Patents by Inventor Tsung-Yu Hung

Tsung-Yu 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).

  • Patent number: 11918435
    Abstract: A method for producing an adaptive element for dental implantation includes: creating a 3D virtual model including a crown part and a root part; obtaining a boundary curve between the crown part and the root part; defining a boundary plane on the root part perpendicular to a vertical axis of the 3D virtual model and spaced apart from the boundary curve; projecting the boundary curve on the boundary plane in a direction parallel to the vertical axis; generating a tubular model having a predetermined thickness based on the boundary curve, a virtual surface connected from the boundary curve to the cutting plane, and the cutting plane; and producing the adaptive element according to the tubular model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hsin-Yu Kuo, Tsung-Fu Hung, Po-Jan Kuo
  • Patent number: 11742248
    Abstract: A method includes etching a hybrid substrate to form a recess in the hybrid substrate, in which the hybrid substrate includes a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, in which after the etching, a top surface of the first semiconductor layer is exposed to the recess; forming a spacer on a sidewall of the recess, in which the spacer is slanted at a first angle relative to a top surface of the first semiconductor layer; reshaping the spacer such that the a first sidewall of the reshaped spacer is slanted at a second angle relative to the top surface of the first semiconductor layer, in which the second angle is greater than the first angle; and performing a first epitaxy process to grow an epitaxy semiconductor layer in the recess after reshaping the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Tsung-Yu Hung, Pang-Yen Tsai, Yasutoshi Okuno
  • Patent number: 11715738
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu Hung, Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 11600577
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor layer. The substrate includes a planar portion and a plurality of pillars on a periphery of the planar portion. The pillars are shaped as rectangular columns, and corners of two of the pillars at the same side of the planar portion are aligned in a horizontal direction or a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. The semiconductor layer is disposed over the planar portion and between the pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Publication number: 20220367525
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu HUNG, Pei-Wei LEE, Pang-Yen TSAI
  • Patent number: 11417684
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu Hung, Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210159756
    Abstract: A motor comprises a housing having a space, a stator including a spool casing arrayed in the space, a rotor containing an axle and a magnet located inside the spool casing, the axle penetrating the magnet and having two ends protruding out of the housing, wherein the axle has two ends respectively allocated with an end-shield bearing integrating with the spool casing and an bottom-plate bearing detachably mounting on the bottom side of the housing in order to improve the concentricity of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: CHIA-WEI LIN, TSUNG-YU HUNG
  • Publication number: 20210098499
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu HUNG, Pei-Wei LEE, Pang-Yen TSAI
  • Publication number: 20210082773
    Abstract: A method includes etching a hybrid substrate to form a recess in the hybrid substrate, in which the hybrid substrate includes a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, in which after the etching, a top surface of the first semiconductor layer is exposed to the recess; forming a spacer on a sidewall of the recess, in which the spacer is slanted at a first angle relative to a top surface of the first semiconductor layer; reshaping the spacer such that the a first sidewall of the reshaped spacer is slanted at a second angle relative to the top surface of the first semiconductor layer, in which the second angle is greater than the first angle; and performing a first epitaxy process to grow an epitaxy semiconductor layer in the recess after reshaping the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Tsung-Yu Hung, Pang-Yen Tsai, Yasutoshi Okuno
  • Publication number: 20210043454
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor layer. The substrate includes a planar portion and a plurality of pillars on a periphery of the planar portion. The pillars are shaped as rectangular columns, and corners of two of the pillars at the same side of the planar portion are aligned in a horizontal direction or a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. The semiconductor layer is disposed over the planar portion and between the pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Patent number: 10872906
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu Hung, Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 10840152
    Abstract: A method includes etching a hybrid substrate to form a recess in the hybrid substrate, in which the hybrid substrate includes a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, in which after the etching, a top surface of the first semiconductor layer is exposed to the recess; forming a spacer on a sidewall of the recess, in which the spacer is slanted at a first angle relative to a top surface of the first semiconductor layer; reshaping the spacer such that the a first sidewall of the reshaped spacer is slanted at a second angle relative to the top surface of the first semiconductor layer, in which the second angle is greater than the first angle; and performing a first epitaxy process to grow an epitaxy semiconductor layer in the recess after reshaping the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Tsung-Yu Hung, Pang-Yen Tsai, Yasutoshi Okuno
  • Patent number: 10811255
    Abstract: Methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided. One of the methods includes following steps. A plurality of hard mask patterns is formed around a region of a substrate, wherein an imaginary connecting line is formed between corners of two of the plurality of hard mask patterns at the same side of the region, and the imaginary connecting line is substantially parallel to or perpendicular to a horizontal direction. A semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate by a selective epitaxial growth process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Publication number: 20200135768
