Patents by Inventor Deborah Ann Neumayer

Deborah Ann Neumayer 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).

  • Patent number: 6333202
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated ferroelectric/CMOS structure which effectively separates incompatible high temperature deposition and annealing processes is provided. The method of the present invention includes separately forming a CMOS structure and a ferroelectric delivery wafer. These separate structures are then brought into contact with each and the ferroelectric film of the delivery wafer is bonded to the upper conductive electrode layer of the CMOS structure by using a low temperature anneal step. A portion of the delivery wafer is then removed providing an integrated FE/CMOS structure wherein the ferroelectric capacitor is formed on top of the CMOS structure. The capacitor is in contact with the transistor of the CMOS structure through all the wiring levels of the CMOS structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James William Adkisson, Charles Thomas Black, Alfred Grill, Randy William Mann, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Wilbur David Pricer, Katherine Lynn Saenger, Thomas McCarroll Shaw
  • Publication number: 20010040271
    Abstract: An IC including a resistor which is coupled to a metal wiring level through metal contacts, said resistor including a discrete metal-insulator-metal stack, wherein said metal contacts are in contact to one of said metals of said film stack. In the above IC design, current flows laterally through either the top metal electrode, the bottom metal electrode, or both, and any unused electrode is disconnected from the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Daniel Charles Edelstein, Robert Benjamin Laibowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Tak Hung Ning, Robert Rosenberg, Thomas McCarroll Shaw
  • Publication number: 20010014484
    Abstract: High-capacity capacitors and gate insulators exhibiting moderately high dielectric constants with surprisingly low leakage using amorphous or low temperature films of perovskite type oxides including a titanate system material such as barium titanate, strontium titanate, barium strontium titanate (BST), lead titanate, lead zirconate titanate, lead lanthanum zirconate titanate, barium lanthanum titanate, a niobate, aluminate or tantalate system material such as lead magnesium niobate, lithium niobate lithium tantalate, potassium niobate and potassium tantalum niobate, a tungsten-bronze system material such as barium strontium niobate, lead barium niobate, barium titanium niobate, and Bi-layered perovskite system material such as strontium bismuth tantalate, bismuth titanate deposited directly on a silicon surface at temperatures about 450° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Robert Benjamin Liabowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Thomas McCarroll Shaw
  • Publication number: 20010013660
    Abstract: An amorphous dielectric material having a dielectric constant of 10 or greater is provided herein for use in fabricating capacitors in integrated circuit applications. The amorphous dielectric material is formed using temperatures below 450° C.; therefore the BEOL metallurgy is not adversely affected. The amorphous dielectric material of the present invention exhibits good conformality and a low leakage current. Damascene devices containing the capacitor of the present invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: PETER RICHARD DUNCOMBE, DANIEL CHARLES EDELSTEIN, ROBERT BENJAMIN LAIBOWITZ, DEBORAH ANN NEUMAYER, TAK HUNG NING, ROBERT ROSENBERG, THOMAS MCARRAOLL SHAW
  • Publication number: 20010014505
    Abstract: High-capacity capacitors and gate insulators exhibiting moderately high dielectric constants with surprisingly low leakage using amorphous or low temperature films of perovskite type oxides including a titanate system material such as barium titanate, strontium titanate, barium strontium titanate (BST), lead titanate, lead zirconate titanate, lead lanthanum zirconate titanate, barium lanthanum titanate, a niobate, aluminate or tantalate system material such as lead magnesium niobate, lithium niobate lithium tantalate, potassium niobate and potassium tantalum niobate, a tungsten-bronze system material such as barium strontium niobate, lead barium niobate, barium titanium niobate, and Bi-layered perovskite system material such as strontium bismuth tantalate, bismuth titanate deposited directly on a silicon surface at temperatures about 450° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Robert Benjamin Laibowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Thomas McCarroll Shaw
  • Patent number: 6255122
    Abstract: High-capacity capacitors and gate insulators exhibiting moderately high dielectric constants with surprisingly low leakage using amorphous or low temperature films of perovskite type oxides including a titanate system material such as barium titanate, strontium titanate, barium strontium titanate (BST), lead titanate, lead zirconate titanate, lead lanthanum zirconate titanate, barium lanthanum titanate, a niobate, aluminate or tantalate system material such as lead magnesium niobate, lithium niobate lithium tantalate, potassium niobate and potassium tantalum niobate, a tungsten-bronze system material such as barium strontium niobate, lead barium niobate, barium titanium niobate, and Bi-layered perovskite system material such as strontium bismuth tantalate, bismuth titanate deposited directly on a silicon surface at temperatures about 450° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Robert Benjamin Laibowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Thomas McCarroll Shaw
  • Patent number: 6203613
    Abstract: Metal nitrate-containing precursor compounds are employed in atomic layer deposition processes to form metal-containing films, e.g. metal, metal oxide, and metal nitride, which films exhibit an atomically abrupt interface and an excellent uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen McConnell Gates, Deborah Ann Neumayer
  • Patent number: 6172385
    Abstract: Multilayer ferroelectric capacitor structures comprising a ferroelectric film having a combination of different ferroelectric materials or compositions such as strontium bismuth tantalate, strontium bismuth niobate, bismuth titanate, strontium bismuth tantalate niobate, lead zirconate titanate, lead lanthanum zirconate titanate are disclosed. A method of preparing the multilayer ferroelectric film containing at least two different ferroelectric materials and/or more than one composition of ferroelectric material is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Robert Benjamin Laibowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Katherine Lynn Saenger, Thomas Mcarraoll Shaw
  • Patent number: 6002031
    Abstract: Metal alkoxyalkoxidecarboxylates wherein the alkoxy portion has 2-6 carbon atoms and the alkoxide portion has 2-6 carbon atoms are provided and are useful in forming films on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Deborah Ann Neumayer
  • Patent number: 5981970
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) device structure based on an organic semiconductor material, that exhibits a high field effect mobility, high current modulation and a low sub-threshold slope at lower operating voltages than the current state of the art organic TFT devices. The structure comprises a suitable substrate disposed with he following sequence of features: a set of conducting gate electrodes covered with a high dielectric constant insulator, a layer of the organic semiconductor, sets of electrically conducting source and drain electrodes corresponding to each of the gate lines, and an optional passivation layer that can overcoat and protect the device structure.Use of high dielectric constant gate insulators exploits the unexpected gate voltage dependence of the organic semiconductor to achieve high field effect mobility levels at very low operating voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christos Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos, Peter Richard Duncombe, Bruce K. Furman, Robert B. Laibowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Sampath Purushothaman
  • Patent number: 5962654
    Abstract: Metal alkoxyalkoxides wherein the alkoxy portion has 3-6 carbon atoms and the alkoxide portion has 2-6 carbon atoms are provided and are useful in forming films on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Operation
    Inventors: Peter Richard Duncombe, Deborah Ann Neumayer
  • Patent number: 5946551
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) device structure based on an organic semiconductor material, that exhibits a high field effect mobility, high current modulation and a low sub-threshold slope at lower operating voltages than the current state of the art organic TFT devices. A fabrication process for the same, especially a process for deposition of the gate insulator using chemical solutions. The structure comprises a suitable substrate disposed with the following sequence of features: a set of conducting gate electrodes covered with a high dielectric constant insulator, a layer of the organic semiconductor, sets of electrically conducting source and drain electrodes corresponding to each of the gate lines, and an optional passivation layer that can overcoat and protect the device structure. Use of high dielectric constant gate insulators exploits the unexpected gate voltage dependence of the organic semiconductor to achieve high field effect mobility levels at very low operating voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Inventors: Christos Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos, Peter Richard Duncombe, Bruce K. Furman, Robert B. Laibowitz, Deborah Ann Neumayer, Sampath Purushothaman
  • Patent number: 5675028
    Abstract: There are disclosed bisamido azides of gallium (Ga), aluminum (Al), or Indium (In) which when pyrolized in accordance with the invention, produce metal nitride films on a substrate. A representative example of a bisamido azide is bisdimethylamidogallium azide, (CH.sub.3)N).sub.2 GaN.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Deborah Ann Neumayer, Vikas Lakhotia