A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first isolation dam, a plurality of switching transistors and a second isolation dam. The semiconductor substrate includes a trench, an isolation region formed by a region where the trench is located, a plurality of active regions defined by the isolation region, and an electrical isolation layer, the electrical isolation layer being located on one side, away from an opening of the trench, of the trench; the first isolation dam fills the trench; the switching transistor is at least partially embedded in the active region of the semiconductor substrate; and the second isolation dam is at least partially located between the first isolation dam and the electrical isolation layer.

An array substrate includes a substrate; a gate disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer covering the gate; a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer that are provided on the first insulating layer, a channel corresponding to the gate being provided in the first semiconductor layer and second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer including a first metal oxide semiconductor layer and a second metal oxide semiconductor layer which are stacked, both the first metal oxide semiconductor layer and the second metal oxide semiconductor layer being disconnected at the channel, and the oxygen vacancy concentration of the second metal oxide semiconductor layer being less than the oxygen vacancy concentration of the first metal oxide semiconductor layer; and a source and a drain that are provided on the second semiconductor layer, both the source and the drain being in electrically conductive contact with the second semiconductor layer.

A MOS transistor including a substrate, a conductive having lateral walls, drain and source regions, and spacers having an upper surface such that the spacers are buried in the substrate and are position between the conductive gate and the drain and source regions is provided. The spacers are each cuboid-shaped and have a width that is constant along the spacers height and independent from a height of the conductive gate. A device including the MOS transistor and a method of manufacture for producing a right-hand portion and a left-hand portion of a MOS transistor is also provided.

Fabrication of radio-frequency (RF) devices involves providing a field-effect transistor (FET) formed over an oxide layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, removing at least part of the semiconductor substrate to expose at least a portion of a backside of the oxide layer, applying an interface material to at least a portion of the backside of the oxide layer, removing at least a portion of the interface material to form a trench, and covering at least a portion of the interface material and the trench with a substrate layer to form a cavity.

Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric layer has a protection region and a lower portion that is between the protection region and the semiconductor substrate. The protection region contains more carbon than the dielectric layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a conductive feature penetrating through the protection region, and a lower portion of the conductive feature is surrounded by the lower portion of the dielectric layer.

The memory capacity of a DRAM is enhanced. A semiconductor memory device includes a driver circuit including part of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, a multilayer wiring layer provided over the driver circuit, and a memory cell array layer provided over the multilayer wiring layer. That is, the memory cell array overlaps with the driver circuit. Accordingly, the integration degree of the semiconductor memory device can be increased as compared to the case where a driver circuit and a memory cell array are provided in the same plane of a substrate containing a singe crystal semiconductor material.

A semiconductor device can be reduced in size. The semiconductor device has a first conductivity type p type well layer extending in the X direction of the main surface of a semiconductor substrate; a reference potential wire coupled with the p type well layer, and extending in the X direction; first and second active regions arranged on the opposite sides of the reference potential wire in the Y direction; and a gate electrode layer extending in the Y direction in such a manner as to cross with the first and second active regions . Then, the gate electrode layer has a first gate electrode of a second conductivity type at the crossing part with the first active region, a second gate electrode of the second conductivity type at the crossing part with the second active region, and a non-doped electrode between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode.

A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a strained silicon germanium layer on top of a substrate. At least one patterned hard mask layer is formed on and in contact with at least a first portion of the strained silicon germanium layer. At least a first exposed portion and a second exposed portion of the strained silicon germanium layer are oxidized. The oxidizing process forms a first oxide region and a second oxide region within the first and second exposed portions, respectively, of the strained silicon germanium.

Semiconductor memory having both volatile and non-volatile modes and methods of operation. A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory cells each having a floating body for storing, reading and writing data as volatile memory. The device includes a floating gate or trapping layer for storing data as non-volatile memory, the device operating as volatile memory when power is applied to the device, and the device storing data from the volatile memory as non-volatile memory when power to the device is interrupted.

An electrical device that in some embodiments includes a substrate including a lateral device region and a vertical device region. A lateral diffusion metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device may be present in the lateral device region, wherein a drift region of the LDMOS device has a length that is parallel to an upper surface of the substrate in which the LDMOS device is formed. A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) device may be present in the vertical device region, wherein a vertical channel of the VFET has a length that is perpendicular to said upper surface of the substrate, the VFET including a gate structure that is positioned around the vertical channel.