Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Stuber

Michael Andrew Stuber 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: 10770391
    Abstract: A transistor may include a semiconductor layer having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region. The channel region may have a source interface and a drain interface, and may be bounded by edges extending from the source interface to the drain interface on two boundaries between a field-sensitive semiconductor material and an isolation material. The transistor may further include an insulator layer on the channel region. The transistor may further include a gate on the insulator layer. The gate may have extensions beyond edges of the channel region. The extensions may substantially exceed a minimum specified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Plamen Vassilev Kolev, Michael Andrew Stuber, Lee-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20190304898
    Abstract: A transistor may include a semiconductor layer having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region. The channel region may have a source interface and a drain interface, and may be bounded by edges extending from the source interface to the drain interface on two boundaries between a field-sensitive semiconductor material and an isolation material. The transistor may further include an insulator layer on the channel region. The transistor may further include a gate on the insulator layer. The gate may have extensions beyond edges of the channel region. The extensions may substantially exceed a minimum specified value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Plamen Vassilev KOLEV, Michael Andrew STUBER, Lee-Wen CHEN
  • Patent number: 10290579
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure may include a capacitor having a semiconductor layer as a first plate and a gate layer as a second plate. A capacitor dielectric layer may separate the first plate and the second plate. A backside metallization may be coupled to the first plate of the capacitor. A front-side metallization may be coupled to the second plate of the capacitor. The front-side metallization may be arranged distal from the backside metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sinan Goktepeli, Plamen Vassilev Kolev, Michael Andrew Stuber, Richard Hammond, Shiqun Gu, Steve Fanelli
  • Publication number: 20180076137
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure may include a capacitor having a semiconductor layer as a first plate and a gate layer as a second plate. A capacitor dielectric layer may separate the first plate and the second plate. A backside metallization may be coupled to the first plate of the capacitor. A front-side metallization may be coupled to the second plate of the capacitor. The front-side metallization may be arranged distal from the backside metallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sinan GOKTEPELI, Plamen Vassilev KOLEV, Michael Andrew STUBER, Richard HAMMOND, Shiqun GU, Steve FANELLI
  • Patent number: 9847293
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure may include a capacitor having a semiconductor layer as a first plate and a gate layer as a second plate. A capacitor dielectric layer may separate the first plate and the second plate. A backside metallization may be coupled to the first plate of the capacitor. A front-side metallization may be coupled to the second plate of the capacitor. The front-side metallization may be arranged distal from the backside metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sinan Goktepeli, Plamen Vassilev Kolev, Michael Andrew Stuber, Richard Hammond, Shiqun Gu, Steve Fanelli
  • Publication number: 20160358910
    Abstract: A vertical semiconductor device is formed in a semiconductor layer having a first surface, a second surface and background doping. A first doped region, doped to a conductivity type opposite that of the background, is formed at the second surface of the semiconductor layer. A second doped region of the same conductivity type as the background is formed at the second surface of the semiconductor layer, inside the first doped region. A portion of the semiconductor layer is removed at the first surface, exposing a new third surface. A third doped region is formed inside the semiconductor layer at the third surface. Electrical contact is made at least to the second doped region (via the second surface) and the third doped region (via the new third surface). In this way, vertical DMOS, IGBT, bipolar transistors, thyristors, and other types of devices can be fabricated in thinned semiconductor, or SOI layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Stuber, Stuart Molin