Patents by Inventor Francesco CROTTI
Francesco CROTTI 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).
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Patent number: 11793085Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method of forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) device, including: forming a layer stack including an MTJ layer structure and a spin-orbit torque (SOT) layer below the MTJ layer structure; forming a first etch mask over the layer stack, the first etch mask including a first mask line extending in a first horizontal direction; patterning the layer stack to form an MTJ line extending in the first horizontal direction, the patterning including etching while the first etch mask masks the layer stack, and stopping etching on or above the SOT-layer; forming sidewall spacers on one or both sides of the MTJ line; while the sidewall spacers mask the SOT-layer, etching the SOT-layer to form a patterned layer stack including the MTJ line and a first patterned SOT-layer; forming a second etch mask over the patterned layer stack, the second etch mask including a second mask line extending in a second horizontal direction across the MTJ line; and patterning the patterned laType: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: IMEC vZwInventors: Davide Francesco Crotti, Kevin Garello
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Patent number: 11326838Abstract: A road vehicle having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; an engine, which transmits the motion to drive wheels; and a cooling system, which is connected to the engine. The cooling system has: a cooling circuit where a cooling liquid flows; two first radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a first “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a right side of the road vehicle; and two second radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a second “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a left side of the road vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Fabrizio Favaretto, Francesco Crotti
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Publication number: 20220059760Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method of forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) device, including: forming a layer stack including an MTJ layer structure and a spin-orbit torque (SOT) layer below the MTJ layer structure; forming a first etch mask over the layer stack, the first etch mask including a first mask line extending in a first horizontal direction; patterning the layer stack to form an MTJ line extending in the first horizontal direction, the patterning including etching while the first etch mask masks the layer stack, and stopping etching on or above the SOT-layer; forming sidewall spacers on one or both sides of the MTJ line; while the sidewall spacers mask the SOT-layer, etching the SOT-layer to form a patterned layer stack including the MTJ line and a first patterned SOT-layer; forming a second etch mask over the patterned layer stack, the second etch mask including a second mask line extending in a second horizontal direction across the MTJ line; and patterning the patterned laType: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Davide Francesco Crotti, Kevin Garello
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Publication number: 20210212796Abstract: A container for endoscopes, usable for the containment of endoscopes during washing, sterilization, drying and for the subsequent storage of endoscopes subjected to such operations, characterized in that it has a bilobed diametrical cross section, that is, it consists of a hollow body provided with at least a convex inner wall symmetrical with respect to a central axis (y-y).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventor: Francesco CROTTI
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Publication number: 20210187141Abstract: A method for the sterilization of endoscopes and similar instruments, comprising the following steps of: washing and/or disinfecting or sterilizing an endoscope in a container by one or more washing fluids; dry the endoscope inside the container using one or more drying fluids. The method is characterized by the fact that the pressure inside the container during disinfection or sterilization and/or drying is kept lower than atmospheric pressure and the container is pressurized after drying, at a pressure higher than at atmospheric pressure, before releasing the endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventor: Francesco CROTTI
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Patent number: 11021055Abstract: A motor module for modularly making a front and/or rear electric axle, comprising an electric motor generator and a gear train enclosed in a gearbox case permanently fixed to a stator of said electric motor-generator, the module having an L-shape. Electric axle comprising a pair of L-shaped modules for making a T-shaped front electric axle and a U-shaped rear electric axle.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Crotti, Renaud Marlier, Fabrizio Favaretto
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Publication number: 20210022589Abstract: A container for endoscopes, usable for the containment of endoscopes during washing, sterilization, drying and for the subsequent storage of endoscopes subjected to such operations, characterized in that it is provided with signaling means (7) applied to said container (2) and adapted to emit a signal if the pressure inside the same container (2) is below a pre-established value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventor: Francesco CROTTI
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Patent number: 10825868Abstract: In one aspect, a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device is disclosed. It includes providing a vertical stack of alternating layers of a first layer type and a second layer type, and providing a first trench and a second trench adjacent the vertical stack. The first trench and the second trench can define a fin. The method further can include recessing the first layer type to form recesses extending into the fin, providing a first electrode in individual ones of the recesses, and providing a second electrode in the first trench and the second trench. The method further can include providing, for individual ones of the recesses, a lateral stack including a memory element, a middle electrode, and a selector element. The lateral stack can extend between the first electrode and the second electrode, thereby forming a memory device.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: IMEC vzwInventors: Romain Delhougne, Davide Francesco Crotti, Gouri Sankar Kar, Luca Di Piazza, Ludovic Goux
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Patent number: 10797224Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to magnetoresistive devices, and more particularly to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device formed in an interconnection structure, and to a method of integrating the (MTJ) device in the interconnection structure. According to an aspect, a device includes a first interconnection level including a first dielectric layer and a first set of conductive paths arranged in the first dielectric layer, a second interconnection level arranged on the first connection level and including a second dielectric layer and a second set of conductive paths arranged in the second dielectric layer, and a third interconnection level arranged on the second interconnection level and including a third dielectric layer and a third set of conductive paths arranged in the third dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: IMEC vzw, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenInventors: Praveen Raghavan, Davide Francesco Crotti, Raf Appeltans
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Publication number: 20200023734Abstract: A motor module for modularly making a front and/or rear electric axle, comprising an electric motor generator and a gear train enclosed in a gearbox case permanently fixed to a stator of said electric motor-generator, the module having an L-shape. Electric axle comprising a pair of L-shaped modules for making a T-shaped front electric axle and a U-shaped rear electric axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Francesco CROTTI, Renaud MARLIER, Fabrizio FAVARETTO
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Publication number: 20190390913Abstract: A road vehicle having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; an engine, which transmits the motion to drive wheels; and a cooling system, which is connected to the engine. The cooling system has: a cooling circuit where a cooling liquid flows; two first radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a first “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a right side of the road vehicle; and two second radiators, which are connected to the cooling circuit and make up, together, a second “V”-shaped structure, which is arranged on a left side of the road vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Fabrizio FAVARETTO, Francesco CROTTI
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Publication number: 20190221610Abstract: In one aspect, a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device is disclosed. It includes providing a vertical stack of alternating layers of a first layer type and a second layer type, and providing a first trench and a second trench adjacent the vertical stack. The first trench and the second trench can define a fin. The method further can include recessing the first layer type to form recesses extending into the fin, providing a first electrode in individual ones of the recesses, and providing a second electrode in the first trench and the second trench. The method further can include providing, for individual ones of the recesses, a lateral stack including a memory element, a middle electrode, and a selector element. The lateral stack can extend between the first electrode and the second electrode, thereby forming a memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Romain Delhougne, Davide Francesco Crotti, Gouri Sankar Kar, Luca Di Piazza, Ludovic Goux
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Publication number: 20180248111Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to magnetoresistive devices, and more particularly to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device formed in an interconnection structure, and to a method of integrating the (MTJ) device in the interconnection structure. According to an aspect, a device includes a first interconnection level including a first dielectric layer and a first set of conductive paths arranged in the first dielectric layer, a second interconnection level arranged on the first connection level and including a second dielectric layer and a second set of conductive paths arranged in the second dielectric layer, and a third interconnection level arranged on the second interconnection level and including a third dielectric layer and a third set of conductive paths arranged in the third dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Praveen Raghavan, Davide Francesco Crotti, Raf Appeltans