Patents by Inventor Shao Hong Ku

Shao Hong Ku 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).

  • Nonvolatile memory device and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 8330232
    Abstract: A multi-bit memory cell includes a substrate; a multi-bit charge-trapping cell over the substrate, the multi-bit charge-trapping cell having a first lateral side and a second lateral side; a source region in the substrate, a portion of the source region being under the first side of the multi-bit charge-trapping cell; a drain region in the substrate, a portion of the drain region being under the second side of the multi-bit charge-trapping cell; and a channel region in the substrate between the source region and the drain region. The channel region has one of a p-type doping and an n-type doping, and the doping is configured to provide a highest doping concentration near the central portion of the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shao Hong Ku, Yin Jen Chen, Wenpin Lu, Tahui Wang
  • Method and apparatus for electroluminescence
    Patent number: 7230277
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for causing electroluminescence with charge trapping structures are disclosed. Various embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for causing electroluminescence with charge carriers of one type provided to the charge trapping structure by a forward biased p-n structure or a reverse biased p-n structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih Chieh Yeh, Shao Hong Ku, Tahui Wang, Chih Yuan Lu