Patents by Inventor Kuei-Hsuan Yu

Kuei-Hsuan Yu 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: 11765881
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure with a capacitor landing pad includes a substrate. A capacitor contact plug is disposed on the substrate. A capacitor landing pad contacts and electrically connects the capacitor contact plug. A bit line is disposed on the substrate. A dielectric layer surrounds the capacitor landing pad. The dielectric layer includes a bottom surface lower than a top surface of the bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chien-Ting Ho, Ying-Chiao Wang, Yu-Ching Chen, Hui-Ling Chuang, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20230097175
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure with a capacitor landing pad includes a substrate. A capacitor contact plug is disposed on the substrate. A capacitor landing pad contacts and electrically connects the capacitor contact plug. A bit line is disposed on the substrate. A dielectric layer surrounds the capacitor landing pad. The dielectric layer includes a bottom surface lower than a top surface of the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chien-Ting Ho, Ying-Chiao Wang, Yu-Ching Chen, Hui-Ling Chuang, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11563012
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure with a capacitor landing pad includes a substrate. A capacitor contact plug is disposed on the substrate. A capacitor landing pad contacts and electrically connects the capacitor contact plug. A bit line is disposed on the substrate. A dielectric layer surrounds the capacitor landing pad. The dielectric layer includes a bottom surface lower than a top surface of the bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chien-Ting Ho, Ying-Chiao Wang, Yu-Ching Chen, Hui-Ling Chuang, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20210272962
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure with a capacitor landing pad includes a substrate. A capacitor contact plug is disposed on the substrate. A capacitor landing pad contacts and electrically connects the capacitor contact plug. A bit line is disposed on the substrate. A dielectric layer surrounds the capacitor landing pad. The dielectric layer includes a bottom surface lower than a top surface of the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chien-Ting Ho, Ying-Chiao Wang, Yu-Ching Chen, Hui-Ling Chuang, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11049863
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure with a capacitor landing pad includes a substrate. A capacitor contact plug is disposed on the substrate. A capacitor landing pad contacts and electrically connects the capacitor contact plug. A bit line is disposed on the substrate. A dielectric layer surrounds the capacitor landing pad. The dielectric layer includes a bottom surface lower than a top surface of the bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chien-Ting Ho, Ying-Chiao Wang, Yu-Ching Chen, Hui-Ling Chuang, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10971497
    Abstract: A memory cell includes a curved gate channel transistor, a buried bit line, a word line and a capacitor. The curved gate channel transistor has a first doped region located in a substrate, a second doped region and a third doped region located on the substrate, wherein the second doped region is directly on the first doped region and the third doped region is right next to the second doped region, thereby constituting a curved gate channel. The buried bit line is located below the first doped region. The word line covers the second doped region. The capacitor is located above the curved gate channel transistor and in electrical contact with the third doped region. The present invention also provides a memory cell having a vertical gate channel transistor, and the vertical gate channel has current flowing downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Ru Liu, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10872858
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of bit lines. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of active areas. The word lines are disposed parallel to one another, and each of the word lines is elongated in a first direction. Each of the word lines overlaps at least one of the active areas. The bit lines are disposed parallel to one another, and each of the bit lines is elongated in a second direction. Each of the bit lines overlaps at least one of the active areas. The bit lines cross the word lines. An included angle between the first direction and the second direction is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Ru Liu, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20190189618
    Abstract: A memory cell includes a curved gate channel transistor, a buried bit line, a word line and a capacitor. The curved gate channel transistor has a first doped region located in a substrate, a second doped region and a third doped region located on the substrate, wherein the second doped region is directly on the first doped region and the third doped region is right next to the second doped region, thereby constituting a curved gate channel. The buried bit line is located below the first doped region. The word line covers the second doped region. The capacitor is located above the curved gate channel transistor and in electrical contact with the third doped region. The present invention also provides a memory cell having a vertical gate channel transistor, and the vertical gate channel has current flowing downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Hong-Ru Liu, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10290736
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A substrate is provided. A trench is formed in the substrate and a conductive material is formed filling the trench. A portion of the conductive material filling an upper portion of the trench is removed to expose an upper surface of the substrate and an upper corner and an upper sidewall of the trench. A doping process is performed to form a doped region in the substrate along the exposed upper surface of the substrate and the exposed upper corner and upper sidewall of the trench. The doped region has an upside-down L shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai-Ping Chen, Li-Wei Feng, Kuei-Hsuan Yu, Chiu-Hsien Yeh
