Patents by Inventor Sheng-Yuan Hsueh

Sheng-Yuan Hsueh 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: 20240387523
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate. A high voltage transistor is disposed within a high voltage region of the substrate. The high voltage transistor includes a first gate dielectric layer disposed on the substrate. A first gate electrode is disposed on the first gate dielectric layer. A first source/drain doping region and a second source/drain doping region are respectively disposed in the substrate at two sides of the first gate electrode. A first silicide layer covers and contacts the first source/drain doping region and a second silicide layer covers and contacts the second source/drain doping region. A first conductive plate penetrates the first silicide layer and contacts the first source/drain doping region. A second conductive plate penetrates the second silicide layer and contacts the second source/drain doping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Chen, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Kun-Szu Tseng, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chih-Kai Kang
  • Patent number: 12150314
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate, a source line coupled to a first source/drain region of the first transistor, and a first metal interconnection coupled to a second source/drain region of the first transistor. Preferably, the first metal interconnection is extended to overlap the first transistor and the second transistor and the first metal interconnection further includes a first end coupled to the second source/drain region of the first transistor and a second end coupled to a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Te-Wei Yeh, Chien-Liang Wu
  • Patent number: 12133377
    Abstract: A bit cell structure for one-time programming is provided in the present invention, including a substrate, a first doped region in the substrate and electrically connecting a source line, a second doped region in the substrate and having a source and a drain electrically connecting a bit line, a heavily-doped channel in the substrate and connecting the first doped region and the source of second doped region, and a word line crossing over the second dope region between the source and the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chi-Horn Pai, Chih-Kai Kang
  • Patent number: 12132043
    Abstract: A resistor-transistor-logic circuit with GaN structures, including a 2DEG resistor having a drain connected with an operating voltage, and a logic FET having a gate connected to an input voltage, a source grounded and a drain connected with a source of the 2DEG resistor and connected collectively to an output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Te-Wei Yeh, Yi-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 12119342
    Abstract: A resistor with GaN structures, including a GaN layer with a 2DEG resistor region and an undoped polysilicon resistor region, an AlGaN barrier layer on the GaN layer in the 2DEG resistor region, multiple p-type doped GaN capping layers arranged on the AlGaN barrier layer so that the GaN layer not covered by the p-type doped GaN capping layers in the 2DEG resistor region is converted into a 2DEG resistor, a passivation layer on the GaN layer, and an undoped polysilicon layer on the passivation layer in the undoped polysilicon resistor region and functions as an undoped polysilicon resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Te-Wei Yeh, Yi-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20240290875
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) region and a capacitor region, a first mesa isolation on the HEMT region, a HEMT on the first mesa isolation, a second mesa isolation on the capacitor region, and a capacitor on the second mesa isolation. The semiconductor device further includes buffer layer between the substrate, the first mesa isolation, and the second mesa isolation, in which bottom surfaces of the first mesa isolation and the second mesa isolation are coplanar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20240234559
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a substrate having a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) region and a capacitor region, forming a buffer layer on the substrate, forming a mesa isolation on the HEMT region, forming a HEMT on the mesa isolation, and then forming a capacitor on the capacitor region. Preferably, a bottom electrode of the capacitor contacts the buffer layer directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20240215264
    Abstract: The invention discloses a data storage cell. The data storage cell includes a storage structure, a first transistor, and a second transistor. A first end of the storage structure is electrically connected to a bit line. The first transistor includes a first gate, a first drain, and a first source. The second transistor includes a second gate, a second drain, and a second source. The first gate is electrically connected to the second gate. A second end of the storage structure is electrically connected to the first drain and the second drain. The first source and the second source are electrically connected to a source line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh
  • Patent number: 12009415
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) region and a capacitor region, a first mesa isolation on the HEMT region, a HEMT on the first mesa isolation, a second mesa isolation on the capacitor region, and a capacitor on the second mesa isolation. The semiconductor device further includes buffer layer between the substrate, the first mesa isolation, and the second mesa isolation, in which bottom surfaces of the first mesa isolation and the second mesa isolation are coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20240153812
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) in a substrate, forming a first gate structure on the substrate and adjacent to the STI, forming a first doped region between the first gate structure and the STI, forming a second doped region between the first doped region and the first gate structure, forming a first contact plug on the first doped region, and then forming a second contact plug on the second doped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Kai Lin, Chi-Horn Pai, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chih-Kai Kang
  • Patent number: 11973133
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a substrate having a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) region and a capacitor region, forming a first mesa isolation on the HEMT region and a second mesa isolation on the capacitor region, forming a HEMT on the first mesa isolation, and then forming a capacitor on the second mesa isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Chien-Liang Wu, Kuo-Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20240130140
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the MTJ region and a first metal interconnection on the MTJ. Preferably, a top view of the MTJ includes a circle and a top view of the first metal interconnection includes an ellipse overlapping the circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Chung Sheng, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chih-Kai Kang
  • Patent number: 11956974
    Abstract: The invention discloses a memory fabrication method. The memory fabrication method includes forming a plurality of gate electrode lines to respectively form a plurality of gates of a plurality of data storage cells, and forming a plurality of conductive lines. The plurality of data storage cells are arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of conductive lines is coupled to two of the plurality of gate electrode lines. Each of the plurality of conductive lines at least partially overlaps the two gate electrode lines of the plurality of gate electrode lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20240090234
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate, a source line coupled to a first source/drain region of the first transistor, and a first metal interconnection coupled to a second source/drain region of the first transistor. Preferably, the first metal interconnection is extended to overlap the first transistor and the second transistor and the first metal interconnection further includes a first end coupled to the second source/drain region of the first transistor and a second end coupled to a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Te-Wei Yeh, Chien-Liang Wu
  • Publication number: 20240074329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, and the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first interconnect layer and a second interconnect layer. The first interconnect layer is disposed on the substrate, and the first interconnect layer includes a first dielectric layer around a plurality of first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structures. The second interconnect layer is disposed on the first interconnect layer, and the second interconnect layer includes a second dielectric layer around a plurality of second MTJ structures, wherein, the second MTJ structures and the first MTJ structures are alternately arranged along a direction. The semiconductor device may obtain a reduced size of each bit cell under a permissible process window, so as to improve the integration of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chun-Hsien Lin, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh
  • Patent number: 11895847
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the MTJ region and a first metal interconnection on the MTJ. Preferably, a top view of the MTJ includes a circle and a top view of the first metal interconnection includes an ellipse overlapping the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Chung Sheng, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chih-Kai Kang
  • Publication number: 20240015958
    Abstract: A one-time programmable memory structure comprises: A transistor includes a gate. A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulating layer. The second electrode is disposed on the first electrode. A top surface of the first electrode and a top surface of the gate are located on a same plane perpendicular to a direction of the first electrode toward the second electrode. An interconnect structure is electrically connected between the transistor and the first electrode of the capacitor. The interconnect structure is electrically connected to the first electrode at a top surface of the first electrode. A resistor comprises a conductive layer. Top and bottom surfaces of the conductive layer are respectively located on a same plane, perpendicular to the direction of the first electrode toward the second electrode, with the top and bottom surfaces of the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chi-Horn Pai, Chang Chien Wong, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Ching Hsiang Tseng, Shih-Chieh Hsu
  • Patent number: 11864391
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a first transistor and a second transistor on a substrate, a source line coupled to a first source/drain region of the first transistor, and a first metal interconnection coupled to a second source/drain region of the first transistor. Preferably, the first metal interconnection is extended to overlap the first transistor and the second transistor and the first metal interconnection further includes a first end coupled to the second source/drain region of the first transistor and a second end coupled to a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Te-Wei Yeh, Chien-Liang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230422491
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a substrate comprising an one time programmable (OTP) device region, forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) in the substrate, removing part of the STI to form a first step on a corner of the substrate, forming a first gate oxide layer on the substrate, removing the first gate oxide layer to form a second step on the corner of the substrate, forming a second gate oxide layer on the substrate, and then forming a first gate structure on the substrate and the STI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yung-Chen Chiu, Chi-Horn Pai, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chih-Kai Kang
  • Patent number: 11856867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, and the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first interconnect layer and a second interconnect layer. The first interconnect layer is disposed on the substrate, and the first interconnect layer includes a first dielectric layer around a plurality of first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structures. The second interconnect layer is disposed on the first interconnect layer, and the second interconnect layer includes a second dielectric layer around a plurality of second MTJ structures, wherein, the second MTJ structures and the first MTJ structures are alternately arranged along a direction. The semiconductor device may obtain a reduced size of each bit cell under a permissible process window, so as to improve the integration of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Lee, Chun-Hsien Lin, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh