Patents by Inventor Patrick Morrow

Patrick Morrow 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: 11605556
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming integrated circuit structures having a plurality of non-planar transistors. An insulation structure is provided between channel, source, and drain regions of neighboring fins. The insulation structure is formed during back side processing, wherein at least a first portion of the isolation material between adjacent fins is recessed to expose a sub-channel portion of the semiconductor fins. A spacer material is then deposited at least on the exposed opposing sidewalls of the exposed sub-channel portion of each fin. The isolation material is then further recessed to form an air gap between gate, source, and drain regions of neighboring fins. The air gap electrically isolates the source/drain regions of one fin from the source/drain regions of an adjacent fin, and likewise isolates the gate region of the one fin from the gate region of the adjacent fin. The air gap can be filled with a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron D. Lilak, Rishabh Mehandru, Patrick Morrow
  • Publication number: 20230073078
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure having a stacked transistor architecture includes a first semiconductor body (e.g., set of one or more nanoribbons) and a second semiconductor body (e.g., set of one or more nanoribbons) above the first semiconductor body. The first and second semiconductor bodies are part of the same fin structure. The distance between an upper surface of the first semiconductor body and a lower surface of the second semiconductor body is 60 nm or less. A first gate structure is on the first semiconductor body, and a second gate structure is on the second semiconductor body. An isolation structure that includes a dielectric material is between the first and second gate structures, and is on and conformal to a top surface of the first gate structure. In addition, a bottom surface of the second gate structure is on a top surface of the isolation structure, which is relatively flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Willy Rachmady, Sudipto Naskar, Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Marko Radosavljevic, Nicole K. Thomas, Patrick Morrow, Urusa Alaan
  • Patent number: 11594452
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques for revealing a backside of an integrated circuit (IC) device, and associated configurations. The IC device may include a plurality of fins formed on a semiconductor substrate (e.g., silicon substrate), and an isolation oxide may be disposed between the fins along the backside of the IC device. A portion of the semiconductor substrate may be removed to leave a remaining portion. The remaining portion may be removed by chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) using a selective slurry to reveal the backside of the IC device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Il-Seok Son, Colin T. Carver, Paul B. Fischer, Patrick Morrow, Kimin Jun
  • Patent number: 11594524
    Abstract: An apparatus including a circuit structure including a device stratum; one or more electrically conductive interconnect levels on a first side of the device stratum and coupled to ones of the transistor devices; and a substrate including an electrically conductive through silicon via coupled to the one or more electrically conductive interconnect levels so that the one or more interconnect levels are between the through silicon via and the device stratum. A method including forming a plurality of transistor devices on a substrate, the plurality of transistor devices defining a device stratum; forming one or more interconnect levels on a first side of the device stratum; removing a portion of the substrate; and coupling a through silicon via to the one or more interconnect levels such that the one or more interconnect levels is disposed between the device stratum and the through silicon via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brennen K. Mueller, Patrick Morrow, Kimin Jun, Paul B. Fischer, Daniel Pantuso
  • Patent number: 11594533
    Abstract: A device is disclosed. The device includes a first semiconductor fin, a first source-drain epitaxial region adjacent a first portion of the first semiconductor fin, a second source-drain epitaxial region adjacent a second portion of the first semiconductor fin, a first gate conductor above the first semiconductor fin, a gate spacer covering the sides of the gate conductor, a second semiconductor fin below the first semiconductor fin, a second gate conductor on a first side of the second semiconductor fin and a third gate conductor on a second side of the second semiconductor fin, a third source-drain epitaxial region adjacent a first portion of the second semiconductor fin, and a fourth source-drain epitaxial region adjacent a second portion of the second semiconductor fin. The device also includes a dielectric isolation structure below the first semiconductor fin and above the second semiconductor fin that separates the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Willy Rachmady, Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Aaron Lilak, Patrick Morrow, Anh Phan, Ehren Mannebach, Jack T. Kavalieros
  • Publication number: 20230046755
    Abstract: Vertical integration schemes and circuit elements architectures for area scaling of semiconductor devices are described. In an example, an inverter structure includes a semiconductor fin separated vertically into an upper region and a lower region. A first plurality of gate structures is included for controlling the upper region of the semiconductor fin. A second plurality of gate structures is included for controlling the lower region of the semiconductor fin. The second plurality of gate structures has a conductivity type opposite the conductivity type of the first plurality of gate structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Rishabh MEHANDRU, Patrick MORROW, Ranjith KUMAR, Cory E. WEBER, Seiyon KIM, Stephen M. CEA, Tahir GHANI
  • Patent number: 11573798
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stacked transistors with different gate lengths in different device strata, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit structure may include stacked strata of transistors, with two different device strata having different gate lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron D. Lilak, Gilbert W. Dewey, Willy Rachmady, Rishabh Mehandru, Ehren Mannebach, Cheng-Ying Huang, Anh Phan, Patrick Morrow
  • Patent number: 11569238
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a memory cell vertically above a substrate. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor at a lower device portion, and a transistor at an upper device portion above the lower device portion. The MIM capacitor includes a first plate, and a second plate separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer. The first plate includes a first group of metal contacts coupled to a metal electrode vertically above the substrate. The first group of metal contacts are within one or more metal layers above the substrate in a horizontal direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the metal electrode of the first plate of the MIM capacitor is also a source electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Lilak, Willy Rachmady, Gilbert Dewey, Kimin Jun, Hui Jae Yoo, Patrick Morrow, Sean T. Ma, Ahn Phan, Abhishek Sharma, Cheng-Ying Huang, Ehren Mannebach
  • Patent number: 11552104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stacked transistors with dielectric between channel materials, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit structure may include stacked strata of transistors, wherein a dielectric material is between channel materials of adjacent strata, and the dielectric material is surrounded by a gate dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron D. Lilak, Gilbert W. Dewey, Willy Rachmady, Rishabh Mehandru, Ehren Mannebach, Cheng-Ying Huang, Anh Phan, Patrick Morrow, Kimin Jun
  • Publication number: 20220415880
    Abstract: Substrate-less diode, bipolar and feedthrough integrated circuit structures, and methods of fabricating substrate-less diode, bipolar and feedthrough integrated circuit structures, are described. For example, a substrate-less integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor structure. A plurality of gate structures is over the semiconductor structure. A plurality of P-type epitaxial structures is over the semiconductor structure. A plurality of N-type epitaxial structures is over the semiconductor structure. One or more open locations is between corresponding ones of the plurality of gate structures. A backside contact is connected directly to one of the pluralities of P-type and N-type epitaxial structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ayan KAR, Kalyan KOLLURU, Nicholas THOMSON, Rui MA, Benjamin ORR, Nathan JACK, Mauro KOBRINSKY, Patrick MORROW, Chung-Hsun LIN
  • Patent number: 11532719
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device over a semiconductor substrate. A first bonding layer is above the semiconductor substrate. One or more nanowires are formed above the first bonding layer to be a channel layer. A gate electrode is around a nanowire, where the gate electrode is in contact with the first bonding layer and separated from the nanowire by a gate dielectric layer. A source electrode or a drain electrode is in contact with the nanowire, above a bonding area of a second bonding layer, and separated from the gate electrode by a spacer, where the second bonding layer is above and in direct contact with the first bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kimin Jun, Jack T. Kavalieros, Gilbert Dewey, Willy Rachmady, Aaron Lilak, Brennen Mueller, Hui Jae Yoo, Patrick Morrow, Anh Phan, Cheng-Ying Huang, Ehren Mannebach
  • Patent number: 11522072
    Abstract: Vertical integration schemes and circuit elements architectures for area scaling of semiconductor devices are described. In an example, an inverter structure includes a semiconductor fin separated vertically into an upper region and a lower region. A first plurality of gate structures is included for controlling the upper region of the semiconductor fin. A second plurality of gate structures is included for controlling the lower region of the semiconductor fin. The second plurality of gate structures has a conductivity type opposite the conductivity type of the first plurality of gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rishabh Mehandru, Patrick Morrow, Ranjith Kumar, Cory E. Weber, Seiyon Kim, Stephen M. Cea, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 11515318
    Abstract: A multiple input device is disclosed. The multiple input device includes a semiconductor structure extending in a first direction, a first dielectric material surrounding a portion of the semiconductor structure, a floating gate on the first dielectric material and surrounding the portion of the semiconductor structure, and a second dielectric material on the floating gate and surrounding the portion of the semiconductor structure. The multiple input device also includes a plurality of control gates on the second dielectric material. At least one of the control gates extends vertically away from the semiconductor structure in a second direction and at least one of the control gates extends vertically away from the semiconductor structure in a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Lilak, Patrick Morrow, Sayed Hasan
  • Publication number: 20220344376
    Abstract: A stacked device structure includes a first device structure including a first body that includes a semiconductor material, and a plurality of terminals coupled with the first body. The stacked device structure further includes an insulator between the first device structure and a second device structure. The second device structure includes a second body such as a fin structure directly above the insulator. The second device structure further includes a gate coupled to the fin structure, a spacer including a dielectric material adjacent to the gate, and an epitaxial structure adjacent to a sidewall of the fin structure and between the spacer and the insulator. A metallization structure is coupled to a sidewall surface of the epitaxial structure, and further coupled with one of the terminals of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron D. Lilak, Anh Phan, Patrick Morrow, Willy Rachmady, Gilbert Dewey, Jessica M. Torres, Kimin Jun, Tristan A. Tronic, Christopher J. Jezewski, Hui Jae Yoo, Robert S. Chau, Chi-Hwa Tsang
  • Patent number: 11482621
    Abstract: Embodiments include transistor devices and a method of forming the transistor devices. A transistor device includes a first dielectric over a substrate, and vias on a first metal layer, where the first metal layer is on an etch stop layer that is on the first dielectric. The transistor device also includes a second dielectric over the first metal layer, vias, and etch stop layer, where the vias include sidewalls, top surfaces, and bottom surfaces, and stacked transistors on the second dielectric and the top surfaces of the vias, where the sidewalls and top surfaces of the vias are positioned within a footprint of the stacked transistors. The stacked transistors include gate electrodes and first and second transistor layers. The first metal layer includes conductive materials including tungsten or cobalt. The footprint may include a bottom surface of the first transistor layer and a bottom surface of the gate electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Willy Rachmady, Patrick Morrow, Aaron Lilak, Rishabh Mehandru, Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Kimin Jun, Ryan Keech, Anh Phan, Ehren Mannebach
  • Publication number: 20220336284
    Abstract: Stacked finFET structures including a fin having at least a first layer of semiconductor material stacked over or under a second layer of semiconductor material. The first and second layers may include a Group IV semiconductor material layer and a Group III-V semiconductor material layer, for example. A stacked finFET may include an N-type finFET stacked over or under a P-type finFET, the two finFETs may have channel portions within the different semiconductor material layers. Channel portions of the first and second layers of semiconductor material may be coupled to separate gate electrodes that are vertically aligned. Channel portions of the first and second layers of semiconductor material may be vertically separated by subfin portions of the first and second layers. Different layers of dielectric material adjacent to the subfin portions may improve electrical isolation between the channel portions, for example as a source of fixed charge or impurity dopants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Lilak, Sean Ma, Justin R. Weber, Rishabh Mehandru, Stephen M. Cea, Patrick Morrow, Patrick H. Keys
  • Patent number: 11462568
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a first transistor above a substrate, an insulator layer above the first transistor, and a second transistor above the insulator layer. The first transistor includes a first channel layer above the substrate, and a first gate electrode above the first channel layer. The insulator layer is next to a first source electrode of the first transistor above the first channel layer, next to a first drain electrode of the first transistor above the first channel layer, and above the first gate electrode. The second transistor includes a second channel layer above the insulator layer, and a second gate electrode separated from the second channel layer by a gate dielectric layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Lilak, Justin Weber, Harold Kennel, Willy Rachmady, Gilbert Dewey, Van H. Le, Abhishek Sharma, Patrick Morrow, Ashish Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20220310605
    Abstract: Multiple non-silicon semiconductor material layers may be stacked within a fin structure. The multiple non-silicon semiconductor material layers may include one or more layers that are suitable for P-type transistors. The multiple non-silicon semiconductor material layers may further include one or more one or more layers that are suited for N-type transistors. The multiple non-silicon semiconductor material layers may further include one or more intervening layers separating the N-type from the P-type layers. The intervening layers may be at least partially sacrificial, for example to allow one or more of a gate, source, or drain to wrap completely around a channel region of one or more of the N-type and P-type transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Patrick Morrow, Ravi Pillarisetty, Rishabh Mehandru, Cheng-ying Huang, Willy Rachmady, Aaron Lilak
  • Patent number: 11444166
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for backside source/drain (S/D) replacement for semiconductor devices with metallization on both sides (MOBS). The techniques described herein provide methods to recover or otherwise facilitate low contact resistance, thereby reducing or eliminating parasitic external resistance that degrades transistor performance. In some cases, the techniques include forming sacrificial S/D material and a seed layer during frontside processing of a device layer including one or more transistor devices. The device layer can then be inverted and bonded to a host wafer. A backside reveal of the device layer can then be performed via grinding, etching, and/or CMP processes. The sacrificial S/D material can then be removed through backside S/D contact trenches using the seed layer as an etch stop, followed by the formation of relatively highly doped final S/D material grown from the seed layer, to provide enhanced ohmic contact properties. Other embodiments may be described and/or disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn A. Glass, Karthik Jambunathan, Anand S. Murthy, Chandra S. Mohapatra, Patrick Morrow, Mauro J. Kobrinsky
  • Patent number: 11437405
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for an integrated circuit (IC). The IC may include a first transistor, an insulator layer above the first transistor, and a second transistor above the insulator layer. The first transistor may be a p-type transistor including a channel in a substrate, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode. A first metal contact may be coupled to the first source electrode, while a second metal contact may be coupled to the first drain electrode. The insulator layer may be next to the first metal contact, and next to the second metal contact. The second transistor may include a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The second source electrode may be coupled to the first metal contact, or the second drain electrode may be coupled to the second metal contact. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Patrick Morrow, Aaron Lilak, Willy Rachmady, Anh Phan, Ehren Mannebach, Hui Jae Yoo, Abhishek Sharma, Van H. Le, Cheng-Ying Huang