Patents by Inventor Pratik A. PATEL

Pratik A. PATEL 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: 11929180
    Abstract: A system configured to receive health data pertaining to a user; select a user health profile from a plurality of user health profiles based on the collected health data, each of the plurality of user health profiles being associated with a health and wellness program and a set of interventions; receive user activity data and updated health data pertaining to, or during the user's participation in the associated health and wellness program from health devices; select a new set of interventions based on the user activity data; and select a new user health profile from the plurality of user health profiles based on at least one of the user activity data and the updated health data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MD REVOLUTION, INC.
    Inventors: Samir B. Damani, Vincent Valentino, Pratik Patel
  • Patent number: 11908940
    Abstract: A FET including a hybrid gate spacer separating a gate electrode from at least one of a source, a drain, or source/drain contact metallization. The hybrid spacer may include a low-k dielectric material for a reduction in parasitic capacitance. The hybrid spacer may further include one or more other dielectric materials of greater relative permittivity that may protect one or more surfaces of the low-k dielectric material from damage by subsequent transistor fabrication operations. The hybrid spacer may include a low-k dielectric material separating a lower portion of a gate electrode sidewall from the source/drain terminal, and a dielectric spacer cap separating to an upper portion of the gate electrode sidewall from the source/drain terminal. The hybrid spacer may have a lower total capacitance than conventional spacers while still remaining robust to downstream fabrication processes. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Szuya S. Liao, Pratik A. Patel
  • Patent number: 11901457
    Abstract: Fin shaping, and integrated circuit structures resulting therefrom, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a protruding fin portion above an isolation structure above a substrate. The protruding fin portion has substantially vertical upper sidewalls and outwardly tapered lower sidewalls. A gate stack is over and conformal with the protruding fin portion of the semiconductor fin. A first source or drain region is at a first side of the gate stack, and a second source or drain region is at a second side of the gate stack opposite the first side of the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Szuya S. Liao, Rahul Pandey, Rishabh Mehandru, Anupama Bowonder, Pratik Patel
  • Publication number: 20240038857
    Abstract: Solid assemblies having a composite dielectric spacer and processes for fabricating the solid assemblies are provided. The composite dielectric spacer can include, in some embodiments, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer having a mutual interface. The composite dielectric spacer can separate a contact member from a conductive interconnect member, thus reducing the capacitance between such members with respect to solid assemblies that include one of first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer. The composite dielectric spacer can permit maintaining the real estate of an interface between the conductive interconnect and a trench contact member that has an interface with a carrier-doped epitaxial layer embodying or constituting a source contact region or a drain contact region of a field effect transistor. The trench contact member can form another interface with the conductive interconnect member, providing a satisfactory contact resistance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Rishabh MEHANDRU, Pratik A. PATEL, Ralph T. TROEGER, Szuya S. LIAO
  • Publication number: 20230420512
    Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having backside power staple are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of gate lines. A plurality of trench contacts is extending over a plurality of source or drain structures, individual ones of the plurality of trench contacts alternating with individual ones of the plurality of gate lines. A front-side metal routing layer is extending over one or more of the plurality of gate lines, and over and coupled to one or more of the plurality of trench contacts. A backside metal routing layer is extending beneath the one or more of the plurality of gate lines and the one or more of the plurality of trench contacts, the backside metal routing layer parallel and overlapping with the front-side metal routing layer. A conductive feedthrough structure couples the backside metal routing layer to the front-side metal routing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sukru YEMENICIOGLU, Xinning WANG, Nischal ARKALI RADHAKRISHNA, Leonard P. GULER, Mauro J. KOBRINSKY, June CHOI, Pratik PATEL, Tahir GHANI
  • Publication number: 20230420360
    Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having recessed self-aligned deep boundary vias are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of gate lines. A plurality of trench contacts extends over a plurality of source or drain structures, individual ones of the plurality of trench contacts alternating with individual ones of the plurality of gate lines. A backside metal routing layer is extending beneath one or more of the plurality of gate lines and beneath one or more of the plurality of trench contacts. A conductive structure couples the backside metal routing layer to one of the one or more of the plurality of trench contacts. The conductive structure includes a pillar portion in contact with the one of the one or more of the plurality of trench contacts, the pillar portion on a line portion, the line portion in contact with and extending along the backside metal routing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mohit HARAN, Sukru YEMENICIOGLU, Pratik PATEL, Charles H. WALLACE, Leonard P. GULER, Conor P. PULS, Makram ABD EL QADER, Tahir GHANI
  • Publication number: 20230420456
    Abstract: Integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with low resistivity are described. In an example, integrated circuit structure includes a fin having a lower fin portion and an upper fin portion. A gate stack is over the upper fin portion of the fin, the gate stack having a first side opposite a second side. A first source or drain structure includes an epitaxial structure embedded in the fin at the first side of the gate stack. A second source or drain structure includes an epitaxial structure embedded in the fin at the second side of the gate stack. Each epitaxial structure of the first and second source or drain structures include silicon, germanium, gallium and boron. The first and second source or drain structures have a resistivity less than 2E-9 Ohm cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Debaleena NANDI, Imola ZIGONEANU, Gilbert DEWEY, Anant H. JAHAGIRDAR, Harold W. KENNEL, Pratik PATEL, Anand S. MURTHY, Chi-Hing CHOI, Mauro J. KOBRINSKY, Tahir GHANI
  • Patent number: 11828776
    Abstract: A voltage detection circuit includes a tunable delay circuit that receives a supply voltage and that generates a delayed signal in response to an input signal. A control circuit causes a first adjustment in a delay provided by the tunable delay circuit to the delayed signal. An error detection circuit generates an error indication in an error signal in response to a change in a timing of the delayed signal relative to a clock signal caused by the first adjustment in the delay provided to the delayed signal. The control circuit causes a second adjustment in the delay provided by the tunable delay circuit to the delayed signal in response to the error indication. The error detection circuit causes the error signal to be indicative of the supply voltage reaching a threshold voltage after the second adjustment in the delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pratik Patel, Sriram Vangal, Patrick Koeberl, Miguel Bautista Gabriel, James Tschanz, Carlos Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 11824097
    Abstract: Solid assemblies having a composite dielectric spacer and processes for fabricating the solid assemblies are provided. The composite dielectric spacer can include, in some embodiments, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer having a mutual interface. The composite dielectric spacer can separate a contact member from a conductive interconnect member, thus reducing the capacitance between such members with respect to solid assemblies that include one of first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer. The composite dielectric spacer can permit maintaining the real estate of an interface between the conductive interconnect and a trench contact member that has an interface with a carrier-doped epitaxial layer embodying or constituting a source contact region or a drain contact region of a field effect transistor. The trench contact member can form another interface with the conductive interconnect member, providing a satisfactory contact resistance therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rishabh Mehandru, Pratik A. Patel, Ralph T. Troeger, Szuya S. Liao
  • Publication number: 20230317786
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having necked features, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having necked features, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical stack of horizontal nanowires. Each nanowire of the vertical stack of horizontal nanowires has a channel portion with a first vertical thickness and has end portions with a second vertical thickness greater than the first vertical thickness. A gate stack is surrounding the channel portion of each nanowire of the vertical stack of horizontal nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Rishabh MEHANDRU, Cory WEBER, Varun MISHRA, Tahir GHANI, Pratik PATEL, Wonil CHUNG, Mohammad HASAN
  • Publication number: 20230320057
    Abstract: Integrated circuit (IC) devices include transistors with gate, source and drain contact metallization, some of which are jumpered together by a metallization that is recessed below a height of other metallization that is not jumpered. The jumper metallization may provide a local interconnect between terminals of one transistor or adjacent transistors, for example between a gate of one transistor and a source/drain of another transistor. The jumper metallization may not induce the same pitch constraints faced by interconnect line metallization levels employed for more general interconnection. In some examples, a static random-access memory (SRAM) bit-cell includes a jumper metallization joining two transistors of the cell to reduce cell height for a given feature patterning capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford Ong, Leonard Guler, Mohit Haran, Smita Shridharan, Reken Patel, Charles Wallace, Chanaka Munasinghe, Pratik Patel
  • Publication number: 20230253499
    Abstract: A method including forming an opening in a junction region of a fin on and extending from a substrate; introducing a doped semiconductor material in the opening; and thermal processing the doped semiconductor material. A method including forming a gate electrode on a fin extending from a substrate; forming openings in the fin adjacent opposite sides of the gate electrode; introducing a doped semiconductor material in the openings; and thermally processing the doped semiconductor material sufficient to induce the diffusion of a dopant in the doped semiconductor material. An apparatus including a gate electrode transversing a fin extending from a substrate; and semiconductor material filled openings in junction regions of the fin adjacent opposite sides of the gate electrode, wherein the semiconductor material comprises a dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Pratik A. PATEL, Mark Y. LIU, Jami A. WIEDEMER, Paul A. PACKAN
  • Publication number: 20230207651
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with substrate connection portions, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with substrate connection portions, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of nanowires. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangements of nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. One or both of the first or second epitaxial source or drain structures has an upper portion and a lower epitaxial extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad HASAN, Nitesh KUMAR, Rushabh SHAH, Anand S. MURTHY, Pratik PATEL, Tahir GHANI, Tricia MEYER, Cory BOMBERGER, Glenn A. GLASS, Stephen M. CEA, Anant H. JAHAGIRDAR
  • Publication number: 20230207560
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) structure, an IC device, an IC device assembly, and a method of forming the same. The IC structure includes a transistor device on a substrate comprising: a gate structure including a metal, the gate structure on a channel structure; a source structure in a first trench at a first side of the gate structure; a drain structure in a second trench at a second side of the gate structure; a capping layer on individual ones of the source structure and of the drain structure. The capping layer comprising a semiconductor material of a same group as a semiconductor material of a corresponding one of the source structure or of the drain structure, wherein an isotope of a p-type dopant in the capping layer represents an atomic percentage of at least about 95% of a p-type isotope content of the capping layer; and metal contact structures coupled to respective ones of the source structure and of the drain structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cory C. Bomberger, Nicholas Minutillo, Ryan Cory Haislmaier, Yulia Tolstova, Yoon Jung Chang, Tahir Ghani, Szuya S. Liao, Anand Murthy, Pratik Patel
  • Publication number: 20230207696
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, to integrated circuits utilizing gate plugs to induce compressive channel strain. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad HASAN, Wonil CHUNG, Biswajeet GUHA, Saptarshi MANDAL, Pratik PATEL, Tahir GHANI, Stephen M. CEA, Anand S. MURTHY
  • Publication number: 20230197714
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having backside contact self-aligned to epitaxial source or drain region are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of nanowires and a second vertical arrangement of nanowires. A gate stack is over the first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires. First epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. Second epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires. A conductive structure is vertically beneath and in contact with one of the first epitaxial source or drain structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume BOUCHE, Aryan NAVABI-SHIRAZI, Andy Chih-Hung WEI, Mauro J. KOBRINSKY, Shaun MILLS, Pratik PATEL
  • Publication number: 20230197855
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with regrown central portions, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with regrown central portions, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of nanowires. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangements of nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires. One or both of the first or second epitaxial source or drain structures has a central portion within an outer portion, and an interface between the central portion and the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad HASAN, Nitesh KUMAR, Rushabh SHAH, Anand S. MURTHY, Pratik PATEL, Leonard P. GULER, Tahir GHANI
  • Publication number: 20230197290
    Abstract: A system configured to receive health data pertaining to a user; select a user health profile from a plurality of user health profiles based on the collected health data, each of the plurality of user health profiles being associated with a health and wellness program and a set of interventions; receive user activity data and updated health data pertaining to, or during the user's participation in the associated health and wellness program from health devices; select a new set of interventions based on the user activity data; and select a new user health profile from the plurality of user health profiles based on at least one of the user activity data and the updated health data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Samir B. DAMANI, Vincent VALENTINO, Pratik PATEL
  • Publication number: 20230197838
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain-last structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having source or drain-last structures, are described. For example, a method of fabricating an integrated circuit structure includes forming a vertical arrangement of nanowires. A permanent gate stack is then formed over the vertical arrangements of nanowires. The permanent gate stack includes a high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode. Subsequent to forming the permanent gate stack, a first epitaxial source or drain structure is formed at a first end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is formed at a second end of the vertical arrangement of nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad HASAN, Leonard P. GULER, Anand S. Murthy, Pratik PATEL, Tahir GHANI
  • Publication number: 20230197722
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having epitaxial source or drain region lateral isolation are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first vertical arrangement of nanowires and a second vertical arrangement of nanowires. A gate stack is over the first and second vertical arrangements of nanowires. First epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the first vertical arrangement of nanowires. Second epitaxial source or drain structures are at ends of the second vertical arrangement of nanowires. An intervening dielectric structure is between neighboring ones of the first epitaxial source or drain structures and the second epitaxial source or drain structures. The intervening dielectric structure has a top surface co-planar with a top surface of the gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad HASAN, Mohit K. HARAN, Leonard P. GULER, Pratik PATEL, Tahir GHANI, Anand S. MURTHY, Makram ABD EL QADER