Patents by Inventor Jennifer Qingzhu Gao

Jennifer Qingzhu Gao 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: 11594628
    Abstract: A gallium nitride based monolithic microwave integrated circuit includes a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate and a barrier layer on the channel layer. A recess is provided in a top surface of the barrier layer. First gate, source and drain electrodes are provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer, with a bottom surface of the first gate electrode in direct contact with the barrier layer. Second gate, source and drain electrodes are also provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer. A gate insulating layer is provided in the recess in the barrier layer, and the second gate electrode is on the gate insulating layer opposite the barrier layer and extending into the recess. The first gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of a depletion mode transistor, and the second gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of an enhancement mode transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Saptharishi Sriram, Jennifer Qingzhu Gao, Jeremy Fisher, Scott Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20210119029
    Abstract: A gallium nitride based monolithic microwave integrated circuit includes a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate and a barrier layer on the channel layer. A recess is provided in a top surface of the barrier layer. First gate, source and drain electrodes are provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer, with a bottom surface of the first gate electrode in direct contact with the barrier layer. Second gate, source and drain electrodes are also provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer. A gate insulating layer is provided in the recess in the barrier layer, and the second gate electrode is on the gate insulating layer opposite the barrier layer and extending into the recess. The first gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of a depletion mode transistor, and the second gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of an enhancement mode transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Saptharishi Sriram, Jennifer Qingzhu Gao, Jeremy Fisher, Scott Sheppard
  • Patent number: 10861963
    Abstract: A gallium nitride based monolithic microwave integrated circuit includes a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate and a barrier layer on the channel layer. A recess is provided in a top surface of the barrier layer. First gate, source and drain electrodes are provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer, with a bottom surface of the first gate electrode in direct contact with the barrier layer. Second gate, source and drain electrodes are also provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer. A gate insulating layer is provided in the recess in the barrier layer, and the second gate electrode is on the gate insulating layer opposite the barrier layer and extending into the recess. The first gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of a depletion mode transistor, and the second gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of an enhancement mode transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Saptharishi Sriram, Jennifer Qingzhu Gao, Jeremy Fisher, Scott Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20200066892
    Abstract: A gallium nitride based monolithic microwave integrated circuit includes a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate and a barrier layer on the channel layer. A recess is provided in a top surface of the barrier layer. First gate, source and drain electrodes are provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer, with a bottom surface of the first gate electrode in direct contact with the barrier layer. Second gate, source and drain electrodes are also provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer. A gate insulating layer is provided in the recess in the barrier layer, and the second gate electrode is on the gate insulating layer opposite the barrier layer and extending into the recess. The first gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of a depletion mode transistor, and the second gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of an enhancement mode transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Saptharishi Sriram, Jennifer Qingzhu Gao, Jeremy Fisher, Scott Sheppard
  • Patent number: 10516043
    Abstract: A gallium nitride based monolithic microwave integrated circuit includes a substrate, a channel layer on the substrate and a barrier layer on the channel layer. A recess is provided in a top surface of the barrier layer. First gate, source and drain electrodes are provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer, with a bottom surface of the first gate electrode in direct contact with the barrier layer. Second gate, source and drain electrodes are also provided on the barrier layer opposite the channel layer. A gate insulating layer is provided in the recess in the barrier layer, and the second gate electrode is on the gate insulating layer opposite the barrier layer and extending into the recess. The first gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of a depletion mode transistor, and the second gate, source and drain electrodes comprise the electrodes of an enhancement mode transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Saptharishi Sriram, Jennifer Qingzhu Gao, Jeremy Fisher, Scott Sheppard