Stephen Chen
Technical Manager
Hsin-Chu City,Taiwan
Summary
Analytical Technical Manager adept at recruiting, leading and developing highly effective technical teams. Meticulous and driven with a passion for innovation and process improvement demonstrated over 20 years in technical roles.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Manager
Brillnics
01.2016 - Current
- Data analysis and summary report for WAT、CP、FT;
- yield improvement activities;
- TCAD simulation for advanced CIS pixel development with high full well capacity and lag-free charge transfer efficiency;
- temporal noise improvement evaluation with buried-channel device strategy;
- root cause investigation and improvement for dark current with TCAD simulation;
- novel development of dual photo-diode CIS pixel and patent;
- review paper publication with state-of-the-art CIS technology in 2022’s IEEE T-ED。
Director
E-Ink
07.2014
- Process technology development for Organic Thin Film Transistor and Metal-Oxide TFT; improvement for crystallization uniformity、reliability enhancement、low contact resistance and mobility raise-up for organic semiconductor layer of OTFT; reliability enhancement and mobility raise-up for Oxide TFT.
Department Manager
Motech
11.2011
- Responsible for the device characterization and simulation R&D department
- The achievements included : development for physics-based modeling and characterization platform for leakage current of heavily doped emitter and high injection open circuit voltage with considering distribution of minority carriers、bandgap narrowing effect、Dember potential、recombination mechanism by high-low junction、Auger、passivated interface; TCAD simulation platform development for diffusion process and solar cell device; analytical modeling equation development for solar cell with considering mechanisms and temperature dependence of Band-to-Band Tunneling、SRH-Trap-Assisted Tunneling及Avalanche Breakdown.
Senior Manager
AU Optronics
05.2003
- Responsible for the semiconductor device technology R&D with the amorphous silicon thin-film transistors (TFTs), LTPS TFTs and metal-oxide TFTs, which were critical for developing high speed and high resolution TFT-LCD display
- The achievements included : development of SPICE modeling parameter extraction tool for a-Si:H/LTPS TFT by EXCEL ; establishment of short-channel LTPS TFT CMOS library SPICE modeling ; G1~G8.5 a-Si:H TFTs SPICE modeling for AV/NB/MN/TV panel design ; development of SPICE modeling equation for back-channel leakage current of a-Si:H TFT ; development of physical-based characterization methodology and device design rule for self-heating effect of a-Si:H TFT ; development of activation-energy-based equation for temperature effect modeling of a-Si/LTPS TFT ; development of trapping-mechanism based characterization and modeling for Rs vs
- ND of poly-Si resistor ; characterization and modeling of poly-Si p-i-n photo diode ; establishment of statistical measurement platform for electrical characteristics of TFT ; establishment of fundamental device physics for TFT with dual-gate structure, including effect of back-channel interface states, back-gate bias, reliability, self-heating ; and manufacturing technology development for high-performance thin-film transistor with advantages of low leakage current and high turn-on current.
Principal Engineer
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)
7 1999 - 4 2003
- Dedicating on the statistical corner-cases SPICE modeling for the deep-submicron MOSFET technology nodes, ranging from 0.35um to 65nm
- The achievements included: accurate binning modeling for MOSFETs with wide geometrical range ; AC/DC verification of SPICE model accuracy by measurement and modeling of ring-oscillator’s speed ; physics-based characterization and modeling for hot-carrier induced substrate current ; and flicker noise measurement and physical modeling.
Education
B.S. -
National Tsing-Hua University
Ph.D. - undefined
National Chiao-Tung University
Skills
Technical process improvement
Affiliations
- Phi Tau Phi
- IEEE Electron Device Society
Family
wife, two sons, one daughter
Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- IEEE Electron Device Lett.
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Timeline
Technical Manager
Brillnics
01.2016 - Current
Director
E-Ink
07.2014
Department Manager
Motech
11.2011
Senior Manager
AU Optronics
05.2003
Principal Engineer
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)
7 1999 - 4 2003
B.S. -
National Tsing-Hua University
Ph.D. - undefined
National Chiao-Tung University
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