Patents by Inventor Robert Beach

Robert Beach 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: 9837438
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20170330898
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. de Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Patent number: 9735350
    Abstract: A method provides a magnetic junction having a top and sides. A first magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a second magnetic layer are deposited. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the first and second magnetic layers. A free layer is one of the magnetic layers. A reference layer is the other of the magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer includes an amorphous magnetic layer having nonmagnetic constituent(s) that are glass-forming. An anneal is performed in a gas having an affinity for the nonmagnetic constituent(s). The gas includes at least one of first and second gases. The first gas forms a gaseous compound with the nonmagnetic constituent(s) The second gas forms a solid compound with the nonmagnetic constituent(s). The second gas is usable if the anneal is performed after the magnetic junction has been defined. The solid compound is at least on the sides of the magnetic junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Beach, Roman Chepulskyy, Dustin William Erickson, Vladimir Nikitin
  • Publication number: 20170162429
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan T. Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 9640649
    Abstract: A III-nitride power semiconductor device that includes a field relaxation feature to relax the electric fields around the gate thereof to improve the breakdown voltage of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
    Inventor: Robert Beach
  • Patent number: 9607876
    Abstract: Circuits, structures and techniques for independently connecting a surrounding material in a part of a semiconductor device to a contact of its respective device. To achieve this, a combination of one or more conductive wells that are electrically isolated in at least one bias polarity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lidow, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Johan Strydom, Alana Nakata, Guang Y. Zhao
  • Patent number: 9583480
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a substrate, a buffer layer formed over the substrate, a barrier layer formed over the buffer layer, and an isolation region that isolates an enhancement mode device from a depletion mode device. The integrated circuit further includes a first gate contact for the enhancement mode device that is disposed in one gate contact recess and a second gate contact for the depletion mode device that is disposed in a second gate contact recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Robert Strittmatter, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Patent number: 9472626
    Abstract: A III-nitride semiconductor device which includes a barrier body between the gate electrode and the gate dielectric thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Beach, Zhi He, Jianjun Cao
  • Publication number: 20160197270
    Abstract: A method provides a magnetic junction having a top and sides. A first magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a second magnetic layer are deposited. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the first and second magnetic layers. A free layer is one of the magnetic layers. A reference layer is the other of the magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer includes an amorphous magnetic layer having nonmagnetic constituent(s) that are glass-formming. An anneal is performed in a gas having an affinity for the nonmagnetic constituent(s). The gas includes at least one of first and second gases. The first gas forms a gaseous compound with the nonmagnetic constituent(s) The second gas forms a solid compound with the nonmagnetic constituent(s). The second gas is usable if the anneal is performed after the magnetic junction has been defined. The solid compound is at least on the sides of the magnetic junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Beach, Roman Chepulskyy, Dustin William Erickson, Vladimir Nikitin
  • Patent number: 9331191
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with reduced output capacitance and a method form manufacturing the same. The GaN transistor device includes a substrate layer, one or more buffer layer disposed on a substrate layer, a barrier layer disposed on the buffer layers, and a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at an interface between the barrier layer and the buffer layer. Furthermore, a gate electrode is disposed on the barrier layer and a dielectric layer is disposed on the gate electrode and the barrier layer. The GaN transistor includes one or more isolation regions formed in a portion of the interface between the at least one buffer layer and the barrier layer to remove the 2DEG in order to reduce output capacitance Coss of the GaN transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen L. Colino, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooji, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Patent number: 9331271
    Abstract: A STT-RAM MTJ is disclosed with a MgO tunnel barrier formed by natural oxidation and containing an oxygen surfactant layer to form a more uniform MgO layer and lower breakdown distribution percent. A CoFeB/NCC/CoFeB composite free layer with a middle nanocurrent channel layer minimizes Jc0 while enabling thermal stability, write voltage, read voltage, and Hc values that satisfy 64 Mb design requirements. The NCC layer has RM grains in an insulator matrix where R is Co, Fe, or Ni, and M is a metal such as Si or Al. NCC thickness is maintained around the minimum RM grain size to avoid RM granules not having sufficient diameter to bridge the distance between upper and lower CoFeB layers. A second NCC layer and third CoFeB layer may be included in the free layer or a second NCC layer may be inserted below the Ru capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng T. Horng, Ru-Ying Tong, Guangli Liu, Robert Beach, Witold Kula, Tai Min
