Patents by Inventor Yen Ting Chiang

Yen Ting 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: 20220415935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure, wherein the semiconductor structure includes a device layer, including a terminal region and a pixel region adjacent to the terminal region, a conductive pad in the terminal region, and an isolation structure in the pixel region, wherein the isolation structure includes a first conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: SHIH-HAN HUANG, YEN-TING CHIANG, SHYH-FANN TING, JEN-CHENG LIU
  • Publication number: 20220384495
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a CMOS image sensor having a multiple deep trench isolation (MDTI) structure, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the image sensor comprises a boundary deep trench isolation (BDTI) structure disposed at boundary regions of a pixel region surrounding a photodiode. The BDTI structure has a ring shape from a top view and two columns surrounding the photodiode with the first depth from a cross-sectional view. A multiple deep trench isolation (MDTI) structure is disposed at inner regions of the pixel region overlying the photodiode, the MDTI structure extending from the back-side of the substrate to a second depth within the substrate smaller than the first depth. The MDTI structure has three columns with the second depth between the two columns of the BDTI structure from the cross-sectional view. The MDTI structure is a continuous integral unit having a ring shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Chuang Wu, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Feng-Chi Hung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Yen-Ting Chiang, Chun-Yuan Chen, Shen-Hui Hong
  • Publication number: 20220367554
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) chip in which a bond pad structure extends to a columnar structure with a high via density. For example, an interconnect structure is on a frontside of a substrate and comprises a first bond wire, a second bond wire, and bond vias forming the columnar structure. The bond vias extend from the first bond wire to the second bond wire. The bond pad structure is inset into a backside of the substrate, opposite the frontside, and extends to the first bond wire. A projection of the first or second bond wire onto a plane parallel to a top surface of the substrate has a first area, and a projection of the bond vias onto the plane has a second area that is 10% or more of the first area, such that via density is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yu-Hsien Li, Yen-Ting Chiang, Shyh-Fann Ting, Jen-Cheng Liu, Dun-Nian Yaung
  • Patent number: 11495630
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a CMOS image sensor having a multiple deep trench isolation (MDTI) structure, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the image sensor comprises a plurality of pixel regions disposed within a substrate and respectively comprising a photodiode configured to receive radiation that enters the substrate from a back-side. A boundary deep trench isolation (BDTI) structure is disposed at boundary regions of the pixel regions surrounding the photodiode. The BDTI structure extends from the back-side of the substrate to a first depth within the substrate. A multiple deep trench isolation (MDTI) structure is disposed at inner regions of the pixel regions overlying the photodiode. The MDTI structure extends from the back-side of the substrate to a second depth within the substrate smaller than the first depth. The MDTI structure is a continuous integral unit having a ring shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Chuang Wu, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Feng-Chi Hung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Yen-Ting Chiang, Chun-Yuan Chen, Shen-Hui Hong
  • Publication number: 20220352218
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnection structure, a color filter, and a first isolation structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The interconnection structure is disposed over the first surface, and the color filter is disposed over the second surface. The first isolation structure includes a bottom portion, an upper portion and a diffusion barrier layer surrounding a sidewall of the upper portion. A top surface of the upper portion of the first isolation structure extends into and is in contact with a dielectric layer of the interconnection structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: YEN-TING CHIANG, CHUN-YUAN CHEN, HSIAO-HUI TSENG, SHENG-CHAN LI, YU-JEN WANG, WEI CHUANG WU, SHYH-FANN TING, JEN-CHENG LIU, DUN-NIAN YAUNG
  • Publication number: 20220352223
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a device having a semiconductor substrate including a frontside and a backside. On the frontside of the semiconductor substrate are a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. A gate electrode is arranged on the frontside of the semiconductor substrate and includes a horizontal portion, a first vertical portion, and a second vertical portion. The horizontal portion is arranged over the frontside of the semiconductor substrate and between the first and second source/drain regions. The first vertical portion extends from the frontside towards the backside of the semiconductor substrate and contacts the horizontal portion of the gate electrode structure. The second vertical portion extends from the frontside towards the backside of the semiconductor substrate, contacts the horizontal portion of the gate electrode structure, and is separated from the first vertical portion by a channel region of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Chen, Ching-Chun Wang, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Shyh-Fann Ting, Wei Chuang Wu, Yen-Ting Chiang, Chia Ching Liao, Yen-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20220320155
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface facing opposite to the front surface; a filling material extending from the front surface into the semiconductor substrate without penetrating through the semiconductor substrate, the filling material including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being in contact with the semiconductor substrate; and an epitaxial layer lined between the lower portion of the filling material and the semiconductor substrate. An associated manufacturing method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: SHENG-CHAN LI, I-NAN CHEN, TZU-HSIANG CHEN, YU-JEN WANG, YEN-TING CHIANG, CHENG-HSIEN CHOU, CHENG-YUAN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20220277127
    Abstract: A method for wafer bonding includes receiving a layout of a bonding layer with an asymmetric pattern, determining whether an asymmetry level of the layout is within a predetermined range by a design rule checker, modifying the layout to reduce the asymmetry level of the layout if the asymmetry level is beyond the predetermined range. The method also includes outputting the layout in a computer-readable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shih-Han Huang, Wen-I Hsu, Shuang-Ji Tsai, Ming-Hsien Yang, Yen-Ting Chiang, Shyh-Fann Ting, Feng-Chi Hung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Dun-Nian Yaung
  • Patent number: 11430823
    Abstract: A semiconductor image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a radiation-sensing region, and a first isolation structure. The radiation-sensing region is in the semiconductor substrate. The first isolation structure is in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the radiation-sensing region. The first isolation structure includes a bottom isolation portion in the semiconductor substrate, an upper isolation portion in the semiconductor substrate, and a diffusion barrier layer surrounding a sidewall of the upper isolation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Ting Chiang, Chun-Yuan Chen, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Sheng-Chan Li, Yu-Jen Wang, Wei Chuang Wu, Shyh-Fann Ting, Jen-Cheng Liu, Dun-Nian Yaung
  • Patent number: 11404460
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a device having a semiconductor substrate including a frontside and a backside. On the frontside of the semiconductor substrate are a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. A gate electrode is arranged on the frontside of the semiconductor substrate and includes a horizontal portion, a first vertical portion, and a second vertical portion. The horizontal portion is arranged over the frontside of the semiconductor substrate and between the first and second source/drain regions. The first vertical portion extends from the frontside towards the backside of the semiconductor substrate and contacts the horizontal portion of the gate electrode structure. The second vertical portion extends from the frontside towards the backside of the semiconductor substrate, contacts the horizontal portion of the gate electrode structure, and is separated from the first vertical portion by a channel region of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Chen, Ching-Chun Wang, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Shyh-Fann Ting, Wei Chuang Wu, Yen-Ting Chiang, Chia Ching Liao, Yen-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11374046
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface facing opposite to the front surface; a filling material extending from the front surface into the semiconductor substrate without penetrating through the semiconductor substrate, the filling material including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being in contact with the semiconductor substrate; and an epitaxial layer lined between the lower portion of the filling material and the semiconductor substrate. An associated manufacturing method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chan Li, I-Nan Chen, Tzu-Hsiang Chen, Yu-Jen Wang, Yen-Ting Chiang, Cheng-Hsien Chou, Cheng-Yuan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220130888
    Abstract: A method includes performing an anisotropic etching on a semiconductor substrate to form a trench. The trench has vertical sidewalls and a rounded bottom connected to the vertical sidewalls. A damage removal step is performed to remove a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, with the surface layer exposed to the trench. The rounded bottom of the trench is etched to form a slant straight bottom surface. The trench is filled to form a trench isolation region in the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Chou, Chih-Yu Lai, Shih Pei Chou, Yen-Ting Chiang, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Min-Ying Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220059583
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes an image sensor disposed within a substrate. The substrate has sidewalls and a horizontally extending surface defining one or more trenches extending from a first surface of the substrate to within the substrate. One or more isolation structures are arranged within the one or more trenches. A doped region is arranged within the substrate laterally between sidewalls of the one or more isolation structures and the image sensor and vertically between the image sensor and the first surface of the substrate. The doped region has a higher concentration of a first dopant type than an abutting part of the substrate that extends along opposing sides of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Chen, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Shyh-Fann Ting, Tzu-Jui Wang, Yen-Ting Chiang, Yu-Jen Wang, Yuichiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11227889
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes an image sensing element disposed within a semiconductor substrate. One or more isolation structures are arranged within one or more trenches disposed along a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The one or more isolation structures are separated from opposing sides of the image sensing element by non-zero distances. The one or more trenches are defined by sidewalls and a horizontally extending surface of the semiconductor substrate. A doped region is laterally arranged between the sidewalls of the semiconductor substrate defining the one or more trenches and is vertically arranged between the image sensing element and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Chen, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Shyh-Fann Ting, Tzu-Jui Wang, Yen-Ting Chiang, Yu-Jen Wang, Yuichiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11217621
    Abstract: A method includes performing an anisotropic etching on a semiconductor substrate to form a trench. The trench has vertical sidewalls and a rounded bottom connected to the vertical sidewalls. A damage removal step is performed to remove a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, with the surface layer exposed to the trench. The rounded bottom of the trench is etched to form a slant straight bottom surface. The trench is filled to form a trench isolation region in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Chou, Chih-Yu Lai, Shih Pei Chou, Yen-Ting Chiang, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Min-Ying Tsai
  • Patent number: 11211419
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards image sensors including composite backside illuminated (CBSI) structures to enhance performance. In some embodiments, a first trench isolation structure extends into a backside of a substrate to a first depth and comprises a pair of first trench isolation segments. A photodetector is in the substrate, between and bordering the first trench isolation segments. A second trench isolation structure is between the first trench isolation segments and extends into the backside of the substrate to a second depth less than the first depth. The second trench isolation structure comprises a pair of second trench isolation segments. An absorption enhancement structure overlies the photodetector, between the second trench isolation segments, and is recessed into the backside of the semiconductor substrate. The absorption enhancement structure and the second trench isolation structure collectively define a CBSI structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Chuang Wu, Dun-Nian Yaung, Feng-Chi Hung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Keng-Yu Chou, Yen-Ting Chiang, Ming-Hsien Yang, Chun-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210366956
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards image sensors including composite backside illuminated (CBSI) structures to enhance performance. In some embodiments, a first trench isolation structure extends into a backside of a substrate to a first depth and comprises a pair of first trench isolation segments. A photodetector is in the substrate, between and bordering the first trench isolation segments. A second trench isolation structure is between the first trench isolation segments and extends into the backside of the substrate to a second depth less than the first depth. The second trench isolation structure comprises a pair of second trench isolation segments. An absorption enhancement structure overlies the photodetector, between the second trench isolation segments, and is recessed into the backside of the semiconductor substrate. The absorption enhancement structure and the second trench isolation structure collectively define a CBSI structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Chuang Wu, Dun-Nian Yaung, Feng-Chi Hung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Keng-Yu Chou, Yen-Ting Chiang, Ming-Hsien Yang, Chun-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210315724
    Abstract: A waist, hip and pelvis adjustment belt includes a waist, hip and pelvis adjustment belt assembly and plural ore bodies distributed and accommodated in the waist, hip and pelvis adjustment belt assembly. When a user wears the waist, hip and pelvis adjustment belt assembly to have the effect of lifting and binding the user's waist and hip, the ore bodies in the waist, hip and pelvis adjustment belt assembly will release far infrared light to generate a resonance frequency to promote blood circulation of the user's lower limbs, and restore and adjust the user's pelvis and hip joint, so that the user's piriformis and nerve will not be pressed to achieve the effect of good functionality and structural stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yen-Ting CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20210313383
    Abstract: The problem of reducing noise in image sensing devices, especially NIR detectors, is solved by providing ground connections for the reflectors. The reflectors may be grounded through vias that couple the reflectors to grounded areas of the substrate. The grounded areas of the substrate may be P+ doped areas formed proximate the surface of the substrate. In particular, the P+ doped areas may be parts of photodiodes. Alternatively, the reflectors may be grounded through a metal interconnect structure formed over the front side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yen-Ting Chiang, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Shyh-Fann Ting, Yimin Huang
  • Patent number: 11088196
    Abstract: The problem of reducing noise in image sensing devices, especially NIR detectors, is solved by providing ground connections for the reflectors. The reflectors may be grounded through vias that couple the reflectors to grounded areas of the substrate. The grounded areas of the substrate may be P+ doped areas formed proximate the surface of the substrate. In particular, the P+ doped areas may be parts of photodiodes. Alternatively, the reflectors may be grounded through a metal interconnect structure formed over the front side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Ting Chiang, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Shyh-Fann Ting, Yimin Huang