  • Publication number: 20190067183
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of bit lines. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of active areas. The word lines are disposed parallel to one another, and each of the word lines is elongated in a first direction. Each of the word lines overlaps at least one of the active areas. The bit lines are disposed parallel to one another, and each of the bit lines is elongated in a second direction. Each of the bit lines overlaps at least one of the active areas. The bit lines cross the word lines. An included angle between the first direction and the second direction is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hong-Ru Liu, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10217749
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device includes the following steps. A semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a peripheral region defined thereon is provided. Bit line structures are formed on the memory cell region. At least one gate structure is formed on the peripheral region. A spacer layer is formed covering the semiconductor substrate, the gate structure, and the bit line structures. The spacer layer is partly disposed on the memory cell region and partly disposed on the peripheral region. A first etching process is performed to the spacer layer for removing a part of the spacer layer on the memory cell region. At least a part of the spacer layer remains on the memory cell region after the first etching process. A second etching process is performed after the first etching process for removing the spacer layer remaining on the memory cell region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Chen, Shih-Fang Tzou, Kuei-Hsuan Yu, Hui-Ling Chuang
  • Patent number: 10157744
    Abstract: A method for forming patterns of semiconductor device is provided in the present invention, with steps of filling up first self-assembly material in first openings in a dielectric layer, phase-separating the first self-assembly material to form a first portion and a second portion surrounding the first portion, removing the first portion and performing a first etch process to form a first mask pattern in a mask layer, forming a second dielectric layer and repeating the above steps to form a second mask pattern in the mask layer, wherein the second mask pattern is aligned with the first mask pattern to form a common mask pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai-Ping Chen, Kuei-Hsuan Yu, Chiu-Hsien Yeh, Li-Wei Feng
  • Publication number: 20180254277
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device includes the following steps. A semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a peripheral region defined thereon is provided. Bit line structures are formed on the memory cell region. At least one gate structure is formed on the peripheral region. A spacer layer is formed covering the semiconductor substrate, the gate structure, and the bit line structures. The spacer layer is partly disposed on the memory cell region and partly disposed on the peripheral region. A first etching process is performed to the spacer layer for removing a part of the spacer layer on the memory cell region. At least a part of the spacer layer remains on the memory cell region after the first etching process. A second etching process is performed after the first etching process for removing the spacer layer remaining on the memory cell region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Chen, Shih-Fang Tzou, Kuei-Hsuan Yu, Hui-Ling Chuang
  • Publication number: 20180247943
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure with a capacitor landing pad includes a substrate. A capacitor contact plug is disposed on the substrate. A capacitor landing pad contacts and electrically connects the capacitor contact plug. A bit line is disposed on the substrate. A dielectric layer surrounds the capacitor landing pad. The dielectric layer includes a bottom surface lower than a top surface of the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Li-Wei Feng, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chien-Ting Ho, Ying-Chiao Wang, Yu-Ching Chen, Hui-Ling Chuang, Kuei-Hsuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20180226251
    Abstract: A method for forming patterns of semiconductor device is provided in the present invention, with steps of filling up first self-assembly material in first openings in a dielectric layer, phase-separating the first self-assembly material to form a first portion and a second portion surrounding the first portion, removing the first portion and performing a first etch process to form a first mask pattern in a mask layer, forming a second dielectric layer and repeating the above steps to form a second mask pattern in the mask layer, wherein the second mask pattern is aligned with the first mask pattern to form a common mask pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kai-Ping Chen, Kuei-Hsuan Yu, Chiu-Hsien Yeh, Li-Wei Feng
  • Publication number: 20180212055
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A substrate is provided. A trench is formed in the substrate and a conductive material is formed filling the trench. A portion of the conductive material filling an upper portion of the trench is removed to expose an upper surface of the substrate and an upper corner and an upper sidewall of the trench. A doping process is performed to form a doped region in the substrate along the exposed upper surface of the substrate and the exposed upper corner and upper sidewall of the trench. The doped region has an upside-down L shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kai-Ping Chen, Li-Wei Feng, Kuei-Hsuan Yu, Chiu-Hsien Yeh
  • Patent number: 8877640
    Abstract: A cleaning solution is provided. The cleaning solution includes an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid, a chain sulfonic acid substantially less than 4 wt % and an amine containing buffer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: An-Chi Liu, Tien-Cheng Lan, Kuei-Hsuan Yu