Patents by Inventor Ming-Hui Liu

Ming-Hui Liu 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: 12222643
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate. A first precursor and a second precursor are combined. The first precursor is an organometallic having a formula: MaRbXc, where M is one or more of Sn, Bi, Sb, In, and Te, R is one or more of a C7-C11 aralkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C2-C10 alkoxy group, and a C2-C10 alkylamino group, X is one or more of a halogen, a sulfonate group, and an alkylamino group, and 1?a?2, b?1, c?1, and b+c?4, and the second precursor is one or more of water, an amine, a borane, and a phosphine. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern. The latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Liu, Ming-Hui Weng, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12222654
    Abstract: A method includes illuminating radiation to a resist layer over a substrate to pattern the resist layer. The patterned resist layer is developed by using a positive tone developer. The patterned resist layer is rinsed using a basic aqueous rinse solution. A pH value of the basic aqueous rinse solution is lower than a pH value of the developer, and a rinse temperature of rinsing the patterned resist layer is in a range of about 20° C. to about 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Weng, Chen-Yu Liu, Cheng-Han Wu, Ching-Yu Chang, Chin-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 12222653
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a resist layer over a material layer, the resist layer includes an inorganic material. The inorganic material includes a plurality of metallic cores and a plurality of first linkers bonded to the metallic cores. The method includes forming a modified layer over the resist layer, and the modified layer includes an auxiliary. The method includes performing an exposure process on the modified layer and the resist layer, and removing a portion of the modified layer and a first portion of the resist layer by a first developer. The first developer includes a ketone-based solvent having a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C7 cyclic ketone, an ester-based solvent having a formula (b), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Weng, An-Ren Zi, Ching-Yu Chang, Chin-Hsiang Lin, Chen-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 7839092
    Abstract: A driving system with a changeable output phase includes a PWM unit to generate a duty cycle signal, a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a first transformer and a second transformer. The first driving unit and the second driving unit receive an input power and the duty cycle signal to drive respectively the first transformer and the second transformer to transform the input power to a first driving power and a second driving power. At least one of the first driving unit and the second driving unit is connected to a power phase control unit which generates a phase switching signal to modulate the driving phase of the connecting driving unit so that the first driving power and the second driving power output from the first and second transformers have a same or different phase to drive loads at the rear end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: FSP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Liu, Hen-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20090167082
    Abstract: A driving system with a changeable output phase includes a PWM unit to generate a duty cycle signal, a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a first transformer and a second transformer. The first driving unit and the second driving unit receive an input power and the duty cycle signal to drive respectively the first transformer and the second transformer to transform the input power to a first driving power and a second driving power. At least one of the first driving unit and the second driving unit is connected to a power phase control unit which generates a phase switching signal to modulate the driving phase of the connecting driving unit so that the first driving power and the second driving power output from the first and second transformers have a same or different phase to drive loads at the rear end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Ming-Hui LIU, Hen-Hsiang Huang
  • Patent number: 7364468
    Abstract: A dual-interface converter of a miniature memory card has a cartridge compatible with a standard memory card, a memory card interface together with a product interface formed on the cartridge, and a slot defined in the cartridge so that the miniature card is inserted to the cartridge through the slot. In one aspect of using the converter, a card reader is able to read or write data in the miniature memory card through the memory card interface. In another aspect, an electronic device is able to access data of the miniature memory card by connecting the product interface to a corresponding communication port of the electronic device. Further, the converter can serve as a portable storage media by incorporating a memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Stone Technology International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Liu, Li-Ho Yao, Chien-Hung Chen, Chih-Yih Yao
  • Publication number: 20070283053
    Abstract: A memory card is integrated with a communication serial interface integrated and a standard card interface of the memory card inside the memory card. The memory card provides two interfaces that share the same electrical contacts without changing the number of the electrical contacts of the conventional specification of the memory card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: STONE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Liu, Li-Ho Yao, Chien-Hung Chen, Chih-Yih Yao
  • Publication number: 20070270038
    Abstract: A dual-interface converter of a miniature memory card has a cartridge compatible with a standard memory card, a memory card interface together with a product interface formed on the cartridge, and a slot defined in the cartridge so that the miniature card is inserted to the cartridge through the slot. In one aspect of using the converter, a card reader is able to read or write data in the miniature memory card through the memory card interface. In another aspect, an electronic device is able to access data of the miniature memory card by connecting the product interface to a corresponding communication port of the electronic device. Further, the converter can serve as a portable storage media by incorporating a memory module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicants: Li-Ho Yao, Chien-Hung Chen
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Liu, Li-Ho Yao, Chien-Hung Chen, Chih-Yih Yao