Patents by Inventor Amlan Majumdar

Amlan Majumdar 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: 11978799
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a MOS transistor having a thinned channel region is described. The channel region is etched following removal of a dummy gate. The source and drain regions have relatively low resistance with the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Tahoe Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin K. Brask, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta, Mark L. Doczy, Brian S. Doyle, Jack T. Kavalieros, Amlan Majumdar, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic
  • Publication number: 20210135007
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a MOS transistor having a thinned channel region is described. The channel region is etched following removal of a dummy gate. The source and drain regions have relatively low resistance with the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Justin K. Brask, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta, Mark L. Doczy, Brian S. Doyle, Jack T. Kavalieros, Amlan Majumdar, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic
  • Patent number: 10978562
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a buffer layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate, an oxide layer disposed over the buffer layer, and a fin including a semiconductor material disposed over the oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10937907
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a MOS transistor having a thinned channel region is described. The channel region is etched following removal of a dummy gate. The source and drain regions have relatively low resistance with the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Justin K. Brask, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta, Mark L. Doczy, Brian S. Doyle, Jack T. Kavalieros, Amlan Majumdar, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic
  • Patent number: 10937871
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first layer of a substrate arranged on a second layer of the substrate the second layer of the substrate including a doped III-V semiconductor material barrier layer, a gate stack arranged on a channel region of the first layer of a substrate, a spacer arranged adjacent to the gate stack on the first layer of the substrate, an undoped epitaxially grown III-V semiconductor material region arranged on the second layer of the substrate, and an epitaxially grown source/drain region arranged on the undoped epitaxially grown III-V semiconductor material region, and a portion of the first layer of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Pranita Kerber, Amlan Majumdar, Yanning Sun
  • Publication number: 20200144375
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a buffer layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate, an oxide layer disposed over the buffer layer, and a fin including a semiconductor material disposed over the oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10559666
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor buffer layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate, an oxide layer disposed over the buffer layer, and a fin including a semiconductor material disposed over the oxide layer. The semiconductor material has an oxidation rate different from an oxidation rate of the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190371940
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a MOS transistor having a thinned channel region is described. The channel region is etched following removal of a dummy gate. The source and drain regions have relatively low resistance with the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Justin K. Brask, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta, Mark L. Doczy, Brian S. Doyle, Jack T. Kavalieros, Amlan Majumdar, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic
  • Patent number: 10366892
    Abstract: Techniques for forming dual III-V semiconductor channel materials to enable fabrication of different device types on the same chip/wafer are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming dual III-V semiconductor channel materials on a wafer includes the steps of: providing a wafer having a first III-V semiconductor layer on an oxide; forming a second III-V semiconductor layer on top of the first III-V semiconductor layer, wherein the second III-V semiconductor layer comprises a different material with an electron affinity that is less than an electron affinity of the first III-V semiconductor layer; converting the first III-V semiconductor layer in at least one second active area to an insulator using ion implantation; and removing the second III-V semiconductor layer from at least one first active area selective to the first III-V semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josephine B. Chang, Isaac Lauer, Amlan Majumdar, Jeffrey W. Sleight
  • Patent number: 10367093
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a MOS transistor having a thinned channel region is described. The channel region is etched following removal of a dummy gate. The source and drain regions have relatively low resistance with the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventors: Justin K. Brask, Robert S. Chau, Suman Datta, Mark L. Doczy, Brian S. Doyle, Jack T. Kavalieros, Amlan Majumdar, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic
  • Publication number: 20190165109
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor buffer layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate, an oxide layer disposed over the buffer layer, and a fin including a semiconductor material disposed over the oxide layer. The semiconductor material has an oxidation rate different from an oxidation rate of the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10249719
