Patents by Inventor William W. Koutny

William W. Koutny 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).

  • Deuterated film encapsulation of nonvolatile charge trap memory device
    Patent number: 8536640
    Abstract: A nonvolatile charge trap memory device with deuterium passivation of charge traps and method of manufacture. Deuterated gate layer, deuterated gate cap layer and deuterated spacers are employed in various combinations to encapsulate the device with deuterium sources proximate to the interfaces within the gate stack and on the surface of the gate stack where traps may be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, Fredrick B. Jenne, William W. Koutny
  • Deuterated film encapsulation of nonvolatile charge trap memory device
    Publication number: 20090020831
    Abstract: A nonvolatile charge trap memory device with deuterium passivation of charge traps and method of manufacture. Deuterated gate layer, deuterated gate cap layer and deuterated spacers are employed in various combinations to encapsulate the device with deuterium sources proximate to the interfaces within the gate stack and on the surface of the gate stack where traps may be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, Fredrick B. Jenne, William W. Koutny