Patents by Inventor Brian S. Doyle

Brian S. 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: 20220199839
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices with Schottky diodes in a back end of line stack. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer, where transistor devices are provided in the semiconductor layer, and a back end stack over the semiconductor layer. In an embodiment, a diode is in the back end stack. In an embodiment, the diode comprises a first electrode, a semiconductor region over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the semiconductor region. In an embodiment, a first interface between the first electrode and the semiconductor region is an ohmic contact, and a second interface between the semiconductor region and the second electrode is a Schottky contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Arnab SEN GUPTA, Urusa ALAAN, Justin WEBER, Charles C. KUO, Yu-Jin CHEN, Kaan OGUZ, Matthew V. METZ, Abhishek A. SHARMA, Prashant MAJHI, Brian S. DOYLE, Van H. LE
  • Publication number: 20220199609
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor devices with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection of the transistor devices. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, where a transistor device is provided on the semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device further comprises a stack of routing layers over the semiconductor substrate, and a diode in the stack of routing layers. In an embodiment, the diode is configured to provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to the transistor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Urusa ALAAN, Abhishek A. SHARMA, Charles C. KUO, Benjamin ORR, Nicholas THOMSON, Ayan KAR, Arnab SEN GUPTA, Kaan OGUZ, Brian S. DOYLE, Prashant MAJHI, Van H. LE, Elijah V. KARPOV
  • Publication number: 20220199801
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a semiconductor devices with back end of line (BEOL) transistor devices. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate and a BEOL stack over the semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, a field effect transistor (FET) is embedded in the BEOL stack. In an embodiment, the FET comprises a channel, a gate dielectric over the channel, where the gate dielectric is single crystalline, a gate electrode over the gate dielectric, and a source electrode and a drain electrode passing through the gate dielectric to contact the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Prashant MAJHI, Abhishek A. SHARMA, Charles C. KUO, Brian S. DOYLE, Urusa ALAAN, Van H. LE, Elijah V. KARPOV, Kaan OGUZ, Arnab SEN GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20220181335
    Abstract: A ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) includes first and second gate electrodes, source and drain regions, a semiconductor region between and physically connecting the source and drain regions, a first gate dielectric between the semiconductor region and the first gate electrode, and a second gate dielectric between the semiconductor region and the second gate electrode. The first gate dielectric includes a ferroelectric dielectric. In an embodiment, a memory cell includes this FeFET, with the first gate electrode being electrically connected to a wordline and the drain region being electrically connected to a bitline. In another embodiment, a memory array includes wordlines extending in a first direction, bitlines extending in a second direction, and a plurality of such memory cells at crossing regions of the wordlines and the bitlines. In each memory cell, the wordline is a corresponding one of the wordlines and the bitline is a corresponding one of the bitlines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Abhishek A. SHARMA, Brian S. DOYLE, Ravi PILLARISETTY, Prashant MAJHI, Elijah V. KARPOV
  • Patent number: 11342457
    Abstract: Strained thin film transistors are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a strain inducing layer on an insulator layer above a substrate. A polycrystalline channel material layer is on the strain inducing layer. A gate dielectric layer is on a first portion of the polycrystalline channel material. A gate electrode is on the gate dielectric layer, the gate electrode having a first side opposite a second side. A first conductive contact is adjacent the first side of the gate electrode, the first conductive contact on a second portion of the polycrystalline channel material. A second conductive contact adjacent the second side of the gate electrode, the second conductive contact on a third portion of the polycrystalline channel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Majhi, Willy Rachmady, Brian S. Doyle, Abhishek A. Sharma, Elijah V. Karpov, Ravi Pillarisetty, Jack T. Kavalieros
  • Patent number: 11335705
    Abstract: Thin film tunnel field effect transistors having relatively increased width are described. In an example, integrated circuit structure includes an insulator structure above a substrate. The insulator structure has a topography that varies along a plane parallel with a global plane of the substrate. A channel material layer is on the insulator structure. The channel material layer is conformal with the topography of the insulator structure. A gate electrode is over a channel portion of the channel material layer on the insulator structure. A first conductive contact is over a source portion of the channel material layer on the insulator structure, the source portion having a first conductivity type. A second conductive contact is over a drain portion of the channel material layer on the insulator structure, the drain portion having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Majhi, Brian S. Doyle, Ravi Pillarisetty, Abhishek A. Sharma, Elijah V. Karpov
