Patents by Inventor Andreas Voerckel

Andreas Voerckel 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: 8003490
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method including an isolation arrangement. One embodiment provides a substrate having trenches and mesa regions and also auxiliary structures on the mesa regions. A first isolation structure covers side walls and a bottom region of the trenches and at least partially side walls of the auxiliary structure. A liner on the first isolation structure fills the trenches and gaps between the auxiliary structures with a second isolation structure; and the second isolation structure is pulled back, wherein upper sections of the liner are uncovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventor: Andreas Voerckel
  • Patent number: 7935608
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit including at least one storage cell is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a first and second side, and a plurality of parallel trenches so that a dividing wall is formed between adjacent trenches, filling the trenches with an insulating compound, providing a first insulating layer having a first and second side on the top surface of the dividing wall, wherein the first side is arranged on the substrate's first side, providing a first conductive layer having a first and second side, wherein the first side is arranged on the insulating layer's second side, wherein the conductive layer protrudes from the substrate surface, providing a second conductive layer having a first and second side, wherein the first side is located on the first conductive layer's second side, and removing parts of the second conductive layer by an anisotropic etching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Frank Heinrichsdorff, Nicolas Nagel, Jens-Uwe Sachse, Andreas Voerckel, Dominik Olligs, Torsten Mueller
  • Publication number: 20090294825
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit including at least one storage cell is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a first and second side, and a plurality of parallel trenches so that a dividing wall is formed between adjacent trenches, filling the trenches with an insulating compound, providing a first insulating layer having a first and second side on the top surface of the dividing wall, wherein the first side is arranged on the substrate's first side, providing a first conductive layer having a first and second side, wherein the first side is arranged on the insulating layer's second side, wherein the conductive layer protrudes from the substrate surface, providing a second conductive layer having a first and second side, wherein the first side is located on the first conductive layer's second side, and removing parts of the second conductive layer by an anisotropic etching means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Frank Heinrichsdorff, Nicolas Nagel, Jens-Uwe Sachse, Andreas Voerckel, Dominik Olligs, Torsten Mueller
  • Publication number: 20080197444
    Abstract: An integrated circuit and method including an isolation arrangement. One embodiment provides a substrate having trenches and mesa regions and also auxiliary structures on the mesa regions. A first isolation structure covers side walls and a bottom region of the trenches and at least partially side walls of the auxiliary structure. A liner on the first isolation structure fills the trenches and gaps between the auxiliary structures with a second isolation structure; and the second isolation structure is pulled back, wherein upper sections of the liner are uncovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Qimonda AG
    Inventor: Andreas Voerckel