Patents by Inventor John Smythe

John Smythe 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: 10643906
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention comprises a method of forming a transistor comprising forming a gate construction having an elevationally-outermost surface of conductive gate material that is lower than an elevationally-outer surface of semiconductor material that is aside and above both sides of the gate construction. Tops of the semiconductor material and the conductive gate material are covered with masking material, two pairs of two opposing sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor material are laterally exposed above both of the sides of the gate construction. After the covering, the semiconductor material that is above both of the sides of the gate construction is subjected to monolayer doping through each of the laterally-exposed two opposing sidewall surfaces of each of the two pairs and forming there-from doped source/drain regions above both of the sides of the gate construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Hwang, John A. Smythe, Haitao Liu, Richard J. Hill, Deepak Chandra Pandey
  • Publication number: 20200066917
    Abstract: A transistor comprising a channel region on a material is disclosed. The channel region comprises a two-dimensional material comprising opposing sidewalls and oriented perpendicular to the material. A gate dielectric is on the two-dimensional material and gates are on the gate dielectric. Semiconductor devices and systems including at least one transistor are disclosed, as well as methods of forming a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Witold Kula, Gurtej S. Sandhu, John A. Smythe
  • Patent number: 10504917
    Abstract: An array of elevationally-extending strings of memory cells comprises a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. The wordline levels have terminal ends corresponding to control-gate regions. Charge-storage material of individual memory cells extend elevationally along individual of the control-gate regions of the wordline levels and do not extend elevationally along the insulative levels. A charge-blocking region of the individual memory cells extends elevationally along the individual control-gate regions of the wordline levels laterally through which charge migration between the individual control-gate regions and the charge-storage material is blocked. Channel material extends elevationally along the stack and is laterally spaced from the charge-storage material by insulative charge-passage material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Richard J. Hill, John A. Smythe
  • Publication number: 20190313680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modifying or enhancing a flavor of a food or beverage product, and to flavored food and beverage products With a modified or enhanced flavor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Nehemiah Fletcher, John Smythe
  • Publication number: 20190297932
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of glycosylated steviol glycoside compositions useful sweeteners and flavor modifiers in food and beverage products and the like are improved by the use of basic conditions before, during and/or after an enzyme-catalyzed glycosylation of a steviol glycoside composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Fletcher, Ryan Woodyer, Mikhail Gololobov, Ryan Gross, John Smythe, Salma Siraj, Xian Chen, James Gaddy
  • Patent number: 10388872
    Abstract: A method of forming a memory cell material comprises forming a first portion of a dielectric material over a substrate by atomic layer deposition. Discrete conductive particles are formed on the first portion of the dielectric material by atomic layer deposition. A second portion of the dielectric material is formed on and between the discrete conductive particles by atomic layer deposition. A memory cell material, a method of forming a semiconductor device structure, and a semiconductor device structure are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, John A. Smythe
  • Publication number: 20190239540
    Abstract: Tri- and tetra-saccharides are used in foods, beverages and other consumable products to mask or reduce the unpleasant taste of certain components also present in such products, such as the bitter taste of certain high intensity sweeteners. The organoleptic qualities of the products are thereby improved. In particular, melezitose, maltotriose and maltotetraose effectively reduce the bitterness of consumable products containing steviol glycosides such as rebaudioside A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail Gololobov, Joshua Fletcher, John Smythe, Ryan D. Woodyer
  • Publication number: 20190206723
    Abstract: Methods of forming high aspect ratio openings. The method comprises removing a portion of a dielectric material at a temperature less than about 0° C. to form at least one opening in the dielectric material. The at least one opening comprises an aspect ratio of greater than about 30:1. A protective material is formed in the at least one opening and on sidewalls of the dielectric material at a temperature less than about 0° C. Methods of forming high aspect ratio features are also disclosed, as are semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ken Tokashiki, John A. Smythe, Gurtej S. Sandhu
  • Publication number: 20190206674
    Abstract: An example method comprises an ALD sequence including contacting an outer substrate surface at a temperature T1 with a first precursor to form a monolayer onto the outer substrate surface. Temperature of the outer substrate surface and the monolayer thereon is increased to a temperature T2 that is at least 200° C. greater than a maximum of the temperature T1. The temperature-increasing is at a temperature-increasing rate that takes no more than 10 seconds to get the outer substrate surface and the monolayer thereon at least 200° C. above the maximum temperature T1. At the temperature T2, the monolayer is contacted with a second precursor that reacts with the monolayer to form a reaction product and a new outer substrate surface that each comprise a component from the monolayer and a component from the second precursor. With the monolayer not having been allowed to be at least 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: John A. Smythe, Woohee Kim, Stefan Uhlenbrock
  • Publication number: 20190189515
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention comprises a method of forming a transistor comprising forming a gate construction having an elevationally-outermost surface of conductive gate material that is lower than an elevationally-outer surface of semiconductor material that is aside and above both sides of the gate construction. Tops of the semiconductor material and the conductive gate material are covered with masking material, two pairs of two opposing sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor material are laterally exposed above both of the sides of the gate construction. After the covering, the semiconductor material that is above both of the sides of the gate construction is subjected to monolayer doping through each of the laterally-exposed two opposing sidewall surfaces of each of the two pairs and forming there-from doped source/drain regions above both of the sides of the gate construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: David K. Hwang, John A. Smythe, Haitao Liu, Richard J. Hill, Deepak Chandra Pandey
  • Patent number: 10319586
    Abstract: An example method comprises an ALD sequence including contacting an outer substrate surface at a temperature T1 with a first precursor to form a monolayer onto the outer substrate surface. Temperature of the outer substrate surface and the monolayer thereon is increased to a temperature T2 that is at least 200° C. greater than a maximum of the temperature T1. The temperature-increasing is at a temperature-increasing rate that takes no more than 10 seconds to get the outer substrate surface and the monolayer thereon at least 200° C. above the maximum temperature T1. At the temperature T2, the monolayer is contacted with a second precursor that reacts with the monolayer to form a reaction product and a new outer substrate surface that each comprise a component from the monolayer and a component from the second precursor. With the monolayer not having been allowed to be at least 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Smythe, Woohee Kim, Stefan Uhlenbrock
  • Publication number: 20190067084
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a semiconductor construction which has one or more openings extending into a substrate. The openings are at least partially filled with dielectric material comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon. The carbon is present to a concentration within a range of from about 3 atomic percent to about 20 atomic percent. Some embodiments include a method of providing dielectric fill across a semiconductor construction having an opening extending therein. The semiconductor construction has an upper surface proximate the opening. The method includes forming photopatternable dielectric material within the opening and across the upper surface, and exposing the photopatternable dielectric material to patterned actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Scott L. Light, John A. Smythe, Sony Varghese
  • Publication number: 20190019720
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a construction having a horizontally-extending layer of fluorocarbon material over a semiconductor construction. Some embodiments include methods of filling openings that extend into a semiconductor construction. The methods may include, for example, printing the material into the openings or pressing the material into the openings. The construction may be treated so that surfaces within the openings adhere the material provided within the openings while surfaces external of the openings do not adhere the material. In some embodiments, the surfaces external of the openings are treated to reduce adhesion of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Sony Varghese, John A. Smythe, Hyun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10153195
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a semiconductor construction which has one or more openings extending into a substrate. The openings are at least partially filled with dielectric material comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon. The carbon is present to a concentration within a range of from about 3 atomic percent to about 20 atomic percent. Some embodiments include a method of providing dielectric fill across a semiconductor construction having an opening extending therein. The semiconductor construction has an upper surface proximate the opening. The method includes forming photopatternable dielectric material within the opening and across the upper surface, and exposing the photopatternable dielectric material to patterned actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Scott L. Light, John A. Smythe, Sony Varghese
  • Publication number: 20180337087
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a semiconductor construction which has one or more openings extending into a substrate. The openings are at least partially filled with dielectric material comprising silicon, oxygen and carbon. The carbon is present to a concentration within a range of from about 3 atomic percent to about 20 atomic percent. Some embodiments include a method of providing dielectric fill across a semiconductor construction having an opening extending therein. The semiconductor construction has an upper surface proximate the opening. The method includes forming photopatternable dielectric material within the opening and across the upper surface, and exposing the photopatternable dielectric material to patterned actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Scott L. Light, John A. Smythe, Sony Varghese
  • Publication number: 20180315771
    Abstract: An array of elevationally-extending strings of memory cells comprises a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. The wordline levels have terminal ends corresponding to control-gate regions. Charge-storage material of individual memory cells extend elevationally along individual of the control-gate regions of the wordline levels and do not extend elevationally along the insulative levels. A charge-blocking region of the individual memory cells extends elevationally along the individual control-gate regions of the wordline levels laterally through which charge migration between the individual control-gate regions and the charge-storage material is blocked. Channel material extends elevationally along the stack and is laterally spaced from the charge-storage material by insulative charge-passage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Richard J. Hill, John A. Smythe
  • Publication number: 20180224614
    Abstract: A structure for optically aligning an optical fiber to a photonic device and method of fabrication of same. The structure optically aligns an optical fiber to the photonic device using a lens between the two which is moveable by actuator heads. The lens is moveable by respective motive sources associated with the actuator heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Gurtej Sandhu, Roy Meade, Lei Bi, John Smythe
  • Patent number: 9985049
    Abstract: An array of elevationally-extending strings of memory cells comprises a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. The wordline levels have terminal ends corresponding to control-gate regions. Charge-storage material of individual memory cells extend elevationally along individual of the control-gate regions of the wordline levels and do not extend elevationally along the insulative levels. A charge-blocking region of the individual memory cells extends elevationally along the individual control-gate regions of the wordline levels laterally through which charge migration between the individual control-gate regions and the charge-storage material is blocked. Channel material extends elevationally along the stack and is laterally spaced from the charge-storage material by insulative charge-passage material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej S. Sandhu, Richard J. Hill, John A. Smythe
  • Publication number: 20180144927
    Abstract: Methods of forming silicon nitride. Silicon nitride is formed on a substrate by atomic layer deposition at a temperature of less than or equal to about 275° C. The as-formed silicon nitride is exposed to a plasma. The silicon nitride may be formed as a portion of silicon nitride and at least one other portion of silicon nitride. The portion of silicon nitride and the at least one other portion of silicon nitride may be exposed to a plasma treatment. Methods of forming a semiconductor structure are also disclosed, as are semiconductor structures and silicon precursors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Sumeet C. Pandey, Brenda D. Kraus, Stefan Uhlenbrock, John A. Smythe, Timothy A. Quick
  • Patent number: 9958624
    Abstract: A structure for optically aligning an optical fiber to a protonic device and method of fabrication of same. The structure optically aligns an optical fiber to the protonic device using a lens between the two which is moveable by actuator heads. The lens is moveable by respective motive sources associated with the actuator heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurtej Sandhu, Roy Meade, Lei Bi, John Smythe