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor fin and a gate stack. The first semiconductor fin is over the substrate and includes a first germanium-containing layer and a second germanium-containing layer over the first germanium-containing layer. The first germanium-containing layer has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the second germanium-containing layer. The gate stack is across the first semiconductor fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu HUNG, Pei-Wei LEE, Pang-Yen TSAI
  • Publication number: 20200135463
    Abstract: Methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided. One of the methods includes following steps. A plurality of hard mask patterns is formed around a region of a substrate, wherein an imaginary connecting line is formed between corners of two of the plurality of hard mask patterns at the same side of the region, and the imaginary connecting line is substantially parallel to or perpendicular to a horizontal direction. A semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate by a selective epitaxial growth process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei Lee, Pang-Yen Tsai, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Publication number: 20200105615
    Abstract: A method includes etching a hybrid substrate to form a recess in the hybrid substrate, in which the hybrid substrate includes a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, in which after the etching, a top surface of the first semiconductor layer is exposed to the recess; forming a spacer on a sidewall of the recess, in which the spacer is slanted at a first angle relative to a top surface of the first semiconductor layer; reshaping the spacer such that the a first sidewall of the reshaped spacer is slanted at a second angle relative to the top surface of the first semiconductor layer, in which the second angle is greater than the first angle; and performing a first epitaxy process to grow an epitaxy semiconductor layer in the recess after reshaping the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Wei LEE, Tsung-Yu HUNG, Pang-Yen TSAI, Yasutoshi OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20150357505
    Abstract: The present invention is an optical proximity sensor and manufacturing method thereof. The optical proximity sensor has an optical sensing unit, an illuminating unit, multiple transparent gels and a package. The package encapsulates the optical sensing unit and the illuminating unit. The transparent gels are respectively formed on top surfaces of the optical sensing unit and the illuminating unit. The transparent gels respectively have a convex part and a recess formed in the convex part. The package has through holes communicating with the recesses of the transparent gels to form openings. In a step of injecting encapsulant gel, because the transparent gels are still plastic, the protrusions can closely attach to the transparent gels. The encapsulant gel is prevented from forming above the sensing part and the illuminating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yi-Hua Chang, Sue-Ping Lin, Chun-Chi Chen, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Patent number: 9140600
    Abstract: The present invention is an optical proximity sensor and manufacturing method thereof. The optical proximity sensor has an optical sensing unit, an illuminating unit, multiple transparent gels and a package. The package encapsulates the optical sensing unit and the illuminating unit. The transparent gels are respectively formed on top surfaces of the optical sensing unit and the illuminating unit. The transparent gels respectively have a convex part and a recess formed in the convex part. The package has through holes communicating with the recesses of the transparent gels to form openings. In a step of injecting encapsulant gel, because the transparent gels are still plastic, the protrusions can closely attach to the transparent gels. The encapsulant gel is prevented from forming above the sensing part and the illuminating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: TAIWAN IC PACKAGING CORPORATION, uPI semiconductor corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Hua Chang, Sue-Ping Lin, Chun-Chi Chen, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Publication number: 20130292553
    Abstract: The present invention is an optical proximity sensor and manufacturing method thereof. The optical proximity sensor has an optical sensing unit, an illuminating unit, multiple transparent gels and a package. The package encapsulates the optical sensing unit and the illuminating unit. The transparent gels are respectively formed on top surfaces of the optical sensing unit and the illuminating unit. The transparent gels respectively have a convex part and a recess formed in the convex part. The package has through holes communicating with the recesses of the transparent gels to form openings. In a step of injecting encapsulant gel, because the transparent gels are still plastic, the protrusions can closely attach to the transparent gels. The encapsulant gel is prevented from forming above the sensing part and the illuminating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Yi-Hua Chang, Sue-Ping Lin, Chun-Chi Chen, Tsung-Yu Hung
  • Patent number: 8454119
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an inkjet print-head, an ink inlet conduit, a vacuum device, and a cleaning assembly. The inkjet print-head defines a number of nozzles. The ink inlet conduit is connected to the inkjet print-head and communicates with the nozzles. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning member defining a cleaning groove. The vacuum device is connected to the inkjet print-head to impel cleaner received in the cleaning groove to flow through the nozzles along a direction reverse of a direction the ink is jetted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wuu-Jyi Lin, Chen-Hsing Cheng, Tsung-Yu Hung, Cheng-Nan Ho