Patents by Inventor Tsung-Shu Lin

Tsung-Shu Lin 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: 11756870
    Abstract: A stacked via structure disposed on a conductive pillar of a semiconductor die is provided. The stacked via structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive via, a first redistribution wiring, a second dielectric layer, a second conductive via, and a second redistribution wiring. The first dielectric layer covers the semiconductor die. The first conductive via is embedded in the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive pillar. The first redistribution wiring covers the first conductive via and the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer covers the first dielectric layer and the first redistribution wiring. The second conductive via is embedded in the second dielectric layer and landed on the first redistribution wiring. The second redistribution wiring covers the second conductive via and the second dielectric layer. A lateral dimension of the first conductive via is greater than a lateral dimension of the second conductive via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-Yu Yeh, Tsung-Shu Lin, Wei-Cheng Wu, Tsung-Yu Chen, Li-Han Hsu, Chien-Fu Tseng
  • Patent number: 11715675
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor package, and a metallic cover. The semiconductor package is disposed on the circuit substrate. The metallic cover is disposed over the semiconductor package and over the circuit substrate. The metallic cover comprises a lid and outer flanges. The lid overlies the semiconductor package. The outer flanges are disposed at edges of the lid, are connected with the lid, extend from the lid towards the circuit substrate, and face side surfaces of the semiconductor package. The lid has a first region that is located over the semiconductor package and is thicker than a second region that is located outside a footprint of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wensen Hung, Ping-Kang Huang, Sao-Ling Chiu, Tsung-Yu Chen, Tsung-Shu Lin, Chien-Yuan Huang, Chen-Hsiang Lao
  • Publication number: 20230215774
    Abstract: A package structure includes a semiconductor device and an adhesive pattern. The adhesive pattern surrounds the semiconductor device, wherein an angle ? is formed between a sidewall of the semiconductor device and a sidewall of the adhesive pattern, 0°<?<90° wherein the adhesive layer has a first opening misaligned with a corner of the semiconductor device closest to the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Hui Wang, Der-Chyang Yeh, Shih-Peng Tai, Tsung-Shu Lin, Yi-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 11676943
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first die, second dies coupled to and on the first die, a dielectric layer on the first die and covering each second die, and through dielectric vias (TDVs) coupled to and on the first die. The first die includes a bonding dielectric layer and bonding features embedded in and leveled with the bonding dielectric layer. An array of second dies is arranged in a first region of the first die. Each second die includes a bonding dielectric layer and a bonding feature embedded in and leveled with the bonding dielectric layer. The bonding dielectric layer and the bonding feature of each second die are respectively bonded to those of the first die. The TDVs are laterally covered by the dielectric layer in a second region of the first die which is connected to the first region and arranged along a periphery of the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Yuan Huang, Shih-Chang Ku, Tsung-Shu Lin
  • Publication number: 20230154863
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a redistribution structure and connective terminals. The redistribution structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and includes a first metallization tier disposed in between a pair of dielectric layers. The first metallization tier includes routing conductive traces electrically connected to the semiconductor die and a shielding plate electrically insulated from the semiconductor die. The connective terminals include dummy connective terminals and active connective terminals. The dummy connective terminals are disposed on the redistribution structure and are electrically connected to the shielding plate. The active connective terminals are disposed on the redistribution structure and are electrically connected to the routing conductive traces. Vertical projections of the dummy connective terminals fall on the shielding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Wu, Chien-Chia Chiu, Cheng-Hsien Hsieh, Li-Han Hsu, Meng-Tsan Lee, Tsung-Shu Lin
  • Patent number: 11652063
    Abstract: An embodiment is a structure including a first die having an active surface with a first center point, a molding compound at least laterally encapsulating the first die, and a first redistribution layer (RDL) including metallization patterns extending over the first die and the molding compound. A first portion of the metallization patterns of the first RDL extending over a first portion of a boundary of the first die to the molding compound, the first portion of the metallization patterns not extending parallel to a first line, the first line extending from the first center point of the first die to the first portion of the boundary of the first die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Hsieh, Li-Han Hsu, Wei-Cheng Wu, Hsien-Wei Chen, Der-Chyang Yeh, Chi-Hsi Wu, Chen-Hua Yu, Tsung-Shu Lin
  • Publication number: 20230144244
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vapor chamber lid for high power applications such as chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) applications using high performance processors (e.g., graphics processing unit (GPU)) and methods of manufacturing the same. The vapor chamber lid provides a thermal solution which enhances the thermal performance of a package with multiple chips. The vapor chamber lid improves hot spot dissipation in high performance chips, for example, at the three-dimensional (3D-IC) packaging level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Ku, Hung-Chi Li, Tsung-Shu Lin, Tsung-Yu Chen, Wensen Hung
  • Publication number: 20230112750
    Abstract: A device and method of manufacture is provided that utilize a dummy pad feature adjacent contact pads. The contact pads may be contact pads in an integrated fan-out package in which a molding compound is placed along sidewalls of a die and the contact pads extend over the die and the molding compound. The contact pads are electrically coupled to the die using one or more redistribution layers. The dummy pad features are electrically isolated from the contact pads. In some embodiments, the dummy pad features partially encircle the contact pads and are located in a corner region of the molding compound, a corner region of the die, and/or an interface region between an edge of the die and the molding compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Chang-Chia Huang, Tsung-Shu Lin, Cheng-Chieh Hsieh, Wei-Cheng Wu
  • Patent number: 11626341
    Abstract: A package structure includes a substrate, a semiconductor device and an adhesive layer. The semiconductor device is disposed on the substrate, wherein an angle ? is formed between one sidewall of the semiconductor device and one of sides of the substrate, 0°<?<90°. The adhesive layer surrounds the semiconductor device on the substrate and at least continuously disposed at two of the sides of the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer has a first opening misaligned with a corner of the semiconductor device closest to the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Hui Wang, Der-Chyang Yeh, Shih-Peng Tai, Tsung-Shu Lin, Yi-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20230064253
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first heat dissipation plate, a second heat dissipation plate, a plurality of heat generating assemblies, and a plurality of fixture components. The first heat dissipation plate has a first upper surface and a first lower surface. The first heat dissipation plate includes first through holes extended from the first upper surface to the first lower surface. The second heat dissipation plate has a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second heat dissipation plate includes second through holes extended from the second upper surface to the second lower surface. The heat generating assemblies are disposed between the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate. The fixture components include fix screws and nuts. The fix screws penetrate through the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate along the first through holes and the second through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hsiang Lao, Yuan-Sheng Chiu, Hung-Chi Li, Shih-Chang Ku, Tsung-Shu Lin
  • Patent number: 11594469
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vapor chamber lid for high power applications such as chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) applications using high performance processors (e.g., graphics processing unit (GPU)) and methods of manufacturing the same. The vapor chamber lid provides a thermal solution which enhances the thermal performance of a package with multiple chips. The vapor chamber lid improves hot spot dissipation in high performance chips, for example, at the three-dimensional (3D-IC) packaging level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY. LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Ku, Hung-Chi Li, Tsung-Shu Lin, Tsung-Yu Chen, Wensen Hung
  • Publication number: 20230054020
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a circuit substrate, a die, a frame structure, and a heat sink lid. The die is disposed on the circuit substrate and electrically connected with the circuit substrate. The die includes two first dies disposed side by side and separate from each other with a gap between two facing sidewalls of the two first dies. The frame structure is disposed on the circuit substrate and surrounding the die. The heat sink lid is disposed on the die and the frame structure. The head sink lid has a slit that penetrates through the heat sink lid in a thickness direction and exposes the gap between the two facing sidewalls of the two first dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Lai, Chien-Chia Chiu, Chen-Hua Yu, Der-Chyang Yeh, Cheng-Hsien Hsieh, Li-Han Hsu, Tsung-Shu Lin, Wei-Cheng Wu, Yu-Chen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20230059983
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a package structure, and a lid structure. The package structure is disposed on the substrate. The lid structure is disposed over substrate, wherein the lid structure includes a main body covering and surrounding the package structure and a plurality of rib portions protruded from the main body and extended toward the package structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Shu Lin, Wensen Hung, Tsung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11587845
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a die stack disposed over the substrate, a heat spreader disposed over the substrate and having a surface facing the substrate, and a thermal interface material (TIM) disposed between the die stack and the heat spreader. A bottommost die of the die stack includes a surface exposed from remaining dies of the die stack from a top view perspective; and the TIM is in contact with the exposed surface of the bottommost die and the surface of the heat spreader, and is in contact with a sidewall of at least one of the plurality of dies of the die stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Hsi Wu, Wensen Hung, Tsung-Shu Lin, Shih-Chang Ku, Tsung-Yu Chen, Hung-Chi Li
  • Patent number: 11581268
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a redistribution structure and connective terminals. The redistribution structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and includes a first metallization tier disposed in between a pair of dielectric layers. The first metallization tier includes routing conductive traces electrically connected to the semiconductor die and a shielding plate electrically insulated from the semiconductor die. The connective terminals include dummy connective terminals and active connective terminals. The dummy connective terminals are disposed on the redistribution structure and are electrically connected to the shielding plate. The active connective terminals are disposed on the redistribution structure and are electrically connected to the routing conductive traces. Vertical projections of the dummy connective terminals fall on the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Wu, Chien-Chia Chiu, Cheng-Hsien Hsieh, Li-Han Hsu, Meng-Tsan Lee, Tsung-Shu Lin
  • Patent number: 11527502
    Abstract: A device and method of manufacture is provided that utilize a dummy pad feature adjacent contact pads. The contact pads may be contact pads in an integrated fan-out package in which a molding compound is placed along sidewalls of a die and the contact pads extend over the die and the molding compound. The contact pads are electrically coupled to the die using one or more redistribution layers. The dummy pad features are electrically isolated from the contact pads. In some embodiments, the dummy pad features partially encircle the contact pads and are located in a corner region of the molding compound, a corner region of the die, and/or an interface region between an edge of the die and the molding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Chia Huang, Tsung-Shu Lin, Cheng-Chieh Hsieh, Wei-Cheng Wu
  • Patent number: 11515229
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a circuit substrate, a die, a frame structure, a heat sink lid and conductive balls. The die is disposed on a front surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected with the circuit substrate. The die includes two first dies disposed side by side and separate from each other with a gap between two facing sidewalls of the two first dies. The frame structure is disposed on the front surface of the circuit substrate and surrounding the die. The heat sink lid is disposed on the die and the frame structure. The head sink lid has a slit that penetrates through the heat sink lid in a thickness direction and exposes the gap between the two facing sidewalls of the two first dies. The conductive balls are disposed on the opposite surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected with the die through the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Lai, Chien-Chia Chiu, Chen-Hua Yu, Der-Chyang Yeh, Cheng-Hsien Hsieh, Li-Han Hsu, Tsung-Shu Lin, Wei-Cheng Wu, Yu-Chen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20220359470
    Abstract: A method includes attaching a first-level device die to a dummy die, encapsulating the first-level device die in a first encapsulating material, forming through-vias over and electrically coupled to the first-level device die, attaching a second-level device die over the first-level device die, and encapsulating the through-vias and the second-level device die in a second encapsulating material. Redistribution lines are formed over and electrically coupled to the through-vias and the second-level device die. The dummy die, the first-level device die, the first encapsulating material, the second-level device die, and the second encapsulating material form parts of a composite wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, An-Jhih Su, Wei-Yu Chen, Ying-Ju Chen, Tsung-Shu Lin, Chin-Chuan Chang, Hsien-Wei Chen, Wei-Cheng Wu, Li-Hsien Huang, Chi-Hsi Wu, Der-Chyang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220352060
    Abstract: A stacked via structure disposed on a conductive pillar of a semiconductor die is provided. The stacked via structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conductive via, a first redistribution wiring, a second dielectric layer, a second conductive via, and a second redistribution wiring. The first dielectric layer covers the semiconductor die. The first conductive via is embedded in the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive pillar. The first redistribution wiring covers the first conductive via and the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer covers the first dielectric layer and the first redistribution wiring. The second conductive via is embedded in the second dielectric layer and landed on the first redistribution wiring. The second redistribution wiring covers the second conductive via and the second dielectric layer. A lateral dimension of the first conductive via is greater than a lateral dimension of the second conductive via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-Yu Yeh, Tsung-Shu Lin, Wei-Cheng Wu, Tsung-Yu Chen, Li-Han Hsu, Chien-Fu Tseng
  • Publication number: 20220344305
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first die, second dies coupled to and on the first die, a dielectric layer on the first die and covering each second die, and through dielectric vias (TDVs) coupled to and on the first die. The first die includes a bonding dielectric layer and bonding features embedded in and leveled with the bonding dielectric layer. An array of second dies is arranged in a first region of the first die. Each second die includes a bonding dielectric layer and a bonding feature embedded in and leveled with the bonding dielectric layer. The bonding dielectric layer and the bonding feature of each second die are respectively bonded to those of the first die. The TDVs are laterally covered by the dielectric layer in a second region of the first die which is connected to the first region and arranged along a periphery of the first die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Yuan Huang, Shih-Chang Ku, Tsung-Shu Lin