Patents by Inventor Mou-Shiung Lin

Mou-Shiung Lin 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: 20240105729
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes: an interposer; a first IC chip over the interposer, wherein the first IC chip is configured to be programmed to perform a logic operation, comprising a NVM cell configured to store a resulting value of a look-up table, a sense amplifier having an input data associated with the resulting value from the NVM cell and an output data associated with the first input data of the sense amplifier, and a logic circuit comprising a SRAM cell configured to store data associated with the output data of the sense amplifier, and a multiplexer comprising a first set of input points for a first input data set for the logic operation and a second set of input points for a second input data set having data associated with the data stored in the SRAM cell, wherein the multiplexer is configured to select, in accordance with the first input data set, an input data from the second input data set as an output data for the logic operation; and a second IC chip over the interposer, wherein the first IC c
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20240063798
    Abstract: A field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) IC chip includes multiple first non-volatile memory cells in the FPGA IC chip, wherein the first non-volatile memory cells are configured to save multiple resulting values for a look-up table (LUT) of a programmable logic block of the FPGA IC chip, wherein the programmable logic block is configured to select, in accordance with its inputs, one from the resulting values into its output; and multiple second non-volatile memory cells in the FPGA IC chip, wherein the second non-volatile memory cells are configured to save multiple programming codes configured to control a switch of the FPGA IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jin-Yuan Lee, Mou-Shiung Lin
  • Publication number: 20240056082
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprising a first input/output (I/O) circuit therein; and an input/output (I/O) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprising a second input/output (I/O) circuit therein coupling to the first input/output (I/O) circuit, a third input/output (I/O) circuit therein, a voltage-level shift-up circuit therein configured to shift data from a first voltage level at a first node thereof coupling to the second input/output (I/O) circuit to a second voltage at a second node thereof coupling to the third input/output (I/O) circuit and a voltage-level shift-down circuit therein configured to shift data from the second voltage level at the second node coupling to the third input/output (I/O) circuit to the first voltage level at the first node coupling to the second input/output (I/O) circuit, wherein the second voltage level is higher than the first voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20240055336
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a ball-grid-array (BGA) substrate; a field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip over the ball-grid-army (BGA) substrate; a plurality of first metal bumps between the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip and ball-grid-array (BGA) substrate, wherein each of the plurality of first metal bumps has a top end joining the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip and a bottom end joining the ball-grid-array (BGA) substrate; a non-volatile-memory (NVM) integrated-circuit (IC) chip package over the ball-grid-array (BGA) substrate, wherein the non-volatile-memory (NVM) integrated-circuit (IC) chip package comprises a circuit substrate, a non-volatile-memory (NVM) integrated-circuit (IC) chip over and coupling to the circuit substrate and a plurality of second metal bumps under and on the circuit substrate and bonded to the ball-grid-array (BGA) substrate; and a plurality of tin-containing bumps under and on the bal
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11887930
    Abstract: A chip package includes a first integrated-circuit (IC) chip; a second integrated-circuit (IC) chip over the first integrated-circuit (IC) chip; a connector over the first integrated-circuit (IC) chip and on a same horizontal level as the second integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein the connector comprises a substrate over the first integrated-circuit (IC) chip and a plurality of through vias vertically extending through the substrate of the connector; a polymer layer over the first integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein the polymer layer has a portion between the second integrated-circuit (IC) chip and connector, wherein the polymer layer has a top surface coplanar with a top surface of the second integrated-circuit (IC) chip, a top surface of the substrate of the connector and a top surface of each of the plurality of through vias; and an interconnection scheme on the top surface of the polymer layer, the top surface of the second integrated-circuit (IC) chip, the top surface of the connector and the top sur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: iCometrue Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Yuan Lee, Mou-Shiung Lin
  • Publication number: 20240030152
    Abstract: A multichip package includes: a chip package comprising a first IC chip, a polymer layer in a space beyond and extending from a sidewall of the first IC chip, a through package via in the polymer layer, an interconnection scheme under the first IC chip, polymer layer and through package via, and a metal bump under the interconnection scheme and at a bottom of the chip package, wherein the first IC chip comprises memory cells for storing data therein associated with resulting values for a look-up table (LUT) and a selection circuit comprising a first input data set for a logic operation and a second input data set associated with the data stored in the memory cells, wherein the selection circuit selects, in accordance with the first input data set, data from the second input data set as an output data for the logic operation; and a second IC chip over the chip package, wherein the second IC chip couples to the first IC chip through, in sequence, the through package via and interconnection scheme, wherein the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11881483
