Patents by Inventor Stephane BADEL

Stephane BADEL 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: 11664440
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a fabrication method of a field-effect transistor. The method includes: forming a support structure with a superlattice feature on a semiconductor substrate, where the support structure includes a first semiconductor material layer and a second semiconductor material layer that are alternately disposed, and an isolation layer is disposed on two sides of the support structure; forming, along a boundary between the isolation layer and the support structure, a dummy gate structure that covers the support structure, where a length of the dummy gate structure in a gate length direction is less than the first semiconductor material layer; removing, along the gate length direction, an area other than a sacrificial layer in the first semiconductor material layer to form an insulation groove; and forming a source and a drain in a preset source drain area along the gate length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Ma, Riqing Zhang, Stephane Badel
  • Publication number: 20210358531
    Abstract: A memory and an electronic device are provided. The memory includes a storage element (10), a first transistor (21), a second transistor (22), a first bit line (BLA), and a second bit line (BLB). The storage element (10) is coupled to the first bit line (BLA) and the second bit line (BLB) by separately using the first transistor (21) and the second transistor (22), and the first transistor (21) and the second transistor (22) are turned on during a write operation. When the foregoing solution is used, compared with providing a required write current by using one transistor, providing the write current by using the two transistors may enable a smaller transistor to meet a requirement, thereby reducing an area required by the entire memory. In addition, the memory in this application can still support a dual-port feature in a read operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Pan, Yanxiang Liu, Stephane Badel
  • Publication number: 20210313451
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a fabrication method of a field-effect transistor. The method includes: forming a support structure with a superlattice feature on a semiconductor substrate, where the support structure includes a first semiconductor material layer and a second semiconductor material layer that are alternately disposed, and an isolation layer is disposed on two sides of the support structure; forming, along a boundary between the isolation layer and the support structure, a dummy gate structure that covers the support structure, where a length of the dummy gate structure in a gate length direction is less than the first semiconductor material layer; removing, along the gate length direction, an area other than a sacrificial layer in the first semiconductor material layer to form an insulation groove; and forming a source and a drain in a preset source drain area along the gate length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaolong MA, Riqing ZHANG, Stephane BADEL
  • Patent number: 11043575
    Abstract: The invention provides a fabrication method of a field-effect transistor. The method includes: forming a support structure with a superlattice feature on a semiconductor substrate, where the support structure includes a first semiconductor material layer and a second semiconductor material layer that are alternately disposed, and an isolation layer is disposed on two sides of the support structure; forming, along a boundary between the isolation layer and the support structure, a dummy gate structure that covers the support structure, where a length of the dummy gate structure in a gate length direction is less than the first semiconductor material layer; removing, along the gate length direction, an area other than a sacrificial layer in the first semiconductor material layer to form an insulation groove,; and forming a source and a drain in a preset source drain area along the gate length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Ma, Riqing Zhang, Stephane Badel
  • Publication number: 20190280104
    Abstract: The invention provides a fabrication method of a field-effect transistor. The method includes: forming a support structure with a superlattice feature on a semiconductor substrate, where the support structure includes a first semiconductor material layer and a second semiconductor material layer that are alternately disposed, and an isolation layer is disposed on two sides of the support structure; forming, along a boundary between the isolation layer and the support structure, a dummy gate structure that covers the support structure, where a length of the dummy gate structure in a gate length direction is less than the first semiconductor material layer; removing, along the gate length direction, an area other than a sacrificial layer in the first semiconductor material layer to form an insulation groove,; and forming a source and a drain in a preset source drain area along the gate length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaolong MA, Riqing ZHANG, Stephane BADEL
  • Patent number: 9245595
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for performing memory access assist using voltage boost. A memory access request is received at a storage cell array that comprises two or more subarrays, each subarray including at least one row of storage cells. The voltage boost is applied, during the memory access, to a first negative supply voltage of a first storage cell subarray of the two or more storage cell subarrays. The first negative supply voltage of the first storage cell subarray is lower than a second negative supply voltage of a second storage cell subarray of the two or more storage cell subarrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Felix, Stéphane Badel
  • Publication number: 20150179232
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for performing memory access assist using voltage boost. A memory access request is received at a storage cell array that comprises two or more subarrays, each subarray including at least one row of storage cells. The voltage boost is applied, during the memory access, to a first negative supply voltage of a first storage cell subarray of the two or more storage cell subarrays. The first negative supply voltage of the first storage cell subarray is lower than a second negative supply voltage of a second storage cell subarray of the two or more storage cell subarrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Felix, Stéphane Badel
  • Patent number: 9007113
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a flip flop circuit, comprising a first input circuit configured to receive a clock input signal and input data and comprising a first node. The flip-clop circuit further comprises a second input circuit configured to receive the input data and an inverse of the clock signal and comprising a second node. The first and second input circuits are configured such that the first node and the second node are pre-charged to respective complementary states when the clock signal is at a first level and, dependent on a value of the input data, one of said first and second nodes changes state to a state complementary to its pre-charged state when the clock signal transitions from the first level to a second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Felix, Stéphane Badel