Patents by Inventor Carl Radens

Carl Radens 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: 20230320056
    Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a static random-access-memory (SRAM) device. The SRAM device includes a first set of nanosheets used in an n-type transistor; and a second set of nanosheets with one or more nanosheets of the second set of nanosheets used in a p-type transistor, wherein a width of the second set of nanosheets is wider than a width of the first set of nanosheets. In one embodiment the p-type transistor is used as a pull-up transistor and the n-type transistor is used as a pull-down transistor or a pass-gate transistor. A method of manufacturing the SRAM device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: HUIMEI ZHOU, Carl Radens, MIAOMIAO WANG, Ardasheir Rahman
  • Publication number: 20230301207
    Abstract: A phase change memory (PCM) semiconductor device is provided. The PCM semiconductor device includes: a phase change material stack on a substrate, the phase change material stack including at least two phase change material layers each separated by an insulating layer; a first electrode on a first side of the phase change material stack; and a second electrode on a second side of the phase change material stack, wherein a first one of the phase change material layers has a length that is different from a length of a second one of the phase change material layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: CHING-TZU CHEN, JUNTAO LI, KANGGUO CHENG, CARL RADENS
  • Publication number: 20230284542
    Abstract: A phase change memory (PCM) cell comprising a substrate a first electrode located on the substrate. A phase change material layer located adjacent to the first electrode, wherein a first side of the phase change material layer is in direct contact with the first electrode. A second electrode located adjacent to phase change material layer, wherein the second electrode is in direct contact with a second side of the phase change material layer, wherein the first side and the second side are different sides of the phase change material layer. An airgap is located directly above the phase change material layer, wherein the airgap provides space for the phase change material to expand or restrict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Ruilong Xie, Carl Radens, Juntao Li
  • Patent number: 11742836
    Abstract: The semiconductor device comprises a first ring oscillator and a second ring oscillator. An input of the first ring oscillator is an end output of the first ring oscillator and an output of the second ring oscillator and wherein an input of the second ring oscillator is an end output of the second ring oscillator and an output of the first ring oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens
  • Patent number: 11696518
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory structure, and methods of manufacture, which may include a first memory element and a second memory element between a first terminal and a second terminal. The first memory element and the second memory element may be in parallel with each other between the first and second terminal. This may enable the hybrid non-volatile memory structure to store values as a combination of the conductance for each memory element, thereby enabling better tuning of set and reset conductance parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens, Ruilong Xie, Juntao Li
  • Patent number: 11690305
    Abstract: A phase change memory (PCM) cell comprising a substrate a first electrode located on the substrate. A phase change material layer located adjacent to the first electrode, wherein a first side of the phase change material layer is in direct contact with the first electrode. A second electrode located adjacent to phase change material layer, wherein the second electrode is in direct contact with a second side of the phase change material layer, wherein the first side and the second side are different sides of the phase change material layer. An airgap is located directly above the phase change material layer, wherein the airgap provides space for the phase change material to expand or restrict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Ruilong Xie, Carl Radens, Juntao Li
  • Publication number: 20230197603
    Abstract: An interconnect layer for a device and methods for fabricating the interconnect layer are provided. The interconnect layer includes first metal structures arranged in a first array in the interconnect layer and second metal structures, arranged in a second array in the interconnect layer. The second array includes at least one metal structure positioned between two metal structures of the first metal structures. The interconnect layer also includes a spacer material formed around each of the first metal structures and the second metal structures and air gaps formed in the spacer material on each side of the first metal structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hsueh-Chung CHEN, Su Chen FAN, Dechao GUO, Carl RADENS, Indira SESHADRI
  • Publication number: 20230200266
    Abstract: A phase change bridge memory cell includes: a first interlevel dielectric layer; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in the first interlevel dielectric layer and separated by a portion of the first interlevel dielectric layer; an interlevel dielectric pillar on the portion of the first interlevel dielectric layer; a first phase change material on the interlevel dielectric pillar; and a second phase change material including two areas on opposite sides of the interlevel dielectric pillar and electrically connected by the first phase change material, wherein the second phase change material is connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Carl Radens, Juntao Li, Kangguo Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230197814
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a first stack of nanosheets in a first region, the first stack of nanosheets including upper first nanosheets and lower first nanosheets. A second stack of nanosheets is formed in a second region, the second stack of nanosheets including upper second nanosheets and lower second nanosheets. A lower gate cut structure is formed between the lower first nanosheets and the lower second nanosheets. A gate stack is formed on the first and second stack of nanosheets after forming the lower gate cut structure. An upper gate cut structure is formed after forming the gate stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Chen Zhang, Jingyun Zhang, Carl Radens
  • Patent number: 11683998
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure for a vertical phase change memory cell that includes a bottom electrode on a portion of a semiconductor substrate and a pair of vertical phase change bridge elements that are each on a portion of the bottom electrode. The semiconductor structure for the vertical phase change memory cell includes a dielectric material separating the pair of vertical phase change bridge elements and a top electrode over the pair of vertical phase change bridge elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juntao Li, Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens, Ruilong Xie
  • Publication number: 20230189667
    Abstract: A phase change memory includes a phase change structure. There is a heater coupled to a first surface of the phase change structure. A first electrode is coupled to a second surface of the phase change structure. A second electrode coupled to a second surface of the heater. A third electrode is connected to a first lateral end of the phase change structure and a fourth electrode connected to a second lateral end of the phase change structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Ching-Tzu Chen, Carl Radens
  • Publication number: 20230178547
