Characterizing defects in semiconductor layers

    公开(公告)号:US12094787B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17393037

    申请日:2021-08-03

    Inventor: Milan Pesic

    CPC classification number: H01L22/12 H01L29/24

    Abstract: A method of characterizing defects in semiconductor layers may include forming a first electrode, a first barrier layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode, where the first barrier layer is between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer is between the first barrier layer and the second electrode. The method may also include causing current to flow through the semiconductor layer, where the first barrier layer prevents the current from entering a conduction band of the semiconductor layer and instead causes current to flow through defects in the semiconductor layer. The method may also include characterizing the defects in the semiconductor layer based on the current flowing through the defects in the semiconductor layer.

    Crested barrier device and synaptic element

    公开(公告)号:US12141688B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17380318

    申请日:2021-07-20

    Abstract: A crested barrier memory device may include a first electrode, a first self-rectifying layer, and a combined barrier and active layer. The first self-rectifying layer may be between the first electrode and the active layer. A conduction band offset between the first self-rectifying layer and the combined barrier and active layer may be greater than approximately 1.5 eV. A valence band offset between the first self-rectifying layer and the combined barrier and active layer may be less than approximately −0.5 eV. The device may also include a second electrode. The active layer may be between the first self-rectifying layer and the second electrode.

    4F2 VERTICAL ACCESS TRANSISTOR WITH REDUCED FLOATING BODY EFFECT

    公开(公告)号:US20240341082A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18620296

    申请日:2024-03-28

    CPC classification number: H10B12/315 H10B12/05 H10B12/482 H10B12/485

    Abstract: The present technology includes vertical cell dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) array access transistors with improved hole distribution. The arrays include a plurality of bit lines arranged in a first horizontal direction and a plurality of word lines arranged in a second horizontal direction. The arrays include a plurality of channels extending in a vertical direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second horizontal direction, such that the plurality of bit lines intersect with a source/drain region of the plurality of channels, and the plurality of word lines intersect with gate regions of the plurality of channels. In addition, arrays include a p-doped bridge extending between a first channel of the plurality of channels and a second channel of the plurality of channels, where the first channel is spaced apart from the second channel in a row extending in the second horizontal direction.

    FERROELECTRIC DEVICES ENHANCED WITH INTERFACE SWITCHING MODULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220140146A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17084953

    申请日:2020-10-30

    Inventor: Milan Pesic

    Abstract: An enhanced ferroelectric transistor may include Interface switching modulation (ISM) layers along with a ferroelectric layer in the gate of the transistor to increase a memory window while maintaining relatively low operating voltages. The enhanced ferroelectric transistor may be implemented as a memory device storing more than two bits of information in each memory cell. An enhanced ferroelectric tunnel junction device may include ISM layers and a ferroelectric layer to amplify the tunneling barriers in the device. The ISM layers may form material dipoles that add to the effect of ferroelectric dipoles in the ferroelectric material.

    CONTROLLING POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN FILAMENTARY RRAM STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20220263022A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17734634

    申请日:2022-05-02

    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) device may include a thermally engineered layer that is positioned adjacent to an active layer and configured to act as a heat sink during filament formation in response to applied voltages. The thermally engineered layer may act as one of the electrodes on the ReRAM device and may be adjacent to any side of the active layer. The active layer may also include a plurality of individual active layers. Each of the active layers may be associated with a different dielectric constant, such that the middle active layer has a dielectric constant that is significantly higher than the other two surrounding active layers.

    OPTIMIZED SELECTOR AND MEMORY ELEMENT WITH ELECTRON BARRIER

    公开(公告)号:US20220069214A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17010155

    申请日:2020-09-02

    Abstract: A device may include a first electrode, a barrier layer, and a tunneling layer having a first dielectric constant. The barrier layer may be between the first electrode and the tunneling layer. The device may also include an active layer having a second dielectric constant. The tunneling layer may be between the first electrode and the active layer. The device may further include a second electrode. The active layer may be between the tunneling layer and the second electrode.

    CONTROLLING POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN FILAMENTARY RRAM STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20210151674A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16689987

    申请日:2019-11-20

    Abstract: A resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) device may include a thermally engineered layer that is positioned adjacent to an active layer and configured to act as a heat sink during filament formation in response to applied voltages. The thermally engineered layer may act as one of the electrodes on the ReRAM device and may be adjacent to any side of the active layer. The active layer may also include a plurality of individual active layers. Each of the active layers may be associated with a different dielectric constant, such that the middle active layer has a dielectric constant that is significantly higher than the other two surrounding active layers.

    RECONFIGURABLE FINFET-BASED ARTIFICIAL NEURON AND SYNAPSE DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210034953A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16530714

    申请日:2019-08-02

    Inventor: Milan Pesic

    Abstract: A semiconductor device that implements artificial neurons and synapses together on the semiconductor device includes a plurality of fins formed on the semiconductor device, and a plurality of gates formed around the plurality of fins to form a plurality of fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs). The plurality of FinFETs may form one or more artificial synapses and one or more artificial neurons. Each of the one or more artificial synapses may include two or more of the plurality of gates. Each of the one or more artificial neurons comprises one of the plurality of gates.

    CHARACTERIZING DEFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS

    公开(公告)号:US20250006563A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18882362

    申请日:2024-09-11

    Inventor: Milan Pesic

    Abstract: A method of characterizing defects in semiconductor layers may include forming a first electrode, a first barrier layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode, where the first barrier layer is between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer is between the first barrier layer and the second electrode. The method may also include causing current to flow through the semiconductor layer, where the first barrier layer prevents the current from entering a conduction band of the semiconductor layer and instead causes current to flow through defects in the semiconductor layer. The method may also include characterizing the defects in the semiconductor layer based on the current flowing through the defects in the semiconductor layer.

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