Patents by Inventor Ronald Allen Weimer

Ronald Allen Weimer 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: 20240071832
    Abstract: A variety of applications can include apparatus having p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistors and n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistors with different metal silicide contacts. The active area of the NMOS transistor can include a first metal silicide having a first metal element, where the first metal silicide is a vertical lowest portion of a contact for the NMOS. The PMOS transistor can include a stressor source/drain region to a channel region of the PMOS transistor and a second metal silicide directly contacting the stressor source/drain region without containing the first metal element. The process flow to form the PMOS and NMOS transistors can enable making simultaneous contacts by a pre-silicide in the active area of the NMOS transistor, without affecting stressor source/drain regions in the PMOS transistor. The process flow and resulting structures for PMOS transistors and NMOS transistors can be used in various integrated circuits and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald Allen Weimer, Toshihiko Miyashita, Dan Mihai Mocuta, Christopher W. Petz
  • Publication number: 20240064987
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including transistors, semiconductor devices and systems. Example semiconductor devices and methods include silicide contacts on source/drain regions in different conductivity type transistors. In one example, silicide contacts are different between transistors of different conductivity types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Toshihiko Miyashita, Ronald Allen Weimer, Dan Mihai Mocuta
  • Patent number: 10629652
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for a memory device comprising a memory array having a plurality of wordlines disposed in a memory region of a die. Fill regions may be disposed between respective pairs of adjacent wordlines of the plurality of wordlines. The fill regions may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer may comprise organic (e.g., carbon-based) spin-on dielectric material (CSOD). The second dielectric layer may comprise a different dielectric material than the first dielectric layer, such as, for example, inorganic dielectric material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky, Ronald Allen Weimer
  • Publication number: 20190206942
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for a memory device comprising a memory array having a plurality of wordlines disposed in a memory region of a die. Fill regions may be disposed between respective pairs of adjacent wordlines of the plurality of wordlines. The fill regions may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer may comprise organic (e.g., carbon-based) spin-on dielectric material (CSOD). The second dielectric layer may comprise a different dielectric material than the first dielectric layer, such as, for example, inorganic dielectric material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky, Ronald Allen Weimer
  • Patent number: 10134809
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for a memory device comprising a memory array having a plurality of wordlines disposed in a memory region of a die. Fill regions may be disposed between respective pairs of adjacent wordlines of the plurality of wordlines. The fill regions may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer may comprise organic (e.g., carbon-based) spin-on dielectric material (CSOD). The second dielectric layer may comprise a different dielectric material than the first dielectric layer, such as, for example, inorganic dielectric material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky, Ronald Allen Weimer
  • Publication number: 20170271412
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for a memory device comprising a memory array having a plurality of wordlines disposed in a memory region of a die. Fill regions may be disposed between respective pairs of adjacent wordlines of the plurality of wordlines. The fill regions may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer may comprise organic (e.g., carbon-based) spin-on dielectric material (CSOD). The second dielectric layer may comprise a different dielectric material than the first dielectric layer, such as, for example, inorganic dielectric material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky, Ronald Allen Weimer
  • Patent number: 9704923
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for a memory device comprising a memory array having a plurality of wordlines disposed in a memory region of a die. Fill regions may be disposed between respective pairs of adjacent wordlines of the plurality of wordlines. The fill regions may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer may comprise organic (e.g., carbon-based) spin-on dielectric material (CSOD). The second dielectric layer may comprise a different dielectric material than the first dielectric layer, such as, for example, inorganic dielectric material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky, Ronald Allen Weimer
  • Publication number: 20170186815
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for a memory device comprising a memory array having a plurality of wordlines disposed in a memory region of a die. Fill regions may be disposed between respective pairs of adjacent wordlines of the plurality of wordlines. The fill regions may include a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer may comprise organic (e.g., carbon-based) spin-on dielectric material (CSOD). The second dielectric layer may comprise a different dielectric material than the first dielectric layer, such as, for example, inorganic dielectric material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky, Ronald Allen Weimer