Patents by Inventor Tsung-Yi Huang

Tsung-Yi 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).

  • Publication number: 20130217196
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate has an upper surface. The high voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer, which is formed in the substrate; a first conductive type well, which is formed between the upper surface and the buried layer; and a second conductive type well, which is connected to the first conductive type well and located at different horizontal positions. The second conductive type well includes a well lower surface, which has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is directly above the buried layer and electrically coupled to the buried layer; and the second part is not located above the buried layer and forms a PN junction with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Richtek Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Huan-Ping Chu
  • Publication number: 20130207185
    Abstract: An isolated device is formed in a substrate in which is formed a high voltage device. The isolated device includes: an isolated well formed in the substrate by a lithography process and an ion implantation process used in forming the high voltage device; a gate formed on the substrate; a source and a drain, which are located in the isolated well at both sides of the gate respectively; a drift-drain region formed beneath the substrate surface, wherein the gate and the drain are separated by the drift-drain region, and the drain is in the drift-drain region; and a mitigation region, which is formed in the substrate and has a shallowest portion located at least below 90% of a depth of the drift-drain region as measured from the substrate surface, wherein the mitigation region and the drift-drain region are defined by a same lithography process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Wei Chiu
  • Patent number: 8501567
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of a high voltage device. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate. The high-voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer; a first conductive type high voltage well; and a second conductive type body. The high voltage well is formed by the same step for forming a first conductive type well or a first conductive type channel stop layer of a low voltage device formed in the same substrate. The body is formed by the same step for forming a second conductive type well of the low voltage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corporation, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Yuh-Chyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20130181319
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a trench Schottky barrier diode (SBD) and a manufacturing method thereof. The trench SBD includes: an epitaxial layer, formed on a substrate; multiple mesas, defined by multiple trenches; a field plate, formed on the epitaxial layer and filled in the multiple trenches, wherein a Schottky contact is formed between the field plate and top surfaces of the mesas; a termination region, formed outside the multiple mesas and electrically connected to the field plate; a field isolation layer, formed on the upper surface and located outside the termination region; and at least one mitigation electrode, formed below the upper surface outside the termination region, and is electrically connected to the field plate through the field isolation layer, wherein the mitigation electrode and the termination region are separated by part of a dielectric layer and part of the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20130181253
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure is formed in a first conductive type substrate, which has an upper surface. The semiconductor structure includes: a protected device, at least a buried trench, and at least a doped region. The protected device is formed in the substrate. The buried trench is formed below the upper surface with a first depth, and the buried trench surrounds the protected device from top view. The doped region is formed below the upper surface with a second depth, and the doped region surrounds the buried trench from top view. The second depth is not less than the first depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Wei Chiu, Chien-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20130093011
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a substrate. The high voltage device includes: a gate, a source and drain, a drift region, and a mitigation region. The gate is formed on an upper surface of the substrate. The source and drain are located at both sides of the gate below the upper surface respectively, and the source and drain are separated by the gate. The drift region is located at least between the gate and the drain. The mitigation region is formed below the drift region, and the drift region has an edge closer to the source. A vertical distance between this edge of the drift region and the mitigation region is less than or equal to five times of a depth of the drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Wei Chiu
  • Patent number: 8421150
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate has an upper surface. The high voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer, which is formed in the substrate; a first conductive type well, which is formed between the upper surface and the buried layer; and a second conductive type well, which is connected to the first conductive type well and located at different horizontal positions. The second conductive type well includes a well lower surface, which has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is directly above the buried layer and electrically coupled to the buried layer; and the second part is not located above the buried layer and forms a PN junction with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corporation R.O.C.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Huan-Ping Chu
  • Publication number: 20130069153
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a substrate, having an isolation structure for defining a device region; a drift region located in the device region, wherein from top view, the drift region includes multiple sub-regions separated from one another but are electrically connected with one another; a source and a drain in the device region; and a gate on the surface of the substrate and between the source and drain in the device region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 8389341
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a pre-high-voltage well (pre-HVW) in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the pre-HVW is of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type; a high-voltage well (HVW) over the pre-HVW, wherein the HVW is of the second conductivity type; a field ring in the HVW and occupying a top portion of the HVW, wherein the field ring is of the first conductivity type; an insulation region over and in contact with the field ring and a portion of the HVW; a gate electrode partially over the insulation region; a drain region in the HVW, wherein the drain region is of the second conductivity type; and wherein the HVW horizontally extends further toward the drain region than the pre-HVW; and a source region adjacent to, and on an opposite side of the gate electrode than the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Puo-Yu Chiang, Ruey-Hsin Liu, Shun-Liang Hsu, Chyi-Chyuan Huang, Fu-Hsin Chen, Eric Huang
  • Publication number: 20130045577
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of a high voltage device. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate. The high-voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer; a first conductive type high voltage well; and a second conductive type body. The high voltage well is formed by the same step for forming a first conductive type well or a first conductive type channel stop layer of a low voltage device formed in the same substrate. The body is formed by the same step for forming a second conductive type well of the low voltage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Yuh-Chyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8377787
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. In an embodiment, the device includes a substrate and a transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate. The transistor may include a gate structure, a source region, and a drain region. The drain region includes an alternating-doping profile region. The alternating-doping profile region may include alternating regions of high and low concentrations of a dopant. In an embodiment, the transistor is a high voltage transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Liang Chu, Chun-Ting Liao, Fei-Yuh Chen, Tsung-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20130032880
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate has an upper surface. The high voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer, which is formed in the substrate; a first conductive type well, which is formed between the upper surface and the buried layer; and a second conductive type well, which is connected to the first conductive type well and located at different horizontal positions. The second conductive type well includes a well lower surface, which has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is directly above the buried layer and electrically coupled to the buried layer; and the second part is not located above the buried layer and forms a PN junction with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi HUANG, Huan-Ping CHU
  • Publication number: 20130020636
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a well of a substrate. The high voltage device includes: a field oxide region; a gate, which is formed on a surface of the substrate, and part of the gate is located above the field oxide region; a source and a drain, which are formed at two sides of the gate respectively; and a first low concentration doped region, which is formed beneath the gate and has an impurity concentration which is lower than that of the well surrounded, wherein from top view, the first low concentration doped region has an area within the gate and not larger than an area of the gate, and the first low concentration doped region has a depth which is deeper than that of the source and drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventor: Tsung-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20120319202
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a first conductive type substrate having a device region; a gate, which is located on a surface of the substrate; a second conductive type source and a second conductive type drain in the device region at different sides of the gate respectively; and a second conductive type drift region, which is located in the device region, between the source and the drain. The gate includes: a conductive layer for receiving a gate voltage; and multiple dielectric layers with different thicknesses, located at different horizontal positions. From cross-section view, each dielectric layer is between the conductive layer and the substrate, and the multiple dielectric layers are arranged in an order from thinner to thicker from a side closer to the source to a side closer to the drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Huan-Ping Chu
  • Publication number: 20120286361
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device which includes: a substrate having a first isolation structure to define a device region; a source and a drain in the device region; a gate on the substrate and between the source and the drain; and a second isolation structure including: a first isolation region on the substrate and between the source and the drain, wherein from top view, the first isolation region is partially or totally covered by the gate; and a second isolation region in the substrate and below the gate, wherein the second isolation region has a depth in the substrate which is deeper than the depth of the first isolation region in the substrate, and the length of the second isolation region in a direction along an imaginary line connecting the source and the drain does not exceed one-third length of the first isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Tsung-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20120280320
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate, wherein the substrate includes isolation regions defining a device region. The high voltage device includes: a drift region, located in the device region, doped with second conductive type impurities; a gate in the device region and on the surface of the substrate; and a second conductive type source and drain in the device region, at different sides of the gate respectively. From top view, the concentration of the second conductive type impurities of the drift region is distributed substantially periodically along horizontal and vertical directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20120267767
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor overlapped PN structure and manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: providing a substrate; providing a first mask to define a P (or N) type well and at least one overlapped region in the substrate; implanting P (or N) type impurities into the P (or N) type well and the at least one overlapped region; providing a second mask having at least one opening to define an N (or P) type well in the substrate, and to define at least one dual-implanted region in the at least one overlapped region; implanting N (or P) type impurities into the N (or P) type well and the at least one dual-implanted region such that the at least one dual-implanted region has P type and N type impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: TSUNG-YI HUANG, Chien-Hao Huang, Ying-Shiou Lin
  • Publication number: 20120223384
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a first conductive type substrate in which isolation regions are formed for defining a device region; a gate formed on the first conductive type substrate; a source and a drain formed in the device region and located at both sides of the gate respectively, and doped with second conductive type impurities; a second conductive type well, which is formed in the first conductive type substrate, and surrounds the drain from top view; and a first deep trench isolation structure, which is formed in the first conductive type substrate, and is located in the second conductive type well between the source and the drain from top view, wherein the depth of the first deep trench isolation structure is deeper than the second conductive type well from the cross-sectional view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: TSUNG-YI HUANG, Kuo-Hsuan Lo
  • Publication number: 20120217579
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a substrate, having a P (or N) type well and an isolation structure for defining a device region; a drift region, located in the device region, having a first region and a second region wherein the first region is an N (or P) type region, and the second region is a P (or N) type region or an N (or P) type region with different dopant concentration from the first region, and from top view, the first region and the second region include sub-regions distributed in the drift region; an N (or P) type source and drain; and a gate on a surface of the substrate, between the source and drain in the device region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Ying-Shiou Lin
  • Publication number: 20120193707
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high voltage multigate device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage multigate device includes: a semiconductor fin doped with first conductive type impurities; a dielectric layer, which overlays a portion of the semiconductor fin; a gate which overlays the dielectric layer; a drain doped with second conductive type impurities, which is formed in the semiconductor fin or coupled to the semiconductor fin; a source doped with second conductive type impurities, which is formed in the semiconductor fin or coupled to the semiconductor fin, wherein the drain and the source are located at different sides of the gate; and a drift region or a well doped with second conductive type impurities, which is formed in the semiconductor fin at least between the drain and the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Huang, Chien-Wei Chiu