Patents by Inventor Pin Hou

Pin Hou 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: 11967546
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first interposer; a second interposer laterally adjacent to the first interposer, where the second interposer is spaced apart from the first interposer; and a first die attached to a first side of the first interposer and attached to a first side of the second interposer, where the first side of the first interposer and the first side of the second interposer face the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Yun Hou, Hsien-Pin Hu, Sao-Ling Chiu, Wen-Hsin Wei, Ping-Kang Huang, Chih-Ta Shen, Szu-Wei Lu, Ying-Ching Shih, Wen-Chih Chiou, Chi-Hsi Wu, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20240105627
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture are provided. In embodiments the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first interposer bonded to the substrate, a second interposer bonded to the substrate, a bridge component electrically connecting the first interposer to the second interposer, two or more first dies bonded to the first interposer; and two or more second dies bonded to the second interposer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shang-Yun Hou, Hsien-Pin Hu
  • Publication number: 20240099030
    Abstract: A bonded assembly includes an interposer; a semiconductor die that is attached to the interposer and including a planar horizontal bottom surface and a contoured sidewall; a high bandwidth memory (HBM) die that is attached to the interposer; and a dielectric material portion contacting the semiconductor die and the interposer. The contoured sidewall includes a vertical sidewall segment and a non-horizontal, non-vertical surface segment that is adjoined to a bottom edge of the vertical sidewall segment and is adjoined to an edge of the planar horizontal bottom surface of the semiconductor die. The vertical sidewall segment and the non-horizontal, non-vertical surface segment are in contact with the dielectric material portion. The contoured sidewall may provide a variable lateral spacing from the HBM die to reduce local stress in a portion of the HBM die that is proximal to the interposer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Huang, Sung-Hui Huang, Kuo-Chiang Ting, Chia-Hao Hsu, Hsien-Pin Hsu, Chih-Ta Shen, Shang-Yun Hou
  • Patent number: 9230823
    Abstract: A method of photoresist strip includes providing a semiconductor substrate and performing an immerse step and a strip step, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a base, a bonding pad, a protective layer, an under bump metallurgy layer, a patterned photoresist layer and a bump. The patterned photoresist layer covers the under bump metallurgy layer and a lateral surface of the bump, wherein a first connection interface is formed between the patterned photoresist layer and the lateral surface of the bump, and a second connection interface is formed between the patterned photoresist layer and the under bump metallurgy layer. In the immerse step, the patterned photoresist layer contacts with a chemical solution which degrades the bond strength of the first connection interface. Therefore, in the strip step, the semiconductor substrate is scoured by a flow with appropriate force of impact, which strips the patterned photoresist layer from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: CHIPBOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Shih, Kuo-Hua Yang, Hsiang-Pin Hou
  • Patent number: 9095840
    Abstract: An activated carbon material for removing a contaminant from a liquid. The activated carbon material can be a plurality carbon grains that have a pore volume of approximately 0.1 milliliters per gram (mL/g) in the range of less than about 15 angstroms in width. The carbon grains can also have or contain a nitrogen-containing species having a concentration of more than 2 atomic percent nitrogen. A plurality of the carbon grains can be used to make a contactor that is operable to remove or reduce perchlorate having a concentration of 20 parts per billion (ppb) to less than 4 ppb from 4,500 bed volumes of water with the nitrogen-containing species leaching off of the carbon grains less than 0.1 mg/L. The activated carbon material can also be electrochemically regenerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frederick Scott Cannon, Nicole Robitaille Brown, Timothy M. Byrne, Pin Hou, Robert Parette, Xin Gu, Colin C. Cash, Cesar Nieto Delgado, Siqi Hong