Patents by Inventor Brian Cronquist

Brian Cronquist has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240090242
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including first memory arrays, a plurality of first transistors, and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, where the second filled holes are aligned to the first filled holes with a more than 1 nm but less than 40 nm alignment error, and where the third level includes decoder circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11930648
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including first memory arrays, a plurality of first transistors, and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, where the second filled holes are aligned to the first filled holes with a more than 1 nm but less than 40 nm alignment error, and where the third level includes decoder circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11929372
    Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlying oxide disposed on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of image sensors, where the second level is bonded to the first level with an oxide to oxide bond; a plurality of pixel control circuits; a plurality of memory circuits; and a third level disposed underneath the first level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20240079398
    Abstract: A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including at least one electromagnetic wave receiver, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the integrated circuits include single crystal transistors; and an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level, where the integrated circuits include at least one memory circuit, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20240079401
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon layer; first transistors with a single crystal channel and overlaid by a first metal layer; overlaid by a second metal layer; overlaid by a third metal layer; a second level with second transistors and including a metal gate, and then disposed over the third metal layer; the second level is overlaid by a third level with third transistors; and then overlaid by a fourth metal layer; fourth overlaid by a fifth metal layer; parts of the second transistors are made with Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”); the fifth metal layer average thickness is greater than the third metal layer average thickness by at least 50%; at least one element within at least one of the second transistors has been processed independently of the third transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11923374
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon layer; a plurality of first transistors each including a single crystal channel; a first metal layer disposed over the plurality of first transistors; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a third metal layer disposed over the second metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors, the second level disposed over the third metal layer; a fourth metal layer disposed over the second level; a fifth metal layer disposed over the fourth metal layer; a via disposed through the second level, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate, where an average thickness of the fifth metal layer is greater than an average thickness of the third metal layer by at least 50%; and at least one Electrostatic discharge (“ESD”) structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11923230
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where each of the first transistors includes a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layers; and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors and at least one third metal layer, where the second level overlays the first level, where at least one of the second transistors includes a transistor channel, where the second level includes a plurality of DRAM memory cells, where each of the plurality of DRAM memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors, where the second level is directly bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11916045
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first substrate; a first metal layer disposed over the first substrate; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a first level including a plurality of transistors, the first level disposed over the second metal layer, where the plurality of transistors each include single crystal silicon; a third metal layer disposed over the first level; a fourth metal layer disposed over the third metal layer, where the fourth metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with a less than 200 nm alignment error; and a via disposed through the first level, where the via has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the fourth metal layer provides a global power distribution, and where the device includes at least one power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11908839
    Abstract: A 3D device, the device including: at least a first level including logic circuits; and at least a second level bonded to the first level, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where the device include connectivity structures, where the connectivity structures include at least one of the following: a. differential signaling, or b. radio frequency transmission lines, or c. Surface Waves Interconnect (SWI) lines, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions and metal to metal bond regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist, Eli Lusky
  • Publication number: 20240055291
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where each of the first transistors includes a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layers; and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors and at least one third metal layer, where the second level overlays the first level, where at least one of the second transistors includes a transistor channel, where the second level includes a plurality of DRAM memory cells, where each of the plurality of DRAM memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors, where the second level is directly bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11901210
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a plurality of first single-crystal transistors; a plurality of memory control circuits formed from at least a portion of the plurality of first single-crystal transistors; a first metal layer disposed atop the plurality of first single-crystal transistors; a second metal layer disposed atop the first metal layer; a second level disposed atop the second metal layer, the second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the third level is disposed above the second level; a third metal layer disposed above the third level; and a fourth metal layer disposed above the third metal layer, where the plurality of second transistors are aligned to the plurality of first single crystal transistors with less than 140 nm alignment error, the second level includes first memory cells, the third level includes second memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20240047484
    Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlying oxide disposed on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of image sensors, where the second level is bonded to the first level with an oxide to oxide bond; a plurality of pixel control circuits; a plurality of memory circuits; and a third level disposed underneath the first level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11881443
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first metal layers; a second level, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level includes at least one single crystal silicon layer, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where each transistor of the plurality of transistors includes a single crystal channel, where the second level includes a plurality of second metal layers, where the plurality of second metal layers include interconnections between the transistors of the plurality of transistors, and where the second level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; and a connective path from the plurality of transistors to the plurality of first metal layers, where the connective path includes a via disposed through at least the single crystal silicon layer, and where at least one of the via includes a contact to at least one of the transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11876011
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where each of the first transistors includes a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layers; and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where at least one of the second transistors includes a raised source or raised drain transistor structure, where the second level is directly bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes direct oxide-to-oxide bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11866028
    Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; motor control electronics, where the motor control electronics are connected to the at least two electrically driven motors; wheels, where the wheels are connected to the at least two electrically driven motors; and sensors, where the sensors are connected to at least the motor control electronics, where the wheels include a first wheel and a second wheel, where the second wheel has a radius at least 7% greater than a radius of the first wheel, where the motor control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the first wheel than to the second wheel, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to operate efficiently on a paved road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11869915
    Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlying oxide disposed on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of image sensors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes an oxide to oxide bond; and a plurality of pixel control circuits, where each of the plurality of image sensors is directly connected to at least one of the plurality of pixel control circuits, and where the integrated device includes a plurality of memory circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11869591
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first memory arrays, where the first level includes a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes a plurality of second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, and where the third level includes a plurality of decoder circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11862503
    Abstract: A method for producing a 3D semiconductor device including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming a first metal layer on top of first level; forming a second metal layer on top of the first metal layer; forming at least one second level above the second metal layer; performing a first lithography step on the second level; forming a third level on top of the second level; performing a second lithography step on the third level; perform processing steps to form first memory cells within the second level and second memory cells within the third level, where first memory cells include at least one second transistor, and the second memory cells include at least one third transistor; and deposit a gate electrode for the second and the third transistors simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20230420283
    Abstract: A method for producing 3D semiconductor devices including: providing a first level including first transistors and a first single crystal layer; forming a first metal layer on top of the first level; forming a second metal layer on top of the first metal layer; forming at least one second level on top of or above the second metal layer; performing a lithography step on the second level; forming at least one third level on top of or above the second level; performing processing steps to form first memory cells within the second level and second memory cells within the third level, where the first memory cells include at least one second transistor, the second memory cells include at least one third transistor, first transistors control power delivery to some second transistors; and then forming at least four independent memory arrays which include some first memory cells and/or second memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11854857
    Abstract: A method for producing 3D semiconductor devices including: providing a first level including first transistors and a first single crystal layer; forming a first metal layer on top of the first level; forming a second metal layer on top of the first metal layer; forming at least one second level on top of or above the second metal layer; performing a lithography step on the second level; forming at least one third level on top of or above the second level; performing processing steps to form first memory cells within the second level and second memory cells within the third level, where the first memory cells include at least one second transistor, the second memory cells include at least one third transistor, first transistors control power delivery to some second transistors; and then forming at least four independent memory arrays which include some first memory cells and/or second memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar