Patents by Inventor Wen-Tai Chiang

Wen-Tai Chiang 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: 20240136420
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate, a source and a drain. The semiconductor layer is located above the substrate. The gate insulating layer is located above the semiconductor layer. The gate is located above the gate insulating layer and overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The gate includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is extending along the surface of the gate insulating layer and directly in contact with the gate insulating layer. The second portion is separated from the gate insulating layer. Taking the surface of the gate insulating layer as a reference, the top surface of the second portion is higher than the top surface of the first portion. The third portion connects the first portion to the second portion. The source and the drain are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Jui Chang, Wen-Tai Chen, Chi-Sheng Chiang, Yu-Chuan Liao, Chien-Sen Weng, Ming-Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20230422368
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a temperature sensor, and a control element. The control element includes a storage unit, a comparison unit, and a first control unit. The storage unit stores a look-up table including different correspondences between different temperature ranges and different power thresholds. The comparison unit receives the first power consumption of the light-emitting elements, determines the predetermined power threshold in the different correspondences of the look-up table according to the ambient temperature, and compares the first power consumption with the predetermined power threshold to determine the second power consumption. The first power consumption is obtained by measuring the light-emitting elements. The first control unit drives the light-emitting elements according to the second power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng CHANG, Wen-Tai CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20230373306
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle computer, a display unit, a backlight unit, a diagnosis unit and a microcontroller. The vehicle computer is configured to output a plurality of signals for controlling the vehicle system. The display unit is configured to receive a display signal output by the vehicle computer, so as to display a frame. The backlight unit is configured to provide a light source of the display unit. The diagnosis circuit is configured to diagnose the state of the backlight unit. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the diagnosis circuit and the vehicle computer. When the backlight unit is diagnosed by the diagnosis unit, the display unit displays the frame at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng CHANG, Nan-Chun LIN, Wen-Tai CHIANG
  • Patent number: 9875901
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of MOS transistor, the MOS transistor includes a substrate, a gate oxide, a gate, a source/drain region and a silicide layer. The gate oxide is disposed on the substrate and the gate is disposed on the gate oxide. The source/drain region is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate. The silicide layer is disposed on the source/drain region, wherein the silicide layer includes a curved bottom surface and a curved top surface, both the curved top surface and the curved bottom surface bend toward the substrate and the curved top surface is sunken from two sides thereof, two ends of the silicide layer point tips raised up over the source/drain region and the silicide layer in the middle is thicker than the silicide layer in the peripheral, thereby forming a crescent structure. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Chiang, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 9379026
    Abstract: A fin-shaped field-effect transistor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A first fin-shaped field-effect transistor and a second fin-shaped field-effect transistor are formed on the substrate, wherein the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor includes a first metal layer and the second fin-shaped field-effect transistor includes a second metal layer. A treatment process is performed on the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor to adjust the threshold voltage of the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor. A fin-shaped field-effect transistor formed by said process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang
  • Publication number: 20160079071
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of MOS transistor, the MOS transistor includes a substrate, a gate oxide, a gate, a source/drain region and a silicide layer. The gate oxide is disposed on the substrate and the gate is disposed on the gate oxide. The source/drain region is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate. The silicide layer is disposed on the source/drain region, wherein the silicide layer includes a curved bottom surface and a curved top surface, both the curved top surface and the curved bottom surface bend toward the substrate and the curved top surface is sunken from two sides thereof, two ends of the silicide layer point tips raised up over the source/drain region and the silicide layer in the middle is thicker than the silicide layer in the peripheral, thereby forming a crescent structure. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Chiang, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Publication number: 20150380319
    Abstract: A fin-shaped field-effect transistor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A first fin-shaped field-effect transistor and a second fin-shaped field-effect transistor are formed on the substrate, wherein the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor includes a first metal layer and the second fin-shaped field-effect transistor includes a second metal layer. A treatment process is performed on the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor to adjust the threshold voltage of the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor. A fin-shaped field-effect transistor formed by said process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang
  • Patent number: 9219140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MOS transistor, including a substrate, a gate oxide, a gate, a source/drain region and a silicide layer. The gate oxide is disposed on the substrate and the gate is disposed on the gate oxide. The source/drain region is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate. The silicide layer is disposed on the source/drain region, wherein the silicide layer includes a curved bottom surface and a curved top surface, both the curved top surface and the curved bottom surface bend toward the substrate and the curved top surface is sunken from two sides thereof, two ends of the silicide layer point tips raised up over the source/drain region and the silicide layer in the middle is thicker than the silicide layer in the peripheral, thereby forming a crescent structure. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Chiang, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 9159626
    Abstract: A fin-shaped field-effect transistor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A first fin-shaped field-effect transistor and a second fin-shaped field-effect transistor are formed on the substrate, wherein the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor includes a first metal layer and the second fin-shaped field-effect transistor includes a second metal layer. A treatment process is performed on the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor to adjust the threshold voltage of the first fin-shaped field-effect transistor. A fin-shaped field-effect transistor formed by said process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang
  • Patent number: 9105623
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device formed thereon, the first semiconductor device having a first gate trench and the second semiconductor device having a second gate trench, forming a first work function metal layer and an etch stop layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench, forming a metal layer having a material the same with the first work function metal layer in the second gate trench, and forming a filling metal layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench to form a second work function metal layer in the first gate trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Chiang, Chien-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 9054187
