Patents by Inventor Ping-Lung Ho

Ping-Lung Ho 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: 12615768
    Abstract: A one-time-programmable (OTP) memory device includes a memory array including an N-type memory cell and a P-type memory cell. The N-type memory cell includes first channel layers and second channel layers. The P-type memory cell includes third channel layers and fourth channel layers. The N-type memory cell and the P-type memory cell further include a first word-line gate structure extending in the Y-direction and wrapping around the first channel layers and the third channel layers, and an anti-fuse gate structure extending in the Y-direction and wrapping around the second channel layers and the fourth channel layers. The OTP memory device further includes a wall structure extending in an X-direction and between the N-type memory cell and the P-type memory cell in the Y-direction. The first channel layers, the second channel layers, the third channel layers, and the fourth channel layers attach on the wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: eMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Lun-Chun Chen, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Publication number: 20260052683
    Abstract: An enhanced electromigration storage device for a non-volatile memory is provided. When a program action is performed, two different voltages are simultaneously provided to the gate terminal of a FinFET transistor or a GAA transistor. Furthermore, the threshold of the FinFET transistor or the GAA transistor is changed according to the electromigration mechanism. Consequently, the storage device is selectively in a programmed state or an unprogrammed state. When the read action is performed, the same voltage is provided to the gate terminal of the FinFET transistor or the GAA transistor, and the storage state of the storage device is determined according to the read current generated by the FinFET transistor or the GAA transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Chia-Chou LIN, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Publication number: 20260018222
    Abstract: A one-time programmable (OTP) memory cell includes an anti-fuse element and a selection circuit. The anti-fuse element includes a first terminal, a second terminal coupled to a program line, and a gate terminal. The selection circuit is coupled to the first terminal of the anti-fuse element, a word line, and a bit line. The selection circuit controls an electrical connection between the bit line and the first terminal of the anti-fuse element according to a voltage of the word line. The OTP memory cell is programmed by a program operation, and a channel between the first terminal and the second terminal of the anti-fuse element is damaged by the program operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: LUN-CHUN CHEN, PING-LUNG HO, TSAO-HSIN YANG
  • Publication number: 20250359036
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programmable memory cell includes a first select transistor, a second select transistor and a first antifuse transistor. A first terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a first bit line. A gate terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a first word line. A first terminal of the second select transistor is connected with a second terminal of the first select transistor. A gate terminal of the second select transistor is connected with a second word line. A first terminal of the first antifuse transistor is connected with a second terminal of the second select transistor. A gate terminal of the first antifuse transistor is connected with a first antifuse line. When a program action is performed, both of the first select transistor and the second select transistor are turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Hsin-Ming Chen, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Patent number: 12477724
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programming memory cell at least includes an antifuse transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. The first nanowire is surrounded by the first gate structure. The first gate structure comprises a first spacer, a second spacer, a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate layer. The first drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a first terminal of the first nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a second terminal of the first nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Lun-Chun Chen, Ping-Lung Ho, Chun-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20250324649
    Abstract: A gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAAFET) includes a substrate, a source structure, a drain structure, at least one channel, and a gate structure. The source structure and the drain structure are disposed on the substrate. Each of the at least one channel is extending between the source structure and the drain structure. The gate structure is disposed between the source structure and the drain structure, and surrounding the at least one channel. When the GAAFET is operated in a saturation state, each of the at least one channel comprises a first region, a second region, and an electrical junction between the first region and the second region. The first region is adjacent to the drain structure, and the second region is adjacent to the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: LUN-CHUN CHEN, PING-LUNG HO
  • Patent number: 12412850
    Abstract: An OTP memory cell for a PUFF technology includes a first select transistor, a first antifuse transistor and a second antifuse transistor. A first drain/source terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a bit line. A gate terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a word line. A gate terminal of the first antifuse transistor is connected with a second drain/source terminal of the first select transistor. Two drain/source terminals of the first antifuse transistor are connected with a first antifuse control line. A gate terminal of the second antifuse transistor is connected with a second drain/source terminal of the first select transistor. Two drain/source terminals of the second antifuse transistor are connected with a second antifuse control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Tsao-Hsin Yang, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Patent number: 12414293
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programming memory includes a first memory cell. The first memory cell includes at least one antifuse transistor. The antifuse transistor is forksheet transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. A first-portion surface of the first nanowire is contacted with the isolation wall. A second-portion surface of the first nanowire is contacted with the first gate structure. The first gate structure includes a first spacer, a second spacer, a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate layer. The first drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a first terminal of the first nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a second terminal of the first nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Lun-Chun Chen, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Publication number: 20250232066
    Abstract: A physically unclonable function (PUF) code generating method includes the following steps. In a step (a), M×N memory cells in a memory cell array of a non-volatile memory are controlled to have an identical storage state, wherein M and N are positive integers, and M×N is greater than 1. In a step (b), X memory cells are selected from the memory cell array multiple times, and a virtual array is established, wherein the virtual array contains plural electrical characteristic combinations, and X is a positive integer smaller than M×N. In a step (c), the plural electrical characteristic combinations are selected from the virtual array multiple times, and a multi-bit PUF code is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Tzu-Neng Lai, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Patent number: 12289883
    Abstract: An OTP memory cell includes an antifuse transistor, a first transistor and a second transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first fin, a second fin, a first gate structure, a first drain/source contact layer and a second drain/source contact layer. A central region of the first fin and a central region of the second fin are covered by a first gate structure. The first drain/source contact layer is electrically connected with a first terminal of the first fin and a first terminal of the second fin. The second drain/source contact layer is electrically connected with a second terminal of the second fin but not electrically connected with a second terminal of the first fin. The first transistor is connected with the first drain/source contact layer. The second transistor is connected with the second drain/source contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Lun-Chun Chen, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Publication number: 20250089244
    Abstract: A one-time-programmable (OTP) memory device includes an active region and a gate electrode layer. The active region includes a channel region having a channel layer and source/drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the channel region in a Y-direction. The gate electrode layer extends in an X-direction and wraps around the channel layer. A first thickness of the gate electrode layer from a first edge of a first end of the gate electrode layer to the channel layer in the X-direction is equal to a second thickness of the gate electrode layer from a second edge of a second end of the gate electrode layer to the channel layer in the X-direction. After the first end is connected to a first voltage and the second end is connected to a second voltage different to the first voltage, the first thickness is different to the second thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: eMemory Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Chou LIN, Ping-Lung HO
  • Publication number: 20250063728
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programming memory includes a first memory cell. The first memory cell includes an antifuse transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. The first nanowire is surrounded by the first gate structure. The first gate structure includes a first spacer, a second spacer, a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate layer. The first drain/source structure is electrically contacted with the first terminal of the first nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically contacted with the second terminal of the first nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Ping-Lung Ho, Chun-Fu Lin, Hsin-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20240397710
    Abstract: A one-time-programmable (OTP) memory device includes a memory array including an N-type memory cell and a P-type memory cell. The N-type memory cell includes first channel layers and second channel layers. The P-type memory cell includes third channel layers and fourth channel layers. The N-type memory cell and the P-type memory cell further include a first word-line gate structure extending in the Y-direction and wrapping around the first channel layers and the third channel layers, and an anti-fuse gate structure extending in the Y-direction and wrapping around the second channel layers and the fourth channel layers. The OTP memory device further includes a wall structure extending in an X-direction and between the N-type memory cell and the P-type memory cell in the Y-direction. The first channel layers, the second channel layers, the third channel layers, and the fourth channel layers attach on the wall structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: eMemory Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Ping-Lung HO
  • Publication number: 20240395863
