Patents by Inventor Yu-Hsiang Tsai

Yu-Hsiang Tsai 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: 10276530
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a conductive structure, a conductive bump extending into the conductive structure and contacting the conductive structure along a first surface, the conductive bump configured to interface with an external semiconductor device at a second surface opposite the first surface, the conductive bump being wider along the first surface than the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Hsin-Hung Chen, Chia-Ping Lai
  • Publication number: 20190088610
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a conductive structure, a conductive bump extending into the conductive structure and contacting the conductive structure along a first surface, the conductive bump configured to interface with an external semiconductor device at a second surface opposite the first surface, the conductive bump being wider along the first surface than the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang TSAI, Hsin-Hung CHEN, Chia-Ping LAI
  • Publication number: 20190088900
    Abstract: A light emitting device and a transparent electrode thereof are provided in which the transparent electrode includes a transparent conducting layer and an injection layer. The injection layer is disposed between the transparent conducting layer and a light emitting layer of the light emitting device, wherein a material of the injection layer is a metal-doped alkali metal salt or a metal-doped metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Intellectual Property Innovation Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Huang, Kuan-Ting Chen, Yu-Tang Tsai, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Wei-Lung Tsai, Yu-Yu Ho
  • Publication number: 20190058020
    Abstract: A transparent display device including a substrate having a light emitting region and a light transmitting region, a light emitting element located in the light emitting region, a first wall structure having an undercut sidewall, a first top conductive pattern and a barrier multi-layer structure is provided. The first wall structure forms the boundary between the light emitting region and the light transmitting region and the light emitting element is located in the light emitting region surrounded by the first wall structure. The first top conductive pattern is disposed on the top surface of the first wall structure. The barrier multi-layer structure is disposed on the light emitting element. The barrier multi-layer structure includes a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer. An overlapping portion of the first barrier layer and the second barrier is located in the light emitting region surrounded by the first wall structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Intellectual Property Innovation Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Shou Tsai, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Chih-Chia Chang, Kuan-Ting Chen, Kuang-Jung Chen, Yu-Tang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190057255
    Abstract: An information-display method for use in a transparent display is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shin-Hong KUO, Yi-Shou TSAI, Kuan-Ting CHEN, Yu-Hsiang TSAI, Yu-Tang TSAI
  • Publication number: 20180061698
    Abstract: A method and structure for providing a semiconductor-on-insulator (SCOI) wafer having a buried low-K dielectric layer includes forming a device layer on a first semiconductor substrate. In various embodiments, at least a portion of the device layer is separated from the first semiconductor substrate, where the separating forms a cleaved surface on the separated portion of the device layer. In some examples, a patterned low-K dielectric layer is formed on a second semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, and in some embodiments, the separated portion of the device layer is bonded, along the cleaved surface, to the patterned low-K dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang TSAI, Chung-Chuan TSENG, Li Hsin CHU, Chia-Wei LIU
  • Publication number: 20170207113
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes at least following steps. A device layer is formed on a first semiconductor substrate. The device layer is separated from the first semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on a second semiconductor substrate. The device layer is bonded onto the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang TSAI, Chung-Chuan TSENG, Chia-Wei LIU, Li-Hsin CHU
  • Patent number: 9627249
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes at least following steps. A device layer is formed on a first semiconductor substrate. The device layer is separated from the first semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on a second semiconductor substrate. The device layer is bonded onto the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Chung-Chuan Tseng, Chia-Wei Liu, Li-Hsin Chu
  • Patent number: 9620551
    Abstract: A backside illuminated image sensor device structure and methods for forming the same are provided. The method for manufacturing a backside illuminated image sensor device structure includes providing a substrate and forming a polysilicon layer over the substrate. The method further includes forming a buffer layer over the polysilicon layer and forming an etch stop layer over the buffer layer. The method further includes forming a hard mask layer over the etch stop layer and patterning the hard mask layer to form an opening in the hard mask layer. The method further includes performing an implant process through the opening of the hard mask layer to form a doped region in the substrate and removing the hard mask layer by a first removing process. The method further includes removing the etch stop layer by a second removing process and removing the buffer layer by a third removing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Chuan Tseng, Chia-Wei Liu, Li-Hsin Chu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170084479
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes at least following steps. A device layer is formed on a first semiconductor substrate. The device layer is separated from the first semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on a second semiconductor substrate. The device layer is bonded onto the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang TSAI, Chung-Chuan TSENG, Chia-Wei LIU, Li-Hsin CHU
  • Publication number: 20160172392
    Abstract: A backside illuminated image sensor device structure and methods for forming the same are provided. The method for manufacturing a backside illuminated image sensor device structure includes providing a substrate and forming a polysilicon layer over the substrate. The method further includes forming a buffer layer over the polysilicon layer and forming an etch stop layer over the buffer layer. The method further includes forming a hard mask layer over the etch stop layer and patterning the hard mask layer to form an opening in the hard mask layer. The method further includes performing an implant process through the opening of the hard mask layer to form a doped region in the substrate and removing the hard mask layer by a first removing process. The method further includes removing the etch stop layer by a second removing process and removing the buffer layer by a third removing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chuan TSENG, Chia-Wei LIU, Li-Hsin CHU, Yu-Hsiang TSAI
  • Patent number: 9312312
    Abstract: A display including a plurality of display units and a plurality of holes is provided. Each of the display units includes a transparent area. Each of the holes is formed by a part of the transparent areas. At least one of the holes satisfies 2 ? ? ? ? A ? S < 8 3 ? 3 ? ? A , wherein A is an area of each of the holes and the S is a perimeter of each of the holes, and the at least one of the holes is a hole of a non-quadrilateral-type shape. These holes are arranged along a first direction in staggered arrangement, parts of projections of the holes along a second direction are overlapped with one another, and the first direction is different from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kuo-Lung Lo, Pei-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 9281336
    Abstract: Embodiments of mechanisms of a backside illuminated image sensor device structure are provided. The method for manufacturing a backside illuminated image sensor device structure includes providing a substrate and forming a polysilicon layer over the substrate. The method further includes forming a buffer layer over the polysilicon layer and forming an etch stop layer over the buffer layer. The method further includes forming a hard mask layer over the etch stop layer and patterning the hard mask layer to form an opening in the hard mask layer. The method further includes performing an implant process through the opening of the hard mask layer to form a doped region in the substrate and removing the hard mask layer by a first removing process. The method further includes removing the etch stop layer by a second removing process and removing the buffer layer by a third removing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., LTD
    Inventors: Chung-Chuan Tseng, Chia-Wei Liu, Li-Hsin Chu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Patent number: 9250366
    Abstract: A display structure is provided. The display structure includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a second substrate and an optical component. The pixel array is disposed on the first substrate. Each of pixels of the pixel array includes a light-transparent region and a non-light-transparent region. The second substrate is disposed on the pixel array. The optical component has a microlens structure. After the light passes through the microlens structure, the light passes directly through the plurality of the light-transparent regions without passing through the edge of the plurality of the non-light-transparent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Lee, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Mang Ou-Yang, Ting-Wei Huang, Wei-De Jeng
  • Patent number: 9195050
    Abstract: An electro-wetting display panel including an active device array substrate, a dielectric layer, a rib structure, an opposite substrate, a first fluid and a second fluid is provided. The active device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of pixel structures. Each pixel structure includes a shielding electrode connected to a common potential, an active device located between the shielding electrode and the first substrate, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The dielectric layer covers the pixel structures. The rib structure is disposed on the active device array substrate and has openings. The active device and the pixel electrode of each pixel structure are located within one of the openings. The first fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the opposite substrate. The second fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the first fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kuo-Lung Lo
  • Publication number: 20150311263
    Abstract: A pixel structure and an electroluminescent display having the same are disclosed. The pixel structure comprises a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel and the second pixel each comprise a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel of the first pixel is adjacent to the first sub-pixel of the second pixel, the second sub-pixel of the first pixel is adjacent to the second sub-pixel of the second pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel is adjacent to the third sub-pixel of the second pixel. The first sub-pixel of the first pixel is adjacent to the first sub-pixel of the second pixel in a first direction, and the second sub-pixel of the first pixel is adjacent to the second sub-pixel of the second pixel in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kai-Sheng SHIH, Yi-Shou TSAI, Kuan-Ting CHEN, Yu-Chun LIN, Wei-Ben WANG, Yu-Hsiang TSAI
  • Publication number: 20150285960
    Abstract: A display structure is provided. The display structure includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a second substrate and an optical component. The pixel array is disposed on the first substrate. Each of pixels of the pixel array includes a light-transparent region and a non-light-transparent region. The second substrate is disposed on the pixel array. The optical component has a microlens structure. After the light passes through the microlens structure, the light passes directly through the plurality of the light-transparent regions without passing through the edge of the plurality of the non-light-transparent regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Lee, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Mang Ou-Yang, Ting-Wei Huang, Wei-De Jeng
  • Publication number: 20150087104
    Abstract: Embodiments of mechanisms of a backside illuminated image sensor device structure are provided. The method for manufacturing a backside illuminated image sensor device structure includes providing a substrate and forming a polysilicon layer over the substrate. The method further includes forming a buffer layer over the polysilicon layer and forming an etch stop layer over the buffer layer. The method further includes forming a hard mask layer over the etch stop layer and patterning the hard mask layer to form an opening in the hard mask layer. The method further includes performing an implant process through the opening of the hard mask layer to form a doped region in the substrate and removing the hard mask layer by a first removing process. The method further includes removing the etch stop layer by a second removing process and removing the buffer layer by a third removing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chung-Chuan TSENG, Chia-Wei LIU, Li-Hsin CHU, Yu-Hsiang TSAI
  • Publication number: 20140355099
    Abstract: An electro-wetting display panel including an active device array substrate, a dielectric layer, a rib structure, an opposite substrate, a first fluid and a second fluid is provided. The active device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of pixel structures. Each pixel structure includes a shielding electrode connected to a common potential, an active device located between the shielding electrode and the first substrate, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The dielectric layer covers the pixel structures. The rib structure is disposed on the active device array substrate and has openings. The active device and the pixel electrode of each pixel structure are located within one of the openings. The first fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the opposite substrate. The second fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the first fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kuo-Lung Lo
  • Patent number: 8643934
    Abstract: A display including a pixel array substrate, an opposite substrate and a fluid medium is provided. The pixel array substrate includes a first substrate including pixel regions and pixel structures disposed in the pixel regions. Each pixel region includes a distribution region of pixel electrode and a non-electrode region. A pixel electrode of the pixel structure is disposed in the distribution region of pixel electrode and has at least one slit extending from the non-electrode region toward the distribution region of pixel electrode. The opposite substrate includes a second substrate and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate and contacting a polar fluid. The fluid medium includes the polar fluid and a non-polar fluid and flows between the pixel array substrate and the opposite substrate. The non-polar fluid is contracted toward the non-electrode region when a voltage difference is generated between the pixel and the common electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yun-Sheng Ku, Kuo-Lung Lo, Wei-Yuan Cheng, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Ching-Yao Chen, Yu-Sheng Huang