An integrated FinFET and deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming at least one deep trench capacitor in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate. The method further includes simultaneously forming polysilicon fins from material of the at least one deep trench capacitor and SOI fins from the SOI substrate. The method further includes forming an insulator layer on the polysilicon fins. The method further includes forming gate structures over the SOI fins and the insulator layer on the polysilicon fins.

An integrated FinFET and deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming at least one deep trench capacitor in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate. The method further includes simultaneously forming polysilicon fins from material of the at least one deep trench capacitor and SOI fins from the SOI substrate. The method further includes forming an insulator layer on the polysilicon fins. The method further includes forming gate structures over the SOI fins and the insulator layer on the polysilicon fins.

A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region, a core region, and a boundary region between the cell region and the core region, a boundary element isolation layer in the boundary region of the substrate to separate the cell region from the core region, a high-k dielectric layer on at least a part of the boundary element isolation layer and the core region of the substrate, a first work function metal pattern comprising a first extension overlapping the boundary element isolation layer on the high-k dielectric layer, and a second work function metal pattern comprising a second extension overlapping the boundary element isolation layer on the first work function metal pattern, wherein a first length of the first extension is different from a second length of the second extension.

An integrated FinFET and deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming at least one deep trench capacitor in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate. The method further includes simultaneously forming polysilicon fins from material of the at least one deep trench capacitor and SOI fins from the SOI substrate. The method further includes forming an insulator layer on the polysilicon fins. The method further includes forming gate structures over the SOI fins and the insulator layer on the polysilicon fins.

Techniques and mechanisms to provide capacitance with a memory cell of an integrated circuit. In an embodiment, a transistor of the memory cell includes structures variously formed in or on a first side of a semiconductor substrate. After processing to form the transistor structures, thinning is performed to expose a second side of the semiconductor substrate, the second side opposite the first side. Processing in or on the exposed second side of the semiconductor substrate is subsequently performed to form in the semiconductor substrate a capacitor that extends to couple to one of the transistor structures. In another embodiment, the capacitor is coupled to accumulate charge based on activation of a channel of the transistor. The capacitor is further coupled to send charge from the memory cell via the second side.

An integrated FinFET and deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming deep trench capacitor structures in a silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer. The method further includes forming a plurality of composite fin structures from a semiconductor material of the SOI wafer and conductive material of the deep trench capacitor structures. The method further includes forming a liner over the deep trench capacitor structures including the conductive material of the deep trench capacitor structures. The method further includes forming replacement gate structures with the liner over the deep trench capacitor structures protecting the conductive material during deposition and etching processes.

A method is presented for forming an embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) device. The method includes forming a FinFET (fin field effect transistor) device having a plurality of fins over a substrate and forming a via cap adjacent the FinFET device by forming a contact trench extending into a bottom spacer, depositing a conductive liner within the contact trench, filling the contact trench with an organic dielectric layer (ODL), etching portions of the conductive liner and a portion of the ODL, and removing the ODL. The method further includes depositing a high-k material within the contact trench and depositing a conducting material over the high-k material.

The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least one active area is defined on the substrate, a buried word line is disposed in the substrate, a source/drain region disposed beside the buried word line, a diffusion barrier region, disposed at the top of the source/drain region, the diffusion barrier region comprises a plurality of doping atoms selected from the group consisting of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms, germanium atoms, oxygen atoms, helium atoms and xenon atoms, a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, and a contact structure disposed in the dielectric layer, and electrically connected to the source/drain region.

A memory device which stores a large amount of data is provided. The memory device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and first to third wirings. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region, the second transistor includes silicon in a channel formation region, and the third transistor includes silicon in a channel formation region. The first capacitor is provided in the same layer as the first transistor. A region of the second capacitor and a region of the first capacitor overlap with each other. The thickness of a dielectric of the second capacitor is preferably larger than the thickness of a dielectric of the first capacitor.

A method is presented for forming an embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) device. The method includes forming a FinFET (fin field effect transistor) device having a plurality of fins over a substrate and forming a via cap adjacent the FinFET device by forming a contact trench extending into a bottom spacer, depositing a conductive liner within the contact trench, filling the contact trench with an organic dielectric layer (ODL), etching portions of the conductive liner and a portion of the ODL, and removing the ODL. The method further includes depositing a high-k material within the contact trench and depositing a conducting material over the high-k material.