Patents by Inventor Shih-Yao Lin

Shih-Yao Lin 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: 20230305343
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first panel. The first panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, and a first signal line. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first transparent electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The second transparent electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first signal line is electrically connected to the first transparent electrode and extending along a first direction. The impedance of the first signal line is less than the impedance of the first transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ting-Wei LIANG, Jiunn-Shyong LIN, I-An YAO, Tzu-Chieh LAI, Chung-Chun CHENG, Shih-Che CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230298942
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may be formed by forming a first fin and a second fin in a first area and a second area of a substrate, respectively; which may be followed by forming of a first dummy gate structure and a second dummy gate structure straddling the first fin and second fin, respectively and forming a sacrificial layer extending along a bottom portion of the second dummy gate structure. The first dummy gate structure may be replaced with a first metal gate structure, while the second dummy gate structure and the sacrificial layer may be replaced with a second metal gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee, Chih-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20230290749
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip including a substrate having an upper surface vertically below a top surface. A dielectric structure contacts the top surface of the substrate. A conductive structure is disposed in the substrate. The conductive structure includes an upper conductive body and conductive protrusions directly underlying the upper conductive body. The upper conductive body overlies the upper surface of the substrate. A bottom surface of the dielectric structure is disposed between a top surface and a bottom surface of the upper conductive body. An isolation structure is disposed in the substrate on opposing sides of the upper conductive body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sin-Yao Huang, Jeng-Shyan Lin, Shih-Pei Chou, Tzu-Hsuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20230253470
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate; fin active regions protruded above the semiconductor substrate; and a gate stack disposed on the fin active regions; wherein the gate stack includes a high-k dielectric material layer, and various metal layers disposed on the high-k dielectric material layer. The gate stack has an uneven profile in a sectional view with a first dimension D1 at a top surface, a second dimension D2 at a bottom surface, and a third dimension D3 at a location between the top surface and the bottom surface, and wherein each of D1 and D2 is greater than D3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Chi-Sheng Lai, Yu-Fan Peng, Li-Ting Chen, Yu-Shan Lu, Yu-Bey Wu, Wei-Chung Sun, Yuan-Ching Peng, Kuei-Yu Kao, Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Han Lin, Pei-Yi Liu, Jing Yi Yan
  • Publication number: 20230246092
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a fin layer. Dummy gates are formed over the fin layer, where the dummy gates are formed to taper from a smaller width at a top region of the dummy gates to a larger width at a bottom region of the dummy gates. Sidewall spacers are formed on sidewalls of the dummy gates. An interlayer dielectric is formed in regions between the dummy gates and contacts the sidewall spacers. The dummy gates are removed to form openings in the interlayer dielectric and to expose the sidewall spacers on sides of the openings in the interlayer dielectric. The sidewall spacers are etched at a greater rate at a top region of the sidewall spacers than at a bottom region of the sidewall spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Han Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20230240024
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the uniformity of a display is provided. The method includes the following steps. An angle sensor is disposed on a display. The display opposite to a measurement device is disposed on a rotation axis. The uniformity of a frame of the display at at least one use angle is measured by the measurement device, wherein the display is adjusted to a first use angle and is left still for a period of time, so that the uniformity of the display arranged at the first use angle has a first uniformity correction parameter; and a correspondence table relevant to the first use angle and the first uniformity correction parameter is stored to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Wen CHIOU, Shih-Yao LIN, Chun-Fu CHEN, Lung-Li CHUNG, Chen-Ning LIAO
  • Publication number: 20230229846
    Abstract: A method includes: training a machine learning model with a plurality of electronic circuit placement layouts; predicting, by the machine learning model, fix rates of design rule check (DRC) violations of a new electronic circuit placement layout; identifying hard-to-fix (HTF) DRC violations among the DRC violations based on the fix rates of the DRC violations of the new electronic circuit placement layout; and fixing, by an engineering change order (ECO) tool, the DRC violations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ching Hsu, Shih-Yao Lin, Yi-Lin Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230231038
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first fin and a second fin over a substrate. The method includes forming a first dummy gate structure that straddles the first fin and the second fin. The first dummy gate structure includes a first dummy gate dielectric and a first dummy gate disposed over the first dummy gate dielectric. The method includes replacing a portion of the first dummy gate with a gate isolation structure. The portion of the first dummy gate is disposed over the second fin. The method includes removing the first dummy gate. The method includes removing a first portion of the first dummy gate dielectric around the first fin, while leaving a second portion of the first dummy gate dielectric around the second fin intact. The method includes forming a gate feature straddling the first fin and the second fin, wherein the gate isolation structure intersects the gate feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Han Lin, Shu-Uei Jang, Ya-Yi Tsai, Chi-Hsiang Chang, Tzu-Chung Wang, Shu-Yuan Ku
  • Publication number: 20230215792
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, an encapsulant and a redistribution structure. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the semiconductor die. The redistribution structure is disposed on the encapsulant and electrically connected with the semiconductor die, wherein the redistribution structure comprises a first conductive via, a first conductive wiring layer and a second conductive via stacked along a stacking direction, the first conductive via has a first terminal surface contacting the first conductive wiring layer, the second conductive via has a second terminal surface contacting the first conductive wiring layer, an area of a first cross section of the first conductive via is greater than an area of the first terminal surface of the first conductive via, and an area of a second cross section of the second conductive via is greater than an area of the second terminal surface of the second conductive via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Ting Hung, Meng-Liang Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng, Yi-Wen Wu, Po-Yao Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230207670
