Patents by Inventor TZU-WEI YU

TZU-WEI YU 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: 20230378125
    Abstract: A bag is filled with liquid, instead of an airbag filled with gas, to deform a bottom wafer toward a top wafer during a wafer bonding process. As a result, the liquid is less susceptible to temperature changes, which reduces run-out variation across wafer bonding processes. Reducing run-out variation conserves wasted wafers by increasing yield and reducing a quantity of non-functioning devices that are produced. Additionally, in some implementations, the liquid may be pre-heated before the bag is filled with the liquid. As a result, the bottom wafer (and, to some extent, the top wafer) experiences some thermal deformation and less mechanical deformation, which further increases yield and reduces a quantity of non-functioning devices that are produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tzu-Wei YU, Ching-Hung WANG, Yeong-Jyh LIN, Ching I LI
  • Publication number: 20230282612
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes performing a bonding process to bond a first semiconductor substrate to a second semiconductor substrate. A shift measurement process is performed on the first and second semiconductor substrates. The shift measurement process includes moving a plurality of substrate pins from a plurality of initial positions to a plurality of measurement positions. The plurality of substrate pins are disposed outside of perimeters of the first and second semiconductor substrates. A shift value is determined between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate based at least in part on a difference between the plurality of initial positions and the plurality of measurement positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ching-Hung Wang, Yeong-Jyh Lin, Ching I Li, Tzu-Wei Yu, Chung-Yi Yu
  • Patent number: 11688717
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes loading a first wafer and a second wafer onto a bonding platform such that the second wafer overlies the first wafer. An alignment process is performed to align the second wafer over the first wafer by virtue of a plurality of wafer pins, where a plurality of first parameters are associated with the wafer pins during the alignment process. The second wafer is bonded to the first wafer. An overlay (OVL) measurement process is performed on the first wafer and the second wafer by virtue of the plurality of wafer pins, where a plurality of second parameters are associated with the wafer pins during the alignment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Hung Wang, Yeong-Jyh Lin, Ching I Li, Tzu-Wei Yu, Chung-Yi Yu
  • Publication number: 20230066893
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes loading a first wafer and a second wafer onto a bonding platform such that the second wafer overlies the first wafer. An alignment process is performed to align the second wafer over the first wafer by virtue of a plurality of wafer pins, where a plurality of first parameters are associated with the wafer pins during the alignment process. The second wafer is bonded to the first wafer. An overlay (OVL) measurement process is performed on the first wafer and the second wafer by virtue of the plurality of wafer pins, where a plurality of second parameters are associated with the wafer pins during the alignment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ching-Hung Wang, Yeong-Jyh Lin, Ching I Li, Tzu-Wei Yu, Chung-Yi Yu
  • Patent number: 10755961
    Abstract: A method includes loading a wafer onto a robot arm, wherein a shield is disposed over the wafer, moving the wafer from a first location to a second location, and unloading the wafer from the robot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzung-Chen Wu, Tzu Wei Yu, Cheng Yu Wu
  • Publication number: 20190326151
    Abstract: A method includes loading a wafer onto a robot arm, wherein a shield is disposed over the wafer, moving the wafer from a first location to a second location, and unloading the wafer from the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tzung-Chen Wu, Tzu Wei Yu, Cheng Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 10354908
    Abstract: A method includes loading a wafer onto a robot arm, wherein a shield is disposed over the wafer, moving the wafer from a first location to a second location, and unloading the wafer from the robot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzung-Chen Wu, Tzu Wei Yu, Cheng Yu Wu
  • Publication number: 20180151406
    Abstract: A method includes loading a wafer onto a robot arm, wherein a shield is disposed over the wafer, moving the wafer from a first location to a second location, and unloading the wafer from the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Tzung-Chen Wu, Tzu Wei Yu, Cheng Yu Wu
  • Publication number: 20100101534
    Abstract: A multiple-fuel rotary engine includes a cylinder seat, a cylinder body, pistons, an intake/exhaust regulation module, a cover, and a top lid. The cylinder body has bores receives the pistons therein and when the cylinder body carries the pistons to rotate, making gas holes thereof positioned under an intake channel, the gas holes are first set in communication with a first sub-channel of the intake channel and then the second sub-channel, whereby two fuel supply systems respectively and sequentially supply two different fuels into the same bore to complete an intake stroke of two different air-fuel mixtures. Combustion of the air-fuel mixtures in the bore provides explosion energy that drives the piston outward to complete the operation of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: TZU-WEI YU