Patents by Inventor Paul C. Parries

Paul C. Parries 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: 20140054664
    Abstract: A method of forming a trench structure that includes forming a metal containing layer on at least the sidewalls of a trench, and forming an undoped semiconductor fill material within the trench. The undoped semiconductor fill material and the metal containing layer are recessed to a first depth within the trench with a first etch. The undoped semiconductor fill material is then recessed to a second depth within the trench that is greater than a first depth with a second etch. The second etch exposes at least a sidewall portion of the metal containing layer. The trench is filled with a doped semiconductor containing material fill, wherein the doped semiconductor material fill is in direct contact with the at least the sidewall portion of the metal containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian W. Messenger, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Geng Wang, Yanli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8652933
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor device structure in a semiconductor layer. The method includes forming a first trench of a first width and a second trench of a second width in the semiconductor layer; depositing a layer of first material which conforms to a wall of the first trench but does not fill it and which fills the second trench; removing the first material from the first trench, the first material remaining in the second trench; depositing a second material into and filling the first trench and over a top of the first material in the second trench; and uniformly removing the second material from the top of the first material in the second trench, wherein the first trench is filled with the second material and the second trench is filled with the first material and wherein the first material is different from the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Parries, Yanli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8652925
    Abstract: A structure and method is provided for fabricating isolated capacitors. The method includes simultaneously forming a plurality of deep trenches and one or more isolation trenches surrounding a group or array of the plurality of deep trenches through a SOI and doped poly layer, to an underlying insulator layer. The method further includes lining the plurality of deep trenches and one or more isolation trenches with an insulator material. The method further includes filling the plurality of deep trenches and one or more isolation trenches with a conductive material on the insulator material. The deep trenches form deep trench capacitors and the one or more isolation trenches form one or more isolation plates that isolate at least one group or array of the deep trench capacitors from another group or array of the deep trench capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oh-Jung Kwon, Junedong Lee, Paul C. Parries, Dominic J. Schepis
  • Patent number: 8642423
    Abstract: A method of forming a trench structure that includes forming a metal containing layer on at least the sidewalls of a trench, and forming an undoped semiconductor fill material within the trench. The undoped semiconductor fill material and the metal containing layer are recessed to a first depth within the trench with a first etch. The undoped semiconductor fill material is then recessed to a second depth within the trench that is greater than a first depth with a second etch. The second etch exposes at least a sidewall portion of the metal containing layer. The trench is filled with a doped semiconductor containing material fill, wherein the doped semiconductor material fill is in direct contact with the at least the sidewall portion of the metal containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian W. Messenger, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Geng Wang, Yanli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8637958
    Abstract: A structure and method for forming isolation and a buried plate for a trench capacitor is disclosed. Embodiments of the structure comprise an epitaxial layer serving as the buried plate, and a bounded deep trench isolation area serving to isolate one or more deep trench structures. Embodiments of the method comprise angular implanting of the deep trench isolation area to form a P region at the base of the deep trench isolation area that serves as an anti-punch through implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Dube, Subramanian S. Iyer, Babar Ali Khan, Oh-jung Kwon, Junedong Lee, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Gerd Pfeiffer, Ravi Todi, Geng Wang
  • Publication number: 20130320422
    Abstract: A conductive strap structure in lateral contact with a top semiconductor layer is formed on an inner electrode of a deep trench capacitor. A cavity overlying the conductive strap structure is filled with a dielectric material to form a dielectric capacitor cap having a top surface that is coplanar with a topmost surface of an upper pad layer. A portion of the upper pad layer is removed to define a line cavity. A fin-defining spacer comprising a material different from the material of the dielectric capacitor cap and the upper pad layer is formed around the line cavity by deposition of a conformal layer and an anisotropic etch. The upper pad layer is removed, and the fin-defining spacer is employed as an etch mask to form a semiconductor fin that laterally contacts the conductive strap structure. An access finFET is formed employing two parallel portions of the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Josephine B. Chang, Babar A. Khan, Paul C. Parries, Xinhui Wang
  • Patent number: 8536649
