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).

  • Patent number: 11631737
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include nanowire and nanoribbon transistors and methods of forming such transistors. According to an embodiment, a method for forming a microelectronic device may include forming a multi-layer stack within a trench formed in a shallow trench isolation (STI) layer. The multi-layer stack may comprise at least a channel layer, a release layer formed below the channel layer, and a buffer layer formed below the channel layer. The STI layer may be recessed so that a top surface of the STI layer is below a top surface of the release layer. The exposed release layer from below the channel layer by selectively etching away the release layer relative to the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanaz K. Gardner, Willy Rachmady, Matthew V. Metz, Gilbert Dewey, Jack T. Kavalieros, Chandra S. Mohapatra, Anand S. Murthy, Nadia M. Rahhal-Orabi, Nancy M. Zelick, Tahir Ghani
  • Publication number: 20230102219
    Abstract: Described herein are integrated circuit devices with metal-oxide semiconductor channels and carbon source and drain (S/D) contacts. S/D contacts conduct current to and from the semiconductor devices, e.g., to the source and drain regions of a transistor. Carbon S/D contacts may be particularly useful with semiconductor devices that use certain channel materials, such as indium gallium zinc oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arnab Sen Gupta, Matthew V. Metz, Hui Jae Yoo, Justin R. Weber, Van H. Le, Jason C. Retasket, Abhishek A. Sharma, Noriyuki Sato, Yu-Jin Chen, Eric Mattson, Edward O. Johnson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230100505
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include transistor devices and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment, a transistor device comprises a first channel, wherein the first channel comprises a semiconductor material and a second channel above the first channel, wherein the second channel comprises the semiconductor material. In an embodiment, a first spacer is between the first channel and the second channel, and a second spacer is between the first channel and the second channel. In an embodiment, a first gate dielectric is over a surface of the first channel that faces the second channel, and a second gate dielectric is over a surface of the second channel that faces the first channel. In an embodiment, the first gate dielectric is physically separated from the second gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ashish Verma PENUMATCHA, Sarah ATANASOV, Seung Hoon SUNG, Rahul RAMAMURTHY, I-Cheng TUNG, Uygar E. AVCI, Matthew V. METZ, Jack T. KAVALIEROS, Chia-Ching LIN, Kaan OGUZ
  • Publication number: 20230098467
    Abstract: Thin film transistors having a spin-on two-dimensional (2D) channel material are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first device layer including a first two-dimensional (2D) material layer above a substrate. The first 2D material layer includes molybdenum, sulfur, sodium and carbon. A second device layer including a second 2D material layer is above the substrate. The second 2D material layer includes tungsten, selenium, sodium and carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Carl H. NAYLOR, Kirby MAXEY, Kevin P. O'BRIEN, Chelsey DOROW, Sudarat LEE, Ashish Verma PENUMATCHA, Shriram SHIVARAMAN, Uygar E. AVCI, Patrick THEOFANIS, Charles MOKHTARZADEH, Matthew V. METZ, Scott B. CLENDENNING
  • Publication number: 20230098594
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related MIM capacitors that have a multiple trench structure to increase a charge density, where a dielectric of the MIM capacitor includes a perovskite-based material. In embodiments, a first electrically conductive layer may be coupled with a top metal layer of the MIM, and/or a second conductive layer may be coupled with a bottom metal layer of the MIM to reduce RC effects. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chia-Ching LIN, Kaan OGUZ, Sou-Chi CHANG, Arnab SEN GUPTA, I-Cheng TUNG, Ian A. YOUNG, Matthew V. METZ, Uygar E. AVCI, Sudarat LEE
  • Publication number: 20230102695
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to advanced integrated circuit (IC) structure fabrication and, in particular, to IC structures with graphene contacts. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 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
  • Publication number: 20230102177
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to stacked MIM capacitors with multiple metal and dielectric layers that include insulating spacers on edges of one or more of the multiple layers to prevent unintended electrical coupling between metal layers during manufacturing. The dielectric layers may include Perovskite-based materials. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chia-Ching LIN, Sou-Chi CHANG, Kaan OGUZ, I-Cheng TUNG, Arnab SEN GUPTA, Ian A. YOUNG, Uygar E. AVCI, Matthew V. METZ
  • Publication number: 20230087624
