Patents by Inventor Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka

Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka 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: 20240128268
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes channel layers on a substrate, the channel layers being spaced apart from each other, and having first side surfaces and second side surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a gate electrode surrounding the channel layers and having a first end portion and a second end portion, opposing each other in the first direction, and a source/drain layer on a first side of the gate electrode and in contact with the channel layers, a portion of the source/drain layer protruding further than the first end portion of the gate electrode in the first direction, wherein a first distance from the first end portion of the gate electrode to the first side surfaces of the channel layers is shorter than a second distance from the second end portion of the gate electrode to the second side surfaces of the channel layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Kyoung Min CHOI, Takeshi OKAGAKI, Dong Won KIM, Jong Chol KIM
  • Patent number: 11876097
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes channel layers on a substrate, the channel layers being spaced apart from each other, and having first side surfaces and second side surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a gate electrode surrounding the channel layers and having a first end portion and a second end portion, opposing each other in the first direction, and a source/drain layer on a first side of the gate electrode and in contact with the channel layers, a portion of the source/drain layer protruding further than the first end portion of the gate electrode in the first direction, wherein a first distance from the first end portion of the gate electrode to the first side surfaces of the channel layers is shorter than a second distance from the second end portion of the gate electrode to the second side surfaces of the channel layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Kyoung Min Choi, Takeshi Okagaki, Dong Won Kim, Jong Chol Kim
  • Patent number: 11515391
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channels, source/drain layers, and a gate structure. The channels are sequentially stacked on a substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The source/drain layers are connected to the channels and are at opposite sides of the channels in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The gate structure encloses the channels. The channels have different lengths in the second direction and different thicknesses in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Seong-Je Kim, Jong-Chol Kim, Hyun-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20210366910
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes channel layers on a substrate, the channel layers being spaced apart from each other, and having first side surfaces and second side surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a gate electrode surrounding the channel layers and having a first end portion and a second end portion, opposing each other in the first direction, and a source/drain layer on a first side of the gate electrode and in contact with the channel layers, a portion of the source/drain layer protruding further than the first end portion of the gate electrode in the first direction, wherein a first distance from the first end portion of the gate electrode to the first side surfaces of the channel layers is shorter than a second distance from the second end portion of the gate electrode to the second side surfaces of the channel layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Kyoung Min CHOI, Takeshi OKAGAKI, Dong Won KIM, Jong Chol KIM
  • Patent number: 11133311
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes channel layers on a substrate, the channel layers being spaced apart from each other, and having first side surfaces and second side surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a gate electrode surrounding the channel layers and having a first end portion and a second end portion, opposing each other in the first direction, and a source/drain layer on a first side of the gate electrode and in contact with the channel layers, a portion of the source/drain layer protruding further than the first end portion of the gate electrode in the first direction, wherein a first distance from the first end portion of the gate electrode to the first side surfaces of the channel layers is shorter than a second distance from the second end portion of the gate electrode to the second side surfaces of the channel layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Kyoung Min Choi, Takeshi Okagaki, Dong Won Kim, Jong Chol Kim
  • Publication number: 20210050415
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channels, source/drain layers, and a gate structure. The channels are sequentially stacked on a substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The source/drain layers are connected to the channels and are at opposite sides of the channels in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The gate structure encloses the channels. The channels have different lengths in the second direction and different thicknesses in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Seong-Je KIM, Jong-Chol KIM, Hyun-Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 10872972
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques for forming a vertical tunnel field effect transistor (FET), and a resulting vertical tunnel FET are provided herein. In an embodiment, the vertical tunnel FET is formed by forming a core over a first type substrate region, forming a second type channel shell around a circumference greater than a core circumference, forming a gate dielectric around a circumference greater than the core circumference, forming a gate electrode around a circumference greater than the core circumference, and forming a second type region over a portion of the second type channel shell, where the second type has a doping opposite a doping of the first type. In this manner, line tunneling is enabled, thus providing enhanced tunneling efficiency for a vertical tunnel FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Gerben Doornbos, Matthias Passlack
  • Patent number: 10840332
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channels, source/drain layers, and a gate structure. The channels are sequentially stacked on a substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The source/drain layers are connected to the channels and are at opposite sides of the channels in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The gate structure encloses the channels. The channels have different lengths in the second direction and different thicknesses in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Seong-Je Kim, Jong-Chol Kim, Hyun-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200066725
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes channel layers on a substrate, the channel layers being spaced apart from each other, and having first side surfaces and second side surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a gate electrode surrounding the channel layers and having a first end portion and a second end portion, opposing each other in the first direction, and a source/drain layer on a first side of the gate electrode and in contact with the channel layers, a portion of the source/drain layer protruding further than the first end portion of the gate electrode in the first direction, wherein a first distance from the first end portion of the gate electrode to the first side surfaces of the channel layers is shorter than a second distance from the second end portion of the gate electrode to the second side surfaces of the channel layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Kyoung Min CHOI, Takeshi OKAGAKI, Dong Won KIM, Jong Chol KIM
  • Publication number: 20200044063
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques for forming a vertical tunnel field effect transistor (FET), and a resulting vertical tunnel FET are provided herein. In an embodiment, the vertical tunnel FET is formed by forming a core over a first type substrate region, forming a second type channel shell around a circumference greater than a core circumference, forming a gate dielectric around a circumference greater than the core circumference, forming a gate electrode around a circumference greater than the core circumference, and forming a second type region over a portion of the second type channel shell, where the second type has a doping opposite a doping of the first type. In this manner, line tunneling is enabled, thus providing enhanced tunneling efficiency for a vertical tunnel FET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Gerben Doornbos, Matthias Passlack
  • Patent number: 10475907
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques for forming a vertical tunnel field effect transistor (FET), and a resulting vertical tunnel FET are provided herein. In an embodiment, the vertical tunnel FET is formed by forming a core over a first type substrate region, forming a second type channel shell around a circumference greater than a core circumference, forming a gate dielectric around a circumference greater than the core circumference, forming a gate electrode around a circumference greater than the core circumference, and forming a second type region over a portion of the second type channel shell, where the second type has a doping opposite a doping of the first type. In this manner, line tunneling is enabled, thus providing enhanced tunneling efficiency for a vertical tunnel FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Gerben Doornbos, Matthias Passlack
  • Publication number: 20190148489
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channels, source/drain layers, and a gate structure. The channels are sequentially stacked on a substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The source/drain layers are connected to the channels and are at opposite sides of the channels in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The gate structure encloses the channels. The channels have different lengths in the second direction and different thicknesses in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Seong-Je KIM, Jong-Chol KIM, Hyun-Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 10217816
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channels, source/drain layers, and a gate structure. The channels are sequentially stacked on a substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The source/drain layers are connected to the channels and are at opposite sides of the channels in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The gate structure encloses the channels. The channels have different lengths in the second direction and different thicknesses in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Seong-Je Kim, Jong-Chol Kim, Hyun-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10164024
    Abstract: Various heterostructures and methods of forming heterostructures are disclosed. A method includes removing portions of a substrate to form a temporary fin protruding above the substrate, forming a dielectric material over the substrate and over the temporary fin, removing the temporary fin to form a trench in the dielectric material, the trench exposing a portion of a first crystalline material of the substrate, forming a template material at least partially in the trench, the template material being a second crystalline material that is lattice mismatched to the first crystalline material, forming a barrier material over the template material, the barrier material being a third crystalline material, forming a device material over the barrier material, the device material being a fourth crystalline material, forming a gate stack over the device material, and forming a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region in the device material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Christopher Holland, Georgios Vellianitis, Richard Kenneth Oxland, Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Gerben Doornbos
  • Patent number: 10050111
    Abstract: A system and method for a channel region is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a channel region with multiple bi-layers comprising alternating complementary materials such as layers of InAs and layers of GaSb. The alternating layers of complementary materials provide desirable band gap characteristics for the channel region as a whole that individual layers of material may not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerben Doornbos, Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Matthias Passlack
  • Patent number: 9887272
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first type region including a first conductivity type. The semiconductor device includes a second type region including a second conductivity type. The semiconductor device includes a third type region including a third conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type, the third type region covering the first type region. The semiconductor device includes a fourth type region including a fourth conductivity type that is opposite the second conductivity type, the fourth type region covering the second type region. The semiconductor device includes a channel region extending between the third type region and the fourth type region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Kenneth Oxland, Martin Christopher Holland, Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka
  • Publication number: 20170365668
    Abstract: A system and method for a channel region is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a channel region with multiple bi-layers comprising alternating complementary materials such as layers of InAs and layers of GaSb. The alternating layers of complementary materials provide desirable band gap characteristics for the channel region as a whole that individual layers of material may not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gerben Doornbos, Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Matthias Passlack
  • Publication number: 20170256609
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channels, source/drain layers, and a gate structure. The channels are sequentially stacked on a substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The source/drain layers are connected to the channels and are at opposite sides of the channels in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The gate structure encloses the channels. The channels have different lengths in the second direction and different thicknesses in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Seong-Je KIM, Jong-Chol KIM, Hyun-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20170243961
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques for forming a vertical tunnel field effect transistor (FET), and a resulting vertical tunnel FET are provided herein. In an embodiment, the vertical tunnel FET is formed by forming a core over a first type substrate region, forming a second type channel shell around a circumference greater than a core circumference, forming a gate dielectric around a circumference greater than the core circumference, forming a gate electrode around a circumference greater than the core circumference, and forming a second type region over a portion of the second type channel shell, where the second type has a doping opposite a doping of the first type. In this manner, line tunneling is enabled, thus providing enhanced tunneling efficiency for a vertical tunnel FET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Krishna Kumar BHUWALKA, Gerben DOORNBOS, Matthias PASSLACK
  • Patent number: 9735239
    Abstract: A system and method for a channel region is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a channel region with multiple bi-layers comprising alternating complementary materials such as layers of InAs and layers of GaSb. The alternating layers of complementary materials provide desirable band gap characteristics for the channel region as a whole that individual layers of material may not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerben Doornbos, Krishna Kumar Bhuwalka, Matthias Passlack