Patents by Inventor Dmitri E. Nikonov

Dmitri E. Nikonov 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: 20240113220
    Abstract: Technologies for a transistor with a thin-film ferroelectric gate dielectric are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a transistor has a thin layer of scandium aluminum nitride (ScxAl1-xN) ferroelectric gate dielectric. The channel of the transistor may be, e.g., gallium nitride or molybdenum disulfide. In one embodiment, the ferroelectric polarization changes when voltage is applied and removed from a gate electrode, facilitating switching of the transistor at a lower applied voltage. In another embodiment, the ferroelectric polarization of a gate dielectric of a transistor changes when the voltage is past a positive threshold value or a negative threshold value. Such a transistor can be used as a one-transistor memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Ian Alexander Young, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Marko Radosavljevic, Matthew V. Metz, John J. Plombon, Raseong Kim, Uygar E. Avci, Kevin P. O'Brien, Scott B. Clendenning, Jason C. Retasket, Shriram Shivaraman, Dominique A. Adams, Carly Rogan, Punyashloka Debashis, Brandon Holybee, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Sudarat Lee
  • Patent number: 11900979
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward probabilistic in-memory computing configurations and arrangements, and configurations of probabilistic bit devices (p-bits) for probabilistic in-memory computing. concept with emerging. A probabilistic in-memory computing device includes an array of p-bits, where each p-bit is disposed at or near horizontal and vertical wires. Each p-bit is a time-varying resistor that has a time-varying resistance, which follows a desired probability distribution. The time-varying resistance of each p-bit represents a weight in a weight matrix of a stochastic neural network. During operation, an input voltage is applied to the horizontal wires to control the current through each p-bit. The currents are accumulated in the vertical wires thereby performing respective multiply-and-accumulative (MAC) operations. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hai Li, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Punyashloka Debashis, Ian A. Young, Mahesh Subedar, Omesh Tickoo
  • Patent number: 11764786
    Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) majority gate device includes a conducting device and a plurality of ME transistors coupled to the conducting device. In one implementation, the plurality of ME transistors include a ME AND gate device with downward interface polarization, a ME-transmission gate device with downward interface polarization, and a ME-XNOR gate device. In another implementation, the plurality of ME transistors is five single-input ME-FETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma Gaul, Andrew Marshall, Peter A. Dowben, Dmitri E. Nikonov
  • Patent number: 11757449
    Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) XNOR logic gate device includes a conducting device; and a ME-FET coupled to the conducting device. The ME-FET can be formed of a split gate; a first gate terminal coupled to a first portion of the split gate for receiving a first input signal; a second gate terminal coupled to a second portion of the split gate for receiving a second input signal; a source terminal coupled to a ground line; and a drain terminal coupled to the conducting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENT'S OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma Gaul, Andrew Marshall, Peter A. Dowben, Dmitri E. Nikonov
  • Publication number: 20230200081
    Abstract: Described herein are integrated circuit devices formed using perovskite materials. Perovskite materials with a similar crystal structure and different electrical properties can be layered to realize a transistor or memory device. In some embodiments, a ferroelectric perovskite can be incorporated into a device with other perovskite films to form a ferroelectric memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, John J. Plombon, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Kevin P. O'Brien, Ian A. Young, Matthew V. Metz, Chia-Ching Lin, Scott B. Clendenning, Punyashloka Debashish, Carly Lorraine Rogan, Brandon Jay Holybee, Kaan Oguz
  • Publication number: 20230187407
    Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided comprising: a first plurality of integrated circuit (IC) dies in a first layer; a second plurality of IC dies in a second layer between the first layer and a third layer; and a third plurality of IC dies in the third layer. In some embodiments, the second plurality of IC dies comprises IC dies in an array of rows and columns, each IC die of the second plurality of IC dies is coupled to more than one IC die of the first plurality of IC dies, and the third plurality of IC dies is to provide electrical coupling between adjacent ones of the second plurality of IC dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carleton L. Molnar, Adel A. Elsherbini, Tanay Karnik, Shawna M. Liff, Robert J. Munoz, Julien Sebot, Johanna M. Swan, Nevine Nassif, Gerald S. Pasdast, Krishna Bharath, Neelam Chandwani, Dmitri E. Nikonov
  • Patent number: 11658663
    Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) inverter includes two anti-ferromagnetic spin orbit read (AFSOR) circuit elements, each AFSOR circuit element has a CMOS inverter; and an AFSOR device with a ME base layer; a semiconductor channel layer on the ME base layer and comprising a source terminal and a drain terminal, where the source terminal is coupled to an output of the CMOS inverter; and a gate electrode on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate electrode of a second AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements is coupled to the drain terminal of a first AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, INTEL CORPORATION, Board OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma Gaul, Andrew Marshall, Peter A. Dowben, Dmitri E. Nikonov
  • Patent number: 11651203
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a structure to be used in a neural network. A first column and a second column, both of which are to couple with a substrate. A capacitor structure may be electrically coupled with the first column. An insulator-metal transition (IMT) structure may be coupled with the first column such that the capacitor structure is electrically positioned between the IMT structure and the first column. A resistor structure may further be electrically coupled with the IMT structure and the second column such that the resistor structure is electrically positioned between the second column and the IMT structure. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitri E. Nikonov, Elijah V. Karpov, Ian A. Young
  • Patent number: 11626451
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells is disclosed. The memory device includes an array of memory cells where each memory cell includes a first material layer having a ferromagnetic material, a second material layer having ruthenium, and a third material layer having bismuth and/or antimony. The second material layer is sandwiched between the first material layer and the third material in a stacked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Emily Walker, Carl H. Naylor, Kaan Oguz, Kevin L. Lin, Tanay Gosavi, Christopher J. Jezewski, Chia-Ching Lin, Benjamin W. Buford, Dmitri E. Nikonov, John J. Plombon, Ian A. Young, Noriyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11600659
    Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) array of magnetic random access memory (MRAM) bit-cells is described, wherein the array includes a mesh of: a first interconnect extending along a first axis; a second interconnect extending along a second axis; and a third interconnect extending along a third axis, wherein the first, second and third axes are orthogonal to one another, and wherein a bit-cell of the MRAM bit-cells includes: a magnetic junction device including a first electrode coupled to the first interconnect; a piezoelectric (PZe) layer adjacent to a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is coupled to the second interconnect; and a first layer adjacent to the PZe layer and the magnetic junction, wherein the first layer is coupled the third interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATON
    Inventors: Sasikanth Manipatruni, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Ian A. Young
  • Publication number: 20220294450
    Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) inverter includes two anti-ferromagnetic spin orbit read (AFSOR) circuit elements, each AFSOR circuit element has a CMOS inverter; and an AFSOR device with a ME base layer; a semiconductor channel layer on the ME base layer and comprising a source terminal and a drain terminal, where the source terminal is coupled to an output of the CMOS inverter; and a gate electrode on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate electrode of a second AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements is coupled to the drain terminal of a first AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma GAUL, Andrew MARSHALL, Peter A. DOWBEN, Dmitri E. NIKONOV
  • Publication number: 20220294448
    Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) XNOR logic gate device includes a conducting device; and a ME-FET coupled to the conducting device. The ME-FET can be formed of a split gate; a first gate terminal coupled to a first portion of the split gate for receiving a first input signal; a second gate terminal coupled to a second portion of the split gate for receiving a second input signal; a source terminal coupled to a ground line; and a drain terminal coupled to the conducting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma GAUL, Andrew MARSHALL, Peter A. DOWBEN, Dmitri E. NIKONOV
  • Publication number: 20220294449
    Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) majority gate device includes a conducting device and a plurality of ME transistors coupled to the conducting device. In one implementation, the plurality of ME transistors include a ME AND gate device with downward interface polarization, a ME-transmission gate device with downward interface polarization, and a ME-XNOR gate device. In another implementation, the plurality of ME transistors is five single-input ME-FETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma GAUL, Andrew MARSHALL, Peter A. DOWBEN, Dmitri E. NIKONOV
  • Publication number: 20220253285
    Abstract: An analog multiplication circuit includes switched capacitors to multiply digital operands in an analog representation and output a digital result with an analog-to-digital convertor. The capacitors are arranged with a capacitance according to the respective value of the digital bit inputs. To perform the multiplication, the capacitors are selectively charged according to the first operand of the multiplication. The capacitors are then connected to a common interconnect for charge sharing across the capacitors, averaging the charge according to the charge determined by the first operand. The capacitor are then maintained or discharged according to a second operand, such that the remaining charge represents a number of “copies” of the averaged charge. The capacitors are then averaged and output for conversion by an analog-to-digital convertor. This circuit may be repeated to construct a multiply-and-accumulate circuit by combining charges from several such multiplication circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Lin Chao, Clifford Lu Ong, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Ian A. Young, Eric A. Karl
  • Patent number: 11349480
    Abstract: Logic circuits constructed with magnetoelectric (ME) transistors are described herein. A ME logic gate device can include at least one conducting device, for example, at least one MOS transistor; and at least one ME transistor coupled to the at least one conducting device. The ME transistor can be a ME field effect transistor (ME-FET), which can be can be an anti-ferromagnetic spin-orbit read (AFSOR) device or a non-AFSOR device. The gates and logic circuits described herein can be included as standard cells in a design library. Cells of the cell library can include standard cells for a ME inverter device, a ME minority gate device, a ME majority gate device, a ME full adder, a ME XNOR device, a ME XOR device, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nishtha Sharma Gaul, Andrew Marshall, Peter A. Dowben, Dmitri E. Nikonov
  • Publication number: 20220114432
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a structure to be used in a neural network. A first column and a second column, both of which are to couple with a substrate. A capacitor structure may be electrically coupled with the first column. An insulator-metal transition (IMT) structure may be coupled with the first column such that the capacitor structure is electrically positioned between the IMT structure and the first column. A resistor structure may further be electrically coupled with the IMT structure and the second column such that the resistor structure is electrically positioned between the second column and the IMT structure. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitri E. Nikonov, Elijah V. Karpov, Ian A. Young
  • Publication number: 20220069009
    Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) array of magnetic random access memory (MRAM) bit-cells is described, wherein the array includes a mesh of: a first interconnect extending along a first axis; a second interconnect extending along a second axis; and a third interconnect extending along a third axis, wherein the first, second and third axes are orthogonal to one another, and wherein a bit-cell of the MRAM bit-cells includes: a magnetic junction device including a first electrode coupled to the first interconnect; a piezoelectric (PZe) layer adjacent to a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is coupled to the second interconnect; and a first layer adjacent to the PZe layer and the magnetic junction, wherein the first layer is coupled the third interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sasikanth Manipatruni, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Ian A. Young
  • Patent number: 11264476
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for initializing spin qubits with no external magnetic fields are described. An apparatus for quantum computing includes a quantum well and a pair of contacts. At least one of the contacts is formed of a ferromagnetic material. One of the contacts in the pair of contacts interfaces with a semiconductor material at a first position adjacent to the quantum well and the other contact in the pair of contacts interfaces with the semiconductor material at a second position adjacent to the quantum well. The ferromagnetic material initializes an electron or hole with a spin state prior to injection into the quantum well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sasikanth Manipatruni, Ravi Pillarisetty, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Ian A. Young, James S. Clarke
  • Patent number: 11250317
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a structure to be used in a neural network. A first column and a second column, both of which are to couple with a substrate. A capacitor structure may be electrically coupled with the first column. An insulator-metal transition (IMT) structure may be coupled with the first column such that the capacitor structure is electrically positioned between the IMT structure and the first column. A resistor structure may further be electrically coupled with the IMT structure and the second column such that the resistor structure is electrically positioned between the second column and the IMT structure. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitri E. Nikonov, Elijah V. Karpov, Ian A. Young
  • Publication number: 20220044719
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward probabilistic in-memory computing configurations and arrangements, and configurations of probabilistic bit devices (p-bits) for probabilistic in-memory computing. concept with emerging. A probabilistic in-memory computing device includes an array of p-bits, where each p-bit is disposed at or near horizontal and vertical wires. Each p-bit is a time-varying resistor that has a time-varying resistance, which follows a desired probability distribution. The time-varying resistance of each p-bit represents a weight in a weight matrix of a stochastic neural network. During operation, an input voltage is applied to the horizontal wires to control the current through each p-bit. The currents are accumulated in the vertical wires thereby performing respective multiply-and-accumulative (MAC) operations. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hai Li, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Punyashloka Debashis, Ian A. Young, Mahesh Subedar, Omesh Tickoo