In some examples, a transistor includes a drain, a channel, and a gate. The channel surrounds the drain and has a channel length to width ratio. The gate is over the channel to provide an active channel region that has an active channel region length to width ratio that is greater than the channel length to width ratio.

Embodiments of the present application provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure manufacturing method includes: providing a base substrate and an array region, the array region being composed of strip structures arranged in parallel, the base substrate being made of a same material as the array region, and a thickness of the base substrate being greater than a thickness of the array region; etching the strip structure to form discrete first strip structures; base substrate providing a second mask layer, an opening pattern of the second mask layer exposing the to-be-etched region and the side plane, and a right angle being formed between an orthographic projection of the side plane and the opening pattern; form a first active region, the first active region having a mapping right angle corresponding to the right angle.

Methods of forming a strained channel device utilizing dislocations disposed in source/drain structures are described. Those methods and structures may include forming a thin silicon germanium material in a source/drain opening of a device comprising silicon, wherein multiple dislocations are formed in the silicon germanium material. A source/drain material may be formed on the thin silicon germanium material, wherein the dislocations induce a tensile strain in a channel region of the device.

Techniques are disclosed for an integrated circuit including a ferroelectric gate stack including a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial oxide layer, and a gate electrode. The ferroelectric layer can be voltage activated to switch between two ferroelectric states. Employing such a ferroelectric layer provides a reduction in leakage current in an off-state and provides an increase in charge in an on-state. The interfacial oxide layer can be formed between the ferroelectric layer and the gate electrode. Alternatively, the ferroelectric layer can be formed between the interfacial oxide layer and the gate electrode.

The present disclosure a method for manufacturing a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor device. The method includes steps of providing a substrate; forming a gate electrode over the substrate; forming a source region and a drain region in the substrate; depositing an isolating layer over the substrate and the gate electrode; forming a plurality of contact holes in the isolating layer to expose the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region; forming a plurality of metal contacts in the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region; depositing a contact liner in the contact holes; and depositing a conductive material in the contact holes, wherein the conductive material is surrounded by the contact liner.

The invention provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure, the method includes providing a substrate, forming two shallow trench isolation structures in the substrate. A first region, a second region and a third region are defined between the two shallow trench isolation structures, and the second region is located between the first region and the third region. Next, an oxide layer is formed in the first region, the second region and the third region, and the oxide layer directly contacts the two shallow trench isolation structures. The oxide layer in the second region is then removed, and another oxide layer is formed in the first region, the second region and the third region, so that a thick oxide layer is formed in the first and third regions, and a thin oxide layer is formed in the second region.

The present disclosure provides a 1T1R resistive random access memory and a manufacturing method thereof, and a device. The 1T1R resistive random access memory includes: a memory cell array composed of multiple 1T1R resistive random access memory cells, each 1T1R resistive random access memory cell including a transistor and a resistance switching device (30). The transistor includes a channel layer (201), a gate layer (204) insulated from the channel layer (201), and a drain layer (203) and a source layer (202) disposed on the channel layer (201), and the drain layer (203) and the source layer (202) are vertically distributed on the channel layer (201). The resistance change device (30) is disposed near the drain layer (203). The disclosure reduces the area of a transistor, thereby significantly improving the memory density of the resistive random access memory.

A semiconductor device including a FET includes an isolation insulating layer disposed in a trench of the substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed over a channel region of the substrate, a gate electrode disposed over the gate dielectric layer, a source and a drain disposed adjacent to the channel region, and an embedded insulating layer disposed below the source, the drain and the gate electrode and both ends of the embedded insulating layer are connected to the isolation insulating layer.

The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure that includes a well region and a semiconductor substrate. The well region is disposed within the semiconductor substrate. The well region includes a plurality of first regions separated by a plurality of second regions, where the plurality of first regions is of a first doping and the plurality of second regions are of a second doping different than the first doping. A gate electrode overlies the well region where the gate electrode is disposed laterally over a portion of the plurality of first regions and a portion of the plurality of second regions.

The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure, including forming a dielectric layer over a first region and a second region of a substrate, wherein the second region is adjacent to the first region, increasing a thickness of the dielectric layer in the first region, including forming an oxygen capturing layer over the dielectric layer in the first region, including forming the oxygen capturing layer over the first region and the second region, and removing the oxygen capturing layer over the second region with a mask layer, performing an oxidizing operation from a top surface of the oxygen capturing layer to increase oxygen concentration of the oxygen capturing layer, removing the oxygen capturing layer over the first region, and forming a gate structure over the dielectric layer.