Inventor
CHEN CHAO-CHENG
TW224 patents
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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG
35 patentsUS6277752B1Aug 21, 2001
Multiple etch method for forming residue free patterned hard mask layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG287 citations99
US9214358B1Dec 15, 2015
Equal gate height control method for semiconductor device with different pattern densites
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG43 citations98
US6323121B1Nov 27, 2001
Fully dry post-via-etch cleaning method for a damascene process
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG206 citations98
US6040248AMar 21, 2000
Chemistry for etching organic low-k materials
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG92 citations98
US6025273AFeb 15, 2000
Method for etching reliable small contact holes with improved profiles for semiconductor integrated circuits using a carbon doped hard mask
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG107 citations98
US5981398ANov 9, 1999
Hard mask method for forming chlorine containing plasma etched layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG92 citations98
US5970376AOct 19, 1999
Post via etch plasma treatment method for forming with attenuated lateral etching a residue free via through a silsesquioxane spin-on-glass (SOG) dielectric layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG116 citations98
US6211061B1Apr 3, 2001
Dual damascene process for carbon-based low-K materials
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG91 citations97
US6440863B1Aug 27, 2002
Plasma etch method for forming patterned oxygen containing plasma etchable layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG246 citations96
US6194128B1Feb 27, 2001
Method of dual damascene etching
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG58 citations96
US5942446AAug 24, 1999
Fluorocarbon polymer layer deposition predominant pre-etch plasma etch method for forming patterned silicon containing dielectric layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG77 citations96
US9245883B1Jan 26, 2016
Method of making a FinFET device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG30 citations94
US9041125B2May 26, 2015
Fin shape for fin field-effect transistors and method of forming
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG17 citations93
US6790770B2Sep 14, 2004
Method for preventing photoresist poisoning
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG46 citations93
US6319822B1Nov 20, 2001
Process for forming an integrated contact or via
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG46 citations93
US6194284B1Feb 27, 2001
Method for forming residue free etched silicon layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG25 citations93
US6043163AMar 28, 2000
HCL in overetch with hard mask to improve metal line etching profile
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG23 citations93
US6027861AFeb 22, 2000
VLSIC patterning process
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG37 citations93
US6008131ADec 28, 1999
Bottom rounding in shallow trench etching using a highly isotropic etching step
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG22 citations93
US5994229ANov 30, 1999
Achievement of top rounding in shallow trench etch
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG21 citations93
US5989784ANov 23, 1999
Etch recipe for embedded DRAM passivation with etch stopping layer scheme
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG19 citations93
US9190496B2Nov 17, 2015
Method of making a FinFET device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG14 citations92
US7713380B2May 11, 2010
Method and apparatus for backside polymer reduction in dry-etch process
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG18 citations92
US6809028B2Oct 26, 2004
Chemistry for liner removal in a dual damascene process
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG22 citations92
US6444517B1Sep 3, 2002
High Q inductor with Cu damascene via/trench etching simultaneous module
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG58 citations92
US6429119B1Aug 6, 2002
Dual damascene process to reduce etch barrier thickness
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG36 citations92
US5807789ASep 15, 1998
Method for forming a shallow trench with tapered profile and round corners for the application of shallow trench isolation (STI)
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG82 citations92
US7759239B1Jul 20, 2010
Method of reducing a critical dimension of a semiconductor device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG36 citations91
US6383943B1May 7, 2002
Process for improving copper fill integrity
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG27 citations90
US6309962B1Oct 30, 2001
Film stack and etching sequence for dual damascene
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG36 citations89
US9128384B2Sep 8, 2015
Method of forming a pattern
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG9 citations84
US9123743B2Sep 1, 2015
FinFETs and methods for forming the same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG9 citations84
US8900937B2Dec 2, 2014
FinFET device structure and methods of making same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG15 citations84
US8053323B1Nov 8, 2011
Patterning methodology for uniformity control
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG15 citations84
US7511349B2Mar 31, 2009
Contact or via hole structure with enlarged bottom critical dimension
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG17 citations84
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD
11 patentsUS9761684B2Sep 12, 2017
Method and structure for metal gates
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD26 citations93
US9536980B1Jan 3, 2017
Gate spacers and methods of forming same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD44 citations93
US9431304B2Aug 30, 2016
Method and structure for metal gates
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD28 citations93
US9825173B2Nov 21, 2017
FinFET device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD11 citations92
US10665457B2May 26, 2020
Method of forming an integrated circuit using a patterned mask layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD3 citations84
US10658509B2May 19, 2020
FinFET device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD4 citations84
US9934971B2Apr 3, 2018
Method of forming an integrated circuit using a patterned mask layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD6 citations84
US9923079B2Mar 20, 2018
Composite dummy gate with conformal polysilicon layer for FinFET device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD8 citations84
US9640398B2May 2, 2017
Method of forming an integrated circuit using a patterned mask layer
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD6 citations84
US9460968B2Oct 4, 2016
Fin shape for fin field-effect transistors and method of forming
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD8 citations84
US9412666B2Aug 9, 2016
Equal gate height control method for semiconductor device with different pattern densites
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD7 citations84
LIAW JHON-JHY
1 patentHUANG YUAN-SHENG
1 patentLin yu chao
1 patentHSIEH TZU-YEN
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