Patents by Inventor Yu-Luen DENG

Yu-Luen DENG 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: 20230282514
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing integrated circuit (IC) devices including the operations of forming a first metal pattern (Mx) on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first via pattern (Vx) on the first metal pattern using an area selective deposition (ASD) that includes first and second vias formed adjacent opposed edges or terminal portions of the first metal pattern, and forming a second metal pattern (Mx+1) on the first via pattern with substantially no pattern overlap to form a zero enclosure and wherein a pair of adjacent vias are separated by a distance corresponding to the smallest end-to-end metal pattern spacing permitted under a set of design rules applied during the design of the IC devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Shih-Wei PENG, Chih-Min HSIAO, Chien-Wen LAI, Jiann-Tyng TZENG, Yu-Luen DENG