Patents by Inventor Matthew V. Metz

Matthew V. Metz 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: 20230420510
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques directed to creating a transistor structure by selectively growing a 2D TMD directly in a stacked channel configuration, such as a stacked nanowire or nanoribbon formation. In embodiments, this TMD growth may occur for all of the nanowires or nanoribbons in the transistor structure in one stage. Placement of a SAM on a plurality of dielectric layers within the transistor structure stack facilitates channel deposition and channel geometry in the stacked channel configuration. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Carl H. NAYLOR, Kirby MAXEY, Kevin P. O'BRIEN, Chelsey DOROW, Sudarat LEE, Ashish Verma PENUMATCHA, Uygar E. AVCI, Matthew V. METZ, Scott B. CLENDENNING, Jiun-Ruey CHEN, Chia-Ching LIN, Carly ROGAN
  • Publication number: 20230411443
    Abstract: Metal insulator metal capacitors are described. In an example, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor includes a first electrode. An insulator is over the first electrode. The insulator includes a first layer, and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer has a leakage current that is less than a leakage current of the second layer. The second layer has a dielectric constant that is greater than a dielectric constant of the first layer. A second electrode is over the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kaan OGUZ, Chia-Ching LIN, Arnab SEN GUPTA, I-Cheng TUNG, Sou-Chi CHANG, Sudarat LEE, Matthew V. METZ, Uygar E. AVCI, Scott B. CLENDENNING, Ian A. YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20230411278
    Abstract: Metal insulator metal capacitors are described. In an example, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor includes a first electrode that includes a bottom region and a pair of vertical regions. First metal layers are outside the vertical regions and in contact with the vertical regions. An insulator is over the first electrode. A second electrode is over the insulator. A second metal layer is on a top surface of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chia-Ching LIN, Sou-Chi CHANG, Kaan OGUZ, Arnab SEN GUPTA, I-Cheng TUNG, Matthew V. METZ, Sudarat LEE, Scott B. CLENDENNING, Uygar E. AVCI, Aaron J. WELSH
  • Patent number: 11784239
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tri-gate transistor arrangements, and related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, a transistor arrangement may include a fin stack shaped as a fin extending away from a base, and a subfin dielectric stack. The fin includes a subfin portion and a channel portion, the subfin portion being closer to the base than the channel portion. The subfin dielectric stack includes a transistor dielectric material, and a fixed charge liner material disposed between the transistor dielectric material and the subfin portion of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sean T. Ma, Aaron D. Lilak, Justin R. Weber, Harold W. Kennel, Willy Rachmady, Gilbert W. Dewey, Cheng-Ying Huang, Matthew V. Metz, Jack T. Kavalieros, Anand S. Murthy, Tahir Ghani
  • Publication number: 20230317783
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to forming nano ribbon transistors using layered 2D semiconductor channels. The layered 2D semiconductor channels may be created by forming a scaffold structure that has a first edge that extends from a silicon-based substrate, and a second edge opposite the first edge that is distal to the silicon based substrate. Alternating layers of 2D semiconductor material and a 3D semiconductor material may then be built on the second edge of the scaffold structure. In embodiments, the 3D semiconductor material may then be removed and a gate material deposited around at least a portion of the layers of 2D semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kirby MAXEY, Carl H. NAYLOR, Uygar E. AVCI, Chelsey DOROW, Kevin P. O'BRIEN, Scott B. CLENDENNING, Matthew V. METZ, Chia-Ching LIN, Sudarat LEE, Ashish Verma PENUMATCHA
  • Patent number: 11777029
    Abstract: A vertical transistor structure includes a material stack having a source material, a drain material, and a channel material therebetween. The vertical transistor structure further includes a gate electrode adjacent to a sidewall of the stack, where the sidewall includes the channel material, and at least a partial thickness of both the source material and the drain material. A gate dielectric is present between the sidewall of the stack and the gate electrode. The vertical transistor structure further includes a first metallization over a first area of the stack above the gate dielectric layer, and in contact with the gate electrode on sidewall of the stack. A second metallization is adjacent to the first metallization, where the second metallization is over a second area of the stack, and in contact with the source material or the drain material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nazila Haratipour, I-Cheng Tung, Abhishek A. Sharma, Arnab Sen Gupta, Van Le, Matthew V. Metz, Jack Kavalieros, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 11764275
    Abstract: An apparatus including a transistor device disposed on a surface of a circuit substrate, the device including a body including opposing sidewalls defining a width dimension and a channel material including indium, the channel material including a profile at a base thereof that promotes indium atom diffusivity changes in the channel material in a direction away from the sidewalls. A method including forming a transistor device body on a circuit substrate, the transistor device body including opposing sidewalls and including a buffer material and a channel material on the buffer material, the channel material including indium and the buffer material includes a facet that promotes indium atom diffusivity changes in the channel material in a direction away from the sidewalls; and forming a gate stack on the channel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chandra S. Mohapatra, Glenn A. Glass, Harold W. Kennel, Anand S. Murthy, Willy Rachmady, Gilbert Dewey, Sean T. Ma, Matthew V. Metz, Jack T. Kavalieros, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 11742407
    Abstract: A integrated circuit structure comprises a fin extending from a substrate. The fin comprises source and drain regions and a channel region between the source and drain regions. A multilayer high-k gate dielectric stack comprises at least a first high-k material and a second high-k material, the first high-k material extending conformally over the fin over the channel region, and the second high-k material conformal to the first high-k material, wherein either the first high-k material or the second high-k material has a modified material property different from the other high-k material, wherein the modified material property comprises at least one of ferroelectricity, crystalline phase, texturing, ordering orientation of the crystalline phase or texturing to a specific crystalline direction or plane, strain, surface roughness, and lattice constant and combinations thereof. A gate electrode ix over and on a topmost high-k material in the multilayer high-k gate dielectric stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Sung, Ashish Verma Penumatcha, Sou-Chi Chang, Devin Merrill, I-Cheng Tung, Nazila Haratipour, Jack T. Kavalieros, Ian A. Young, Matthew V. Metz, Uygar E. Avci, Chia-Ching Lin, Owen Loh, Shriram Shivaraman, Eric Charles Mattson
  • Publication number: 20230253444
    Abstract: Described herein are capacitor devices formed using perovskite insulators. In one example, a perovskite templating material is formed over an electrode, and a perovskite insulator layer is grown over the templating material. The templating material improves the crystal structure and electrical properties in the perovskite insulator layer. One or both electrodes may be ruthenium. In another example, a perovskite insulator layer is formed between two layers of indium tin oxide (ITO), with the ITO layers forming the capacitor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Kaan Oguz, Chia-Ching Lin, I-Cheng Tung, Sudarat Lee, Sou-Chi Chang, Matthew V. Metz, Scott B. Clendenning, Uygar E. Avci, Ian A. Young, Jason C. Retasket, Edward O. Johnson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230253476
    Abstract: Described herein are transistor devices formed using perovskite gate dielectrics. In one example, a transistor includes a high-k perovskite dielectric material between a gate electrode and a thin film semiconductor channel. In another example, four-terminal transistor includes a semiconductor channel, a gate stack that includes a perovskite dielectric layer on one side of the channel, and a body electrode on an opposite side of the channel. The body electrode adjusts a threshold voltage of the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Abhishek A. Sharma, Matthew V. Metz, Kaan Oguz, Urusa Shahriar Alaan, Scott B. Clendenning, Van H. Le, Chia-Ching Lin, Jason C. Retasket, Edward O. Johnson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230197728
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a lower and upper device portions including bodies of semiconductor material extending horizontally between first source and drain regions in a spaced-apart vertical stack. A first gate structure is around a body in the lower device portion and includes a first gate electrode and a first gate dielectric. A second gate structure is around a body in the upper device portion and includes a second gate electrode and a second gate dielectric, where the first gate dielectric is compositionally distinct from the second gate dielectric. In some embodiments, a dipole species has a first concentration in the first gate dielectric and a different second concentration in the second gate dielectric. A method of fabrication is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole K. Thomas, Eric Mattson, Sudarat Lee, Sarah Atanasov, Christopher J. Jezewski, Charles Mokhtarzadeh, Thoe Michaelos, I-Cheng Tung, Charles C. Kuo, Scott B. Clendenning, Matthew V. Metz
  • Publication number: 20230200081
    Abstract: Described herein are integrated circuit devices formed using perovskite materials. Perovskite materials with a similar crystal structure and different electrical properties can be layered to realize a transistor or memory device. In some embodiments, a ferroelectric perovskite can be incorporated into a device with other perovskite films to form a ferroelectric memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, John J. Plombon, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Kevin P. O'Brien, Ian A. Young, Matthew V. Metz, Chia-Ching Lin, Scott B. Clendenning, Punyashloka Debashish, Carly Lorraine Rogan, Brandon Jay Holybee, Kaan Oguz
  • Publication number: 20230192735
    Abstract: Described herein are IC devices that include molybdenum or a molybdenum compound, such as compounds including oxygen or nitrogen. The molybdenum may be deposited at a high concentration, e.g., at least 50% atomic density. Also described herein are mid-valent molybdenum precursors for depositing molybdenum, and reactions for producing the mid-valent molybdenum precursors. For example, the molybdenum precursors may be generated by reacting a higher-valent molybdenum compound with an amidinate or a formamidinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Cameron Mokhtarzadeh, Scott B. Clendenning, Matthew V. Metz
  • Publication number: 20230197836
    Abstract: Described herein are integrated circuit devices with conductive regions formed from MX or MAX materials. MAX materials are layered, hexagonal carbides and nitrides that include an early transition metal (M) and an A group element (A). MX materials remove the A group element. MAX and MX materials are highly conductive, and their two-dimensional layer structure allows very thin layers to be formed. MAX or MX materials can be used to form several conductive elements of IC circuits, including contacts, interconnects, or liners or barrier regions for contacts or interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Hugo Naylor, Christopher J. Jezewski, Jeffery D. Bielefeld, Jiun-Ruey Chen, Ramanan V. CHEBIAM, Mauro J. Kobrinsky, Matthew V. Metz, Scott B. Clendenning, Sudurat Lee, Kevin P. O'Brien, Kirby Kurtis Maxey, Ashish Verma Penumatcha, Chelsey Jane Dorow, Uygar E. Avci
  • Publication number: 20230197823
    Abstract: Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices and methods related to selective metal contacts to n-type and p-type source and drain semiconductors are discussed. A p-type metal is deposited on n- and p-type source/drains. The p-type metal is selectively removed from the n-type source/drains but remains on dielectric materials adjacent the n-type source/drains. An n-type metal is deposited on the n-type source/drains while the remaining p-type metal seals the dielectric materials to protect the n-type metal from contamination. The n-type metal is then sealed using another p-type metal. A contact fill material contacts the resultant source and drain contact stacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Jezewski, Matthew V. Metz
  • Publication number: 20230187553
    Abstract: Described herein are integrated circuit devices with source and drain (S/D) contacts with barrier regions. The S/D contacts conduct current to and from semiconductor devices, e.g., to the source and drain regions of a transistor. The barrier regions are formed between the S/D region and an inner conductive structure and reduce the Schottky barrier height between the S/D region and the contact. The barrier regions may include one or more carbon layers and one or more metal layers. A metal layer may include niobium, tantalum, aluminum, or titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Gilbert W. Dewey, Siddharth Chouksey, Nazila Haratipour, Jack T. Kavalieros, Matthew V. Metz, Scott B. Clendenning, Jason C. Retasket, Edward O. Johnson, JR.
  • Patent number: 11676966
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stacked transistors having device strata with different channel widths, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit structure may include stacked strata of transistors, wherein different channel materials of different strata have different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert W. Dewey, Jack T. Kavalieros, Willy Rachmady, Cheng-Ying Huang, Matthew V. Metz, Kimin Jun, Patrick Morrow, Aaron D. Lilak, Ehren Mannebach, Anh Phan
  • Patent number: 11670682
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a FINFET device having a channel. The channel is composed of a first semiconductor material that is epitaxially grown on a subfin structure beneath the channel. The subfin structure is composed of a second semiconductor material that is different than the first semiconductor material. The subfin structure is epitaxially grown on a substrate composed of a third semiconductor material that is different than the first and second semiconductor materials. The subfin structure has a doped region to substantially impede leakage currents between the channel and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Tahoe Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Matthew V. Metz, Willy Rachmady, Anand S. Murthy, Chandra S. Mohapatra, Tahir Ghani, Sean T. Ma, Jack T. Kavalieros
  • Patent number: 11640961
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure comprises a lower device layer that includes a first structure comprising a plurality of PMOS transistors. An upper device layer is formed on the lower device layer, wherein the upper device layer includes a second structure comprising a plurality of NMOS transistors having a group III-V material source/drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Ravi Pillarisetty, Jack T. Kavalieros, Aaron D. Lilak, Willy Rachmady, Rishabh Mehandru, Kimin Jun, Anh Phan, Hui Jae Yoo, Patrick Morrow, Cheng-Ying Huang, Matthew V. Metz
  • Patent number: 11637185
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for an integrated circuit that includes a substrate, a semiconductor device on the substrate, and a contact stack above the substrate and coupled to the semiconductor device. The contact stack includes a contact metal layer, and a semiconducting oxide layer adjacent to the contact metal layer. The semiconducting oxide layer includes a semiconducting oxide material, while the contact metal layer includes a metal with a sufficient Schottky-barrier height to induce an interfacial electric field between the semiconducting oxide layer and the contact metal layer to reject interstitial hydrogen from entering the semiconductor device through the contact stack. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Weber, Harold Kennel, Abhishek Sharma, Christopher Jezewski, Matthew V. Metz, Tahir Ghani, Jack T. Kavalieros, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Van H. Le, Arnab Sen Gupta