Patents by Inventor Kuan-Wei CHU

Kuan-Wei CHU 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: 9899222
    Abstract: A trench structure on a SiC substrate and method for fabricating thereof is provided. The fabricating method includes: providing a SiC substrate; forming a protection layer on the SiC substrate; forming an resisting layer on the protection layer; patterning the resisting layer and the protection layer to form an opening; patterning the SiC substrate by using the patterned resisting layer as a hard mask to form a trench; removing the patterned resisting layer; performing a high-temperature annealing process to form a rounded bottom of the trench; and removing the protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuan-Wei Chu, Ming-Jinn Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170140936
    Abstract: A trench structure on a SiC substrate and method for fabricating thereof is provided. The fabricating method includes: providing a SiC substrate; forming a protection layer on the SiC substrate; forming an resisting layer on the protection layer; patterning the resisting layer and the protection layer to form an opening; patterning the SiC substrate by using the patterned resisting layer as a hard mask to form a trench; removing the patterned resisting layer; performing a high-temperature annealing process to form a rounded bottom of the trench; and removing the protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: KUAN-WEI CHU, MING-JINN TSAI
  • Patent number: 8956963
    Abstract: A Schottky barrier diode and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. A semiconductor substrate may have a first surface and a second surface positioned oppositely to be provided. Several trenches are formed on the first surface. Each trench has a sidewall with a first depth and a first bottom surface. An insulating material is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and on the sidewall and the first bottom surface of each trench, wherein the insulating material has a first thickness on the sidewall. The insulating material on the sidewall is patterned to define a second bottom surface having a second depth smaller than the first depth, and the removed portion of the insulating material on the sidewall has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. Afterward, a contact metal layer is at least formed on the first surface between adjacent trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng Yen, Kuan-Wei Chu, Lurng-Shehng Lee, Chwan-Ying Lee
  • Publication number: 20140145207
    Abstract: A Schottky barrier diode and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. A semiconductor substrate may have a first surface and a second surface positioned oppositely to be provided. Several trenches are formed on the first surface. Each trench has a sidewall with a first depth and a first bottom surface. An insulating material is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and on the sidewall and the first bottom surface of each trench, wherein the insulating material has a first thickness on the sidewall. The insulating material on the sidewall is patterned to define a second bottom surface having a second depth smaller than the first depth, and the removed portion of the insulating material on the sidewall has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. Afterward, a contact metal layer is at least formed on the first surface between adjacent trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Cheng-Tyng YEN, Kuan-Wei CHU, Lurng-Shehng LEE, Chwan-Ying LEE