Patent classifications
H01L27/0207
PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING TRENCH CAPACITOR
A semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first trench capacitor, and a second trench capacitor. The substrate has first trenches arranged in a first arrangement direction with each first trench extending in a first extension direction and second trenches arranged in a second arrangement direction with each second trench extending in a second extension direction. The first trench capacitor includes first capacitor segments disposed inside the first trenches. The second trench capacitor includes second capacitor segments disposed inside the second trenches. One first capacitor segment of the first capacitor segments has an extending length different from that of another first capacitor segment of the first capacitor segments, and one second capacitor segment of the second capacitor segments has an extending length different from that of another second capacitor segment of the second capacitor segments.
Shared bit lines for memory cells
Methods and devices including a plurality of memory cells and a first bit line connected to a first column of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, and a second bit line connected to the first column of cells. The first bit line is shared with a second column of memory cells adjacent to the first column of memory cells. The second bit line is shared with a third column of cells adjacent to the first column of cells opposite the second column of cells.
RF SWITCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
Provided is an RF switch device and a method of manufacturing the same and, more particularly, to an RF switch device and a method of manufacturing the same seeking to improve RF characteristics by forming a trap layer on a part of the surface of a substrate, thereby trapping carriers that may accumulate on the surface of the substrate.
3D semiconductor device and structure with metal layers and a connective path
A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single crystal silicon layer and a plurality of first transistors, the plurality of first transistors each including a single crystal channel; a first metal layer overlaying the plurality of first transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; a second level is disposed above the third metal layer, where the second level includes a plurality of second transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed above the second level; and a connective path between the fourth metal layer and either the third metal layer or the second metal layer, where the connective path includes a via disposed through the second level, where the via has a diameter of less than 800 nm and greater than 5 nm, and where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate.
Integrated assemblies and semiconductor memory devices
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a CMOS region with fins extending along a first direction, and with gating structures extending across the fins. A circuit arrangement is associated with the CMOS region and includes a pair of the gating structures spaced by an intervening region having a missing gating structure. The circuit arrangement has a first dimension along the first direction. A second region is proximate to the CMOS region. Conductive structures are associated with the second region. Some of the conductive structures are electrically coupled with the circuit arrangement. A second dimension is a distance across said some of the conductive structures along the first direction. The conductive structures and the circuit arrangement are aligned such that the second dimension is substantially the same as the first dimension. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
Layout modification method for exposure manufacturing process
A layout modification method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The layout modification method includes calculating uniformity of critical dimensions of first and second portions in a patterned layer by using a layout for an exposure manufacturing process to produce the semiconductor device. A width of the first and second portions equals a penumbra size of the exposure manufacturing process. The penumbra size is utilized to indicate which area of the patterned layer is affected by light leakage exposure from another exposure manufacturing process. The layout modification method further includes compensating non-uniformity of the first and second portions of the patterned layer according to the uniformity of critical dimensions to generate a modified layout. The first portion is divided into a plurality of first sub-portions. The second portion is divided into a plurality of second sub-portions. Each second sub-portion is surrounded by two of the first sub-portions.
Nonvolatile memory device controlling for misalignment
A memory device includes a cell block including memory cells; a control logic; and a correction block in a dummy region in a core region. The correction block may include first metal lines extending in a first direction; vias extending in a second direction; and second metal lines extending in a third direction. Each of the second metal lines may have a metal center line defining a center of each of the second metal lines in the first direction. Each of the vias may have a via center line defining a center of each of the vias in the first direction. At least one metal center line and at least one via center line may be spaced apart from each other by a first gap in the first direction.
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes a first and second substrates; and a first and second element layers respectively provided on an upper surface of the first and the second substrates. The first and second substrates respectively include a first and second vias. The first and second element layers respectively includes a first and second pads respectively electrically coupled to the first and second vias, and respectively provided on an upper surface of the first and second element layers. The upper surface of the second element layer is arranged so as to be opposed to the upper surface of the first element layer. The first and second pads are electrically coupled and symmetrically arranged with respect to a surface where the first and second element layers are opposed to each other.
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
A method includes positioning a first set of conductive traces in a first direction, manufacturing a second set of conductive traces by a first mask pattern, and electrically coupling, by at least a first via, at least one conductive trace of the first set of conductive traces to at least one conductive trace of the second set of conductive traces. The first set of conductive traces is in a first layer of an integrated circuit. The second set of conductive traces is in a second direction different from the first direction. The second set of conductive traces is in a second layer of the integrated circuit. The second layer is different from the first layer. A conductive trace of the second set of conductive traces is part of a first dummy transistor.
Pixel Tile Structures and Layouts
An overall displacement tolerance applicable to each pixel tile in a plurality of pixel tiles to be used as parts of an image rendering surface is determined. Each pixel tile in the plurality of pixel tiles comprises a plurality of sub-pixels. Random displacements are generated in each pixel tile in the plurality of pixel tiles based on the overall displacement tolerance. The plurality of image rendering tiles with the random displacements are combined into the image rendering surface.