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that may include a substrate including a semiconductor layer overlying an insulating layer. A gate structure that is present on a channel portion of the semiconductor layer. A first dopant region is present in the channel portion of the semiconductor layer, in which the peak concentration of the first dopant region is present within the lower portion of the gate conductor and the upper portion of the semiconductor layer. A second dopant region is present in the channel portion of the semiconductor layer, in which the peak concentration of the second dopant region is present within the lower portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geng Wang, Joseph Ervin, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Paul C. Parries
  • Publication number: 20130175665
    Abstract: A trench structure that in one embodiment includes a trench present in a substrate, and a dielectric layer that is continuously present on the sidewalls and base of the trench. The dielectric layer has a dielectric constant that is greater than 30. The dielectric layer is composed of tetragonal phase hafnium oxide with silicon present in the grain boundaries of the tetragonal phase hafnium oxide in an amount ranging from 3 wt. % to 20 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael P. Chudzik, Bachir Dirahoui, Rishikesh Krishnan, Siddarth A. Krishnan, Oh-jung Kwon, Paul C. Parries, Hongwen Yan
  • Publication number: 20130134491
    Abstract: A method of forming a trench structure that includes forming a metal containing layer on at least the sidewalls of a trench, and forming an undoped semiconductor fill material within the trench. The undoped semiconductor fill material and the metal containing layer are recessed to a first depth within the trench with a first etch. The undoped semiconductor fill material is then recessed to a second depth within the trench that is greater than a first depth with a second etch. The second etch exposes at least a sidewall portion of the metal containing layer. The trench is filled with a doped semiconductor containing material fill, wherein the doped semiconductor material fill is in direct contact with the at least the sidewall portion of the metal containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian W. Messenger, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Geng Wang, Yanli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8395217
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure having an isolation region and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A plurality of gates is formed on the SOI substrate. The semiconductor device structure further includes trenches having sidewalls, formed between each of the plurality of gates. The semiconductor device structure further includes an epitaxial lateral growth layer formed in the trenches. The epitaxial lateral growth layer is grown laterally from the opposing sidewalls of the trenches, so that the epitaxial lateral growth layer encloses a portion of the trenches extended into the SOI substrate. The epitaxial lateral growth layer is formed in such way that it includes an air gap region overlying a buried dielectric layer of the SOI substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Joseph Ervin, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Pranita Kulkarni, Kevin McStay, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Geng Wang, Yanli Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130043559
    Abstract: A method includes removing an exposed portion of a first portion of a substrate to define a first trench portion partially defined by the first portion of the substrate and expose a second portion of the substrate, the first portion of the substrate disposed on the second portion of the substrate, the second portion of the substrate including an N+ doped silicon material, and removing a portion the exposed second portion of the substrate with an isotropic etching process to define a second trench portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: JUNEDONG LEE, Xi Li, Paul C. Parries, Richard Wise, Hongwen Yan
  • Publication number: 20130009277
    Abstract: A structure and method for forming isolation and a buried plate for a trench capacitor is disclosed. Embodiments of the structure comprise an epitaxial layer serving as the buried plate, and a bounded deep trench isolation area serving to isolate one or more deep trench structures. Embodiments of the method comprise angular implanting of the deep trench isolation area to form a P region at the base of the deep trench isolation area that serves as an anti-punch through implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Dube, Subramanian S. Iyer, Babar Ali Khan, Oh-jung Kwon, Junedong Lee, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Gerd Pfeiffer, Ravi M. Todi, Geng Wang
  • Publication number: 20120326233
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that may include a substrate including a semiconductor layer overlying an insulating layer. A gate structure that is present on a channel portion of the semiconductor layer. A first dopant region is present in the channel portion of the semiconductor layer, in which the peak concentration of the first dopant region is present within the lower portion of the gate conductor and the upper portion of the semiconductor layer. A second dopant region is present in the channel portion of the semiconductor layer, in which the peak concentration of the second dopant region is present within the lower portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geng Wang, Joseph Ervin, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Paul C. Parries
  • Patent number: 8298884
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that may include a substrate including a semiconductor layer overlying an insulating layer. A gate structure that is present on a channel portion of the semiconductor layer. A first dopant region is present in the channel portion of the semiconductor layer, in which the peak concentration of the first dopant region is present within the lower portion of the gate conductor and the upper portion of the semiconductor layer. A second dopant region is present in the channel portion of the semiconductor layer, in which the peak concentration of the second dopant region is present within the lower portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geng Wang, Joseph Ervin, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Paul C. Parries
  • Patent number: 8298908
    Abstract: A structure and method for forming isolation and a buried plate for a trench capacitor is disclosed. Embodiments of the structure comprise an epitaxial layer serving as the buried plate, and a bounded deep trench isolation area serving to isolate one or more deep trench structures. Embodiments of the method comprise angular implanting of the deep trench isolation area to form a P region at the base of the deep trench isolation area that serves as an anti-punch through implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Dube, Subramanian S. Iyer, Babar Ali Khan, Oh-jung Kwon, Junedong Lee, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Gerd Pfeiffer, Ravi M. Todi, Geng Wang
  • Publication number: 20120267754
    Abstract: A structure and method is provided for fabricating isolated capacitors. The method includes simultaneously forming a plurality of deep trenches and one or more isolation trenches surrounding a group or array of the plurality of deep trenches through a SOI and doped poly layer, to an underlying insulator layer. The method further includes lining the plurality of deep trenches and one or more isolation trenches with an insulator material. The method further includes filling the plurality of deep trenches and one or more isolation trenches with a conductive material on the insulator material. The deep trenches form deep trench capacitors and the one or more isolation trenches form one or more isolation plates that isolate at least one group or array of the deep trench capacitors from another group or array of the deep trench capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Oh-Jung KWON, Junedong LEE, Paul C. PARRIES, Dominic J. SCHEPIS
  • Patent number: 8273629
    Abstract: The present invention, provides a semiconductor device including a substrate including a semiconductor layer overlying an insulating layer, wherein a back gate structure is present underlying the insulating layer and a front gate structure on the semiconductor layer; a channel dopant region underlying the front gate structure of the substrate, wherein the channel dopant region has a first concentration present at an interface of the semiconductor layer and the insulating layer and at least a second concentration present at the interface of the front gate structure and the semiconductor layer, wherein the first concentration is greater than the second concentration; and a source region and drain region present in the semiconductor layer of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geng Wang, Paul C. Parries
  • Patent number: 8236632
    Abstract: An FET structure on a semiconductor substrate which includes forming recesses for a source and a drain of the gate structure on a semiconductor substrate, halo implanting regions through the bottom of the source and drain recesses, the halo implanted regions being underneath the gate stack, implanting junction butting at the bottom of the source and drain recesses, and filling the source and drain recesses with a doped epitaxial material. In exemplary embodiments, the semiconductor substrate is a semiconductor on insulator substrate including a semiconductor layer on a buried oxide layer. In exemplary embodiments, the junction butting and halo implanted regions are in contact with the buried oxide layer. In other exemplary embodiments, there is no junction butting. In exemplary embodiments, halo implants implanted to a lower part of the FET body underneath the gate structure provide higher doping level in lower part of the FET body to reduce body resistance, without interfering with FET threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Fried, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Kevin McStay, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Gan Wang, Geng Wang, Yanli Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120187490
    Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) structure on a semiconductor substrate which includes a gate structure having a spacer on a semiconductor substrate; an extension implant underneath the gate structure; a recessed source and a recessed drain filled with a doped epitaxial material; halo implanted regions adjacent a bottom of the recessed source and drain and being underneath the gate stack. In an exemplary embodiment, there is implanted junction butting underneath the bottom of each of the recessed source and drain, the junction butting being separate and distinct from the halo implanted regions. In another exemplary embodiment, the doped epitaxial material is graded from a lower dopant concentration at a side of the recessed source and drain to a higher dopant concentration at a center of the recessed source and drain. In a further exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor substrate is a semiconductor on insulator substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Fried, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Kevin McStay, Paul C. Parries, Chengwen Pei, Gan Wang, Geng Wang, Yanli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8198169
    Abstract: A deep trench is formed to a depth midway into a buried insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A top semiconductor layer is laterally recessed by an isotropic etch that is selective to the buried insulator layer. The deep trench is then etched below a bottom surface of the buried insulator layer. Ion implantation is performed at an angle into the deep trench to dope the sidewalls of the deep trench beneath the buried insulator layer, while the laterally recessed sidewalls of the top semiconductor layer are not implanted with dopant ions. A node dielectric and trench fill materials are deposited into the deep trench. A buried strap has an upper buried strap sidewall that is offset from a lower buried strap sidewall and a deep trench sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: MaryJane Brodsky, Kangguo Cheng, Herbert L. Ho, Paul C. Parries, Kevin R. Winstel