Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Ginami

Giancarlo Ginami 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: 6353243
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising an array of memory cells, providing for: a) forming in a memory cell array area of a semiconductor layer (6) an active area for the memory cells; b) forming over said active area for the memory cells a gate oxide layer (8); c) forming over the whole integrated circuit a first layer of conductive material (9); d) forming over the first layer of conductive material (9) a layer of insulating material (10); e) removing the layer of insulating material (10) from outside the memory cell array area; f) forming over the whole integrated circuit a second layer of conductive material (11) which in the memory cell array area is separated from the first layer of conductive material (9) by the insulating material layer (10), while outside the memory cell array area is directly superimposed over said first layer of conductive material (9); g) inside the memory cell array area, defining first strips (22) of the second layer of conductive material (11) for forming
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.L.
    Inventors: Claudio Brambilla, Manlio Sergio Cereda, Giancarlo Ginami
  • Patent number: 6104058
    Abstract: A method for improving the intermediate dielectric profile, particularly for non-volatile memories constituted by a plurality of cells, including the following steps: forming field oxide regions and drain active area regions on a substrate; forming word lines on the field oxide regions; depositing oxide to form oxide wings that are adjacent to the word lines; opening, by masking, source regions and the drain active area regions, keeping the field oxide regions that separate one memory cell from the other, inside the memory, covered with resist; and removing field oxide in the source regions and removing oxide wings from both sides of the word lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Claudio Brambilla, Giancarlo Ginami, Stefano Daffra, Andrea Ravaglia, Manlio Sergio Cereda
  • Patent number: 5976933
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising an array of memory cells, providing for: a) forming in a memory cell array area of a semiconductor layer (6) an active area for the memory cells; b) forming over said active area for the memory cells a gate oxide layer (8); c) forming over the whole integrated circuit a first layer of conductive material (9); d) forming over the first layer of conductive material (9) a layer of insulating material (10); e) removing the layer of insulating material (10) from outside the memory cell array area; f) forming over the whole integrated circuit a second layer of conductive material (11) which in the memory cell array area is separated from the first layer of conductive material (9) by the insulating material layer (10), while outside the memory cell array area is directly superimposed over said first layer of conductive material (9); g) inside the memory cell array area, defining first strips (22) of the second layer of conductive material (11) for forming
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Claudio Brambilla, Manlio Sergio Cereda, Giancarlo Ginami
  • Patent number: 5894065
    Abstract: A method for improving the intermediate dielectric profile, particularly for non-volatile memories constituted by a plurality of cells, including the following steps: forming field oxide regions and drain active area regions on a substrate; forming word lines on the field oxide regions; depositing oxide to form oxide wings that are adjacent to the word lines; opening, by masking, source regions and the drain active area regions, keeping the field oxide regions that separate one memory cell from the other, inside the memory, covered with resist; and removing field oxide in the source regions and removing oxide wings from both sides of the word lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Claudio Brambilla, Giancarlo Ginami, Stefano Daffra, Andrea Ravaglia, Manlio Sergio Cereda
  • Patent number: 5696399
    Abstract: A process for producing integrated circuits including the steps of: selectively growing field insulating regions of insulating material extending partly inside a substrate having a given type of conductivity; depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate; shaping the polycrystalline silicon layer through a mask; and selectively implanting ions of the same conductivity type as the substrate, using the shaping mask, through the field insulating regions. The implanted ions penetrate the substrate and form channel stopper regions beneath the field insulating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Manlio Sergio Cereda, Giancarlo Ginami
  • Patent number: 5663080
    Abstract: A process for producing integrated circuits including the steps of: selectively growing field insulating regions of insulating material extending partly inside a substrate having a given type of conductivity; depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate; shaping the polycrystalline silicon layer through a mask; and selectively implanting ions of the same conductivity type as the substrate, using the shaping mask, through the field insulating regions. The implanted ions penetrate the substrate and form channel stopper regions beneath the field insulating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, S.r.L.
    Inventors: Manlio Sergio Cereda, Giancarlo Ginami, Enrico Laurin, Andrea Ravaglia
  • Patent number: 5486487
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a low-capacitance programmed cell structure for read-only memory circuits comprises a field-effect transistor having conventional source and drain regions separated by a channel region overlaid by the gate of the transistor. This ROM memory cell is programmed by a channel implant extending only from the source region for a selected distance into the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Ginami, Enrico Laurin, Silvia Lucherini, Bruno Vajana