Patents by Inventor Kent Lin

Kent Lin 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: 12243750
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing system. The semiconductor device manufacturing system can include a chamber, a slit valve configured to provide access to the chamber, a chuck disposed in the chamber and configured to hold a substrate, and a gas curtain device disposed between the chuck and the slit valve and configured to flow an inert gas to form a gas curtain. An example benefit of the gas curtain is to block an inflow of oxygen or moisture from entering the chamber to ensure a yield and reliability of the semiconductor manufacturing processes conducted in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Publication number: 20210391179
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing system. The semiconductor device manufacturing system can include a chamber, a slit valve configured to provide access to the chamber, a chuck disposed in the chamber and configured to hold a substrate, and a gas curtain device disposed between the chuck and the slit valve and configured to flow an inert gas to form a gas curtain. An example benefit of the gas curtain is to block an inflow of oxygen or moisture from entering the chamber to ensure a yield and reliability of the semiconductor manufacturing processes conducted in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent LIN
  • Patent number: 11145517
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing system. The semiconductor device manufacturing system can include a chamber, a slit valve configured to provide access to the chamber, a chuck disposed in the chamber and configured to hold a substrate, and a gas curtain device disposed between the chuck and the slit valve and configured to flow an inert gas to form a gas curtain. An example benefit of the gas curtain is to block an inflow of oxygen or moisture from entering the chamber to ensure a yield and reliability of the semiconductor manufacturing processes conducted in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Publication number: 20200135509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing system. The semiconductor device manufacturing system can include a chamber, a slit valve configured to provide access to the chamber, a chuck disposed in the chamber and configured to hold a substrate, and a gas curtain device disposed between the chuck and the slit valve and configured to flow an inert gas to form a gas curtain. An example benefit of the gas curtain is to block an inflow of oxygen or moisture from entering the chamber to ensure a yield and reliability of the semiconductor manufacturing processes conducted in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent LIN
  • Publication number: 20050149371
    Abstract: An electronic form system and a method thereof. The method includes receiving a first business electronic form submitted by a user, reading a second business electronic form previously submitted by the user, and determining whether a first business time recorded by the first business electronic form is continuous and a second business time recorded by the second business electronic form and the first business time are at least partially overlapped. The first business electronic form is not stored if the first business time is not continuous and the second business time and the first business time are at least partially overlapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Jenny Wang, Kent Lin
  • Patent number: 5657808
    Abstract: A curtain assembly includes an elongated horizontal holding frame, a pair of spaced-apart hanging units, a curtain sheet, and an elongated horizontal plastic strip. The holding frame has an upper portion with a dovetail groove formed along the entire length thereof, and a hollow lower portion which is integrally formed with the upper portion and which has a bottom wall unit through which a slit is formed along the entire length of the frame. The hanging units are sleeved respectively around the holding frame and are adapted to be mounted on a wall so as to suspend the holding frame above a window that is formed through the wall. Each of the hanging units has a dovetail tongue engaged slidably in the groove of the holding frame. The sheet extends through the slit of the frame and has a folded annular upper end portion accommodated in the lower portion of the holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Patent number: D444588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Evergreen-Lite Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Patent number: D267664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Patent number: D273965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Patent number: D390996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Evergreen-Lite Enterprises Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent Lin
  • Patent number: D415303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Evergreen-Lite Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kent Lin