Patents by Inventor Kangguo Cheng

Kangguo Cheng 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: 20240203990
    Abstract: A complementary field effect transistor (CFET) device is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The CFET device has a first transistor that is under a second transistor. A filled gate cut is directly adjacent to the sidewall of the gate of the CFET device. The first dielectric material in the gate cut is adjacent to the first transistor. The second dielectric material in the gate cut is adjacent to the second transistor. The two dielectric materials in the gate cut are selected to improve the electrical performance of each of the NFET and the PFET in the CFET device. The first dielectric material can apply a compressive stress to the channels of the first transistor when the first transistor is a PFET to improve the electrical performance of the PFET. When the second transistor is an NFET, the second dielectric material applies a tensile stress to NFET to improve NFET performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier, Chanro Park, Min Gyu Sung
  • Publication number: 20240186387
    Abstract: A microelectronic structure including a first nano device that includes a plurality of first transistors and the plurality of first transistors includes at least one first source/drain. A second nano device includes a plurality of second transistors and the second nano device is oriented parallel to the first nano device. The plurality of second transistors includes at least two second source/drains. A gate cut located between the first nano device and the second nano device. A source/drain contact connected to the at least one first source/drain and is connected to at least one of the second source/drains. A portion of the source/drain contact extends parallel to the first nano device and the second nano device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Min Gyu Sung, Chanro Park, Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier
  • Publication number: 20240188282
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure having a high cell density is provided in which a frontside dynamic access memory (DRAM) is located on a frontside of a semiconductor substrate, and a backside DRAM is located on a backside of the semiconductor substrate. Peripheral transistors can be located on the frontside of the semiconductor substrate and at a same level as frontside transistors of the frontside DRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Min Gyu Sung, Kangguo Cheng, Ruilong Xie, Chanro Park, Julien Frougier
  • Publication number: 20240186325
    Abstract: A stacked transistor structure including a top source drain region above a bottom source drain region, where a width of the bottom source drain region is greater than a width of the top source drain region, a bottom contact structure directly above and in electrical contact with the bottom source drain region, a metal silicide between the bottom source drain region and the bottom contact structure, the metal silicide having a width larger than a width of the bottom contact structure; a replacement spacer surrounding the bottom contact structure; and a top gate spacer separating the replacement spacer from a gate conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi Motoyama, Ruilong Xie, Julien Frougier, Nicolas Jean Loubet, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 12002753
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first electrode; a second electrode; a dielectric material between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric material having at least one wall extending from the first electrode to the second electrode to define a void within the dielectric material and between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a layer of phase change material on the at least one wall of the dielectric material and in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin W. Brew, Lan Yu, Ruilong Xie, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 12002808
    Abstract: A forksheet transistor device includes a dual dielectric pillar that includes a first dielectric and a second dielectric that is different from the first dielectric. The dual dielectric pillar physically separates pFET elements from nFET elements. For example, the first dielectric physically separates a pFET gate from a nFET gate while the second dielectric physically separates a pFET source/drain region from a nFET source drain region. When it is advantageous to electrically connect the pFET gate and the nFET gate, the first dielectric may be etched selective to the second dielectric to form a gate connector trench within the dual dielectric pillar. Subsequently, an electrically conductive gate connector strap may be formed within the gate connector trench to electrically connect the pFET gate and the nFET gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Julien Frougier, Kangguo Cheng, Dimitri Houssameddine
  • Patent number: 12002850
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first device disposed on the substrate and a second device disposed on the substrate. The first device includes a first plurality of nanosheets comprising a p-type material. The second device includes a second plurality of nanosheets comprising an n-type material. A dielectric isolation pillar is disposed between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier, Ruilong Xie, Chanro Park
  • Publication number: 20240180047
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate that has an upper face; a first electrode that is attached to the upper face of the substrate; a second electrode that is attached to the upper face of the substrate at a distance from the first electrode; and a bridge of phase-change-memory material that is attached to and lies along the upper face of the substrate between and electrically connecting the first and second electrodes. At least a portion of the bridge is thermally switchable between a low resistance solid phase and a high resistance solid phase. In some embodiments, the apparatus also includes access devices that are disposed between the electrodes and the substrate, with the bridge being electrically connected between the access devices. At least a portion of the bridge is thermally switchable between a low resistance solid phase and a high resistance solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Julien Frougier, Ruilong Xie
  • Publication number: 20240178136
    Abstract: A microelectronic structure including a first nano device that includes a plurality of first transistors and a second nano device that includes a plurality of second transistors. The first nano device and the second nano device are parallel to each other. A doubled diffusion break that extends across the first nano device and the second nano device. A back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) layer located on a frontside of the first nano device and the second nano device. A backside interconnect located on a backside of the first nano device and the second nano device and the BEOL layer is connected to the backside interconnect through the double diffusion break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ruilong Xie, Min Gyu Sung, Julien Frougier, Chanro Park, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 11996480
    Abstract: VFET devices having symmetric, sharp channel-to-source/drain junctions and techniques for fabrication thereof using a late source/drain epitaxy process are provided. In one aspect, a VFET device includes: at least one vertical fin channel disposed on a substrate; a gate stack alongside the at least one vertical fin channel; a bottom source/drain region directly below the at least one vertical fin channel having, for example, an inverted T-shape with a flat bottom; and a top source/drain region over the at least one vertical fin channel. A method of fabricating a VFET device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Shogo Mochizuki, Choonghyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240172454
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a transistor coupled to a memory element, the memory element being in series with a first bistable resistive element that is configured to switch between a first low resistance state and a first high resistance state. A logic circuit is coupled to the transistor via a series connection to a second bistable resistive element, the second bistable resistive element being configured to switch between a second low resistance state and a second high resistance state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Julien Frougier, Ruilong Xie, Kangguo Cheng, Heng Wu, Min Gyu Sung, Chanro Park
  • Publication number: 20240170313
    Abstract: A method of wafer verification for split manufacturing is provided. The method includes capturing images of one or more different wafer features during manufacturing using a fiducial marker. The method further includes comparing the images from one stage to a next stage for at least two stages of manufacturing to verify a wafer identification based on a matching of the one of more different wafer features from the one stage to the next stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Carl Radens, Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Ruilong Xie
  • Patent number: 11978796
    Abstract: Monolithically stacked VTFET devices having source/drain contacts with increased contact area and dielectric isolation are provided. In one aspect, a stacked VTFET device includes: at least a bottom VTFET below a top VTFET, wherein the bottom VTFET and the top VTFET each includes source/drain regions interconnected by a vertical fin channel, and a gate stack alongside the vertical fin channel; and source/drain contacts to the source/drain regions, wherein at least one of the source/drain contacts is in direct contact with more than one surface of a given one of the source/drain regions. A stacked VTFET device having at least a bottom VTFET1 below a top VTFET1, and a bottom VTFET2 below a top VTFET2, and a method of forming a stacked VTFET device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Ruilong Xie, Lan Yu, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 11978783
    Abstract: A method of forming a fin field effect device is provided. The method includes forming one or more vertical fins on a substrate and a fin template on each of the vertical fins. The method further includes forming a gate structure on at least one of the vertical fins, and a top spacer layer on the at least one gate structure, wherein at least an upper portion of the at least one of the one or more vertical fins is exposed above the top spacer layer. The method further includes forming a top source/drain layer on the top spacer layer and the exposed upper portion of the at least one vertical fin. The method further includes forming a sacrificial spacer on opposite sides of the fin templates and the top spacer layer, and removing a portion of the top source/drain layer not covered by the sacrificial spacer to form a top source/drain electrically connected to the vertical fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Shogo Mochizuki, Choonghyun Lee, Juntao Li
  • Publication number: 20240147876
    Abstract: A memory cell structure includes a substrate having formed thereon a first electrode and second electrodes physically spaced apart. A phase change material (PCM) cell is formed on the substrate and forms a bridge extending between the first and second electrodes, the phase change material including a first end electrically contacting the first electrode and a second end contacting the second electrode. The phase change material cell includes a thinned surface portion where a surface topography of the phase change material cell is decreased relative to a surface topography of the phase change material cell surface at the first and second ends. The PCM thickness is intentionally gradually tapered to localize the formation of the phase change region. During PCM programming, corresponding to the weight update in machine learning, the phase change of the PCM occurs at the thinnest surface portion and gradually propagates towards the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Michael Rizzolo
  • Publication number: 20240145584
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor (FET) with at least one Gate-All-Around (GAA) channel. A first conductive ferromagnetic Source/Drain contact is electrically connected with a first portion of the GAA channel. A second conductive ferromagnetic Source/Drain contact is electrically connected with a second portion of the GAA channel. A remanent magnetization of the first conductive ferromagnetic contact is oriented in a direction opposite to a remanent magnetization of the second conductive ferromagnetic contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Julien Frougier, Kangguo Cheng, Ruilong Xie, Chanro Park, Andrew Gaul, Min Gyu Sung
  • Publication number: 20240147874
    Abstract: A device structure for a phase-change memory device is disclosed. The device structure includes a top electrode, a phase-change material that is recessed between two layers of resistive liner material, and a conductive material. The conductive material contacts the sidewall of the top electrode, the sidewall of the phase-change material, and a portion of a top surface and a bottom surface of each of the two layers of the resistive liner material. The device structure includes a heater contacting a bottom electrode and the bottom layer of the resistive liner material. The heater is in a first bilayer dielectric. A second bilayer dielectric is under the top electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Guy M. Cohen, Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Ruilong Xie, Julien Frougier
  • Publication number: 20240145538
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a source/drain region, a spacer layer on a first side of the source/drain region, a contact on a top surface of the source/drain region, and a via connected to a portion of the contact at a second side of the source/drain region, the second side of the source/drain region being opposite the first side of the source/drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Min Gyu Sung, Ruilong Xie, Chanro Park, Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier
  • Publication number: 20240145539
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a stacked transistor structure comprising a top device stacked directly above a bottom device, and a bilayer gate dielectric layer separating the top device from the bottom device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Julien Frougier, Kangguo Cheng, Ruilong Xie, Min Gyu Sung, Chanro Park
  • Publication number: 20240145407
    Abstract: A deep-via structure includes at least one via-interfacing layer. The deep-via structure also includes a via. The via is embedded within the at least one via-interfacing layer. The via includes a conductive material. The deep-via structure also includes a stress-relief void that is formed within the conductive material of the via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Julien Frougier, Ruilong Xie, Kangguo Cheng