Patents by Inventor Tien-Yu Hsieh

Tien-Yu Hsieh 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: 11488870
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a third region; forming a first gate structure on the first region, a second gate structure on the second region, and a third gate structure on the third region; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the first gate structure, the second gate structure, and the third gate structure; removing the first gate structure, the second gate structure, and the third gate structure to form a first recess, a second recess, and a third recess; forming a first interfacial layer in the first recess, the second recess, and the third recess; removing the first interfacial layer in the second recess; and forming a second interfacial layer in the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tien-Yu Hsieh, Kuan-Ti Wang, Han-Chen Chen, Kun-Hsien Lee
  • Publication number: 20210287942
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a third region; forming a first gate structure on the first region, a second gate structure on the second region, and a third gate structure on the third region; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the first gate structure, the second gate structure, and the third gate structure; removing the first gate structure, the second gate structure, and the third gate structure to form a first recess, a second recess, and a third recess; forming a first interfacial layer in the first recess, the second recess, and the third recess; removing the first interfacial layer in the second recess; and forming a second interfacial layer in the second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tien-Yu Hsieh, Kuan-Ti Wang, Han-Chen Chen, Kun-Hsien Lee
  • Patent number: 9893066
    Abstract: A semiconductor transistor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer having an active surface, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode and a control capacitor. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are directly in contact with the active surface. The gate electrode is disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are separated from each other. The control capacitor is electrically connected to the gate electrode through a connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhi-Biao Zhou, Shao-Hui Wu, Chi-Fa Ku, Chen-Bin Lin, Su Xing, Tien-Yu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20170154887
    Abstract: A semiconductor transistor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer having an active surface, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode and a control capacitor. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are directly in contact with the active surface. The gate electrode is disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are separated from each other. The control capacitor is electrically connected to the gate electrode through a connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Zhi-Biao Zhou, Shao-Hui Wu, Chi-Fa Ku, Chen-Bin Lin, Su Xing, Tien-Yu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9627549
    Abstract: A semiconductor transistor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer having an active surface, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode and a control capacitor. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are directly in contact with the active surface. The gate electrode is disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are separated from each other. The control capacitor is electrically connected to the gate electrode through a connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhi-Biao Zhou, Shao-Hui Wu, Chi-Fa Ku, Chen-Bin Lin, Su Xing, Tien-Yu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20170098712
    Abstract: A semiconductor transistor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer having an active surface, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode and a control capacitor. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are directly in contact with the active surface. The gate electrode is disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are separated from each other. The control capacitor is electrically connected to the gate electrode through a connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Zhi-Biao Zhou, Shao-Hui Wu, Chi-Fa Ku, Chen-Bin Lin, Su Xing, Tien-Yu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140217398
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor (TFT) device comprises a gate, a source, a drain, an insulation layer and an active area. The insulation layer electrically separates the gate from the source and the drain. The active area including a plurality of contacting areas contacting the source and the drain, respectively, and generates a channel including a channel width and a channel length. The active area includes a semiconductor material and has a plurality of active-area edges. In the direction parallel to the channel width, a distance between at least a contacting-area edge of the contacting areas and the active-area edge of the active area that is near to the contacting-area edge is larger than 2.5 ?m and less than or equal to 16 ?m. A TFT display apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: National Sun Yat-sen University, InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Ting-Chang CHANG, Yu-Chun CHEN, Tien-Yu HSIEH, Cheng-Hsu CHOU, Jung-Fang CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130169351
    Abstract: A transistor operating method is applicable to a transistor including a first gate, a first gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a source, a drain, a second gate insulating layer and a second gate. The transistor operating method includes: grounding the first gate and the source, applying a negative bias to the second gate and applying a positive bias to the drain, so that the transistor acts as an optical detector; alternatively, grounding the source, grounding or floating the second gate, applying a bias to the first gate and applying a positive bias to the drain, so that the transistor acts as a pixel switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Ting-Chang CHANG, Te-Chih Chen, Fu-Yen Jian, Tien-Yu Hsieh