  • Publication number: 20160111416
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a substrate, a buffer layer formed over the substrate, a barrier layer formed over the buffer layer, and an isolation region that isolates an enhancement mode device from a depletion mode device. The integrated circuit further includes a first gate contact for the enhancement mode device that is disposed in one gate contact recess and a second gate contact for the depletion mode device that is disposed in a second gate contact recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Robert Strittmatter, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20160104544
    Abstract: A method for measuring a temperature of magnetic junction switchable using spin transfer. The magnetic junction includes at least one magnetic layer. The method includes measuring a temperature variation of at least one magnetic characteristic for the magnetic layer(s) versus temperature. The method also includes measuring a bias variation in the magnetic characteristic versus an electrical bias for the magnetic junction. This measurement is performed such that spin transfer torque-induced variation(s) in the magnetic characteristic(s) are accounted for. The temperature versus the electrical bias for the magnetic junction is determined based on the temperature variation and the bias variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Sebastian Schafer, Dmytro Apalkov, Alexey Vasilyevitch Khvalkovskiy, Vladimir Nikitin, Robert Beach, Zheng Duan
  • Patent number: 9298806
    Abstract: A system and method configured for analyzing transactions in a distributed ledger. The system may identify transactions where addresses and/or groupings of addresses are co-spent together and determine whether the addresses and/or groupings of addresses should be associated with each other. Addresses may be associated with each other in a grouping of addresses and/or potential grouping of addresses because they likely belong to the same entity. The system may identify different strengths and/or confidence levels of groupings of addresses and/or potential groupings of addresses. Strong groupings, relatively strong potential groupings, and/or other groupings of addresses, potential groupings of addresses, and/or groups may be grouped, associated, analyzed, and/or presented together. As such, the system may provide a comprehensive analysis of addresses associated with a given entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: COINLAB, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Vessenes, Robert Beach Seidensticker, III
  • Publication number: 20160086980
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit and a method for manufacturing the same. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooij, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang-Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Publication number: 20160027643
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a III-nitride semiconductor body that includes high temperature and low temperature growth steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Bridger, Robert Beach
  • Patent number: 9214461
    Abstract: A GaN transistor with polysilicon layers for creating additional components for an integrated circuit. The GaN device includes an EPI structure and an insulating material disposed over EPI structure. Furthermore, one or more polysilicon layers are disposed in the insulating material with the polysilicon layers having one or more n-type regions and p-type regions. The device further includes metal interconnects disposed on the insulating material and vias disposed in the insulating material layer that connect source and drain metals to the n-type and p-type regions of the polysilicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Efficient Power Coversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Robert Strittmatter, Michael A. De Rooji, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Patent number: 9214399
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a substrate, a buffer layer formed over the substrate, a barrier layer formed over the buffer layer, and an isolation region that isolates an enhancement mode device from a depletion mode device. The integrated circuit further includes a first gate contact for the enhancement mode device that is disposed in one gate contact recess and a second gate contact for the depletion mode device that is disposed in a second gate contact recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Alexander Lidow, Alana Nakata, Robert Strittmatter, Guangyuan Zhao, Yanping Ma, Chunhua Zhou, Seshadri Kolluri, Fang Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao, Agus Jauhar
  • Patent number: 9214528
    Abstract: A method for forming an enhancement mode GaN HFET device with an isolation area that is self-aligned to a contact opening or metal mask window. Advantageously, the method does not require a dedicated isolation mask and the associated process steps, thus reducing manufacturing costs. The method includes providing an EPI structure including a substrate, a buffer layer a GaN layer and a barrier layer. A dielectric layer is formed over the barrier layer and openings are formed in the dielectric layer for device contact openings and an isolation contact opening. A metal layer is then formed over the dielectric layer and a photoresist film is deposited above each of the device contact openings. The metal layer is then etched to form a metal mask window above the isolation contact opening and the barrier and GaN layer are etched at the portion that is exposed by the isolation contact opening in the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Zhou, Jianjun Cao, Alexander Lidow, Robert Beach, Alana Nakata, Robert Strittmatter, Guangyuan Zhao, Seshadri Kolluri, Yanping Ma, Fang Chang Liu, Ming-Kun Chiang, Jiali Cao
  • Publication number: 20150357182
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a III-nitride power semiconductor device that includes growing a transition layer over a substrate using at least two distinct and different growth methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Beach, Michael A. Briere, Paul Bridger