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).

  • Publication number: 20210104517
    Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit, the circuit including: a first level including a first wafer, the 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 level including a second wafer, the 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 level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes metal to metal bonding, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding, and where at least one of the second transistors include a replacement gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210082910
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: 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 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 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 and metal to metal bond regions, wherein said second level comprises at least one memory array, wherein said third layer comprises crystalline silicon, and wherein said second level comprises at least one SerDes circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10950599
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: 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 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 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 and metal to metal bond regions, wherein said second level comprises at least one memory array, wherein said third layer comprises crystalline silicon, and wherein said second level comprises at least one SerDes circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10950581
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including 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, 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 provides 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 second level includes at least one memory array, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon, where the second layer includes radio frequency type circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210043607
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including 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, 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 provides 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 second level includes at least one memory array, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon, where the second layer includes radio frequency type circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10903089
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: 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 memory array, wherein said second level comprises at least one Phase Lock Loop (“PLL) circ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210020457
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: 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 memory array, wherein said second level comprises at least one Phase Lock Loop (“PLL) circ
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
  • Patent number: 10892169
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
  • Publication number: 20200406882
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Or-Ment LLC
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20200411486
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10843679
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Or-Ment LLC
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20200365463
    Abstract: 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 f
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20200365583
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10840222
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10840239
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20200350310
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist, Zeev Wurman
  • Publication number: 20200335399
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 10811395
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20200243423
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20200243487
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist