Patents by Inventor Yen-Hung Yeh

Yen-Hung Yeh 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: 6531361
    Abstract: A fabrication method for a memory device is described. The method includes sequentially forming a pad oxide layer and a mask layer on a substrate, wherein the mask layer exposes a portion of the pad oxide layer. Thereafter, an ion implantation process is conducted to form a buried bit line in the substrate that is not covered by the mask layer. A raised bit line is then formed on the pad oxide layer above the buried bit line. The mask layer and the pad oxide layer are then removed, followed by forming a conformal gate oxide layer on the surface of the substrate and the raised bit line. A word line is further formed on the gate oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Yi Liu, Kwang-Yang Chan, Yen-Hung Yeh, Tso-Hung Fan, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6514807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device that can be applied in system on chip (SOC), comprising: providing a substrate with a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region; forming a plurality of bit-lines in the memory cell region; forming a first and a second dielectric layers respectively in the memory cell region and the peripheral circuit region; and forming a plurality of gates. Next, a blanket ion implantation step is performed to form a plurality of P type LDDs in the substrate besides the gates in a PMOS device region within the peripheral circuit region, without forming an anti-punch through region in the substrate of the memory cell region. Afterwards, a plurality of spacers are formed, connected to one another. An ion implantation step is performed to form a plurality of P type source/drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-hung Yeh, Tso-Hung Fan, Hung-Sui Lin, Shih-Keng Cho, Mu Yi Liu, Kwang Yang Chan, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6482706
    Abstract: A method of scaling down device dimension using spacer to confine the buried drain implant, applicable for forming memory device such as substrate/oxide/nitride/oxide/silicon (SONOS) stacked device or nitride read only memory (NROM) device. A patterned conductive layer is used as a mask for forming a pocket doped region. A spacer is formed on a side-wall of the conductive layer. As the implantation region is confined by the side-wall, a buried drain region formed by drain implantation is reduced. Therefore, the effective channel length is not reduced due to the diffusion of the buried drain region. It is thus advantageous to scale down device dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-hung Yeh, Tso-Hung Fan, Mu Yi Liu, Kwang Yang Chan, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20020155686
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with a core device and an input/output (I/O) device on a semiconductor substrate has been developed. The semiconductor device, fabricated according to the present method, features the I/O device having graded dopant profiles, obtained from a transient enhanced diffusion effect for suppressing a hot carrier effect, and having pocket/halo implant region for decreasing leakage current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Hung-Sui Lin, Han-Chao Lai, Yen-Hung Yeh, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6458642
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a SONOS device, in which a first silicon oxide layer, a trapping layer, and a second silicon oxide layer are formed on the substrate. Then, a mask pattern is formed over the substrate to serve as a mask in the implantation process for forming the buried bit-lines. Afterward, a portion of the mask pattern is removed to increase the gap size of the mask pattern, then a pocket ion implantation is performed to form a pocket doped region at the periphery of the buried bit-line by using the mask pattern as a mask. Subsequently, the mask pattern is removed and a thermal process is conducted using the trapping layer as a mask to form a buried bit-line oxide layer. A word-line is subsequently formed over the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-hung Yeh, Tso-Hung Fan, Mu Yi Liu, Kwang Yang Chan, Tao-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 6440803
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a mask ROM, in which conductive strips are formed with a cap layer on each of them, then a plurality of spacers are formed on the side-walls of the conductive strips, while the substrate under the spacers are used as the coding regions. The buried bit-lines are formed in the substrate between the spacers, then a two-step coding process is performed, wherein the coding regions at the first and the second side of the conductive strips are selectively doped by a first and a second tilt coding implantation with a first and a second coding mask. After the second mask layer and the cap layer are removed, a conductive layer is formed over the substrate, then the conductive layer and the conductive strips are patterned successively to form a plurality of word-lines and plural gates, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., LTD
    Inventors: Shui-Chin Huang, Yen-hung Yeh, Tso-Hung Fan, Chun-Yi Yang, Chun-Jung Lin