Patents by Inventor Kevin P. O'Brien

Kevin P. O'Brien 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: 20250006840
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a negative capacitance transistor device includes a perovskite semiconductor material layer with first and second perovskite conductors on opposite ends of the perovskite semiconductor material layer. The device further includes a dielectric material layer on the perovskite semiconductor material layer between the first and second perovskite conductors, a perovskite ferroelectric material layer on the dielectric material layer, and a third perovskite conductor on the perovskite ferroelectric material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel A. Steinhardt, Kevin P. O'Brien, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, John J. Plombon, Tristan A. Tronic, Ian Alexander Young, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic, Carly Rogan, Brandon Holybee, Raseong Kim, Punyashloka Debashis, Dominique A. Adams, I-Cheng Tung, Arnab Sen Gupta, Gauri Auluck, Scott B. Clendenning, Pratyush P. Buragohain, Hai Li
  • Publication number: 20250006839
    Abstract: A transistor device may include a first perovskite gate material, a first perovskite ferroelectric material on the first gate material, a first p-type perovskite semiconductor material on the first ferroelectric material, a second perovskite ferroelectric material on the first semiconductor material, a second perovskite gate material on the second ferroelectric material, a third perovskite ferroelectric material on the second gate material, a second p-type perovskite semiconductor material on the third ferroelectric material, a fourth perovskite ferroelectric material on the second semiconductor material, a third perovskite gate material on the fourth ferroelectric material, a first source/drain metal adjacent a first side of each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material, a second source/drain metal adjacent a second side opposite the first side of each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material, and dielectric materials between the source/drain
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin P. O'Brien, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Pratyush P. Buragohain, John J. Plombon, Hai Li, Gauri Auluck, I-Cheng Tung, Tristan A. Tronic, Dominique A. Adams, Punyashloka Debashis, Raseong Kim, Carly Rogan, Arnab Sen Gupta, Brandon Holybee, Marko Radosavljevic, Uygar E. Avci, Ian Alexander Young, Matthew V. Metz
  • Publication number: 20250006841
    Abstract: Technologies for a field effect transistor (FET) with a ferroelectric gate dielectric are disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, a transistor includes a gate of strontium ruthenate and a ferroelectric gate dielectric layer of barium titanate. In order to prevent migration of ruthenium from the strontium ruthenate to the barium titanate, a barrier layer is placed between the gate and the ferroelectric gate dielectric layer. The barrier layer may be a metal oxide, such as strontium oxide, barium oxide, zirconium oxide, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, John J. Plombon, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Punyashloka Debashis, Kevin P. O'Brien, Matthew V. Metz, Scott B. Clendenning, Brandon Holybee, Marko Radosavljevic, Ian Alexander Young, I-Cheng Tung, Sudarat Lee, Raseong Kim, Pratyush P. Buragohain
  • Publication number: 20250006791
    Abstract: Perovskite oxide field effect transistors comprise perovskite oxide materials for the channel, source, drain, and gate oxide regions. The source and drain regions are doped with a higher concentration of n-type or p-type dopants (depending on whether the transistor is an n-type or p-type transistor) than the dopant concentration in the channel region to minimize Schottky barrier height between the source and drain regions and the source and drain metal contact and contact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel A. Steinhardt, Kevin P. O'Brien, Dominique A. Adams, Gauri Auluck, Pratyush P. Buragohain, Scott B. Clendenning, Punyashloka Debashis, Arnab Sen Gupta, Brandon Holybee, Raseong Kim, Matthew V. Metz, John J. Plombon, Marko Radosavljevic, Carly Rogan, Tristan A. Tronic, I-Cheng Tung, Ian Alexander Young, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov
  • Publication number: 20250008852
    Abstract: A two-terminal ferroelectric perovskite diode comprises a region of ferroelectric perovskite material positioned adjacent to a region of n-type doped perovskite semiconductor material. Asserting a positive voltage across the diode can cause the polarization of the ferroelectric perovskite material to be set in a first direction that causes the diode to be placed in a low resistance state due to the formation of an accumulation region in the perovskite semiconductor material at the ferroelectric perovskite-perovskite semiconductor boundary. Asserting a negative voltage across the diode can cause the polarization of the ferroelectric perovskite material to be set in a second direction that causes the diode to be placed in a high resistance state due to the formation of a depletion region in the perovskite semiconductor material at the ferroelectric perovskite-perovskite semiconductor material. These non-volatile low and high resistance states enable the diode to be used as a non-volatile memory element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Punyashloka Debashis, Dominique A. Adams, Gauri Auluck, Scott B. Clendenning, Arnab Sen Gupta, Brandon Holybee, Raseong Kim, Matthew V. Metz, Kevin P. O'Brien, John J. Plombon, Marko Radosavljevic, Carly Rogan, Hojoon Ryu, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Tristan A. Tronic, I-Cheng Tung, Ian Alexander Young, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov
  • Publication number: 20240429301
    Abstract: A transistor device may be formed with a doped perovskite material as a channel region. The doped perovskite material may be formed via an epitaxial growth process from a seed layer, and the channel regions of the transistor device may be formed from lateral overgrowth from the epitaxial growth process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel A. Steinhardt, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Kevin P. O'Brien, John J. Plombon, Tristan A. Tronic, Ian Alexander Young, Matthew V. Metz, Marko Radosavljevic, Carly Rogan, Brandon Holybee, Raseong Kim, Punyashloka Debashis, Dominique A. Adams, I-Cheng Tung, Arnab Sen Gupta, Gauri Auluck, Scott B. Clendenning, Pratyush P. Buragohain
  • Publication number: 20240355768
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microelectronic assemblies including microelectronic components that are coupled together by direct bonding, as well as related structures and techniques. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component and a second microelectronic component coupled to the first microelectronic component by a direct bonding region, wherein the direct bonding region includes at least part of an inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adel A. Elsherbini, Krishna Bharath, Kevin P. O'Brien, Kimin Jun, Han Wui Then, Mohammad Enamul Kabir, Gerald S. Pasdast, Feras Eid, Aleksandar Aleksov, Johanna M. Swan, Shawna M. Liff
  • Publication number: 20240355934
    Abstract: Described herein are transistors with monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) semiconductor material. TMD materials include combination of a transition metal (e.g., molybdenum or tungsten) and a chalcogen (e.g., sulfur or selenium) in a monolayer having a hexagonal crystal structure. A transistor has a single layer of TMD forming a channel region, and multiple layers of the TMD material at the source and drain regions. Upper portions of the multilayer TMD source and drain regions are doped, and conductive contacts are formed over the doped portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mahmut Sami Kavrik, Tristan A. Tronic, Jennifer Lux, Uygar E. Avci, Kevin P. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 12107060
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microelectronic assemblies including microelectronic components that are coupled together by direct bonding, as well as related structures and techniques. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component and a second microelectronic component coupled to the first microelectronic component by a direct bonding region, wherein the direct bonding region includes at least part of an inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corproation
    Inventors: Adel A. Elsherbini, Zhiguo Qian, Gerald S. Pasdast, Mohammad Enamul Kabir, Han Wui Then, Kimin Jun, Kevin P. O'Brien, Johanna M. Swan, Shawna M. Liff, Aleksandar Aleksov, Feras Eid
  • Patent number: 12062631
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microelectronic assemblies including microelectronic components that are coupled together by direct bonding, as well as related structures and techniques. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component and a second microelectronic component coupled to the first microelectronic component by a direct bonding region, wherein the direct bonding region includes at least part of an inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adel A Elsherbini, Krishna Bharath, Kevin P. O'Brien, Kimin Jun, Han Wui Then, Mohammad Enamul Kabir, Gerald S. Pasdast, Feras Eid, Aleksandar Aleksov, Johanna M. Swan, Shawna M. Liff
  • Publication number: 20240222482
    Abstract: Devices, transistor structures, systems, and techniques are described herein related to field effect transistors having a doping layer on metal chalcogenide nanoribbons outside of the channel region. The doping layer is a metal oxide that shifts the electrical characteristics of the nanoribbons and is formed by depositing a metal and oxidizing the metal by exposure to ozone and ultraviolet light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin P. O'Brien, Rachel Steinhardt, Chelsey Dorow, Carl H. Naylor, Kirby Maxey, Sudarat Lee, Ashish Verma Penumatcha, Uygar Avci, Scott Clendenning, Tristan Tronic, Mahmut Sami Kavrik, Ande Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20240222506
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising a field effect transistor comprising a ferroelectric material, a channel material comprising a transition metal and a chalcogen, a source and a drain coupled to the channel material, the source and drain comprising a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hojoon Ryu, Punyashloka Debashis, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Kevin P. O'Brien, John J. Plombon, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Ian Alexander Young
  • Publication number: 20240222484
    Abstract: Transistors and integrated circuitry including a 2D channel material layer within a stack of material layers further including one or more insulator (e.g., dielectric) materials above and/or below the 2D channel material layer. These supporting insulator layers may be non-sacrificial while other material layers within a starting material stack may be sacrificial, replaced, for example, with gate insulator and/or gate material. In some exemplary embodiments, the 2D channel material is a metal chalcogenide and the supporting insulator layer is advantageously a dielectric material composition having a low dielectric constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Ching Lin, Kevin P. O'Brien, Ashish Verma Penumatcha, Chelsey Dorow, Kirby Maxey, Carl H. Naylor, Tao Chu, Guowei Xu, Uygar Avci, Feng Zhang, Ting-Hsiang Hung, Ande Kitamura, Mahmut Sami Kavrik
  • Publication number: 20240186416
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein comprise semiconductor devices with two dimensional (2D) semiconductor channels and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a source contact and a drain contact. In an embodiment, a 2D semiconductor channel is between the source contact and the drain contact. In an embodiment, the 2D semiconductor channel is a shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin P. O'Brien, Carl NAYLOR, Chelsey DOROW, Kirby MAXEY, Tanay GOSAVI, Ashish Verma PENUMATCHA, Shriram SHIVARAMAN, Chia-Ching LIN, Sudarat LEE, Uygar E. AVCI
  • Publication number: 20240120415
    Abstract: Technologies for a field effect transistor (FET) with a ferroelectric gate dielectric are disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, a perovskite stack is grown on a buffer layer as part of manufacturing a transistor. The perovskite stack includes one or more doped semiconductor layers alternating with other lattice-matched layers. Growing the doped semiconductor layers on lattice-matched layers can improve the quality of the doped semiconductor layers. The lattice-matched layers can be etched away, leaving the doped semiconductor layers as fins for a ribbon FET. A ferroelectric layer can be conformally grown on the fins, creating a high-quality ferroelectric layer above and below the fins. A gate can then be grown on the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. Clendenning, Sudarat Lee, Kevin P. O'Brien, Rachel A. Steinhardt, John J. Plombon, Arnab Sen Gupta, Charles C. Mokhtarzadeh, Gauri Auluck, Tristan A. Tronic, Brandon Holybee, Matthew V. Metz, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Ian Alexander Young
  • Publication number: 20240113212
    Abstract: Technologies for a field effect transistor (FET) with a ferroelectric gate dielectric are disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, a perovskite stack is grown on a buffer layer as part of manufacturing a transistor. The perovskite stack includes one or more doped semiconductor layers alternating with other lattice-matched layers, such as undoped semiconductor layers. Growing the doped semiconductor layers on lattice-matched layers can improve the quality of the doped semiconductor layers. The lattice-matched layers can be preferentially etched away, leaving the doped semiconductor layers as fins for a ribbon FET. In another embodiment, an interlayer can be deposited on top of a semiconductor layer, and a ferroelectric layer can be deposited on the interlayer. The interlayer can bridge a gap in lattice parameters between the semiconductor layer and the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Young, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Marko Radosavljevic, Matthew V. Metz, John J. Plombon, Raseong Kim, Kevin P. O'Brien, Scott B. Clendenning, Tristan A. Tronic, Dominique A. Adams, Carly Rogan, Hai Li, Arnab Sen Gupta, Gauri Auluck, I-Cheng Tung, Brandon Holybee, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Punyashloka Debashis
  • Publication number: 20240113220
    Abstract: Technologies for a transistor with a thin-film ferroelectric gate dielectric are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a transistor has a thin layer of scandium aluminum nitride (ScxAl1-xN) ferroelectric gate dielectric. The channel of the transistor may be, e.g., gallium nitride or molybdenum disulfide. In one embodiment, the ferroelectric polarization changes when voltage is applied and removed from a gate electrode, facilitating switching of the transistor at a lower applied voltage. In another embodiment, the ferroelectric polarization of a gate dielectric of a transistor changes when the voltage is past a positive threshold value or a negative threshold value. Such a transistor can be used as a one-transistor memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Ian Alexander Young, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Marko Radosavljevic, Matthew V. Metz, John J. Plombon, Raseong Kim, Uygar E. Avci, Kevin P. O'Brien, Scott B. Clendenning, Jason C. Retasket, Shriram Shivaraman, Dominique A. Adams, Carly Rogan, Punyashloka Debashis, Brandon Holybee, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Sudarat Lee
  • Publication number: 20240105822
    Abstract: A transistor device may include a first perovskite gate material, a first perovskite ferroelectric material on the first gate material, a first perovskite semiconductor material on the first ferroelectric material, a second perovskite ferroelectric material on the first semiconductor material, a second perovskite gate material on the second ferroelectric material, a third perovskite ferroelectric material on the second gate material, a second perovskite semiconductor material on the third ferroelectric material, a fourth perovskite ferroelectric material on the second semiconductor material, a third perovskite gate material on the fourth ferroelectric material, a first source/drain metal adjacent a first side of each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material, a second source/drain metal adjacent a second side opposite the first side of each of the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material, and dielectric materials between the source/drain metals and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin P. O'Brien, Brandon Holybee, Carly Rogan, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Punyashloka Debashis, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Tristan A. Tronic, Ian Alexander Young, Marko Radosavljevic, John J. Plombon
  • Publication number: 20240105810
    Abstract: In one embodiment, transistor device includes a first source or drain material on a substrate, a semiconductor material on the first source or drain material, a second source or drain material on the semiconductor material, a dielectric layer on the substrate and adjacent the first source or drain material, a ferroelectric (FE) material on the dielectric layer and adjacent the semiconductor material, and a gate material on or adjacent to the FE material. The FE material may be a perovskite material and may have a lattice parameter that is less than a lattice parameter of the semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel A. Steinhardt, Ian Alexander Young, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, Marko Radosavljevic, Matthew V. Metz, John J. Plombon, Raseong Kim, Kevin P. O'Brien, Scott B. Clendenning, Tristan A. Tronic, Dominique A. Adams, Carly Rogan, Arnab Sen Gupta, Brandon Holybee, Punyashloka Debashis, I-Cheng Tung, Gauri Auluck
  • Publication number: 20240097031
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a transistor device includes a gate material layer on a substrate, a ferroelectric (FE) material layer on the gate material, a semiconductor channel material layer on the FE material layer, a first source/drain material on the FE material layer and adjacent the semiconductor channel material layer, and a second source/drain material on the FE material layer and adjacent the semiconductor channel material layer and on an opposite side of the semiconductor channel material layer from the first source/drain material. A first portion of the FE material layer is directly between the gate material and the first source/drain material, and a second portion of the FE material layer is directly between the gate material and the second source/drain material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Punyashloka Debashis, Rachel A. Steinhardt, Brandon Holybee, Kevin P. O'Brien, Dmitri Evgenievich Nikonov, John J. Plombon, Ian Alexander Young, Raseong Kim, Carly Rogan, Dominique A. Adams, Arnab Sen Gupta, Marko Radosavljevic, Scott B. Clendenning, Gauri Auluck, Hai Li, Matthew V. Metz, Tristan A. Tronic, I-Cheng Tung