Patents by Inventor Shawn Fetterolf

Shawn Fetterolf 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: 10460944
    Abstract: Technologies for providing a semiconductor device, which can comprise a fully depleted semiconductor on insulator transistor and a method for forming the same are described. Various embodiments disclose a buried dielectric layer coupled to a semiconductor layer, and a back-gate stack is coupled to the buried dielectric layer, the back-gate stack comprising a back-gate conductor layer, a ferroelectric material layer coupled to the back-gate conductor layer, and a back-gate contact layer coupled to the ferroelectric material layer. A gate insulator can be coupled to the semiconductor layer, and a gate can be coupled to the gate insulator; the semiconductor layer can comprise a source, a drain and a channel region between the source and the drain. The negative capacitance property of the ferroelectric insulator provides back biasing of the fully depleted semiconductor on insulator transistor, including if using a relatively thick buried dielectric layer and a normal operating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Shawn Fetterolf, Terry Hook
  • Publication number: 20190181264
    Abstract: Technologies for providing a semiconductor device, which can comprise a fully depleted semiconductor on insulator transistor and a method for forming the same are described. Various embodiments disclose a buried dielectric layer coupled to a semiconductor layer, and a back-gate stack is coupled to the buried dielectric layer, the back-gate stack comprising a back-gate conductor layer, a ferroelectric material layer coupled to the back-gate conductor layer, and a back-gate contact layer coupled to the ferroelectric material layer. A gate insulator can be coupled to the semiconductor layer, and a gate can be coupled to the gate insulator; the semiconductor layer can comprise a source, a drain and a channel region between the source and the drain. The negative capacitance property of the ferroelectric insulator provides back biasing of the fully depleted semiconductor on insulator transistor, including if using a relatively thick buried dielectric layer and a normal operating voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Shawn Fetterolf, Terry Hook