Patents by Inventor Hongru Ren

Hongru Ren 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: 20240147736
    Abstract: Structures that include resistive memory elements and methods of forming a structure that includes resistive memory elements. The structure comprises a bipolar junction transistor including a base, a first terminal having a first raised semiconductor layer over the base, and a second terminal having a second raised semiconductor layer over the base. The first raised semiconductor layer is spaced in a lateral direction from the second raised semiconductor layer. The structure further comprises a resistive memory element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a switching layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode of the resistive memory element is coupled to the first terminal of the bipolar junction transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Venkatesh P. Gopinath, Alexander Derrickson, Hongru Ren
  • Publication number: 20240063225
    Abstract: A substrate is provided. The substrate includes a base, a semiconductor layer over the base, and an insulator layer between the base and the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a first semiconductor layer portion having a first thickness, a second semiconductor layer portion having a second thickness, and a third semiconductor layer portion having a third thickness, and the first thickness, the second thickness, and the third thickness are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: DAVID PRITCHARD, HONGRU REN, SHAFIULLAH SYED, HONG YU, MAN GU, JIANWEI PENG
  • Publication number: 20230147981
    Abstract: A planar transistor device is disclosed including a gate structure positioned above a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate comprising a substantially planar upper surface, a channel region, a source region, a drain region, and at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material that is positioned in at least one of the source region, the drain region or the channel region, wherein the layer of 2D material has a substantially planar upper surface, a substantially planar bottom surface and a substantially uniform vertical thickness across an entire length of the layer of 2D material in the gate length direction and across an entire width of the layer of 2D material in the gate width direction, wherein the substantially planar upper surface and the substantially planar bottom surface of the layer of 2D material are positioned approximately parallel to a substantially planar surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: David Pritchard, Heng Yang, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Publication number: 20230131403
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) structure including a gate structure over a semiconductor layer. The gate structure includes a first portion having a first horizontal width, and a second portion laterally adjacent the first portion and having a second horizontal width less than the first horizontal width. A gate contact is on the first portion of the gate structure and is not on the second portion of the gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: David C. Pritchard, Hongru Ren, Zhixing Zhao
  • Patent number: 11610843
    Abstract: An illustrative device disclosed herein includes a doped well region and a conductive well tap conductively coupled to the doped well region, the conductive well tap including first and second opposing sidewall surfaces. In this example the device also includes a first sidewall spacer that has a first vertical height positioned around the conductive well tap and a second sidewall spacer positioned adjacent the first sidewall spacer along the first and second opposing sidewall surfaces of the conductive well tap, wherein the second sidewall spacer has a second vertical height that is less than the first vertical height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Hongru Ren, David Pritchard, Ryan W. Sporer, Manjunatha Prabhu
  • Patent number: 11581430
    Abstract: A planar transistor device is disclosed including a gate structure positioned above a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate comprising a substantially planar upper surface, a channel region, a source region, a drain region, and at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material that is positioned in at least one of the source region, the drain region or the channel region, wherein the layer of 2D material has a substantially planar upper surface, a substantially planar bottom surface and a substantially uniform vertical thickness across an entire length of the layer of 2D material in the gate length direction and across an entire width of the layer of 2D material in the gate width direction, wherein the substantially planar upper surface and the substantially planar bottom surface of the layer of 2D material are positioned approximately parallel to a substantially planar surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: David Pritchard, Heng Yang, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Publication number: 20220285274
    Abstract: An illustrative device disclosed herein includes a doped well region and a conductive well tap conductively coupled to the doped well region, the conductive well tap including first and second opposing sidewall surfaces. In this example the device also includes a first sidewall spacer that has a first vertical height positioned around the conductive well tap and a second sidewall spacer positioned adjacent the first sidewall spacer along the first and second opposing sidewall surfaces of the conductive well tap, wherein the second sidewall spacer has a second vertical height that is less than the first vertical height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hongru Ren, David Pritchard, Ryan W. Sporer, Manjunatha Prabhu
  • Patent number: 11239087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with slotted active regions and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a mandrel on top of a diffusion region comprising a diffusion material; forming a first material over the mandrel and the diffusion region; removing the mandrel to form multiple spacers each having a thickness; depositing a second material over the spacers and the diffusion material; and forming slots in the diffusion region by removing a portion of the second material over the diffusion region and the underlying diffusion material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Heng Yang, David C. Pritchard, George J. Kluth, Anurag Mittal, Hongru Ren, Manjunatha G. Prabhu, Kai Sun, Neha Nayyar, Lixia Lei
  • Patent number: 11177182
    Abstract: One illustrative vertical transistor device disclosed herein includes a channel region comprising at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material, a bottom source/drain region, a top source/drain region and a gate structure positioned all around at least the at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Heng Yang, David Pritchard, Kai Sun, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Patent number: 11094791
    Abstract: One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a bottom source/drain region and a top source/drain region positioned vertically above at least a portion of the bottom source/drain region, wherein each of the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region comprise at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material. The device also includes a substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure positioned vertically between the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region and a gate structure positioned all around an outer perimeter of the substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure for at least a portion of the vertical height of the substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
    Inventors: Heng Yang, David Pritchard, Kai Sun, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Publication number: 20210242316
    Abstract: One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a bottom source/drain region and a top source/drain region positioned vertically above at least a portion of the bottom source/drain region, wherein each of the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region comprise at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material. The device also includes a substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure positioned vertically between the bottom source/drain region and the top source/drain region and a gate structure positioned all around an outer perimeter of the substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure for at least a portion of the vertical height of the substantially vertically oriented semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Heng Yang, David Pritchard, Kai Sun, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Publication number: 20210242094
    Abstract: One illustrative vertical transistor device disclosed herein includes a channel region comprising at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material, a bottom source/drain region, a top source/drain region and a gate structure positioned all around at least the at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Heng Yang, David Pritchard, Kai Sun, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Publication number: 20210057558
    Abstract: A planar transistor device is disclosed including a gate structure positioned above a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate comprising a substantially planar upper surface, a channel region, a source region, a drain region, and at least one layer of a two-dimensional (2D) material that is positioned in at least one of the source region, the drain region or the channel region, wherein the layer of 2D material has a substantially planar upper surface, a substantially planar bottom surface and a substantially uniform vertical thickness across an entire length of the layer of 2D material in the gate length direction and across an entire width of the layer of 2D material in the gate width direction, wherein the substantially planar upper surface and the substantially planar bottom surface of the layer of 2D material are positioned approximately parallel to a substantially planar surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: David Pritchard, Heng Yang, Hongru Ren, Neha Nayyar, Manjunatha Prabhu, Elizabeth Strehlow, Salvatore Cimino
  • Patent number: 10727108
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolation region between semiconductor devices and methods of fabrication. Embodiments include device having a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate; a dummy gate between two metal gates formed over the SOI substrate, the dummy gate providing a physical diffusion break between the two metal gates; raised source/drain (S/D) regions formed on sides of the metal gates; and interlayer dielectric formed over the dummy gate, raised S/D regions and metal gates and in openings on sides of the dummy gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: David Pritchard, Heng Yang, Hongru Ren
  • Publication number: 20200127013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolation region between semiconductor devices and methods of fabrication. Embodiments include device having a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate; a dummy gate between two metal gates formed over the SOI substrate, the dummy gate providing a physical diffusion break between the two metal gates; raised source/drain (S/D) regions formed on sides of the metal gates; and interlayer dielectric formed over the dummy gate, raised S/D regions and metal gates and in openings on sides of the dummy gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: David PRITCHARD, Heng YANG, Hongru REN
  • Publication number: 20200058515
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with slotted active regions and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a mandrel on top of a diffusion region comprising a diffusion material; forming a first material over the mandrel and the diffusion region; removing the mandrel to form multiple spacers each having a thickness; depositing a second material over the spacers and the diffusion material; and forming slots in the diffusion region by removing a portion of the second material over the diffusion region and the underlying diffusion material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Heng YANG, David C. PRITCHARD, George J. KLUTH, Anurag MITTAL, Hongru REN, Manjunatha G. PRABHU, Kai SUN, Neha NAYYAR, Lixia LEI
  • Patent number: 10497576
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with slotted active regions and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a mandrel on top of a diffusion region comprising a diffusion material; forming a first material over the mandrel and the diffusion region; removing the mandrel to form multiple spacers each having a thickness; depositing a second material over the spacers and the diffusion material; and forming slots in the diffusion region by removing a portion of the second material over the diffusion region and the underlying diffusion material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Heng Yang, David C. Pritchard, George J. Kluth, Anurag Mittal, Hongru Ren, Manjunatha G. Prabhu, Kai Sun, Neha Nayyar, Lixia Lei