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for integrated input/output and logic devices for nanosheet technology and methods of fabrication for the devices. The types of transistors used for input/output devices and logic devices may differ such that, for example, input/output devices may use EG (Extended Gate) Field Effect Transistors (FET) while logic devices may use Suspended Gate (SG) FETs. Co-locating SG and EG devices on a single die provides for a fabricator to assure alignment between the nanosheets used in the SG and EG devices (improving consistency in the device characteristics on a single die) and reduce overall space requirements for the hardware used by input/output and logic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Maruf Amin BHUIYAN, Ardasheir RAHMAN, Kevin W. BREW, Carl RADENS
  • Publication number: 20230180640
    Abstract: A stacked phase change memory structure having a cross-point architecture is provided. The stacked phase change memory structure includes at least two phase change material element-containing structures stacked one atop the other. Each phase change material element-containing structure of the plurality of phase change material element-containing structures has a cross-point architecture and includes, from bottom to top, at least one bottom electrode, a phase change material element, and a top electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens, Ruilong Xie, Juntao Li
  • Patent number: 11652156
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and resulting structures for nanosheet devices having asymmetric gate stacks. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a nanosheet stack is formed over a substrate. The nanosheet stack includes alternating semiconductor layers and sacrificial layers. A sacrificial liner is formed over the nanosheet stack and a dielectric gate structure is formed over the nanosheet stack and the sacrificial liner. A first inner spacer is formed on a sidewall of the sacrificial layers. A gate is formed over channel regions of the nanosheet stack. The gate includes a conductive bridge that extends over the substrate in a direction orthogonal to the nanosheet stack. A second inner spacer is formed on a sidewall of the gate. The first inner spacer is formed prior to the gate stack, while the second inner spacer is formed after, and consequently, the gate stack is asymmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Carl Radens, Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Dechao Guo, Tao Li, Tsung-Sheng Kang
  • Patent number: 11645206
    Abstract: A method for using a distributed memory device in a memory augmented neural network system includes receiving, by a controller, an input query to access data stored in the distributed memory device, the distributed memory device comprising a plurality of memory banks. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a memory bank selector that identifies a memory bank from the distributed memory device for memory access, wherein the memory bank selector is determined based on a type of workload associated with the input query. The method further includes computing, by the controller and by using content based access, a memory address in the identified memory bank. The method further includes generating, by the controller, an output in response to the input query by accessing the memory address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Tomasz Kornuta, Carl Radens, Nicolas Antoine
  • Publication number: 20230133058
    Abstract: A structure including a bottom electrode on a substrate, a first side electrode vertically aligned above the bottom electrode, a set of alternating layers of insulator layers and conductive layers horizontally adjacent to the first side electrode, and a resistance switching material layer, the resistance switching material layer horizontally adjacent to a first side of the set of alternating layers. A method including forming a structure, the structure including alternating layers of insulator layers and conductive layers on a substrate, the substrate including a bottom electrode, removing a vertically aligned portion of the alternating layers forming a first trench, forming a first side electrode adjacent to the alternating layers in a portion of the first trench, removing another vertically aligned portion of the alternating layers forming a second trench, and forming a resistance switching material layer in the second trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Juntao Li, Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens, Ruilong Xie
  • Publication number: 20230125316
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a second nanosheet device of a second conductivity type stacked over a first nanosheet device of a first conductivity type that is different from the second conductivity type. Each of the first and second nanosheet devices includes at least one semiconductor channel material nanosheet. One side of the least one semiconductor channel material nanosheet of both the first and second nanosheet devices contacts a dielectric material, while another side of the least one semiconductor channel material nanosheet of both the first and second nanosheet devices contacts a functional gate-containing liner that extends laterally to connect to a gate contact of each first and second nanosheet device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Carl Radens, Kangguo Cheng, JUNTAO LI
  • Publication number: 20230122498
    Abstract: A phase-change memory device includes a bottom electrode; a stack of alternating electrical conductor layers directly contacting a top surface of the bottom electrode; a metal pillar directly contacting a top surface of the stack; a phase change material element directly contacting a top surface of the metal pillar; and a top electrode on the phase change material element, wherein a lateral dimension of the metal pillar is smaller than that of the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: JUNTAO LI, Ruilong Xie, Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens
  • Publication number: 20230086033
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a gate for at least one transistor device disposed above the first side of the substrate. The structure may further include a buried power rail at least partially disposed in the substrate and a gate tie-down contact connecting the gate to the buried power rail from the second side of the substrate. The structure may further or alternatively include one or more source/drain regions disposed over the first side of the substrate, and a gate contact connecting to a portion of the gate from the second side of the substrate, the portion of the gate being adjacent to at least one of the one or more source/drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Julien Frougier, Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Nicolas Loubet, Dechao Guo, Kisik Choi, Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens
  • Publication number: 20230090521
    Abstract: Methods and systems for watermarking a circuit design include defining a watermarked cell library that includes cells, each of which defines a design structure that corresponds to a manufacturable physical structure, at least one of which being a watermarked call that includes a watermark. The watermark is encoded using a design structure that extends beyond a respective cell boundary. A first circuit design file is generated for a device to be manufactured. The first circuit design file including at least one watermarked cell. The first circuit design file is sent to a manufacturer for fabrication of a corresponding device that includes a watermark structure that encodes an identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Carl Radens, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Daniel James Dechene, Hsueh-Chung Chen