Patents by Inventor Etienne Nowak

Etienne Nowak 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: 11944022
    Abstract: A resistive memory cell may be provided with a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on either side of a dielectric layer and facing an interface between a first region and a second region, The first and second region may have different compositions in terms of doping and/or dielectric constant, so as to confine the zone of reversible creation of a conductive filament at the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent Grenouillet, Marios Barlas, Etienne Nowak
  • Publication number: 20220069217
    Abstract: Resistive memory cell provided with a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on either side of a dielectric layer and facing an interface between a first region and a second region, said first and second region having different compositions in terms of doping and/or dielectric constant, so as to confine the zone of reversible creation of a conductive filament at said interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent GRENOUILLET, Marios BARLAS, Etienne NOWAK
  • Patent number: 11217307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of programming resistive memory cells of a resistive memory, the method comprising: applying, by a programming circuit based on a first target resistive state, an initial resistance modification to a first cell of the resistive memory to change its resistance from an initial resistive state to a first new resistance; comparing, by the programming circuit, the first new resistance of the first cell with a resistance range of the first target resistive state and with a target resistance range associated with the first target resistive state; and if it is determined that the first new resistance is outside the resistance range of the target resistive state and inside the target resistance range, applying by the programming circuit one or more further resistance modifications to the first cell to increase or decrease its resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Elisa Vianello, Etienne Nowak, Binh Quang Le, Subhasish Mitra, Fan Tony Wu, Philip Wong
  • Publication number: 20210035638
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of programming resistive memory cells of a resistive memory, the method comprising: applying, by a programming circuit based on a first target resistive state, an initial resistance modification to a first cell of the resistive memory to change its resistance from an initial resistive state to a first new resistance; comparing, by the programming circuit, the first new resistance of the first cell with a resistance range of the first target resistive state and with a target resistance range associated with the first target resistive state; and if it is determined that the first new resistance is outside the resistance range of the target resistive state and inside the target resistance range, applying by the programming circuit one or more further resistance modifications to the first cell to increase or decrease its resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Elisa VIANELLO, Etienne NOWAK, Binh Quang LE, Subhasish MITRA, Fan Tony WU, Philip WONG
  • Patent number: 9711520
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate including a common source region and a drain region, a lower structure provided on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of lower transistors connected in series between the common source region and the drain region, a stack including a plurality of word lines stacked on the lower structure, and semiconductor pillars penetrating the stack and controlling gate electrodes of respective ones of the lower transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Etienne Nowak, Xia Zhiliang, Daesin Kim, Young-Gu Kim, Narae Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160005753
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate including a common source region and a drain region, a lower structure provided on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of lower transistors connected in series between the common source region and the drain region, a stack including a plurality of word lines stacked on the lower structure, and semiconductor pillars penetrating the stack and controlling gate electrodes of respective ones of the lower transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Etienne Nowak, Xia Zhiliang, Daesin Kim, Young-Gu Kim, Narae Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150115345
    Abstract: A vertical memory device includes a channel, a conductive pattern, gate electrodes, a bit line and a conductive line. A plurality of the channels and the conductive patterns extend in a vertical direction from a top surface of a substrate. The gate electrodes surround outer sidewalls of the channels and the conductive patterns. The gate electrodes are stacked in the vertical direction to be spaced apart from each other. The bit line is electrically connected to the channels. The conductive line is electrically connected to the conductive patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Etienne Nowak, Dae-Sin Kim, Hye-Young Kwon, Jae-Ho Kim, Jin-Woo Park, Ji-Woong Sue