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).
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Patent number: 12272688Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Leonard P. Guler, Zachary Geiger, Glenn A. Glass, Szuya S. Liao
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Publication number: 20250113550Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Glenn GLASS, Anand MURTHY, Biswajeet GUHA, Tahir GHANI, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
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Patent number: 12206027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Glenn Glass, Anand Murthy, Biswajeet Guha, Tahir Ghani, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
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Patent number: 11996404Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
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Patent number: 11978784Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Cory Bomberger, Anand Murthy, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
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Publication number: 20230387324Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Glenn GLASS, Anand MURTHY, Biswajeet GUHA, Tahir GHANI, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
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Patent number: 11769836Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Glenn Glass, Anand Murthy, Biswajeet Guha, Tahir Ghani, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
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Publication number: 20230071989Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Cory BOMBERGER, Anand MURTHY, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
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Patent number: 11532734Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Cory Bomberger, Anand Murthy, Susmita Ghose, Zachary Geiger
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Publication number: 20220093586Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
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Publication number: 20220093590Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Leonard P. GULER, Zachary GEIGER, Glenn A. GLASS, Szuya S. LIAO
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Patent number: 11244943Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
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Publication number: 20210202476Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Ashish Agrawal, Kimin Jun, Willy Rachmady, Zachary Geiger, Cory Bomberger, Ryan Keech, Koustav Ganguly, Anand Murthy, Jack Kavalieros
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Publication number: 20200357930Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Glenn GLASS, Anand MURTHY, Biswajeet GUHA, Tahir GHANI, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER
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Publication number: 20200312981Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Cory BOMBERGER, Anand MURTHY, Susmita GHOSE, Zachary GEIGER