Patents by Inventor Ulrich Gerhard Hensel

Ulrich Gerhard Hensel 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).

  • Contacting SOI subsrates
    Patent number: 10068918
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided including a semiconductor bulk substrate, a buried oxide layer formed on the semiconductor bulk substrate, a plurality of cells, each cell having a transistor device, formed over the buried oxide layer, a plurality of gate electrode lines running through the cells and providing gate electrodes for the transistor devices of the cells, and a plurality of tap cells configured for electrically contacting the semiconductor bulk substrate and arranged at positions different from positions below or above the plurality of cells having the transistor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Haufe, Ingolf Lorenz, Michael Zier, Ulrich Gerhard Hensel, Navneet Jain
  • CONTACTING SOI SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20170104005
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided including a semiconductor bulk substrate, a buried oxide layer formed on the semiconductor bulk substrate, a plurality of cells, each cell having a transistor device, formed over the buried oxide layer, a plurality of gate electrode lines running through the cells and providing gate electrodes for the transistor devices of the cells, and a plurality of tap cells configured for electrically contacting the semiconductor bulk substrate and arranged at positions different from positions below or above the plurality of cells having the transistor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Haufe, Ingolf Lorenz, Michael Zier, Ulrich Gerhard Hensel, Navneet Jain