Patents by Inventor Yueh-liang Liu

Yueh-liang Liu 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: 6780780
    Abstract: This application is about a method for removing the deep trench Si-needles on a wafer. The method includes steps of forming a photoresist layer on a frontside surface of the wafer, removing a specific area of the photoresist layer for exposing the Si-needles, proceeding a first etching and a second etching, and finally removing the photoresist layer on the frontside surface of the wafer. The first etching is a wet etching for removing the Si-needles by an etching solution etching from a backside surface of the wafer back to the frontside surface of the wafer. And, the second etching is a dry etching for removing the residual silicon nitride (SiN) slices formed during the first etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Ni, Jia-Shing Jan, Yueh-Liang Liu
  • Publication number: 20030170997
    Abstract: This application is about a method for removing the deep trench Si-needles on a wafer. The method includes steps of forming a photoresist layer on a frontside surface of the wafer, removing a specific area of the photoresist layer for exposing the Si-needles, proceeding a first etching and a second etching, and finally removing the photoresist layer on the frontside surface of the wafer. The first etching is a wet etching for removing the Si-needles by an etching solution etching from a backside surface of the wafer back to the frontside surface of the wafer. And, the second etching is a dry etching for removing the residual silicon nitride (SiN) slices formed during the first etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Ni, Jia-Shing Jan, Yueh-Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 6395646
    Abstract: A machine for etching the edge of a wafer comprising a rotating holding plate having a work platform, the work platform having a first fillister for spraying gas to maintain a certain distance between the work platform and the wafer, a second fillister set around the periphery of the first fillister for reducing pressure of the sprayed gas at the edge of the wafer, and a plurality of holding pins; a vacuum manipulator; and an etching solution leading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Yueh-liang Liu