-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20170338227
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least a substrate, fin-shaped structures, a protection layer, epitaxial layers, and a gate electrode. The fin-shaped structures are disposed in a first region and a second region of the substrate. The protection layer conformally covers the surface of the substrate and the sidewalls of fin-shaped structures. The epitaxial layers respectively conformally and directly cover the fin-shaped structures in the first region. The gate electrode covers the fin-shaped structures in the second region, and the protection layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the fin-shaped structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Tong-Jyun Huang, Shih-Hung Tsai, Jia-Rong Wu, Tien-Chen Chan, Yu-Shu Lin, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170330956
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first region and a second region; forming a high-k dielectric layer on the first region and the second region; forming a first bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the high-k dielectric layer of the first region and the second region; forming a stop layer on the first region and the second region; removing the stop layer on the second region; and forming a second BBM layer on the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Lin, Shih-Hung Tsai, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170323852
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming an epitaxial layer adjacent to the gate structure; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the gate structure; forming a first contact hole in the ILD layer adjacent to the gate structure; and forming a cap layer in the recess, in which a top surface of the cap layer is even with or lower than a top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Wei-Chi Cheng, Ssu-I Fu, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170323824
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, and a spacer adjacent to the gate structure, in which the spacer extends to a top surface of the gate structure, a top surface of the spacer includes a planar surface, the spacer encloses an air gap, and the spacer is composed of a single material. The gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer, a work function metal layer, and a low resistance metal layer, in which the high-k dielectric layer is U-shaped. The semiconductor device also includes an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure and a hard mask on the spacer, in which the top surface of the hard mask is even with the top surface of the ILD layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chang, Ssu-I Fu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Chih-Kai Hsu, Wei-Chi Cheng, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Patent number: 9793380
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device. A substrate having a fin structure is provided. A continuous dummy gate line is formed on the substrate. The dummy gate line strides across the fin structure. A source/drain structure is formed on the fin structure on both sides of the dummy gate line. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) is formed on the dummy gate line and around the dummy gate line. The ILD is polished to reveal a top surface of the dummy gate line. After polishing the ILD, the dummy gate line is segmented into separate dummy gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Ssu-I Fu, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170294508
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, and a gate structure is formed on the substrate. Next, a recess is formed adjacent to two sides of the gate structure, and an epitaxial layer is formed in the recess, in which a top surface of the epitaxial layer is lower than a top surface of the substrate. Next, a cap layer is formed on the epitaxial layer, in which a top surface of the cap layer is higher than a top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hsu, Ssu-I Fu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Wei-Chi Cheng, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Tsung-Mu Yang
  • Patent number: 9786662
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, a first gate pattern is formed on the substrate, a first spacer is formed around the first gate pattern, part of the first gate pattern is removed to form a first slot, a first dielectric layer is formed into the first slot, and a replacement metal gate (RMG) process is performed to transform part of the first gate pattern into a metal gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Lin, Shih-Hung Tsai, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Yu-Hsiang Hung
  • Patent number: 9780169
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a first conductivity region and a second conductivity region defined thereon, a plurality of first fin structures and at least one first gate structure disposed on the substrate and within the first conductivity region, a plurality of second fin structures and at least one second gate structure disposed on the substrate and within the second conductivity region, at least two first crown epitaxial layers disposed within the first conductivity region, a plurality of second epitaxial layers disposed within the second conductivity region, where the shape of the first crown epitaxial layer is different from that of the second epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: UNTIED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Ssu-I Fu, Yu-Cheng Tung, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170278947
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor fin structure is provided. A substrate is provided, which has at least two sub regions and a dummy region disposed therebetween. A recess is disposed in each sub region. A semiconductor layer is formed to fill the recesses. A patterned mask layer is formed on the semiconductor layer in the sub regions and on the substrate in the dummy region. The substrate and the semiconductor layer are removed by using the patterned mask layer as a mask, thereby forming a plurality of fin structures in the sub regions and a plurality of dummy fin structures in the dummy region. The present invention further provides a semiconductor fin structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chih-Kai Hsu, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Patent number: 9773887
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a gate structure thereon, a first spacer around the gate structure, and a contact etch stop layer (CESL) adjacent to the first spacer; forming a cap layer on the gate structure, the first spacer, and the CESL; and removing part of the cap layer for forming a second spacer adjacent to the CESL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICORELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Chiao Wang, Chao-Hung Lin, Ssu-I Fu, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Li-Wei Feng, Yu-Hsiang Hung
  • Publication number: 20170271197
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a third region; forming a plurality of spacers on the first region, the second region, and the third region; forming a first patterned mask to cover the spacers on the first region and the second region; and removing the spacers on the third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chao-Hung Lin, Shih-Fang Hong, Jyh-Shyang Jenq
  • Publication number: 20170271504
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method for the same are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a first gate structure, a second gate structure and a second dielectric spacer. Each of the first gate structure and the second gate structure adjacent to each other includes a first dielectric spacer. The second dielectric spacer is on one of opposing sidewalls of the first gate structure and without being disposed on the dielectric spacer of the second gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yu-Ping Wang, Jyh-Shyang Jenq, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Hsuan-Hsu Chen, Chien-Hao Chen, Yi-Han Ye