Patents by Inventor Kevin Sean Matocha
Kevin Sean Matocha 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).
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Patent number: 11417759Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device, having a semiconductor substrate comprising silicon carbide with a gate electrode disposed on a portion of the substrate on a first surface with, a drain electrode disposed on a second surface of the substrate. There is a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode and a remedial layer disposed about the dielectric layer, wherein the remedial layer is configured to mitigate negative bias temperature instability maintaining a change in threshold voltage of less than about 1 volt. A source electrode is disposed on the remedial layer, wherein the source electrode is electrically coupled to a contact region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Joseph Darryl Michael, Tammy Lynn Johnson, David Alan Lilienfeld, Kevin Sean Matocha, Jody Alan Fronheiser, William Gregg Hawkins
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Publication number: 20190363183Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device, having a semiconductor substrate comprising silicon carbide with a gate electrode disposed on a portion of the substrate on a first surface with, a drain electrode disposed on a second surface of the substrate. There is a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode and a remedial layer disposed about the dielectric layer, wherein the remedial layer is configured to mitigate negative bias temperature instability maintaining a change in threshold voltage of less than about 1 volt. A source electrode is disposed on the remedial layer, wherein the source electrode is electrically coupled to a contact region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Joseph Darryl Michael, Tammy Lynn Johnson, David Alan Lilienfeld, Kevin Sean Matocha, Jody Alan Fronheiser, William Gregg Hawkins
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Patent number: 10367089Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device, having a semiconductor substrate comprising silicon carbide with a gate electrode disposed on a portion of the substrate on a first surface with, a drain electrode disposed on a second surface of the substrate. There is a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode and a remedial layer disposed about the dielectric layer, wherein the remedial layer is configured to mitigate negative bias temperature instability maintaining a change in threshold voltage of less than about 1 volt. A source electrode is disposed on the remedial layer, wherein the source electrode is electrically coupled to a contact region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Joseph Darryl Michael, Tammy Lynn Johnson, David Alan Lilienfeld, Kevin Sean Matocha, Jody Alan Fronheiser, William Gregg Hawkins
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Patent number: 9735263Abstract: An insulated gate field-effect transistor (IGFET) device includes a semiconductor body (200) and a gate oxide (234). The semiconductor body includes a first well region (216) doped with a first type of dopant and a second well region (220) that is doped with an opposite, second type of dopant and is located within the first well region. The gate oxide includes a relatively thinner outer section (244) and a relatively thicker interior section (246). The outer section is disposed over the first well region and the second well region. The interior section is disposed over a junction gate field effect transistor region (218) of the semiconductor body doped with the second type of dopant. A conductive channel is formed through the second well region when a gate signal is applied to a gate contact (250) disposed on the gate oxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Ramakrishna Rao, Peter Almern Losee, Alexander Viktorovich Bolotnikov
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Patent number: 9406762Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including silicon carbide; a drift layer disposed over the substrate including a drift region doped with a first dopant and conductivity type; and a second region, doped with a second dopant and conductivity type, adjacent to the drift region and proximal to a surface of the drift layer. The semiconductor device further includes a junction termination extension adjacent to the second region with a width and discrete regions separated in a first and second direction doped with varying concentrations of the second dopant type, and an effective doping profile of the second conductivity type of functional form that generally decreases away from the edge of the primary blocking junction. The width is less than or equal to a multiple of five times the width of the one-dimensional depletion width, and the charge tolerance of the semiconductor device is greater than 1.0×1013 per cm2.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Alexander Viktorovich Bolotnikov, Peter Almern Losee, Kevin Sean Matocha, Richard Joseph Saia, Zachary Matthew Stum, Ljubisa Dragoljub Stevanovic, Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, James William Kretchmer
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Publication number: 20160087091Abstract: An insulated gate field-effect transistor (IGFET) device includes a semiconductor body (200) and a gate oxide (234). The semiconductor body includes a first well region (216) doped with a first type of dopant and a second well region (220) that is doped with an opposite, second type of dopant and is located within the first well region. The gate oxide includes a relatively thinner outer section (244) and a relatively thicker interior section (246). The outer section is disposed over the first well region and the second well region. The interior section is disposed over a junction gate field effect transistor region (218) of the semiconductor body doped with the second type of dopant. A conductive channel is formed through the second well region when a gate signal is applied to a gate contact (250) disposed on the gate oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean MATOCHA, Ramakrishna RAO, Peter Almern LOSEE, Alexander Viktorovich BOLOTNIKOV
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Patent number: 9123798Abstract: An insulating gate field effect transistor (IGFET) device includes a semiconductor body and a gate oxide. The semiconductor body includes a first well region doped with a first type of dopant and a second well region that is doped with an oppositely charged second type of dopant and is located within the first well region. The gate oxide includes an outer section and an interior section having different thickness dimensions. The outer section is disposed over the first well region and the second well region of the semiconductor body. The interior section is disposed over a junction gate field effect transistor region of the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body is configured to form a conductive channel through the second well region and the junction gate field effect transistor region when a gate signal is applied to a gate contact disposed on the gate oxide.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Ramakrishna Rao, Peter Losee, Alexander Viktorovich Bolotnikov
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Publication number: 20150115284Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including silicon carbide; a drift layer disposed over the substrate including a drift region doped with a first dopant and conductivity type; and a second region, doped with a second dopant and conductivity type, adjacent to the drift region and proximal to a surface of the drift layer. The semiconductor device further includes a junction termination extension adjacent to the second region with a width and discrete regions separated in a first and second direction doped with varying concentrations of the second dopant type, and an effective doping profile of the second conductivity type of functional form that generally decreases away from the edge of the primary blocking junction. The width is less than or equal to a multiple of five times the width of the one-dimensional depletion width, and the charge tolerance of the semiconductor device is greater than 1.0×1013 per cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Alexander Viktorovich Bolotnikov, Peter Almern Losee, Kevin Sean Matocha, Richard Joseph Saia, Zachary Matthew Stum, Ljubisa Dragoljub Stevanovic, Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, James William Kretchmer
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Publication number: 20140361315Abstract: A semiconductor device according to one embodiment having a first region comprising a first dopant type, a second region adjacent the first region haivng a second dopant type and a channel region. There is a third region segregated from the channel region having a second dopant type, wherein the third region substantially coincides with the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Zachary Matthew Stum, Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Almern Losee
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Patent number: 8815721Abstract: A method comprising, introducing a dopant type into a semiconductor layer to define a well region of the semiconductor layer, the well region comprising a channel region, and introducing a dopant type into the well region to define a multiple implant region substantially coinciding with the well region but excluding the channel region.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zachary Matthew Stum, Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Almern Losee
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Publication number: 20140159141Abstract: An insulating gate field effect transistor (IGFET) device includes a semiconductor body and a gate oxide. The semiconductor body includes a first well region doped with a first type of dopant and a second well region that is doped with an oppositely charged second type of dopant and is located within the first well region. The gate oxide includes an outer section and an interior section having different thickness dimensions. The outer section is disposed over the first well region and the second well region of the semiconductor body. The interior section is disposed over a junction gate field effect transistor region of the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body is configured to form a conductive channel through the second well region and the junction gate field effect transistor region when a gate signal is applied to a gate contact disposed on the gate oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Ramakrishna Rao, Peter Losee, Alexander Viktorovich Bolotnikov
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Patent number: 8697506Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heterostructure device is provided that includes implantation of ions into a portion of a surface of a multi-layer structure. Iodine ions are implanted between a first region and a second region to form a third region. A charge is depleted from the two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel in the third region to form a reversibly electrically non-conductive pathway from the first region to the second region. On applying a voltage potential to a gate electrode proximate to the third region allows electrical current to flow from the first region to the second region.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vinayak Tilak, Alexei Vertiatchikh, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Micah Sandvik, Siddharth Rajan
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Publication number: 20130221374Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a semiconductor material. The substrate has a surface that defines a surface normal direction and includes a P-N junction comprising an interface between a first region and a second region, where the first (second) region includes a first (second) dopant type, so as to have a first (second) conductivity type. The substrate includes a termination extension region disposed adjacent to the P-N junction and having an effective concentration of the second dopant type that is generally the effective concentration of the second dopant type in the second doped region. The substrate includes an adjust region disposed adjacent to the surface and between the surface and at least part of the termination extension region, where the effective concentration of the second dopant type generally decreases when moving from the termination extension region into the adjust region along the surface normal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ramakrishna Rao, Stephen Daley Arthur, Peter Almern Losee, Kevin Sean Matocha
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Patent number: 8507986Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention comprises a MOSFET comprising individual MOSFET cells. Each cell comprises a U-shaped well (P type) and two parallel sources (N type) formed within the well. A Number of source rungs (doped N) connect sources at multiple locations. Regions between two rungs comprise a body (P type). These features are formed on an N-type epitaxial layer, which is formed on an N-type substrate. A contact extends across and contacts a number of source rungs and bodies. Gate oxide and a gate contact overlie a leg of a first well and a leg of a second adjacent well, inverting the conductivity responsive to a gate voltage. A MOSFET comprises a plurality of these cells to attain a desired low channel resistance. The cell regions are formed using self-alignment techniques at several states of the fabrication process.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Micah Sandvik, Zachary Matthew Stum, Peter Almren Losee, James Jay McMahon
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Publication number: 20130075756Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device, having a semiconductor substrate comprising silicon carbide with a gate electrode disposed on a portion of the substrate on a first surface with, a drain electrode disposed on a second surface of the substrate. There is a dielectric layer disposed on the gate electrode and a remedial layer disposed about the dielectric layer, wherein the remedial layer is configured to mitigate negative bias temperature instability maintaining a change in threshold voltage of less than about 1 volt. A source electrode is disposed on the remedial layer, wherein the source electrode is electrically coupled to a contact region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen Daley Arthur, Joseph Darryl Michael, Tammy Lynn Johnson, David Alan Lilienfeld, Kevin Sean Matocha, Jody Alan Fronheiser, William Gregg Hawkins
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Patent number: 8377812Abstract: The present invention provides a method of fabricating a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor. The method includes the steps of forming a source region on a silicon carbide layer and annealing the source region. A gate oxide layer is formed on the source region and the silicon carbide layer. The method further includes providing a gate electrode on the gate oxide layer and disposing a dielectric layer on the gate electrode and the gate oxide layer. The method further includes etching a portion of the dielectric layer and a portion of the gate oxide layer to form sidewalls on the gate electrode. A metal layer is disposed on the gate electrode, the sidewalls and the source region. The method further includes forming a gate contact and a source contact by subjecting the metal layer to a temperature of at least about 800° C. The gate contact and the source contact comprise a metal silicide. The distance between the gate contact and the source contact is less than about 0.6 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Sean Matocha, Gregory Keith Dudoff, William Gregg Hawkins, Zachary Matthew Stum, Stephen Daley Arthur, Dale Marius Brown
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Patent number: 8217398Abstract: Methods are provided for improving inversion layer mobility and providing low defect density in a semiconductor device based upon a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate. More specifically, embodiments of the present method provide for the formation of a gate oxide on a silicon carbide substrate comprising oxidizing the substrate with a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen at a temperature of at least about 1300° C. Semiconductor devices, such as MOSFETS, based upon a substrate treated according to the present method are expected to have inversion layer mobilities of at least about 12 cm2/Vs.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Victor Lienkong Lou, Kevin Sean Matocha, Gregory Thomas Dunne
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Publication number: 20120171824Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heterostructure device is provided that includes implantation of ions into a portion of a surface of a multi-layer structure. Iodine ions are implanted between a first region and a second region to form a third region. A charge is depleted from the two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel in the third region to form a reversibly electrically non-conductive pathway from the first region to the second region. On applying a voltage potential to a gate electrode proximate to the third region allows electrical current to flow from the first region to the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Vinayak Tilak, Alexei Vertiatchikh, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Micah Sandvik, Siddharth Rajan
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Publication number: 20120153362Abstract: A method comprising, introducing a dopant type into a semiconductor layer to define a well region of the semiconductor layer, the well region comprising a channel region, and introducing a dopant type into the well region to define a multiple implant region substantially coinciding with the well region but excluding the channel region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Zachary Matthew Stum, Stephen Daley Arthur, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Almern Losee
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Patent number: 8159002Abstract: A heterostructure device includes a semiconductor multi-layer structure that has a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region is coupled to a source electrode and the second region is coupled to a drain electrode. The third region is disposed between the first region and the second region. The third region provides a switchable electrically conductive pathway from the source electrode to the drain electrode. The third region includes iodine ions. A system includes a heterostructure field effect transistor that includes the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vinayak Tilak, Alexei Vertiatchikh, Kevin Sean Matocha, Peter Micah Sandvik, Siddharth Rajan