摘要:
A ferroelectric Pb 5 Ge 3 O 11 (PGO) thin film is provided with a metal organic vapor deposition (MOCVD) process and RTP (Rapid Thermal Process) annealing techniques. The PGO film is substantially crystallization with c-axis orientation at temperature between 450 and 650° C. The PGO film has an average grain size of about 0.5 microns, with a deviation in grain size uniformity of less than 10%. Good ferroelectric properties are obtained for a 150 nm thick film with Ir electrodes. The films also show fatigue-free characteristics: no fatigue was observed up to 1 x 10 8 switching cycles. The leakage currents increase with increasing applied voltage, and are about 3.6 x10 -7 A/cm 2 at 100 kV/cm. The dielectric constant shows a behavior similar to most ferroelectric materials, with a maximum dielectric constant of about 45. These high quality MOCVD Pb 5 Ge 3 O 11 films can be used for high density single transistor ferroelectric memory applications because of the homogeneity of the PGO film grain size.
摘要翻译:铁电Pb5Ge3O11(PGO)薄膜提供金属有机气相沉积(MOCVD)工艺和RTP(快速热处理)退火技术。 PGO膜在450-650℃的温度下基本上以c轴取向结晶.PGO膜的平均晶粒尺寸为约0.5微米,晶粒尺寸均匀度的偏差小于10%。 对于具有Ir电极的150nm厚的膜,获得良好的铁电性能。 这些薄膜还显示出无疲劳特性:在1×10 8个切换周期内没有观察到疲劳。 泄漏电流随着施加电压的增加而增加,在100kV / cm时为约3.6×10 -7 A / cm 2。 介电常数表现出类似于大多数铁电材料的行为,其最大介电常数为约45.这些高质量的MOCVD Pb5Ge3O11膜可用于高密度单晶硅铁氧体存储器应用,因为PGO膜晶粒尺寸的均匀性。
摘要:
An electrostatic discharge protection device according to the present invention is provided at an input or an output of a semiconductor integrated circuit for protecting an internal circuit of the semiconductor integrated circuit from an electrostatic surge flowing into or out of the semiconductor integrated circuit. The electrostatic discharge protection device includes: a thyristor; and a trigger diode (A) for triggering the thyristor with a low voltage. The trigger diode includes: an n-type cathode high impurity concentration region (9); a p-type anode high impurity concentration region (10); and an insulator section (12,13,14) for electrically insulating a silicide layer formed on a surface of the n-type cathode high impurity concentration region from another silicide layer formed on a surface of the p-type anode high impurity concentration region.
摘要:
A metal(hfac), alkene ligand precursor has been provided. The alkene ligand includes double bonded carbon atoms, with first and second bonds to the first carbon atom, and third and fourth bonds to the second carbon atom. The first, second, third, and fourth bonds are selected from a the group consisting of H, C 1 to C 8 alkyl, C 1 to C 8 haloalkyl, and C 1 to C 8 alkoxyl. As a general class, these precursors are capable of high metal deposition rates and high volatility, despite being stable in the liquid phase at low temperatures. Copper deposited with this precursor has low resistivity and high adhesive characteristics. A synthesis method has been provided which produces a high yield of the above-described alkene ligand class of metal precursors.
摘要:
A MOS transistor is formed on a single crystal silicon substrate doped to form a conductive layer of a first type, and includes: an active region formed on said substrate; a source region and a drain region located in said active region, doped to form conductive channels of a second type; a metal gate region located in said active region between said source region and said drain region, wherein said metal gate has a width of less than one micron; a gate oxide region located over said gate region; an oxide region located over the structure; and a source electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode, each connected to their respective regions, and each formed of a combination of a contact metal and an electrode metal. An alternate embodiment includes a pair of MOS transistors which have an interconnect between their gate electrodes and the drain electrode of one transistor and the drain electrode of the other transistor.
摘要:
A method has been provided to counteract the inherent tension in a deposited film. A wafer substrate is fixed to a wafer chuck having a curved surface. When the chuck surface is convex, a tensile stress is implanted in a deposited film. Upon release from the chuck, the deposited film develops a compressive stress. When the chuck surface is concave, a compressive stress is implanted in the deposited film. Upon release from the chuck, the deposited film develops a tensile stress. Loading a film with a compressive stress is helpful in making films having an inherently tensile stress become thermal stable. Stress loading is also used to improve adhesion between films, and to prevent warping of a film during annealing. A product-by-process using the above-described method is also provided.
摘要:
A method of forming, on an ultra-thin SOI substrate, an ESD protected device, includes: preparing a single crystal silicon substrate, including forming insulated areas thereon and forming selectively conductive areas thereon; doping the selectively conductive layers with dopants; growing, epitaxially, silicon layers over selected insulated areas and the doped, selectively conductive areas; heating the substrate and the structures formed thereon at between about 850° C to 1150° C for between about 30 minutes to three hours to redistribute the dopant into the epitaxially grown silicon layer; completing the fabrication of additional layers in the structure; and metallizing the structure.
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A method of constructing a single-transistor ferroelectric memory (FEM) cell includes: preparing a silicon substrate for construction of a FEM gate unit; forming gate, source and drain regions on the silicon substrate; forming a nitride layer over the structure to a predetermined thickness equal to a specified thickness for a bottom electrode of the FEM gate unit; forming a first insulating layer over the structure; chemically-mechanically polishing the first insulating layer such that the top surface thereof is even with the top of the nitride layer; forming the bottom electrode for the FEM cell; and chemically-mechanically polishing the bottom electrode such that the top surface thereof is even with the top surface of the first insulating layer. Additional layers are formed and polished, depending on the specific final configuration of the FEM cell.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a memory device includes preparing a silicon substrate; depositing a layer of high-k insulator on the silicon substrate; depositing a buffering layer on the high-k insulating layer; depositing a layer of ferroelectric material on the buffering layer by metal organic chemical vapor deposition; forming a top electrode on the layer of ferroelectric material; and completing the device obtained by above steps.