    Abstract: A method includes providing a structure including a substrate, a buffer layer formed on the substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the buffer layer, etching the semiconductor layer so as to form a fin and exposing the buffer layer, etching the buffer layer such that a portion of the buffer layer, disposed under the fin, is exposed, and oxidizing the buffer layer and fin so as to form an oxide layer under the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10243050
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor buffer layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, an oxide layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a fin including a semiconductor material disposed on the oxide layer. The fin and the buffer layer are epitaxially aligned to the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10141437
    Abstract: A CMOS device includes a PMOS transistor with a first quantum well structure and an NMOS device with a second quantum well structure. The PMOS and NMOS transistors are formed on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Suman Datta, Mantu K. Hudait, Mark L. Doczy, Jack T. Kavalieros, Amlan Majumdar, Justin K. Brask, Been-Yih Jin, Matthew V. Metz, Robert S. Chau
  • Patent number: 10014377
    Abstract: An electrical device comprising a base semiconductor layer of a silicon including material; a dielectric layer present on the base semiconductor layer; a first III-V semiconductor material area present in a trench in the dielectric layer, wherein a via of the III-V semiconductor material extends from the trench through the dielectric layer into contact with the base semiconductor layer; a second III-V semiconductor material area present in the trench in the dielectric layer wherein the second III-V semiconductor material area does not have a via extending through the dielectric layer into contact with the base semiconductor layer; and a semiconductor device present on the second III-V semiconductor material area, wherein the first III-V semiconductor material area and the second III-V semiconductor material area are separated by a low aspect ratio trench extending to the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Edward William Kiewra, Amlan Majumdar, Devendra K. Sadana, Kuen-Ting Shiu, Yanning Sun
  • Publication number: 20180174844
    Abstract: Techniques for forming dual III-V semiconductor channel materials to enable fabrication of different device types on the same chip/wafer are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming dual III-V semiconductor channel materials on a wafer includes the steps of: providing a wafer having a first III-V semiconductor layer on an oxide; forming a second III-V semiconductor layer on top of the first III-V semiconductor layer, wherein the second III-V semiconductor layer comprises a different material with an electron affinity that is less than an electron affinity of the first III-V semiconductor layer; converting the first III-V semiconductor layer in at least one second active area to an insulator using ion implantation; and removing the second III-V semiconductor layer from at least one first active area selective to the first III-V semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Josephine B. Chang, Isaac Lauer, Amlan Majumdar, Jeffrey W. Sleight
  • Publication number: 20180151674
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first layer of a substrate arranged on a second layer of the substrate the second layer of the substrate including a doped 111-V semiconductor material barrier layer, a gate stack arranged on a channel region of the first layer of a substrate, a spacer arranged adjacent to the gate stack on the first layer of the substrate, an undoped epitaxially grown III-V semiconductor material region arranged on the second layer of the substrate, and an epitaxially grown source/drain region arranged on the undoped epitaxially grown III-V semiconductor material region, and a portion of the first layer of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Cheng, Pranita Kerber, Amlan Majumdar, Yanning Sun
  • Patent number: 9985113
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a multigate device includes forming a fin on a substrate of the multigate device, the fin being formed of a semiconductor material, growing a first conformal epitaxial layer directly on the fin and substrate, wherein the first conformal epitaxial layer is highly doped, growing a second conformal epitaxial layer directly on the first conformal epitaxial layer, wherein the second conformal epitaxial layer is highly doped, selectively removing a portion of second epitaxial layer to expose a portion of the first conformal epitaxial layer, selectively removing a portion of the first conformal epitaxial layer to expose a portion of the fin and thereby form a trench, and forming a gate within the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy Cohen, Amlan Majumdar
  • Publication number: 20180130885
    Abstract: A method includes providing a structure including a substrate, a buffer layer formed on the substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the buffer layer, etching the semiconductor layer so as to form a fin and exposing the buffer layer, etching the buffer layer such that a portion of the buffer layer, disposed under the fin, is exposed, and oxidizing the buffer layer and fin so as to form an oxide layer under the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180130884
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor buffer layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, an oxide layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a fin including a semiconductor material disposed on the oxide layer. The fin and the buffer layer are epitaxially aligned to the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Anirban Basu, Guy M. Cohen, Amlan Majumdar, Yu Zhu