Patents by Inventor Shu An Yao

Shu An Yao 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: 11997842
    Abstract: A fan-out package includes a redistribution structure having redistribution-side bonding structures, a plurality of semiconductor dies including a respective set of die-side bonding structures that is attached to a respective subset of the redistribution-side bonding structures through a respective set of solder material portions, and an underfill material portion laterally surrounding the redistribution-side bonding structures and the die-side bonding structures of the plurality of semiconductor dies. A subset of the redistribution-side bonding structures is not bonded to any of the die-side bonding structures of the plurality of semiconductor dies and is laterally surrounded by the underfill material portion, and is used to provide uniform distribution of the underfill material during formation of the underfill material portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Ming-Chih Yew, Shu-Shen Yeh, Chin-Hua Wang, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11996346
    Abstract: Semiconductor device includes a circuit substrate, a first semiconductor die and a package lid. The first semiconductor die is disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The package lid extends over the first semiconductor die and is bonded to the circuit substrate. the package lid comprises a roof extending, a footing and an island. The roof extends along a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The footing is disposed at a peripheral edge of the roof and protrudes from the roof towards the circuit substrate along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The island protrudes from the roof towards the circuit substrate, wherein the island is disconnected from the footing along the second direction, and the island is physically connected to the footing along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Yao Lin, Hui-Chang Yu, Shyue-Ter Leu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11996472
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Ya-Yi Tsai, Chi-Hsiang Chang, Shih-Yao Lin, Tzu-Chung Wang, Shu-Yuan Ku
  • Patent number: 11990443
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an interposer has a first side, a first integrated circuit device attached to the first side of the interposer with a first set of conductive connectors, each of the first set of conductive connectors having a first height, a first die package attached to the first side of the interposer with a second set of conductive connectors, the second set of conductive connectors including a first conductive connector and a second conductive connector, the first conductive connector having a second height, the second conductive connector having a third height, the third height being different than the second height, a first dummy conductive connector being between the first side of the interposer and the first die package, an underfill disposed beneath the first integrated circuit device and the first die package, and an encapsulant disposed around the first integrated circuit device and the first die package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Huang, Sung-Hui Huang, Shang-Yun Hou, Shu Chia Hsu, Yu-Yun Huang, Wen-Yao Chang, Yu-Jen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11984378
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes an interposer substrate formed over a package substrate. The structure also includes a die disposed over the interposer substrate. The structure also includes a first heat spreader disposed over the package substrate. The structure also includes a second heat spreader disposed over the die and connected to the first heat spreader. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the first heat spreader and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second heat spreader are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Yao Lin, Chin-Hua Wang, Yu-Sheng Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Publication number: 20240153839
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes an interposer substrate formed over a package substrate. The structure also includes a die disposed over the interposer substrate. The structure also includes a first heat spreader disposed over the package substrate. The structure also includes a second heat spreader disposed over the die and connected to the first heat spreader. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the first heat spreader and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second heat spreader are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen YEH, Po-Yao LIN, Chin-Hua WANG, Yu-Sheng LIN, Shin-Puu JENG
  • Publication number: 20240153827
    Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first gate stack over the semiconductor substrate, the first gate stack being between a first gate spacer and a second gate spacer. The device further includes a second gate stack over the semiconductor substrate between the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer and a dielectric material separating the first gate stack from the second gate stack. The dielectric material is at least partially between the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer, a first width of an upper portion of the dielectric material is greater than a second width of a lower portion of the dielectric material, and a third width of an upper portion of the first gate spacer is less than a fourth width of a lower portion of the first gate spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Chih-Han Lin, Shu-Uei Jang, Ya-Yi Tsai, Shu-Yuan Ku
  • Patent number: 11978722
    Abstract: A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes disposing a chip structure over a substrate. The chip structure has an inclined sidewall, the inclined sidewall is at an acute angle to a vertical, the vertical is a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the chip structure, and the acute angle is in a range from about 12 degrees to about 45 degrees. The method also includes forming a protective layer to surround the chip structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Chen Lai, Che-Chia Yang, Li-Ling Liao, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11972072
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a first sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit and a power line. The first sensing circuit includes a first sensing unit and a first transistor, and a first end of the first sensing unit is coupled to a control end of the first transistor. The second sensing circuit includes a second sensing unit and a second transistor, and a first end of the second sensing unit is coupled to a control end of the second transistor. A first end of the first transistor and a first end of the second transistor are coupled to the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Fen Li, Chuan-Chi Chien, Hsiao-Feng Liao, Rui-An Yu, Chang-Chiang Cheng, Po-Yang Chen, I-An Yao
  • Patent number: 11973001
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture which utilize lids in order to constrain thermal expansion during annealing are presented. In some embodiments lids are placed and attached on encapsulant and, in some embodiments, over first semiconductor dies. As such, when heat is applied, and the encapsulant attempts to expand, the lid will work to constrain the expansion, reducing the amount of stress that would otherwise accumulate within the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Chin-Hua Wang, Chia-Kuei Hsu, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Publication number: 20240136246
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a package structure, a first heat spreader, and a second heat spreader. The first heat spreader is aside the package structure. The second heat spreader is in physical contact with the first heat spreader. The second heat spreader covers a top surface and sidewalls of the package structure. A material of the first heat spreader is different from a material of the second heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Yao Lin, Yu-Sheng Lin, Po-Chen Lai, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11967533
