Patents by Inventor Gary Allen

Gary Allen 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: 20250393251
    Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside conductive feed-throughs are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin laterally spaced apart from a second plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin. A first gate stack is over the first plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin, and a second gate stack is over the second plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin. An epitaxial source or drain structure is on a front side conductive contact between the first plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin and the second plurality of horizontally stacked nanowires or fin. A backside conductive structure extends entirely through the epitaxial source or drain structure to the front side conductive contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Leonard P. GULER, Saurabh ACHARYA, Vivek VISHWAKARMA, Umang DESAI, Clifford J. ENGEL, Debaleena NANDI, Nicholas THOMSON, Gary ALLEN, Shaun MILLS, Ehren MANNEBACH
  • Publication number: 20240355915
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form an integrated circuit that includes one or more backside conductive structures that extend through the device layer to contact one or more frontside contacts, such as frontside source or drain contacts. In an example, a given semiconductor device along a row of such devices may be separated from an adjacent semiconductor device along the row by a gate cut. The gate cut may be a dielectric wall that extends through an entire thickness of the gate structure around the semiconductor regions of the devices and also extends between source or drain regions of the devices. A backside conductive structure may extend through portions of the source or drain regions and also through a portion of one of the dielectric walls within the gate trench to contact one or more frontside contacts on the source or drain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard P. Guler, Clifford J. Engel, Debaleena Nandi, Gary Allen, Nicholas A. Thomson, Saurabh Acharya, Umang Desai, Vivek Vishwakarma, Charles H. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20240321738
    Abstract: Techniques to form an integrated circuit having a bridging contact structure. A bridging contact structure may, for example, bridge between source/drain contacts and to an adjacent gate electrode within the same device layer. In an example, a gate cut structure extends in a first direction to separate the source or drain regions and gate structures of neighboring semiconductor devices. Contacts may be formed over the source or drain regions of the neighboring devices on opposite sides of the gate cut along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A portion of the gate cut is replaced with a first conductive bridge between the source or drain contacts. A portion of one or more dielectric barriers between one of the source or drain contacts and an adjacent gate electrode is replaced with a second conductive bridge in the first direction between the source or drain contact and the gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard P. Guler, Prabhjot Kaur Luthra, Nidhi Khandelwal, Marie T. Conte, Saurabh Acharya, Shengsi Liu, Gary Allen, Clifford J. Engel, Charles H. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20240321978
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices that include a contact over a given source or drain region that extends over the top of an adjacent source or drain region without contacting it. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a gate structure around a fin of semiconductor material that extends from a source or drain region, or one or more nanowires or nanoribbons or nanosheets of semiconductor material that extend from the source or drain region. A conductive contact is formed over the source or drain region that extends laterally across the source/drain trench above an adjacent source or drain region without contacting the adjacent source or drain region. The contact may extend along the source/drain trench through a dielectric wall (e.g., a gate cut) that extends orthogonally through the source/drain trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard P. Guler, Shengsi Liu, Baofu Zhu, Charles H. Wallace, Clifford J. Engel, Gary Allen, Saurabh Acharya, Thomas Obrien
  • Publication number: 20230405163
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixture or device which is particularly adapted for installation within a confined compartment of an aircraft, such as a lavatory, galley or cockpit, and which emits UVC within safe limits, i.e., within prescribed safe wavelengths, irradiance, and times (below the ‘Actinic Dose’) while the compartment is occupied, to continuously disinfect the interior air and prevent transmission of not only viruses, but pathogens and the like. The device is preferably a triangular prism which houses a metal core pcBoard, a controller pcBoard and at least one support frame which are fabricated from a heat dissipating metal, as is the hypotenuse of the prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Saberton, Matthew Saberton, Stephen Glaudel, John Hagen, Gary Allen, Gregory A. Schumacher, Burton Russell Cordell
  • Patent number: 11683939
    Abstract: A memory apparatus includes a first electrode having a spin orbit material. The memory apparatus further includes a first memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a first dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the first memory device. The memory apparatus further includes a second memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a second dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the second memory device. A second electrode is on and in contact with a portion of the first electrode, where the second electrode is between the first memory device and the second memory device. The second electrode has a lower electrical resistance than an electrical resistance of the first electrode. The memory apparatus further includes a first interconnect structure and a second interconnect, each coupled with the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Buford, Angeline Smith, Noriyuki Sato, Tanay Gosavi, Kaan Oguz, Christopher Wiegand, Kevin O'Brien, Tofizur Rahman, Gary Allen, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Emily Walker
