如今，全球不論各個產業都所處一個高度分工的世界，全世界的經濟體彼此緊密相連。而半導體產業更是為國際經濟帶來不少貢獻。根據工研院的資料顯示，光是在2022年，半導體業的產值高達新台幣41,476億元。因此，世界各國紛紛將發展半導體產業為國家重要策略，並逐漸著重於國際合作。目前，許多關於半導體產業的已發表論文都關注個別國家的發展。然而，深入研究國家之間的合作還需要做更多的工作。由於半導體技術的快速變化與發展，半導體產業積極的推動供應鏈全球化，以增強產業的技術創新，而專利包含有價值的技術資訊和合作努力。因此，本文採用專利網絡分析方法，利用商業專利研究分析平臺，透過累計2003年到2022年以來，發明人國家在半導體產業的合作專利數量，研究了國際合作是如何發生的，並在半導體領域建構了一個合作網絡，提供對半導體產業的合作趨勢。我們希望透過近幾年半導體產業的近況與全球國家之間的合作情形，深入分析並找出對各國更有利的半導體合作夥伴。衍伸進一步探討半導體產業裡是否有知識交流的情形。

Today, all industries in the world are in a highly divided world, and the economies of the world are closely connected with each other. The semiconductor industry has made a lot of contributions to the international economy. According to data from the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the output value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry alone reached NT$ 4,147.6 billion in 2022. As a result, many countries around the world have made the development of the semiconductor industry a key national strategy and have gradually emphasized international collaboration.
Currently, many published papers on the semiconductor industry primarily focus on the individual development of specific countries. However, further research is needed to delve into the collaboration between countries. Due to the rapid changes and advancements in semiconductor technology, the industry actively promotes the globalization of supply chains to enhance technological innovation. Patents encompass valuable technological information and collaborative efforts. Therefore, this paper adopts the patent network analysis method, uses the commercial patent research and analysis platform, and studies how international collaboration occurs by accumulating the number of inventor countries’ collaborative patents in the semiconductor industry from 2003 to 2022, and constructs a patent system in the semiconductor field. A collaboration network is provided to provide collaboration trends on the semiconductor industry. We hope to analyze and find more beneficial semiconductor partners for each country through the recent status of the semiconductor industry and the collaboration between countries around the world. The extension further explores whether there is knowledge sharing in the semiconductor industry.

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