Patents by Inventor Steve Knebel

Steve Knebel 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).

  • Capacitors including amorphous dielectric layers and methods of forming the same
    Patent number: 9437420
    Abstract: A capacitor can include a crystallized metal oxide dielectric layer having a first dielectric constant and an amorphous metal oxide dielectric layer, on the crystallized metal oxide dielectric layer, where the amorphous metal oxide dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant and is greater than a dielectric constant of aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., NaMLab gGmbH
    Inventors: Kyu-Ho Cho, Youn-Soo Kim, Han-Jin Lim, Steve Knebel, Uwe Schroeder
  • CAPACITORS INCLUDING AMORPHOUS DIELECTRIC LAYERS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150357399
    Abstract: A capacitor can include a crystallized metal oxide dielectric layer having a first dielectric constant and an amorphous metal oxide dielectric layer, on the crystallized metal oxide dielectric layer, where the amorphous metal oxide dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant and is greater than a dielectric constant of aluminum oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kyu-Ho Cho, Youn-Soo Kim, Han-Jin Lim, Steve Knebel, Uwe Schroeder