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to increasing the capacitance density of MIM capacitors on dies or within packages. In particular, a MIM stack is disclosed that has multiple insulator layers between the metal, in order to increase the dielectric constant of the MIM stack. In particular, the first dielectric layer may include strontium, titanium, and oxygen and may be physically coupled with a second dielectric layer that may include barium, strontium, titanium, and oxygen. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kaan OGUZ, I-Cheng TUNG, Chia-Ching LIN, Sou-Chi CHANG, Matthew V. METZ, Uygar E. AVCI, Arnab SEN GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20230091766
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a resonator device includes a substrate comprising a piezoelectric material and a set of electrodes on the substrate. The electrodes are in parallel and a width of the electrodes is equal to a distance between the electrodes. The resonator device further includes a set of switches, with each switch coupled to a respective electrode. The switches are to connect to opposite terminals of an alternating current (AC) signal source and select between the terminals of the AC signal source based on an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ved V. Gund, Kevin P. O'Brien, Kimin Jun, Edris Mohammed, Arnab Sen Gupta, Matthew V. Metz, Ibrahim L. Ban, Paul Fischer
  • Publication number: 20230088101
    Abstract: Thin film transistors having edge-modulated two-dimensional (2D) channel material are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a device layer including a two-dimensional (2D) material layer above a substrate, the 2D material layer including a center portion and first and second edge portions, the center portion consisting essentially of molybdenum or tungsten and of sulfur or selenium, and the first and second edge portions including molybdenum or tungsten and including tellurium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 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
  • Patent number: 11557658
    Abstract: Transistors having a plurality of channel semiconductor structures, such as fins, over a dielectric material. A source and drain are coupled to opposite ends of the structures and a gate stack intersects the plurality of structures between the source and drain. Lateral epitaxial overgrowth (LEO) may be employed to form a super-lattice of a desired periodicity from a sidewall of a fin template structure that is within a trench and extends from the dielectric material. Following LEO, the super-lattice structure may be planarized with surrounding dielectric material to expose a top of the super-lattice layers. Alternating ones of the super-lattice layers may then be selectively etched away, with the retained layers of the super-lattice then laterally separated from each other by a distance that is a function of the super-lattice periodicity. A gate dielectric and a gate electrode may be formed over the retained super-lattice layers for a channel of a transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Sean T. Ma, Tahir Ghani, Willy Rachmady, Cheng-Ying Huang, Anand S. Murthy, Harold W. Kennel, Nicholas G. Minutillo, Matthew V. Metz
  • Publication number: 20230006065
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an integrated circuit including a ferroelectric gate stack including a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial oxide layer, and a gate electrode. The ferroelectric layer can be voltage activated to switch between two ferroelectric states. Employing such a ferroelectric layer provides a reduction in leakage current in an off-state and provides an increase in charge in an on-state. The interfacial oxide layer can be formed between the ferroelectric layer and the gate electrode. Alternatively, the ferroelectric layer can be formed between the interfacial oxide layer and the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert DEWEY, Willy RACHMADY, Jack T. KAVALIEROS, Cheng-Ying HUANG, Matthew V. METZ, Sean T. MA, Harold KENNEL, Tahir GHANI
  • Patent number: 11476338
    Abstract: Embodiments related to transistors and integrated circuits having aluminum indium phosphide subfins and germanium channels, systems incorporating such transistors, and methods for forming them are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew V. Metz, Willy Rachmady, Harold W. Kennel, Van H. Le, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Jack T. Kavalieros, Gilbert Dewey
  • Publication number: 20220328663
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), and related methods and computing devices. In some embodiments, a TFET may include: a first source/drain material having a p-type conductivity; a second source/drain material having an n-type conductivity; a channel material at least partially between the first source/drain material and the second source/drain material, wherein the channel material has a first side face and a second side face opposite the first side face; and a gate above the channel material, on the first side face, and on the second side face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Willy Rachmady, Matthew V. Metz, Ashish Agrawal, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Uygar E. Avci, Jack T. Kavalieros, Ian A. Young
