Patents by Inventor Srinivasa R. Banna

Srinivasa R. Banna 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: 10355043
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to integrated vertical transistors and light emitting diodes and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a vertically oriented stack of material having a light emitting diode (LED) integrated with a source region and a drain region of a vertically oriented active device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Ajey P. Jacob, Deepak K. Nayak, Srinivasa R. Banna
  • Patent number: 10217900
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to light emitting diode (LED) structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a buffer layer on a substrate, the buffer layer having at least a lattice mismatch with the substrate; and relaxing the buffer layer by pixelating the buffer layer into discrete islands, prior to formation of a quantum well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Deepak K. Nayak, Srinivasa R. Banna, Ajey P. Jacob
  • Publication number: 20190058082
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to uniform semiconductor nanowire and nanosheet light emitting diodes and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a buffer layer; at least one dielectric layer on the buffer layer, the at least one dielectric layer having a plurality of openings exposing the buffer layer; and a plurality of uniformly sized and shaped nanowires or nanosheets formed in the openings and extending above the at least one dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Deepak K. NAYAK, Srinivasa R. BANNA, Ajey P. JACOB
  • Publication number: 20190013436
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to light emitting diode (LED) structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming a buffer layer on a substrate, the buffer layer having at least a lattice mismatch with the substrate; and relaxing the buffer layer by pixelating the buffer layer into discrete islands, prior to formation of a quantum well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Deepak K. NAYAK, Srinivasa R. BANNA, Ajey P. JACOB
  • Publication number: 20190006413
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to integrated vertical transistors and light emitting diodes and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a vertically oriented stack of material having a light emitting diode (LED) integrated with a source region and a drain region of a vertically oriented active device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ajey P. JACOB, Deepak K. NAYAK, Srinivasa R. BANNA
  • Patent number: 10056453
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to semiconductor wafers with reduced bowing and warping and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a substrate including plurality of trenches which have progressively different depths as they extend radially inwardly from an edge of the substrate towards a center of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob, Srinivasa R. Banna, Deepak K. Nayak, Bartlomiej J. Pawlak
  • Publication number: 20180026096
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to semiconductor wafers with reduced bowing and warping and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a substrate including plurality of trenches which have progressively different depths as they extend radially inwardly from an edge of the substrate towards a center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob, Srinivasa R. Banna, Deepak K. Nayak, Bartlomiej J. Pawlak
  • Publication number: 20170077234
    Abstract: Devices and methods of creating elastic relaxation of epitaxially grown lattice mismatched films for semiconductor devices are provided. One method includes, for instance: obtaining a wafer including a substrate; epitaxially growing at least one first silicon germanium (SiGe) layer over the wafer; and epitaxially growing at least one second SiGe layer over the at least one first SiGe layer. One device includes, for instance: a wafer including a substrate; at least one first layer of semiconductor material disposed over the wafer; at least one second layer of semiconductor material disposed over the at least one first layer of semiconductor material; and at least one first and second openings, each opening extending through the at least one second layer of semiconductor material, the at least one first layer of semiconductor material, and a portion of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj TRIPATHI, Srinivasa R. BANNA
  • Patent number: 9524971
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell including a first region, a second region, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region. Each memory cell also including a third region, wherein the third region may be doped differently than the first region, the second region, and the body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. Banna, Michael A. van Buskirk, Timothy Thurgate
  • Patent number: 9263133
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns, each memory cell. Each of the memory cell may include a first region coupled to a source line, a second region coupled to a bit line, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line via a gate region and disposed between the first region and the second region, wherein the body region may include a plurality of floating body regions and a plurality of floating gate regions capacitively coupled to the at least one word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. Banna, Michael A. Van Bushkirk, Timothy Thurgate
  • Publication number: 20150155285
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell including a first region, a second region, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region. Each memory cell also including a third region, wherein the third region may be doped differently than the first region, the second region, and the body region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. BANNA, Michael A. VAN BUSKIRK, Timothy THURGATE
  • Patent number: 9019759