    Abstract: A non-planar semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, at least one fin structure on the substrate, a gate covering parts of the fin structures and part of the substrate such that the fin structure is divided into a channel region stacking with the gate and source/drain region at both sides of the gate, a plurality of epitaxial structures covering on the source/drain region of the fin structures, a recess is provided between the channel region of the fin structure and the epitaxial structure, and a spacer formed on the sidewalls of the gate and the epitaxial structures, wherein the portion of the spacer filling in the recesses is flush with the top surface of the epitaxial structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: An-Chi Liu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Yu-Cheng Tung, Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang, Shih-Hung Tsai, Ssu-I Fu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Chih-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20150137196
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MOS transistor, including a substrate, a gate oxide, a gate, a source/drain region and a silicide layer. The gate oxide is disposed on the substrate and the gate is disposed on the gate oxide. The source/drain region is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate. The silicide layer is disposed on the source/drain region, wherein the silicide layer includes a curved bottom surface and a curved top surface, both the curved top surface and the curved bottom surface bend toward the substrate and the curved top surface is sunken from two sides thereof, two ends of the silicide layer point tips raised up over the source/drain region and the silicide layer in the middle is thicker than the silicide layer in the peripheral, thereby forming a crescent structure. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Chiang, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 9024393
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device formed thereon, the first semiconductor device having a first gate trench and the second semiconductor device having a second gate trench; sequentially forming a high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectric layer and a multiple metal layer on the substrate; forming a first work function metal layer in the first gate trench; performing a first pull back step to remove a portion of the first work function metal layer from the first gate trench; forming a second work function metal layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench; and performing a second pull back step to remove a portion of the second work function metal layer from the first gate trench and the second gate trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ssu-I Fu, Wen-Tai Chiang, Ying-Tsung Chen, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chien-Ting Lin, Chi-Mao Hsu, Chin-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 9006091
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. A first interfacial material layer is formed by a deposition process on a substrate. A dummy gate material layer is formed on the first interfacial material layer. The dummy gate material layer and the first interfacial material layer are patterned to form a stacked structure. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed to cover the stacked structure. A portion of the ILD layer is removed to expose a top of the stacked structure. The stacked structure is removed to form a trench in the ILD layer. A second interfacial layer and a first high-k layer are conformally formed at least on a surface of the trench. A composite metal layer is formed to at least fill up the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Hung Tsai, Ssu-I Fu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Chih-Wei Chen, Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang
  • Patent number: 8987096
    Abstract: A semiconductor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. An ozone saturated deionized water process is performed to form an oxide layer on the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on the oxide layer. A post dielectric annealing (PDA) process is performed on the dielectric layer and the oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ying-Tsung Chen, Chien-Ting Lin, Ssu-I Fu, Shih-Hung Tsai, Wen-Tai Chiang, Chih-Wei Chen, Chiu-Hsien Yeh, Shao-Wei Wang, Kai-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 8975672
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MOS transistor, including a substrate, a gate oxide, a gate, a source/drain region and a silicide layer. The gate oxide is disposed on the substrate and the gate is disposed on the gate oxide. The source/drain region is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate. The silicide layer is disposed on the source/drain region, wherein the silicide layer includes a curved bottom surface. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Chiang, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 8877623
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. A first interfacial material layer is formed by a deposition process on a substrate. A dummy gate material layer is formed on the first interfacial material layer. The dummy gate material layer and the first interfacial material layer are patterned to form a stacked structure. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed to cover the stacked structure. A portion of the ILD layer is removed to expose a top of the stacked structure. The stacked structure is removed to form a trench in the ILD layer. A second interfacial layer and a first high-k layer are conformally formed at least on a surface of the trench. A composite metal layer is formed to at least fill up the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Hung Tsai, Ssu-I Fu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Chih-Wei Chen, Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang
  • Publication number: 20140295660
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. A first interfacial material layer is formed by a deposition process on a substrate. A dummy gate material layer is formed on the first interfacial material layer. The dummy gate material layer and the first interfacial material layer are patterned to form a stacked structure. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed to cover the stacked structure. A portion of the ILD layer is removed to expose a top of the stacked structure. The stacked structure is removed to form a trench in the ILD layer. A second interfacial layer and a first high-k layer are conformally foamed at least on a surface of the trench. A composite metal layer is formed to at least fill up the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Shih-Hung Tsai, Ssu-I Fu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Chih-Wei Chen, Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang
  • Publication number: 20140106557
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device formed thereon, the first semiconductor device having a first gate trench and the second semiconductor device having a second gate trench; sequentially forming a high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectric layer and a multiple metal layer on the substrate; forming a first work function metal layer in the first gate trench; performing a first pull back step to remove a portion of the first work function metal layer from the first gate trench; forming a second work function metal layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench; and performing a second pull back step to remove a portion of the second work function metal layer from the first gate trench and the second gate trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ssu-I Fu, Wen-Tai Chiang, Ying-Tsung Chen, Shih-Hung Tsai, Chien-Ting Lin, Chi-Mao Hsu, Chin-Fu Lin
  • Publication number: 20140077229
    Abstract: A non-planar semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, at least one fin structure on the substrate, a gate covering parts of the fin structures and part of the substrate such that the fin structure is divided into a channel region stacking with the gate and source/drain region at both sides of the gate, a plurality of epitaxial structures covering on the source/drain region of the fin structures, a recess is provided between the channel region of the fin structure and the epitaxial structure, and a spacer formed on the sidewalls of the gate and the epitaxial structures, wherein the portion of the spacer filling in the recesses is flush with the top surface of the epitaxial structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: An-Chi Liu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Yu-Cheng Tung, Chien-Ting Lin, Wen-Tai Chiang, Shih-Hung Tsai, Ssu-I Fu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Chih-Wei Chen