Patents by Inventor Sheng-Po Wu

Sheng-Po Wu 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: 10269900
    Abstract: Presented herein is a device including an insulator layer disposed over a substrate. An adhesion layer is disposed over the insulator layer and includes a semiconductor oxide, the semiconductor oxide includes a compound of a semiconductor element and oxygen. A semiconductor film layer is over the adhesion layer, the semiconductor film layer being a material that includes the semiconductor element, the semiconductor film layer having a different composition than the adhesion layer. Bonds at an interface between the insulator layer and the adhesion layer comprise oxygen-hydrogen bonds and oxygen-semiconductor element bonds. An interface between a dummy gate and a gate dielectric layer of a gate-last transistor structure may be similarly formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Liao, Chun-Heng Chen, Sheng-Po Wu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Hongfa Luan
  • Publication number: 20170323939
    Abstract: Presented herein is a device including an insulator layer disposed over a substrate. An adhesion layer is disposed over the insulator layer and includes a semiconductor oxide, the semiconductor oxide includes a compound of a semiconductor element and oxygen. A semiconductor film layer is over the adhesion layer, the semiconductor film layer being a material that includes the semiconductor element, the semiconductor film layer having a different composition than the adhesion layer. Bonds at an interface between the insulator layer and the adhesion layer comprise oxygen-hydrogen bonds and oxygen-semiconductor element bonds. An interface between a dummy gate and a gate dielectric layer of a gate-last transistor structure may be similarly formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Liao, Chun-Heng Chen, Sheng-Po Wu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Hongfa Luan
  • Patent number: 9660023
    Abstract: Presented herein is a device including an insulator layer disposed over a substrate. An adhesion layer is disposed over the insulator layer and includes a semiconductor oxide, the semiconductor oxide including a compound of a semiconductor element and oxygen. A semiconductor film layer is over the adhesion layer, the semiconductor film layer being a material including the semiconductor element, the semiconductor film layer having a different composition than the adhesion layer. Bonds at an interface between the insulator layer and the adhesion layer comprise oxygen-hydrogen bonds and oxygen-semiconductor element bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Liao, Chun-Heng Chen, Sheng-Po Wu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Hongfa Luan
  • Publication number: 20160111492
    Abstract: Presented herein is a device including an insulator layer disposed over a substrate. An adhesion layer is disposed over the insulator layer and includes a semiconductor oxide, the semiconductor oxide including a compound of a semiconductor element and oxygen. A semiconductor film layer is over the adhesion layer, the semiconductor film layer being a material including the semiconductor element, the semiconductor film layer having a different composition than the adhesion layer. Bonds at an interface between the insulator layer and the adhesion layer comprise oxygen-hydrogen bonds and oxygen-semiconductor element bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Liao, Chun-Heng Chen, Sheng-Po Wu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Hongfa Luan
  • Patent number: 9219120
    Abstract: Presented herein is a method for forming a semiconductor film using an adhesion layer, comprising providing an oxide layer disposed over a substrate, forming at least one adhesion layer over the oxide layer, and forming a film layer over the at least one adhesion layer in a same process step as the forming the at least one adhesion layer. Forming the at least one adhesion layer further comprises at least forming a first adhesion layer over the oxide layer and forming a second adhesion layer over the first adhesion layer. Forming the first adhesion layer comprises providing the terminating gas at a substantially constant first flow rate, and wherein the forming the second adhesion layer comprises ramping a flow rate of the terminating gas to a zero flow rate from the first flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Liao, Chun-Heng Chen, Sheng-Po Wu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Hongfa Luan
  • Publication number: 20150102470
    Abstract: Presented herein is a method for forming a semiconductor film using an adhesion layer, comprising providing an oxide layer disposed over a substrate, forming at least one adhesion layer over the oxide layer, and forming a film layer over the at least one adhesion layer in a same process step as the forming the at least one adhesion layer. Forming the at least one adhesion layer further comprises at least forming a first adhesion layer over the oxide layer and forming a second adhesion layer over the first adhesion layer. Forming the first adhesion layer comprises providing the terminating gas at a substantially constant first flow rate, and wherein the forming the second adhesion layer comprises ramping a flow rate of the terminating gas to a zero flow rate from the first flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Liao, Chun-Heng Chen, Sheng-Po Wu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Hongfa Luan