Patents by Inventor Herbert Ho

Herbert Ho 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: 11374092
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to virtual bulk in semiconductor on insulator technology and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor formed on a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) wafer with a doped sub-collector material in a buried insulator region under a semiconductor substrate of the SOI wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: John J. Pekarik, Vibhor Jain, Herbert Ho, Claude Ortolland, Qizhi Liu
  • Patent number: 11217685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a device with a marker layer and methods of manufacture. The device includes: a collector region; an intrinsic base region above the collector region; an emitter region comprising emitter material and a marker layer vertically between the intrinsic base region and the emitter material; and an extrinsic base region in electrical contact with the intrinsic base region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Herbert Ho, Vibhor Jain, John J. Pekarik, Claude Ortolland, Judson R. Holt, Qizhi Liu, Viorel Ontalus
  • Patent number: 11145725
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a heterojunction bipolar transistor and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a sub-collector region; a collector region in electrical connection to the sub-collector region; an emitter located adjacent to the collector region and comprising emitter material, recessed sidewalls on the emitter material and an extension region extending at an upper portion of the emitter material above the recessed sidewalls; and an extrinsic base separated from the emitter by the recessed sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Qizhi Liu, Vibhor Jain, Judson R. Holt, Herbert Ho, Claude Ortolland, John J. Pekarik
  • Patent number: 11063140
    Abstract: Structures for a heterojunction bipolar transistor and methods of forming a structure for a heterojunction bipolar transistor. A first heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a first emitter, a first collector, and a first base layer having a portion positioned between the first emitter and the first collector. A second heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a second emitter, a second collector, and a second base layer having a portion positioned between the second emitter and the second collector. The first and second base layers each comprise silicon-germanium, the first base layer includes a first germanium profile, and the second base layer includes a second germanium profile that is identical to the first germanium profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: John J. Pekarik, Anthony K. Stamper, Vibhor Jain, Steven M. Shank, John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Herbert Ho, Qizhi Liu
  • Publication number: 20210098612
    Abstract: Structures for a heterojunction bipolar transistor and methods of forming a structure for a heterojunction bipolar transistor. A first heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a first emitter, a first collector, and a first base layer having a portion positioned between the first emitter and the first collector. A second heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a second emitter, a second collector, and a second base layer having a portion positioned between the second emitter and the second collector. The first and second base layers each comprise silicon-germanium, the first base layer includes a first germanium profile, and the second base layer includes a second germanium profile that is identical to the first germanium profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: John J. Pekarik, Anthony K. Stamper, Vibhor Jain, Steven M. Shank, John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Herbert Ho, Qizhi Liu
  • Publication number: 20210091189
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a heterojunction bipolar transistor and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a sub-collector region; a collector region in electrical connection to the sub-collector region; an emitter located adjacent to the collector region and comprising emitter material, recessed sidewalls on the emitter material and an extension region extending at an upper portion of the emitter material above the recessed sidewalls; and an extrinsic base separated from the emitter by the recessed sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Qizhi LIU, Vibhor JAIN, Judson R. HOLT, Herbert HO, Claude ORTOLLAND, John J. PEKARIK
  • Publication number: 20210091214
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a device with a marker layer and methods of manufacture. The device includes: a collector region; an intrinsic base region above the collector region; an emitter region comprising emitter material and a marker layer vertically between the intrinsic base region and the emitter material; and an extrinsic base region in electrical contact with the intrinsic base region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Herbert HO, Vibhor JAIN, John J. PEKARIK, Claude ORTOLLAND, Judson R. HOLT, Qizhi LIU, Viorel ONTALUS
  • Publication number: 20210091180
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to virtual bulk in semiconductor on insulator technology and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor formed on a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) wafer with a doped sub-collector material in a buried insulator region under a semiconductor substrate of the SOI wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: John J. PEKARIK, Vibhor JAIN, Herbert HO, Claude ORTOLLAND, Qizhi LIU
