Patents by Inventor Steven C. Hung

Steven C. Hung 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: 20250066286
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of making (Z)-endoxifen, a salt thereof, crystalline forms of endoxifen, and compositions comprising them. Also described herein are crystalline forms of (Z)-endoxifen. A method of making (Z)-endoxifen may include one or more enrichment steps to enrich the amount of (Z)-endoxifen present in a composition. Enrichment may include one or more steps of crystallization, recrystallization, or fractional recrystallization to reduce the level of one or more impurities in the composition. These methods may be industrially scalable. Also described herein are compositions enriched for (Z)-endoxifen produced by the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Steven C. Quay, Yao-Lin SUN, Wei-Jen LO, Kun-Chih HUNG, Chia-Chen HSU
  • Patent number: 11271097
    Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to produce semiconductor structures that may include a high-k dielectric material. The methods may include forming a silicon layer over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may include silicon germanium. The methods may include oxidizing a portion of the silicon layer to form a sacrificial oxide while maintaining a portion of the silicon layer in contact with the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include removing the sacrificial oxide. The methods may include oxidizing the portion of the silicon layer in contact with the semiconductor substrate to form an oxygen-containing material. The methods may include forming a high-k dielectric material overlying the oxygen-containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Hung, Benjamin Colombeau, Abhishek Dube, Sheng-Chin Kung, Patricia M. Liu, Malcolm J. Bevan, Johanes Swenberg
  • Publication number: 20210134986
    Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to produce semiconductor structures that may include a high-k dielectric material. The methods may include forming a silicon layer over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may include silicon germanium. The methods may include oxidizing a portion of the silicon layer to form a sacrificial oxide while maintaining a portion of the silicon layer in contact with the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include removing the sacrificial oxide. The methods may include oxidizing the portion of the silicon layer in contact with the semiconductor substrate to form an oxygen-containing material. The methods may include forming a high-k dielectric material overlying the oxygen-containing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Hung, Benjamin Colombeau, Abhishek Dube, Sheng-Chin Kung, Patricia M. Liu, Malcolm J. Bevan, Johanes Swenberg
  • Publication number: 20210104401
    Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to produce semiconductor structures that may include a high-k dielectric material. The methods may include removing a native oxide from a surface of a substrate. The methods may include delivering nitrous oxide to the substrate and thermally annealing the surface to form an oxide-containing interface. The methods may include delivering a nitrogen-containing precursor or an oxygen-containing precursor to a substrate contained in a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming reactive ligands on an exposed surface of the substrate with the nitrogen-containing precursor or the oxygen-containing precursor. The methods may also include forming a high-k dielectric material overlying the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Hung
  • Patent number: 10872763
    Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to produce semiconductor structures that may include a high-k dielectric material. The methods may include delivering a nitrogen-containing precursor or an oxygen-containing precursor to a substrate contained in a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming reactive ligands on an exposed surface of the substrate with the nitrogen-containing precursor or the oxygen-containing precursor. The methods may also include forming a high-k dielectric material overlying the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David Chu, Steven C. Hung, Malcolm J. Bevan, Charles Chu, Tatsuya E. Sato, Shih-Chung Chen, Patricia M. Liu, Johanes Swenberg
  • Publication number: 20200350157
    Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to produce semiconductor structures that may include a high-k dielectric material. The methods may include delivering a nitrogen-containing precursor or an oxygen-containing precursor to a substrate contained in a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming reactive ligands on an exposed surface of the substrate with the nitrogen-containing precursor or the oxygen-containing precursor. The methods may also include forming a high-k dielectric material overlying the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David Chu, Steven C. Hung, Malcolm J. Bevan, Charles Chu, Tatsuya E. Sato, Shih-Chung Chen, Patricia M. Liu, Johanes Swenberg