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: 10892169Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and a first metal layer, where the first metal layer includes interconnecting the first transistors forming, at least in part a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying, at least in part the first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying, at least in part the second transistors; a plurality of fourth transistors overlaying, at least in part the third transistors; a second metal layer overlaying, at least in part the fourth transistors; where the fourth transistors are aligned with less than 100 nm misalignment to the first transistors, where at least one of the plurality of vias has a radius of less than 200 nm, where a memory cell includes at least one of the third transistors.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
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Publication number: 20200411486Abstract: 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; performing growth of an epitaxial layer on top of the silicon layer, the epitaxial layer including non-silicon atoms; forming second circuits over the second level, the second circuits including second transistors and second interconnection; transferring and then bonding the second level on top of the first level; and then thinning the second level to a thickness of less than ten microns, where the bonding includes oxide to oxide bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200406882Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; speed control electronics; and wheels, where the wheels include a front wheel and a back wheel, where the back wheel radius is at least 20% greater than the front wheel radius, where the speed control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the front wheel than to the back wheel, and where the speed control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the back wheel than to the front wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Or-Ment LLCInventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10843679Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; speed control electronics; and wheels, where the wheels include a first front wheel, a second front wheel, a first back wheel, and a second back wheel, where the first back wheel radius is at least 20% greater than the first front wheel radius, where the speed control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the first front wheel than to the first back wheel, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to travel for a greater distance for the same axial to wheel friction energy loss than a similar electrical passenger car having wheels of a smaller radius.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Or-Ment LLCInventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200365583Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit, the circuit including: a first wafer including a first crystalline substrate, a plurality of first transistors, and first copper interconnecting layers, where the first copper interconnecting layers at least interconnect the plurality of first transistors; and a second wafer including a second crystalline substrate, a plurality of second transistors, and second copper interconnecting layers, where the second copper interconnecting layers at least interconnect the plurality of second transistors; where the second wafer is bonded face-to-face on top of the first wafer, where the bonded includes copper to copper bonding; and where the second crystalline substrate has been thinned to a thickness of less than 5 micro-meters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200365463Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level overlaid by a second level overlaid by a third level overlaid by a fourth level, where the second level includes an array of first memory cells, the first memory cells including first transistors, the first transistors including first sources, first gates, and first drains, where each of the first transistors includes a single the first source, a single the first gate, and a single the first drain, where the third level includes an array of second memory cells, the second memory cells including second transistors, the second transistors including second sources, second gates, and second drains, where each of the second transistors includes a single the second source, a single the second gate, and a single the second drain, where at least one of the first memory cells is self-aligned to at least one of the second memory cells, being processed following the same lithography step; vertically oriented word-lines adapted to control a plurality of the fType: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10840239Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit device, including: a first layer including first transistors, overlaid by a second layer including second transistors, overlaid by a third layer including third transistors, where the first layer, the second layer and the third layer are each thinner than 2 microns, where the first layer includes first circuits including at least one of the first transistors, where the second layer includes second circuits including at least one of the second transistors, and where the third layer includes a charge pump circuit and control circuits to control the first circuits and the second circuits.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10840222Abstract: 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, the third layer including second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; a trap-rich layer disposed between the first level and the second level; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the plurality of connection paths includes vertical connections connecting from the first interconnections to the second interconnections, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon, and where the second level is bonded to the first level.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200350310Abstract: A method to form a 3D integrated circuit, the method including: providing a first wafer including a first crystalline substrate, a plurality of first transistors, and first copper interconnecting layers, where the first copper interconnecting layers at least interconnect the plurality of first transistors; providing a second wafer including a second crystalline substrate, a plurality of second transistors, and second copper interconnecting layers, where the second copper interconnecting layers at least interconnect the plurality of second transistors; and then performing a face-to-face bonding of the second wafer on top of the first wafer, where the face-to-face bonding includes copper to copper bonding; and thinning the second crystalline substrate to a thickness of less than 5 micro-meters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist, Zeev Wurman
