Patent classifications
H01L29/10
Apparatus and method for a low loss coupling capacitor
Embodiments are provided herein for low loss coupling capacitor structures. The embodiments include a n-type varactor (NVAR) configuration and p-type varactor (PVAR) configuration. The structure in the NVAR configuration comprises a p-doped semiconductor substrate (Psub), a deep n-doped semiconductor well (DNW) in the Psub, and a p-doped semiconductor well (P well) in the DNW. The circuit structure further comprises a source terminal of a p-doped semiconductor material within P well, and a drain terminal of the p-doped semiconductor material within the P well. Additionally, the circuit structure comprises an insulated gate on the surface of the P well, a metal pattern comprising a plurality of layers of metal lines, and a plurality of vias through the metal lines. The vias are contacts connecting the metal lines to the gate, the source terminal, and the drain terminal.
Semiconductor memory devices
Semiconductor memory devices may include first and second stacks on a substrate and first and second interconnection lines on the first and second stacks. Each of the first and second stacks may include semiconductor patterns vertically stacked on the substrate, conductive lines connected to the semiconductor patterns, respectively, and a gate electrode that is adjacent to the semiconductor patterns and extends in a vertical direction. The first stack may include a first conductive line and a first gate electrode, and the second stack may include a second conductive line and a second gate electrode. Lower surfaces of the first and second conductive lines may be coplanar. The first interconnection line may be electrically connected to at least one of the first and second conductive lines. The second interconnection line may be electrically connected to at least one of the first and second gate electrodes.
Semiconductor device with low random telegraph signal noise
A semiconductor device includes a source/drain diffusion area, a first doped region and a gate. The source/drain diffusion area, defined between a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure, includes a source region, a drain region and a device channel. The first doped region, disposed along a first junction between the device channel and the first isolation structure, is separated from at least one of the source region and the drain region. The first doped region has a dopant concentration higher than that of the device channel. The gate is disposed over the source/drain diffusion area. The first doped region is located within a projected area of the gate onto the source/drain diffusion area, the first isolation structure and the second isolation structure. A length of the first doped region is shorter than a length of the gate in a direction from the source region to the drain region.
High Density Shield Gate Transistor Structure and Method of Making
A device and a method of making the device comprising, a semiconductor substrate layer and an epitaxial layer formed on the semiconductor substrate. One or more trenches are formed in the epitaxial layer, each trench having a pair of opposing sidewalls, wherein a distance between the opposing sidewalls is greater near a bottom of the trench than near a top of the trench, wherein the bottom of the trench is closer to the semiconductor substrate layer than the top.
Semiconductor device
Semiconductor device including first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type at a surface of the first semiconductor layer, third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type selectively provided at a surface of the second layer, and gate electrode embedded in a trench via a gate insulating film. The trench penetrates the second and third layers, and reaches the first layer. A thermal oxide film on the third layer has a thickness less than that of the gate insulating film. Also are an interlayer insulating film on the thermal oxide film, barrier metal on an inner surface of a contact hole selectively opened in the thermal oxide film and the interlayer insulating film, metal plug embedded in the contact hole on the barrier metal, and electrode electrically connected to the second and third layers via the barrier metal and the metal plug.
Vertical memory cells
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a memory cell vertically above a substrate. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor at a lower device portion, and a transistor at an upper device portion above the lower device portion. The MIM capacitor includes a first plate, and a second plate separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer. The first plate includes a first group of metal contacts coupled to a metal electrode vertically above the substrate. The first group of metal contacts are within one or more metal layers above the substrate in a horizontal direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate. Furthermore, the metal electrode of the first plate of the MIM capacitor is also a source electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Non-planar transistors with channel regions having varying widths
Techniques are disclosed for non-planar transistors having varying channel widths (Wsi). In some instances, the resulting structure has a fin (or nanowires, nanoribbons, or nanosheets) comprising a first channel region and a second channel region, with a source or drain region between the first channel region and the second channel region. The widths of the respective channel regions are independent of each other, e.g., a first width of the first channel region is different from a second width of the second channel region. The variation in width of a given fin structure may vary in a symmetric fashion or an asymmetric fashion. In an embodiment, a spacer-based forming approach is utilized that allows for abrupt changes in width along a given fin. Sub-resolution fin dimensions are achievable as well.
Self-aligned two-dimensional material transistors
A semiconductor device and method for forming the same. The device comprises at least a dielectric layer, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer, a gate structure, and source/drain contacts. The 2D material layer contacts the dielectric layer. The gate structure contacts the 2D material layer. The source/drain contacts are disposed above the 2D material layer and contact the gate structure. The method includes forming a structure including at least a handle wafer, a 2D material layer, a gate structure in contact with the 2D material layer, an insulating layer, and a sacrificial layer. A portion of the sacrificial layer is etched. An inter-layer dielectric is formed in contact with the insulating layer and sidewalls of the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer and a portion of the insulating layer are removed. Source and drain contacts are formed in contact with the portion of the 2D material layer.
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method
Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a hydrogen containing region including hydrogen, and the hydrogen containing region includes a high concentration region with a higher carrier concentration than a virtual carrier concentration determined based on a concentration of hydrogen included and an activation ratio of hydrogen. The semiconductor substrate includes an N type drift region, an N type emitter region that has a higher carrier concentration than that in the drift region, a P type base region, a P type collector region provided to be in contact with a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an N type buffer region that is provided between the collector region and the drift region, and has a higher carrier concentration than that in the drift region, and the hydrogen containing region is included in the buffer region.
Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
First p.sup.+-type regions are provided directly beneath trenches, separate from a p-type base region and facing bottoms of the trenches in a depth direction. The first p.sup.+-type regions are exposed at the bottoms of the trenches and are in contact with a gate insulating film at the bottoms of the trenches. Second p.sup.+-type regions are each provided between (mesa region) adjacent trenches, separate from the first p.sup.+-type regions and the trenches. Drain-side edges of the second p.sup.+-type regions are positioned closer to a source side than are drain-side edges of the first p.sup.+-type regions. In each mesa region, an n.sup.+-type region is provided separate from the first p.sup.+-type regions and the trenches. The n.sup.+-type regions are adjacent to and face the second p.sup.+-type regions in the depth direction.