Patent classifications
H01L27/0733
ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a substrate, a transistor, and a variable capacitor. The transistor is disposed on the substrate. The variable capacitor is disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the transistor. A material of the transistor and a material of the variable capacitor both a include a III-V semiconductor material. The electronic device of an embodiment of the disclosure may simplify manufacturing process, reduce costs, or reduce dimensions.
Structures for testing nanoscale devices including ferroelectric capacitors and methods for forming the same
A ferroelectric device structure includes an array of ferroelectric capacitors overlying a substrate, first metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of first electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a first metal pad embedded in a dielectric material layer, and second metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of the second electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a second metal pad embedded in the dielectric material layer. The second metal pad may be vertically spaced from the substrate by a same vertical separation distance as the first metal pad is from the substrate. First metal lines laterally extending along a first horizontal direction may electrically connect the first electrodes to the first metal pad, and second metal lines laterally extending along the first horizontal direction may electrically connect each of the second electrodes to the second metal pad.
HIGH DENSITY LINEAR CAPACITOR IN SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES
A device includes a first plurality of MEOL interconnects coupled to a second node that extends in a first direction. The first plurality of MEOL interconnects includes first and second subsets of MEOL second-terminal interconnects. The device includes a second plurality of MEOL interconnects coupled to a first node that extends in the first direction. The second plurality of MEOL interconnects includes first and second subsets of MEOL first-terminal interconnects. The first subsets of MEOL first-terminal and second-terminal interconnects are interleaved and are a first subset of interleaved MEOL interconnects. The second subsets of MEOL first-terminal and second-terminal interconnects are interleaved and are a second subset of interleaved MEOL interconnects. The device includes at least one of a first plurality of gate interconnects or a first plurality of OD regions extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction between the first and second subsets of interleaved MEOL interconnects.
STRUCTURES FOR TESTING NANOSCALE DEVICES INCLUDING FERROELECTRIC CAPACITORS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME
A ferroelectric device structure includes an array of ferroelectric capacitors overlying a substrate, first metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of first electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a first metal pad embedded in a dielectric material layer, and second metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of the second electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a second metal pad embedded in the dielectric material layer. The second metal pad may be vertically spaced from the substrate by a same vertical separation distance as the first metal pad is from the substrate. First metal lines laterally extending along a first horizontal direction may electrically connect the first electrodes to the first metal pad, and second metal lines laterally extending along the first horizontal direction may electrically connect each of the second electrodes to the second metal pad.
Structures for testing nanoscale devices including ferroelectric capacitors and methods for forming the same
A ferroelectric device structure includes an array of ferroelectric capacitors overlying a substrate, first metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of first electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a first metal pad embedded in a dielectric material layer, and second metal interconnect structures electrically connecting each of the second electrodes of the array of ferroelectric capacitors to a second metal pad embedded in the dielectric material layer. The second metal pad may be vertically spaced from the substrate by a same vertical separation distance as the first metal pad is from the substrate. First metal lines laterally extending along a first horizontal direction may electrically connect the first electrodes to the first metal pad, and second metal lines laterally extending along the first horizontal direction may electrically connect each of the second electrodes to the second metal pad.
POWER MOSFETS STRUCTURE
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a field plate, a gate electrode, and a first dielectric layer. The substrate has a top surface. The substrate includes a first drift region with a first conductivity type extending from the top surface of the substrate into the substrate, and includes a second drill region with the first conductivity type extending from the top surface of the substrate into the substrate and adjacent to the first drift region. The field plate is over the substrate. The gate electrode has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the gate electrode is located over the field plate. The first dielectric layer is between the substrate and the field plate. The first portion of the gate electrode is overlapping with a boundary of the first drift region and the second drift region in the substrate.
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate SUB, a semiconductor layer EP formed on the semiconductor substrate SUB, a buried layer PBL formed between the semiconductor layer EP and the semiconductor substrate SUB, an isolation layer PiSO formed in the semiconductor layer EP so as to be in contact with the buried layer PBL, and a conductive film FG formed over the isolation layer PiSO via an insulating film IF, whereby a first capacitive element including the conductive film FG as an upper electrode, the insulating film IF as a capacitive insulating film, and the isolation layer PiSO as a lower electrode, is formed over the semiconductor substrate SUB.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
A low noise device includes an isolation feature in a substrate. The low noise device further includes a gate stack over a channel in the substrate, wherein the isolation feature is adjacent to the channel. The low noise device further includes a spacer surrounding a portion of the gate stack, wherein an edge of the gate stack is spaced from an edge of the isolation feature adjacent to the spacer by a distance ranging from a minimum spacing distance to about 0.3 microns (μm).
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REDUCED SWITCHING OSCILLATIONS
The present disclosure is directed to an electronic device including a semiconductor body having a first electrical conductivity and provided with a front side; an active area of the semiconductor body, accommodating the source and gate regions of the electronic device and configured to accommodate, in use, a conductive channel of the electronic device; and an edge region of the electronic device, surrounding the active area. The edge region accommodates at least in part: i) an edge termination region, having a second electrical conductivity opposite to the first electrical conductivity, extending into the semiconductor body at the front side; and ii) a gate connection terminal of conductive material, electrically coupled to the gate region, extending on the front side partially superimposed on the edge termination region and capacitively coupled with a portion of the semiconductor body adjacent and external to the edge termination region.
RC SNUBBER WITH POLY SILICON RESISTOR AND CAPACITOR FORMED FROM JUNCTION TERMINATION EDGE
An apparatus includes a junction termination edge, a unipolar power transistor, and an RC snubber. The RC snubber has a capacitor between a poly silicon structure and a semiconductor substrate, and part of the junction termination edge. The capacitor has a p-n junction. The RC snubber has a poly silicon resistor between a source of the unipolar power transistor and a first layer forming the capacitor. The unipolar transistor and the RC snubber are coupled in parallel. The RC snubber and the unipolar power transistor are formed monolithically on the semiconductor substrate.