Patents by Inventor Wendell P. Noble, Jr.

Wendell P. Noble, Jr. 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: 7105386
    Abstract: High density static memory cells and arrays containing gated lateral bipolar transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes two gates which are pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CMOS fabrication process to create the cells and arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6964903
    Abstract: A method provides a structure that includes dual-gated metal-oxide semiconducting field effect transistor (MOSFET). The dual-gated MOSFET can be fabricated according to current CMOS processing techniques. The method includes forming a body region of the dual-gated MOSFET as a fully depleted structure. The structure includes two gates which are positioned on opposite sides of the opposing sides of the body region. Further, the structure operates as one device where the threshold voltage of one gate depends on the bias of the other gate. Thus, the structure yields a small signal component in analog circuit applications which depends on the product of the signals applied to the gates, and not simply one which depends on the sum of the two signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Forbes, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6936886
    Abstract: High density static memory cells and arrays containing gated lateral bipolar transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes two gates which are pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CMOS fabrication process to create the cells and arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6773968
    Abstract: Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n or n-p-n-p transistors which can be latched-up in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes a gate which is pulse biased during the write operation to latch-up the cell. Also provided are linked memory cells in which the transistors share common regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Forbes, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6545297
    Abstract: Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes a gate which is pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CMOS fabrication process to create the cells and arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6503790
    Abstract: Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes a gate which is pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CMOS fabrication process to create the cells and arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6420748
    Abstract: It is a feature of the present invention that a subminimum dimension wordline links approximately minimum dimensional individual gate segments with the bitline contact being borderless to the wordline. It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a transistor with an individual segment gate conductor and a subminimum dimension gate connector with the bitline contact being borderless to the wordline. A semiconductor structure and method of making same comprising a DRAM cell which has a transistor which includes a gate. The gate comprises an individual segment of gate conductor such as polysilicon on a thin dielectric material. The transistor further comprises a single crystal semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region. An active conductive wordline is deposited on top of and electrically contacting the segment gate conductor with the wordline being a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Hakey, David V. Horak, William H. Ma, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6271555
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of making the same are disclosed which includes a DRAM cell which has a transistor which includes a gate. The gate includes an individual segment of gate conductor such as polysilicon on a thin dielectric material. The transistor further has a single crystal semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region. An active conducting wordline is deposited on top of and electrically contacting a segment gate conductor, the wordline being a conductive material having a top and sidewalls. Electrically insulating material completely surrounds the active wordline except where the active wordline contacts the segment gate conductor. The insulating material surrounding the active wordline includes silicon nitride overlying the top and surrounding a portion of the sidewalls thereof, and silicon dioxide surrounds the remainder of the side walls of the active wordline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Hakey, Steven J. Holmes, David V. Horak, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6261933
    Abstract: It is a feature of the present invention that a subminimum dimension wordline links approximately minimum dimensional individual gate segments with the bitline contact being borderless to the wordline. It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a transistor with an individual segment gate conductor and a subminimum dimension gate connector with the bitline contact being borderless to the wordline. A semiconductor structure and method of making same comprising a DRAM cell which has a transistor which includes a gate. The gate comprises an individual segment of gate conductor such as polysilicon on a thin dielectric material. The transistor further comprises a single crystal semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region. An active conductive wordline is deposited on top of and electrically contacting the segment gate conductor with the wordline being a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Hakey, David V. Horak, William H. Ma, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6252267
    Abstract: The present invention is a DRAM cell, comprising a transistor having a gate, the gate having an individual segment of gate conductor and a conductive spacer rail wordline in contact with the segment gate. The wordline connector is formed by directional etching a conductor formed along a sidewall above the gate segment. The sidewall is formed by etching a groove in a mandrel. The structure permits design of a five square folded-bitline DRAM cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6225165
    Abstract: High density static memory cells and arrays containing gated lateral bipolar transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes two gates which are pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CMOS fabrication process to create the cells and arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6175128
    Abstract: It is a feature of the present invention that a subminimum dimension wordline links approximately minimum dimensional individual gate segments with the bitline contact being borderless to the worldline. It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a transistor with an individual segment gate conductor and a subminimum dimension gate connector with the bitline contact being borderless to the wordline. A semiconductor structure and method of making same comprising a DRAM cell which has a transistor which includes a gate. The gate comprises an individual segment of gate conductor such as polysilicon on a thin dielectric material. The transistor further comprises a single crystal semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region. An active conductive wordline is deposited on top of and electrically contacting the segment gate conductor with the wordline being a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Hakey, David V. Horak, William H. Ma, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6128216
    Abstract: Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n or n-p-n-p transistors which can be latched-up in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes gates which are pulse biased during the write operation to latch-up the cell. Also provided are linked memory cells in which the transistors share common regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Micron Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Leonard Forbes
  • Patent number: 6121128
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method of making the same are disclosed which includes a DRAM cell which has a transistor which includes a gate. The gate includes an individual segment of gate conductor such as polysilicon on a thin dielectric material. The transistor further has a single crystal semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region. An active conducting wordline is deposited on top of and electrically contacting a segment gate conductor, the wordline being a conductive material having a top and sidewalls. Electrically insulating material completely surrounds the active wordline except where the active wordline contacts the segment gate conductor. The insulating material surrounding the active wordline includes silicon nitride overlying the top and surrounding a portion of the sidewalls thereof, and silicon dioxide surrounds the remainder of the side walls of the active wordline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark C. Hakey, Steven J. Holmes, David V. Horak, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6104045
    Abstract: Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n or n-p-n-p transistors which can be latched-up in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes a gate which is pulse biased during the write operation to latch-up the cell. Also provided are linked memory cells in which the transistors share common regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Forbes, Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6090660
    Abstract: The present invention is a DRAM cell, comprising a transistor having a gate, the gate having an individual segment of gate conductor and a conductive spacer rail wordline in contact with the segment gate. The wordline connector is formed by directional etching a conductor formed along a sidewall above the gate segment. The sidewall is formed by etching a groove in a mandrel. The structure permits design of a five square folded-bitline DRAM cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6022781
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprising a transistor having a gate conductor that has first and second edges bounded by raised isolation structures (e.g. STI). A source diffusion is self-aligned to the third edge and a drain diffusion is self-aligned to the fourth edge of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr., Ashwin K. Ghatalia, Badih El-Kareh
  • Patent number: 5539229
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprising a transistor having a gate conductor that has first and second edges bounded by raised isolation structures (e.g. STI). A source diffusion is self-aligned to the third edge and a drain diffusion is self-aligned to the fourth edge of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell P. Noble, Jr, Ashwin K. Ghatalia, Badih El-Kareh
  • Patent number: 5512767
    Abstract: Structures and methods are presented for forming a field shield for a trench capacitor for a memory cell with a contact through insulator along a sidewall of the trench to a desired region of the semiconducting substrate. The desired region is typically held at a substantially fixed potential; in any case it does not include a node diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventor: Wendell P. Noble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5422294
    Abstract: Structures and methods are presented for forming a field shield for a trench capacitor for a memory cell with a contact through insulator along a sidewall of the trench to a desired region of the semiconducting substrate. The desired region is typically held at a substantially fixed potential; in any case it does not include a node diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventor: Wendell P. Noble, Jr.