Patents by Inventor Lingyi GUO

Lingyi GUO 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: 12288725
    Abstract: The present invention disclosures a critical dimension error analysis method, comprising: S01: performing lithography processes on a wafer, measuring the critical dimension (CD) values of the test points in each of the fields respectively; M and N are integers greater than 1; S02: removing extreme outliers from the critical dimension (CD) values; S03: rebuilding remaining CD values by a reconstruction model fitting method, and obtaining rebuilt critical dimension (CD?) values, according to relative error between CD? and CD, dividing the rebuilt critical dimension (CD?) values into scenes and the number of the scenes is A; S04: calculating components and corresponding residuals of the test points in each of the scenes under a reference system corresponding to a correction model by parameter estimation; S05: modifying machine parameters and masks by the correction model according to above calculation results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xueru Yu, Hongxia Sun, Chen Li, Pengfei Wang, Jiebin Duan, Xiucui Wang, Hao Fu, Tao Zhou, Yan Yan, Bowen Xu, Lingyi Guo, Liren Li
  • Publication number: 20240379158
    Abstract: A memory and reading, writing and erasing methods thereof. The memory includes: H memory planes arranged in parallel along a first direction, where each memory plane extends in a second direction, and includes M columns of memory strings; each column of memory string extends in a third direction; the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are all different, and H and M are integers greater than zero; each column of memory string includes N rows of memristive memory cells. The memory is also provided with word lines, gating transistors, gating lines, bit lines and a common source line, where memristive memory cells in last rows of all memory strings are connected to the common source line, and the common source line is connected to a reference potential through a reference resistor. Use performance of the memory can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingyi GUO, Xueru YU
  • Patent number: 11874102
    Abstract: A metrology target includes a first target structure formed within at least one of a first area and a third area of a first layer of a sample, where the first target structure comprises a plurality of first cells containing one or more first cell pattern elements; and a second target structure formed within at least one of a second area and a fourth area of a second layer of the sample, the second target structure comprising a plurality of second cells containing one or more second cell pattern elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Lingyi Guo, Jincheng Pei
  • Publication number: 20220399237
    Abstract: The present invention disclosures a critical dimension error analysis method, comprising: S01: performing lithography processes on a wafer, measuring the critical dimension (CD) values of the test points in each of the fields respectively; M and N are integers greater than 1; S02: removing extreme outliers from the critical dimension (CD) values; S03: rebuilding remaining CD values by a reconstruction model fitting method, and obtaining rebuilt critical dimension (CD?) values, according to relative error between CD? and CD, dividing the rebuilt critical dimension (CD?) values into scenes and the number of the scenes is A; S04: calculating components and corresponding residuals of the test points in each of the scenes under a reference system corresponding to a correction model by parameter estimation; S05: modifying machine parameters and masks by the correction model according to above calculation results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Xueru YU, Hongxia SUN, Chen LI, Pengfei WANG, Jiebin DUAN, Xiucui WANG, Hao FU, Tao ZHOU, Yan YAN, Bowen XU, Lingyi GUO, Liren LI
  • Patent number: 10545402
    Abstract: An overlay compensation method and a related system are presented. The method includes: acquiring a first offset vector reflecting the relative position between overlay marks of a middle and a bottom target layers; acquiring a second offset vector reflecting the relative position between the overlay marks of a top and the middle target layers; decomposing the first offset vector into a first compensable component and a first uncompensable component; decomposing the second offset vector into a second compensable component and a second uncompensable component; computing minimum values of the first uncompensable component and the second uncompensable component; computing optimized values for the first compensable component and the second compensable component; and computing a third compensable component of a third offset vector reflecting the relative position between the overlay marks of the top and the bottom target layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lingyi Guo, Yi Shih Lin
  • Publication number: 20190072848
    Abstract: An overlay compensation method and a related system are presented. The method includes: acquiring a first offset vector reflecting the relative position between overlay marks of a middle and a bottom target layers; acquiring a second offset vector reflecting the relative position between the overlay marks of a top and the middle target layers; decomposing the first offset vector into a first compensable component and a first uncompensable component; decomposing the second offset vector into a second compensable component and a second uncompensable component; computing minimum values of the first uncompensable component and the second uncompensable component; computing optimized values for the first compensable component and the second compensable component; and computing a third compensable component of a third offset vector reflecting the relative position between the overlay marks of the top and the bottom target layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Lingyi GUO, Yi Shih LIN