Patents by Inventor Brian Doyle

Brian Doyle 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: 20070148926
    Abstract: A method for providing halo implants in a tri-gate structure is described. Implantation is performed at two different angels to assure a halo for the top transistor and a halo for the side transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Suman Datta, Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Brian Doyle, Amlan Majumdar
  • Publication number: 20070148837
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe a method of forming a multi-cornered film. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a photoresist mask is formed on a hard mask film formed on a film. The hard mask film is then patterned in alignment with the photoresist mask to produce a hard mask. The width of the photoresist mask is then reduced to form a reduced width photoresist mask. A first portion of the film is then etched in alignment with the hard mask. The hard mask is then etched in alignment with the reduced width photoresist mask to form a reduced width hard mask. A second portion of the film is then etched in alignment with the reduced width hard mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Uday Shah, Brian Doyle, Justin Brask, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070145487
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a device with a multiple gates. Stress material within recesses of a device body metal gate may cause a stress in channel regions of the device, thereby improving performance of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Suman Datta, Brian Doyle, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070141790
    Abstract: A structure to form an energy well within a Carbon nanotube is described. The structure includes a doped semiconductor region and an undoped semiconductor region. The Carbon nanotube is between the doped semiconductor region and the undoped semiconductor region. The structure also includes a delta doped semiconductor region. The undoped semiconductor region is between the Carbon nanotube and the delta doped region. The delta doped semiconductor region is doped opposite that of the doped semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Suman Datta, Marko Radosavljevic, Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Amlan Majumdar, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070134878
    Abstract: A non-planar microelectronic device, a method of fabricating the device, and a system including the device. The non-planar microelectronic device comprises: a substrate body including a substrate base and a fin, the fin defining a device portion at a top region thereof; a gate dielectric layer extending at a predetermined height on two laterally opposing sidewalls of the fin, the predetermined height corresponding to a height of the device portion; a device isolation layer on the substrate body and having a thickness up to a lower limit of the device portion; a gate electrode on the device isolation layer and further extending on the gate dielectric layer; an isolation element extending on the two laterally opposing sidewalls of the fin up to a lower limit of the gate dielectric layer, the isolation element being adapted to reduce any fringe capacitance between the gate electrode and regions of the fin extending below the device portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Justin Brask, Jack Kavalieros, Brian Doyle, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070114593
    Abstract: A transistor is described having a source electrode and a drain electrode. The transistor has at least one semiconducting carbon nanotube that is electrically coupled between the source and drain electrodes. The transistor has a gate electrode and dielectric material containing one or more quantum dots between the carbon nanotube and the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Marko Radosavljevic, Amlan Majumdar, Suman Datta, Justin Brask, Brian Doyle, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070111419
    Abstract: Described herein are a device utilizing a gate electrode material with a single work function for both the pMOS and nMOS transistors where the magnitude of the transistor threshold voltages is modified by semiconductor band engineering and article made thereby. Further described herein are methods of fabricating a device formed of complementary (pMOS and nMOS) transistors having semiconductor channel regions which have been band gap engineered to achieve a low threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Brian Doyle, Been-Yin Jin, Jack Kavalieros, Suman Datta, Justin Brask, Robert Chau
  • Patent number: 7217644
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a gate dielectric layer, a polysilicon layer, and a gate electrode. The gate dielectric layer is on a substrate. The substrate has a gate area, a source area, and a drain area. The polysilicon layer is on the gate dielectric layer at the gate area. The gate electrode is on the polysilicon layer and has arc-shaped sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros
  • Publication number: 20070106652
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for accessing a database. A request attribute module constructs a request attribute list from an attribute database for a data value name received in a request block, wherein the request block is an inquiry to a target database and is not formatted as a query statement for the target database. The request attribute list associates the data value name with an attribute name and a schema name. A schema name module adds the schema name from the request attribute list to a schema names list in response to the schema name not being included in the schema names list. An attribute name module adds the attribute name from the request attribute list to an attribute names list in response to the attribute name not being included in the attribute names list. A query module builds a query statement directed to the target database from the schema names list and the attribute names list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventor: Brian Doyle
  • Publication number: 20070100842
    Abstract: An electronic catalog is provided that stores items and attributes associated with the items. One or more of the attributes may have more than one value. Items are stored in an item table with different attributes for items stored in different rows in an attribute table. Additional items may be added to a catalog by adding additional rows to the item table, with attributes related to the additional items added as rows into the attribute table. Particular attributes may have multiple values, and attributes with multiple values are associated with sub-items that correspond to different attribute trees or attribute sets associated with the item. Searching can be performed for attribute values and search results returned indicating all items and sub-items that satisfy the search criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Click Commerce, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Wykes, Kevin Brackney, John McGinn, Brian Doyle, Jeff Wang, James Brown, James Harman
  • Publication number: 20070090408
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor for a narrow-body, multiple-gate transistor such as a FinFET, tri-gate or ?-FET is described. The corners of the channel region disposed beneath the gate are rounded n, for instance, oxidation steps, to reduce the comer effect associated with conduction initiating in the corners of the channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Amlan Majumdar, Suman Datta, Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Matthew Metz, Marko Radosavljevic, Been-Yih Jin, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070090416
    Abstract: Described herein are a device utilizing a gate electrode material with a single work function for both the pMOS and nMOS transistors where the magnitude of the transistor threshold voltages is modified by semiconductor band engineering and article made thereby. Further described herein are methods of fabricating a device formed of complementary (pMOS and nMOS) transistors having semiconductor channel regions which have been band gap engineered to achieve a low threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Brian Doyle, Been-Yih Jin, Jack Kavalieros, Suman Datta, Justin Brask, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070069302
    Abstract: A method utilizing a common gate electrode material with a single work function for both the pMOS and nMOS transistors where the magnitude of the transistor threshold voltages is modified by semiconductor band engineering and article made thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Been-Yih Jin, Robert Chau, Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Suman Datta, Mark Doczy, Matthew Metz, Justin Brask
  • Publication number: 20070069293
    Abstract: A process capable of integrating both planar and non-planar transistors onto a bulk semiconductor substrate, wherein the channel of all transistors is definable over a continuous range of widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Brian Doyle, Uday Shah, Suman Datta, Mark Doczy, Matthew Metz, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070063306
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a substrate with a surface having different crystal orientations in different areas. Embodiments of the invention provide a substrate with a portion having a <100> crystal orientation and another portion having a <110> crystal orientation. N— and P-type devices may both be formed on the substrate, with each type of device having the proper crystal orientation for optimum performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Suman Datta, Robert Chau
  • Patent number: 7183597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a quantum wire gate device. The method includes patterning a first oxide upon a substrate. Preferably the first oxide pattern is precisely and uniformly spaced to maximize quantum wire numbers per unit area. The method continues by forming a first nitride spacer mask upon the first oxide and by forming a first oxide spacer mask upon the first nitride spacer mask. Thereafter, the method continues by forming a second nitride spacer mask upon the first oxide spacer mask and by forming a plurality of channels in the substrate that are aligned to the second nitride spacer mask. A dielectric is formed upon the channel length and the method continues by forming a gate layer over the plurality of channels. Because of the inventive method and the starting scale, each of the plurality of channels is narrower than the mean free path of semiconductive electron flow therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Doyle
  • Publication number: 20070040223
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a device with a metal gate, a high-k gate dielectric layer, source/drain extensions a distance beneath the metal gate, and lateral undercuts in the sides of the metal gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Suman Datta, Justin Brask, Jack Kavalieros, Brian Doyle, Gilbert Dewey, Mark Doczy, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20070034972
    Abstract: The present invention is a semiconductor device comprising a carbon nanotube body having a top surface and laterally opposite sidewalls formed on a substrate. A gate dielectric layer is formed on the top surface of the carbon nanotube body and on the laterally opposite sidewalls of the carbon nanotube body. A gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric on the top surface of the carbon nanotube body and adjacent to the gate dielectric on the laterally opposite sidewalls of the carbon nanotube body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Chau, Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Douglas Barlage, Suman Datta
  • Patent number: 7170120
    Abstract: A structure to form an energy well within a Carbon nanotube is described. The structure includes a doped semiconductor region and an undoped semiconductor region. The Carbon nanotube is between the doped semiconductor region and the undoped semiconductor region. The structure also includes a delta doped semiconductor region. The undoped semiconductor region is between the Carbon nanotube and the delta doped region. The delta doped semiconductor region is doped opposite that of the doped semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Suman Datta, Marko Radosavljevic, Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Justin Brask, Amlan Majumdar, Robert S. Chau
  • Publication number: 20070001219
    Abstract: A contact architecture for nanoscale channel devices having contact structures coupling to and extending between source or drain regions of a device having a plurality of parallel semiconductor bodies. The contact structures being able to contact parallel semiconductor bodies having sub-lithographic pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Marko Radosavljevic, Amlan Majumdar, Brian Doyle, Jack Kavalieros, Mark Doczy, Justin Brask, Uday Shah, Suman Datta, Robert Chau