Patents by Inventor Robert Gauther

Robert Gauther 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: 20060249799
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip and a semiconductor structure. The integrated circuit chip includes: a thick-body device containing a semiconductor mesa and a doped body contact; and a field effect transistor on a first sidewall of a semiconductor mesa, wherein the doped body contact is on a second sidewall of the semiconductor mesa, and wherein the semiconductor mesa is disposed between the field effect transistor and the doped body contact. The semiconductor structure includes: a buried oxide layer on a semiconductor wafer; a thin fin structure on the buried oxide layer, wherein the thin fin structure includes a first hard mask on a semiconductor fin, wherein the semiconductor fin is disposed between the first hard mask and a surface of the buried oxide layer; and a thick mesa structure on the buried oxide layer, and wherein the thick mesa structure includes a semiconductor mesa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wagdi Abadeer, Jeffrey Brown, David Fried, Robert Gauther, Edward Nowak, Jed Rankio, William Tonti