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Publication number: 20200335399Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including first single crystal silicon and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer including interconnects between the plurality of first transistors; a second level on top of the first metal layer, the second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level on top of the second level, the third level including a plurality of third transistors; an oxide layer on top of the third level; a fourth level on top of the oxide layer, the fourth level including second single crystal silicon and many fourth transistors, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of the plurality of third transistors, both being formed following the same lithography step, the fourth level is bonded to the oxide layer, the bonded includes many metal to metal bonded structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10811395Abstract: A method to form a 3D semiconductor device, the method including: providing a first wafer including first circuits including transistors and interconnection; preparing a second wafer including a silicon layer; performing growth of an epitaxial layer on top of the silicon layer, the epitaxial layer including non-silicon atoms, forming second circuits over the second wafer, the second circuits including transistors and interconnection; transferring and then bonding the second wafer on top of the first wafer; and then thinning the second wafer to a thickness of less than ten microns.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200243423Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, 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, and where the first isolation layer and the second isolation layer are separated by a distance of less than four microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200243487Abstract: 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, the third layer including second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; a trap-rich layer disposed between the first level and the second level; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the plurality of connection paths includes vertical connections connecting from the first interconnections to the second interconnections, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon, and where the second level is bonded to the first level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200180589Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; speed control electronics; and wheels, where the wheels include a first front wheel, a second front wheel, a first back wheel, and a second back wheel, where the first back wheel radius is at least 20% greater than the first front wheel radius, where the speed control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the first front wheel than to the first back wheel, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to travel for a greater distance for the same axial to wheel friction energy loss than a similar electrical passenger car having wheels of a smaller radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Or-Ment LLCInventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20200176420Abstract: 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 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 RF circuits, and where a portion of interconnections between the plurality of logic circuits includes the RF circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10665695Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, where the first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second level including single crystal 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, and where the first isolation layer and the second isolation layer are separated by a distance of less than four microns.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10658358Abstract: A 3D semiconductor wafer, the wafer including: a first device, where the first device includes a first level, the first level including first transistors, and where the first device includes a second level, the second level including first interconnections; a second device overlaying the first device, where the second device includes a third level, the third level including second transistors, and where the second device includes a fourth level, the fourth level including second interconnections, where the first device is substantially larger in area than the second device; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10651054Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and a first metal layer, where the first metal layer includes interconnecting the first transistors forming, at least in part a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying, at least in part the first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying, at least in part the second transistors; a second metal layer overlaying, at least in part the third transistors; Input/Output pads to provide connection to external devices, a local power grid to distribute power to the logic gates, where the third transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm misalignment, where the first single crystal layer includes a Phase Lock Loop (“PLL”) structure connected to at least one of the Input/Output pads, where a memory cell includes at least one of the third transistors.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
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Patent number: 10604141Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: an electrically driven motor; differential speed control; and wheels, where the wheels include a first front wheel, a second front wheel, a first back wheel, and a second back wheel, where at least one of the wheels has a radius larger than 80 cm, where the differential speed control includes an ability to have a turning speed of the first front wheel greater than a turning speed of the second front wheel, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to travel for a greater distance for the same axial to wheel friction energy loss than a similar electrical passenger car having wheels of a smaller radius.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: OR-MENT L.L.CInventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10600657Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and a first metal layer, where the first metal layer includes interconnecting the first transistors forming, at least in part a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying, at least in part the first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying, at least in part the second transistors; a second metal layer overlaying, at least in part the third transistors; Input/Output pads to provide connection to external devices, a local power grid to distribute power to the plurality of logic gates, where the third transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm misalignment, where the first single crystal layer includes an Serializer/Deserializer (“SerDes”) structure connected to at least one of the Input/Output pads, where a memory cell includes at least one of the third transistors.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INCInventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar