Patents by Inventor Paolo Mercaldi

Paolo Mercaldi 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: 7488673
    Abstract: A trench MOS Schottky barrier device has a metal oxide gate dielectric such as TiSi lining the trench wall to increase the efficiency of the elemental cell and to improve depletion in the mesa during reverse bias. A reduced mask process is used in which a single layer of titanium or other metal is deposited on an underlying gate oxide layer on the trench walls and directly atop the mesa between adjacent trenches. A common thermal treatment causes the Ti to diffuse into the SiO2 gate oxide to form the TiO2 gate and to form the TiSi Schottky barrier on the top surface of the mesa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Rectifier Corporation
    Inventors: Carmelo Sanfilippo, Rossano Carta, Giovanni Richieri, Paolo Mercaldi
  • Publication number: 20070210347
    Abstract: A trench MOS Schottky barrier device has a metal oxide gate dielectric such as TiSi lining the trench wall to increase the efficiency of the elemental cell and to improve depletion in the mesa during reverse bias. A reduced mask process is used in which a single layer of titanium or other metal is deposited on an underlying gate oxide layer on the trench walls and directly atop the mesa between adjacent trenches. A common thermal treatment causes the Ti to diffuse into the SiO2 gate oxide to form the TiO2 gate and to form the TiSi Schottky barrier on the top surface of the mesa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Carmelo Sanfilippo, Rossano Carta, Giovanni Richieri, Paolo Mercaldi