Patents by Inventor Pieter Schuddinck

Pieter Schuddinck 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: 20230178554
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to complementary field-effect transistor (CFET) devices. An example CFET device includes a bottom FET device. The bottom FET device includes a bottom channel nanostructure having a first side surface oriented in a first direction. The bottom FET device also includes a second side surface oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction. Further, the bottom FET device includes a bottom gate electrode configured to define a tri-gate or a gate-all-around with respect to the bottom channel nanostructure. The bottom gate electrode includes a side gate portion arranged along the first side surface of the bottom channel nanostructure. The CFET device also includes a top FET device stacked on the bottom FET device. The top FET device includes channel layers, a gate electrode, and gate prongs. Additionally, the CFET device includes a top gate contact via. Further, the CFET device includes a bottom gate contact via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Bilal Chehab, Pieter Schuddinck, Julien Ryckaert, Pieter Weckx
  • Patent number: 9601379
    Abstract: In one example, the method disclosed herein includes, among other things, forming a sacrificial structure around a plurality of stacked substantially un-doped nanowires at a location that corresponds to the channel region of the device, performing a selective etching process through a cavity to remove a second plurality of nanowires from the channel region and the source/drain regions of the device while leaving a first plurality of nanowires in position, and forming a metal conductive source/drain contact structure in each of the source/drain regions, wherein each of the metal conductive source/drain contact structures is positioned all around the first plurality of nanowires positioned in the source/drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Bartlomiej Jan Pawlak, Dmitry Yakimets, Pieter Schuddinck