This disclosure describes the structure of a transistor that provides improved performance by reducing the off-state capacitance between the source and the drain by using a cap layer to extend the electrical distance between the gate and the source and drain contacts. In certain embodiments, a dielectric layer may be disposed between the gate electrode and the cap layer and vias are created in the dielectric layer to allow the gate electrode to contact the cap layer at select locations. In some embodiments, the gate electrode is offset from the cap layer to allow a more narrow cap layer and to allow additional space between the gate electrode and the drain contact facilitating the inclusion of a field plate. The gate electrode may be configured to only contact a portion of the cap layer.

Methods for manufacturing double-slanted gate connected field plates that allow for the simultaneous optimization of electric field distributions between gate and drain terminals and gate and source terminals are described. A technical benefit of manufacturing the double-slanted gate connected field plate using greyscale lithography is that fabrication costs may be substantially reduced by reducing the number of process steps required to form the double-slanted gate connected field plate. The source-side slope and the drain-side slope of the double-slanted gate connected field plate may be concurrently formed with two different slopes or two different step profiles.

A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) and method for forming the same are disclosed. The high electron mobility transistor includes a substrate, a mesa structure disposed on the substrate, a passivation layer disposed on the mesa structure, and at least a contact structure disposed in the passivation and the mesa structure. The mesa structure includes a channel layer and a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer. The contact structure includes a body portion and a plurality of protruding portions. The body portion is through the passivation layer. The protruding portions connect to a bottom surface of the body portion and through the barrier layer and a portion of the channel layer.

A semiconductor device includes an active region on a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate and intersecting the active region, a source/drain region on the active region on both sides of the gate structure and including silicon (Si), and a contact structure on the source/drain region. The source/drain region includes a shallow doping region doped with germanium (Ge) and is in an upper region including an upper surface of the source/drain region. A concentration of germanium (Ge) in the shallow doping region gradually decreases from the upper surface of the source/drain region toward an upper surface of the substrate in a direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate.

The present application discloses a semiconductor transistor structure, which includes: a substrate formed with a well region of a first conductive type, a gate structure being disposed on the substrate; a source/drain region of a second conductive type disposed in the well region of the first conductive type, the source region and the drain region being located on two sides of the gate structure respectively; a contact hole formed at a position corresponding to the source/drain region; and a conductive metal filled in the contact hole, the bottom of the contact hole being implanted with impurity ions for decreasing the contact resistance of the contact hole, and the impurity ion concentration at a peripheral region where the bottom of the contact hole comes into contact with the source/drain region being lower than the impurity ion concentration at a middle region.

A semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate having a first channel structure and a second channel structure respectively extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a first gate structure disposed on the first channel structure and extending in the second direction on the substrate; a second gate structure disposed on the second channel structure and extending in the second direction; first source/drain regions respectively disposed on opposite sides of the first gate structure; second source/drain regions respectively disposed on opposite sides of the second gate structure; a gate separation pattern disposed between the first and second gate structures and having an upper surface at a level lower than that of an upper surface of each of the first and second gate structures, the gate separation pattern including a first insulating material; and a gate capping layer disposed on the first and second gate structures and having an extension portion extending between the first and second gate structures to be connected to the gate separation pattern, the gate capping layer including a second insulating material different from the first insulating material.

A semiconductor device includes a source region and a drain region of a first conductivity type, a body region of a second conductivity type between the source region and the drain region, a gate configured to control current through a channel of the body region, a drift zone of the first conductivity type between the body region and the drain region, a superjunction structure formed by a plurality of regions of the second conductivity type laterally spaced apart from one another by intervening regions of the drift zone, and a diffusion barrier structure disposed along sidewalls of the regions of the second conductivity type of the superjunction structure. The diffusion barrier structure includes alternating layers of Si and oxygen-doped Si and a Si capping layer on the alternating layers of Si and oxygen-doped Si.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a compound semiconductor layer, a source/drain pair, a fluorinated region, and a gate. The channel layer is disposed over the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed over the channel layer. The compound semiconductor layer is disposed over the barrier layer. The source/drain pair is disposed over the substrate, wherein the source and the drain are located on opposite sides of the compound semiconductor layer. The fluorinated region is disposed in the compound semiconductor layer. The gate is disposed on the compound semiconductor layer.

A semiconductor device has an impurity region covering a bottom of a gate trench and a column region. A bottom of the column region is deeper than a bottom of the gate trench. The impurity region is arranged between the gate trench and the column region. This structure can improve the characteristics of the semiconductor device.

A semiconductor device includes a channel layer, a barrier layer, and at least one contact layer. The channel layer includes a GaN-based material. The barrier layer includes an AlInN-based material in which a composition ratio of In is higher than 18%, and is provided on the channel layer. The at least one contact layer includes a conductive-type semiconductor material and is provided to penetrate the barrier layer and reach the channel layer.