Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent applications published on December 14th, 2023

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Summary of the patent applications from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. on December 14th, 2023

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has recently filed several patents related to memory devices, semiconductor devices, and image sensor devices. These patents aim to improve the performance, reliability, and efficiency of these technologies.

One patent describes a memory device with a laminated structure of alternating layers of different phase change materials. This device offers improved performance, increased data storage capacity, and improved energy efficiency.

Another patent focuses on a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure for data storage. The MTJ structure includes metal particles distributed in a discrete and non-continuous manner, allowing for higher data storage density and enhanced stability.

A patent application describes a method for forming a circuit region on a substrate, simplifying the formation process and providing efficient electrical coupling to external circuitry.

Another patent application introduces a semiconductor device that uses a ferroelectric film to alter the effective resistance. This technology has applications in memory devices and sensor devices, offering improved memory performance and enhanced sensor sensitivity.

The organization has also filed a patent for a semiconductor device with a ferroelectric layer doped with cerium and another dopant. This device provides improved functionality, stability, and compatibility with existing electronic systems.

Additionally, a patent application describes a semiconductor device with a ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ) that offers non-volatile memory capabilities, low-power operation, and high-speed performance.

Lastly, a patent application presents a method for forming a ferroelectric memory device with a polarization switching structure arranged directly on the gate electrode. This method allows for a smaller pad size, more flexible area ratio tuning, and better control of the ferroelectric structure quality.

Notable applications of these technologies include memory devices in electronic devices, non-volatile memory for data storage, logic circuits, magnetic sensors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, power electronics, sensors, digital cameras, smartphones, surveillance systems, and medical imaging devices.



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Patent applications for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. on December 14th, 2023

CHARGED PARTICLE FILTER AND REMOVAL SYSTEM (17839343)

Main Inventor

En Tian LIN


Polishing Pad for Chemical Mechanical Polishing and Method (17822867)

Main Inventor

Te-Chien Hou


MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) DEVICE WITH OUTGAS LAYER (17835175)

Main Inventor

Fan Hu


SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS CHAMBER WITH IMPROVED REFLECTOR (17837910)

Main Inventor

Sou-Chuan CHIANG


NOVEL JITTER NOISE DETECTOR (18232341)

Main Inventor

Tien-Chien HUANG


PHOTONIC DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME (17836879)

Main Inventor

Weiwei SONG


EDGE COUPLERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME (18232319)

Main Inventor

Min-Hsiang HSU


OPTICAL COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME (18232342)

Main Inventor

Chan-Hong CHERN


MULTIFUNCTIONAL COLLIMATOR FOR CONTACT IMAGE SENSORS (18231760)

Main Inventor

Hsin-Yu CHEN


LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHODS (18446400)

Main Inventor

Cheng Hung TSAI


METHOD OF USING WAFER STAGE (18448110)

Main Inventor

Yung-Yao LEE


LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF (18361728)

Main Inventor

Shao-Hua WANG


MITIGATING LONG-TERM ENERGY DECAY OF LASER DEVICES (18210548)

Main Inventor

Chih-Ping YEN


INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME (17825383)

Main Inventor

Ching-Yu HUANG


SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT AWARE CIRCUIT DESIGN (18232742)

Main Inventor

Li-Chung HSU


METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN (18446739)

Main Inventor

Chin-Shen LIN


REDUCED AREA STANDARD CELL ABUTMENT CONFIGURATIONS (18447187)

Main Inventor

Chi-Yu LU


INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING HYBRID SHEET STRUCTURE (18448136)

Main Inventor

Shang-Wei FANG


PIN ACCESS HYBRID CELL HEIGHT DESIGN AND SYSTEM (18362842)

Main Inventor

Kam-Tou SIO


OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME (18232756)

Main Inventor

You-Cheng JHANG


MEMORY DEVICE (18451946)

Main Inventor

CHIEN-AN LAI


MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME (18362952)

Main Inventor

Meng-Sheng CHANG


HEAT CONTROLLED SWITCH (17834944)

Main Inventor

Yu-Wei Ting


SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (17838246)

Main Inventor

Chin-Ta CHEN


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (17838253)

Main Inventor

Yan-Ming Tsai


METHOD FOR FABRICATING MASK (17836820)

Main Inventor

Ping-Hsun LIN


SELECTIVE ETCHING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME (17836452)

Main Inventor

Kuan-Da HUANG


METHOD FOR FILLING TRENCH IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (17836463)

Main Inventor

Kenichi SANO


CARBON-BASED LINER TO REDUCE CONTACT RESISTANCE (18447539)

Main Inventor

Po-Hsien CHENG


DICING METHOD FOR STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (18447581)

Main Inventor

Tsung-Hsing Lu


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING (18366864)

Main Inventor

Hung-Yao Chen


MID-MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER LAYER TESTING (18230664)

Main Inventor

Feng-Chien Hsieh


Forming Structures In Empty Regions On Wafers With Dual Seal Ring Structures (17839292)

Main Inventor

Shan-Yu Huang


Molding Structures for Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same (17840362)

Main Inventor

Shu-Shen Yeh


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (17746990)

Main Inventor

Yu-Hung Lin


Semiconductor Package and Method (17806532)

Main Inventor

Chen Chiang Yu


HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURES FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (17837312)

Main Inventor

Szu-Wei Lu


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING REDISTRIBUTION STRUCTURES OF CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS (17835776)

Main Inventor

Ho Che Yu


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING METAL SURROUNDING VIA CONTACT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (17836781)

Main Inventor

Shuen-Shin LIANG


SIGNAL CONDUCTING LINE ARRANGEMENTS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (18447682)