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin over a substrate that both extend along a first direction. The method includes forming a dielectric fin extending along the first direction and is disposed between the first and second semiconductor fins. The method includes forming a dummy gate structure extending along a second direction and straddling the first and second semiconductor fins and the dielectric fin. The method includes removing a portion of the dummy gate structure over the dielectric fin to form a trench by performing an etching process that includes a plurality of stages. Each of the plurality of stages includes a combination of anisotropic etching and isotropic etching such that a variation of a distance between respective inner sidewalls of the trench along the second direction is within a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Uei Jang, Shu-Yuan Ku, Shih-Yao Lin
  • Patent number: 11967547
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first substrate including a first plurality of conductive pads that are laterally spaced apart from one another on the first substrate. A first plurality of conductive bumps are disposed on the first plurality of conductive pads, respectively. A multi-tiered solder-resist structure is disposed on the first substrate and arranged between the first plurality of conductive pads. The multi-tiered solder-resist structure has different widths at a different heights over the first substrate and contacts sidewalls of the first plurality of conductive bumps to separate the first plurality of conductive bumps from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hua Wang, Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Chen Lai, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11967582
    Abstract: A multi-chip device includes a first material within a substrate. The first material has a first coefficient of thermal expansion different than a second coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate. A first chip overlies a first portion of the first material and a first portion of the substrate. A second chip overlies a second portion of the first material and a second portion of the substrate. The first material is between the first portion of the substrate and the second portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chin-Hua Wang, Po-Chen Lai, Shu-Shen Yeh, Tsung-Yen Lee, Po-Yao Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Publication number: 20240120294
    Abstract: A chip package includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip, and a thermal conductive structure. The chip package includes a first and a second support structures below the thermal conductive structure. The first and the second support structures connect the substrate and corners of the thermal conductive structure. The thermal conductive structure has a side edge connecting the first and the second support structures. The first and the second support structures and the side edge together define of an opening exposing a space surrounding the semiconductor chip. The first and the second support structures are disposed along a side of the substrate. The first support structure is laterally separated from the side of the substrate by a first lateral distance. The side edge of the thermal conductive structure is laterally separated from the side of the substrate by a second lateral distance different than the first lateral distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shu-Shen YEH, Chin-Hua WANG, Kuang-Chun LEE, Po-Yao LIN, Shyue-Ter LEU, Shin-Puu JENG
  • Patent number: 11955455
    Abstract: A method includes bonding a first package component over a second package component. The second package component includes a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers. The method further includes dispensing a stress absorber on the second package component, curing the stress absorber, and forming an encapsulant on the second package component and the stress absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-Puu Jeng, Chien-Sheng Chen, Po-Yao Lin, Po-Chen Lai, Shu-Shen Yeh
  • Patent number: 11942396
    Abstract: A heterogeneous integration semiconductor package structure including a heat dissipation assembly, multiple chips, a package assembly, multiple connectors and a circuit substrate is provided. The heat dissipation assembly has a connection surface and includes a two-phase flow heat dissipation device and a first redistribution structure layer embedded in the connection surface. The chips are disposed on the connection surface of the heat dissipation assembly and electrically connected to the first redistribution structure layer. The package assembly surrounds the chips and includes a second redistribution structure layer disposed on a lower surface and multiple conductive vias electrically connected to the first redistribution structure layer and the second redistribution structure layer. The connectors are disposed on the package assembly and electrically connected to the second redistribution structure layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Heng-Chieh Chien, Shu-Jung Yang, Yu-Min Lin, Chih-Yao Wang, Yu-Lin Chao
  • Publication number: 20240096731
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided, which includes a first chip disposed over a first package substrate, a molding compound surrounding the first chip, a first thermal interface material disposed over the first chip and the molding compound, a heat spreader disposed over the thermal interface material, and a second thermal interface material disposed over the heat spreader. The first thermal interface material and the second thermal interface material have an identical width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chin-Hua WANG, Po-Yao LIN, Feng-Cheng HSU, Shin-Puu JENG, Wen-Yi LIN, Shu-Shen YEH
  • Publication number: 20240097007
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is described. An isolation region is disposed on the substrate. A plurality of channels extend through the isolation region from the substrate. The channels including an active channel and an inactive channel. A dummy fin is disposed on the isolation region and between the active channel and the inactive channel. An active gate is disposed over the active channel and the inactive channel, and contacts the isolation region. A dielectric material extends through the active gate and contacts a top of the dummy fin. The inactive channel is a closest inactive channel to the dielectric material. A long axis of the active channel extends in a first direction. A long axis of the active gate extends in a second direction. The active channel extends in a third direction from the substrate. The dielectric material is closer to the inactive channel than to the active channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Hsiao Wen Lee, Ya-Yi Tsai, Shu-Uei Jang, Chih-Han Lin, Shu-Yuan Ku
  • Publication number: 20240096778
    Abstract: A semiconductor die package is provided. The semiconductor die package includes a semiconductor die and a package substrate supporting and electrically connected to the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die has a corner. The package substrate includes several conductive lines, and one of the conductive lines under the corner of the semiconductor die includes a first line segment and a second line segment connected to the first line segment. The first line segment is linear and extends in a first direction. The second line segment is non-linear and has a varying extension direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ya-Huei LEE, Shu-Shen YEH, Kuo-Ching HSU, Shyue-Ter LEU, Po-Yao LIN, Shin-Puu JENG