  • Publication number: 20220130443
    Abstract: A 1S-1T ferroelectric memory cell is provided that include a transistor and a two-terminal selector device. The transistor exhibits a low conductive state and a high conductive state (channel resistance), depending on drive voltage. The two-terminal selector device exhibits one of an ON-state and an OFF-state depending upon whether the transistor is in its low conductive state or its high conductive state. The transistor may be, for instance, a ferroelectric gate vertical transistor. Modulation of a polarization state of ferroelectric material of the vertical transistor may be utilized to switch the state of the selector device. The memory cell may thus selectively be operated in one of an ON-state and an OFF-state depending upon whether the selector device is in its ON-state or OFF-state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Abhishek A. SHARMA, Brian S. DOYLE, Ravi PILLARISETTY, Prashant MAJHI, Elijah V. KARPOV
  • Publication number: 20220109025
    Abstract: Embedded non-volatile memory structures having double selector elements are described. In an example, a memory device includes a word line. A double selector element is above the word line. The double selector element includes a first selector material layer, a second selector material layer different than the first selector material layer, and a conductive layer directly between the first selector material layer and the second selector material layer. A bipolar memory element is above the word line. A conductive electrode is between the double selector element and the bipolar memory element. A bit line is above the word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Prashant MAJHI, Ravi PILLARISETTY, Elijah V. KARPOV, Brian S. DOYLE, Abhishek A. SHARMA
  • Patent number: 11295884
    Abstract: A perpendicular spin transfer torque memory (pSTTM) device incorporates a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device having a free magnetic stack that includes a plurality of magnetic layers interleaved with a plurality of non-magnetic insert layers. The layers are arranged such that the topmost and bottommost layers are magnetic layers. The stacked design decreases the damping of the MTJ free magnetic stack, beneficially reducing the write current required to write to the pSTTM device. The stacked design further increases the interface anisotropy, thereby beneficially improving the stability of the pSTTM device. The non-magnetic interface layer may include tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, hafnium, or iridium, or a binary alloy containing at least two of tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten hafnium, or iridium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kaan Oguz, Kevin P. O'Brien, Brian S. Doyle, Charles C. Kuo, Mark L. Doczy
  • Patent number: 11289509
    Abstract: A ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) includes first and second gate electrodes, source and drain regions, a semiconductor region between and physically connecting the source and drain regions, a first gate dielectric between the semiconductor region and the first gate electrode, and a second gate dielectric between the semiconductor region and the second gate electrode. The first gate dielectric includes a ferroelectric dielectric. In an embodiment, a memory cell includes this FeFET, with the first gate electrode being electrically connected to a wordline and the drain region being electrically connected to a bitline. In another embodiment, a memory array includes wordlines extending in a first direction, bitlines extending in a second direction, and a plurality of such memory cells at crossing regions of the wordlines and the bitlines. In each memory cell, the wordline is a corresponding one of the wordlines and the bitline is a corresponding one of the bitlines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek A. Sharma, Brian S. Doyle, Ravi Pillarisetty, Prashant Majhi, Elijah V. Karpov
  • Patent number: 11250899
    Abstract: A 1S-1T ferroelectric memory cell is provided that include a transistor and a two-terminal selector device. The transistor exhibits a low conductive state and a high conductive state (channel resistance), depending on drive voltage. The two-terminal selector device exhibits one of an ON-state and an OFF-state depending upon whether the transistor is in its low conductive state or its high conductive state. The transistor may be, for instance, a ferroelectric gate vertical transistor. Modulation of a polarization state of ferroelectric material of the vertical transistor may be utilized to switch the state of the selector device. The memory cell may thus selectively be operated in one of an ON-state and an OFF-state depending upon whether the selector device is in its ON-state or OFF-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek A. Sharma, Brian S. Doyle, Ravi Pillarisetty, Prashant Majhi, Elijah V. Karpov
  • Patent number: 11233090
    Abstract: Embedded non-volatile memory structures having double selector elements are described. In an example, a memory device includes a word line. A double selector element is above the word line. The double selector element includes a first selector material layer, a second selector material layer different than the first selector material layer, and a conductive layer directly between the first selector material layer and the second selector material layer. A bipolar memory element is above the word line. A conductive electrode is between the double selector element and the bipolar memory element. A bit line is above the word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Majhi, Ravi Pillarisetty, Elijah V. Karpov, Brian S. Doyle, Abhishek A. Sharma
  • Patent number: 11233040