  • Patent number: 9684432
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory, Virginia Wang, Leora Wiseman, Shanmugavelayutham Muthukrishnan, Mihai Badoiu, Ankur Bhargava, Igor Kofman
  • Patent number: 9253225
    Abstract: Community interaction during video viewing is provided. A video hosting website includes videos available for viewing. Users establish lists of friends, who are other users of the video hosting site. When a user logs on, her presence is made known by an interaction engine to her friends that are also logged in to the site. The user's activities are tracked and her friends are notified of those activities. Tracked activities may include viewing a video, rating a video, commenting on a video, uploading a video to the site, and adding a new friend. Friends are notified of these activities in one embodiment through one or more user interface elements. A user can select a user interface element to discover which of her friends are also watching the same video at that time. A user watching a video can summon her online friends to the watch page to watch collaboratively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Junee, Herbert Ho, Yu Pan, Erik Klein, Slave Jovanovski, Julian Frumar, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Richard B. Leider, Mohan Nibhanupudi
  • Patent number: 8826357
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory
  • Publication number: 20140115476
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory
  • Publication number: 20140019862
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory, Virginia Wang, Leora Wiseman, Shanmugavelayutham Muthukrishnan, Mihai Badoiu, Ankur Bhargava, Igor Kofman
  • Patent number: 8566353
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory, Virginia Wang, Leora Wiseman, Shanmugavelayutham Muthukrishnan, Mihai Badoiu, Ankur Bhargava, Igor Kofman
  • Patent number: 8555177
    Abstract: Community interaction during video viewing is provided. A video hosting website includes videos available for viewing. Users establish lists of friends, who are other users of the video hosting site. When a user logs on, her presence is made known by an interaction engine to her friends that are also logged in to the site. The user's activities are tracked and her friends are notified of those activities. Tracked activities may include viewing a video, rating a video, commenting on a video, uploading a video to the site, and adding a new friend. Friends are notified of these activities in one embodiment through one or more user interface elements. A user can select a user interface element to discover which of her friends are also watching the same video at that time. A user watching a video can summon her online friends to the watch page to watch collaboratively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Junee, Herbert Ho, Yu Pan, Erik Klein, Slave Jovanovski, Julian Frumar, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Richard B. Leider, Mohan Nibhanupudi
  • Publication number: 20090297118
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory
  • Publication number: 20090300475
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fink, Ryan Junee, Sigalit Bar, Aviad Barzilai, Isaac Elias, Julian Frumar, Herbert Ho, Nir Kerem, Simon Ratner, Jasson Arthur Schrock, Ran Tavory
  • Publication number: 20090112121
    Abstract: A bleeding apparatus includes a first stimulating component for pressing an examinee at a first simulating point so as to induce sense perception, and a second stimulating component for pressing the examinee at a second simulating point so as to induce sense perception. A distance between the first stimulating component and the second stimulating component is less than or equal to a two-point sense threshold of a human perception system. The bleeding apparatus further includes a bleeding component disposed between the first stimulating component and the second stimulating component for bleeding the examinee between the first stimulating point and the second stimulating point when the first stimulating component is pressing the examinee at the first simulating point and the second stimulating component is pressing the examinee at the second simulating point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Min-Chieh Chuang, Herbert Ho
  • Publication number: 20090112122
    Abstract: A bleeding apparatus includes a stimulating component for stimulating an examinee on a first region, and a bleeding component for bleeding the examinee on a second region. The second region is adjacent to a boundary of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Min-Chieh Chuang, Herbert Ho
  • Publication number: 20080057647
    Abstract: The present invention provides two-transistor silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (2-Tr SONOS) non-volatile memory cells with randomly accessible storage locations as well as method of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, a 2-Tr SONOS cell is provided in which the select transistor is located with a trench structure having trench depth from 1 to 2 ?m and the memory transistor is located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate adjoining the trench structure. In another embodiment, a 2-Tr SONOS memory cell is provided in which both the select transistor and the memory transistor are located within a trench structure having the depth mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herbert Ho, Jack Mandelman, Tak Ning, Yoichi Otani