Patents by Inventor Zachary GEIGER

Zachary GEIGER 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: 12272688
    Abstract: Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a cut along a length of the semiconductor fin. A gate endcap isolation structure is in a location of the cut of the semiconductor fin and in contact with the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard P. Guler, Zachary Geiger, Glenn A. Glass, Szuya S. Liao
  • Publication number: 20250113550
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A vertical spacing between vertically adjacent silicon nanowires is less than 6 nanometers. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A first source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Glenn GLASS, Anand MURTHY, Biswajeet GUHA, Tahir GHANI, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
  • Patent number: 12206027
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A vertical spacing between vertically adjacent silicon nanowires is less than 6 nanometers. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A first source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Glass, Anand Murthy, Biswajeet Guha, Tahir Ghani, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
  • Patent number: 11996404
    Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit may include multiple transistor levels separated by one or more levels of metallization. An upper level transistor structure may include a monocrystalline channel material over a bottom gate stack. The channel material and the gate stack materials may be formed on a donor substrate at any suitable temperature, and subsequently transferred from the donor substrate to a host substrate that includes lower-level circuitry. The upper-level transistor may be patterned from the transferred layers so that the gate electrode includes one or more bonding layers. Source and drain material may be patterned from a source and drain material layer that was transferred from the donor substrate along with the channel material, or source and drain material may be grown at low temperatures from the transferred channel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
  • Patent number: 11978784
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, each of the nanowires including germanium, and the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer, and a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cory Bomberger, Anand Murthy, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
  • Publication number: 20230387324
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A vertical spacing between vertically adjacent silicon nanowires is less than 6 nanometers. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A first source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Glenn GLASS, Anand MURTHY, Biswajeet GUHA, Tahir GHANI, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
  • Patent number: 11769836
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A vertical spacing between vertically adjacent silicon nanowires is less than 6 nanometers. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A first source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Glass, Anand Murthy, Biswajeet Guha, Tahir Ghani, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
  • Publication number: 20230071989
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, each of the nanowires including germanium, and the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer, and a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Cory BOMBERGER, Anand MURTHY, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
  • Patent number: 11532734
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, each of the nanowires including germanium, and the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer, and a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cory Bomberger, Anand Murthy, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
  • Publication number: 20220093586
    Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit may include multiple transistor levels separated by one or more levels of metallization. An upper level transistor structure may include a monocrystalline channel material over a bottom gate stack. The channel material and the gate stack materials may be formed on a donor substrate at any suitable temperature, and subsequently transferred from the donor substrate to a host substrate that includes lower-level circuitry. The upper-level transistor may be patterned from the transferred layers so that the gate electrode includes one or more bonding layers. Source and drain material may be patterned from a source and drain material layer that was transferred from the donor substrate along with the channel material, or source and drain material may be grown at low temperatures from the transferred channel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
  • Publication number: 20220093590
    Abstract: Self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate endcap (SAGE) architectures without fin end gaps, are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor fin having a cut along a length of the semiconductor fin. A gate endcap isolation structure is in a location of the cut of the semiconductor fin and in contact with the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Leonard P. GULER, Zachary GEIGER, Glenn A. GLASS, Szuya S. LIAO
  • Patent number: 11244943
    Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit may include multiple transistor levels separated by one or more levels of metallization. An upper level transistor structure may include a monocrystalline channel material over a bottom gate stack. The channel material and the gate stack materials may be formed on a donor substrate at any suitable temperature, and subsequently transferred from the donor substrate to a host substrate that includes lower-level circuitry. The upper-level transistor may be patterned from the transferred layers so that the gate electrode includes one or more bonding layers. Source and drain material may be patterned from a source and drain material layer that was transferred from the donor substrate along with the channel material, or source and drain material may be grown at low temperatures from the transferred channel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
  • Publication number: 20210202476
    Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit may include multiple transistor levels separated by one or more levels of metallization. An upper level transistor structure may include a monocrystalline channel material over a bottom gate stack. The channel material and the gate stack materials may be formed on a donor substrate at any suitable temperature, and subsequently transferred from the donor substrate to a host substrate that includes lower-level circuitry. The upper-level transistor may be patterned from the transferred layers so that the gate electrode includes one or more bonding layers. Source and drain material may be patterned from a source and drain material layer that was transferred from the donor substrate along with the channel material, or source and drain material may be grown at low temperatures from the transferred channel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
  • Publication number: 20200357930
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having nanowires with tight vertical spacing, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A vertical spacing between vertically adjacent silicon nanowires is less than 6 nanometers. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires. A first source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal silicon nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn GLASS, Anand MURTHY, Biswajeet GUHA, Tahir GHANI, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
  • Publication number: 20200312981
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having germanium nanowire channel structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, each of the nanowires including germanium, and the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer, and a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Cory BOMBERGER, Anand MURTHY, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER