Patents by Inventor Shu-Hung Yu

Shu-Hung Yu 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: 11950521
    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device includes a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer, a top electrode and high work function spacers. The bottom electrode, the high work function layer, the resistive material layer and the top electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part. The high work function spacers cover sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell. The present invention also provides a method of forming a RRAM device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang
  • Publication number: 20230337556
    Abstract: A resistive memory device is provided. The resistive memory device includes a first electrode, a memory structure on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the memory structure. The memory structure includes a tubular element and a pillar element. The tubular element includes oxide. The pillar element includes oxide. The pillar element is surrounded by the tubular element. The tubular element and the pillar element include different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shu-Hung YU, Chun-Hung CHENG, Chuan-Fu WANG
  • Patent number: 11770987
    Abstract: A ReRAM device includes a dielectric layer, a bottom electrode, a data storage layer, a metal covering layer, and a top electrode. The dielectric layer has a recess. At least a portion of the bottom electrode is exposed through the recess. The data storage layer is disposed on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the recess, electrically contacts with the bottom electrode, and has a top portion lower than an opening of the recess. The metal covering layer blanket covers the data storage layer, has an extension portion covering the top portion, and connects to the sidewall of the recess. The top electrode is disposed in the recess, and is electrically contact with the metal covering layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang
  • Publication number: 20230057572
    Abstract: A ReRAM device includes a dielectric layer, a bottom electrode, a data storage layer, a metal covering layer, and a top electrode. The dielectric layer has a recess. At least a portion of the bottom electrode is exposed through the recess. The data storage layer is disposed on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the recess, electrically contacts with the bottom electrode, and has a top portion lower than an opening of the recess. The metal covering layer blanket covers the data storage layer, has an extension portion covering the top portion, and connects to the sidewall of the recess. The top electrode is disposed in the recess, and is electrically contact with the metal covering layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Shu-Hung YU, Chun-Hung CHENG, Chuan-Fu WANG
  • Publication number: 20230019178
    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device, including a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer and a top electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part, first spacers covering sidewalls of the top part and the top electrode, and second spacers covering sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang
  • Patent number: 11489114
    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device includes a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer, a top electrode and high work function spacers. The bottom electrode, the high work function layer, the resistive material layer and the top electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part. The high work function spacers cover sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell. The present invention also provides a method of forming a RRAM device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang
  • Publication number: 20220271223
    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device includes a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer, a top electrode and high work function spacers. The bottom electrode, the high work function layer, the resistive material layer and the top electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part. The high work function spacers cover sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell. The present invention also provides a method of forming a RRAM device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang
  • Publication number: 20220271222
    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device includes a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer, a top electrode and high work function spacers. The bottom electrode, the high work function layer, the resistive material layer and the top electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part. The high work function spacers cover sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell. The present invention also provides a method of forming a RRAM device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang
  • Patent number: 11296036
    Abstract: A mark pattern includes unit cells immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a form of dot matrix to form a register mark or an identification code, wherein each unit cell has configuration identical to functional devices of pMOS and nMOS, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, and first gate structures extending along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first gate structures straddling the first active region and the second active region, contact structures disposed between the first gate structures on the first active region and the second active region, and via structures disposed on the contact structures and two opposite ends of the first gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Kang, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Kuo-Yu Liao, Shu-Hung Yu, Hung-Hsu Lin, Hsiang-Hung Peng
  • Publication number: 20200365521
    Abstract: A mark pattern includes unit cells immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a form of dot matrix to form a register mark or an identification code, wherein each unit cell has configuration identical to functional devices of pMOS and nMOS, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, and first gate structures extending along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first gate structures straddling the first active region and the second active region, contact structures disposed between the first gate structures on the first active region and the second active region, and via structures disposed on the contact structures and two opposite ends of the first gate structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Kang, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Kuo-Yu Liao, Shu-Hung Yu, Hung-Hsu Lin, Hsiang-Hung Peng
  • Patent number: 10777508
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a plurality of chip areas and a scribe line defined thereon, and a mark pattern disposed in the scribe line. The mark pattern includes a plurality of unit cells immediately adjacent to each other, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, a plurality of first gate structures extending along a first direction and arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of first conductive structures. The first gate structures straddle the first active region and the second active region. The first conductive structures are disposed on the first active region, the second active region, and two opposite sides of the first gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Kang, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Kuo-Yu Liao, Shu-Hung Yu, Hung-Hsu Lin, Hsiang-Hung Peng
  • Patent number: 10529707
    Abstract: A method of forming a capacitor includes the following steps. First, a substrate is provided. A dielectric layer is formed over the substrate. A first patterning process is performed to form a first contact plug through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer and a second patterning process is performed to form a second contact plug in the dielectric layer and spaced apart from the first contact plug in a pre-determined distance, wherein the first contact plug and the second contact plug are capacitively coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Chen, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Chih-Kai Kang, Wen-Kai Lin, Shu-Hung Yu
  • Patent number: 10340282
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, having a plurality of cell regions, wherein the cell regions are parallel and extending along a first direction. A plurality of STI structures is disposed in the substrate, extending along the first direction to isolate the cell regions, wherein the STI structures have a uniform height lower than the substrate in the cell regions. A selection gate line is extending along a second direction and crossing over the cell regions and the STI structures. A control gate line is adjacent to the selection gate line in parallel extending along the second direction and also crosses over the cell regions and the STI structures. The selection gate line and the control gate line together form a two-transistor (2T) memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shu-Hung Yu, Chun-Hung Cheng, Chuan-Fu Wang, An-Hsiu Cheng, Ping-Chia Shih, Chi-Cheng Huang, Kuo-Lung Li, Chia-Hui Huang, Chih-Yao Wang, Zi-Jun Liu, Chih-Hao Pan
  • Publication number: 20180269201
    Abstract: A method of forming a capacitor includes the following steps. First, a substrate is provided. A dielectric layer is formed over the substrate. A first patterning process is performed to form a first contact plug through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer and a second patterning process is performed to form a second contact plug in the dielectric layer and spaced apart from the first contact plug in a pre-determined distance, wherein the first contact plug and the second contact plug are capacitively coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Chen, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Chih-Kai Kang, Wen-Kai Lin, Shu-Hung Yu
  • Patent number: 10002864
    Abstract: An intra-metal capacitor is provided. The intra-metal capacitor is formed in a dielectric layer and comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode penetrate through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer, and the second electrode does not penetrate through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Chen, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Chih-Kai Kang, Wen-Kai Lin, Shu-Hung Yu
  • Publication number: 20180151555
    Abstract: An intra-metal capacitor is provided. The intra-metal capacitor is formed in a dielectric layer and comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode penetrate through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer, and the second electrode does not penetrate through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Chen, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Chih-Kai Kang, Wen-Kai Lin, Shu-Hung Yu
  • Publication number: 20180130753
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a plurality of chip areas and a scribe line defined thereon, and a mark pattern disposed in the scribe line. The mark pattern includes a plurality of unit cells immediately adjacent to each other, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, a plurality of first gate structures extending along a first direction and arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of first conductive structures. The first gate structures straddle the first active region and the second active region. The first conductive structures are disposed on the first active region, the second active region, and two opposite sides of the first gate structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Kang, Sheng-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Chung Sheng, Kuo-Yu Liao, Shu-Hung Yu, Hung-Hsu Lin, Hsiang-Hung Peng