Patents by Inventor Ronald Kakoschke

Ronald Kakoschke 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: 9390975
    Abstract: A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor is disclosed. Connection regions of different doping types are produced by means of self-aligning implantation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Helmut Horst Tews
  • Patent number: 9337047
    Abstract: One or more embodiments are related to a semiconductor device, comprising: a high-K dielectric material; and a nitrogen-doped silicon material disposed over said high-k dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Danny Pak-Chum Shum, Ronald Kakoschke, John Power, Wolfram Langheinrich
  • Patent number: 9219063
    Abstract: Integrated circuit arrangement comprising a field effect transistor, especially a tunnel field effect transistor. An explanation is given of, inter alia, tunnel field effect transistors having a thicker gate dielectric in comparison with other transistors on the same integrated circuit arrangement. As an alternative or in addition, said tunnel field effect transistors have gate regions at mutually remote sides of a channel forming region or an interface between the connection regions of the tunnel field effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Juergen Holz, Ronald Kakoschke, Thomas Nirschl, Christian Pacha, Klaus Schruefer, Thomas Schulz, Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel
  • Publication number: 20150140770
    Abstract: A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor is disclosed. Connection regions of different doping types are produced by means of self-aligning implantation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Helmut Horst Tews
  • Patent number: 9012995
    Abstract: A memory element includes a FinFET select device and a memory element. In some embodiments a memory cell has a contact element coupled between a surface of the fin and the memory element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Klaus Schruefer
  • Patent number: 8946037
    Abstract: A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor is disclosed. Connection regions of different doping types are produced by means of self-aligning implantation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Helmut Tews
  • Patent number: 8728907
    Abstract: A memory circuit arrangement and a fabrication method are disclosed. The memory circuit arrangement has a memory cell area. The memory cell area contains memory cell transistors, one column of which are selected using a triple gate area selection transistor. The transistor has gate area that extends into isolating trenches. The isolating trenches isolate the memory cell in different columns of the memory cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Franz Schuler
  • Publication number: 20140124827
    Abstract: Integrated circuit arrangement comprising a field effect transistor, especially a tunnel field effect transistor. An explanation is given of, inter alia, tunnel field effect transistors having a thicker gate dielectric in comparison with other transistors on the same integrated circuit arrangement. As an alternative or in addition, said tunnel field effect transistors have gate regions at mutually remote sides of a channel forming region or an interface between the connection regions of the tunnel field effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Juergen Holz, Ronald Kakoschke, Thomas Nirschl, Christian Pacha, Klaus Schruefer, Thomas Schulz, Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel
  • Publication number: 20140077146
    Abstract: A memory element includes a FinFET select device and a memory element. In some embodiments a memory cell has a contact element coupled between a surface of the fin and the memory element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald KAKOSCHKE, Klaus SCHRUEFER
  • Publication number: 20140024193
    Abstract: A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor is disclosed. Connection regions of different doping types are produced by means of self-aligning implantation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Helmut Tews
  • Patent number: 8629500
    Abstract: An explanation is given of, inter alia, tunnel field effect transistors having a thicker gate dielectric (GD1) in comparison with other transistors (T2) on the same integrated circuit arrangement (10). As an alternative or in addition, said tunnel field effect transistors have gate regions at mutually remote sides of a channel forming region or an interface between the connection regions (D1, S1) of the tunnel field effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Juergen Holz, Ronald Kakoschke, Thomas Nirschl, Christian Pacha, Klaus Schruefer, Thomas Schulz, Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel
  • Patent number: 8552475
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to a memory device, comprising: a memory element; and a FinFET select device including a fin, a gate line supported by the fin, and a contact element coupled between a surface of the fin and the memory element, the contact element being in direct contact with a top surface of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Klaus Schruefer
  • Patent number: 8518776
    Abstract: A method for producing a tunnel field-effect transistor is disclosed. Connection regions of different doping types are produced by means of self-aligning implantation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Helmut Tews
  • Patent number: 8518759
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a field-effect transistor is provided. The method includes forming a substrate region, forming two terminal regions at the substrate region, one terminal region being a source region and the other terminal region being a drain region, forming two electrically insulating insulating layers, which are arranged at mutually opposite sides of the substrate region and are adjoined by control regions, forming an electrically conductive connecting region, which electrically conductively connects one of the terminal regions and the substrate region the conductive connecting region comprising a metal-semiconductor compound, leveling a surface by chemical mechanical polishing after forming the control regions, etching-back the control regions after polishing, and performing a self-aligning method for forming the metal-semiconductor compound in the etched-back regions, on the substrate region, and on a terminal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ronald Kakoschke
  • Patent number: 8389357
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a memory device in a semiconductor substrate, the device having a memory array having a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged in rows and columns. The method includes forming a plurality of tunneling field effect transistors, forming a first well of the second doping type, forming a second well of the first doping type surrounding the first well, forming a first word line connected to a first row of memory cell transistors, forming a first bit line to control a voltage of doped drain regions of tunneling field effect transistors of a first column of memory cell transistors, and forming a second bit line parallel to the first bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Thomas Nirschl, Danny Shum, Klaus Schrüfer
  • Patent number: 8288813
    Abstract: A memory device using tunneling field effect transistors (TFET) and buried bit lines is presented. The memory device includes a matrix containing rows and columns of storage cells. Each storage cell contains at least one cell transistor, which in turn contains first doped regions and second doped regions, one of which is a source and the other a drain. The memory device includes word lines, each of which is connected to storage cells of one row and bit lines, each of which is connected to storage cells of one column. The first doped regions are of a different doping type than the second doped regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Thomas Nirschl, Danny Shum, Klaus Schrüfer
  • Patent number: 8258028
    Abstract: Deep trench isolation structures and methods of formation thereof are disclosed. Several methods of and structures for increasing the threshold voltage of a parasitic transistor formed proximate deep trench isolation structures are described, including implanting a channel stop region into the bottom surface of the deep trench isolation structures, partially filling a bottom portion of the deep trench isolation structures with an insulating material, and/or filling at least a portion of the deep trench isolation structures with a doped polysilicon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Armin Tilke, Danny Pak-Chum Shum, Laura Pescini, Ronald Kakoschke, Karl Robert Strenz, Martin Stiftinger
  • Patent number: 8199560
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to a memory device, comprising: a substrate; a gate stack disposed over the substrate, the gate stack comprising a control gate disposed over a charge storage layer; and a spacer select gate disposed over the substrate and laterally disposed from the gate stack, the select gate comprising a carbon allotrope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Harald Seidl
  • Patent number: 8193059
    Abstract: A bit line structure and associated fabrication method are provided for a semiconductor element or circuit arrangement. The bit line structure contains a surface bit line and a buried bit line. The buried bit line is formed in an upper section of a trench and is connected to an associated first doping region via a first connection layer. A first trench filling layer, which is insulated from the buried bit line by a second trench insulating layer, is situated in a lower section of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Franz Schuler, Georg Tempel
  • Patent number: 8183120
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to a method, comprising forming an implant on a substrate surface; selectively etching the wafer surface to form an elongated fin including portion of the implant; forming collector/emitter regions adjacent opposing ends of the fin; and forming a base region intermediate the collector/emitter regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ronald Kakoschke, Klaus Schruefer