Patents by Inventor Yan-Chih Lu

Yan-Chih Lu 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: 20150123233
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an image sensor device and methods of forming the same. An embodiment is an image sensor device including a first plurality of pickup regions in a photosensor array area of a substrate, each of first plurality of pickup regions having a first width and a first length, a second plurality of pickup regions in a periphery area of the substrate, the periphery area along at least one side of the photosensor array area, each of second plurality of pickup regions having a second width and a second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dun-Nian Yaung, Ching-Chun Wang, Feng-Chi Hung, Jeng-Shyan Lin, Yan-Chih Lu
  • Publication number: 20140256087
    Abstract: A method includes performing a hybrid bonding to bond a first package component to a second package component, so that a bonded pair is formed. In the bonded pair, first metal pads in the first package component are bonded to second metal pads in the second package component, and a first surface dielectric layer at a surface of the first package component is bonded to a second surface dielectric layer at a surface of the second package component. After the hybrid bonding, a thermal compressive annealing is performed on the bonded pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ping-Yin Liu, Xin-Hua Huang, Chih-Hui Huang, Lan-Lin Chao, Yeur-Luen Tu, Yan-Chih Lu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Chia-Shiung Tsai