Patents by Inventor Mahmoud Khojasteh
Mahmoud Khojasteh 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: 11444185Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes a base region of a first III-V semiconductor material having A first band gap; and emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region, wherein the emitter and collector regions are comprised of a second III-V semiconductor material having a wider band gap than the first III-V semiconductor material. A dielectric region is present underlying the base region, emitter region and the collect region. The dielectric region has an inverted apex geometry. The sidewalls of dielectric region that extend to the apex of the inverted apex geometry are present on facets of a supporting substrate III-V semiconductor material having a {110} crystalline orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 11437502Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes a base region of a first III-V semiconductor material having A first band gap; and emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region, wherein the emitter and collector regions are comprised of a second III-V semiconductor material having a wider band gap than the first III-V semiconductor material. A dielectric region is present underlying the base region, emitter region and the collect region. The dielectric region has an inverted apex geometry. The sidewalls of dielectric region that extend to the apex of the inverted apex geometry are present on facets of a supporting substrate III-V semiconductor material having a {110} crystalline orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10748990Abstract: A method of forming a nanosheet semiconductor device that includes epitaxially forming a stack of at least two repeating nanosheets, the at least two repeating nanosheets including a first nanosheet layer of a first III-V semiconductor material and a second nanosheet layer of a second III-V semiconductor material. A sacrificial gate structure is formed on the stack of the at least two repeating nanosheets. Source and drain regions are epitaxially formed on the second nanosheet layer. The sacrificial gate structure is removed to provide a gate opening. An etch process removes the first nanosheet layer selectively to the second nanosheet layer, wherein the etch process is selective to facets of the material for the first nanosheet layer to provide an inverted apex at the base of the stack. A dielectric layer is deposited filling the inverted apex. A functional gate structure is formed in the gate opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10615271Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes a base region of a first III-V semiconductor material having A first band gap; and emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region, wherein the emitter and collector regions are comprised of a second III-V semiconductor material having a wider band gap than the first III-V semiconductor material. A dielectric region is present underlying the base region, emitter region and the collect region. The dielectric region has an inverted apex geometry. The sidewalls of dielectric region that extend to the apex of the inverted apex geometry are present on facets of a supporting substrate III-V semiconductor material having a {110} crystalline orientation.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Publication number: 20200058776Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes a base region of a first III-V semiconductor material having A first band gap; and emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region, wherein the emitter and collector regions are comprised of a second III-V semiconductor material having a wider band gap than the first III-V semiconductor material. A dielectric region is present underlying the base region, emitter region and the collect region. The dielectric region has an inverted apex geometry. The sidewalls of dielectric region that extend to the apex of the inverted apex geometry are present on facets of a supporting substrate III-V semiconductor material having a {110} crystalline orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Publication number: 20200058777Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes a base region of a first III-V semiconductor material having A first band gap; and emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region, wherein the emitter and collector regions are comprised of a second III-V semiconductor material having a wider band gap than the first III-V semiconductor material. A dielectric region is present underlying the base region, emitter region and the collect region. The dielectric region has an inverted apex geometry. The sidewalls of dielectric region that extend to the apex of the inverted apex geometry are present on facets of a supporting substrate III-V semiconductor material having a {110} crystalline orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10546928Abstract: A semiconductor structure that includes: a substrate, a twin vertical punch-through stopper layer structure connected to the substrate, and a plurality of nanosheets connected to and supported by the twin vertical punch-through stopper structure and isolated from the substrate by an insulating dielectric.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pouya Hashemi, Karthik Balakrishnan, Alexander Reznicek, Mahmoud Khojasteh
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Publication number: 20190296106Abstract: A method of forming a nanosheet semiconductor device that includes epitaxially forming a stack of at least two repeating nanosheets, the at least two repeating nanosheets including a first nanosheet layer of a first III-V semiconductor material and a second nanosheet layer of a second III-V semiconductor material. A sacrificial gate structure is formed on the stack of the at least two repeating nanosheets. Source and drain regions are epitaxially formed on the second nanosheet layer. The sacrificial gate structure is removed to provide a gate opening. An etch process removes the first nanosheet layer selectively to the second nanosheet layer, wherein the etch process is selective to facets of the material for the first nanosheet layer to provide an inverted apex at the base of the stack. A dielectric layer is deposited filling the inverted apex. A functional gate structure is formed in the gate opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10388727Abstract: A method of forming a nanosheet semiconductor device that includes epitaxially forming a stack of at least two repeating nanosheets, the at least two repeating nanosheets including a first nanosheet layer of a first III-V semiconductor material and a second nanosheet layer of a second III-V semiconductor material. A sacrificial gate structure is formed on the stack of the at least two repeating nanosheets. Source and drain regions are epitaxially formed on the second nanosheet layer. The sacrificial gate structure is removed to provide a gate opening. An etch process removes the first nanosheet layer selectively to the second nanosheet layer, wherein the etch process is selective to facets of the material for the first nanosheet layer to provide an inverted apex at the base of the stack. A dielectric layer is deposited filling the inverted apex. A functional gate structure is formed in the gate opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
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Publication number: 20190181228Abstract: A semiconductor structure that includes: a substrate, a twin vertical punch-through stopper layer structure connected to the substrate, and a plurality of nanosheets connected to and supported by the twin vertical punch-through stopper structure and isolated from the substrate by an insulating dielectric.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pouya HASHEMI, Karthik BALAKRISHNAN, Alexander REZNICEK, Mahmoud KHOJASTEH
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Publication number: 20190157433Abstract: A bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes a base region of a first III-V semiconductor material having A first band gap; and emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region, wherein the emitter and collector regions are comprised of a second III-V semiconductor material having a wider band gap than the first III-V semiconductor material. A dielectric region is present underlying the base region, emitter region and the collect region. The dielectric region has an inverted apex geometry. The sidewalls of dielectric region that extend to the apex of the inverted apex geometry are present on facets of a supporting substrate III-V semiconductor material having a {110} crystalline orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Publication number: 20190157386Abstract: A method of forming a nanosheet semiconductor device that includes epitaxially forming a stack of at least two repeating nanosheets, the at least two repeating nanosheets including a first nanosheet layer of a first III-V semiconductor material and a second nanosheet layer of a second III-V semiconductor material. A sacrificial gate structure is formed on the stack of the at least two repeating nanosheets. Source and drain regions are epitaxially formed on the second nanosheet layer. The sacrificial gate structure is removed to provide a gate opening. An etch process removes the first nanosheet layer selectively to the second nanosheet layer, wherein the etch process is selective to facets of the material for the first nanosheet layer to provide an inverted apex at the base of the stack. A dielectric layer is deposited filling the inverted apex. A functional gate structure is formed in the gate opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10276384Abstract: A gas is ionized into a plasma. A compound of a dopant is mixed into the plasma, forming a mixed plasma. Using a semiconductor device fabrication system, a layer of III-V material is exposed to the mixed plasma to dope the layer with the dopant up to a depth in the layer, forming a shallow doped portion of the layer. The depth of the dopant is controlled by a second layer of the dopant formed at the shallow doped portion of the layer. The second layer is exposed to a solution, where the solution is prepared to erode the dopant in the second layer at a first rate. After an elapsed period, the solution is removed from the second layer, wherein the elapsed period is insufficient to erode a total depth of the layer and the shallow doped portion by more than a tolerance erosion amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K. Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10167443Abstract: A method for cleaning etch residues that may include treating an etched surface with an aqueous lanthanoid solution, wherein the aqueous lanthanoid solution removes an etch residue that includes a majority of hydrocarbons and at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon, oxygen, fluorine, nitrogen and silicon. In one example, the aqueous solution may be cerium ammonium nitrate (Ce(NH4)(NO3)),(CAN).Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Robert L. Bruce, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Eric A. Joseph, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Masahiro Nakamura, Satyavolu S. Papa Rao, Bang N. To, George G. Totir, Yu Zhu
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Publication number: 20180218907Abstract: A gas is ionized into a plasma. A compound of a dopant is mixed into the plasma, forming a mixed plasma. Using a semiconductor device fabrication system, a layer of III-V material is exposed to the mixed plasma to dope the layer with the dopant up to a depth in the layer, forming a shallow doped portion of the layer. The depth of the dopant is controlled by a second layer of the dopant formed at the shallow doped portion of the layer. The second layer is exposed to a solution, where the solution is prepared to erode the dopant in the second layer at a first rate. After an elapsed period, the solution is removed from the second layer, wherein the elapsed period is insufficient to erode a total depth of the layer and the shallow doped portion by more than a tolerance erosion amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20180218909Abstract: A gas is ionized into a plasma. A compound of a dopant is mixed into the plasma, forming a mixed plasma. Using a semiconductor device fabrication system, a layer of III-V material is exposed to the mixed plasma to dope the layer with the dopant up to a depth in the layer, forming a shallow doped portion of the layer. The depth of the dopant is controlled by a second layer of the dopant formed at the shallow doped portion of the layer. The second layer is exposed to a solution, where the solution is prepared to erode the dopant in the second layer at a first rate. After an elapsed period, the solution is removed from the second layer, wherein the elapsed period is insufficient to erode a total depth of the layer and the shallow doped portion by more than a tolerance erosion amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K. Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20180218908Abstract: A gas is ionized into a plasma. A compound of a dopant is mixed into the plasma, forming a mixed plasma. Using a semiconductor device fabrication system, a layer of III-V material is exposed to the mixed plasma to dope the layer with the dopant up to a depth in the layer, forming a shallow doped portion of the layer. The depth of the dopant is controlled by a second layer of the dopant formed at the shallow doped portion of the layer. The second layer is exposed to a solution, where the solution is prepared to erode the dopant in the second layer at a first rate. After an elapsed period, the solution is removed from the second layer, wherein the elapsed period is insufficient to erode a total depth of the layer and the shallow doped portion by more than a tolerance erosion amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K. Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
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Neutral hard mask and its application to graphoepitaxy-based directed self-assembly (DSA) patterning
Patent number: 9881793Abstract: A material stack is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate. The top layer of the material stack comprises at least an organic planarization layer. A neutral hard mask layer is formed on the top of the organic planarization layer. The neutral hard mask layer is neutral to the block copolymers used for direct self-assembly. A plurality of template etch stacks are then formed on top of the neutral hard mask layer. After formation of the template etch stacks, neutrality recovery is performed on the neutral hard mask layer and the top portions of the template etch stacks, the vertical sidewalls of the template etch stacks being substantially unaffected by the neutrality recovery. A template for DSA is thus obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sebastian U. Engelmann, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Deborah A. Neumayer, John Papalia, Hsinyu Tsai -
Publication number: 20170044470Abstract: A method for cleaning etch residues that may include treating an etched surface with an aqueous lanthanoid solution, wherein the aqueous lanthanoid solution removes an etch residue that includes a majority of hydrocarbons and at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon, oxygen, fluorine, nitrogen and silicon. In one example, the aqueous solution may be cerium ammonium nitrate (Ce(NH4)(NO3)),(CAN).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Robert L. Bruce, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Eric A. Joseph, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Masahiro Nakamura, Satyavolu S. Papa Rao, Bang N. To, George G. Totir, Yu Zhu
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NEUTRAL HARD MASK AND ITS APPLICATION TO GRAPHOEPITAXY-BASED DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY (DSA) PATTERNING
Publication number: 20170025274Abstract: A material stack is formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate. The top layer of the material stack comprises at least an organic planarization layer. A neutral hard mask layer is formed on the top of the organic planarization layer. The neutral hard mask layer is neutral to the block copolymers used for direct self-assembly. A plurality of template etch stacks are then formed on top of the neutral hard mask layer. After formation of the template etch stacks, neutrality recovery is performed on the neutral hard mask layer and the top portions of the template etch stacks, the vertical sidewalls of the template etch stacks being substantially unaffected by the neutrality recovery. A template for DSA is thus obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Sebastian U. Engelmann, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Deborah A. Neumayer, John Papalia, Hsinyu Tsai