  • Patent number: 11444237
    Abstract: A spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes a SOT electrode having a spin orbit coupling material. The SOT electrode has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The SOT memory device further includes a magnetic tunnel junction device on a portion of the SOT electrode. A first MTJ sidewall intersects the first SOT sidewall and a portion of the first MTJ sidewall and the SOT sidewall has a continuous first slope. The MTJ device has a second sidewall that does not extend beyond the second SOT sidewall and at least a portion of the second MTJ sidewall has a second slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Sato, Tanay Gosavi, Gary Allen, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Kevin O'Brien, Christopher Wiegand, Angeline Smith, Tofizur Rahman, Ian Young, Ben Buford
  • Patent number: 11430942
    Abstract: A multilayer free magnetic layer structure for spin-based magnetic memory is provided herein. The multilayer free magnetic structure is employed in a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and includes antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic layers. In some cases, the antiferromagnetic coupling is mediated by RKKY interaction with a Ru, Ir, Mo, Cu, or Rh spacer layer. In some cases, low damping magnetic materials, such as CoFeB, FeB, or CoFeBMo are used for the antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic layers. By employing the multilayer free magnetic structure for the MTJ as variously described herein, the critical or switching current can be significantly reduced compared to, for example, an MTJ employing a single-layer free magnetic layer. Thus, higher device efficiencies can be achieved. In some cases, the magnetic layers of the multilayer free magnetic structure are perpendicular magnets, which can be employed, for example, in perpendicular spin-orbit torque (pSOT) memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kaan Oguz, Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Chia-Ching Lin, Gary Allen
  • Patent number: 11417830
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to magnetically doping a spin orbit torque electrode (SOT) in a magnetic random access memory apparatus. In particular, the apparatus may include a free layer of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) coupled to a SOT electrode that is magnetically doped to apply an effective magnetic field on the free layer, where the free layer has a magnetic polarization in a first direction and where current flowing through the magnetically doped SOT electrode is to cause the magnetic polarization of the free layer to change to a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Chia-Ching Lin, Gary Allen, Kaan Oguz, Kevin O'Brien, Noriyuki Sato, Ian Young, Dmitri Nikonov
  • Patent number: 11367749
    Abstract: A spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device with one end coupled with a first electrode and an opposite end coupled with a second electrode including a spin orbit torque material. In an embodiment, a second electrode is coupled with the free magnet and coupled between a pair of interconnect line segments. The second electrode and the pair of interconnect line segments include a spin orbit torque material. The second electrode has a conductive path cross-section that is smaller than a cross section of the conductive path in at least one of the interconnect line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Sato, Angeline Smith, Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Kevin O'Brien, Tofizur Rahman, Gary Allen, Atm G. Sarwar, Ian Young, Hui Jae Yoo, Christopher Wiegand, Benjamin Buford
  • Patent number: 11276730
    Abstract: A perpendicular spin orbit memory device includes a first electrode having a magnetic material and platinum and a material layer stack on a portion of the first electrode. The material layer stack includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet above the first electrode, a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and a second electrode coupled with the fixed magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin O'Brien, Christopher Wiegand, Tofizur Rahman, Noriyuki Sato, Gary Allen, James Pellegren, Angeline Smith, Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Benjamin Buford, Ian Young
  • Patent number: 11251365
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a magnetic junction having a magnet with a first magnetization; an interconnect adjacent to the magnetic junction, wherein the interconnect comprises an antiferromagnetic (AFM) material which is doped with a doping material (Pt, Ni, Co, or Cr) and a structure adjacent to the interconnect such that the magnetic junction and the structure are on opposite surfaces of the interconnect, wherein the structure comprises a magnet with a second magnetization substantially different from the first magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Ian Young, Kevin O'Brien, Gary Allen, Noriyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20200343301
    Abstract: A memory apparatus includes a first electrode having a spin orbit material. The memory apparatus further includes a first memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a first dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the first memory device. The memory apparatus further includes a second memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a second dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the second memory device. A second electrode is on and in contact with a portion of the first electrode, where the second electrode is between the first memory device and the second memory device. The second electrode has a lower electrical resistance than an electrical resistance of the first electrode. The memory apparatus further includes a first interconnect structure and a second interconnect, each coupled with the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Buford, Angeline Smith, Noriyuki Sato, Tanay Gosavi, Kaan Oguz, Christopher Wiegand, Kevin O'Brien, Tofizur Rahman, Gary Allen, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Emily Walker
