Patents by Inventor F. Jacob Steigerwald

F. Jacob Steigerwald 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: 20230141865
    Abstract: A lateral GaN superjunction transistor or switching device that is configured to have higher breakdown voltage and lower on-resistance as compared to other GaN-based switching devices. The lateral GaN superjunction transistor includes a heavily doped buried implant region (hereinafter, “buried implant region”) in the substrate underlying the transistor that operates as backside field plate (BFP) to control or reduce gate-drain electric fields at the surface of the transistor, thereby enabling the transistor to operate at higher voltages while reducing charge trapping and breakdown effects. The lateral GaN superjunction transistor operates similarly to a vertical silicon superjunction FET to enable operation of the transistor at higher voltages than other GaN or semiconductor devices, such as to enable the construction of faster or higher power electronic circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: James G. Fiorenza, Daniel Piedra, Leonard Shtargot, F. Jacob Steigerwald
  • Patent number: 11145722
    Abstract: A metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) includes a source region and a drain region of a first conductivity type. The MOSFET additionally include a body region of a second conductivity type, where the body region underlies at least a portion of the source region and the drain region. The MOSFET further includes a buried region of the first conductivity type, where the buried region is disposed between the body region and a substrate, where the buried region is configured to reduce a capacitance between the source region and the drain region in response to an indicated voltage applied between the body region and the buried region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Susan L. Feindt, F. Jacob Steigerwald
  • Publication number: 20200286997
    Abstract: A metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) includes a source region and a drain region of a first conductivity type. The MOSFET additionally include a body region of a second conductivity type, where the body region underlies at least a portion of the source region and the drain region. The MOSFET further includes a buried region of the first conductivity type, where the buried region is disposed between the body region and a substrate, where the buried region is configured to reduce a capacitance between the source region and the drain region in response to an indicated voltage applied between the body region and the buried region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Susan L. Feindt, F. Jacob Steigerwald
  • Patent number: 10522389
    Abstract: A transfer printing method provides a first wafer having a receiving surface, and removes a second die from a second wafer using a die moving member. Next, the method positions the second die on the receiving surface of the first wafer. Specifically, to position the second die on the receiving surface, the first wafer has alignment structure for at least in part controlling movement of the die moving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: James Fiorenza, F. Jacob Steigerwald, Edward F. Gleason, Susan L. Feindt