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).

  • Patent number: 11444185
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 11437502
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 10748990
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 10615271
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Publication number: 20200058776
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Publication number: 20200058777
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 10546928
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Karthik Balakrishnan, Alexander Reznicek, Mahmoud Khojasteh
  • Publication number: 20190296106
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 10388727
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
  • Publication number: 20190181228
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pouya HASHEMI, Karthik BALAKRISHNAN, Alexander REZNICEK, Mahmoud KHOJASTEH
  • Publication number: 20190157433
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
  • Publication number: 20190157386
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Pouya Hashemi, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 10276384
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K. Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10167443
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20180218907
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20180218909
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K. Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20180218908
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Robert L. Bruce, Kevin K. Chan, Sebastian U. Engelmann, Dario L. Goldfarb, Marinus Hopstaken, Mahmoud Khojasteh, George G. Totir, Hongwen Yan, Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9881793
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastian U. Engelmann, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Deborah A. Neumayer, John Papalia, Hsinyu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170044470
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20170025274
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian U. Engelmann, Mahmoud Khojasteh, Deborah A. Neumayer, John Papalia, Hsinyu Tsai