Patents by Inventor Paul David Kartschoke

Paul David Kartschoke 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: 8471306
    Abstract: A double-sided integrated circuit chips, methods of fabricating the double-sided integrated circuit chips and design structures for double-sided integrated circuit chips. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 8421126
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures. The semiconductor structures include two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers or bonding them back to back utilizing an inter-substrate dielectric layer and a bonding layer between the buried oxide layers. The structures include contacts formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 8146046
    Abstract: A design structure including design data describing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is on top of and bonded to the second semiconductor chip. The first and second semiconductor chips include a first and a second electric nodes. The second semiconductor chip further includes a first comparing circuit. The semiconductor structure further includes a first coupling via electrically connecting the first electric node of the first semiconductor chip to the first comparing circuit of the second semiconductor chip. The first comparing circuit is capable of (i) receiving an input signal from the second electric node directly, (ii) receiving an input signal from the first electric node indirectly through the first coupling via, and (iii) asserting a first mismatch signal in response to the input signals from the first and second electric nodes being different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph Dalton, Marc Raymond Faucher, Paul David Kartschoke, Peter Anthony Sandon
  • Publication number: 20110302542
    Abstract: A double-sided integrated circuit chips, methods of fabricating the double-sided integrated circuit chips and design structures for double-sided integrated circuit chips. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Publication number: 20110241082
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 8013342
    Abstract: A double-sided integrated circuit chips, methods of fabricating the double-sided integrated circuit chips and design structures for double-sided integrated circuit chips. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7989312
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7960245
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7939914
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7670927
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Publication number: 20100044759
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Publication number: 20090121287
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides, a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides, and a design structure of a semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Publication number: 20090121260
    Abstract: A double-sided integrated circuit chips, methods of fabricating the double-sided integrated circuit chips and design structures for double-sided integrated circuit chips. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7526698
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for operating the same. The semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is on top of and bonded to the second semiconductor chip. The first and second semiconductor chips include a first and a second electric nodes. The second semiconductor chip further includes a first comparing circuit. The semiconductor structure further includes a first coupling via electrically connecting the first electric node of the first semiconductor chip to the first comparing circuit of the second semiconductor chip. The first comparing circuit is capable of (i) receiving an input signal from the second electric node directly, (ii) receiving an input signal from the first electric node indirectly through the first coupling via, and (iii) asserting a first mismatch signal in response to the input signals from the first and second electric nodes being different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph Dalton, Marc Raymond Faucher, Paul David Kartschoke, Peter Anthony Sandon
  • Publication number: 20080216031
    Abstract: A design structure including design data describing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is on top of and bonded to the second semiconductor chip. The first and second semiconductor chips include a first and a second electric nodes. The second semiconductor chip further includes a first comparing circuit. The semiconductor structure further includes a first coupling via electrically connecting the first electric node of the first semiconductor chip to the first comparing circuit of the second semiconductor chip. The first comparing circuit is capable of (i) receiving an input signal from the second electric node directly, (ii) receiving an input signal from the first electric node indirectly through the first coupling via, and (iii) asserting a first mismatch signal in response to the input signals from the first and second electric nodes being different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph Dalton, Marc Raymond Faucher, Paul David Kartschoke, Peter Anthony Sandon
  • Publication number: 20080213948
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Publication number: 20080128812
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7381627
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Publication number: 20070267723
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the structure. The method includes removing the backside silicon from two silicon-on-insulator wafers having devices fabricated therein and bonding them back to back utilizing the buried oxide layers. Contacts are then formed in the upper wafer to devices in the lower wafer and wiring levels are formed on the upper wafer. The lower wafer may include wiring levels. The lower wafer may include landing pads for the contacts. Contacts to the silicon layer of the lower wafer may be silicided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Stephen Ellinwood Luce, Anthony Kendall Stamper
  • Patent number: 7285477
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having wiring levels on opposite sides and a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having contacts to devices and wiring levels on opposite sides. The method including fabricating a device on a silicon-on-insulator substrate with first contacts to the devices and wiring levels on a first side to the first contacts, removing a lower silicon layer to expose the buried oxide layer, forming second contacts to the devices through the buried oxide layer and forming wiring levels over the buried oxide layer to the second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Timothy Joseph Dalton, Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Mark David Jaffe, Paul David Kartschoke, Anthony Kendall Stamper