Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. patent applications published on March 14th, 2024

Summary of the patent applications from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. on March 14th, 2024

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. has recently filed patents for memory cells with unique designs and improved performance. These patents include memory cells with extended upper electrodes, efficient memory cell layouts, and ferroelectric memory cells integrated with active and passive devices. The memory cells described in the patents aim to enhance data storage capabilities, increase device reliability, and improve semiconductor device performance.

Notable applications of these patents include:

• Memory storage devices
• Semiconductor manufacturing
• Data storage devices
• Computer memory modules
• Embedded systems
• Computing systems
• Data processing applications
• Sensing technology
• Energy harvesting devices
• Actuators and transducers
• Integrated circuit design
• Memory cell technology
• IoT devices

These patents address the need for efficient memory cell design, improved connectivity, enhanced data storage capacity, increased device reliability, and higher memory capacity in a smaller footprint. The innovations described in the patents offer potential benefits such as enhanced performance, increased reliability, energy efficiency improvements, and improved overall semiconductor structure efficiency.

Patent applications for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. on March 14th, 2024

MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (18510628)

Main Inventor

Ting-Li YANG

SEALING ARTICLE COMPRISING METAL COATING, METHOD OF MAKING AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME (18513448)

Main Inventor

Peng-Cheng Hong

SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING TOOL (18517387)

Main Inventor

Yung-Tsun LIU

SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATION (18166196)

Main Inventor

Che Wei YANG

DISPLACEMENT CONTROL DEVICE FOR SEISMIC EVENTS (18511070)

Main Inventor

Chuan-Chieh Chiang

GALLIUM NITRIDE-BASED DEVICES AND METHODS OF TESTING THEREOF (18516106)

Main Inventor

Yi-An Lai

Photonic Package and Method of Manufacture (18153116)

Main Inventor

Chen-Hua Yu

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE (18513611)

Main Inventor

Hsien-Wei Chen

Signal Communication Through Optical-Engine Based Interconnect Component (18151033)

Main Inventor

Hsing-Kuo Hsia

FLAT OPTICS CAMERA MODULE FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGING (18313459)

Main Inventor

Jung-Huei Peng

CLEANING METHOD FOR PHOTO MASKS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR (18517828)

Main Inventor

Hsin-Chang LEE

TARGET CONTROL IN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS USING ABERRATION OF REFLECTION IMAGE (18508195)

Main Inventor

Ting-Ya CHENG

LENS ADJUSTMENT FOR AN EDGE EXPOSURE TOOL (18517070)

Main Inventor

Yong-Ting WU

TECHNIQUES FOR CORRECTION OF ABERRATIONS (18517635)

Main Inventor

Min-Cheng WU

MULTI-METAL FILL WITH SELF-ALIGNED PATTERNING AND DIELECTRIC WITH VOIDS (18514254)

Main Inventor

Tai-I Yang

FREQUENCY-PICKED METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFRACTION-BASED OVERLAY MEASUREMENT (18517653)

Main Inventor

Hung-Chih HSIEH

PARTICLE REMOVAL METHOD (18513893)

Main Inventor

Chih-Yuan YAO

DIGITAL LOW-DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR (18452423)

Main Inventor

Po-Yu LAI

IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT AND IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREOF (18516954)

Main Inventor

Tsung-Che Lu

NEAR EYE DISPLAY APPARATUS (18518429)

Main Inventor

Jheng-Hong Jiang

COMPUTATION METHOD AND COMPUTATION APPARATUS WITH INPUT SWAPPING (18150810)

Main Inventor

Win-San Khwa

METHOD AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE PERFORMANCE-DATA-LIBRARY ASSOCIATED WITH STANDARD-CELL-LIBRARY (18158159)

Main Inventor

Johnny Chiahao LI

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT (18518167)

Main Inventor

Kenan Yu

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT (18170111)

Main Inventor

Cheng-YU LIN

BLOCK LEVEL DESIGN METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS PG-STRUCTURE CELLS (18513349)

Main Inventor

Yen-Hung LIN

BASE LAYOUT CELL (18514356)

Main Inventor

Shang-Hsuan Chiu

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FIN STRUCTURE (18517400)

Main Inventor

Po-Hsiang HUANG

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VERIFYING SLANTED LAYOUT COMPONENTS (18516499)

Main Inventor

Yuan-Te Hou

BACK END FLOATING GATE STRUCTURE IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18150410)

Main Inventor

Yun-Feng KAO

SRAM ARCHITECTURE FOR CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATION (18518151)

Main Inventor

Jaw-Juinn Horng

MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CELL READ CIRCUIT, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MISMATCH COMPENSATION (18518578)

Main Inventor

Ku-Feng Lin

LOW POWER WAKE UP FOR MEMORY (18518157)

Main Inventor

Sanjeev Kumar Jain

MEMORY DEVICE WITH SELECTIVE PRECHARGING (18362662)

Main Inventor

Ed McCombs

BUFFER CONTROL OF MULTIPLE MEMORY BANKS (18516143)

Main Inventor

Shih-Lien Linus Lu

MEMORY DEVICE WITH GLOBAL AND LOCAL LATCHES (18516641)

Main Inventor

Atul Katoch

STRESSING ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING CELL-TO-CELL VARIATIONS IN PHASE CHANGE MEMORY (18516733)

Main Inventor

Jau-Yi WU

MEMORY CELL (18167437)

Main Inventor

Jhon-Jhy Liaw

SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT CELL-INTERNAL DEFECTS (18512792)

Main Inventor

Ankita Patidar

MRAM STACKS, MRAM DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (18519085)

Main Inventor

Shy-Jay Lin

IN-SITU CLOSED-LOOP MANAGEMENT OF RADIO FREQUENCY POWER GENERATOR (18511845)

Main Inventor

Wei Ting LIU

PERMEANCE MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY (18513313)

Main Inventor

Tsung-Jen YANG

SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER CLEANING APPARATUS (18517194)

Main Inventor

Chia-Lun CHEN

INTEGRATE RINSE MODULE IN HYBRID BONDING PLATFORM (18509053)

Main Inventor

Xin-Hua Huang

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (17896726)

Main Inventor

Yu-Lien HUANG

LINE-END EXTENSION METHOD AND DEVICE (18516719)

Main Inventor

Chih-Min HSIAO

MULTIPLE DIE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF (18156960)

Main Inventor

Chieh-Lung LAI

PACKAGE STRUCTURE (18510646)

Main Inventor

Feng-Cheng Hsu

ANTI-OXIDATION LAYER TO PREVENT DIELECTRIC LOSS FROM PLANARIZATION PROCESS (18514010)

Main Inventor

Zhen Yu Guan

SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE BONDING TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATION (18517457)

Main Inventor

Yen-Hao HUANG

SPACE FILLING DEVICE FOR WET BENCH (18514859)

Main Inventor

Yen-Ji CHEN

FRAME CASSETTE WITH INTERNAL COVER CASES (18171288)

Main Inventor

Jen-Yuan Chang

SEMICONDUCTOR DIE CARRIER STRUCTURE (18514268)

Main Inventor

Tzu-Chung TSAI

INTERFACE TOOL (18515616)

Main Inventor

Jyh-Shiou HSU

PICK-AND-PLACE TOOL WITH WARPAGE-CORRECTION MECHANISM (18171315)

Main Inventor

Jen-Yuan Chang

SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD UTILIZING ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PREVENTION LAYER (18516703)

Main Inventor

Tsai-Hao HUNG

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING (18152477)

Main Inventor

Chung-Ting Ko

ENLARGING CONTACT AREA AND PROCESS WINDOW FOR A CONTACT VIA (18511102)

Main Inventor

Li-Zhen Yu

Semiconductor Device Structure with Interconnect Structure and Method for Forming the Same (18512682)

