Patents by Inventor Tzu-Wen SHIH

Tzu-Wen SHIH 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: 20250081502
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an insulating region surrounding an active area having a channel direction and a transverse direction that is transverse to the channel direction. A source region and a drain region are disposed in the active area, and are spaced apart along the channel direction. A channel is disposed in the active area and is interposed between the source region and the drain region. The channel comprises a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). A gate line is oriented along the transverse direction and is disposed on the channel and has a gate width in the channel direction. The gate line comprises gate material. A gate line terminus is disposed at each end of the gate line. Each gate line terminus comprises the gate material. Each gate line terminus has a width in the channel direction that is at least 1.2 time the gate width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Tzu-Wen Shih, Ching-Hua Chiu, Der-Ming Kuo, Meng-Shao Hsieh, Shih-Hsiang Tai
  • Patent number: 12176431
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an insulating region surrounding an active area having a channel direction and a transverse direction that is transverse to the channel direction. A source region and a drain region are disposed in the active area, and are spaced apart along the channel direction. A channel is disposed in the active area and is interposed between the source region and the drain region. The channel comprises a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). A gate line is oriented along the transverse direction and is disposed on the channel and has a gate width in the channel direction. The gate line comprises gate material. A gate line terminus is disposed at each end of the gate line. Each gate line terminus comprises the gate material. Each gate line terminus has a width in the channel direction that is at least 1.2 time the gate width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Wen Shih, Der-Ming Kuo, Ching-Hua Chiu, Meng-Shao Hsieh, Shih-Hsiang Tai
  • Publication number: 20230369480
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an insulating region surrounding an active area having a channel direction and a transverse direction that is transverse to the channel direction. A source region and a drain region are disposed in the active area, and are spaced apart along the channel direction. A channel is disposed in the active area and is interposed between the source region and the drain region. The channel comprises a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). A gate line is oriented along the transverse direction and is disposed on the channel and has a gate width in the channel direction. The gate line comprises gate material. A gate line terminus is disposed at each end of the gate line. Each gate line terminus comprises the gate material. Each gate line terminus has a width in the channel direction that is at least 1.2 time the gate width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tzu-Wen Shih, Der-Ming Kuo, Ching-Hua Chiu, Meng-Shao Hsieh, Shih-Hsiang Tai
  • Patent number: 9385287
    Abstract: A lens is formed over one or more light-emitting devices disposed over a substrate. The lens includes a trench that circumferentially surrounds the one or more light-emitting devices. The trench is filled with a phosphor-containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20150380616
    Abstract: A lens is formed over one or more light-emitting devices disposed over a substrate. The lens includes a trench that circumferentially surrounds the one or more light-emitting devices. The trench is filled with a phosphor-containing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Ching-Yi CHEN, Yu-Sheng TANG, Hao-Yu YANG, Hsin-Hung CHEN, Tzu-Wen SHIH
  • Patent number: 9166129
    Abstract: A lens is formed over one or more light-emitting devices disposed over a substrate. The lens includes a trench that circumferentially surrounds the one or more light-emitting devices. The trench is filled with a phosphor-containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TSMC SOLID STATE LIGHTING LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20150118772
    Abstract: A lens is formed over one or more light-emitting devices disposed over a substrate. The lens includes a trench that circumferentially surrounds the one or more light-emitting devices. The trench is filled with a phosphor-containing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 8921884
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a substrate. One or more light-emitting devices are disposed over the substrate. A lens is molded over the substrate and over the one or more light-emitting devices. A recess is disposed in the lens. The recess circumferentially surrounds the one or more light-emitting devices in a top view. The recess is at least partially filled with phosphor particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20140247578
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a substrate. One or more light-emitting devices are disposed over the substrate. A lens is molded over the substrate and over the one or more light-emitting devices. A recess is disposed in the lens. The recess circumferentially surrounds the one or more light-emitting devices in a top view. The recess is at least partially filled with phosphor particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 8735190
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a module with a plurality of die regions, a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed upon the substrate so that each of the die regions includes one of the light-emitting devices, and a lens board over the module and adhered to the substrate with glue. The lens board includes a plurality of microlenses each corresponding to one of the die regions, and at each one of the die regions the glue provides an air-tight encapsulation of one of the light-emitting devices by a respective one of the microlenses. Further, phosphor is included as a part of the lens board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20130309789
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a module with a plurality of die regions, a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed upon the substrate so that each of the die regions includes one of the light-emitting devices, and a lens board over the module and adhered to the substrate with glue. The lens board includes a plurality of microlenses each corresponding to one of the die regions, and at each one of the die regions the glue provides an air-tight encapsulation of one of the light-emitting devices by a respective one of the microlenses. Further, phosphor is included as a part of the lens board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 8497519
    Abstract: An LED emitter uses a molded lens with phosphor material embedded in a circumferential trench to generate a batwing beam pattern. After the lens is molded over a package substrate with connected LED dies thereon, the phosphor material is molded, injected, or dispensed into a circumferential trench. The molded lens is shaped such that a majority of the light emitted by the one or more LED dies is reflected by the top surface to the side surfaces through the phosphor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Sheng Tang, Hao-Yu Yang, Hsin-Hung Chen, Tzu-Wen Shih
  • Publication number: 20120305956
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of patterning a phosphor layer on a light emitting diode (LED) emitter. The method includes providing at least one LED emitter disposed on a substrate; forming a polymer layer over the at least one LED emitter; providing a mask over the polymer layer and the at least one LED emitter; etching the polymer layer through the mask to expose the at least one LED emitter within a cavity having polymer layer walls; and coating the at least one LED emitter with phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Wen Liu, Chyi Shyuan Chern, Hsin-Hsien Wu, Yung-Chang Chen, Ming Shing Lee, Tzu-Wen Shih, Hsin-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20120299017
    Abstract: An LED emitter uses a molded lens with phosphor material embedded in a circumferential trench to generate a batwing beam pattern. After the lens is molded over a package substrate with connected LED dies thereon, the phosphor material is molded, injected, or dispensed into a circumferential trench. The molded lens is shaped such that a majority of the light emitted by the one or more LED dies is reflected by the top surface to the side surfaces through the phosphor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Yi CHEN, Yu-Sheng TANG, Hao-Yu YANG, Hsin-Hung CHEN, Tzu-Wen SHIH