Patents by Inventor Brian L. Swenson
Brian L. Swenson 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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Publication number: 20200343375Abstract: A lateral III-N device has a vertical gate module with III-N material orientated in an N-polar or a group-III polar orientation. A III-N material structure has a III-N buffer layer, a III-N barrier layer, and a III-N channel layer. A compositional difference between the III-N barrier layer and the III-N channel layer causes a 2DEG channel to be induced in the III-N channel layer. A p-type III-N body layer is disposed over the III-N channel layer in a source side access region but not over a drain side access region. A n-type III-N capping layer over the p-type III-N body layer. A source electrode that contacts the n-type III-N capping layer is electrically connected to the p-type III-N body layer and is electrically isolated from the 2DEG channel when the gate electrode is biased relative to the source electrode at a voltage that is below a threshold voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Umesh Mishra, Davide Bisi, Geetak Gupta, Carl Joseph Neufeld, Brian L. Swenson, Rakesh K. Lal
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Patent number: 10756207Abstract: A lateral III-N device has a vertical gate module with III-N material orientated in an N-polar or a group-III polar orientation. A III-N material structure has a III-N buffer layer, a III-N barrier layer, and a III-N channel layer. A compositional difference between the III-N barrier layer and the III-N channel layer causes a 2DEG channel to be induced in the III-N channel layer. A p-type III-N body layer is disposed over the III-N channel layer in a source side access region but not over a drain side access region. A n-type III-N capping layer over the p-type III-N body layer. A source electrode that contacts the n-type III-N capping layer is electrically connected to the p-type III-N body layer and is electrically isolated from the 2DEG channel when the gate electrode is biased relative to the source electrode at a voltage that is below a threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Transphorm Technology, Inc.Inventors: Umesh Mishra, Davide Bisi, Geetak Gupta, Carl Joseph Neufeld, Brian L. Swenson, Rakesh K. Lal
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Publication number: 20200119179Abstract: A lateral III-N device has a vertical gate module with III-N material orientated in an N-polar or a group-III polar orientation. A III-N material structure has a III-N buffer layer, a III-N barrier layer, and a III-N channel layer. A compositional difference between the III-N barrier layer and the III-N channel layer causes a 2DEG channel to be induced in the III-N channel layer. A p-type III-N body layer is disposed over the III-N channel layer in a source side access region but not over a drain side access region. A n-type III-N capping layer over the p-type III-N body layer. A source electrode that contacts the n-type III-N capping layer is electrically connected to the p-type III-N body layer and is electrically isolated from the 2DEG channel when the gate electrode is biased relative to the source electrode at a voltage that is below a threshold voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Umesh Mishra, Davide Bisi, Geetak Gupta, Carl Joseph Neufeld, Brian L. Swenson, Rakesh K. Lal
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Patent number: 9865719Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Patent number: 9685323Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a buffer structure suited for III-N device having a foreign substrate. The buffer structure can include a first buffer layer having a first aluminum composition and a second buffer layer formed on the first buffer layer, the second buffer layer having a second aluminum composition. The buffer structure further includes a third buffer layer formed on the second buffer layer at a second interface, the third buffer layer having a third aluminum composition. The first aluminum composition decreases in the first buffer layer towards the interface and the second aluminum composition throughout the second buffer layer is greater than the first aluminum composition at the interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Publication number: 20160133737Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Publication number: 20160126342Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Publication number: 20160042946Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a buffer structure suited for III-N device having a foreign substrate. The buffer structure can include a first buffer layer having a first aluminum composition and a second buffer layer formed on the first buffer layer, the second buffer layer having a second aluminum composition. The buffer structure further includes a third buffer layer formed on the second buffer layer at a second interface, the third buffer layer having a third aluminum composition. The first aluminum composition decreases in the first buffer layer towards the interface and the second aluminum composition throughout the second buffer layer is greater than the first aluminum composition at the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Patent number: 9245993Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Patent number: 9245992Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Patent number: 9165766Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a buffer structure suited for III-N device having a foreign substrate. The buffer structure can include a first buffer layer having a first aluminum composition and a second buffer layer formed on the first buffer layer, the second buffer layer having a second aluminum composition. The buffer structure further includes a third buffer layer formed on the second buffer layer at a second interface, the third buffer layer having a third aluminum composition. The first aluminum composition decreases in the first buffer layer towards the interface and the second aluminum composition throughout the second buffer layer is greater than the first aluminum composition at the interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Publication number: 20140264455Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Publication number: 20140264370Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device can include forming a III-N semiconductor layer in a reactor and injecting a hydrocarbon precursor into the reactor, thereby carbon doping the III-N semiconductor layer and causing the III-N semiconductor layer to be insulating or semi-insulating. A semiconductor device can include a substrate and a carbon doped insulating or semi-insulating III-N semiconductor layer on the substrate. The carbon doping density in the III-N semiconductor layer is greater than 5×1018 cm?3 and the dislocation density in the III-N semiconductor layer is less than 2×109 cm?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Transphorm Inc.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum
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Publication number: 20130200495Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a buffer structure suited for III-N device having a foreign substrate. The buffer structure can include a first buffer layer having a first aluminum composition and a second buffer layer formed on the first buffer layer, the second buffer layer having a second aluminum composition. The buffer structure further includes a third buffer layer formed on the second buffer layer at a second interface, the third buffer layer having a third aluminum composition. The first aluminum composition decreases in the first buffer layer towards the interface and the second aluminum composition throughout the second buffer layer is greater than the first aluminum composition at the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: TRANSPHORM INC.Inventors: Stacia Keller, Brian L. Swenson, Nicholas Fichtenbaum