Patents by Inventor Praneet Adusumilli

Praneet Adusumilli 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: 12628570
    Abstract: A memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction pillar located between, and electrically connected to, a bottom electrode and a top electrode. The magnetic tunnel junction pillar is composed of a plurality of device layers vertically stacked above the bottom electrode. Each of the plurality of device layers, the top electrode, and the bottom electrode is formed at a first bevel angle. A bottommost portion of each of the plurality of device layers in the magnetic tunnel junction pillar has a width that is greater than a width of a topmost portion of each preceding device layer. An encapsulation layer is disposed along opposite sidewalls of the top electrode, opposite sidewalls of the bottom electrode, and opposite sidewalls of each of the plurality of device layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oscar van der Straten, Chih-Chao Yang, Praneet Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 12604672
    Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a MRAM structure. The method includes forming a dielectric layer on top of a bottom contact; creating an opening in the dielectric layer, the opening has a slant top edge; filling a bottom portion of the opening to form a bottom electrode; filling a top portion of the opening with a first ferromagnetic material to form a first ferromagnetic layer; forming a stack of blanket layers, including a blanket tunnel barrier layer, a blanket second ferromagnetic layer, and a blanket top electrode layer, on top of the first ferromagnetic layer; patterning the stack of blanket layers into a top portion of a magnetic tunnel junction stack that includes a tunnel barrier layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a top electrode; and forming a top contact in contact with the top electrode. A structure formed thereby is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oscar van der Straten, Praneet Adusumilli, Chih-Chao Yang
  • Patent number: 12598917
    Abstract: A MRAM Cell including a dielectric cap and a lower section that includes a bottom electrode, a synthetic anti-ferromagnet layer, and a reference layer, where in the sidewalls of each of the bottom electrode, the synthetic anti-ferromagnet layer, and the reference layer are angled relative to the vertical plane perpendicular to a top surface of the dielectric cap. A first dielectric liner located on the sidewalls of each of the lower section. An upper section that includes a tunnel barrier, a free layer, and a top electrode. A second dielectric liner located on a side section of the tunnel barrier, where the second dielectric liner is comprised of a second material, and where the angled side sections of the tunnel barrier are located on top of the second dielectric liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oscar van der Straten, Praneet Adusumilli, Chih-Chao Yang
  • Publication number: 20260090277
    Abstract: A magnetic tunnel junction device and formation thereof. The magnetic tunnel junction device includes a magnetic tunnel junction pillar formed above a bottom electrode. The magnetic tunnel junction pillar includes a reference layer formed above the bottom electrode, a free layer formed above the reference layer, and a tunnel barrier separating the reference layer from the free layer. The tunnel barrier includes a first tunnel barrier layer formed along top and sidewall surfaces of the reference layer, and a second tunnel barrier layer formed along bottom and sidewall surfaces of the free layer. The magnetic tunnel junction device further includes a top electrode formed above the magnetic tunnel junction pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Oscar van der Straten, Praneet Adusumilli, Chih-Chao Yang
  • Patent number: 12507465
    Abstract: A transistor structure includes a semiconductor substrate; an NFET channel structure atop the substrate; a PFET channel structure atop the substrate; a first dielectric atop the PFET channel structure; a second dielectric atop the NFET channel structure; a shared internal metal gate atop the dielectrics; a shared ferroelectric layer atop the shared internal metal gate; and a shared external gate electrode atop the shared ferroelectric layer. The first and second dielectrics are doped with different metals that provide differing overall work functions for the PFET and the NFET. A method for making a transistor structure includes depositing a shared dielectric onto an NFET channel structure and a PFET channel structure, and converting the shared dielectric to a first high-k dielectric atop the PFET channel structure and a second high-k dielectric atop the NFET channel structure. The first high-k dielectric and the second high-k dielectric are doped with different metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Reinaldo Vega, Praneet Adusumilli, Cheng Chi
  • Publication number: 20250315297
    Abstract: A system for resource allocation is provided. The system determines first request data of a first queue. The first queue comprises first tasks associated with a first operation of a first model. The system determines confidence data of an output of each of the first tasks. The system allocates second tasks to a second queue based on the confidence data. The system determines second request data of the second queue. The second queue comprises the second tasks associated with a second operation of the first model. The system generates a policy for resource allocation using a second model based on the first request data, the confidence data, and the second request data. The second model is configured to generate the policy based on a reward function. The system controls allocation of resources for the first operation and the second operation based on the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Maroun Touma, Alexei Karve, Divyansh Jhunjhunwala, Praneet Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 12382621
    Abstract: An approach to forming a semiconductor device where the semiconductor device includes a first power rail that is connected to a decoupling capacitor by way of a first gate. The decoupling capacitor is also connected to a second gate. As such, the decoupling capacitor separates the first gate from the second gate. The decoupling capacitor may include a dielectric liner within a gate cut trench and a ferroelectric material over the dielectric liner. A second power rail may be connected to the decoupling capacitor by way of the second gate. The first gate and the second gate may be inline with respect thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reinaldo Vega, Takashi Ando, Praneet Adusumilli, David Wolpert, Cheng Chi
  • Patent number: 12245530
    Abstract: A ring-shaped heater, system, and method to gradually change the conductance of the phase change memory through a concentric ring-shaped heater. The system may include a phase change memory. The phase change memory may include a bottom electrode. The phase change memory may also include a ring-shaped heater patterned on top of the bottom electrode, the ring-shaped heater including: a plurality of concentric conductive heating layers, and a plurality of insulator spacers, where each insulator spacer separates each conductive heating layer. The phase change memory may also include a phase change material proximately connected to the ring-shaped heater. The phase change memory may also include a top electrode proximately connected to the phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens, Juntao Li, Ruilong Xie, Praneet Adusumilli, Oscar van der Straten, Alexander Reznicek
  • Patent number: 12219884
    Abstract: A phase change memory, system, and method for gradually changing the conductance and resistance of the phase change memory while preventing resistance drift. The phase change memory may include a phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a bottom electrode. The phase change memory may also include a heater core proximately connected to the bottom electrode. The phase change memory may also include a set of conductive rings surrounding the heater core, where the set of conductive rings comprises one or more conductive rings, and where the set of conductive rings are proximately connected to the phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a set of spacers, where a spacer, from the set of spacers, separates a portion of a conductive ring, from the set of conductive rings, from the heater core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Carl Radens, Juntao Li, Ruilong Xie, Praneet Adusumilli, Oscar van der Straten, Alexander Reznicek, Zuoguang Liu, Arthur Gasasira
  • Patent number: 12207573
    Abstract: A memory, system, and method to improve integration density while maintaining thermal efficiency through a phase change memory cell with a superlattice based thermal barrier. The phase change memory may include a bottom electrode. The phase change memory may also include an active phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a superlattice thermal barrier proximately connected to the active phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a top electrode proximately connected to the superlattice thermal barrier. The system may include the phase change memory cell. The method for forming a phase change memory may include depositing an active phase change material on a bottom electrode. The method may also include depositing a superlattice thermal barrier proximately connected to the active phase change material. The method may also include depositing a top electrode proximately connected to the superlattice thermal barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Praneet Adusumilli, Kevin W. Brew, Takashi Ando, Reinaldo Vega
  • Patent number: 12135497
    Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a main feature disposed beneath a surface of a photolithographic mask. The memory device further includes at least one Sub-Resolution Assistant Feature (SRAF) proximate to the main feature beneath the surface. The main feature has an electrical conductivity based on an area relationship with the at least one SRAF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng Chi, Takashi Ando, Reinaldo Vega, Praneet Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 12057387
    Abstract: An approach to forming a semiconductor device where the semiconductor device includes a first power rail with one or more vertically stacked contact vias connecting to the first power rail to a portion of a first de-coupling capacitor. The semiconductor device includes the first de-coupling capacitor in a first portion of a semiconductor substrate in a first gate cut trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reinaldo Vega, David Wolpert, Takashi Ando, Praneet Adusumilli, Cheng Chi
  • Publication number: 20240237548
    Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a MRAM structure. The method includes forming a dielectric layer on top of a bottom contact; creating an opening in the dielectric layer, the opening has a slant top edge; filling a bottom portion of the opening to form a bottom electrode; filling a top portion of the opening with a first ferromagnetic material to form a first ferromagnetic layer; forming a stack of blanket layers, including a blanket tunnel barrier layer, a blanket second ferromagnetic layer, and a blanket top electrode layer, on top of the first ferromagnetic layer; patterning the stack of blanket layers into a top portion of a magnetic tunnel junction stack that includes a tunnel barrier layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a top electrode; and forming a top contact in contact with the top electrode. A structure formed thereby is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Oscar van der Straten, Praneet Adusumilli, Chih-Chao Yang
  • Publication number: 20240201583
    Abstract: A system and method of leveraging sub-resolution assist feature (SRAF) to intentionally distort a feature of a pattern for identification and security purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng Chi, Takashi Ando, Praneet Adusumilli, Reinaldo Vega, David Wolpert
  • Publication number: 20240196628
    Abstract: A phase change memory device or a ReRAM device is integrated with a pair of bipolar junction transistors, the pair of bipolar junction transistors being arranged in a Sziklai Darlington transistor configuration. A small unit cell footprint is obtained by pairing a vertical bipolar junction transistor with a lateral bipolar junction transistor, the memory device being electrically connected to the collector of the lateral bipolar junction transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Reznicek, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Praneet Adusumilli, Fabio Carta
  • Patent number: 12004434
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a phase-change memory device includes providing a substrate including a plurality of bottom electrodes, patterning the substrate to form a plurality of pores in the substrate extending from a surface of the substrate to the bottom electrodes, depositing a phase-change material over the substrate, implanting one or more of a Ge, Sb and Te in the phase-change material to amorphize at least a portion of the phase-change material inside the pore, planarizing the device to exposed the surface of the substrate, and forming a plurality of top electrodes over the pores, in contact with the phase-change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Praneet Adusumilli, Matthew Joseph BrightSky, Guy M. Cohen, Robert L. Bruce
  • Patent number: 11990470
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a ferroelectric dielectric, and a paraelectric dielectric. The ferroelectric dielectric is between the first plate and the second plate such that the first plate, the ferroelectric dielectric, and the second plate form a first capacitor. The paraelectric dielectric is between the second plate and the third plate such that the second plate, the paraelectric dielectric, and the third plate form a second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Reinaldo Vega, Cheng Chi, Praneet Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 11916014
    Abstract: A field effect device is provided. The field effect device includes an active gate structure, a gate contact within the active gate structure, wherein the gate contact is the same height as the active gate structure, and a gate cut dielectric on opposite sides of the gate contact and active gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reinaldo Vega, Takashi Ando, Cheng Chi, Praneet Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 11916099
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first conductive electrode; a first dielectric stack structure provided on the first conductive electrode; a second conductive electrode provided on the first dielectric stack structure; a second dielectric stack structure provided on the second conductive electrode; and a third conductive electrode provided on the first dielectric stack structure, wherein each of the first dielectric stack structure and the second dielectric stack structure include a first dielectric layer comprising a first material; a second ferroelectric dielectric layer comprising a second material and provided on the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer comprising a third material and provided on the second ferroelectric dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ando, Reinaldo Vega, David Wolpert, Cheng Chi, Praneet Adusumilli
  • Publication number: 20240006346
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; a logic area, located outward of the semiconductor substrate; and a physically unclonable function (PUF) area, located outward of the semiconductor substrate. The logic area includes a plurality of logic metal-insulator-metal decoupling capacitors with at least three plates. The PUF area includes a plurality of PUF metal-insulator-metal capacitors with at least three plates. Shorts and opens are avoided in the logic area, while the PUF metal-insulator-metal capacitors exhibit deliberately-introduced shorts and opens that function as a PUF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng Chi, Takashi Ando, REINALDO VEGA, Praneet Adusumilli