Patents by Inventor Ralph T. TROEGER

Ralph T. TROEGER 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: 20240038857
    Abstract: Solid assemblies having a composite dielectric spacer and processes for fabricating the solid assemblies are provided. The composite dielectric spacer can include, in some embodiments, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer having a mutual interface. The composite dielectric spacer can separate a contact member from a conductive interconnect member, thus reducing the capacitance between such members with respect to solid assemblies that include one of first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer. The composite dielectric spacer can permit maintaining the real estate of an interface between the conductive interconnect and a trench contact member that has an interface with a carrier-doped epitaxial layer embodying or constituting a source contact region or a drain contact region of a field effect transistor. The trench contact member can form another interface with the conductive interconnect member, providing a satisfactory contact resistance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Rishabh MEHANDRU, Pratik A. PATEL, Ralph T. TROEGER, Szuya S. LIAO
  • Patent number: 11824097
    Abstract: Solid assemblies having a composite dielectric spacer and processes for fabricating the solid assemblies are provided. The composite dielectric spacer can include, in some embodiments, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer having a mutual interface. The composite dielectric spacer can separate a contact member from a conductive interconnect member, thus reducing the capacitance between such members with respect to solid assemblies that include one of first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer. The composite dielectric spacer can permit maintaining the real estate of an interface between the conductive interconnect and a trench contact member that has an interface with a carrier-doped epitaxial layer embodying or constituting a source contact region or a drain contact region of a field effect transistor. The trench contact member can form another interface with the conductive interconnect member, providing a satisfactory contact resistance therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rishabh Mehandru, Pratik A. Patel, Ralph T. Troeger, Szuya S. Liao
  • Publication number: 20200161440
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a semiconductor region on a substrate, a gate stack on the semiconductor region, a source region comprising doped semiconductor material on the substrate adjacent a first side of the semiconductor region, a drain region comprising doped semiconductor material on the substrate adjacent a second side of the semiconductor region, a substantially conformal semiconductor layer over a surface of a recess in the source region, and a metal over the conformal layer substantially filling the recess in the source region. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ritesh Jhaveri, Pratik A. Patel, Ralph T. Troeger, Szuya S. Liao, Karthik Jambunathan, Scott J. Maddox, Kai Loon Cheong, Anand S. Murthy
  • Patent number: 10297499
    Abstract: Techniques and methods related to forming a wrap-around contact on a semiconductor device, and apparatus, system, and mobile platform incorporating such semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Leib, Ralph T. Troeger, Daniel Bergstrom
  • Publication number: 20170309516
    Abstract: Techniques and methods related to forming a wrap-around contact on a semiconductor device, and apparatus, system, and mobile platform incorporating such semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Leib, Ralph T. Troeger, Daniel Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 9704744
    Abstract: Techniques and methods related to forming a wrap-around contact on a semiconductor device, and apparatus, system, and mobile platform incorporating such semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S Leib, Ralph T Troeger, Daniel Bergstrom
  • Publication number: 20160254186
    Abstract: Techniques and methods related to forming a wrap-around contact on a semiconductor device, and apparatus, system, and mobile platform incorporating such semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. LEIB, Ralph T. TROEGER, Daniel b. BERGSTROM