A vertical nanowire semiconductor device manufactured by a method of manufacturing a vertical nanowire semiconductor device is provided. The vertical nanowire semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first conductive layer in a source or drain area formed above the substrate, a semiconductor nanowire of a channel area vertically upright with respect to the substrate on the first conductive layer, wherein a crystal structure thereof is grown in <111> orientation, a second conductive layer of a drain or source area provided on the top of the semiconductor nanowire, a metal layer on the second conductive layer, a NiSi.sub.2 contact layer between the second conductive layer and the metal layer, a gate surrounding the channel area of the vertical nanowire, and a gate insulating layer located between the channel area and the gate.

A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes forming nanowire structures stacked over a substrate and spaced apart from one another, and forming a dielectric material surrounding the nanowire structures. The dielectric material has a first nitrogen concentration. The method also includes treating the dielectric material to form a treated portion. The treated portion of the dielectric material has a second nitrogen concentration that is greater than the first nitrogen concentration. The method also includes removing the treating portion of the dielectric material, thereby remaining an untreated portion of the dielectric material as inner spacer layers; and forming the gate stack surrounding nanowire structures and between the inner spacer layers.

An array substrate, its manufacturing method, and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate having a substrate, includes: a monocrystalline silicon substrate employed as the substrate including a central display area, a first peripheral area, and a second peripheral area; substrate circuits integrated with a scan drive circuit in the first peripheral area, a data drive circuit in the second peripheral area, and a plurality of pixel circuits in the central display area; a plurality of scan lines in the central display area and coupled to the scan drive circuit; and a plurality of data lines in the central display area and coupled to the data drive circuit. The scan drive circuit, the data drive circuit, and the plurality of pixel circuits include a plurality of transistors, each of which has an active region inside the monocrystalline silicon layer.

An exemplary semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate that includes a first semiconductor. The substrate includes a main body and first and second island portions protruding upward from the main body. The apparatus also includes a bottom dielectric isolation layer that covers the substrate; a PFET with a plurality of gate-all-around (GAA) vertical channel fins above the first island portion and the bottom dielectric isolation layer; and an NFET with a plurality of gate-all-around (GAA) horizontal nanosheet layers above the second island portion and the bottom dielectric isolation layer.

Methods, systems, and devices for single-crystal transistors for memory devices are described. In some examples, a cavity may be formed through at least a portion of one or more dielectric materials, which may be deposited above a deck of memory cells. The cavity may include a taper, such as a taper toward a point, or a taper having an included angle that is within a range, or a taper from a cross-sectional area to some fraction of the cross-sectional area, among other examples. A semiconductor material may be deposited in the cavity and above the one or more dielectric materials, and formed in a single crystalline arrangement based on heating and cooling the deposited semiconductor material. One or more portions of a transistor, such as a channel portion of a transistor, may be formed at least in part by doping the single crystalline arrangement of the semiconductor material.

In one aspect, a method of forming a semiconducting device can comprise forming, on a substrate surface, a stack comprising semiconductor material sheets and a bottom semiconductor nanosheet; forming a trench through the stack vertically down through the bottom semiconductor nanosheet, thereby separating the stack into two substacks; selectively removing the bottom semiconductor nanosheet, thereby forming a bottom space extending under the substacks; and filling the bottom space and the trench with a dielectric material to provide a bottom isolation and formation of a dielectric wall between the substacks.

The present disclosure generally to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor devices having high-voltage transistors integrated on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate and methods of forming the same. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer, a bulk substrate and an insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the bulk substrate, a source region and a drain region disposed on the bulk substrate, an isolation structure extending through the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer and terminates in the bulk substrate, and a gate structure between the source region and the drain region, the gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor layer.

A memory structured in lines and columns over several superimposed levels, each level comprising an array of memory elements and gate-all-around access transistors, each transistor including a semiconductor nanowire and each gate being insulated from the gates of the other levels, further comprising: conductive portions, each crossing at least two levels and coupled to first ends of the nanowires of one column of the levels; memory stacks, each crossing the levels and coupled to second ends of the nanowires of said column; first conductive lines, each connected to the conductive portions of the same column; word lines each extending in the same level while coupling together the gates of the same line and located in said level.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip (IC). The IC includes a substrate. The substrate includes a metal layer, a device layer disposed over the metal layer, and an insulating layer disposed vertically between the metal layer and the device layer. A semiconductor device is disposed on the device layer. An interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is disposed over the semiconductor device and the substrate.

Provided are a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a carrier substrate, a trap-rich layer, a dielectric layer, an interconnect structure, a device structure layer and a circuit structure. The trap-rich layer is disposed on the carrier substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the trap-rich layer. The interconnect structure is disposed on the dielectric layer. The device structure layer is disposed on the interconnect structure and electrically connected to the interconnect structure. The circuit structure is disposed on the device structure layer and electrically connected to the device structure layer.