Patents by Inventor Tsu-Wen HUANG

Tsu-Wen HUANG 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: 12191215
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing and measuring system for semiconductor structures on a wafer. The system includes a process chamber and a measuring device. The process chamber is configured to perform operations of forming a first fin array in a bank of a die of a wafer and forming a second fin array on the first fin array. The measuring device is configured to perform a pattern wafer geometer (PWG) measuring on the wafer to obtain a displacement between a first fin of the first fin array and a first fin of the second fin array, and further configured to determine a status of wafer according to the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta Cheng, Tsu-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20240319616
    Abstract: A measuring method for measuring an overlay shift between two wafers, comprising: providing a previous wafer layer, a to-be-measured wafer layer and a measuring circuit layer, wherein each of the previous wafer layer and the to-be-measured wafer layer comprises a first group of dies; measuring, by a plurality of probes of the measuring circuit layer, the first group of dies of the to-be-measured wafer layer; generating a measurement result according to at least the measuring to the first group of dies; and comparing the measurement result with a standard data to determine the overlay shift between the previous wafer layer and the to-be-measured wafer layer, wherein the to-be-measured wafer layer is between the previous wafer layer and the measuring circuit layer and is connected to the previous wafer layer and the measuring circuit layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Chun Yen WEI, Tsu-Wen HUANG
  • Patent number: 12014961
    Abstract: A method of semiconductor overlay measuring includes following operations. Provide a test substrate. Conductive structures are located in the test substrate and exposed from a top surface of the test substrate. Positioning the test substrate to a standard position and capturing a first image of the top surface of the test substrate. Mark first marks corresponding to the exposed conductive structures on the first image. Form a test capping layer with capacitor openings on the top surface of the test substrate. Move the test substrate to the standard position and capturing a second image of a top surface of the test capping layer. Identify the capacitor openings on the second image with second marks. Compare the first marks with the second marks to determine a position offset between the test substrate and the test capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai-Ping Chan, Tsu-Wen Huang, Kai Lee
  • Publication number: 20230125695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method for semiconductor structures. The method includes the following operations: receiving a wafer having a plurality of dies; respectively forming a plurality of semiconductor structures in a plurality of banks in each of the plurality of dies, wherein each of the semiconductor structure includes a first fin array and a second fin array disposed above the first fin array; performing a PWG measurement on the wafer to obtain a displacement between a first fin of the first fin array and a first fin of the second fin array; and according to the displacement, determining a status of wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: CHENG-TA CHENG, TSU-WEN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230128335
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing and measuring system for semiconductor structures on a wafer. The system includes a process chamber and a measuring device. The process chamber is configured to perform operations of forming a first fin array in a bank of a die of a wafer and forming a second fin array on the first fin array. The measuring device is configured to perform a pattern wafer geometer (PWG) measuring on the wafer to obtain a displacement between a first fin of the first fin array and a first fin of the second fin array, and further configured to determine a status of wafer according to the displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: CHENG-TA CHENG, TSU-WEN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220336292
    Abstract: A method of semiconductor overlay measuring includes following operations. Provide a test substrate. Conductive structures are located in the test substrate and exposed from a top surface of the test substrate. Positioning the test substrate to a standard position and capturing a first image of the top surface of the test substrate. Mark first marks corresponding to the exposed conductive structures on the first image. Form a test capping layer with capacitor openings on the top surface of the test substrate. Move the test substrate to the standard position and capturing a second image of a top surface of the test capping layer. Identify the capacitor openings on the second image with second marks. Compare the first marks with the second marks to determine a position offset between the test substrate and the test capping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kai-Ping CHAN, Tsu-Wen HUANG, Kai LEE