Patents by Inventor Tzu-Ping Chen

Tzu-Ping Chen 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: 11515316
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a select transistor and a floating gate transistor on a substrate. The select transistor includes a select gate, a select gate oxide layer and a drain doping region. The floating gate transistor includes a floating gate, a floating gate oxide layer, a source doping region, a first tunnel doping region and a second tunnel doping region under the floating gate, a first tunnel oxide layer on the first tunnel doping region, and a second tunnel oxide layer on the second tunnel doping region. The floating gate oxide layer is disposed between the first tunnel oxide layer and the second tunnel oxide layer. A lightly doped diffusion region surrounds the source doping region and the second tunnel doping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 11437475
    Abstract: A split-gate flash memory cell includes a semiconductor substrate having thereon a select gate oxide layer and a floating gate oxide layer. A floating gate is disposed on the floating gate oxide layer. A football-shaped oxide layer is disposed on the floating gate. The floating gate includes tips under the football-shaped oxide layer. A select gate is disposed on the select gate oxide layer and extended onto the football-shaped oxide layer. An inter-poly oxide layer is between the select gate and the floating gate. The inter-poly oxide layer has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the select gate oxide layer. A source region is formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the floating gate. A drain region is formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the select gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Haw Lee, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20220216311
    Abstract: A split-gate flash memory cell includes a semiconductor substrate having thereon a select gate oxide layer and a floating gate oxide layer. A floating gate is disposed on the floating gate oxide layer. A football-shaped oxide layer is disposed on the floating gate. The floating gate includes tips under the football-shaped oxide layer. A select gate is disposed on the select gate oxide layer and extended onto the football-shaped oxide layer. An inter-poly oxide layer is between the select gate and the floating gate. The inter-poly oxide layer has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the select gate oxide layer. A source region is formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the floating gate. A drain region is formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the select gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Chih-Haw Lee, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20220139938
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a select transistor and a floating gate transistor on a substrate. The select transistor includes a select gate, a select gate oxide layer and a drain doping region. The floating gate transistor includes a floating gate, a floating gate oxide layer, a source doping region, a first tunnel doping region and a second tunnel doping region under the floating gate, a first tunnel oxide layer on the first tunnel doping region, and a second tunnel oxide layer on the second tunnel doping region. The floating gate oxide layer is disposed between the first tunnel oxide layer and the second tunnel oxide layer. A lightly doped diffusion region surrounds the source doping region and the second tunnel doping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 11018132
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a tunnel dielectric on the semiconductor substrate; forming a floating gate on the tunnel dielectric; forming an insulation layer conformally disposed on the top surface and the sidewall surface of the floating gate; forming a control gate disposed on the insulation layer and the floating gate; and forming a spacer continuously distributed on the sidewall surfaces of the floating gate and the control gate, where the spacer overlaps portions of the top surface of the floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu-Ping Chen, Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10903224
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure; a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode. The isolation structure is formed in the semiconductor substrate to divide the semiconductor substrate at least into a first active region and a second active region. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first active region, and has a plane top surface contacting to a sidewall of the isolation structure and forming an acute angle therewith. The first gate electrode stacked on the plane top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Chung Chang, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20200083244
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure; a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode. The isolation structure is formed in the semiconductor substrate to divide the semiconductor substrate at least into a first active region and a second active region. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first active region, and has a plane top surface contacting to a sidewall of the isolation structure and forming an acute angle therewith. The first gate electrode stacked on the plane top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Wen-Chung CHANG, Tzu-Ping CHEN
  • Patent number: 10515976
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure; a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode. The isolation structure is formed in the semiconductor substrate to divide the semiconductor substrate at least into a first active region and a second active region. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first active region, and has a plane top surface contacting to a sidewall of the isolation structure and forming an acute angle therewith. The first gate electrode stacked on the plane top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Chung Chang, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 10468538
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having a first device region and a second device region. Floating gate structure is formed in the first device region. Liner layer and nitride layer are sequentially deposited over the first device region and the second device region. The floating gate structure is conformally covered. Etching back process is performed on the nitride layer to reduce thickness of the nitride layer. The first device region is still covered by the nitride layer. A photomask layer is formed over the substrate with an opening region to expose the second device region for cleaning. The photomask layer is removed. A gate oxide layer grows on the substrate in the second device region. Anisotropic etching process is performed to remove the nitride layer, resulting in a nitride spacer on a lower portion of a sidewall of the floating gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Haw Lee, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20190237474
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure; a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode. The isolation structure is formed in the semiconductor substrate to divide the semiconductor substrate at least into a first active region and a second active region. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed on the first active region, and has a plane top surface contacting to a sidewall of the isolation structure and forming an acute angle therewith. The first gate electrode stacked on the plane top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Wen-Chung CHANG, Tzu-Ping CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190237460
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a tunnel dielectric on the semiconductor substrate; forming a floating gate on the tunnel dielectric; forming an insulation layer conformally disposed on the top surface and the sidewall surface of the floating gate; forming a control gate disposed on the insulation layer and the floating gate; and forming a spacer continuously distributed on the sidewall surfaces of the floating gate and the control gate, where the spacer overlaps portions of the top surface of the floating gate
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Tzu-Ping Chen, Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10332875
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel dielectric disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate disposed on the tunnel dielectric, a control gate disposed on the floating gate, and an insulation layer disposed between the floating gate and the control gate. The semiconductor device further includes a spacer continuously distributed on the sidewall surfaces of the floating gate and the control gate, and the spacer overlaps portions of the top surface of the floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu-Ping Chen, Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10332964
    Abstract: A single poly electrical erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) includes a source, a drain, a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The source and the drain are located in a substrate, wherein the source and the drain have a first conductive type. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and between the source and the drain, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer having two tunnel dielectric parts separating from each other, and thicknesses of the two tunnel dielectric parts are thinner than thicknesses of the other parts of the first dielectric layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the electrode layer includes a first electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer, thereby the first electrode being a floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Haw Lee, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 10243084
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, and a dielectric stack is formed on the substrate, in which the dielectric stack includes a first silicon oxide layer and a first silicon nitride layer. Next, the dielectric stack is patterned, part of the first silicon nitride layer is removed to form two recesses under two ends of the first silicon nitride layer, second silicon oxide layers are formed in the two recesses, a spacer is formed on the second silicon oxide layers, and third silicon oxide layers are formed adjacent to the second silicon oxide layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Chen, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20180294359
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel dielectric disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate disposed on the tunnel dielectric, a control gate disposed on the floating gate, and an insulation layer disposed between the floating gate and the control gate. The semiconductor device further includes a spacer continuously distributed on the sidewall surfaces of the floating gate and the control gate, and the spacer overlaps portions of the top surface of the floating gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Tzu-Ping Chen, Chien-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20180114793
    Abstract: A single poly electrical erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) includes a source, a drain, a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The source and the drain are located in a substrate, wherein the source and the drain have a first conductive type. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and between the source and the drain, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer having two tunnel dielectric parts separating from each other, and thicknesses of the two tunnel dielectric parts are thinner than thicknesses of the other parts of the first dielectric layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the electrode layer includes a first electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer, thereby the first electrode being a floating gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Chih-Haw Lee, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 9773800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-volatile memory structure, which includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, two charge trapping layers, disposed on two sides of the gate dielectric layer respectively and disposed on the substrate, a gate conductive layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and on the charge trapping layers, wherein a sidewall of the gate conductive layer is aligned with a sidewall of one of the two charge trapping layers, and at least one vertical oxide layer, disposed beside the sidewall of the gate conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Chen, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 9564520
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. A sacrificial oxide layer is formed on a substrate having first and second areas. Using a photoresist mask exposing the first area and covering the second area as a mask layer, by a wet etching process, the sacrificial oxide layer in the first area and an edge portion of the sacrificial oxide layer in the second area are simultaneously removed, wherein the sacrificial oxide layer remained in the second area has a sidewall with a slope smaller than 40 degrees. An oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) layer is formed over the first and second areas. The sacrificial oxide layer and the ONO layer formed thereon in the second area are removed, so that the ONO layer remained in the first area forms a first gate insulating layer in the first area. A second gate insulating layer is formed in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20170018649
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. First, a substrate is provided, and a dielectric stack is formed on the substrate, in which the dielectric stack includes a first silicon oxide layer and a first silicon nitride layer. Next, the dielectric stack is patterned, part of the first silicon nitride layer is removed to form two recesses under two ends of the first silicon nitride layer, second silicon oxide layers are formed in the two recesses, a spacer is formed on the second silicon oxide layers, and third silicon oxide layers are formed adjacent to the second silicon oxide layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Chen, Tzu-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 9490016
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a floating gate on the substrate; a first silicon oxide layer between the floating gate and the substrate; a first tunnel oxide layer and a second tunnel oxide layer adjacent to two sides of the first silicon oxide layer; and a control gate on the floating gate. Preferably, the thickness of the first tunnel oxide layer and the second tunnel oxide layer is less than the thickness of the first silicon oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Chen, Tzu-Ping Chen