Patents by Inventor Brian Cronquist
Brian Cronquist 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).
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Patent number: 11164811Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer, where the first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second level including second transistors, where the first isolation layer is overlaid by the second level, and where the second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer; a third level including single crystal third transistors, where the second isolation layer is overlaid by the third level, where the third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer, where the third level is bonded to the second isolation layer, and where the bonded includes at least one oxide to oxide bond.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11164770Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method comprising: providing a first level comprising a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits comprising first single crystal transistors, wherein said control circuits comprise at least two metal layers; forming at least one second level above said control circuits; performing a first etch step within said second level; forming at least one third level above said at least one second level; performing a second etch step within said third level; and performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within said second level and a plurality of second memory cells within said third level, wherein said first etch step comprises performing a lithography step aligned to said first alignment marks.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
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Patent number: 11163112Abstract: A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including a structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the first level includes crystalline silicon, where the second level includes crystalline silicon; an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level; and a plurality of electromagnetic modulators, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210335751Abstract: A method to construct a 3D system, the method including: providing a base wafer; transferring a first memory wafer on top of the base wafer; thinning the first memory wafer, thus forming a thin first memory wafer; transferring a second memory wafer on top of the thin first memory wafer; thinning the second memory wafer, thus forming a thin second memory wafer; and transferring a memory control wafer on top of the thin second memory wafer; where the transferring a memory control wafer includes bonding of the memory control wafer to the thin second memory wafer, and where the bonding includes oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11158674Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method comprising: providing a first level comprising a single crystal layer; forming at least one second level above said first level; performing a first etch step comprising etching holes within said second level; forming at least one third level above said at least one second level; performing a second etch step comprising etching holes within said third level; performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within said second level and a plurality of second memory cells within said third level, wherein each of said first memory cells comprise one first transistor, wherein each of said second memory cells comprise one second transistor, wherein at least one of said first or second transistors has a channel, a source and a drain having the same doping type, and wherein said forming at least one third level comprises forming a window within said third level to allow lithography alignment through said third level to an alignment mType: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11158598Abstract: A method to construct a 3D system, the method including: providing a base wafer; transferring a first memory wafer on top of the base wafer; thinning the first memory wafer, thus forming a thin first memory wafer; transferring a second memory wafer on top of the thin first memory wafer; thinning the second memory wafer, thus forming a thin second memory wafer; and transferring a memory control wafer on top of the thin second memory wafer; where the transferring a memory control wafer includes bonding of the memory control wafer to the thin second memory wafer, and where the bonding includes oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210320026Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and at least one metal layer, where the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of logic gates including the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of second transistors atop the at least one metal layer; a plurality of third transistors atop the second transistors; a top metal layer atop the third transistors; and a memory array including wordlines, where the memory array includes at least two rows by two columns of memory mini arrays, where each of the mini arrays includes at least four rows by four columns of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
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Patent number: 11145657Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level, where the first level includes a first layer, the first layer including first transistors, and where the first level includes a second layer, the second layer including first interconnections; a second level overlaying the first level, where the second level includes a third layer which includes second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provide first connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions, where the bonded includes metal to metal bond regions, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon, and where the second level includes at least one scan-chain to support circuit test.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210305063Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level, wherein said first level comprises a first layer, said first layer comprising first transistors, and wherein said first level comprises a second layer, said second layer comprising first interconnections; a second level overlaying said first level, wherein said second level comprises a third layer, said third layer comprising second transistors, and wherein said second level comprises a fourth layer, said fourth layer comprising second interconnections; and a plurality of connection paths, wherein said plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of said first transistors to a plurality of said second transistors, wherein said second level is bonded to said first level, wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide bond regions, wherein said bonded comprises metal to metal bond regions, wherein said second level comprises at least one Electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
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Publication number: 20210305079Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer and control circuits; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching holes within the third level; and performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level and a plurality of second memory cells within the third level, where each of the first memory cells include one first transistor, where each of the second memory cells include one second transistor, where at least one of the first or second transistors has a channel, a source, and a drain having a same doping type.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
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Patent number: 11133344Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlaying oxide on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of first image sensors and alignment marks; and a third level overlaying the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of second image sensors, where the third level is aligned to the alignment marks, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes an oxide to oxide bond.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210296157Abstract: A method to form a 3D semiconductor device, the method including: providing a first level including first circuits, the first circuits including first transistors and first interconnection; preparing a second level including a silicon layer; forming second circuits over the second level, the second circuits including second transistors and second interconnection; transferring with bonding the second level on top of the first level; and then thinning the second level to a thickness of less than thirty microns, where the bonding includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonding includes metal to metal bonds, and where at least one of the metal to metal bond structures has a pitch of less than 1 micron from another of the metal to metal bond structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210296155Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: a first level comprising a single crystal layer, first transistors and a first metal layer; memory control circuits comprising said first transistors; a second level disposed above said first level, said second level comprising second transistors; a third level disposed above said second level, said third level comprising a plurality of third transistors; wherein said third transistors are aligned to said first transistors with a less than 40 nm alignment error, wherein said second level comprises a plurality of first memory cells, wherein said third level comprises a plurality of second memory cells, wherein one of said second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of said third transistors, being processed following a same lithography step, wherein at least one of said second memory cells comprises at least one of said third transistors, wherein said memory cells comprise a NAND non-volatile memory type.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar, Zeev Wurman
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Publication number: 20210294031Abstract: A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including a structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the first level includes crystalline silicon, where the second level includes crystalline silicon; an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level; and a plurality of electromagnetic modulators, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210284126Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; motor control electronics; sensors; and wheels, where the wheels include a first front wheel and a first back wheel, where the first back wheel has a radius at least 20% greater than a radius of the first front wheel, and where during acceleration of the electrical passenger car, the motor control electronics receive signals from the sensors and provide traction control delivering more power to one of the at least two electrically driven motors accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Or-Ment LLCInventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 11121021Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, including: a first level including a single crystal layer, a plurality of first transistors, and a first metal layer, forming memory control circuits; a second level overlaying the single crystal layer, and including a plurality of second transistors and a plurality of first memory cells; a third level overlaying the second level, and including a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of second memory cells; where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm alignment error, where the memory cells include a NAND non-volatile memory type, where some of the memory control circuits can control at least one of the memory cells, and where some of the memory control circuits are designed to perform a verify read after a write pulse so to detect if the at least one of the memory cells has been successfully written.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar, Zeev Wurman
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Patent number: 11121121Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level; a second level; and a third level, where the first level includes single crystal silicon and a plurality of logic circuits, where the plurality of logic circuits includes a first logic circuit and a second logic circuit, where the second level is disposed directly above the first level and includes a first plurality of arrays of memory cells, where the third level is disposed directly above the second level and includes a plurality of on-chip RF circuits, and where a portion of interconnections between the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit includes the plurality of on-chip RF circuits.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210280499Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer, where the first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second level including second transistors, where the first isolation layer is overlaid by the second level, and where the second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer; a third level including single crystal third transistors, where the second isolation layer is overlaid by the third level, where the third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer, where the third level is bonded to the second isolation layer, and where the bonded includes at least one oxide to oxide bond.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20210272835Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal substrate and plurality of logic circuits, where the first single crystal substrate has a device area, where the device area is significantly larger than a reticle size, where the plurality of logic circuits include an array of processors, where the plurality of logic circuits include a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit, and third logic circuit, where the plurality of logic circuits include switching circuits to support replacing the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit by the third logic circuit; and a second single crystal substrate, where the second single crystal substrate is disposed atop the first single crystal substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
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Patent number: 11107803Abstract: A method to construct a 3D system, the method including: providing a base wafer; and then transferring a memory control on top; and then thinning the memory control, transferring a first memory wafer on top; and then thinning the first memory wafer; and then transferring a second memory wafer on top; and then thinning the second memory wafer. A 3D device, the device including: a first stratum including first bit-cell memory arrays; a second stratum including second bit-cell memory arrays; and a third stratum, where the second stratum overlays the first stratum, where the first stratum overlays the third stratum, where the third stratum includes a plurality of word-line decoders to control the first bit-cell memory arrays and the second bit-cell memory arrays.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist