Patents by Inventor Alexander Fox

Alexander Fox 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: 9508824
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising a substrate layer made of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and having a first insulation region, and a vertical bipolar transistor having a first vertical portion of a collector made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of a second conductivity type and disposed in an opening of the first insulation region, a second insulation region lying partly on the first vertical portion of the collector and partly on the first insulation region and having an opening in the region of the collector, in which opening a second vertical portion of the collector made of monocrystalline material is disposed, the portion including an inner region of the second conductivity type, a base made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, a base connection region surrounding the base in the lateral direction, a T-shaped emitter made of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type and overlapping the base connect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: IHP GmbH—Innovations for High Perforamce Microelectronics/Leibniz-Institut fur Innovative Mikroelektronik
    Inventors: Alexander Fox, Bernd Heinemann, Steffen Marschmeyer
  • Publication number: 20150140771
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising a substrate layer made of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and having a first insulation region, and a vertical bipolar transistor having a first vertical portion of a collector made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of a second conductivity type and disposed in an opening of the first insulation region, a second insulation region lying partly on the first vertical portion of the collector and partly on the first insulation region and having an opening in the region of the collector, in which opening a second vertical portion of the collector made of monocrystalline material is disposed, the portion including an inner region of the second conductivity type, a base made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, a base connection region surrounding the base in the lateral direction, a T-shaped emitter made of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type and overlapping the base connect
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander FOX, Bernd HEINEMANN, Steffen Marschmeyer
  • Patent number: 8933537
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, comprising a substrate layer made of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and having a first insulation region, and a vertical bipolar transistor having a first vertical portion of a collector made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of a second conductivity type and disposed in an opening of the first insulation region, a second insulation region lying partly on the first vertical portion of the collector and partly on the first insulation region and having an opening in the region of the collector, in which opening a second vertical portion of the collector made of monocrystalline material is disposed, said portion including an inner region of the second conductivity type, a base made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, a base connection region surrounding the base in the lateral direction, a T-shaped emitter made of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type and overlapping the base connection region, wherein t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: IHP GmbH—Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics/Leibniz-Institut fur Innovative Mikroelekronik
    Inventors: Alexander Fox, Bernd Heinemann, Steffen Marschmeyer
  • Publication number: 20120001192
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, comprising a substrate layer made of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and having a first insulation region, and a vertical bipolar transistor having a first vertical portion of a collector made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of a second conductivity type and disposed in an opening of the first insulation region, a second insulation region lying partly on the first vertical portion of the collector and partly on the first insulation region and having an opening in the region of the collector, in which opening a second vertical portion of the collector made of monocrystalline material is disposed, said portion including an inner region of the second conductivity type, a base made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, a base connection region surrounding the base in the lateral direction, a T-shaped emitter made of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type and overlapping the base connection region, wherein t
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander Fox, Bernd Heinemann, Steffen Marschmeyer
  • Patent number: 7307336
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bipolar transistor with an epitaxially grown base and a self-positioned emitter, whereby the base is formed from a first substantially monocrystalline epitaxial region (1) which is arranged in parallel relationship to the surface of the semiconductor substrate (2) and a second substantially polycrystalline and highly doped region (3) of the same conductivity type which is arranged in perpendicular relationship to the substrate surface and encloses the first region at all sides and that said second region, at least at one side but preferably at all four sides, is conductingly connected to a third, preferably highly doped or metallically conducting, high temperature-resistant polycrystalline layer (4) which is arranged in parallel relationship to the surface of the semiconductor substrate and forms or includes the outer base contact to a metallic conductor track system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: IHP GmbH - Innovations for High Performance Microelectronic / Institut fur innovative Mikroelektronik
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Ehwald, Alexander Fox, Dieter Knoll, Bernd Heinemann, Steffen Marschmayer, Katrin Blum
  • Publication number: 20050006724
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bipolar transistor with an epitaxially grown base and a self-positioned emitter, whereby the base is formed from a first substantially monocrystalline epitaxial region (1) which is arranged in parallel relationship to the surface of the semiconductor substrate (2) and a second substantially polycrystalline and highly doped region (3) of the same conductivity type which is arranged in perpendicular relationship to the substrate surface and encloses the first region at all sides and that said second region, at least at one side but preferably at all four sides, is conductingly connected to a third, preferably highly doped or metallically conducting, high temperature-resistant polycrystalline layer (4) which is arranged in parallel relationship to the surface of the semiconductor substrate and forms or includes the outer base contact to a metallic conductor track system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Ehwald, Alexander Fox, Dieter Knoll, Bernd Heinemann, Steffen Marschmayer, Katrin Blum