Patents by Inventor Curtis DURFEE

Curtis DURFEE 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).

  • Device with highly active acceptor doping and method of production thereof
    Patent number: 10886178
    Abstract: A device including a triple-layer EPI stack including SiGe, Ge, and Si, respectively, with Ga confined therein, and method of production thereof. Embodiments include an EPI stack including a SiGe layer, a Ge layer, and a Si layer over a plurality of fins, the EPI stack positioned between and over a portion of sidewall spacers, wherein the Si layer is a top layer capping the Ge layer, and wherein the Ge layer is a middle layer capping the SiGe layer underneath; and a Ga layer in a portion of the Ge layer between the SiGe layer and the Si layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Tek Po Rinus Lee, Annie Levesque, Qun Gao, Hui Zang, Rishikesh Krishnan, Bharat Krishnan, Curtis Durfee
  • DEVICE WITH HIGHLY ACTIVE ACCEPTOR DOPING AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200066593
    Abstract: A device including a triple-layer EPI stack including SiGe, Ge, and Si, respectively, with Ga confined therein, and method of production thereof. Embodiments include an EPI stack including a SiGe layer, a Ge layer, and a Si layer over a plurality of fins, the EPI stack positioned between and over a portion of sidewall spacers, wherein the Si layer is a top layer capping the Ge layer, and wherein the Ge layer is a middle layer capping the SiGe layer underneath; and a Ga layer in a portion of the Ge layer between the SiGe layer and the Si layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tek Po Rinus LEE, Annie LEVESQUE, Qun GAO, Hui ZANG, Rishikesh KRISHNAN, Bharat KRISHNAN, Curtis DURFEE