公开(公告)号：US20180151555A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15365906

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hsin-Hsien Chen ,  Sheng-Yuan Hsueh ,  Yi-Chung Sheng ,  Chih-Kai Kang ,  Wen-Kai Lin ,  Shu-Hung Yu

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L21/768

CPC classification number: H01L27/0629 ,  H01L21/76897 ,  H01L23/5283 ,  H01L28/60 ,  H01L29/0649

Abstract: An intra-metal capacitor is provided. The intra-metal capacitor is formed in a dielectric layer and comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode penetrate through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer, and the second electrode does not penetrate through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer.

公开(公告)号：US11997935B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17953341

申请日：2022-09-27

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Shu-Hung Yu ,  Chun-Hung Cheng ,  Chuan-Fu Wang

IPC: H10N70/00

CPC classification number: H10N70/826 ,  H10N70/063 ,  H10N70/841 ,  H10N70/8833

Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device, including a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer and a top electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part, first spacers covering sidewalls of the top part and the top electrode, and second spacers covering sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell.

公开(公告)号：US20220271222A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17211875

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Shu-Hung Yu ,  Chun-Hung Cheng ,  Chuan-Fu Wang

IPC: H01L45/00

Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device includes a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer, a top electrode and high work function spacers. The bottom electrode, the high work function layer, the resistive material layer and the top electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part. The high work function spacers cover sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell. The present invention also provides a method of forming a RRAM device.

公开(公告)号：US11296036B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16986270

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chih-Kai Kang ,  Sheng-Yuan Hsueh ,  Yi-Chung Sheng ,  Kuo-Yu Liao ,  Shu-Hung Yu ,  Hung-Hsu Lin ,  Hsiang-Hung Peng

IPC: H01L23/544 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/02 ,  G03F9/00 ,  H01L21/8238

Abstract: A mark pattern includes unit cells immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a form of dot matrix to form a register mark or an identification code, wherein each unit cell has configuration identical to functional devices of pMOS and nMOS, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, and first gate structures extending along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first gate structures straddling the first active region and the second active region, contact structures disposed between the first gate structures on the first active region and the second active region, and via structures disposed on the contact structures and two opposite ends of the first gate structures.

公开(公告)号：US10529707B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15983096

申请日：2018-05-18

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hsin-Hsien Chen ,  Sheng-Yuan Hsueh ,  Yi-Chung Sheng ,  Chih-Kai Kang ,  Wen-Kai Lin ,  Shu-Hung Yu

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L23/528

Abstract: A method of forming a capacitor includes the following steps. First, a substrate is provided. A dielectric layer is formed over the substrate. A first patterning process is performed to form a first contact plug through the whole thickness of the dielectric layer and a second patterning process is performed to form a second contact plug in the dielectric layer and spaced apart from the first contact plug in a pre-determined distance, wherein the first contact plug and the second contact plug are capacitively coupled.

公开(公告)号：US20180130753A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15347757

申请日：2016-11-09

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chih-Kai Kang ,  Sheng-Yuan Hsueh ,  Yi-Chung Sheng ,  Kuo-Yu Liao ,  Shu-Hung Yu ,  Hung-Hsu Lin ,  Hsiang-Hung Peng

IPC: H01L23/544 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L23/522

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a plurality of chip areas and a scribe line defined thereon, and a mark pattern disposed in the scribe line. The mark pattern includes a plurality of unit cells immediately adjacent to each other, and each unit cell includes a first active region, a second active region isolated from the first active region, a plurality of first gate structures extending along a first direction and arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of first conductive structures. The first gate structures straddle the first active region and the second active region. The first conductive structures are disposed on the first active region, the second active region, and two opposite sides of the first gate structures.