Main Inventor

Wei-Ling CHANG


GRAPHENE-METAL HYBRID INTERCONNECT (17835924)

Main Inventor

Jian-Hong LIN


GRAPHENE-CLAD METAL INTERCONNECT (17837664)

Main Inventor

Jian-Hong LIN


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DIELECTRICS MADE OF POROUS ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME (17839447)

Main Inventor

Szu-Hua Chen


Semiconductor Package and Method (17663683)

Main Inventor

Shu-Shen Yeh


SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE (17746822)

Main Inventor

Hsien-Wei Chen


PROTECTION LAYER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18186754)

Main Inventor

I-Han Huang


Wafer Level Multi-Die Structure Formation (17839946)

Main Inventor

Shan-Yu Huang


SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING (17806311)

Main Inventor

Chien LI


HETEROGENOUS BONDING LAYERS FOR DIRECT SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING (18447528)

Main Inventor

Kuang-Wei CHENG


METHOD OF FORMING PACKAGE STRUCTURE (17838292)

Main Inventor

Wen-Chih Chiou


Methods of Forming Packages and Resulting Structures (18151758)

Main Inventor

Chien-Fu Tseng


INTEGRATED STANDARD CELL STRUCTURE (17837925)

Main Inventor

Shih-Hsien Huang


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME (18447857)

Main Inventor

Liu HAN


INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT METHOD (18448155)

Main Inventor

Po-Zeng KANG


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (18097255)

Main Inventor

Ya-Yi TSAI


INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18448101)

Main Inventor

Te-Hsin CHIU


IMAGE SENSOR (17837534)

Main Inventor

Chun-Hao CHUANG


APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SENSING LONG WAVELENGTH LIGHT (18232323)

Main Inventor

Yun-Wei CHENG


PIXEL SENSOR INCLUDING REFRACTION STRUCTURES (18366175)

Main Inventor

Wei-Lin CHEN


METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGE SENSOR (18448093)

Main Inventor

Li-Wen HUANG


INTEGRATION OF SOLAR CELL AND IMAGE SENSOR (17892846)

Main Inventor

Feng-Chien Hsieh


REDUCED CROSS-TALK IN COLOR AND INFRARED IMAGE SENSOR (18366776)

Main Inventor

Keng-Yu Chou


IMAGE SENSOR WITH HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (18447890)

Main Inventor

Feng-Chien HSIEH


DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION THEREOF (17838994)

Main Inventor

Bi-Shen LEE


VERTICALLY ARRANGED SEMICONDUCTOR PIXEL SENSOR (18447529)

Main Inventor

Feng-Chien HSIEH


INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH FEOL RESISTOR (18448111)

Main Inventor

Tien-Chien HUANG


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (17827779)

Main Inventor

Yi-Ruei Jhan


Epitaxial Structures In Semiconductor Devices (18128061)

Main Inventor

Cheng-Wei CHANG


Transistor Gate Structures and Methods of Forming the Same (18150474)

Main Inventor

Chung-Wei Hsu


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DIELECTRIC LINERS ON GATE REFILL METAL (17837613)

Main Inventor

Yuan-Hsiang WU


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (17837833)

Main Inventor

Tzu-Ging LIN


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME (17839127)

Main Inventor

Li-Zhen YU


MULTI-SILICIDE STRUCTURE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (18447580)

Main Inventor

Chung-Liang CHENG


Semiconductor Structures With Reduced Parasitic Capacitance And Methods For Forming The Same (18177409)

Main Inventor

Szu-Hua Chen


Parasitic Capacitance Reduction (18357307)

Main Inventor

Jia-Heng Wang


CASCADED BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (17838894)

Main Inventor

Hong-Shyang WU


CHANNEL STRUCTURES INCLUDING DOPED 2D MATERIALS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (18452581)

Main Inventor

Ching-Hua Lee


FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH GATE ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD (18163857)

Main Inventor

Kuo-Cheng CHIANG


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME (18360471)

Main Inventor

Sai-Hooi YEONG


FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (17838303)

Main Inventor

Ya-Yi Tsai


SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME (17836399)

Main Inventor

Li-Zhen YU


FORMING INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR CONVERTING AND DOWNSCALING ALTERNATING CURRENT (17806670)

Main Inventor

Yen-Ku LIN


SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING AND MITIGATING HARMONIC DISTORTION IN A CIRCUIT (18232343)

Main Inventor

Feng-Wei KUO


SYSTEM, METHOD, CIRCUIT, AND DEVICE FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIER WITH INDUCTIVE COUPLING (17836359)

Main Inventor

Wei Ling Chang


Semiconductor Devices And Circuits With Increased Breakdown Voltage (17835688)

Main Inventor

Yi-An Lai


IMAGE SENSOR FOR SENSING LED LIGHT WITH REDUCED FLICKERING (18364873)

Main Inventor

Yun-Wei Cheng


SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF (17835769)

Main Inventor

Meng-Han Lin


SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF (18446043)

Main Inventor

Peng-Chun Liou


EMBEDDED FERROELECTRIC FINFET MEMORY DEVICE (18364616)

Main Inventor

Bo-Feng Young


FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS WITH CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES HAVING ASYMMETRIC NITROGEN OR OXYGEN PROFILES (17834939)

Main Inventor

Yi-Hsuan Chen


SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (17835988)

Main Inventor

Ying-Chih Chen


FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION MEMORY DEVICES WITH ENHANCED READ WINDOW (17840003)

Main Inventor

Wei Ting HSIEH


METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE (18447614)

Main Inventor

Jerry Chang Jui KAO


MAGNETO-RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM) DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (17838235)

Main Inventor

Hsuan-Yi PENG


PHASE-CHANGE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (17838166)

Main Inventor

Chin I WANG