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell including a first region, a second region, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region. Each memory cell also including a third region, wherein the third region may be doped differently than the first region, the second region, and the body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. Banna, Michael A. Van Buskirk, Timothy Thurgate
  • Patent number: 8982633
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a direct injection semiconductor memory device including a first region connected to a bit line extending in a first orientation and a second region connected to a source line extending in a second orientation. The direct injection semiconductor memory device may also include a body region spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to a word line extending in the second orientation, wherein the body region is electrically floating and disposed between the first region and the second region. The direct injection semiconductor memory device may further include a third region connected to a carrier injection line extending in the second orientation, wherein the first region, the second region, the body region, and the third region are disposed in sequential contiguous relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. Banna, Michael A. Van Buskirk
  • Publication number: 20140029360
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell including a first region, a second region, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region. Each memory cell also including a third region, wherein the third region may be doped differently than the first region, the second region, and the body region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. BANNA, Michael A. VAN BUSKIRK, Timothy THURGATE
  • Publication number: 20140003144
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns, each memory cell. Each of the memory cell may include a first region coupled to a source line, a second region coupled to a bit line, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line via a gate region and disposed between the first region and the second region, wherein the body region may include a plurality of floating body regions and a plurality of floating gate regions capacitively coupled to the at least one word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. BANNA, Michael A. VAN BUSKIRK, Timothy THURGATE
  • Publication number: 20130315000
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a direct injection semiconductor memory device including a first region connected to a bit line extending in a first orientation and a second region connected to a source line extending in a second orientation. The direct injection semiconductor memory device may also include a body region spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to a word line extending in the second orientation, wherein the body region is electrically floating and disposed between the first region and the second region. The direct injection semiconductor memory device may further include a third region connected to a carrier injection line extending in the second orientation, wherein the first region, the second region, the body region, and the third region are disposed in sequential contiguous relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. BANNA, Michael A. VAN BUSKIRK
  • Patent number: 8264017
    Abstract: A junction field effect transistor includes a channel region, a gate region coupled to the channel region, a well tap region coupled to the gate region and the channel region, and a well region coupled to the well tap region and the channel region. A double gate operation is achieved by this structure as a voltage applied to the gate region is also applied to the well region through the well tap region in order to open the channel from both the gate region and the well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasa R. Banna
  • Publication number: 20110303955
    Abstract: A junction field effect transistor includes a channel region, a gate region coupled to the channel region, a well tap region coupled to the gate region and the channel region, and a well region coupled to the well tap region and the channel region. A double gate operation is achieved by this structure as a voltage applied to the gate region is also applied to the well region through the well tap region in order to open the channel from both the gate region and the well region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasa R. Banna
  • Patent number: 8017998
    Abstract: Gettering contaminants for formation of integrated circuits on a semiconductor-on-insulator structure is described. A semiconductor-on-insulator structure is configured to attract contaminants. Contaminant attractor regions are formed using ion implantation into a semiconductor layer of the semiconductor-on-insulator structure. The semiconductor layer is located above a buried insulator layer of the semiconductor-on-insulator structure. The contaminant attractor regions are spaced away from active regions. Tiles are located on an upper surface of the buried insulator layer. The contaminant attractor regions are formed adjacent to, in close proximity to, or in the tiles. At least one dielectric layer laterally adjacent to the tiles and is disposed on the upper surface of the buried insulator layer. The at least one dielectric layer at least inhibits lateral migration of contaminants to the active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: T-RAM Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. Banna, Scott Robins
  • Patent number: 8017476
    Abstract: A junction field effect transistor includes a channel region, a gate region coupled to the channel region, a well tap region coupled to the gate region and the channel region, and a well region coupled to the well tap region and the channel region. A double gate operation is achieved by this structure as a voltage applied to the gate region is also applied to the well region through the well tap region in order to open the channel from both the gate region and the well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasa R. Banna