Patents by Inventor Skip Shizhen Liu

Skip Shizhen Liu 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: 9048237
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a nonvolatile memory cell, wherein the nonvolatile memory cell can include a substrate, an access transistor, a read transistor, and an antifuse component. Each of the access and read transistors can include source/drain regions at least partly within the substrate, a gate dielectric layer overlying the substrate, and a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric layer. An antifuse component can include a first electrode lying at least partly within the substrate, an antifuse dielectric layer overlying the substrate, and a second electrode overlying the antifuse dielectric layer. The second electrode of the antifuse component can be coupled to one of the source/drain regions of the access transistor and to the gate electrode of the read transistor. In an embodiment, the antifuse component can be in the form of a transistor structure. The electronic device can be formed using a single polysilicon process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Agam, Thierry Coffi Herve Yao, Skip Shizhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20140225178
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a nonvolatile memory cell, wherein the nonvolatile memory cell can include a substrate, an access transistor, a read transistor, and an antifuse component. Each of the access and read transistors can include source/drain regions at least partly within the substrate, a gate dielectric layer overlying the substrate, and a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric layer. An antifuse component can include a first electrode lying at least partly within the substrate, an antifuse dielectric layer overlying the substrate, and a second electrode overlying the antifuse dielectric layer. The second electrode of the antifuse component can be coupled to one of the source/drain regions of the access transistor and to the gate electrode of the read transistor. In an embodiment, the antifuse component can be in the form of a transistor structure. The electronic device can be formed using a single polysilicon process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe AGAM, Thierry Coffi Herve YAO, Skip Shizhen LIU
  • Patent number: 7230858
    Abstract: Techniques and circuitry for transferring data from memory arrays of a memory device to output pins via a FIFO structure are provided. Input and output stages of the FIFO structure may be operated independently, allowing data to be loaded into the FIFO structure at a first frequency and unloaded from the FIFO structure at a second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Khaled Fekih-Romdhane, Skip Shizhen Liu, Peter Chlumecky