    Abstract: An OTP memory using a PUF technology includes a first memory cell. The first memory cell includes an antifuse transistor, a first select transistor and a second select transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first nanowire, a second nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. The first portions of the first nanowire and the second nanowire are contacted with the isolation wall. The second portions of the first nanowire and the second nanowire are covered by the first gate structure. The first drain/source structure is electrically connected with the first terminals of the first nanowire and the second nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically connected with a second terminal of the second nanowire, but not electrically connected with a second terminal of the first nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Lun-Chun Chen, Ping-Lung Ho
  • Publication number: 20240321778
    Abstract: An OTP memory cell for a PUFF technology includes a first select transistor, a first antifuse transistor and a second antifuse transistor. A first drain/source terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a bit line. A gate terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a word line. A gate terminal of the first antifuse transistor is connected with a second drain/source terminal of the first select transistor. Two drain/source terminals of the first antifuse transistor are connected with a first antifuse control line. A gate terminal of the second antifuse transistor is connected with a second drain/source terminal of the first select transistor. Two drain/source terminals of the second antifuse transistor are connected with a second antifuse control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Tsao-Hsin YANG, Ping-Lung HO
  • Publication number: 20240324191
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programming memory includes a first memory cell. The first memory cell includes at least one antifuse transistor. The antifuse transistor is forksheet transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. A first-portion surface of the first nanowire is contacted with the isolation wall. A second-portion surface of the first nanowire is contacted with the first gate structure. The first gate structure includes a first spacer, a second spacer, a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate layer. The first drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a first terminal of the first nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a second terminal of the first nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Ping-Lung HO
  • Publication number: 20240021256
    Abstract: An OTP memory cell includes an antifuse transistor, a first transistor and a second transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first fin, a second fin, a first gate structure, a first drain/source contact layer and a second drain/source contact layer. A central region of the first fin and a central region of the second fin are covered by a first gate structure. The first drain/source contact layer is electrically connected with a first terminal of the first fin and a first terminal of the second fin. The second drain/source contact layer is electrically connected with a second terminal of the second fin but not electrically connected with a second terminal of the first fin. The first transistor is connected with the first drain/source contact layer. The second transistor is connected with the second drain/source contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Ping-Lung HO
  • Publication number: 20240023328
    Abstract: An antifuse-type OTP memory cell at least includes a first nanowire, a second nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. The first gate structure includes a first gate dielectric layer, a second gate dielectric layer and a first gate layer. The first nanowire is surrounded by the first gate dielectric layer. The second nanowire is surrounded by the second gate dielectric layer. The first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer are surrounded by the first gate layer. The first drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a first terminal of the first nanowire and a first terminal of the second nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a second terminal of the first nanowire. The second drain/source structure is not electrically contacted with a second terminal of the second nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Ping-Lung HO
  • Publication number: 20230371249
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programming memory cell at least includes an antifuse transistor. The antifuse transistor includes a first nanowire, a first gate structure, a first drain/source structure and a second drain/source structure. The first nanowire is surrounded by the first gate structure. The first gate structure comprises a first spacer, a second spacer, a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate layer. The first drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a first terminal of the first nanowire. The second drain/source structure is electrically contacted with a second terminal of the first nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Lun-Chun CHEN, Ping-Lung HO, Chun-Hung LIN
  • Patent number: 11735266
    Abstract: An antifuse-type one time programming memory cell includes a select device, a following device and an antifuse transistor. A first terminal of the select device is connected with a bit line. A second terminal of the select device is connected with a first node. A select terminal of the select device is connected with a word line. A first terminal of the following device is connected with the first node. A second terminal of the following device is connected with a second node. A control terminal of the following device is connected with a following control line. A first drain/source terminal of the antifuse transistor is connected with the second node. A gate terminal of the antifuse transistor is connected with an antifuse control line. A second drain/source terminal of the antifuse transistor is in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: EMEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Lun-Chun Chen, Jiun-Ren Chen, Ping-Lung Ho, Hsin-Ming Chen