    Abstract: An embedded cross-point memory array is described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first die including a cross-point memory array comprising separate memory blocks, the memory blocks including orthogonally arranged conductive lines, and memory elements at cross-sections of the conductive lines. A first plurality of sockets is on the first die adjacent to the memory blocks, the first plurality of sockets comprising a first plurality of pads that connect to at least a portion to the conductive lines of the corresponding memory block. A second die includes logic circuitry and a second plurality of sockets comprising a second plurality of pads at least partially aligned with positions of the first plurality of pads on the first die. A top of the first die and a top of the second die face one another, wherein the first plurality of pads are bonded with the second plurality pads to directly connect the cross-point memory array to the logic circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Elijah V. Karpov, Prashant Majhi, Brian S. Doyle, Ravi Pillarisetty, Yih Wang
  • Publication number: 20210399113
    Abstract: A transistor, including an antiferroelectric (AFE) gate dielectric layer is described. The AFE gate dielectric layer may be crystalline and include oxygen and a dopant. The transistor further includes a gate electrode on the AFE gate dielectric layer, a source structure and a drain structure on the substrate, where the gate electrode is between the source structure and the drain structure. The transistor further includes a source contact coupled with the source structure and a drain contact coupled with the drain structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Pillarisetty, Brian S. Doyle, Abhishek A. Sharma, Prashant Majhi, Willy Rachmady, Jack T. Kavalieros, Gilbert Dewey
  • Patent number: 11195932
    Abstract: In various embodiments disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for using a ferroelectric material as a gate dielectric in an integrated circuit, for example, as part of a transistor. In an embodiment, the transistor can include a p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor. In an embodiment, the transistor can have a p-doped substrate. In an embodiment, the channel of the transistor can be a p-doped channel. In an embodiment, the transistor having the ferroelectric material as the gate dielectric can be used in connection with an inverter. In an embodiment, the inverter can be used in connection with an static random access memory (SRAM) memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek A. Sharma, Brian S. Doyle, Prashant Majhi, Ravi Pillarisetty, Elijah V. Karpov
  • Patent number: 11195578
    Abstract: One embodiment of a memory device comprises a selector and a storage capacitor in series with the selector. A further embodiment comprises a conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) in parallel with a storage capacitor coupled between the selector and zero volts. A plurality of memory devices form a 1S-1C or a 1S-1C-CBRAM cross-point DRAM array with 4F2 or less density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Pillarisetty, Abhishek A. Sharma, Brian S. Doyle, Elijah V. Karpov, Prashant Majhi
  • Patent number: 11195839
    Abstract: A memory device comprises a first selector and a storage capacitor in series with the first selector. A second selector is in parallel with the storage capacitor coupled between the first selector and zero volts. A plurality of memory devices form a 2S-1C cross-point DRAM array with 4F2 or less density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Pillarisetty, Abhishek A. Sharma, Prashant Majhi, Elijah V. Karpov, Brian S. Doyle
  • Publication number: 20210375873
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package that includes a first plurality of memory cells of a first type coupled with a substrate. The microelectronic package may further include a second plurality of memory cells of a second type communicatively coupled with the substrate such that the first plurality of memory cells is between the substrate and the second plurality of memory cells. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Majhi, Abhishek A. Sharma, Charles Kuo, Brian S. Doyle, Urusa Shahriar Alaan, Van H. Le, Elijah V. Karpov, Kaan Oguz, Arnab Sen Gupta
  • Patent number: 11171176
    Abstract: Embedded non-volatile memory structures having asymmetric selector elements are described. In an example, a memory device includes a word line. An asymmetric selector element is above the word line. The asymmetric selector element includes a first electrode material layer, a selector material layer on the first electrode material layer, and a second electrode material layer on the selector material layer, the second electrode material layer different in composition than the first electrode material layer. A bipolar memory element is above the word line, the bipolar memory element on the asymmetric selector element. A bit line is above the word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Majhi, Abhishek A. Sharma, Elijah V. Karpov, Ravi Pillarisetty, Brian S. Doyle
  • Patent number: 11152482
    Abstract: A transistor, including an antiferroelectric (AFE) gate dielectric layer is described. The AFE gate dielectric layer may be crystalline and include oxygen and a dopant. The transistor further includes a gate electrode on the AFE gate dielectric layer, a source structure and a drain structure on the substrate, where the gate electrode is between the source structure and the drain structure. The transistor further includes a source contact coupled with the source structure and a drain contact coupled with the drain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Pillarisetty, Brian S. Doyle, Abhishek A. Sharma, Prashant Majhi, Willy Rachmady, Jack T. Kavalieros, Gilbert Dewey