  • Publication number: 20200227474
    Abstract: A perpendicular spin orbit memory device includes a first electrode having a magnetic material and platinum and a material layer stack on a portion of the first electrode. The material layer stack includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet above the first electrode, a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and a second electrode coupled with the fixed magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin O'Brien, Christopher Wiegand, Tofizur Rahman, Noriyuki Sato, Gary Allen, James Pellegren, Angeline Smith, Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Benjamin Buford, Ian Young
  • Publication number: 20200006630
    Abstract: A spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes a SOT electrode having a spin orbit coupling material. The SOT electrode has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The SOT memory device further includes a magnetic tunnel junction device on a portion of the SOT electrode. A first MTJ sidewall intersects the first SOT sidewall and a portion of the first MTJ sidewall and the SOT sidewall has a continuous first slope. The MTJ device has a second sidewall that does not extend beyond the second SOT sidewall and at least a portion of the second MTJ sidewall has a second slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Sato, Tanay Gosavi, Gary Allen, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Kevin O'Brien, Christopher Wiegand, Angeline Smith, Tofizur Rahman, Ian Young, Ben Buford
  • Publication number: 20200006643
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to manufacturing a magnetic random access memory (MRAM). In particular, a process may include coupling a side of a magnetic free layer of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) to a first side of a hybrid spin orbit torque (SOT) electrode-insert layer, coupling a first side of an atomic layer etching (ALE) etch layer to a second side of the hybrid SOT electrode-insert layer opposite the first side, applying an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to edges of the MTJ, the SOT electrode and the etch layers, the ILD layer in a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane of the MTJ, SOT electrode and ALE etch layers, and etching the ALE etch layer using ALE until the SOT layer is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tanay GOSAVI, Sasikanth MANIPATRUNI, Chia-Ching LIN, Gary ALLEN, Scott B. CLENDENING, Ian YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20200006636
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to magnetically doping a spin orbit torque electrode (SOT) in a magnetic random access memory apparatus. In particular, the apparatus may include a free layer of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) coupled to a SOT electrode that is magnetically doped to apply an effective magnetic field on the free layer, where the free layer has a magnetic polarization in a first direction and where current flowing through the magnetically doped SOT electrode is to cause the magnetic polarization of the free layer to change to a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tanay GOSAVI, Sasikanth MANIPATRUNI, Chia-Ching LIN, Gary ALLEN, Kaan OGUZ, Kevin O?BRIEN, Noriyuki SATO, Ian YOUNG, Dmitri NIKONOV
  • Publication number: 20200006424
    Abstract: A spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device with one end coupled with a first electrode and an opposite end coupled with a second electrode including a spin orbit torque material. In an embodiment, a second electrode is coupled with the free magnet and coupled between a pair of interconnect line segments. The second electrode and the pair of interconnect line segments include a spin orbit torque material. The second electrode has a conductive path cross-section that is smaller than a cross section of the conductive path in at least one of the interconnect line segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Sato, Angeline Smith, Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Kevin O'Brien, Tofizur Rahman, Gary Allen, Atm G. Sarwar, Ian Young, Hui Jae Yoo, Christopher Weigand, Benjamin Buford
  • Publication number: 20200006625
    Abstract: A multilayer free magnetic layer structure for spin-based magnetic memory is provided herein. The multilayer free magnetic structure is employed in a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and includes antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic layers. In some cases, the antiferromagnetic coupling is mediated by RKKY interaction with a Ru, Ir, Mo, Cu, or Rh spacer layer. In some cases, low damping magnetic materials, such as CoFeB, FeB, or CoFeBMo are used for the antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic layers. By employing the multilayer free magnetic structure for the MTJ as variously described herein, the critical or switching current can be significantly reduced compared to, for example, an MTJ employing a single-layer free magnetic layer. Thus, higher device efficiencies can be achieved. In some cases, the magnetic layers of the multilayer free magnetic structure are perpendicular magnets, which can be employed, for example, in perpendicular spin-orbit torque (pSOT) memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAAN OGUZ, TANAY GOSAVI, SASIKANTH MANIPATRUNI, CHIA-CHING LIN, GARY ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20190305216
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a magnetic junction having a magnet with a first magnetization; an interconnect adjacent to the magnetic junction, wherein the interconnect comprises an antiferromagnetic (AFM) material which is doped with a doping material (Pt, Ni, Co, or Cr) and a structure adjacent to the interconnect such that the magnetic junction and the structure are on opposite surfaces of the interconnect, wherein the structure comprises a magnet with a second magnetization substantially different from the first magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tanay Gosavi, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Kaan Oguz, Ian Young, Kevin O'Brien, Gary Allen, Noriyuki Sato