Patents by Inventor Joern Herrfurth

Joern Herrfurth 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).

  • Patent number: 6933215
    Abstract: In a method of producing a doped semiconductor structure with a trench, it is possible to set the doping of the trench side walls independently from the doping of the trench bottom, and to set different doping concentrations of the individual trench side walls relative to each other. In the method, a mask layer with a window therein is provided on a surface of a semiconductor body, and then a first doping step, a trench etching step, and a second doping step are carried out successively through this window while this one mask layer remains in place on the surface of the semiconductor body. Further etching and doping steps can be carried out successively also through this window of the mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Atmel Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Patent number: 6878603
    Abstract: In a new process of making a DMOS transistor, the doping of the sloping side walls can be set independently from the doping of the floor region in a trench structure. Furthermore, different dopings can be established among the side walls. This is achieved especially by a sequence of implantation doping, etching to form the trench, formation of a scattering oxide protective layer on the side walls, and two-stage perpendicular and tilted final implantation doping. For DMOS transistors, this achieves high breakthrough voltages even with low turn-on resistances, and reduces the space requirement, in particular with regard to driver structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Atmel Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Patent number: 6806131
    Abstract: In a new process of making a DMOS transistor, the doping of the sloping side walls can be set independently from the doping of the floor region in a trench structure. Furthermore, different dopings can be established among the side walls. This is achieved especially by a sequence of implantation doping, etching to form the trench, formation of a scattering oxide protective layer on the side walls, and two-stage perpendicular and tilted final implantation doping. For DMOS transistors, this achieves high breakthrough voltages even with low turn-on resistances, and reduces the space requirement, in particular with regard to driver structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: ATMEL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Patent number: 6780713
    Abstract: In a new process of making a DMOS transistor, the doping of the sloping side walls can be set independently from the doping of the floor region in a trench structure. Furthermore, different dopings can be established among the side walls. This is achieved especially by a sequence of implantation doping, etching to form the trench, formation of a scattering oxide protective layer on the side walls, and two-stage perpendicular and tilted final implantation doping. For DMOS transistors, this achieves high breakthrough voltages even with low turn-on resistances, and reduces the space requirement, in particular with regard to driver structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: ATMEL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Publication number: 20030003638
    Abstract: In the processes known so far, for a trench-shaped structure the doping of the side walls is coupled to the doping of the floor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: ATMEL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Publication number: 20030003669
    Abstract: In the processes known so far, for a trench-shaped structure the doping of the side walls is coupled to the doping of the floor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: ATMEL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Publication number: 20030001198
    Abstract: In the processes known so far, for a trench-shaped structure the doping of the side walls is coupled to the doping of the floor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: ATMEL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner
  • Publication number: 20030003643
    Abstract: In the processes known so far, for a trench-shaped structure the doping of the side walls is coupled to the doping of the bottom region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: ATMEL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bromberger, Franz Dietz, Volker Dudek, Michael Graf, Joern Herrfurth, Manfred Klaussner