Patents by Inventor Alexander Lidow

Alexander Lidow 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: 11050339
    Abstract: An integrated circuit that includes a plurality of GaN transistor sets. A first set of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a first drain-to-source distance, and wherein a second of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a second drain-to-source distance that is greater than the first drain-to-source distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Reusch, Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow
  • Publication number: 20200195122
    Abstract: An integrated circuit that includes a plurality of GaN transistor sets. A first set of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a first drain-to-source distance, and wherein a second of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a second drain-to-source distance that is greater than the first drain-to-source distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: David C. Reusch, Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow
  • Patent number: 10600674
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan T. Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10601300
    Abstract: An integrated DC-DC converter device includes a plurality of GaN transistor sets. A first set of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a first drain-to-source distance, and wherein a second of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a second drain-to-source distance that is greater than the first drain-to-source distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Reusch, Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow
  • Publication number: 20190252238
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan T. Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10312131
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Efficient Power Converson Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan T. Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10312260
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. de Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Patent number: 10312335
    Abstract: An enhancement-mode GaN transistor with reduced gate leakage current between a gate contact and a 2DEG region and a method for manufacturing the same. The enhancement-mode GaN transistor including a GaN layer, a barrier layer disposed on the GaN layer with a 2DEG region formed at an interface between the GaN layer and the barrier layer, and source contact and drain contacts disposed on the barrier layer. The GaN transistor further includes a p-type gate material formed above the barrier layer and between the source and drain contacts and a gate metal disposed on the p-type gate material, with wherein the p-type gate material including comprises a pair of self-aligned ledges that extend toward the source contact and drain contact, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata
  • Publication number: 20180337588
    Abstract: An integrated DC-DC converter device includes a plurality of GaN transistor sets. A first set of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a first drain-to-source distance, and wherein a second of the plurality of GaN transistor sets includes transistors with a second drain-to-source distance that is greater than the first drain-to-source distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: David C. Reusch, Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow
  • Patent number: 9837438
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20170330898
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. de Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20170317179
    Abstract: An enhancement-mode GaN transistor with reduced gate leakage current between a gate contact and a 2DEG region and a method for manufacturing the same. The enhancement-mode GaN transistor including a GaN layer, a barrier layer disposed on the GaN layer with a 2DEG region formed at an interface between the GaN layer and the barrier layer, and source contact and drain contacts disposed on the barrier layer. The GaN transistor further includes a p-type gate material formed above the barrier layer and between the source and drain contacts and a gate metal disposed on the p-type gate material, with wherein the p-type gate material including comprises a pair of self-aligned ledges that extend toward the source contact and drain contact, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata
  • Patent number: 9748347
    Abstract: An enhancement-mode GaN transistor with reduced gate leakage current between a gate contact and a 2DEG region and a method for manufacturing the same. The enhancement-mode GaN transistor including a GaN layer, a barrier layer disposed on the GaN layer with a 2DEG region formed at an interface between the GaN layer and the barrier layer, and source contact and drain contacts disposed on the barrier layer. The GaN transistor further includes a p-type gate material formed above the barrier layer and between the source and drain contacts and a gate metal disposed on the p-type gate material, with wherein the p-type gate material including comprises a pair of self- aligned ledges that extend toward the source contact and drain contact, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata
  • Publication number: 20170162429
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan T. Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 9607876
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guang Y. Zhao
  • Patent number: 9583480
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a substrate, a buffer layer formed over the substrate, a barrier layer formed over the buffer layer, and an isolation region that isolates an enhancement mode device from a depletion mode device. The integrated circuit further includes a first gate contact for the enhancement mode device that is disposed in one gate contact recess and a second gate contact for the depletion mode device that is disposed in a second gate contact recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Robert Strittmatter, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20170047414
    Abstract: An enhancement-mode GaN transistor with reduced gate leakage current between a gate contact and a 2DEG region and a method for manufacturing the same. The enhancement-mode GaN transistor including a GaN layer, a barrier layer disposed on the GaN layer with a 2DEG region formed at an interface between the GaN layer and the barrier layer, and source contact and drain contacts disposed on the barrier layer. The GaN transistor further includes a p-type gate material formed above the barrier layer and between the source and drain contacts and a gate metal disposed on the p-type gate material, with wherein the p-type gate material including comprises a pair of self-aligned ledges that extend toward the source contact and drain contact, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata
  • Patent number: 9331191
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with reduced output capacitance and a method form manufacturing the same. The GaN transistor device includes a substrate layer, one or more buffer layer disposed on a substrate layer, a barrier layer disposed on the buffer layers, and a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at an interface between the barrier layer and the buffer layer. Furthermore, a gate electrode is disposed on the barrier layer and a dielectric layer is disposed on the gate electrode and the barrier layer. The GaN transistor includes one or more isolation regions formed in a portion of the interface between the at least one buffer layer and the barrier layer to remove the 2DEG in order to reduce output capacitance Coss of the GaN transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen L. Colino, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooji, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20160111416
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a substrate, a buffer layer formed over the substrate, a barrier layer formed over the buffer layer, and an isolation region that isolates an enhancement mode device from a depletion mode device. The integrated circuit further includes a first gate contact for the enhancement mode device that is disposed in one gate contact recess and a second gate contact for the depletion mode device that is disposed in a second gate contact recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Robert Strittmatter, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20160086980
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar