Patents by Inventor Kuo-Ching Huang

Kuo-Ching Huang 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: 20200357802
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 10748907
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 10700070
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20200106011
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes one or more lower interconnect layers arranged within a dielectric structure over a substrate. A bottom electrode is disposed over one of the one or more lower interconnect layers. A lower surface of the bottom electrode includes a material having a first electronegativity. A data storage layer separates the bottom electrode from a top electrode. A reactivity reducing layer contacts the lower surface of the bottom electrode. The reactivity reducing layer has a second electronegativity that is greater than or equal to the first electronegativity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chao-Yang Chen, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang, Wen-Ting Chu, Pili Huang, Cheng-Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20200027922
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a control device arranged within a substrate and having a terminal. A first memory device is coupled between the terminal of the control device and a first bit-line. A second memory device is coupled between the terminal of the control device and a second bit-line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang, Tong-Chern Ong
  • Publication number: 20200020744
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method may include forming a control device within a substrate. A first plurality of interconnect layers are formed within a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) structure over the substrate. A first memory device and a second memory device are formed over the first ILD structure. A second plurality of interconnect layers are formed within a second ILD structure over the first ILD structure. The first plurality of interconnect layers and the second plurality of interconnect layers couple the first memory device and the second memory device to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang, Tong-Chern Ong
  • Publication number: 20200006349
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 10482051
    Abstract: A data storage device carrier system includes a carrier configured to support one or more data storage devices, a backplane, including one or more coupling connector devices configured to electrically couple with a motherboard, and an interposer board operable to couple a plurality of the data storage devices supported by the carrier with the backplane. In an embodiment, the one or more coupling connector devices are operable to transfer communication signals and electrical power. The interposer board is operable to provide the electrical power from a single port on the backplane to each of the plurality of the data storage devices. The interposer board is also operable to pass communication signals between a primary port on the backplane to a first one of the plurality of the data storage devices, and to pass communication signals between a secondary port on the backplane to a second one of the plurality of the data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chi-Chang Fu, Kuo Ching Huang, Feng-Cheng Su, Jason Alan Yelinek
  • Patent number: 10461126
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a memory circuit having a shared control device for access to target and complementary memory devices for improved differential sensing. The memory circuit has a control device arranged within a substrate and having a first terminal coupled to a source-line, a second terminal coupled to a word-line, and a third terminal. A first memory device has a first lower electrode separated from a first upper electrode by a first data storage layer. The first upper electrode is coupled to the third terminal and the first lower electrode is coupled to a first bit-line. A second memory device has a second lower electrode separated from a second upper electrode by a second data storage layer. The second upper electrode is coupled to the second bit-line and the second lower electrode is coupled to the third terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang, Tong-Chern Ong
  • Patent number: 10262731
    Abstract: A device includes a first word line, a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell, a second word line, and a charge pump circuit. The RRAM cell is coupled to the first word line and is not formed. The charge pump circuit is coupled to the second word line and is configured to provide a negative voltage. Methods of forming the device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Chih-Yang Chang, Wen-Ting Chu, Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20190058007
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a memory circuit having a shared control device for access to target and complementary memory devices for improved differential sensing. The memory circuit has a control device arranged within a substrate and having a first terminal coupled to a source-line, a second terminal coupled to a word-line, and a third terminal. A first memory device has a first lower electrode separated from a first upper electrode by a first data storage layer. The first upper electrode is coupled to the third terminal and the first lower electrode is coupled to a first bit-line. A second memory device has a second lower electrode separated from a second upper electrode by a second data storage layer. The second upper electrode is coupled to the second bit-line and the second lower electrode is coupled to the third terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang, Tong-Chern Ong
  • Patent number: 10103151
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 10062735
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an integrated chip having a vertical transistor device. The integrated chip may have a semiconductor body with a trench extending along first sides of a source region, a channel region over the source region, and a drain region over the channel region. A gate electrode is arranged along a first sidewall of the trench, and a metal contact is arranged on the drain region. An isolation dielectric material is disposed within the trench. The isolation dielectric material is vertically over a top surface of the gate electrode and is laterally adjacent to the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chi-Wen Liu, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 9991368
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to a memory device. The memory device includes a collector region having a first conductivity type and which is coupled to a source line of the memory device. A base region is formed over the collector region and has a second conductivity type. A gate structure is coupled to the base region and acts as a shared word line for first and second neighboring memory cells of the memory device. First and second emitter regions are formed over the base region and have the first conductivity type. The first and second emitter regions are arranged on opposite sides of the gate structure. First and second contacts extend upwardly from the first and second emitter regions, respectively, and couple the first and second emitter regions to first and second data storage elements, respectively, of the first and second neighboring memory cells, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 9893122
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit device including an array of memory cells disposed over a semiconductor substrate. An array of first metal lines are disposed at a first height over the substrate and are connected to the memory cells of the array. Each of the first metal lines has a first cross-sectional area. An array of second metal lines are disposed at a second height over the substrate and are connected to the memory cells of the array. Each of the second metal lines has a second cross-sectional area which is greater than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Yang Tsai, Yu-Wei Ting, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20170229467
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20170207224
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 9680091
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure. The RRAM structure includes a bottom electrode on a substrate; a resistive material layer on the bottom electrode, the resistive material layer including a defect engineering film; and a top electrode on the resistive material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Yang Tsai, Yu-Wei Ting, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 9634134
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell. A dielectric growth modifier may be implanted into sidewalls of the trench in order to tune the thickness of the gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Chun-Yang Tsai, Kuo-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 9613965
    Abstract: An embedded transistor for an electrical device, such as a DRAM memory cell, and a method of manufacture thereof is provided. A trench is formed in a substrate and a gate dielectric and a gate electrode formed in the trench of the substrate. Source/drain regions are formed in the substrate on opposing sides of the trench. In an embodiment, one of the source/drain regions is coupled to a storage node and the other source/drain region is coupled to a bit line. In this embodiment, the gate electrode may be coupled to a word line to form a DRAM memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Ting, Kuo-Ching Huang