Main Inventor

Chun-Hao Kung

Metal Contact Structure and Method of Forming the Same in a Semiconductor Device (18518081)

Main Inventor

Yu-Hung Lin

GAP PATTERNING FOR METAL-TO-SOURCE/DRAIN PLUGS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18507138)

Main Inventor

Yu-Lien HUANG

Fin Loss Prevention (18516408)

Main Inventor

Hung-Ju CHOU

APPARATUS FOR DETECTING END POINT (18510693)

Main Inventor

Yi-Chao Mao

DISPLAY DEFECT MONITORING STRUCTURE (18171286)

Main Inventor

Chu Fu Chen

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPONENT AND PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING THE SAME (18513649)

Main Inventor

Tzuan-Horng Liu

SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18515264)

Main Inventor

Yu-Sheng Lin

ETCHING-DAMAGE-FREE INTERMETAL DIELECTRIC LAYER WITH THERMAL DISSIPATION FEATURE (18170933)

Main Inventor

Kai-Fang CHENG

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18510599)

Main Inventor

Chen-Hua Yu

THROUGH-SUBSTRATE-VIA WITH REENTRANT PROFILE (18511016)

Main Inventor

Hung-Ling Shih

SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME (18516971)

Main Inventor

Shin-Yi YANG

Metal-Insulator-Metal Structure (18511438)

Main Inventor

Yuan-Yang Hsiao

SIDEWALL SPACER STRUCTURE ENCLOSING CONDUCTIVE WIRE SIDEWALLS TO INCREASE RELIABILITY (18512139)

Main Inventor

Yu-Teng Dai

SEMICONDUCTOR INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (18515130)

Main Inventor

Shao-Kuan LEE

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DEEP VIAS (18517354)

Main Inventor

Ta-Pen GUO

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD MAKING THE SAME (18519516)

Main Inventor

Hsin-Yen Huang

PASSIVE DEVICES IN BONDING LAYERS (18155569)

Main Inventor

Yi Ching Ong

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH GUARD RING (18508766)

Main Inventor

Chiao-Han LEE

SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES (18518448)

Main Inventor

Jie Chen

HYBRID CUT METAL GATE TO ACHIEVE MINIMUM CELL PITCHES, REDUCING ROUTING AND RISING THE YIELD (18158137)

Main Inventor

Chin-Liang CHEN

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME (18186206)

Main Inventor

Chao-Kai Chan

CHIP STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME (18152153)

Main Inventor

Kuo-Chiang Ting

Chamfered Die of Semiconductor Package and Method for Forming the Same (18514126)

Main Inventor

Chen-Hua Yu

METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18510091)

Main Inventor

Jhih-Yu Wang

Stacking Via Structures for Stress Reduction (18517489)

Main Inventor

Shu-Shen Yeh

PACKAGE STRUCTURE (18518456)

Main Inventor

Hao-Jan Pei

SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE (18518466)

Main Inventor

Chin-Hua Wang

PACKAGE STRUCTURE (18516974)

Main Inventor

Chung-Yi Hsu

THICK REDISTRIBUTION LAYER FEATURES (18184480)

Main Inventor

Chia-Feng Cheng

Packaged Memory Device and Method (18150034)

Main Inventor

Chung-Hao Tsai

PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME (18516753)

Main Inventor

Tsung-Shu Lin

CHIP PACKAGE STRUCTURE (18518790)

Main Inventor

Ling-Wei LI

Integrated Circuit Packages and Methods of Forming the Same (18149793)

Main Inventor

Wensen Hung

FABRICATING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DIE WITH TAPERED SIDEWALL IN PACKAGE (18518794)

Main Inventor

Chin-Hua WANG

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (18163410)

Main Inventor

Yu-Lun Lu

3D TRENCH CAPACITOR FOR INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICES (18512092)