    Abstract: A method includes forming isolation regions extending into a semiconductor substrate, wherein semiconductor strips are located between the isolation regions, and forming a dielectric dummy strip between the isolation regions, recessing the isolation regions. Some portions of the semiconductor strips protrude higher than top surfaces of the recessed isolation regions to form protruding semiconductor fins, and a portion of the dielectric dummy strip protrudes higher than the top surfaces of the recessed isolation regions to form a dielectric dummy fin. The method further includes etching the dielectric dummy fin so that a top width of the dielectric dummy fin is smaller than a bottom width of the dielectric dummy fin. A gate stack is formed on top surfaces and sidewalls of the protruding semiconductor fins and the dielectric dummy fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Pei-Hsiu Wu, Chih Ping Wang, Chih-Han Lin, Jr-Jung Lin, Yun Ting Chou, Chen-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 11688643
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may be formed by forming a first fin and a second fin in a first area and a second area of a substrate, respectively; which may be followed by forming of a first dummy gate structure and a second dummy gate structure straddling the first fin and second fin, respectively and forming a sacrificial layer extending along a bottom portion of the second dummy gate structure. The first dummy gate structure may be replaced with a first metal gate structure, while the second dummy gate structure and the sacrificial layer may be replaced with a second metal gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee, Chih-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20230197521
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor devices includes forming a first semiconductor channel structure and a second semiconductor channel structure over a substrate; forming a metal gate structure, wherein the metal gate structure includes a first portion and a second portion straddling the first semiconductor channel structure and the second semiconductor channel structure, respectively; replacing a third portion of the metal gate structure between the first portion and the second portion with a first dielectric material to form a gate isolation structure, wherein a width of the gate isolation structure along the second direction decreases with an increasing depth of the gate isolation structure toward the substrate; and replacing a portion of the gate isolation structure, the second portion of the metal gate structure, and the second semiconductor channel structure with a second dielectric material to form an edge isolation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Uei Jang, Shih-Yao Lin
  • Publication number: 20230187542
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of fabricating a semiconductor device involves formation of a trench above a fin (e.g. a fin of a FinFET device) of the semiconductor device and formation of a multi-layer dielectric structure within the trench. The profile of the multi-layer dielectric structure can be controlled depending on the application to reduce shadowing effects and reduce cut failure risk, among other possible benefits. The multi-layer dielectric structure can include two layers, three layers, or any number of layers and can have a stepped profile, a linear profile, or any other type of profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Ya-Yi Tsai, Chi-Hsiang Chang, Shih-Yao LIN, Tzu-Chung Wang, Shu-Yuan Ku
  • Patent number: 11672467
    Abstract: A method and user device for determining a unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) value associated with a user of the user device include obtaining video data associated with a movement of a body part of the user. The UPDRS value is determined using a model and the video data associated with the movement of the body part of the user. The UPDRS value is provided to permit an evaluation of the user based on the UPDRS value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Lianyi Han, Hui Tang, Yusheng Xie, Shih-Yao Lin, Qian Zhen, Zhimin Huo, Wei Fan
  • Publication number: 20230169661
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system are provided for image segmentation. Image data, such as biological image data, is received. One or more objects associated with the received image data is detected. One or more regions of interest are determined within the receive image data corresponding to one or more segments based on the detected objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Hui TANG, Lianyi HAN, Chao HUANG, Shih-Yao LIN, Zhimin HUO, Wei FAN
  • Publication number: 20230149544
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or preventing a T-cell mediated inflammatory disease or cancer in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that specifically binds to human PSGL-1 in combination with a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor. In some embodiments, the T-cell mediated inflammatory disease is GVHD, e.g., acute GVHD or chronic GVHD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: AltruBio Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao LIN, Feng-Lin CHIANG, You-Chia YEH
  • Patent number: 11652159
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a fin layer. Dummy gates are formed over the fin layer, where the dummy gates are formed to taper from a smaller width at a top region of the dummy gates to a larger width at a bottom region of the dummy gates. Sidewall spacers are formed on sidewalls of the dummy gates. An interlayer dielectric is formed in regions between the dummy gates and contacts the sidewall spacers. The dummy gates are removed to form openings in the interlayer dielectric and to expose the sidewall spacers on sides of the openings in the interlayer dielectric. The sidewall spacers are etched at a greater rate at a top region of the sidewall spacers than at a bottom region of the sidewall spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Han Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee
  • Publication number: 20230143320
    Abstract: An aluminum or copper alloy sputtering chamber includes a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, and a sputter trap formed on at least a portion of the front surface A coating of titanium particles is formed on the sputter trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Patrick Underwood, Susan D. Strothers, Shih-Yao Lin, Michael D. Payton, Scott R. Sayles
  • Patent number: 11644872
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a base, a first display pivotally connected to the base, a second display, and a linkage mechanism. The first display is movable to be opened or closed relative to the base. The second display is located between the base and the first display. The linkage mechanism includes at least one first link. Two ends of the first link are pivotally connected to the first display and the second display, respectively. When the first display is opened relative to the base, the at least one first link rotates to drive the second display to move up relative to the base. When the first display is closed relative to the base, the at least one first link rotates in an opposite direction to drive the second display to move down to be accommodated between the first display and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Tsung-Cheng Lin, Wen-Chung Wu, Tao-Hua Cheng, Pei-Yi Lee
  • Publication number: 20230119370
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in a first area includes first non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a first distance, and a first isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the first non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first layer or second layer of the first isolation region is in a cured state. The semiconductor device in a second area includes second non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a second distance, and a second isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the second non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first or second layer of the second isolation region is in a cured state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee, Li-Jung Kuo, Chen-Ping Chen, Ming-Ching Chang