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes: an interposer; a first IC chip over the interposer, wherein the first IC chip is configured to be programmed to perform a logic operation, comprising a NVM cell configured to store a resulting value of a look-up table, a sense amplifier having an input data associated with the resulting value from the NVM cell and an output data associated with the first input data of the sense amplifier, and a logic circuit comprising a SRAM cell configured to store data associated with the output data of the sense amplifier, and a multiplexer comprising a first set of input points for a first input data set for the logic operation and a second set of input points for a second input data set having data associated with the data stored in the SRAM cell, wherein the multiplexer is configured to select, in accordance with the first input data set, an input data from the second input data set as an output data for the logic operation; and a second IC chip over the interposer, wherein the first IC c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: iCometrue Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11869847
    Abstract: A multichip package includes: a chip package comprising a first IC chip, a polymer layer in a space beyond and extending from a sidewall of the first IC chip, a through package via in the polymer layer, an interconnection scheme under the first IC chip, polymer layer and through package via, and a metal bump under the interconnection scheme and at a bottom of the chip package, wherein the first IC chip comprises memory cells for storing data therein associated with resulting values for a look-up table (LUT) and a selection circuit comprising a first input data set for a logic operation and a second input data set associated with the data stored in the memory cells, wherein the selection circuit selects, in accordance with the first input data set, data from the second input data set as an output data for the logic operation; and a second IC chip over the chip package, wherein the second IC chip couples to the first IC chip through, in sequence, the through package via and interconnection scheme, wherein the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: iCometrue Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230378074
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes: a first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip; a second semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip over and bonded to the first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip; a plurality of first metal posts over and coupling to the first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein the plurality of first metal posts are in a space beyond and extending from a sidewall of the second semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip; and a first polymer layer over the first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip and in the space, wherein the plurality of first metal posts are in the first polymer layer, wherein a top surface of the first polymer layer, a top surface of the second semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip and a top surface of each of the plurality of first metal posts are coplanar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230363182
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprises a memory cell including: a latch circuit comprising first and second inverters coupling to each other, a first latch node coupling to an input point of the first inverter and an output point of the second inverter and a second latch node coupling to an input point of the second inverter and an output point of the first inverter; a first N-type MOS transistor having a first terminal coupling to the first latch node, a second terminal coupling to a first output point of the memory cell, and a first gate terminal for controlling coupling between the first latch node and the first output point of the memory cell; a second N-type MOS transistor having a third terminal coupling to the second latch node, a fourth terminal coupling to a second output point of the memory cell, and a second gate terminal for controlling coupling between the second latch node and the second output point of the memory cell; and a P-type MOS transistor having a fifth terminal coupling
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230353151
    Abstract: An expandable logic scheme based on a chip package, includes: an interconnection substrate comprising a set of data buses for use in an expandable interconnection scheme, wherein the set of data buses is divided into a plurality of data bus subsets; and a first field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprising a plurality of first I/O ports coupling to the set of data buses and at least one first I/O-port selection pad configured to select a first port from the plurality of first I/O ports in a first clock cycle to pass a first data between a first data bus subset of the plurality of data bus subsets and the first field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jin-Yuan Lee, Mou-Shiung Lin
  • Publication number: 20230343689
    Abstract: A chip package includes a first interconnection scheme; a plurality of first metal contacts under and on the first interconnection scheme and at a bottom surface of the chip package; a first semiconductor IC chip over the first interconnection scheme; a first connector over the first interconnection scheme and at a same horizontal level as the first semiconductor IC chip, wherein the first connector comprises a first substrate and a plurality of first through vias vertically extending through the first substrate of the first connector; a first polymer layer over the first interconnection scheme, wherein the first polymer layer has a top surface coplanar with a top surface of the first semiconductor IC chip, a top surface of the first substrate of the first connector and a top surface of each of the plurality of first through vias; and a second interconnection scheme on the top surface of the first polymer layer, the top surface of the first semiconductor IC chip, the top surface of the first connector and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230299774
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip configured to perform a logic function based on a truth table, wherein the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprises multiple non-volatile memory cells therein configured to store multiple resulting values of the truth table, and a programmable logic block therein configured to select, in accordance with one of the combinations of its inputs, one from the resulting values into its output; and a memory chip coupling to the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein a data bit width between the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip and the memory chip is greater than or equal to 64.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230281370
