Patents by Inventor Wei-Chih Hou

Wei-Chih Hou 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: 11961777
    Abstract: A package structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a first die, a second die, a first encapsulant, and a buffer layer. The first die and the second die are disposed side by side. The first encapsulant encapsulates the first die and the second die. The second die includes a die stack encapsulated by a second encapsulant encapsulating a die stack. The buffer layer is disposed between the first encapsulant and the second encapsulant and covers at least a sidewall of the second die and disposed between the first encapsulant and the second encapsulant. The buffer layer has a Young's modulus less than a Young's modulus of the first encapsulant and a Young's modulus of the second encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Chen, Chien-Hsun Lee, Chung-Shi Liu, Hao-Cheng Hou, Hung-Jui Kuo, Jung-Wei Cheng, Tsung-Ding Wang, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Sih-Hao Liao
  • Publication number: 20230020015
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a substrate, a semiconductor quantum well layer, a semiconductor spacer, a semiconductor channel layer, a gate structure, and source/drain regions. The semiconductor quantum well layer is formed of a first semiconductor material and is disposed over the substrate. The semiconductor spacer is formed of a second semiconductor material and is disposed over the first semiconductor channel layer. The semiconductor channel layer is formed of the first semiconductor material and is disposed over the semiconductor spacer. Thea gate structure is over the second semiconductor channel layer. The source/drain regions are over the substrate and are on opposite sides of the gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiun-Yun LI, Nai-Wen HSU, Wei-Chih HOU, Yu-Jui WU, Yen CHUANG, Chia-Yu LIU
  • Publication number: 20220123110
    Abstract: The current disclosure describes a new vertical tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET). The TFET includes a source layer over a substrate. A first channel layer is formed over the source layer. A drain layer is stacked over the first channel layer with a second channel layer stacked therebetween. The drain layer and the second channel layer overlap a first surface portion of the first channel layer. A gate structure is positioned over the channel layer by a second surface portion of the channel layer and contacts a sidewall of the second channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jiun-Yun Li, Pao-chuan Shih, Wei-Chih Hou
  • Patent number: 11245011
    Abstract: The current disclosure describes a new vertical tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET). The TFET includes a source layer over a substrate. A first channel layer is formed over the source layer. A drain layer is stacked over the first channel layer with a second channel layer stacked therebetween. The drain layer and the second channel layer overlap a first surface portion of the first channel layer. A gate structure is positioned over the channel layer by a second surface portion of the channel layer and contacts a sidewall of the second channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jiun-Yun Li, Pao-Chuan Shih, Wei-Chih Hou
  • Publication number: 20200098867
    Abstract: The current disclosure describes a new vertical tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET). The TFET includes a source layer over a substrate. A first channel layer is formed over the source layer. A drain layer is stacked over the first channel layer with a second channel layer stacked therebetween. The drain layer and the second channel layer overlap a first surface portion of the first channel layer. A gate structure is positioned over the channel layer by a second surface portion of the channel layer and contacts a sidewall of the second channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jiun-Yun Li, Pao-Chuan Shih, Wei-Chih Hou