Main Inventor

Xin-Hua Huang

PACKAGES WITH METAL LINE CRACK PREVENTION DESIGN (18517232)

Main Inventor

Chen-Hua Yu

PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18515274)

Main Inventor

Wei-Hung Lin

BUFFER DESIGN FOR PACKAGE INTEGRATION (18517330)

Main Inventor

Jie Chen

Integrated Circuit Package and Method (18518187)

Main Inventor

Chen-Hua Yu

CELL STRUCTURE HAVING DIFFERENT POLY EXTENSION LENGTHS (18517276)

Main Inventor

Jian-Sing LI

STACK-GATE CIRCUIT (18517377)

Main Inventor

Yu-Tao YANG

SHARED WELL STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD (18518706)

Main Inventor

Yang ZHOU

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE (18519460)

Main Inventor

Huaixin XIAN

HIGH ESD IMMUNITY FIELD-EFFECT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (18513254)

Main Inventor

Yu-Hung YEH

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) ARRAY WITH BACK END OF LINE (BEOL) CONNECTION IN A CARRIER WAFER (18513544)

Main Inventor

Tao-Yi HUNG

POLYSILICON RESISTOR STRUCTURES (18516311)

Main Inventor

Meng-Han LIN

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE INCLUDING A POWER SUPPLY LINE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18511533)

Main Inventor

Yi-Hsiung Lin

GATE STRUCTURE, FIN FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FIN-FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (18518413)

Main Inventor

Ji-Cheng Chen

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH GATE CUT FEATURES (18519263)

Main Inventor

Zhi-Chang Lin

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING TRANSISTORS WITH DIFFERENT WIDTH SOURCE AND DRAIN TERMINALS (18152007)

Main Inventor

XinYong WANG

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18152775)

Main Inventor

Yi-Ren Chen

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH HIGH INTEGRATION DENSITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (18169628)

Main Inventor

Ta-Chun LIN

BOUNDARY DESIGN FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE INTEGRATION ON HKMG TECHNOLOGY (18515912)

Main Inventor

Yi-Huan Chen

AIR GAP FORMATION BETWEEN GATE SPACER AND EPITAXY STRUCTURE (18510370)

Main Inventor

Bo-Yu LAI

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18518459)

Main Inventor

Cheng-I Lin

WAVE GUIDE FILTER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGING DEVICES (18515829)

Main Inventor

Cheng Yu Huang

DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION CIS PIXEL (18149240)

Main Inventor

Chih Cheng Shih

IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE (18511731)

Main Inventor

Chia-Yu WEI

Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitors And Methods Of Forming The Same (18188196)

Main Inventor

Li Chung Yu

CAPACITANCE STRUCTURE (18510787)

Main Inventor

Fu-Chiang Kuo

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL OXIDE LAYER AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME (18152950)

Main Inventor

Tzu-Ting LIU

TRENCH PATTERN FOR TRENCH CAPACITOR YIELD IMPROVEMENT (18512096)

Main Inventor

Yuan-Sheng Huang

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (18518797)

Main Inventor

Hsin-Fu LIN

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (18126298)

Main Inventor

Shu-Wen SHEN

MELT ANNEAL SOURCE AND DRAIN REGIONS (18508788)

Main Inventor

Su-Hao Liu

Gate Structures For Semiconductor Devices (18516215)

Main Inventor

Chung-Liang CHENG

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING 2D CHANNEL LAYER (18515148)

Main Inventor

Yun-Yuan WANG

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18518170)

Main Inventor

Ming-Wen HSIAO

Contacts for Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Forming the Same (18517458)

Main Inventor

Meng-Han Lin

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (18518585)

Main Inventor

Georgios Vellianitis

CONTROL GATE STRAP LAYOUT TO IMPROVE A WORD LINE ETCH PROCESS WINDOW (18510991)

Main Inventor

Yu-Ling Hsu

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF (18507957)

Main Inventor

Miin-Jang CHEN

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH DUAL SILICIDE CONTACT STRUCTURES (18516410)

Main Inventor

Peng-Wei CHU

EPITAXIAL FIN STRUCTURES OF FINFET HAVING AN EPITAXIAL BUFFER REGION AND AN EPITAXIAL CAPPING REGION (18511711)

Main Inventor

Hsueh-Chang SUNG

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (18518131)

Main Inventor

Cheng-Yi PENG

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF (18518190)

Main Inventor

Jiun Shiung WU

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18153646)

Main Inventor

Ta-Chun LIN

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (HEMT) WITH A BACK BARRIER LAYER (18513404)

Main Inventor

Chia-Ling YEH

ROUGH BUFFER LAYER FOR GROUP III-V DEVICES ON SILICON (18513942)

Main Inventor

Kuei-Ming Chen

LOW-FREQUENCY NOSIE TRANSISTORS WITH CURVED CHANNELS (18171362)

Main Inventor

Wen-Chao Shen

TRANSISTOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TRANSISTOR (18510506)

Main Inventor

Hung-Chang Sun

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (18515908)

Main Inventor

Shahaji B. MORE

A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR RECESSED FIN STRUCTURE HAVING ROUNDED CORNERS (18517565)

Main Inventor

Cheng-Yen YU

SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF (18513644)

Main Inventor

Chih-Hsuan Tai

Failsafe Input/Output Electrostatic Discharge Protection With Diodes (18515580)

Main Inventor

Tzu-Heng Chang

METHOD AND CIRCUIT TO ISOLATE BODY CAPACITANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (18513103)

Main Inventor

Garming LIANG

POST-DRIVER WITH LOW VOLTAGE OPERATION AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION (18517024)

Main Inventor

Chin-Hua Wen

CMOS SCHMITT TRIGGER RECEIVER FOR THIN OXIDE TECHNOLOGY (18448008)

Main Inventor

Yung-Shun Chen

LOW POWER CLOCK NETWORK (18517017)

Main Inventor

PO CHUN LU

Device Signature Based On Trim And Redundancy Information (18515613)

Main Inventor

Katherine H. Chiang

PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION (PUF) SECURITY KEY GENERATION (18517801)

Main Inventor

Saman M.I. Adham

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING UNILATERALLY EXTENDING GATES AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME (18519559)

Main Inventor

Yu-Jen CHEN

MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF (18514796)

Main Inventor

Meng-Sheng Chang

SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT DOPING TYPES (18518142)

Main Inventor

Meng-Sheng Chang

METHOD FOR IMPROVING CONTROL GATE UNIFORMITY DURING MANUFACTURE OF PROCESSORS WITH EMBEDDED FLASH MEMORY (18515523)

Main Inventor

Meng-Han LIN

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME (18515961)

Main Inventor

Meng-Han LIN

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE (18518579)

Main Inventor

Sheng-Chih Lai

GRID STRUCTURE TO REDUCE DOMAIN SIZE IN FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE (18510975)

Main Inventor

Han-Jong Chia

MEMORY ARRAY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF (18151483)

Main Inventor

Wen-Ling Lu

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE (18516908)

Main Inventor

Bo-Feng Young

FERROELECTRIC MEMORY CELL (18511461)

Main Inventor

Chung-Liang CHENG

MRAM DEVICE HAVING SELF-ALIGNED SHUNTING LAYER (18513968)

Main Inventor

William J. Gallagher

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME (18513640)

Main Inventor

Chih-Ming Chen

METHOD OF FABRICATING MAGNETO-RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM) (18512515)

Main Inventor

Chang-Lin YANG

MEMORY CELL WITH TOP ELECTRODE VIA (18511133)

Main Inventor

Ming-Che Ku

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS (18516751)

Main Inventor

Jun-Yao CHEN

MEMORY CELL, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING THE SAME (18515226)

Main Inventor

Yu-Chao Lin