  • Patent number: 11469323
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an integrated circuit including a ferroelectric gate stack including a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial oxide layer, and a gate electrode. The ferroelectric layer can be voltage activated to switch between two ferroelectric states. Employing such a ferroelectric layer provides a reduction in leakage current in an off-state and provides an increase in charge in an on-state. The interfacial oxide layer can be formed between the ferroelectric layer and the gate electrode. Alternatively, the ferroelectric layer can be formed between the interfacial oxide layer and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Willy Rachmady, Jack T. Kavalieros, Cheng-Ying Huang, Matthew V. Metz, Sean T. Ma, Harold Kennel, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 11450527
    Abstract: An apparatus including a transistor device including a channel including germanium disposed on a substrate; a buffer layer disposed on the substrate between the channel and the substrate, wherein the buffer layer includes silicon germanium; and a seed layer disposed on the substrate between the buffer layer and the substrate, wherein the seed layer includes germanium. A method including forming seed layer on a silicon substrate, wherein the seed layer includes germanium; forming a buffer layer on the seed layer, wherein the buffer layer includes silicon germanium; and forming a transistor device including a channel on the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Van H. Le, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Willy Rachmady, Marc C. French, Seung Hoon Sung, Jack T. Kavalieros, Matthew V. Metz, Ashish Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11444159
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a channel layer on a buffer layer on a substrate. The channel layer has a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The first portion comprises a first semiconductor. The second portion comprises a second semiconductor that has a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the first semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sean T. Ma, Gilbert Dewey, Willy Rachmady, Matthew V. Metz, Cheng-Ying Huang, Harold W. Kennel, Jack T. Kavalieros, Anand S. Murthy, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 11417770
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a thin-film transistor (TFT), which may include a substrate oriented in a horizontal direction and a transistor above the substrate. The transistor includes a gate electrode above the substrate, a gate dielectric layer around the gate electrode, and a channel layer around the gate dielectric layer, all oriented in a vertical direction substantially orthogonal to the horizontal direction. Furthermore, a first metal electrode located in a first metal layer is coupled to a first portion of the channel layer by a first short via, and a second metal electrode located in a second metal layer is coupled to a second portion of the channel layer by a second short via. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Sharma, Nazila Haratipour, Seung Hoon Sung, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Gilbert Dewey, Shriram Shivaraman, Van H. Le, Jack T. Kavalieros, Tahir Ghani, Matthew V. Metz, Arnab Sen Gupta
  • Patent number: 11417655
    Abstract: Monolithic FETs including a majority carrier channel in a first high carrier mobility semiconductor material disposed over a substrate. While a mask, such as a gate stack or sacrificial gate stack, is covering a lateral channel region, a spacer of a high carrier mobility semiconductor material is overgrown, for example wrapping around a dielectric lateral spacer, to increase effective spacing between the transistor source and drain without a concomitant increase in transistor footprint. Source/drain regions couple electrically to the lateral channel region through the high-mobility semiconductor spacer, which may be substantially undoped (i.e. intrinsic). With effective channel length for a given lateral gate dimension increased, the transistor footprint for a given off-state leakage may be reduced or off-state source/drain leakage for a given transistor footprint may be reduced, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Matthew V. Metz, Anand S. Murthy, Tahir Ghani, Willy Rachmady, Chandra S. Mohapatra, Jack T. Kavalieros, Glenn A. Glass
  • Patent number: 11404562
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), and related methods and computing devices. In some embodiments, a TFET may include: a first source/drain material having a p-type conductivity; a second source/drain material having an n-type conductivity; a channel material at least partially between the first source/drain material and the second source/drain material, wherein the channel material has a first side face and a second side face opposite the first side face; and a gate above the channel material, on the first side face, and on the second side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Willy Rachmady, Matthew V. Metz, Ashish Agrawal, Benjamin Chu-Kung, Uygar E. Avci, Jack T. Kavalieros, Ian A. Young