    Abstract: A chip package used as a logic drive, includes: multiple semiconductor chips, a polymer layer horizontally between the semiconductor chips; multiple metal layers over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the metal layers are connected to the semiconductor chips and extend across edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the metal layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers and a trace width between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; multiple dielectric layers each between neighboring two of the metal layers and over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the dielectric layers extend across the edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the dielectric layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; and multiple metal bumps on a top one of the metal layers, wherein one of the semiconductor chips is a FPGA IC chip, and another one of the semiconductor chips is a NVMIC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11749610
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes: a first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip; a second semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip over and bonded to the first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip; a plurality of first metal posts over and coupling to the first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein the plurality of first metal posts are in a space beyond and extending from a sidewall of the second semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip; and a first polymer layer over the first semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip and in the space, wherein the plurality of first metal posts are in the first polymer layer, wherein a top surface of the first polymer layer, a top surface of the second semiconductor integrated-circuit (IC) chip and a top surface of each of the plurality of first metal posts are coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: iCometrue Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230244842
    Abstract: A chip package used as a logic drive, includes: multiple semiconductor chips, a polymer layer horizontally between the semiconductor chips; multiple metal layers over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the metal layers are connected to the semiconductor chips and extend across edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the metal layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers and a trace width between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; multiple dielectric layers each between neighboring two of the metal layers and over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the dielectric layers extend across the edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the dielectric layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; and multiple metal bumps on a top one of the metal layers, wherein one of the semiconductor chips is a FPGA IC chip, and another one of the semiconductor chips is a NVMIC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11711082
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip configured to perform a logic function based on a truth table, wherein the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprises multiple non-volatile memory cells therein configured to store multiple resulting values of the truth table, and a programmable logic block therein configured to select, in accordance with one of the combinations of its inputs, one from the resulting values into its output; and a memory chip coupling to the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein a data bit width between the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip and the memory chip is greater than or equal to 64.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: iCometrue Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230215839
    Abstract: A multi-chip package comprising an interconnection substrate; a first semiconductor IC chip over the interconnection substrate, wherein the first semiconductor IC chip comprises a first silicon substrate, a plurality of first metal vias passing through the first silicon substrate, a plurality of first transistors on a top surface of the first silicon substrate and a first interconnection scheme over the first silicon substrate, wherein the first interconnection scheme comprises a first interconnection metal layer over the first silicon substrate, a second interconnection metal layer over the first interconnection layer and the first silicon substrate and a first insulating dielectric layer over the first silicon substrate and between the first and second interconnection metal layers; a second semiconductor IC chip over and bonded to the first semiconductor IC chip; and a plurality of second metal vias over and coupling to the interconnection substrate, wherein the plurality of second metal vias are in a space
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Jin-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230197516
    Abstract: A method for a through-silicon-via (TSV) connector includes: providing a semiconductor wafer with a silicon substrate, wherein the semiconductor wafer has a frontside and a backside opposite to the frontside thereof; forming multiple holes in the silicon substrate of the semiconductor wafer; forming a first insulating layer at a sidewall and bottom of each of the holes; forming a metal layer over the semiconductor wafer and in each of the holes; polishing the metal layer outside each of the holes to expose a frontside surface of the metal layer in each of the holes; forming multiple metal bumps or pads each on the frontside surface of the metal layer in at least one of the holes; grinding a backside of the silicon substrate of the semiconductor wafer to expose a backside surface of the metal layer in each of the holes, wherein the backside surface of the metal layer in each of the holes and a backside surface of the silicon substrate of the semiconductor wafer are coplanar; and cutting the semiconductor wafer
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jin-Yuan Lee, Mou-Shiung Lin
  • Patent number: 11683037
    Abstract: An expandable logic scheme based on a chip package, includes: an interconnection substrate comprising a set of data buses for use in an expandable interconnection scheme, wherein the set of data buses is divided into a plurality of data bus subsets; and a first field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprising a plurality of first I/O ports coupling to the set of data buses and at least one first I/O-port selection pad configured to select a first port from the plurality of first I/O ports in a first clock cycle to pass a first data between a first data bus subset of the plurality of data bus subsets and the first field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: iCometrue Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Yuan Lee, Mou-Shiung Lin