Patents by Inventor Michael E. Cornell
Michael E. Cornell 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: 8734158Abstract: The present invention includes a phonetic alphabet with clarifiers and modifiers that aid in the teaching of reading skills to individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other neurological impairments when the present invention letters are connected horizontally in series with clarifiers and modifiers to form a word, a phrase, a sentence, and/or a paragraph. The present invention further includes mathematical symbols for teaching math skills to individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other neurological impairments when predetermined geometric shapes are arranged to form numbers of a base 10 counting system that are capable for using in additional, subtraction, multiplication, division. The present invention of mathematical symbols includes whole numbers, real numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals. The present invention also includes 2D and 3D tools and methods of using same.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Inventor: Michael E. Cornell
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Publication number: 20140045153Abstract: The present invention includes mathematical symbols for teaching math skills to individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other neurological impairments when unique geometric shapes are arranged to form numbers of a base 10 counting system that are capable for using in additional, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The present invention of mathematical symbols includes whole numbers, real numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals. The present invention also includes a computer implemented digital interactive learning system comprised of having a user manipulating the unique geometrical shapes on a device using an interface. Preferably the interface is comprised of a shape bar area where the various geometrical shapes are displayed and a workspace area where the various geometrical shapes are manipulated by the user. The present invention can be used to teach students how to perform basic math operations and how to use currency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventor: Michael E. Cornell
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Publication number: 20110287395Abstract: The present invention includes a phonetic alphabet with clarifiers and modifiers that aid in the teaching of reading skills to individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other neurological impairments when the present invention letters are connected horizontally in series with clarifiers and modifiers to form a word, a phrase, a sentence, and/or a paragraph. The present invention further includes mathematical symbols for teaching math skills to individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other neurological impairments when predetermined geometric shapes are arranged to form numbers of a base 10 counting system that are capable for using in additional, subtraction, multiplication, division. The present invention of mathematical symbols includes whole numbers, real numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals. The present invention also includes 2D and 3D tools and methods of using same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventor: Michael E. Cornell
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Patent number: 8030152Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7834416Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7745883Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7666756Abstract: An structure for electrically isolating a semiconductor device is formed by implanting dopant into a semiconductor substrate that does not include an epitaxial layer. Following the implant the structure is exposed to a very limited thermal budget so that dopant does not diffuse significantly. As a result, the dimensions of the isolation structure are limited and defined, thereby allowing a higher packing density than obtainable using conventional processes which include the growth of an epitaxial layer and diffusion of the dopants. In one group of embodiments, the isolation structure includes a deep layer and a sidewall which together form a cup-shaped structure surrounding an enclosed region in which the isolated semiconductor device may be formed. The sidewalls may be formed by a series of pulsed implants at different energies, thereby creating a stack of overlapping implanted regions.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2004Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7608895Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7605433Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7605432Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7602023Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7602024Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7592228Abstract: In a trench-gated MOSFET including an epitaxial layer over a substrate of like conductivity and trenches containing thick bottom oxide, sidewall gate oxide, and conductive gates, body regions of the complementary conductivity are shallower than the gates, and clamp regions are deeper and more heavily doped than the body regions but shallower than the trenches. Zener junctions clamp a drain-source voltage lower than the FPI breakdown of body junctions near the trenches, but the zener junctions, being shallower than the trenches, avoid undue degradation of the maximum drain-source voltage. The epitaxial layer may have a dopant concentration that increases step-wise or continuously with depth. Chained implants of the body and clamp regions permits accurate control of dopant concentrations and of junction depth and position. Alternative fabrication processes permit implantation of the body and clamp regions before gate bus formation or through the gate bus after gate bus formation.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7573105Abstract: A family of semiconductor devices is formed in a substrate that contains no epitaxial layer. In one embodiment the family includes a 5V CMOS pair, a 12V CMOS pair, a 5V NPN, a 5V PNP, several forms of a lateral trench MOSFET, and a 30V lateral N-channel DMOS. Each of the devices is extremely compact, both laterally and vertically, and can be fully isolated from all other devices in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chen
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Patent number: 7517748Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7489016Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Publication number: 20080293214Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicants: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Publication number: 20080290452Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicants: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7449380Abstract: An structure for electrically isolating a semiconductor device is formed by implanting dopant into a semiconductor substrate that does not include an epitaxial layer. Following the implant the structure is exposed to a very limited thermal budget so that dopant does not diffuse significantly. As a result, the dimensions of the isolation structure are limited and defined, thereby allowing a higher packing density than obtainable using conventional processes which include the growth of an epitaxial layer and diffusion of the dopants. In one group of embodiments, the isolation structure includes a deep layer and a sidewall which together form a cup-shaped structure surrounding an enclosed region in which the isolated semiconductor device may be formed. The sidewalls may be formed by a series of pulsed implants at different energies, thereby creating a stack of overlapping implanted regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan
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Patent number: 7445979Abstract: An structure for electrically isolating a semiconductor device is formed by implanting dopant into a semiconductor substrate that does not include an epitaxial layer. Following the implant the structure is exposed to a very limited thermal budget so that dopant does not diffuse significantly. As a result, the dimensions of the isolation structure are limited and defined, thereby allowing a higher packing density than obtainable using conventional processes which include the growth of an epitaxial layer and diffusion of the dopants. In one group of embodiments, the isolation structure includes a deep layer and a sidewall and which together form a cup-shaped structure surrounding an enclosed region in which the isolated semiconductor device may be formed. The sidewalls may be formed by a series of pulsed implants at different energies, thereby creating a stack of overlapping implanted regions.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignees: Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., Advanced Analogic Technologies (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Richard K. Williams, Michael E. Cornell, Wai Tien Chan